You must be right. I was basing my previous thoughts heavily on "My request is complete" at 17:00.. as in he was given a request to fulfil.
You must be right. I was basing my previous thoughts heavily on "My request is complete" at 17:00.. as in he was given a request to fulfil.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
[HorribleSubs] Sword Art Online - 08 [1080p].mkv
"People stopped trying to clear the game"
"I wonder if it was what the creator of the game wanted"
Well, to me he wanted people to clear the game.
An easy way would be to have a level to disappear every day (or 2 days) starting from the first and every item/people/enemies from that level moved to the upper one.
That would really spice things up.
So we got yet another slice of life ep with a little action. Probably some PK to come and the blame to be put on the two lovers...
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
So are we finally in the second volume or what? This chapter seemed a lot more interesting than the last few.
Actually, we're finally in the first volume.
The Black Swordsman (Scilia), Warmth of the Heart (Lizbet), and Red-nosed Reindeer (Black Cats) are all from volume 2.
The murder case is from volume 8.
Aria in the Starless Night is a side story (not sure if it was published, or released as a doujin from the author, or just posted on his website).
The only material from volume 1 was episode 1 and now this.
I'm looking forward to when they fight The Gleameyes, he looks pretty beast.
Creepy stalker guy...
.. I'm expecting Asuna to quit her guild one of these days if this keeps up. Partying with Kirito should be enough to show her that's going with a guild is not the only way to play with support, and likewise for Kirito.
I would have cut that guy up in the duel. Since you supposedly can't feel pain, it doesn't "hurt" to do it. He won't have to pay for a new weapon neither. It'll also mean that he's got to stay inside a town while he heals himself (unless he goes to purchase healing potions), so he'll be out of the way of the date as well.
Plus.. there's no blaming the weapon and all. Sometimes trying to act nice and honourable just isn't as good as giving a clear backhand to the face.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
ep was fun to watch, I hope it will stay like this.
If I were Kirito, I'd be pissed if my rarest drop so far has been a cooking ingredient
Indeed. This was the first episode that actually felt like it had a connection to any of the other episodes, much less an actual narrative for once.Originally Posted by Archangel
Stand alone episodes are not the author's strong suit. It was impossible to care about any of the side-story girls before, or even Asuna herself.
@MasterOfMoogles
I don't think it is a matter of whether or not this was part of the actual first volume and story, the side stories were just really poorly written, and frankly not engaging, due to a variety of factors already sufficiently beaten to death.
The setting was actually utilized in this episode, and that made a big difference.
- Guild "politics"
- Kirito is still considered a cheating a-hole (despite there being no way a beta player could have gotten this far), but also people underestimate him because if there was someone as strong as he is, there's no way they wouldn't be in a guild, or the leader of one.
- Many just living their lives in the game, few still trying to leave.
- Lots of "useless" skills that people power level, but Asuna still lamenting that it is way to simplified, something I thought during the blacksmith episode that went unmentioned by the characters.
A lot of the side episodes could be transplanted directly out of Generic Swordplay Fantasy anime #158 (or even cyberpunk anime #213) and you'd never even know it.
So they say that the movements of monsters are becoming more and more irregular as well as the fact that they tend to do things they shouldn't be able to do before ( as far as I gathered ) and yet they insist a boss can't leave it's room. I've got a feeling this one can and that all hell will break loose after.
You can't really blame anybody of the worst deeds with the colour of the diamond indicating what they have and haven't done. I wouldn't be surprised if the shady figure tried to get the dishonoured escort dude to use dirty tricks against Kirito.
I'm wondering if that cooking skill really is useless or if there's some underlying mechanism encouraging people to delevop also "useless" skills. Like there being two categories of skills and you can't use all points inside the useful category. Or perhaps cooking can be used as a fast alchemy skill.
Anyway, I quite liked this episode. But then again, I don't think anything else was needed but having Kiroto and Asuna in the same scenes to make me happy... Though I'm still wishing Kirito would be colder and more badass in the company of strangers (like would be fitting for the lone black swordsman) and only all mushy in Asuna's company.
Quite possibly so. My initial feeling was that the hooded guy was going to push them into the room (since I also assumed that by taking a peek, they meant from outside the room in case the doors closed on them).. but that doesn't seem to be the case.
The part I didn't like (because of inconsistency) is that the guy doesn't know Kirito. He should be the most well known individual now aside from the leaders of powerful guilds. He's not a Beater. He's the Beater.
edit: I felt sorry for the rabbit.
Last edited by Buffalobiian; Sun, 08-26-2012 at 07:26 AM.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Rabbits are delicious.
I would max out the cooking skill just like Asuna did. Imagine living for years without anything decent to eat. I would rather get killed by a ragout rabbit.
Peace.
Actually if you go back to episode 2.
Asuna was quite cold and distant in a way that is similar to how Kirito is acting now. Kirito giving Asuna some butter to use with the bread clearly surprised her with the taste. That particular event might have something to do with encouraging Asuna to develop cooking.
Yeah, but to develop cooking and max out cooking are two quite different things. I do agree that I'd also invest some points in cooking even if it didn't give anything else but more tasty stuff. It would do good to your mental health to eat something actually edible in the long run instead of some dull goo. But unless you are planning to open a restaurant, I don't see the point of maxing it out.
You max it out because you can. It's a secondary skill, something that you train in your days off i assume.
Hmm... So, you don't actually have finite skill points based on your level? I thought the eavesdropping case way back suggested otherwise.
I'm just assuming but that's a practical skill, while cooking is a secondary skill.
Edit: Actually, i rewatched the ease dropping incident and i'm convinced the system is more like runescape and less like skyrim.
Last edited by Archangel; Sun, 08-26-2012 at 03:21 PM.
That's what I believe as well. Like Blacksmithing. The more things you make the more you level skill.
The murderer guild in a previous episode was flagged orange despite red being the killer color, so yeah, it's definitely possible that someone could get blamed for a murder they didn't commit.
Anyway this episode was ok. It seems like these short stories are being told out of order, because Kirito isn't using the sword he got from the blacksmith girl and Asuna jabs him with a joke about not associating with other girls. Asuna acts out of character in the scene with the bodyguard, literally cowering behind Kirito and passively acceding to the bodyguard's rough handling until Kirito intervenes. She's his superior, she's stronger than him, and she left her passive shell quite a while ago in the story, there's no reason for her to be acting like this. Him being a man or being taller than her means absolutely nothing in this world.
There's actually two little action scenes that are reasonably well done, the Labyrinth environment is cool looking, and if you're the kind of person who finds Kirito and Asuna's relationship interesting this episode is endearing. Plus it's at least playing at setting up future conflicts with the unknown observer in the crowd.
I wish it was because Asuna was trying to coax Kirito to make a move and claim her (like he finally did) and not because she was out of character and acting so stupidly in front of a soldier of a lesser rank. But I reckon the real reason is the latter, unfortunately, even if she has sometimes been quite crafty with her words in Kirito's company.
She didn't exactly seem pleased over the idea of having a bodyguard so maybe she's just too creeped out by the fact that he stalks her 24/7 even when he's dismissed? And the way he acted kinda added to him coming off as a creepy stalker.
You are here alone again
In your sweet insanity
All too calm, you hide yourself from reality
Do you call it solitude? Do you call it liberty?
When all the world turns away to leave you lonely
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