12 Days of Anime 2019 – I Finally Finish Sword Art Online

My journey with Sword Art Online has been a long and arduous one. I first started watching the show six years ago, in 2013. Like many, I was eager to see what all the fuss was about. Was it the momentous masterpiece that hordes of fanatical fans made it out to be? Somehow, I doubted it. But I had to be sure. I had to find out for myself. Unfortunately, though just eight episodes shy of finishing season one, I was forced to put it on the back burner, as the demands of university began to overwhelm me… 

Though I wasn’t bowled over by the 17 episodes of Sword Art Online that I did watch, I always felt that it was unfair of me to slate the show without having seen how it managed to wrap itself up. After all, what if it managed to redeem itself with an absolutely cracking finale? Bolstered by this, somewhat naive, hope, this winter I finally plucked up the courage to go back and finish Sword Art Online… 

While the pros and cons of SAO have already been exhaustively documented by hundreds of other anime fans (many of whom are able to express themselves far better than I), for those of you who may be interested, here are my thoughts on the show… 

Say “I Love You”. – a Wholly Frustrating Experience

Though I do try to keep my posts pretty positive here on Watashi Wa Bucho!! (there’s already enough negativity in the world without me adding to it), every so often I watch an anime so unpalatable that I feel it’s part public service to warn people about it. Say “I Love You”. is one such show. The way I look at it, time is a finite and, therefore, valuable resource. Anime, even shorter ones, represent a significant investment of your time. So aren’t you better off investing in those actually worth your time? Here are three reasons why Say “I Love You”. is not one of these shows… 

30 Days of Anime – #20 a Character Who Gets on My Nerves

#20 What Character Gets on My Nerves?

Light Yagami – Death Note

I know that this will divide opinion, since, for some bizarre reason, Light continues to be one of the best-loved anime characters in existence, but I just cannot stand the guy! And that’s putting it mildly (I try to keep things PG here on WWB). I once joked to my friends that I could probably write an essay on the reasons why I loathed Light and now, finally, the time has come to make good on my word – even at the risk of alienating my readers!

Warning: major spoilers for Death Note ahead. If you’ve yet to see the anime, this isn’t the post for you!