Review of Sword Art Online

Let's see... where to begin? Well, I watched the first 12 episodes in December 2018, and finished the rest July 2020, so I don't particularly remember the details of the first half. Although, I am sure my views of the episodes then were quite biased, since I hadn't watched as much anime as I have now. I've decided to finish the series to get my own opinion on it instead of listening to everyone hate on it or love it or whatever. It was more enjoyable than quite a few other series/anime I've seen, so that's cool. (Also I tried playing that one SAO game, I don'tknow which one, and it was pretty fun whacking evil watermelons, so I decided to give the anime another go)

Story: The plot... is basically just Kirito doing Kirito things, getting a harem, and pulling some hacks to defeat the villain. Times two. Uh... that sums it up. I liked the world building and premise of it so I give it a 4.

Art: Nothing wrong with the art, I think the character designs were pretty good and the animation didn't suck. The fight scenes looked cool. So a 9. Because I don't know how to rate art and I thought it was fine.

Sound: Ah, the voice actors were great, and I love the OST, probably because it was done by Kajiura Yuki, so I automatically give it a 11/10. Actually, in the 1 1/2 year hiatus I had between watching the two halves, I put a bunch of the OSTs (mainly the cooler ones) on my playlist, just because I liked the composer's music, so by the time I started rewatching I just heard the OST and went "it's that one" or tried predicting which OST would start when. Very fun.

Character: Kirito, Asuna, Yui, a bunch of girls, a few dudes, and Kirito's sister. Some of the characters did have some personality and coolness to them, so I rate it a 5. Yui was a deus ex machina super cute child. The villains.... The first one, well, what happened to him, very strange. I won't say anything about it because *spoilers*, but the second one absolutely sucked. He had a serious complex but just about nothing to back it up with... yeah actually I rate characters a 3.

Enjoyment: I didn't struggle to get finish an episode, so I give it a 7.

OVERALL: 7. You can thank the art and soundtrack for saving the anime.