Well what about the other episodes you ask? The remaining "plot" episodes are filled with deus ex machina in its purest form. So there you have it over half of first part of the story has nothing to do with the overall plot.
The series wastes another 2 1/2 episodes on pointless filler garbage. So due to some illogical reason, we're now down to 7 episodes to tell the rest of this story.
What follows are 5 completely irrelevant side character episodes and unnecessary terrible time skips that ruin any sense of a story the first 2 episodes set up.
I mean with 2 episodes that are amazing, surely what follows will be more of the adventures of the main characters and these mmo boss fights.right? Wrong. You're introduced to the main characters and it shows mmo style of play. The first 2 episodes are honestly pretty good and set up the plot of the show that should follow. This review will go into details as to my opinions on why I feel this way.ฤก) Story - This is first major problem is the show. Whether people want to overlook it or not is up to the individual, but I believe it fails at the fundamentals for writing a good story. Sword Art Online is more or less the equivalent of a fanfiction in it's writing and quality. Since I've seen a plethora of scores of 10 for this show, I thought I'd write what I feel is a more realistic review for this show. Kirito must adapt to his new reality, fight for his survival, and hopefully break free from his virtual hell. To make matters worse, Sword Art Online is not all fun and games: if they die in Aincrad, they die in real life. Some are allies, while others are foes, like Asuna Yuuki, who commands the leading group attempting to escape from the ruthless game. In order to escape Aincrad, Kirito will now have to interact and cooperate with his fellow players. However, in a cruel turn of events, the players soon realize they cannot log out the game's creator has trapped them in his new world until they complete all one hundred levels of the game.
He logs in to find himself, with ten-thousand others, in the scenic and elaborate world of Aincrad, one full of fantastic medieval weapons and gruesome monsters. Kazuto Kirigaya, nicknamed "Kirito," is among the lucky few enthusiasts who get their hands on the first shipment of the game. With the aid of "NerveGear" technology, players can control their avatars within the game using nothing but their own thoughts. In the year 2022, virtual reality has progressed by leaps and bounds, and a massive online role-playing game called Sword Art Online (SAO) is launched.