Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
This should have been longer than 26 episodes, period.
With this pacing it seems like they must be aiming for 13 episodes. The beginning of this episode was simply unreal considering how the previous episode ended. It's really killing this, like Barles said. I don't know if this is still supposed to be some kind of intro to the world, but it certainly feels like that. I really hope it will slow down and start to build solid progress and character development.

But that being said, just like with the second episode, I was actually pretty pleased how this third episode as well pushed Kirito toward the lonely wolf position in the end. I hope the Christmas card didn't totally shatter that but only made him value his own life a bit better. I like Kirito taking risks but not risking his life for sentimental purposes of no concrete value to anybody.