You’re kinda selling it to me ngl, I been watching some other slop that my standards are getting low enough I’ll prob give it a look or at least read some synopsis to see how the pacing is
It’s fun if you’ve got a high tolerance for gross bullshit and can enjoy laughing at the show. SAO is weird because in its later arcs it’s like the author is earnestly trying to not be awful, but he still fundamentally doesn’t understand technology, video games, people, or cause and effect, so it ends up in this weird space where it can be wildly problematic but then have better themes than most anime and center its female characters as the ones with agency who are driving all of the plot, while still being an absolutely nonsensical story that hinges on plot points that fundamentally just do not make sense or work at all.
That’s the problem with SAO author that keeps turning me off to be honest. Besides from the dry and uninspiring proses, the execution of most concepts and premises is just half-assed and lack any deep understanding of the subjects. None of the technology, politics, or social structures make sense if you zoom in and scrutinized it. But it does sound cool when you just took a quick look.
Another awful thing about the series is it still fall back to the big man theory trope where the good guys can only win with MC woke up and became literally god. And of course, tons and tons of near miss SA
You’re kinda selling it to me ngl, I been watching some other slop that my standards are getting low enough I’ll prob give it a look or at least read some synopsis to see how the pacing is
It’s fun if you’ve got a high tolerance for gross bullshit and can enjoy laughing at the show. SAO is weird because in its later arcs it’s like the author is earnestly trying to not be awful, but he still fundamentally doesn’t understand technology, video games, people, or cause and effect, so it ends up in this weird space where it can be wildly problematic but then have better themes than most anime and center its female characters as the ones with agency who are driving all of the plot, while still being an absolutely nonsensical story that hinges on plot points that fundamentally just do not make sense or work at all.
That’s the problem with SAO author that keeps turning me off to be honest. Besides from the dry and uninspiring proses, the execution of most concepts and premises is just half-assed and lack any deep understanding of the subjects. None of the technology, politics, or social structures make sense if you zoom in and scrutinized it. But it does sound cool when you just took a quick look.
Another awful thing about the series is it still fall back to the big man theory trope where the good guys can only win with MC woke up and became literally god. And of course, tons and tons of near miss SA