Oh man I loled xD. T'was a hearty lol from a deep place! I nearly laughed to death when that guy in the light brown cloak got pick axed to death. It was like those idiots never played an adventure game before, or saw a fantasy movie. "Oooooh! Secret door with an unguarded treasure chest? Not a single monster present up to this point? How lucky are *we*?!?" It was obvious that guild was going to get slaughtered with all the carefree attitude going unchecked and Kirito telling Sachi she wouldn't die (lol), but I didn't think it'd be so funny.
That aside, pacing is really killing this anime. I haven't read the light novel this apparently comes from, but watching that last episode still felt like watching something like, say, Unlimited Bladeworks. Kirita's relationship with the guild members needed to be developed further for there to be a real emotional impact at their loss (besides whatever emotion you feel when laughing at a joke). There was a group PvP fight that really should've been shown in detail, and Kleine crying because he wants Kirito to live....seems unfounded. I don't see why, based on how and how much their relationship developed, he would care enough to shed a single tear. I'm sure a better job was done in the light novel, but again, there's a severe lack in exposition here. Everything is present for a very good story, but not enough of these things are developed, and it's a shame.
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