2013-06-04, 09:56 PM
Razmos Wrote:It isn't an original plot by any means. the first arc is basically that, with a main character who is stupidly overpowered. then the second arc mixes things up a slight bit, but at the same time completely removes all sense of tension out of the show by removing the chance of death, yet the characters still acted like everything was super important life or death which got annoying fast. Also it only follows video game rules when it feels like it for dramatic purposes.
I still don't understand why it is so popular, it's the most generic anime I have ever seen in my life, and I've watched a lot.
SAO is a gateway anime of the worst kind. It's a bad series, a quagmire of story and characterization that isn't very well done by any aspect, but which attempts to compensate for its weaknesses by adding in excessive blatant fanservice and self-insertion. The normal Southperrian can see this as the pomegranate it is, and may enjoy it, hate it or be indifferent to it, but all the while recognizing that the series itself, regardless of their opinion, is plain bad.
However, these very aspects that try to smear over the pomegranate of its core make it a breeding ground for unsociable underage plebians who engage in every kind of idiocy both online and in the real world. The Mary-Sue characters all trying their hardest to look cool, the peculiar, colorful clothes, everything about SAO fuels their escapist fantasies, while the pity-party character backgrounds of the series make it fit just right with the mary-sueish drives of your average preteen and his sense of unwarranted self-importance towards the world. Exactly the kind of pomegranate that makes little kiddies and underage fools eat this pomegranate right the pineapple up.
There's a distinct lack of subtlety in just about every facet of Sword Art Online. Of course, this is pretty much to be expected, since the original SAO was just a Light Novel: basically a glorified fanfiction book.