Sword Art Online II "Phantom Bullet" Review

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What's gonna work? Teamwork!

I get the feeling that's what this episode was going for, as Sinon saves Kirito's life, and then Kazuto saves Shino's life. Because that's how things work, I guess.

Sword Art Online II "Bullet of a Phantom" Review

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Time to bring your swords to the gun-fight, as we've got a good old fashioned Aincrad smackdown coming at you these next two episodes!

Sword Art Online II "What It Means to be Strong" Review

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Well we've hit the brakes on this season, now haven't we? Though I suppose being constantly hit over the head with action isn't necessarily the best way to go about things, I would prefer not to have an episode and a half of just our two heroes sitting in a cave, and then several minutes dedicated to the players in ALO spewing dialogue and exposition we already knew about.

Sword Art Online II "Death Chaser" Review

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If I told you there'd be a car chase in SAO a couple weeks ago, would you have believed me?

Such is life, my friends.

Sword Art Online II "Death Gun" Review

"Don't forget. It's not over. Nothing is over. It's show time."

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Wow, talk about a total turn-around. This episode went from "oh yeah let's team up!" to "OH MY GOD SINON WHAT IS HAPPENING" in quite literally a second. 'twas a twist, I must say. And while this episode does focus up on the new, or rather official, teaming up of Sinon and Kirito, there is also a renewed focus on our buds back in ALO, who are watching the stream of GGO. Not sure how, really, but whatever.

Sword Art Online II "Bullet of Bullets" Review

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Well, the big GGO tournament is upon us, folks! Thirty players. Ten kilometers. One champion. Let's do this!

The episode really does make it feel like this is a big event. The Superbowl of GGO, if you will. And yes, I am totally referencing the Superbowl because it happened last night. Apex 2015 was better, though. 3 AM EST hype!

Sword Art Online II "Crimson Memories" Review

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This is going to be a relatively short review for a multitude of reasons: 1. Not much happens, it's a "calm before the storm" type of episode. 2. Apex is going on right now, so, I'm writing this and listening in on the Melee Top 48. Gotta get this done real quick like.

Oh, and the Superbowl or whatever, but, I don't like either team nor the halftime performance choice.