Sao season3 Alicization! I swear I'm not crying! So what's up guys Foxen here! Oh
yes SAO returns with a bang! First episode already had me in tears. Kust
like for attack on Titan and My hero academia these videos will be spoiler
free so nothing past the episode. Mo one light novel stuff. Anyway it's show time!
Let's get started! At the start of this episode you're introduced to this new VR
world along with a few new faces. First off you have young Eugeio which is Kirito's
best buddy. From this episode he kind of reminded me of Armin from
attack on Titan. Eugeo hesitates and worries pretty often.
I mean Eugeo was even having nightmares and sweating balls after Alice's
adventure into the dark territory and it seems Eugeo needs the more wild
Kirito to push him into doing things. As for the new blonde the young Alice
already such an amazing cook at such a young age. I guess gotta give Asuna
some competition for Kirito's stomach! From this first episode Alice seems a
bit shy or modest in a way. Alice is a little similar to Kirito.
Alice is not exactly looking for shortcuts but she will bend
interpretation of certain rules to benefit their group. Early on you find
out that she's studying the world sacred magic although right now it looks like
she could only do basic stuff. At this point of course the name Alice is in the
title arc and her connection with the Underworld keeps on getting brought up a
lot later so you know she's gonna be super important! As for a returning
figure young Kirito or is this really Kirito?
Compared to Eugeo Kirito seems to be this risk taker who prefers to find
shortcuts in life. On top of this Young Kirito seems to like acting first and
then asking questions later. At this point in time young Kirito and Eugeo
are apprentices. They are trying to chop down that tree but at this rate
they're gonna take 900 years to cut it down.
Screw it better not waste your life on that! Next up let's talk about this new
VR world Underworld so far I gotta say I'm entering this new world
it's a place rich with color in some areas anyway. From this first episode you
can see in that VR and the UI prompts are fully integrated into the lives of
this world's people. A good example is that S gesture done to examine the
status of Alice's goods or that big ass tree by Kirito. You learn that
magic does exist in this world from the sacred arts which is demonstrated and
studied by Alice. On top of this I'm liking the little
additional details such as of weather being all of a sudden different when
entering that ice cave. As for the time period it mentions a year 372 however
based on the area their clothing and technology available it really reminds
me of some medieval area, although let's not forget they do have magic and other
fun fantasy stuff mixed in. Despite this they're still worrying
about their food suddenly spoiling. Oh and let's not forget they do have their
own axis Church, I mean Axiom Church. You could just
imagine the Axiom followers being as craziest Aqua followers. And then of
course like I mentioned this world is mixed in with fantasy world elements
including monsters like orcs and Dragons. As for the Axiom Church almost
everything surrounding this Axiom Church right now is a complete mystery. One
thing that is clear is that the accident Church has a strong pull in Underworld.
Doesn't matter where you are break a rule then suddenly and they're gonna be
sure to be on your ass about it. Connected with this church are the
integrity Knights and the taboo index. You did get a taste of what their
integrity Knights are capable of which is taking out dragons perhaps without
any problems. Keep in mind that unless even mentioned about how their legendary
hero was only able to run away from this dragon. Just makes you wonder how strong
these Knights are and perhaps due to the Axiom church's power or these Knights
that's an extension of it even Alice's freaking father didn't hesitate to chain
his daughter up. Then you have this mysterious taboo index that restricts
and binds us world's people. Oh so many mysteries right off the bat!
I'm actually thinking about doing a whole video explaining this on the world
along with Axiom Church and Integrity Knights. By the way did you notice that
blue rose sword they found? Aww just a little too heavy for Kirito and Eugeo
right now. I do wish that Kirito or Alice had done
that S gesture to check the status requirements. Next up that amazing GGO
anime scene it was just some delicious fanservice to the extreme and I freaking
loved every moment of it. Yeah Liz with a shotgun!
GGO Sinon back kicking some ass and the adorable fun Silica with that mini
gun. Even Klein got in on the action without looking too goofy and then the
best moment the dual team-up of Asuna and Kirito light saber action. Oh yes
Kirito chan returns again and for GGO Asuna' I'm just
loving the red and white design of her outfit and my god could it be is Asuna
even better what that lightsaber than Kirito? Liking the nice touch
of her using it like her SAO weapon. Oh so you got GGO Asuna putting her
hair up. Come on they have to make this Asana
GGO figure with the lightsaber! I pre-order that on day one! Talking about
this GGO scene did you notice that cameo? You have to the girls from the recent
Fatal bullet game so I'm just wondering was this just a fun Easter Egg or these
two now cannon in SAO? If so please how about introducing some other game
characters like Rain or Seven? I mean they even explicitly mentioned one of
the characters in that list. Oh and Sinon is number two here. Next up let's
talk about Kirito's part-time job and it's not selling booty! You
see Kirito waking up in tears here. Notice the cameras in the room talk
about no privacy. Notably Kirito working is affecting his weight but of
course it's more likely that it's connected to diving into Underworld
itself. It's so bad that both Asuna and Sinon noticed it. Oh yes and I do have
to bring up Asuna's heart monitor. I kind of wish they didn't use this. I could
just imagine Sao haters and parodies running with this. Even freaking Sinon
and joked about it being an anti cheating device. Anyway delving into the
juicy details you got the Soul translator being
introduced as his new VR technology developed by Rath that created the
Underworld. Kirito goes in and brings up the potential dangers. The first red
flag right here is not recalling anything. I don't know about you but if I
was knocked out for three days and I couldn't recall a thing I'd be extremely
concerned although specifically this isn't about memory loss at all but
instead memory blockage by the fluctlight. Tis whole discussion about the
floodlight then develops into talking about the human soul. The Soul translator
literally writes memories into your very being
hence the opposite should be true as well memory blockage. The whole concept
of this is actually pretty scary if you think about it.
Although do notice this memory blockage doesn't seem to be perfect. Kirito
actually starts to recall things when the name Alice is brought up. Of course
Asuna brings up her concerns about Kirito's health. Kirito on the other hand is
that oh so curious cat. Kirito has already gone way too far
down the rabbit hole. Naturally he has sisters to see further VR developments.
I see this being a very natural progression
after all Kitty thought was the one that released the World Seed which really
added to and revived this VR craze. Then potentially a second red flag is how
Kirito experiences longer time in the underworld compared to a real-life.
Supposedly similar to a dream. I gotta admit this is potentially scary to think
about but at the same time it's also very intriguing. Imagine if this could be
possible one day. Even more interesting is key to those description of the Soul
translator which feels like an extension of Kayaba's work in other words creating
this new reality for individuals to fully immerse themselves in but anyway
getting back into actual reality in this world. You have Kirito wanting to go
to America and aww Kirito is going away but wants Asuna to come along and
who didn't love seeing these two kiss Again? Time to make this marriage
official! Although you might have to wait for the final SAO arc for that I bet!
Anyway now for that ending say hi to Johnny!
So the Laughing coffin corpse appears again with the final member in real life
and come on Kirito. Your silly ass was actually trying to reach for your
sword. He even doubles down with that sword stance and then that was so
painful moment that followed. I did love seeing Kirito push us on out of the
way unfortunately there's no random tag to stop the poison this time. The only
strange part about this is that it looked like Johnny black passed out from
getting stabbed from that umbrella. Either way goddamn with that cliffhanger!
As for some little fun moments throughout this episode I did like
that scene when the trio got lost it was then followed by Kirito and
Eugeo pointing in opposite directions. Both adorable and funny! A second
fun little moment was when Asuna and Sinon logged out they left Kirito's
ass behind. As for some extra little details I appreciated it was nice
getting that callback from Sinon's finger gun gesture. Slowly she's been
able to move forward and then you had Asuna refer to she known as "Sinonon".
These two have become really close buddies in the games now Asuna's nickname
for her has made its way into the anime. Next up I do have to talk about anime
season three's animation. You know I got a chance to see this on the big screen
for the world premiere and let me just say that animation that's low quality or
lesser quality really stands out in these theater showings. Two really good
recent examples includes the third Code Geass recap movie or some scenes in the
Digimon Tri movies. It just goes to show some anime series shouldn't be sure
the big-screen. That being said I did mention how SAO Alicization episode 1
had quality on the level of the SAO ordinal scale movie. It looked freakin
gorgeous. In fact there's some of the best animation I seen from 2018 anime
series however now that it's officially out worldwide I was really looking for
anything that looked off for my second viewing. To be perfectly honest didn't
catch anything that looked all for low quality so fingers crossed at this high
quality animation continues for 50 plus episodes. As for a few standout scenes
from this first episode a first is that a battle between the Integrity Knight and
the Dark territory soldier. You really got a taste of this potential threat and
opponents in this world. A second notable scene is a hole Alice falling scene. It
was pretty subtle but he could really feel the weight of the situation then
BAM! Slowly you see the fingertips ever so
slightly touching the other side. You know there's trouble coming up. Another
is Alice dropping her basket of ice. It's followed by the ice quickly melting
which is really a parallel to her dire situation at hand. Then of course the
standout moment is the whole GGO battle scene. It really was just this adrenaline
filled moment. The best part here for me was seeing Asuna GGO just wielding that
Lightsaber. I definitely had to check that out frame by frame!
Next up as for the opening for this Alicization beginning yeah they did it again
they managed to get me in tears one final time before the episode was over.
Right now I'm thinking about doing a whole video just on the opening alone.
There's so much rich juicy details here. One thing that really stood out for me
was Asuna on that water platform. A nice surprise for the inclusion of Yuna from
the Ordinal scale movie! Of course for the actual opening song Lisa is back.
I've slowly become a huge Lisa fan from Crossing field and Catch the moment. I
mean I listen to those songs so much. As for this new song already liking it from
the start too. Slowly I'm sure that'll blossom into a deeper connection soon
enough. Keep in mind this is four cours meaning you're gonna get four openings!
Eri is coming back to do the ending by the way. That should be in the next
episode. I could see Eri or Asuna's voice actress doing one of the
future openings too. By the way really quickly let me mention weekly reviews
this does mean a full year of SAO Alicization videos for me every week. That
is if they don't take a break right now. i'm thinking about
Changes videos for SAO season 3 too. It really depends on whether Attack on Titan
Season 3 is taking a break! Either way I do plan to have more upcoming SAO
content on top of my weekly breakdowns. Another thing worth mentioning is that
Japan is doing so much promotion and merch releases right now for season 3.
I'll be including more of the stuff in next week's video
but anyway more important let me hear from you now. Question of the day: How
much did you love this first episode for SAO season 3? What was that one standout
moment for you? And what do you think is gonna happen to Kirito there at the
end? Anyway if you love SAO smash that thumbs up and
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