Sword Art Online

[Ryllharu]

From what we had seen at this point in time, he liked her and wanted to do normal boys-girls-stuff. He never made the impression of being some shallow macho, trying to score with another bitch, so to say. From what we saw, he wanted to be her bf, love her, be there for her. And instead of telling this friendly guy "sorry, I am not romantically interested in you", she led him on. Did she deserve to be raped? Of course, not. But she was a true bitch for playing with him, and having a trauma does not excuse hurting other people´s feeling.

Uhh....

He admitted he only approached her because he found out that she was a killer. The entire reason he even approached her in the first place was because she has the reputation of being a murderer. That's not "normal boy-girl stuff".

He was determined that she was the perfect type of person to go on to the fantasy digital world with him and become a PKing couple. They were both murderers after all, she's fine with it, he wants to do it too. Take after his cool brother, not hang out in this stressful shitty real world where he has to be a responsible adult and take over a business that he doesn't want to. Nah, they can be murderers together in the "next" world. She killed once before, she's got to enjoy it just like he does, right?

And not once did she ever lead him on. No idea where you even got that impression. He makes advances toward her, she meekly and politely refused on the swingset.

[Kraco]

and having a trauma does not excuse hurting other people´s feeling.

Perhaps not objectively speaking, but it means she might not have had a choice in the matter. Psychological trauma that doesn't affect a person's behavior, personality, and choices in life isn't trauma at all. The dude knew her situation better than most. It's not like he would have been an ordinary classmate who first observed her from afar and then approached to confess.

[KrayZ33]

And I'm pretty sure there are pedophiles here.

*everyone looks at buff*

[shinta|hikari]

*everyone looks at buff*

This made me LOL.

Also, being a pedophile does not make you a bad person. Look at Buff.

@Mfauli - The thing is, she did not lead him on intentionally. It just so happened that Kirito made her wet. She didn't promise she would say yes. She just asked for him to wait until after the tournament for an answer. When that happened, she simply made a decision and said no. If Kirito had not been there, she might have even accepted death gun (without knowing he is a psycho).

[KrayZ33]

No wait, I confused buff with you didn't I?
Who was the Loli-fan again?

*Everyone looks at Shinta except for KrayZee who looks at Buff*
*Buff coughs and points at Shinta*
*Now everyone looks at Shinta*

[shinta|hikari]

This is nothing new.

[DarthEnderX]

This is nothing new.

Well, I'm sure some of you guys frequent threads for more relationship-based based forums than I do.

I generally don't venture outside of Shounen crap, so I'm not really familiar with you guys attitudes on such things.

[MasterOfMoogles]

She basically told him she couldn't deal with thinking about that right now and to wait until after the tournament.
Seems fair to me.

And while I don't agree with MFauli, let's try to keep the discussion civil guys. Some of the comments earlier were uncalled for. Even if you don't like someone, focus on the arguments and not the poster.

[exglitch67]

She basically told him she couldn't deal with thinking about that right now and to wait until after the tournament.
Seems fair to me.

And while I don't agree with MFauli, let's try to keep the discussion civil guys. Some of the comments earlier were uncalled for. Even if you don't like someone, focus on the arguments and not the poster.

I don't believe Sinnon was wrong, but in my opinion she made that statement as a cop out. If she was really undecided and just ended up not being into him that's one thing, but to me she clearly does not think of him in a romantic fashion (see note below) and was using the tournament to put off a conversation that she would of rather avoided because she may lose a friend. Now its not right that her friend would put her in a position like that, but it doesn't absolve her of the fact it seems she knew the answer was no and let him believe otherwise. In my observation it is very obvious she is not into him, are there differences of opinion on this?



Edit: Another thought just occurred to me while reading the discussion; When has a girl ever given a "maybe" as an answer only to come back later and say "I thought about it and yes, let's date." In my experience, especially when I have been in the place of death gun kid, if it wasn't "yes" then any other answer meant "no" you just have to wait longer to get it. For example, even though Sinnon was not "ready" to date, she still got wet for Kirito. So to be honest, timing is usually a cop out.

[DarthEnderX]

Now its not right that her friend would put her in a position like that, but it doesn't absolve her of the fact it seems she knew the answer was no and let him believe otherwise. In my observation it is very obvious she is not into him, are there differences of opinion on this?

I don't believe so. The difference of opinion is to whether this makes the character a bitch, and if it did, does that somehow mean she deserves to be murdered.

[MFauli]

recap :/

[DarthEnderX]

So does that mean they're doing the next arc as well? Because it would seem weird to end the run on a clip show.

[MasterOfMoogles]

They're doing a side story next, followed by the next volume of the LN.

[DarthEnderX]

Doesn't SAO only have 4 real arcs anyway?

[MasterOfMoogles]

They've animated Aincrad, Fairy Dance, and Phantom Bullet, volumes 1, 3/4, and 5/6 respectively.
They also animated most of the side stories from volumes 2 and 8, in line with when they actually occurred in the timeline chronologically. Episode 2 of the anime (1st floor boss battle) was a side story not included in the numbered volumes.
Up next is a side story from volume 8.
After that, they're animating volume 7, Mother's Rosario. It is arguable if you want to call this an arc or just a side story in the grand scheme of things.

Volume 9 starts the huge ongoing arc, Alicization, that is the rest of the novels (on like 14 or 15 now).

[DarthEnderX]

Oh, I thought the books were done already.

[Munsu]

So, when will recap shows finally become obsolete in Japan? They're annoying as fuck. The worst are the ones that try to feed you a new scene here, some new information there and forces you to watch the damn whole thing. Thankfully this one didn't seem like it added anything new and could get away with an easy 30 second fast forward. But it delays a new episode by a week, completely pointless.

[MFauli]

episode 15 is out
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this was worse than bad. it was simply boring. wow, so boring. we´re really supposed to be excited about watching kirito and co. go on a mere mmorpg quest now? there is zero sense of danger. it´d be equally interesting to watch Light go to school, learn some english, some math, then return home. and the episode would end before he´d start writing in his death note. no wait, that would be more interesting than this sao episode. :/

also, why the fuck would Sinon choose a cat girl avatar?! Girl who was portrayed as cold, independent and wary of all men suddenly dresses up like every guy´s wet dream. I guess ... the power of Kirito? :/

[DarthEnderX]

I already like this arc more than the last one.

Although, I think there are way too many characters in this group.

suddenly dresses up like every guy´s wet dream.

I guess I missed the memo.

[MasterOfMoogles]

It would be kind of stupid if they were always fighting with their lives on the line.

Shino tries to use these MMOs to change herself.
She tried to be a cold, cool person in GGO to overcome her fears, so I guess now she's trying something different now that she isn't so traumatized anymore.
But really, what is wrong with you? Only mfauli would complain about more catgirls in anime

Also, lol at Scilica looking at her tail like "Why doesn't Kirito ever pull mine?"