Review of Sword Art Online

Decided to watch this as i was curious about all the hate surrounding this show and wanted to see if this show is a complete dumpster fire. In short,this show is flawed but enjoyable. Aincrad arc Pros: From a show that was released in 2012 the animation is stunning and can still hold up today Good world building(for the floors that were actually covered) Good soundtrack,boss fight music really adds to the atmosphere. Interesting concept for an anime Cons: Piss poor pacing. Some content should have been shortened or cut entirely to give more screen time to supporting characters like klein or agil. Poor pacing also caused important parts to be rushed(jumped fromfloor 1 all the way to 20 smth)
Numerous plot holes(just ignore them,imo an anime is not meant to be realistic)
Without looking at progressive or the mothers rosario arc, Asuna is really generic in the first season and kinda just came out from nowhere for the sole purpose of being kiritos love interest.
Cut scenes causes kirito to feel like a generic power fantasy character.

Fairydance arc
Pros:
pretty much the same as the aincrad arc
Cons:
generic villain
Suguha could have been utilized way better
NO KLEIN

Overall despite the criticism of the show,it was enjoyable to watch once you switch off your brain and stop allowing all the plot holes from ruining the enjoyment that you can get from this show. This show is also not a complete dumpster fire as people put it out to be and i recommend trying out the show as you may actually enjoy the show and watch the rest of the seasons. Additionally i recommend watching this along with progressive so that the characters feel more developed.

Objectively this show should be a 7 or a even a 6 but i gave it an 8 because of the enjoyment i got from this show.