The Folly of - Sword Art Online - Review 

All Kirito had to do was kill every member of Laughing Coffin.

There is also another thing to consider. Being a hero is not a title that once you've obtained it, its forever yours, no. A hero is the personification of heroism. Overcoming great challenges isn't the only thing that makes a hero. The key element of heroism is courage and overcoming the fear of failure. Apart from that, SAO treats all the side characters like tools or trophies for Kirito. Up until now, I'm still unclear what the archetypical role each side character has in the story, which usually branch out to their personal struggles and then personal growth. When we look at other successful stories/anime, we see that a hero's growth is not limited to overcoming challenges alone. There are many aspects of struggle SAO can focus on that Kirito has to overcome. Say for example, other than simply more power, he could probably improve his communication skill, after noticing how he was so used to doing things alone now suddenly with companions

"Very well said! Your words have made me way too emotional, I am now going to watch the abridged series now"

The anime tends to cut down a lot of context and content that greatly characterizes all of the characters in SAO from the Light Novel. Now, it’s a fair argument that not every anime fan should just book it towards the source material every time, but if we are to see Kirito at his full well-rounded nature, I do recommend taking the source material into account, as we actually see Kirito’s thought process a lot and show what type of person he really is. Kirito’s character stretches across many volumes (some not even translated yet) and it really just shows that he’s much more than just the hero archetype. I think one of the most interesting allures about him is the fact that he really hates the role of the hero, ironically enough. The anime kind of shows signs of this, but the inner monologues Kirito has within context with the light novels show that he feels he’s not worthy of anything like what a hero’s journey would entail. I do appreciate this video for what it is, but the anime barely cracked the surface on what type of characters these ones are.

Tbh. The moment that the tension of dying within the video game was resolved , 80% of SAO's conflict was resolved so you no longer care.

Meanwhile in 99 Wooden stick...... Dev boss: WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE BROKE THE SERVER?! Dev: I mean he literally broke the server! Boss: how in the literal cyber Jesus did he do that?! Dev: well apparently he struck the planet really hard and blew everything up. Boss: WITH WHAT?! Dev: with a 99 level wooden stick. Boss:😑😑😑

Tbh, Kirito not being OP should be a positive considering how a lot of people who hate the show usually complain that he's OP. It's true that he overcomes the odds multiple times throughout the times, but most of the time he had his friends/allies giving him the extra push to prevail. Hell, in FD, he got helped from his sister & others in order to reach Asuna. Then, he had help from Kayaba dealing with Oberon. It's fine if Kirito gets help from his friends now & then; which is what I believe the ongoing lesson that the author's trying to teach. Btw, that's unbelievable that SAO's still the 5th most popular anime according to MAL. Especially with all the hate it gets.

I love SAO and this video explains the writing of the story and Kirito as a protagonist so well. Anyway time to watch that dungeon anime.

do you know if there is going to be another season after war of underworld

Season 2's incest arc ruined it for me. legit spent the whole season wasting time after season 1 set up so many good plot points.

I never understood the hype about sao. The series has serious flaws, but maybe it was really appealing to ppl who werent familiar with anime yet. But im still thankful for sao because it blessed us with great songs and animations

Well... I think you get Kirito's failing hero thing wrong. The hero mith it's been just told in season 1. No need to repeat this. The thing that they tell us now, it's that no one is necessarily forced to be alone when confronting with bad things. Heroes need friends and allies. As do we need them. Yes, Kirito is a broken man, in more than a way. If we have endured what he have endured, maybe we'll be in that chair where potatoKirito was sitting during Underwar Arc... (And of course they have to show other main characters other than Kirito)

well to be fair, Kirito never saw himself as a hero and it is really good that he cant face everything alone. Also it was really good aswell that he was put a side in the Mothers Rosario arc to give other character the spot light. The Sao community need to learn and must understand that Kirito is not OP or unbeatble and that is good how it is.

I was wonder why I couldn’t get into the new series of sao

Yay

perfection!

I have to disagree with you due to your verious points that are invalid. The reason is as follows 1) Kirito never ment to be hero( and that's what makes him a true hero), and I dare to say to you that kirito is the most realistic character ever portrayed and is beyond hero myth. Now what I meant by 'Kirito never ment to be hero" .? What I mean is will be clear through this small review. Kazuito Kirigaya lost his biological parents who died in an accident, after he was born on October 7, 2008 and adopted by his aunt and uncle without his knowledge and was raised with his cousin together as siblings as Kazuito Kirigaya being elder brother and suguha being his little sister, Kazuto was originally forced to train with his cousin in the neighborhood kendo dojo; however due to kirito has intrest in technology which which developed by his aunt's influence as an editor for a computer systems magazine, Kazuto became more interested in computers and dropped kendo after two years. This decision earned him a heavy beating from his grandfather, prompting Suguha to defend him by promising to practice enough for both of them. Kazuto became more interested in computers and made himself to immerse himself in technology which resulted him creating his own PC at the age of 8 (which is not impossible) and through his Love and immersion and with computer he mastered the computer by exploration and with his curiosity he discovered the truth about his family through, erased Juki Net, at the age of 10, Kazuto discovered that he was adopted from records and since then unintentionally began distancing himself from Suguha. And this distancing himself with his family and the truth which is hard to Swallow and with his insecurities prompted by the truth questioning his belonging and his role droves him to the Gaming World which given him a sense belonging and a sense of peace which triggered him to give his 100% to the gaming world which again resulted him gaining experience and knowledge beyond an average player due to his passion and addiction to games dedicating himself towards hours of gaming at the age of 13- 14 now this is the story of an avarage teenager who gone through bizzer experience which are not uncommon in real life nor any other way arround, he is your avarage typical teenager who is struggling to cope with his mixed-emotions which was generated by knowing the truth in his own way nothing special, while enjoying the world of gaming he got an opportunity to be a beta tester of the new gen VRMMORPG Sword Art Online apon which Kazuto gladly accepts as any typical teenager would do and played the beta and with his gaming skills he reached top floors before the end of the beta test. Upto now we were shown a typical teenager who was with a struggling seriation which drew him to the world of Gaming in a sense he was escaping his problems Through Gaming, and through the immersion of gaming at cost of loosing or failed to have social & Communication skills which made him struggle communicating with his peers leaving him lone wolf. But at beginning of the SAO official launch, and during the launch we get to see that this game is not an odenerary game which made kirito a 13-14 years typical teenager to be forced in a situation of life and death and later servival of the fitest (namely due to orange and Red players and LaughCof) with his skills, knowledge, experience which he gained through his gaming life and his perior knowledge and experience in Beta now he has to servive (the key point of this show) and he has to to gain more exp, respources, equipments, wep, Wexp, etc he has to level up, and he can leavel up by questing and defeating monsters, now no way to servive he has to grind his teeth and fight. Well going through all these experiencing lot's of things leaning a lot's of things through out his journey he had to take though decisions at the age of 13 to 16 which is one of it being taking all the hates, blames, targeting, Responsibilities, and Regrets (throughout Betar phase & loosing some of people of his own camarades, & making mistake/taking a wrong decision which caused others death, to killing and taking lifes of the people like LaughCaugh) and moving farword being just a teenager between 14-16 it puts a lot's of strean on both emotions and brain and it also triggers depression with low self-esteem even though he tries to move forward the scares that left in his heart and the turmas that he carries doesn't fade away that easily especially when it's repeats itself again During GGO kirito is completely broken cause of confrontation of his past turmas and “accepting and overcoming it”, ”putting his own needs aside for the sake of others”(is Indeed nobelish and Heroic But this is not what kirito ment for), and “this GGO series doesn't have it” (and I agree with that) because it's intention isn't that, as I said kirito never ment to be a hero he ment to be a normal typical tennager who gone through and experienced a lot of intens experience and setuations which forced him to become Who is was and he is now currently through what he was gone through which determines what will he will be and moving farword despite his weakness and flaws (as he is not God and is an avarage human teenager with full of flaws and mistakes like us viewers, despite his achievements, this the perfect example of kirito not being too OP as some of the SAO haters claims to be and points out and perfectly balanced character which goes beyond the hero myth and another reason why SAO is a Masterpiece and Reki sensai is genius) he is not a hero, he is avarage human teenager (which makes him true and practical protoganest and legendary hero that is beyond typical hero myth) if I have to name his title it would be The world's greatest false hero (because he defies typical boring hero Clichés) which makes him unique and appealing • His powers and strengths comes with a great price (which he gained through going a lot and had to lose someone, had to suffer in oder to gain what he has). • His powers and strengths has a great responsibilits (I don't need to specify anything as you yourself know) • His powers and strengths are balanced (as I mentioned earlier how his powers and weakness, Perfection and flaws are balanced) • His powers and strengths are triggered by love (we can see Kirito's romantic relationship with Asuna gives Kirito unfathomable willpower which results in a great outburst of power) • His powers and strengths are not gifted (this is one of the key points to remember, he doesn't gained his powers and strengths overnight, his powers and strengths are the results and proofs of his dedication, passion,and experiences and skills he gained throughout his childhood including the kendo training) • His powers and strengths comes from the Bond he forged (his powers and strengths are not of his own only but it's of his entire friends, Comrades, Family, and experiences, memories and Journey he shared with everyone together). Kirito is undoubtedly The best realistic character ever created.

5:10 Genesis qoute from Final Fantasy Crisis Core. Genesis Vs Sephiroth.. About SAO, i rather stick only season1, too much damage and i hate it, incest and harem mehhh..

this is painfully true... SAO is my fav anime that would always in my heart and I dont want to admit it, but I have to... even in war of underworld part 2 when Kirito wakes up, he need Eugeo to move forward and defeat the enemy... well, the story of SAO is not over yet so lets pray that in the end of the series, he can stand on his own feet and become the hero he supposed to be.

Still saying gun gale arc would had been better if a different protagonist an SAO survivor who has trauma from laughing coffin instead of Kirito.

Kirito isn't OP because of cheats or shit he's OP because he has more information than anyone else most of the time. In SAO he's a beta tester in ALO he's a former SAO player in GGO he has years of experience in VR that he can literally dodge bullets and the UNDERWORLD is literally just SAO with Magic and Special attacks. And all of these games are made in the same engine meaning that the experience is literally the same. There are a lot of better playes than Kirito it's just that he always has the upper hand because he has better info or some random shit. If you put him in an even playing field like with Yuki he's getting beaten up 90% of the time. Kirito ain't a Hero he's just a random dude that so happens to be ahead 90% of other players.

What drew me in the first time I watched SAO were the music and the fight scenes. The animation is also top notch. Is the series perfect? Absolutely not. The first part of season 1 has pacing issues where it time skips a lot. We’re also lead to believe that Kirrito can become stronger than someone that’s in a party/guild all by himself. The second part of season 1 takes a strong character like Asuna and turns her into a damsel in distress. The less we say about the incestuous relationship and that tentical hentai monster the better.

Lmfao someone hates sao so much

SAOA > SAO. Just sayin'.