episode 24 is out
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well, thats that.
Unfortnately, what I said at the beginning of this second season held true to the end: the vast success of SAO let its creator get it to his head. He and his series have become too full of themselves.

So many episodes wasted on (bad) slice of life-scenes, when that isnt what SAO was supposed to be about. This last episode was especially bad, since really nothing of importance happened at all.