Accel World

It was a decent episode yes but there was just a really big Fridge Logic moment that is Egregious, So Niko aproached them because she needed Haru's flying to get close enough to use the special attack and when the armor was escaping she is left there instead of being carried by Haru.

Well, it still has 12 episodes to get better.

edited 1st Jul '12 8:55:45 AM by Joaqs

In the light novels, it was fairly obvious that Haru would have not been able to catch up to/stop the Armor from escaping if he had been carrying her at the time.

edited 1st Jul '12 9:21:32 AM by Belian

Dusk Taker certainly looks like a troll

I'm tempted to drop the anime now, since I hate he upcoming arc.

Until the arc is over? How long do you think it'll take?

Dusk Taker took two volumes.

We just hit the half-way point of the anime by clearing through two volumes.

So... until the anime is over.

edited 1st Jul '12 4:30:06 PM by burnpsy

Accel World 12 13: Actually enjoyed this one. Everyone showed that they can be likeable.

Amazing how Haruyuki's first idea for his wish is food. That said, no Snow Black for the next 2-3 episodes? sadface.jpg

Chiyuri becomes a healer-type Burst Linker, which are apparently rare. Cyan Pile must be feeling rather generic. [tongue]

Ooooh, a snobby guy who's most certainly not a Burst Linker. Wonder what he's up to. How's he avoiding getting listed?

Ah, right, thanks.

Gotta agree that this show needs more foreshadowing.

I just assumed that Lime Bell hit Silver Crow more than what was shown to us.

edited 7th Jul '12 7:51:42 AM by fillerdude

It's episode 13, not 12. Anyway, here's my two cents on the new episode.

Actually, I'm a bit disappointed they didn't use the new OP/ED for this episode, it's past the midway point already and CHASIN DA WOOORLD continued to tick me off.

For the episode itself, it was a nice break from the three (or is it two?) episodes spent entirely in Unlimited World, mostly focusing on Chiyu. Not that it's bad, but this episode felt pretty slow for me, wasn't sure why. (Perhaps the lack of Niko caused this, I'm not sure.)

Kuro's leaving. Put on a Bus in its purest form. I already expecting something to this effect to happen since she said she's a Level 9. Can't have our protag being shielded by a King, after all.

I find the 'fighting over healers' stuff a pretty good fit for the emotional conflict Taku has in letting Chiyu immerse herself into the titular world. But for the nth time, this show just loves pulling facts out of nowhere, doesn't it? I mean, who among the readers realize that there's only one healer avatar before Chiyu? The author should take a lesson or two in foreshadowing.

Actually, how many times did Chiyu hit Crow? She nearly depleted his health bar for God's sake. If three hits from that bell took out that much health, Chiyu just broke something.

Light Novel has his health only going down about 1/3 with more hits if I remember correctly.

You know, I've stopped watching the anime (Read:never got around to watching the next episode a while ago) and am sort of glad I did. The Light Novels don't have much better Forshadowing, but the details of the setting are explained better.

edited 7th Jul '12 7:59:13 AM by Belian

Might have to check the LN out then. I'm enjoying the anime enough to keep watching but all in all it would be forgettable were it not for the setting.

FYI to anyone who reads the English translation: It does not have the best editing. It is completely readable, but I keep thinking about going through and editing it myself.

edited 7th Jul '12 8:16:43 AM by Belian

So I have read both SAO and Accel World translated already and I have to say Accel World>>>>>>SAO. I dont like Kirito, gary stu statements are justified

edited 7th Jul '12 9:07:34 AM by Flapjackmaka

I liked this episode but I have the feeling that Chiyu's it is only a game (which is not a bad mentality on itself and is refreshing to see someone thinking of it as a game) coupled with her extremly rare healing ability will lead to a serious screw up from her.

I have only read the first SAO novel and I agree with that statments at least for the first novel because the other ones I can't say (though it will probably don't change thaat much).

BTW, telling those curious Chiyu's real powers so they don't come off as a Deus ex Machina later. She controls time.

As I've previously said, I hate this arc and will be back to watching when it's over.

edited 7th Jul '12 5:02:49 PM by burnpsy

Okay, that makes sense and can be easily mistaken as a healing power.

If the only explanation we get is from you and not the show... it will still be a Deus ex Machina.

edited 18th Jul '12 2:04:19 AM by fourteenwings

Oh, they'll tell you.

The instant she uses it in a way where the distinction matters, which is why it's a Deus ex Machina. Just figured I'd tell you so you can keep it in mind.

edited 7th Jul '12 10:06:35 PM by burnpsy

I'd imagine that they didn't tell us before then because they didn't know about it before then.

Eh, better than the Level Up thing and 'Level 4 before access to actual accelerated world' stuff.

It's just great to see Chiyu being cool since I like it when the female darkhorse is awesome.

So she isnt a healer per se? I imagine she would still be highly demanded.

Well, I can work out why Lime Bell's power was reversing time, with Chiyu persistently wanting to go back to the way things were with Taku and Haru before...

But I can't get how Silver Crow reflects Haru's personality (save for his wings). I mean, Chiyu was looking at him and said, "I see..." while I went tilting my head.

Haru wants to be more normal instead of the fat and disgusting thing he sees himself as, so Silver Crow looks like a generic mook. He pretty much pointed this out himself in the earlier episodes.

edited 9th Jul '12 3:33:55 AM by burnpsy

In regards to the above spoiler it also makes sense considering her name is Lime Bell, like a clock bell, and I thought that when they showed the close up of her power that it looked like a lot of tiny gears, or a clock, turning so they actually have put in a teeny bit of visual foreshadowing already. And honestly I'm happy that it's not the girly-girl of the group (well, compared to Niko and KYH anyway) whose a healer and not a fighter, that's a nice take on it.

edited 9th Jul '12 3:56:00 PM by wanderingdreamer

Hmm for those who are reading the novel... do they make a better work of explaining the mechanics of the game such as what each color does and a bit more on the Avatar making process?

Latest ep was bad, in two ways. It's bad because there's now a "purely bad (i.e. evil)" guy and it was also done badly. So that's bad, and bad.

Was that in the light novel? I'm guessing the author thought: "ZOMG most of the "enemies" thus far aren't really evil! I must introduce someone purely evil and not just being controlled by something in a jiffy!"