Review of Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld Part 2
Thus brings the Alicization anime to a close. Wow. That's sums it up on it a single word well in my mind. Wow. Seeing this arc animated has bean something to savior these past two years. The greatest of SAO shown to the world finally complete. There's so much to dive into about all I love with this arc. Number one has to be Alice. We saw it in the finale here culminating her struggle with adapting to this new real world. Alice is definitely my favorite character in Alicization. A fully realized human as human gets artificial intelligence. But with such a soul that'sshe's human in my eyes and no could convince me otherwise. Made in a program or not, she's infinitely more human than people I see everyday. Alice is the pinnacle of what SAO I truly about. Kirito said it in the finale here, she's our hope. Our hope of bridging the digital with the material world. Our hope of a new better world.
Focusing more now on the fourth and final cour here. Holy hell was this one impressive wrap up to an all out war arc. Had some of the best fights in all of SAO, along with a front running contender for anime fight of the year, some emotional heartfelt moments, times of sadness and reflection. Truly the culmination of all SAO has been these past eight years with the anime and well beyond back to when Reki first started this story almost twenty years ago.
Kirito my boy!!!! Shined bright and covered the world like the night sky. Definitely him t his lowest like we saw a while back but reflecting on all the memories he's made over this long journey he dug his way out of despair. His closest friends pulling him out. You can't forget everything that's happened. Eugeo coming back with his sword and memories within it. Got me so emotional tons of times this arc. Gabriel Miller proving to be the most despicable villain we've seen yet. Vassago linking us back to the earliest days of this journey. The action being top notch as it gets! The characters all coming together, literally as the og crew popped in to help. Loved seeing so many great character moments not just for Kirito and Alice but for the likes of Asuna who proved why she's top tier goddess level waifu, Sinon and Leafa helping out in the war. Klein, Eiji, the character from Korea and China, so many characters showing how amazing they are.
I truly believe this is SAO at its finest. These 47 episodes are masterclass imo. Especially the war of underworld latter half itself! Some amazing stuff. For this final cour I'll give it a 97 out of 100