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Farsala on 20 July 2019
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Made a decent dent in my backlog by annihilating Sword Art Online. But I didn't know that SAO Alicization would have another 24 episode anime, so obviously a lot more to watch in about a years time. Anyways on to the update.

Kakegurui xx (12 episodes)- The ridiculous show about gambling continues with more of the same. The gambles often include life or death, but is very lackluster in reality. Still I enjoy the actual gambles and some of the games are interesting enough that I might want to try them. The MC dude is as pathetic as always and he honestly entertains me whenever he is so pathetic, while the creepy faces continue to always do well. I skip both OP and ED.

Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online (12 episodes)- A short and sweet series just like the MCs. Some of the episodes were cuteness overload. The GGO world was at least better than the ALO world, thus the fights were entertaining a bit. I preferred the chill first half compared to 2nd half, but the ending was satisfying enough that it doesn't require a 2nd season. The OP was decent, ED skippable.

Sword Art Online Ordinal Scale (Movie)- Basically more SAO but in movie format with a higher budget. The ties back to Aincrad were nice and the villains were believable, but the premise wasn't great. I enjoyed the higher budget animation, but it didn't really add much to the SAO universe. At least we had an epic ensemble battle in the end.

Sword Art Online Season 3 (24 episodes)- This season was better than Season 2, but it still was kind of a drag. While I enjoyed the sword fights, it was basically just that. I felt like they could have delved much deeper into gaming by adding a lot more aspects. For example while they had a calling system, they could have added a class design, where people have different specialties. To me it felt like too many swords and magic when they could have added a lot more variety like Axe, Spear, Shield, and etc. The premise also lacked variety, the show made me excited at the start with dragons, goblins and knights oh my. Then the last 12 episodes happened and many repetitions happened, and the dark territory and its denizens weren't touched upon much. I suppose it isn't Aincrad, it is more of a simulation, however even in a simulation I feel more weapon experimentation would happen. The ending was disappointing. The OPs were okay and the EDs were good during fights.