Teeqoz said:
The one with the girl that has AIDS? |
Indeed. Yet another "friends are important !!!!!1" theme that anime so loves to repeat. It was a bit evoking, but still, so plain that it's just meh, ultimately.
@Alchemist: Speaking about the first season at least, the gaming theme at the time was novel and new, the atmosphere of the "death game" was well executed, Kirito was a pretty damn cool, strong character, the vibe I got from the Kirito x Asuna relationship was genuine...
There is also the side that while all this is happening, they are all rotting away in their beds, and you really wonder how this is gonna work out ultimately.. also, there are elements I see as genuine psychosis: the old man fisherman that gave up on finishing the game in favor of an easy life, Kirito and Asuna's "virtual child" in a virtual home... adaptation, their captivity becoming their reaility - I don't know if the writer intended any of that, but that is what I saw in SAO S1. It really is great IMO.
