After hearing about a player ID that is similar to Asuna, Kirito attempts to fly to the top of the World Tree. Lyfa flies after Kirito and tries to warn him about the barrier. But Kirito ignoring the warning, keeps hitting the barrier. Lyfa grabs Kirito’s arm and tell him to stop while Yui calls out for Asuna.

Indeed, Magic is believing in yourself, and if you can do that, you can make anything happen. Let me describe this episode for the perfect word to be lachrymose. The fact that this finds really good balance between the action and the character material sides while the viewers starts discharging perceived ideas of the character interactions deserves a round of applause. The episode was delivered great in showing us Kirito going all out to rescue Asuna knowing that he’s way too close in reaching her. Even though he had a hard time in dealing with the reality of the game mechanics and his own limitation, he has kept that heart to keep on moving just to achieve his goal. On the other hand, it then shifts to a striking-to-the-heart scene upon the revelation of in-depth affection; half of which I thought was already a given, but the termination is relatively strong as we see the real world side of it come into play in an appealing way. Maybe we’re left teary-eyed after watching but our hearts still crave for the best to come.

Sword Art Online Episode 22 – Grand Quest

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Kirito and Lyfa finally arrive at Aarun. While admiring the city, a voice of the system announces, “The servers will be down today from 4:00 AM to 7:00 PM due to a scheduled maintenance and that players are asked to log out 10 minutes before then.”

Grabbing every opportunity of escape that falls is always the best thing to do. We can never imagine the feelings of every captive that looks forward to the glimpse of being unchained. What I can highly consider in this episode is the idea of physical and emotional struggle of escape. Physical in the sense that Asuna tried so hard to get off the cage, but on the extent of claiming that victory, unfortunately she was captured again. This scene uplifts the viewer’s anticipation of what will be the next retribution. On the other hand, emotional struggle came along upon keeping the affection within; where it seems so difficult to show your feelings when the one you’re in love with is your brother. To a certain degree, it is appalling since the audience might think that this virtual world is just all about the virtual reality game but the administrator’s been using it further for their own selfish desires. Also, from the player’s point of view, ALO was just a game. But in reality it was a huge lab experiment for the creators. This episode never failed to unveil the truth about Alfheim. Secrets have finally been revealed.

Sword Art Online Episode 21 – The Truth about ALfheim

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Kirito and Leafa have made it to the meeting and Kirito’s bluff as an ambassador has been called out. If he can survive in a fight against the Salamanders General Eugene, his plan to prevent a war might work.

Sword Art Online Episode 20 – General of the Blazing Flame

Kirito and Leafa reach the meeting place just as the Salamanders prepare to attack the Sylphs and Cait Siths. Seeing that they have no chance against them in a direct confrontation, Kirito rushes forward and addresses the Salamander General Eugene. Kirito bluffs that he is an ambassador for the Spriggans-Undines alliance, and cautions him that to attack them would be tantamount to declaring war on the other four factions. Eugene does not believe him and challenges him to a duel. Though both are equally skilled, Kirito is severely disadvantaged by Eugene’s superior sword, which can phase ethereally and bypass his defenses. Kirito conjures a huge smokescreen, making use of it to borrow Leafa’s sword and attack from Eugene’s blind spot. Drawing his second sword to block Eugene’s attack at the last instant is enough to surprise him, and Kirito proceeds to win the duel. After Eugene is defeated, he is revived by Sakuya, the leader of the Sylphs, and leaves in peace with his army. Now exposed as a traitor, Sigurd is contacted by Sakuya who strips him of his title and has him banished from the Sylph territory. After learning that the now allied Sylphs and Cait Siths plan an expedition to the World Tree in a couple of days, Kirito donates a large sum of money to Alica, leader of the Cait Siths, to aid them in their war effort and departs ahead with Leafa. Meanwhile, Asuna makes use of the code she had previously learned to open the cage and escape. Source: wikipedia.org

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Something isn’t right; Recon has sent Leafa a message “I was right. Be careful. S.” What does he mean and will Leafa and Kirito have the time to figure it out?

Sword Art Online Episode 19 – The Lugru Corridor

While passing through a cave, Leafa receives a message from Recon cautioning her to take care. She and Kirito then realize that they are being followed and try to escape, only to be cornered by a large group of Salamander players. Kirito asks Leafa to support him with her magic while he fights the group by himself. However, he is unable to break their formation until Yui comes up with a plan to have Leafa cast some protective magic on Kirito, while he conjures a spell that temporarily transforms him into a giant demon. In his new form, Kirito obliterates his enemies, but spares one whom Kirito bribes in exchange for information. The Salamander player reveals that his party was ordered to attack Kirito and Leafa by the same group which attacked them during their first encounter. After arriving at the next town, Suguha logs out for a while and answers a phone call from Shin’ichi. Shin’ichi tells her that Sigurd is in cahoots with the Salamanders, who plan on attacking the Sylph leader Sakuya and the Cait Siths during a meeting to establish an alliance. Upon returning to the game, Leafa explains the situation to Kirito and states that it would be in his best interest to continue without her, as allying with the Salamanders may be the best option for him in order to reach the top of the World Tree. Kirito instead chooses to help her and makes use of his speed to break out of the cave with her. Source: wikipedia.org

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Something isn’t right; Recon has sent Leafa a message “I was right. Be careful. S.” What does he mean and will Leafa and Kirito have the time to figure it out?

Sword Art Online Episode 19 – The Lugru Corridor

Suguha reminisces about how she started VR gaming, and then meets up with Recon’s real life persona, Shin’ichi Nagata. She informs him that she will be leaving their party to join Kirito. Later, she logs in as Leafa and accompanies Kirito to shop for new equipment, but runs into her party. The group is led by Sigurd who does not take kindly to Leafa’s departure and warns them they will be consider renegades for not sticking their allegiance to their race’s territories. Before Kirito and Leafa set off, Recon approaches them, saying that though he wants to join them, he will remain in the party to keep an eye on Sigurd due to some suspicions he has on him. Later during their travels, Kirito and Leafa arrive at a landing point where they take turns logging out to refresh themselves. After Kirito returns, they both set off again, unaware that they are being followed by a mysterious group. Meanwhile, Asuna learns from Oberon that Kirito is still alive and secretly obtains the keycode for her cage’s lock. Source: wikipedia.org

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Kirito delves more into the new game world as he befriends the girl he saved.

Sword Art Online Episode 17 – The Captive Queen

Leafa thanks Kirito for saving her and teaches him how to fly properly. They then travel to the Sylph Territory (Sylvein) where they meet one of Leafa’s party members, Recon. Leafa and Kirito go to an inn and have a conversation about how Kirito can get to the top of the World Tree. Seeing Kirito’s determination to reach the top of the tree, Leafa decides to help him and asks him to meet her at the inn the next day. When Leafa logs out, it is revealed she is actually Suguha. Meanwhile, Asuna is seen in a gigantic bird cage at the World Tree, held by the game master, Oberon the Fairy King. She recognizes Oberon as Sugou, who insists on calling her “Titania”. He reveals to Asuna how he captured the minds of 300 players before they were logged out from SAO including her own, as part of his research on memory control. He threatens to alter Asuna’s memories if she does not cooperate with him and then departs, leaving Asuna in despair and quietly begging for Kirito to save her. Source: wikipedia.org

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A new MMO allows users to fly. Kirito has joined this new game in search of Asuna and is pleasantly surprised with what he finds.

When you have that mission in your life and you have the determination to have it, you will take the risk, you will take every chance and you will never give up just to achieve it. This goal relates to Kirito and this is what I love about his personality. His eagerness in search for his one true love Asuna gives him the positive spirit to continue. Grasping even the least idea of Asuna’s real whereabouts lead him to the discovery of the new Virtual world. I didn’t agree at first with the notion of bringing up a new world, the successor of SAO but when I found out the uniqueness of the setting transformed my critique. This is a new virtual game, a luminous world of soaring characters but still a place of quest for the victory. Joining in this game adds the excitement again to this series that will surely attract more viewers. The present scenery is full of fantasy but the true essence to show power and skills are still at hand. Meeting new personas, encountering different situations and discovering the beauty of the new world is what we look forward to. Moreover, along with the wings of the fairies is the craving for more revelations to come.

Sword Art Online Episode 16 – The Land of the Fairies

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Kirigaya is adjusting to his life outside of the game, but he hasn’t forgotten about Asuna. A recent visit to her in the hospital, he meets Sugou Nobuyuki.

We may not anticipate the end but we’ll surely foresee that there is always the return. Looking back to the victory professed is fantastic however, the long awaited welcoming of the outside world is more significant. The few years spent on an unconscious state deserves a reward. What would that reward be? For Kirito, it’s Asuna, her love and her presence; this is the reason why that the search for his heart’s partner was never hindered. The feeling was uplifted, the spirit is back on and the eagerness to extend tender loving care is blazing. But would this change after meeting a person who claims to be a lover, a fiance? If truth be told, this return never failed to satisfy the twist and the variations of this series. Although the setting is new, this has still been illustrated perfectly. Some characters are firsthand but their coordination with the others is fine. The birth of the return has come.

Sword Art Online Episode 15 – Return

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Totally NOT expecting this! Amazing Sword Art Online episode, enjoy…

Without a doubt, expect the unexpected; the episode’s title speaks itself. Who would have thought that this would happen, that this would surprise the mob, that this would level up the anticipation. Watching this episode made my feelings wander up to the point of realizing the attachment I extended to this series. I bet the audience cannot easily embrace the rush of the story but in contrast, the brilliant idea of emphasizing that courage, teamwork, love and concern for others is all that matters. All the struggles for survival and the sacrifices are worth it. This episode deserves a round of applause for it uplifted the fans by intelligence and by heart. Meet the real identity of the ultimate enemy. The variations of the events were faultlessly arranged. The skills of the players were unpredictable but witnessing the total transformation of Kirito at the end part is a blast. I was a bit sad about the outcome of the fight nevertheless the closing is praiseworthy. Victory has been claimed but still, I wanna shout out loud “I want more!”.

Sword Art Online Episode 14 – The End of the World

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