Today we're going to go over the third arc in the SAO (Sword Art Online) series, called GGO (Gun Gale Online), which spans Volumes 5 - 6. It's also the subject of the second season, and is followed by Mother's Rosario (Volume 7).
WARNING: SOME SPOILERS BELOW
Negative Point of View:
It was interesting, but rather unnecessary and perhaps even disturbing to see Kirito have a feminine avatar in GGO. Many times around, I wonder, "Why? JUST WHY?". TT_TT
Kirito basically decided to be stupid and use a sword in a gun game. I mean, like, it was beyond unconventional. No one did that, but I guess this is Kirito. He broke every single game (SAO, ALO, GGO). Every single one. #Kiritoed
I'm also confused about how, instead of properly shutting down the game and organizing an actual police investigation, they decided to send in your average VRMMO player. Okay, so Kirito is really skilled, but obviously that didn't make up for everything. #Wow
It was also an interesting decision of the author's part to severely (and almost completely) disconnect all other known characters (up to this point) from the main storyline. Even Asuna only got a tiny piece of the spotlight.
I really appreciated the personality of the newly introduced character, Sinon (Asada Shino in real life). She was a very interesting person, whose past and present was haunted by firearms, yet immersed herself in a world of guns as a cold-hearted and efficient killing machine. These layers of her personality was decently well orchestrated, and did wonders in making the story more interesting and gripping.
Also, a change in world mechanics (swords to firearms) was somewhat refreshing, though also a little awkward at the same time.
The action scenes also seemed to be particularly gripping, and many novels and animes do not achieve this level.
I'm also confused about how, instead of properly shutting down the game and organizing an actual police investigation, they decided to send in your average VRMMO player. Okay, so Kirito is really skilled, but obviously that didn't make up for everything. #Wow
It was also an interesting decision of the author's part to severely (and almost completely) disconnect all other known characters (up to this point) from the main storyline. Even Asuna only got a tiny piece of the spotlight.
Positive Point of View:
I really appreciated the personality of the newly introduced character, Sinon (Asada Shino in real life). She was a very interesting person, whose past and present was haunted by firearms, yet immersed herself in a world of guns as a cold-hearted and efficient killing machine. These layers of her personality was decently well orchestrated, and did wonders in making the story more interesting and gripping.
Also, a change in world mechanics (swords to firearms) was somewhat refreshing, though also a little awkward at the same time.
The action scenes also seemed to be particularly gripping, and many novels and animes do not achieve this level.
Overall Rating:
Congratulations! Although this rating was definitely not one-sided, I suppose this was good enough to make for a thumbs up. ^.^
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