Sword Art Online ★★★★

Sword Art Online is every gamers dream, sort of. It takes place in the future where VRMMORPG (virtual reality massive multiplayer online role playing game) is possible using nerve gear that allows the person go into the video game and run around as if it was the real world. As a new technology everyone goes to play in the virtual world Aincrad, the players discover they cannot log out until they clear the hundredth level of the game.

Kirito

The main character, Kirito, is a quiet boy with a love of computers, and he is quite avid with his sword. Kirito runs into several other females who all seem to fall in love with him and he makes several enemies as well, such as the guild, The Laughing Coffins.

Kirito and Asuna

One of the first people he meets is Asuna who is initially a mystery but becomes Kirito's greatest ally in the end.They also become an inseparable couple, until Asuna is kidnapped in the second part of the season.

I loved how Asuna was a strong female character who could hold her own in a fight, but hate how she is later portrayed as a weak female dependent on Kirito.

The first half of the season was interesting with a good plot and a good villain, who doesn't turn out so bad. The second half however, was a bit of a disappointment.

 Asuna and 300 other players for Aincrad was transferred to Alfheim Online. The objective of Alfheim Online was to get to the top of a tower, however Kirito discovers that it was made to be an impossible objective.

Fairy King Oberon

With a little help he is able to get through to the top only to discover Fairy King Oberon. Not only were his objectives completely twisted, he turns out to be a complete and total pedophile.




Sword Art Online was an interesting story with some strong characters, love triangles, and lots of fighting and action. The downfall was that some of the villains were a disappointment and some of the characters weren't as developed as I would have liked them to be.

There is a new sequel called Gun Gale Online that is already beginning to air. I'm interested to see how Kirito does with a gun saying as his talent seemed to have been with a sword.