Sword Art Online Comparisons between the Light Novel and the Anime

[Dark Dragon]

Except as I watch the anime, I can't see Kirito as anything but a sociopath, or at the very least antisocial to the point of basically being deranged.

My point isn't that one or the other is correct over the other. The issue is that those who have read the novel are "tainted" (for lack of a better word) and can't seem to accept the existence of the other viewpoint. Their opinions have been set by the narration of the novel, Kirito's direct discussion of his motivations and reactions, which simply doesn't exist in the anime at all as part of the narrative.

It's not even that the novel readers can't accept your view points. I myself have stated multiple times that there are many problems with this adaptation. I can see how someone would have a problem with Kirito's character.

What i don't get it the absurd amount of bashing and trashing going on in the anime thread. There are many generic element that exist in a fantasy series and any long time anime watcher would be familiar with it. These same elements are often readily forgiven in another less popular anime, but with SAO every small problem is magnified and made out to be a big deal.

There's also trolls like Y.

He claims that he's not messing around, yet almost every response to something he doesn't agree with usually involves an insult. He start arguments by intentionally saying derogatory things in order to provoke a response. Then he would neg rep every person that disagree with him and state that he did it just because some anonymous neg rep him. For good measure, it seems like he needs to jump into this thread and pull it into a pile of horseshit too because there isn't already enough conflict in the anime thread.

That's all i really have to say about Y. I refuse to waste anymore time with his garbage so i'm ignoring his posts and will just hope for the best.

I also suggest for a mod to move this argument back into an anime thread or separate it into a GD thread. At this rate, it's just bait for anime only watcher to get spoiled.