SAO

I've finally decided to give this a shot after the shitflinging and defending and whatnot to see what this is all about. I started SAO II a few days ago and I'm on Episode 5. The verdict so far: It's pretty good?

Aincrad Arc: had some weird directing issues that hurt some of the emotional scenes but still got across the sense of dread. I also really like Asuna so it was fun seeing her relationship grow with KiriGod. Kayaba was a unique antagonist although it's hard to call him that.

Fairy Dance: I don't know what happened here and I don't know why but I can't stand ALO in general. It felt so boring, the villain was also pretty shit. Kawahara why?

And from the few episodes of GGO, it's been a lot better directed, feels like there's enough breathing room and Sinon focus has been refreshing. Looking forward to more shots of her ass.

How are the arcs after GGO? What about Alicization?

So half of a show is shit and you call it pretty good? Those are some low standards.

I had some pretty low expectations and a lot of the moments in Aincrad made up for the 2nd half.

>actually went through the series
This nigga.

But thats the thing. If an entire half of a show is bad, it doesnt matter how good the other half is. Its already worse than tons and tons of shows that are consistently good. It isnt a bad thing to expect a show to be good for its entirety.

Sure but people are going to judge things differently. It's pretty normal to hear about how others forgive this thing because all of this happened. It's not like I hated it, I just consolidated it to the plot/setting and said it was boring.

Thats my point. You are willing to forgive all the shit in a show, but why? There are so many shows where you dont have to put up with shit at all.

Think of it this way. I temd to try about 40 new anime each season. I drop any show as soon as I dont find it enjoyable. I end up with about five good shows typically. Thats five shows EACH SEASON that are good from start to finish. Why waste your time with shit, when you can watch all the good shows that are available?

SAO: Weird pacing but overall good.

ALO: What the fuck

GGO: Good to be honest.

MR: Masterpiece

OS: Pretty good, also funny to see Kirito cope with AR since he's unfit.

ALO is the only one that actually sucks.

Fucking lel that bulge.

SAO is entertaining, but it's not good by any means.
Yes, something terrible can also be entertaining and just dumb fun to watch.
It's funny how Sup Forums adores other shows with that quality, like vulvarape and cross ange, but absolutely hates sao because it got popular with normalfags.