10/10 episode

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Alice has officially become Godtier waifu for me, I don't think anyone comes close for me. Seeing my favourite part of vol 16 animated has been great and A-1 have done an amazing job with the OST, art, animation, everything is just so bright and gorgeous. One thing I do have as a bit of criticism is the scene with ronye and tiese made me more emotional reading than watching honestly. I think the inner thoughts added a lot to that scene, but it was still beautiful.

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Fanatio and Alice's scene was also great.

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I'm really excited. I don't get how the MAL ranking has dropped from 8.2 to 7.88, people rating 1's and 2's and doing reviews. If you hate SAO that much just don't watch it, man. We're 4 seasons in at this point, why bother yourself and hurt the score like that?

Well, Eldrie's death is gonna hurt like a son of a bitch after that ending

A great episode.

The scene when Bercoulli and Kirito traded incarnate swords was well made and how he thinks Kirito will be the deciding factor in the war to come as well as knowing Kirito's actual life and death combat experience. I do wish we would have been able to see this to characters meet and just talk.

Ronie and Tieze's scene was incredibly sad when they realized Eugeo's death and Kirito's current state yet at the same time it was a beautiful with Alice.

Fanatio's and Alice's meeting provided some levity to an otherwise tense episode though I think it was the most tense moment for Bercoulli in a long time.

The tension right at the end as the ED was playing and the Great Easter Gate reached 0 was great and I just can't wait for next week's episode when the war starts.

Holy fucking shit.

This episode is stellar for the beginning of what's going to happen in the future. The scene with Tiese and Ronnie almost got me, and Alice is fucking amazing. The whole banter between Fanatio and Alice was cute for a heavy episode, and the speech between Alice and Eldrie was depressing when you know that he's going to die... Watching Eldrie cry was going to make me cry.

Also, we finally get to see Renri and Scheta close up. I love the brief scenes between those two - Scheta being quiet, living up to her title, and Renri feeling anxious; I genuinely cannot wait to see these two in action.

Fucking hell, man. This episode was not enough. I need to see what happens in the next episode.

War is about to begin.

All right did anyone realize that freaking Lena and Gorugorosso were in eposide. When meeting( War Couil) they were there.

"Fanatio with makeup!?"

I honestly forgot about Fanatio's change after her battle with Kirito. I'm going to have to read this whole section again, though I do remember the picture where they giggle.

"Your body and appearance are entirely dependent on your heart"

I cannot wait to see that whole sequence with Ronie Tieze and Alice animated with music.

Long have we waited, CGI soldiers activated.

All in all, it was perfect. The end of «Invading» has been reached, and on we go to «Exploding».

The terrain was so far different from what I imagined as I read the book, the ground appeared darker like rock and maybe it would have been particularly sparse, but it is, in it's own way, a pretty sight. Takiguri and Amayori, as per usual are cuter together too.

The power of Incarnation, the exchange between Kirito and Ojii-san is just as I had expected. All this foreshadowing was neat. However Kirito's groans pain me. And seeing Ronye and Tiese once more was nice, the whole scene altogether felt bittersweet, I do wish they'd have shown a glimpse of Eugeo when Tiese grasped the «Blue Rose» though.

"I was born in a village in the hinterlands, and I should have grown up like this." Fate is cruel indeed. Alice looked very elegant in that attire. The accompanying BGM really drove it home.

I say I have been looking forward to the girl talk between Fanatio and Alice, and it still was plenty hilarious. Nice to have heard that classic track at the same time.

Sortilienna and Golgorosso-senpai are present, but there wasn't any sign of Uolo. I'm hoping he's the soldier that assisted Deusolbert during the battle, I imagined it as such, at least.

Ah, Alice and Eldrie, I didn't remember it much but hearing all of this now was plenty painful. You didn't have to be such a stickler, Alice.

"Make a miracle happen again and protect everybody." We're all counting on ya, Kii-bou.

I believe it is normal that 'unlasting' automatically makes me sad now.

Both sides are ready, the «War of Underworld», the «Final Load Test», will now commence. Next: Battle of the Knights.

(All that flair is a little too epic for the inhabitants of the «Underworld» RATH. Surely you must understand?)

I'm gonna ask here, without any major spoilers please:
Can we except the episode a full on war for the entirety of the episode? I don't remember the last time when we had an episode-long battle sequence.

My God...what an episode.

First of all, Bercouli teasing us with that exchange of Incarnate Swords with Kirito...yes, Ojii-sama, we all know who the MC is and who has the Ultimate Power, no need to remind us XD

And finally, THAT SCENE! My God was so much more touching and satisfying seeing it animated...as well as much more obvious. I know there are people who are still gonna deny what Alice almost did there, but I'm satisfied already after watching it animated firsthand :3

Of course, then it's just followed by the utter soul-crushing feels...holy shit, seeing Ronie and Tiese breaking down, crying and blaming themselves was...hnngh, my heart could barely take it, it was almost as bad as the novels, worse in a specific way because we could see and hear them cry ;-;

Then Alice doing her 'Henshin!' and comforting them warmed my heart quite a bit :)

Fanatio and Alice's scene was even more hilarious animated than in the novels, God Bless XD I love how Ojii-sama is the fucking smooth smart by getting the fuck out of there before they turned to him...it shows the difference between him and someone like Kirito, he knows when he should just run away :P

Also, it was SO easy to differentiate the 'filler characters' from the relevant ones in that war council that it almost made me laugh. It was great seeing quite a few of the Knights animated for the first time, though...also, Liena-sempai and Gorgolosso-sempai OwO!

Finally...holy shit did that last scene sent chills up and down my back, my God. Seeing everyone in place on both sides getting ready for shit to get real made me tremble a bit (Though shouldn't Ronie and Tiese still be back in the tent with Kirito instead of there in the middle of things?). The small detail of they showing Renri scared shitless was nice too.

Truly, the best episode so far, I have nothing to complain about it and it actually hyped me up for the rest.

Now, let the true suffering of the arc begin ;w;

Wow, what a stellar episode, definitely one of the best in the series as far as I'm concerned. The cinematography of that ED was amazing, and the episode as a whole really nailed that calm-before-the-storm sense of finality to it.

Can someone give me a small summary about the events that are going to happen? I am an Anime-only but I don't mind spoilers, and it will just take too much time to read the novels (I have read upto Vol 15th).

Only came to the LN thread to ask, is asuna gonna dive next week?

I hope they have a new op for exploding

I have a question when will asuna show up next episode or episode 7?

So 7 Knight got Deep Freeze in LN but the anime changed the number to 10. My hope of seeing new Knight aside Renri and Shayta got shattered.

So did Alice try to kiss Kirito?

How do u guys think of ‘Let loose all of my will power’ Alice gonna do?

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My god what a fantastic episode. The bickering with Alice and Fanatio was amusing with Bercouli noping out of there. The little foreshadowing of saying Kirito will come back when he’s needed the made me smile.

Unlasting playing while the gate breaks down sent chills. Also I loved the little mirroring with Kirito and Vector sitting down lol. And Bercouli in his uniform?! Ahh! Can’t wait for next week’s episode!

so what triggers kirito to wake up?

Ending gave me chills. 10/10 episode. Also, I forgot but I’m the LN, did they mention Kirito in the back row of the army when the gate broke down? Because I noticed he was kinda mirroring Vecta’s position on the other side, which seems like a really cool touch.

Question: When Eugeo speaks from the dead to Ronye, is it because his fluctlight is being kept alive as per Kirito's request? Or what's up with that?

To think, it all started with a castle in the sky...

I can't way for the moment where all the girls start fighting who knew Kirito the longest