Sword Art Online 2: Episode 1-4 impressions

So....why does Kirito look like a g.....you know what, whatever works.

Sword Art Online, in my opinion, was completely, absolutely, okay. There was a lot of hate (or at least I heard a lot) saying that it was overhyped and not that amazing, and in most cases I agree. However, that does not immediately make it bad. Too many people think, ohhh mainstream, must be terrible. That is not true however cause even mainstream animes must be good in some regards. This however goes the other way as well where people think mainstream animes must be amazing and the best animes available, which again is not true. Basically, what I was trying to say was, Sword Art Online was pretty good, not amazing, but good enough. Sword Art Online 2 meets the same quality and expectations left behind by SAO and perhaps even exceeds them (at least for my opinion).

Personally, I am a gigantic, huge, tremendous fan of the main character showing off. Since the stats for most VRMMORPG's are transferable, Kirito starts off with huge stats and an OP reaction speed which he successfully demonstrates in episode 4. SOOOOO COOOOOOOOOOOOOL LIKE WHEN HE DODGES ALL THOSE BULLETS OMG!!!!! Anyways, back to the topic. Having Kirito shown off as such a powerful player really got me anticipating the next episodes because I really wanted to see how well Kirito would do in an actual PVP battle with others and whether he would completely dominate the field. The fact that he uses an energy sword (a weapon class that is rarely used) made me even more excited.

A rival character has already been established for Kirito and she goes by the name of Shino Asada. She is known as the best sniper in the game and is the character who helps Kirito integrate into the new game GGO. GGO is a unique VRMMORPG as the ingame currency can be transferred into real life currency. So you can say that the environment in that game is extremely competitive. I look forward to the inevitable battle between Kirito and Shino (trust me, there will be one).

The main reason why Kirito has to transfer from ALO to GGO is because of the new antagonist who for some reason is able to shoot people in GGO and by doing so, kill the players in reality, named Death Gun. The amusphere, the new VRMMORPG console has safety locks to prevent it from reaching high electrical volts so that it is not capable of damaging humans. I am interested as to how this Death Gun is able to kill these people. It is also note worthy to mention that he is only aiming for the top players of the game. We shall see where this leads too as he is tasked with stopping (well learning, but we know it's stopping) Death Gun.

Overall, I am extremely excited to see how Kirito will prove himself one of the strongest in the tournament he joined (Battle of Bullets, BoB for short) and how he unravels the mystery of Death Gun.

Episode 5 review soon to be out!