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Kirito about to start levelling while Solo

Note: Apparently Kirito not giving the potion when he was clearly in range to give it was an anime only choice. In the source material it was apparently much more obvious that Diavel was gonna die.

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TheErisianMonk

6:20 Well, this didn’t age well. 😹

TheErisianMonk

So, RGB, BIG question. How do you feel about throwing in the Progressive movies at some point? I, for one, think they’re marvelous. They are retelling of season 1, in faaaaaar more depth and detail, with some very entertaining twists and changes and expanded/added characters. Also, the production value is nuts for all of them so far. One could watch them after catching up with the anime, which makes for a really fun revisit to the story in your memories. Also, they can be watched as soon as you get past their arcs in the anime, which could be cool af or maybe a bit confusing, seeing as there are small changes to the story, though not changes that conflict with the anime. Just thought I’d ask. I am very, very hyped for you reacting to this beloved series.

TheErisianMonk

As far as the sensations they feel in the game, like tasting, I think anything that can be quantified and synthesized by man in information form, they can enjoy. The way I see IRL life, we don't actually taste, smell, or see anything. We experience what our brain tells us we experience. So, it is all electrical signals to a degree. In that fictional world, where full dive tech attached to just the head is used en masse, I'd assume that it got popular because of the synthetic catharsis of seeing, smelling, feeling, and tasting normally unattainable things from your bed or office chair. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The doujins of SAO would have you think that ANYTHING can be enjoyed in full dive VR. 😉

TheErisianMonk

18:35 The Asuna reveal is always fantastic. 19:30 Agil, the MAN!!!! 20:25 IDGAF what anyone else says, this final attack is epic af, and I will always be hyped af about it. 24:40 I love the Kirito drip. Black works in so many instances. I mean, look at all of my band shirts. Man, seeing you get into the action is so rewarding. Thanks for giving this anime it's chance to wow you.

TheErisianMonk

It's generally accepted that the dude refused the potion because he understood the number of damage he took and that a potion won't undo fatal damage. He won't be the last death that allows time for profound words. Best to not dissect the fantasy sci-fi anime about being stuck in a video game too finely. 😜

TheErisianMonk

Wow...I really switched the B and G, huh? Lame.

Tristan Allen

Welcome to Time Skip Online! Get used to them. Uh, my SAO knowledge is super dusty and out of date and it looks like TheErisianMonk has things on lockdown lore-wise. Still, I'll fill in where I can because I love yapping, but even moreso than in other shows, take it with a grain of salt. The barbarian dude's outburst against Beta Testers is nothing new. In fact by this point a month in, there have been legit lynch gangs chasing suspected beta testers into PvP fields to kill them. I wont go further into that since it becomes relevant later. I will say that a disproportionate amount of the 2000+ dead at this point have been Beta Testers, usually due to their own recklessness. I have one thing to add about food that hasn't been discussed. Kirito kinda mentions it in episode 1, but eating in VR tells your brain you are sated, even as your stomach tries to say otherwise. SAO is the first full-dive mmorpg, but many smaller games and services exist, and a real problem in the setting is people wasting away in vr diners, bars, etc where they can eat their fill for far less than in real life, even as their bodies are actually wasting away. Speaking of both eating and wasting away, the bodies of those trapped in the game. I don't believe the anime ever mentions it, but thanks to the NerveGear's internal battery, it is possible to move those affected, though so much care has to be put into it to not accidentally dislodge or damage the NerveGear, or let the internal battery get too low, lest it fries their brain. A massive coordinated effort by emergency responders across Japan has carefully moved those trapped in SAO to hospitals to be cared for like a normal coma patient. A pretty neat thing about SAO from both a game and a story is that killing blows drain health significantly slower than regular hits. This is a neat game mechanic as a player can potentially heal themselves from an unexpected crit before their HP runs out - a necessity perhaps since there's no magic and thus no dedicated healers in SAO. And from a story perspective it allows long and dramatic deaths to occur like what befalls Diabel. Kirito gets his iconic jacket! The special drops from scoring the killing blow on a level boss are far above curve, and unlike in the beta, unique because the level bosses can only be defeated once. It's tragic but really no surprise that Diabel decided to throw caution to the wind in an attempt to win something so valuable.