Anime/Manga Aficionado's Lounge! II

[Estrecca]

Sword Art Online:

... they seriously ramped up Sugou to eleven on the anime. Like, seriously...

Actually, no.

All he says, all he does? Quoted verbatim from the LN.

They left out some of his rant about Kayaba, though.

[J/O/J/O]

So I would like to give an update on my reading of Billy Bat up to chapter 62:
HOLY S**T......
So let me get this straight:
Spoilers incoming.....


The whole plot of Kevin,Jackie and Lee going to Dallas and getting involved in the JFK assassination was just The Bat's plan to ensure that Kevin's succesor lived through the shooting.
I guess It's like Ninja Momochi said.Humans are but tools of The Bat.
I cant believe this manga made me feel sorry about Oswald.He took the blame of the conspiracy to keep Kevin alive(and in the process averted the end of the world).
The fake Chuck Aulkin creeps me out.I would assume he is the main villain of the story?

[Siriel]

Actually, no.

All he says, all he does? Quoted verbatim from the LN.

They left out some of his rant about Kayaba, though.

Seriously? His jealousy/hatred was kind of an important part of his personality.

...It was pretty much the only thing he had beside "batshit control freak rapist".

[Siriel]

Worst. Boss fight. Ever.

If it makes you feel better, the next arc has an actual...well, fight.


Having taken a look, Anime Excalibur looks...fake and not cool.

[Eternal Torment]

He flat-out said that he was messing around with the "oh noes I need to use my hand for my reality warping!" thing.

Plus, he's just had a power-up. Until he actually uses it, I'm betting that anything that happens happens because he lets it.

No, I meant the part where he was like "I freaked out when Zenkichi tackled me into the pit, so it took me longer than normal to revive".

But you are right about the powerup, his death could have been April Fiction all along.

[Siriel]

No, I meant the part where he was like "I freaked out when Zenkichi tackled me into the pit, so it took me longer than normal to revive"

Yeah, but in this case, he visibly had the time to realize what happened, then has the time that it took Shiranui to get to him.

But you are right about the powerup, his death could have been April Fiction all along.

It was an April fool's, you might say.

[Eternal Torment]

Yeah, but in this case, he visibly had the time to realize what happened, then has the time that it took Shiranui to get to him.

It was an April fool's, you might say.

Well, Kumagawa did have enough time back in the Zenkichi fight. He realized the platform was falling, then he got a bunch of snakes on him once the platform reached the bottom. He said out loud that he was going to use All-Fiction, but Zenkichi grabbed his hands and Kumagawa begged him to let go. I'd argue that it took even more time than what Shiranui did.

Indeed it was.

[Ghost]

If it makes you feel better, the next arc has an actual...well, fight.

Not that it wasn't kinda satisfying, but... Yeah.

So, we'll get anime Gun Gale and UnderWorld too, then?

Having taken a look, Anime Excalibur looks...fake and not cool.

Excalipoor! XD

Honestly, though, I'm not sure how it differed from the other swords in this series.

[Len Ikari145]

Not that it wasn't kinda satisfying, but... Yeah.

The bastard deserved more than what Kirito gave him for molesting his woman.

spoilers:

(Which he'll thankfully receive in the next episode when they meet in the real world).

end of spoilers

[Siriel]

So, we'll get anime Gun Gale and UnderWorld too, then?.

I don't see any reason to not include the Phantom Bullet arc.

...I couldn't read through UnderWorld, so I can't say there. Most of the stuff after Phantom Bullet has been pretty lackluster to me.

Excalipoor! XD

Honestly, though, I'm not sure how it differed from the other swords in this series .

It looks like it's made of plastic to me. The other swords at least look...made of metal.

...The fact that Sugou swung it like a nerf bat did not help.

[Ghost]

It looks like it's made of plastic to me. The other swords at least look...made of metal.

Don't know about that - I wouldn't say it was much worse than Kirito's second sword, or that purple demon sword that Salamander guy was using.

Kinda makes sense too, given that they are supposed to be JRPG-type video game weapons.

[Hazard]

Regarding SAO:

The anime only has 25 episodes.

As far as I know at least, unless we get a second season we aren't going to see the other arcs.

[Len Ikari145]

Regarding SAO:

The anime only has 25 episodes.

As far as I know at least, unless we get a second season we aren't going to see the other arcs.

A second season will probably be announced sometime next year.

[Dark Soul # 7]

Found Kanzaki and Yuka's loss to be funny as they ended up in the one scenario, out of many they barely managed to pass earlier, they're honestly outclassed at...Especially given the other finalists.

Kanzaki/Yuka: Yeah! Let's do this! (then after the reveal of the scenario to be a fight) ...Crap. O_O

But otherwise, Oga and Hilda better step up their game now that Aoi and Aiba have revealed to have taken levels of badass just in case of a rematch. XD

Kanzaki and Yuka's loss was a definite high point in this chapter, even if I was kind of rooting for the bastard.

Now I wonder who'll win. Nah, it'll probably be Oga but it would be a nice surprise if he didn't win.

[Hazard]

Ixion Saga DT


So after a dramatic battle with the bad guys, each team ends up with a hostage from the other side. DT successfully uses his hostage's idiocy to interrogate him, then lets him go because he is genre savvy enough to know the bad guys will let go of their hostage in turn, their leader being supremely honorable and all.

He uses this to challenge the bad guys to a final showdown in a castle in which he had set up dozens of traps using the information he got from his hostage.

Then he may or may not have faked his own death.

This anime really needs more love.