The story and characters are a bit out of touch

Hollie 2022-04-21 09:03:01

The plot of the first season of "Sword Art Online" is still very compact. The bloody battle is always easy to attract people to keep watching. I have a lot of ideas about the game's settings, and the songs are especially good.

However, the problem is very serious. The male protagonist gave a strong and outrageous setting without explanation, which is still a small problem. The first season has a total of 25 episodes, but the story can be over by the 14th episode. The ending is easy to deal with whether it is a group destruction or a big reunion. The story is complete. In order to continue writing on the original core setting (game character death = death) unspecified exceptions, this is not handled well. Although chapters 15-25 are also complete stories, there is a sense of disconnection from the previous ones in all aspects. The new villain seems to have no foreshadowing in the previous story, which gives a sense of randomness that lacks the overall planning of the story. The heroine has also been changed. The new heroine Suguha can be portrayed quite well, but the heroine Asuna in the first half was handled too casually, turning a main character with a distinct personality and powerful abilities into a cage. Canary, the whole second half of the story loses character and does nothing, loses charm, which has a sense of disconnection in character creation. Moreover, the few scenes Asuna had in the latter story were also quite unpleasant, and I felt very uncomfortable watching this part. Although I read it in one breath, there are too many slots, and it is a little strange why this show is so successful. .

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Sword Art Online quotes

  • Akihiko Kayaba: In every world, once you die, you're gone.