Did someone say SAO endgame? First it was goddess Asuna. Now goddess Sinon has
arrived so it's up guys Foxen here SAO Alicization war of the
Underworld episode 12 final episode for a while
that went by way too quickly luckily I got a chance to rewatch I see a war on
the underworld during Christmas so feeling awesome smash that like and
let's dive into this with Asuna and friends. Kicking this off that major
cliffhanger that someone save freedom all of a sudden you have around 30,000
US red knight spawning hmm perhaps the underworld has some hidden oil and
goddamn looks like these red players were true to their color just killing
anything in sight. To be honest I was feeling worse for the dark territory
this episode I mean it really seems like the dark territory site just can't catch
a break first you had allies that Newt them then Alice again that went bankai
on them and now they're getting it from behind by the u.s. players thankfully
goddess Asuna to the rescue hell yeah might as well take advantage of that
overpowered goddess Stacia ability time to create some land so obviously
Asuna here was in pain. In fact I got a feeling that Asuna might even kill
herself if she just kept on going trying to destroy the entire red knight army
which is why I'm wondering did anime fully captured to what extent the
pain is that Asuna is enduring. I would say no. I mean just creating this wall
caused Asuna pain much worse than last time. She was literally feeling like her
Fluctlight was being rubbed away just as this rock structure was rising up.
Then for Alice topping Asuna once again a huge applause to the anime really
liking how Alice is coming across here if anything Alice and Asuna looks super
buddy-buddy here I'm sure that recent slumber party is to think switching to
Ishkan I mean who doesn't just love this dude after this episode oh my god
is at a taboo index reference so like a hint it last time a similar restriction
does exist on the dark territory side. These guys are kept in line by this role
of power definitely don't question of strongest.
Unfortunately the current top dog just happens to be Gabriel cosplaying as
Emperor vector but goddamn usko is freaking hardcore big guy brutally
scooping out his own eyeball definitely don't try that at home he's gonna has
fully ascended into this top tier underworld character by the way some
clarification on the guy removing his own seal. The SAO novel emphasizes being
similar to a usually now has had done but not exactly
the same. Ishkan here removed his own Eye seal via brute force unlike Eugeo and
Alice had achieved this through their own willpower Ishkan still couldn't
actively betray Emperor vector but finding some loop owners passed order
was an open optional then for Ishkan's leap of faith Oh Gabriel said not
to cross the rope okay fine big I didn't say anything about not
jumping the goddess gap and prompts to his wingmen buddy to arm completely
dragged I actually pictured a much smaller pebble when reading them soul of
the anime version anyway getting back to Asuna plus the integrity Knights a
lovely quick animation here picking off those XP bags. At least at the beginning
goddess Asuna always focused on picking these us players in one hit. You know
since there's no pain absorber protection oh I'm not thinking about her
enemies and chilling scream from Asuna uh freaking out here. I'm sure I wasn't
the only one feeling this rain of goosebumps there. It was Asuna to the
rescue but not so fast you're now able to clearly see that even the Asuna God
account isn't invincible at all. A single red knight was able to do with that much
damage unfortunately the enemies sped up some
stuff by having Asuna completely hear herself ear in the SAO light novel Asuna
only heal the cut off to stop the bleeding this just that until later
scene between her and Kirito being cut out it was almost as if Kirito sense
that Asuna got hurt the guy was crawling out of its wheelchair to go to her when
Asuna got back to Kirito was focused on her cut wound
it was then during this meetup that oz not fully healed herself anyway getting
into the Asuna and he's gonna team up first off slight anime change right here
Ishkan just pulled Asuna via her shoulder compare this to the SAO light
novel he's got here definitely seemed more like a gentleman at least going by
the picture. As for Sheyta here you really do have to love this intergrity
knight vouching for the fire height boxer guy and i can't be the only one going
over the moon each time Asuna users or god it's magic it really is a shame that
the anime seemed to really be diminishing
the extent that Asuna's strain by using this awesome not creating that land
bridge in reality she almost knocked herself out switching it over to Alice
and they're surprised to see this knight easily shattered those red Knights.
They're not exactly weak but their main strength is raw numbers you could almost
think of them as red zombie horde. Right here Alice did take notice of how
strangely these red knights to be they didn't care at all about dying
Alice now had an idea about what Asuna meant about the real world not being
this utopia if people like this existed oh so just a little clarification of
what Alice was even trying to do she was trying to break through the red knights
and eventually wanted to try the death beam of destruction round two but
surprise god vector finally entered the battlefield in snatch mode Alice has
been officially captured main character standards also officially now removed to
cut out from the anime here was any detail regarding this darkness god.
Gabriel actually used his voice incarnation to knock out alice switching
it to Renly I gotta give the dude credit well I didn't like his introduction in
the anime I've been slowly warming up to him as for big holy time to chase
Gabriel I like the touch of his whistle oh so looks like they're falling more
generous with their CG usage you got some CG dragons plus perk holy - I'll be
fair and say I'll give this a pass we've had some wonderful work does SAO season
then for the super happy Gabriel the guy stolen this blonde princess what is he
Bowser? Cut out here was his quick thumbs you're not gonna be surprised to find
out Gabriel was a super happy boy since he was almost ready to taste I was a
soul but back to the lovely Asuna she might not be able to heal Kirito dog but
healing her arm no problem too bad she's not matching Kirito
up anymore slice down here whereas enough stops regarding her full metal
alchemist quirk creating another costal wall might forcefully disconnect Asuna
or even physically damage her own brain then for Asuna BOM show drop the harsh
reality of the situation now that Alice has been captured the
destruction of the underworld as a whole is closed for each gun here gotta love
his logic the light priestess has been captured so officially we're off duty
retrieving Alice is totally fair game now. Did someone say an Ishakn and Sheyta
the team up? ah they remember each other's names although really both of
these lovebirds left behind they're essentially involving themselves in the
suicide of final stand anyways switching it to the real world
with critter somebody asked me last time did Asuna one-hit kill this dark night
via hole yep she did but don't count out this slimy fella just yet. thinking
about Asuna and Kirito got him super excited and from the assault team
side critter really turned out to be this MVP the dude was already getting
ready more rounds us players to crash this on the road
party for Vassago here they cut out the scene of Vassago go giving critter his SAO
account info. The anime has already implied this guy
being this sao survivor. Some of you have guessed who Vassago is. If you want to
know the spoiler post below so back to us a nun friends round two for the u.s.
invaders surround it - what is that a handful of humans vs. 20,000 anyone else
getting this 305 but hold up did someone order a miracle goddess shannon has
entered the chat she didn't mind have you been out stage Asuna just nuking the
whole area good thing too that she happened to kill the right people not
only can the god Solus account fly so much raw power.
she's more like this goddess of destruction come on that goddess Sinon
figure can't come out fast enough and that lovely Asuna and Sinon hug. i could
just smell the Asuna and Sinon shippers in coming up sorry Yuuki and
Kirito. By the way that post-credit scene with Vassago
it felt kind of lackluster it was religious with Sango competing with
Gabriel for the best smile it's not only an amazing way to end this mid-season
finale but also 2019 this was such a standout episode for Ishkan and Asuna
a nice cherry on top at the end with Goddess Sinon making her debut. By the way
we have gotten a new visual and teaser for the upcoming sao war the underworld
part 2 you can see the three goddesses Asuna Sinon and Leafa. On the actual
poster one Kirito plus two others at first one of them actually looked like
Eiji to me but of course these two are Eugeo and Alice the only thing missing
from the poster a splash of Kayaba would have been nice although to be fair the
entire visual is already pretty bus.y I almost got a little worried to sing the
words "last season". By this I'm sure they mean final season for SAO award the
under wound or SAO Alicization as a whole as a hardcore SAO fan I'm really
just hoping they got the next SAO project in the works now at least early
development. Post-war events there is this SAO Alicization side story. If
they wanted to this could easily be turned into a movie or expanding into
this 12 episode anime tale. Unfortunately the supposed final SAO arc
SAO unital Ring is still very new it basically just started it might actually
be better to consider doing this SAO Aincrad reboot this time it might be a
great idea to adapt things more slowly more like as shown in anime
go ahead and use my Hero Academia, Dr. stone or Demon Slayer as examples anyway
getting into my quick war of the underworld dons the best and worst
definitely chime in with your best and worst down below. First off the best five
One that Eldrie Scene. I think this pretty much speaks for itself
I mean you had some top animation for the anime and now in the anime you have
a parallel to Kirito doing something similar in Sao Season one. Two
Asuna's Underworld debut. Another scene that exceeded my expectations. 3 the Asuna and
alice meetup I mentioned before being really worried about how this will be
handled in the anime I ended up being pleasantly surprised the anime actually
ended up fixing a lot of the issues I previously had nice inclusion at the end
with Asuna actually being the one sleeping at key to those assigned for
Liz's speech really what a heartwarming plea to action from her
I've actually been surprised at how many of you mentioned that you've really
resonated with her speech and five Alice as a whole for better for worse at least
in the anime Alice so far has been one of the most develop and fleshed out
characters adjusting Alice's portrayal in the actual anime has made me much
more of a fan of hers I've also spoken to some people with that weren't exactly
fans of sa yo on the flip side they've really warmed it to the Alice character
and let me apologize for being a downer but the worst 5-1 that Bercouli killing
minions scene. I was not a fan of the scene first watching and even on the
secondary watching recently it really didn't sit well with me. If anything it
made the whole thing seem like a non threat too. The Alice kiss but not really
a kiss scene. I would say that I have no idea why they would put this in the
anime because it wasn't in the light novel but unfortunately you do have the
obvious answer which is really to get people talking. Naturally you don't have
Alice's full thoughts on this so most people are really just gonna take this
as this supposed "kiss scene". Never mind that she would be kissing this coma
dude. Kirito just get that hashtag ready now. Three the dark territory
backstories cut out. This covers a huge range from all the dark territory
leaders Shasta, Lipia, the orc leader east gun and even Dee to some extent. Four the
Renly episode. I mean they give you a glimpse for the Renly character but not
enough and then five character thoughts or inner monologue being removed. A good
example this episode was Asuna's mental strain regarding her God account
usage. I mean just an episode ago you had a good example of keeping character
thoughts that was with Asuna in deep thought regarding the whole mole situation and
let me just be fair too SAO. I do think SAO War of the Underworld has been
better in terms of adaptation. Then for one quick neutral point which
is actually regarding Gabriel. Right now I do feel important borderline as to
whether they've done enough for the Gabriel character. I'm assuming right now
that Gabriel is actually gonna get more focus in part 2. Keep in mind this guy
is one of the guys being regarded as the top SAO villain by a lot of people and I
don't know about that especially from what you've gotten from
him in the anime so far. For me I think Quinella easily takes a cake over this
guy and just by default he'd be number two.
Next up let me actually address this confusion that I seen from some of you
last video which is just how can some people log in to the underworld without
using a Soul translator. Doesn't that remove what makes the underworld special?
Keep in mind that the underworld was made using the seed package. It is
possible to log in as long as you convert your character if anything
Kayaba would have been the one that built this requirement into his Seed. Naturally
you do have the massive downsides that Liz just mention last episode. No pain
absorbers, no real usable UI, if you die your years of work will be deleted. Keep
in mind there is a major difference between using the soul translator versus a
regular player. The first key one is this connection to one's fluctlight which
is really a major reason for the underworld existing in the first place.
The soul translator does connect via your own fluctlight. This allows you to
live in the underworld at the elevated fluctlight acceleration. For example
Kirito stuck ending on the Underworld for about two years now. For other players
this means I could only connect to the underworld when time is synced up
one-to-one. Kirito himself also wouldn't be able to get his current
treatment if he wasn't hooked up to the soul translator.
Without the soul translator that wouldn't have enabled RATH to do any of that
memory blockage from earlier either. Next up really quickly let me mention
upcoming content unfortunately SAO is officially on break
for a while now. I do have some SAO videos planned that I didn't have a
chance to make it and don't forget some upcoming my Hero Academia of stuff attack
on Titan and general anime videos. Originally I had planned to do my Hero
Academy at content alongside SAO videos in fact my channel manager highly
recommended focusing on my hero academia instead but you know what I ended up
doing so look forward to an upcoming juicy SAO video should be today. Check
my top anime coming in 2020 I'm currently working on the best anime for
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out and I'll see you guys later