The dual blade Black Swordsman Kirito returns! Enough said.
So what's up guys Foxen here. SAO war of Underworld episode 19!
the fated showtime between Kirito versus Vassago. Vassago might have been
barking at the wrong tree oh that was bad. Anyway definitely
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the channel. Today's SAO episode titled awakening. Oh
hell yeah i'm back dawgs. I'm gonna really miss saying potato
Kirito. Get over here potato Rem. Kicking this off with Kirito using the
force on the Night Sky Blade. Oh yeah that was definitely new. The
anime had to add Kirito using incarnation arms to pull over his blade.
Briefly you did get this overview shot of the underworld area. It looks like
they heavily reduced the number of red knights
left. There were supposed to be 20,000 plus
from this picture looks like hundreds and then the human empire side?
Even fewer so behind Kirito hey it looks like the Sleeping Knights are still all
around. Sakuya and Alicia made it too and
Eugene had strangely disappeared till now.
Anyway the fainted duel of Vassago vs Kirito. I was actually glad to see Kirito
struggling a little bit the guy hasn't fully awakened for
realsies just getting pushed back by this laughing coffin shinigami and
hopefully you guys have noticed the chopper has been getting
bigger and bigger. Getting to the first Asuna cut
from the previous episode for those of you wondering how Yuuki or Eugeo were
around it really boils down to Yuuki deeply
existing in Asuna's important memory which is the same for Eugeo and Kirito
except for Eugeo you do have the sword too. For the Vassago here you have the guy
slipping back into his SAO days. The guy managed to tempt and trick people into
killing each others back then eventually backstabbing his own murder
guild which led into Kirito getting a healthy
dose of trauma too. In the Underworld Vassago has done that again to some
extent with the Korean and Chinese players that he took advantage of but
the guy just won't stop. How about fueling the hate for both of
the sides in conflict by having the Japanese players finish them off while
they're popsicles? Even if you ignore all of that Vassago was
really just secretly hoping there'd be more death so you could absorb that
juicy sacred energy up. Briefly you did see Kirito holding the
busted Blue Rose Sword. Just know that Kirito was concentrated
throughout Vassago's chatter to maintain those ice sculptures.
I do like that even at this moment Vassago was so twisted trying his damn
hardest to provoke Kirito. Oh you're holding steady? Don't worry buddy I'm going
kill Asuna and friends soon enough oh but hold up Kirito you're about to lose
your coconut if you don't get serious. I do like the added touch of the berry
jam leaking out. Getting into it Blonde boy Eugeo's return
gotta help the bro out. Really helping to aid Kirito plus
the Night Sky Blade versus Vassago. Now this definitely has a similar vibe
to Yuuki and Asuna from the previous episode.
The SAO Light Novel mention Asuna seeing Eugeo which mean perhaps
Tiese and everyone else did too. It surely helps that Eugeo was fused with
an actual Underworld object and right here Kirito bawling his eyes
out definitely reminded me of the face that Eugeo made when Kirito and Alice
showed up. You know just to back him up versus
Quinella. How the tables have turned and oh yes double Release Recollection too?
The Blue Rose Sword is back baby. Oh I was just getting even more
chills this episode. I can't be the only one that went completely gaga over the
two buddies working together. A1 Pictures did an
amazing job for this so definitely check out my integrity knight video where I
went over their weapons too but right here you do have the flower
half of the Blue Rose Sword being used to release energy from whatever has been
frozen in this case thousands of red knights so
much energy filling the Night Sky. An important part
here is what Asuna mentioned all of these knights were being forced to log
out without any suffering which by the way looks
like some of the knights here without their helmets got spared.
And oh my god Yuuki again god damn it she cannot
not make me tear up. Yuuki and her little cameo made an excellent point
every player that's logged in here really wants to get into VR to find this
new exciting world to enjoy. Talking about Vassago brief info here
about him and his oversized chopper. This thing had already absorbed the
energy of over 2000 japanese players dying earlier. It had grown to three
times the size. At this point it was similar to asuna's
GM level weapon. It would now potentially go even further with more red knights
dying except Kirito wouldn't allow that. Oh yes
the double Release Recollection. Finally you're seeing the true power of
Kirito's sharp wood stick. Vassago looks so freaking stupid here
swinging around that huge thing. Kirito ain't sharing. Unfortunately for
him Vassago's evil dagger can't suck up life resources only
death resources. The Blue Rose Sword releases all this energy through non-lethal means
which really does show that the Blue Rose Sword and Night Sky Blade are the
ultimate combo. The white sword freezes a target and
releases their energy while the black sword then sucks all of
that up. Oh yes officially the Dual Blade Black Swordsman returns
to be honest this little transformation doesn't hold a candle to the one from
the opening but second best isn't bad so let me know are you a huge fan of his
SAO look? I still do wish that Reki had given some sort of update to this look
even if tiny i mean how about removing the fidget spinner?
I guess at the very least the blades got this worthy replacement
and did you notice this was actually the Kirito shot from the previous opening.
As for Asuna's reaction sploosh which is the exact same reaction for any black
swordsman fanboy tthat just creamed themselves. I was
really wondering whether the anime would expand on the Kirito versus Vassago fight
I would barely call it a fight in the SAO light novel
although the same thing could be said for other Underworld fights Kirito vs
Quinella which the anime did expand on you actually have some additions of
sacred arts mid-fight i'm loving that but oh
Vassago's fighting daddy part of me was really just theorizing throughout this
how many of these sequences would be made into skilled cutscenes for the SAO
Rising Blade game i mean they did recently do the Asuna
plus Yuuki combo then you have Vassago taking inspiration
from Boruto's dad evil shadow clones unfortunately the SAO
anime almost never tells you the skills being used
but right here you did have Kirito using the seven part Deadly Sin skill which was
with the Blue Rose Sword that unfortunately would leave him open
to a delay Kirito then Skill Connected into a Vorpal Strike with the Night Sky
Blade which meant cancelling any delay so incarnation
versus incarnation Vassago fueled by his own discord
distrust hostility and malice but what kind of incarnation fueled
Kirito. Kirito had so many things shoulder from SAO up until this point
hesitation suffering and his experience with sadness could be turned into
strength too a light that wouldn't be defeated by
Vassago's darkness oh yes Kirito's golden eyes busted out for the win
another person getting disarmed this season. I don't know why but it seems
like some of you hate people losing their limbs
i gotta love Vassago's grim here none the wiser to
us to come this really was a surprise upgraded animation for vasango getting
trade Kirito actually forced the Gigas tree memory into this killer
but sago you're done what a butt ugly tree
it looks like something straight out of disney hell better burn that thing
oh Vassago's not gonna like was at the end of this episode
it is almost ironic seeing the stained individual turn into life for the dark
territory side and it's done they're gonna live happily
ever after oh wait something else to do funny how
you have Klein talking about Kirito still in the spotlight yet at the same
time Klein was the first over here to take the spotlight from the first
reunion and Eugene over here is like yeah i
didn't get a touching scene you even have the human empire soldiers
kneeling they didn't do it for tony dying but Kirito gets in
suck it Quinella oh and what's over here really making a move
how's it going hot stuff i really did love the detail of humboldt kittito
bowling to thank everyone it really is about the little
things then going for the most important reunion
with Asuna. Asuna really just wanted to jump into his arms but she held back
there still is one pressing matter. A certain blonde they gotta take care of
but skirt that could wait freaking finally a Kirito and Asuna moment
they didn't cut out this scene right here immediately
brought back memories from the past SAO seasons
keep in mind it's been years since Kirito has seen asuna
getting into Kirito and Asuna taking off this was yet another scene that had me
scratching my head how would the anime visually show this
thankfully i think the anime actually did a great job capturing the wind
element usage perfectly enjoy the ride youtube keep in
mind this flight sacred arts was previously only available to Quinella and
Cardinal although recently you did see daddy
berkole do a step below it too anyway back in real life critter
enjoying an 8-bit version of the fight on screen Gabriel's getting dangerously
close to alice so 10 am japanese time about 8 hours till
their asses get raided time for the back applying
turning the Underworld acceleration way up right here you do see that being
a thousand two hundred this being the parent safety line for
people diving via the Soul Translator this could then go higher up to five
thousand times the speed for on the road only
people then for Higa elsewhere god damn it dude it looks like this guy passed
out from blood loss so much dedication to helping out kirito
thankfully they do have the nurse Aki here to treat the poor guy
blood packs too for the small higa cut part of Higa's original motivation for
joining a Project Alicization was due to a korean friend dying who was blown
up serving in the military higa now hated the thought of the
current events now fueling hostilities between Korea and Japan
but more pressing issues 15 minutes until the underworld acceleration kicks
in Kirito the planet is gonna blow up in
five minutes Critter just messed up big time a
thousand five thousand no the max speed is five million
thankfully goddess Leafa and Sinon get to dodge this bullet they're just going
to disconnect however Asuna and Kirito will not be so
lucky at the very least Higa did point out why
they can't be disconnected otherwise their Fluctlights would be damaged but
i really don't think the anime emphasized enough how much danger
they're in the theoretical limit for a Fluctlights
is 150 years going at 5 million times the speed
they're not gonna survive Anyway Kirito spitting off like a comet
really reminds me of goddess Sinon the anime really gutted this whole scene
most things not too important except one Kirito told
Asuna that she would be able to fly soon enough but that's not reply that she
wouldn't need to after all she does have kirito to carry
her in his arms and a little bit later a kiss cena also
mentioned that just for this brief moment
Kirito would be hers alone come on a1 pictures stop cutting this out
just get rid of the opening or the end scene like re-zero
another cut Kirito was aware that the strongest man Bercouli had perished from
the underworld before the war even started both of them had clashed
incarnation swords at the time Kirito had realized that
Bercouli sensed his death coming anyway getting some lovely news from
Kiku 15 minutes more like 10 minutes now before doomsday
gotta log both of these guys out or they're going to be this lovely potato
couple. At the very least Kiku is prioritizing
their safety over alice you gotta like how kirito is like oh
we're gonna be fine so confident come on dude don't jinx it
seriously Asuna and Kirito don't need a long vacation after this adventure
preferably alone. As for Alice we haven't seen her in a while almost to the end
alter oh come on a surprise field scene with
alice bidding farewell to her puppies i mean dragons oh come on he had them
crying too but thankfully kirito is here to save
the day too bad the animation budget was all used up by this point
and did anyone else think the same Kirito was really just giving us his
Boruto dad vibe here with the dragons behind him
which by the way this backshot of kirito resembles that opening shot more
next time kirito versus gabriel on sao paulo z
let me know how freaking awesome was this SAO episode did you love kirito
versus Vassago? So far he had so many face-offs against
Vassago kirito being the third in line besides this episode cutting out the
Kirito and Asuna kissing which was supposed to be this parallel to their
end smooch at the end of SAO this was perhaps one of the best adapted
episodes just a little fat trimmed down i actually also really like Vassago
getting intrigued it gotta say it was so different all that's really left now is
a finale kirito versus Gabriel. dual blades crossed that A1 Pictures gets that
right just going based off of this episode
perhaps there's nothing to worry about whatsoever there are a couple changes
that i do wish for but i'll get to that once the events
play out by the way from the previous episode we had kirito ripping his heart
out unfortunately i saw a good chunk of you
saying that kirito only woke up due to Eugeo to be fair i don't know how many
of you are joking which hopefully not many but just to
clear out for those of you that weren't joking the anime did have this mental
scene with them inside of kirito's head but just know it was this combined
effort the three individuals close to kirito which included Asuna were needed
just to get to this point which ultimately was to restore kirito's
self-image which meant they were almost there Eugeo was really the last
push that kirito needed so no it wasn't just blonde or yuju if
anything you join us not played the biggest parts
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