Sword Art Online

[Ryllharu]

He said he controlled Sterben up to this point, but decided he wanted to do the actual killing this time. He's the one who leveled the Sterben and was playing DeathGun in-game when the blue-haired guy was killed in the beginning.

Arguably, you could even say that Kirito could have lost if the actual guy was playing instead of wanting to creep on Shino IRL, since it was his actual equipment.

I guess the next question is if the Amusphere tech allows someone else to play as someone else's character.

[lelouch]

Honestly they should just make Season 4 be flashback mini-stories to the original SAO. The flashback to the raid reminded me how much different (and how much better) of a show Season 1 was compared to this. It's like night and day. It's evolved into something that has nothing to do with the original awesome premise.

[Buffalobiian]

as soon as I saw the guy's obsessive nature in GGO after the playground scene, he was on my list of suspects.

As soon as I saw the guy say he specced into (the now less useful) Agility he was my prime suspect, as commented previously.

I really didn't like Asada's character design, but she was less irritating to the eye here. Maybe it's because she's not in that dreadful school uniform. Being all chicken shit didn't help I suppose. I'm totally expecting her to migrate to ALO to join Kirito with "I'm trying something else after getting over guns" as a reason.

[Kraco]

I'm totally expecting her to migrate to ALO to join Kirito with "I'm trying something else after getting over guns" as a reason.

That would be a scene to witness:

Kirito: "Uh... This is my girlfriend. This is my brocon sister. These are girls who would like to be my girlfriend."
Sinon: "I think I'll go back to GGO, after all. Good bye and thanks for everyhing."

[MasterOfMoogles]

If Asuna were to randomly die in a freak accident, who would number 2 be?
What is the order of succession for his harem?
Asuna > Shino > Liz > Sugu > Klein > Scilica
That would be my guess.

[MFauli]

Sugu is #2!

[shinta|hikari]

As much as I would hate to admit it, Sugu is probably #2.

If it were up to me, Shino is #1.

[MFauli]

new ep is out
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stfu, sinon, youre the worst bitch in all of anime. He tried to murder-rape you, because you kept declining his love for years, and NOW you feel empathy for him, worrying about him? She´s so dumb, egotistical and cruel, makes me angry.

and lol @kirito being ever cool and sophisticated. Waiting with a motorcycle in front of the girls school. Making these "deep" comments during the meeting inside the restaurant. ugh

edit:

oh lord! now kirito also has the qualities of a professional psychologist! He´s so perfect. I think im about to become gay for him.

[Kraco]

He tried to murder-rape you, because you kept declining his love for years, and NOW you feel empathy for him, worrying about him? She´s so dumb, egotistical and cruel, makes me angry.

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I hope you aren't serious. I have got nothing else to say about that.

The only good scene in this episode was the government dude telling he had to do something for Kirito & Sinon (buying them some cake and tea?) and those two apologizing for taking so much of his time (they did all of his work for him, and then had the gall to make him waste some valuable time at the cafe).

The worst part was Kirito getting his ass kicked by the psycho fool, despite getting a free kick in. I thought Kirito had some background in martial arts, like kendo. I must be remembering wrong.

[MFauli]

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I hope you aren't serious. I have got nothing else to say about that.

She could have done one of two reasonable things:

1.) Answer his advances positively, giving him a chance
2.) Wish for his death after what he just did to her

Worrying about and feeling for him NOW is just too ironic, it got be cynical.

[DarthEnderX]

And of course, one of them got away. So we have our villain for the next arc.

Is this series over now, or is it going right into the next arc? Cause there's another episode next week and I really would have thought this arc was over.

She could have done one of two reasonable things:

1.) Answer his advances positively, giving him a chance

Jeeze, you really are, like, one of THOSE guys on the internet huh.

"That guy was nice to her, so she's obligated to love him, regardless of how she actually feels. And if she rejects him, well, she's a bitch and deserves to be killed."

Seriously guy, fuck you.

I noted that during this entire episode, Asuna was never introduced as Kirito's girlfriend.

I noticed that too. It's like he intentionally tries to give out false hope.

[MFauli]

Jeeze, you really are, like, one of THOSE guys on the internet huh.

"That guy was nice to her, so she's obligated to love him, regardless of how she actually feels. And if she rejects him, well, she's a bitch and deserves to be killed."

Seriously guy, fuck you.

How about fuck you?

She´s got no obligation whatsoever at all, that´s not what I was getting at. However, she should have been in the clear with him about their relationship. As we´ve seen she never told him that there was no chance at them becoming a couple, instead he openly told her "I can wait, Sinon. I will help you overcome your problems, and then ... *smiles*". That´s what he did and where she left it as.

In the above context, she had the two options I mentioned: Give him a chance OR not sympathizing with him after his attempted rape-murder of her. Of course, she also had the third option of clearly telling him off. But she decided not to do this, either.

[MasterOfMoogles]

Kirito had done some kendo but quit to play video games, I think. I don't think kendo would really help in this situation anyways...

She could have done one of two reasonable things:

1.) Answer his advances positively, giving him a chance
2.) Wish for his death after what he just did to her

Worrying about and feeling for him NOW is just too ironic, it got be cynical.

She had known this guy for quite a while. She didn't like him like that, but it would be shocking if she didn't feel some kind of regret over what happened.

[Kraco]

Kirito had done some kendo but quit to play video games, I think. I don't think kendo would really help in this situation anyways...

Dunno. I have/had a couple of friends who practiced kendo. They were in quite a good shape. Probably in a better shape than somebody who divides all of his time between studying and playing a VR game. Kirito might have dropped the shinai now, but instead he's practicing the best exercise of them all, together with Asuna. He should be in a great shape!

She had known this guy for quite a while. She didn't like him like that, but it would be shocking if she didn't feel some kind of regret over what happened.

This was my point as well, if it has to be said. She had no obligation whatsoever to accept his feelings. You either love somebody or don't. Sometimes love also grows gradually over time, but it's fully apparent in this case it didn't. That doesn't mean she had to hate his guts and wish for him to disappear. For a number of years the dude was her one and only friends, with her other "friends" being the bullies. At that point, before Kirito & harem's miraculous healing stunt by an office lady and a kid, she still probably was so weighed by her own guilt that she didn't consider herself, a murderer in her own opinion, to be so much better than the psycho fool. Who knows, maybe she thought that if she's able to forgive another murderer, then she might be forgiven herself.

[Buffalobiian]

Kirito had done some kendo but quit to play video games, I think. I don't think kendo would really help in this situation anyways...

Kirito did kendo when he was younger, but managed to ditch it because Sugu was picking up the slack (Their grandfather wanted them both to do kendo). He later finished SAO and decided to practice kendo again because he realised what he did to his sister.

Based on the above history, I'd say he's a current, though not necessarily proficient, practitioner.

Dunno. I have/had a couple of friends who practiced kendo. They were in quite a good shape. Probably in a better shape than somebody who divides all of his time between studying and playing a VR game. Kirito might have dropped the shinai now, but instead he's practicing the best exercise of them all, together with Asuna. He should be in a great shape!

The average sex lasts 6 minutes Kraco. Sex being an effective form of exercise is pretty overblown. You'll burn a few peanuts perhaps but I wouldn't expect much more. Foreplay on the other hand lasts anywhere to half an hour.

I noted that during this entire episode, Asuna was never introduced as Kirito's girlfriend.

[MFauli]

The average sex lasts 6 minutes Kraco. Sex being an effective form of exercise is pretty overblown. You'll burn a few peanuts perhaps but I wouldn't expect much more. Foreplay on the other hand lasts anywhere to half an hour..

sorry, but this is kirito. sex lasts exactly as long as Asuna wishes for, which could be hours on end for all we know.

[KrayZ33]

Either choice would've ended with her being without any friend whatsoever.

[MFauli]

Either choice would've ended with her being without any friend whatsoever.

so she led him on to not be alone? what a nice girl ...

[Kraco]

so she led him on to not be alone? what a nice girl ...

She was living with a crippling trauma, her own mother was disgusted by her making her live alone, and she got bullied at school probably every day. She was supposed to shoulder being nice to a rich kid who had no such troubles whatsoever but instead a supposedly good and assured life ahead of him due to inheriting the hospital? I think the dude was the one who should have been nice to her, if he took it upon himself to try to support a wreck like Sinon. But instead he only wanted to get in her pants and had no intention of helping her to heal, since he was actually looking up to her trauma!

[MFauli]

She was living with a crippling trauma, her own mother was disgusted by her making her live alone, and she got bullied at school probably every day. She was supposed to shoulder being nice to a rich kid who had no such troubles whatsoever but instead a supposedly good and assured life ahead of him due to inheriting the hospital? I think the dude was the one who should have been nice to her, if he took it upon himself to try to support a wreck like Sinon. But instead he only wanted to get in her pants and had no intention of helping her to heal, since he was actually looking up to her trauma!

That he turned out being a badly written clichee-psycho doesn´t matter for that point in time, though. Claiming he just wanted to get in her pants is just stupid. From what we had seen at this point in time, he liked her and wanted to do normal boys-girls-stuff. He never made the impression of being some shallow macho, trying to score with another bitch, so to say. From what we saw, he wanted to be her bf, love her, be there for her. And instead of telling this friendly guy "sorry, I am not romantically interested in you", she led him on. Did she deserve to be raped? Of course, not. But she was a true bitch for playing with him, and having a trauma does not excuse hurting other people´s feeling.