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…
Watashi Wa Bucho!! 