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<\/a><\/p>\nYou know the one incredibly amiable guy in school that gets along with everyone and seems too perfect to be an actual human so you spend your downtime from secretly worshipping him to find evidence to out him as a robot designed to observe out species? Yeah, blue-haired guy is the SAO-equivalent. I\u2019m betting his avatar pre-plot-twist was his exact face… either that or an incredibly ugly dude just so he could see a life outside the bubble for once.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re telling me that one month and 2000 player deaths later, Kirito still hasn\u2019t buddied up with anyone? You\u2019d think \u201chey I\u2019m a beta tester and actually know my way around here\u201d would be quite the pickup line for anyone.<\/p>\n Then again, I guess social norms (and \u201cabnorms\u201d) are still a thing even in an MMO. The \u201cform a group of six\u201d bit was basically this world\u2019s equivalent of your teacher asking to form a group for a surprise study exercise and it just so happens to be the one class where you know absolutely no one so you end up with the incredibly socially awkward guy and the guy with a thick accent for groupmates. I\u2019m writing all this based more on observation over actual experience, by the way.<\/p>\n Alright, so I guess saying you\u2019re a beta tester isn\u2019t the way to go in this world. Though even if you do buy into the idea that the beta testers went off to take all the easier quests for themselves so they can leave everyone else in the dust level-wise, that still wouldn\u2019t explain why this guy would assume that some beta testers even bothered attending the current meeting.<\/p>\n Based on the scene itself, it looks like the turnout was rather low. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if there were a similar meeting being held elsewhere all under the assumption that a majority of the gamers would attend it. Isn\u2019t there a more efficient way of organizing these kinds of things? Even hitting the \u201cselect all friends\u201d option when creating a facebook event for \u201closing\u201d your phone seems like a better means of keeping tabs on everyone than this. I guess SOA spent most of their budget with face-scanning helmets as a priority first and foremost.<\/p>\n Thank you black guy for stealing some of blue-haired-guy\u2019s thunder during the meeting. Good to know that while they\u2019re still rather token, people of color have become more of a voice of reason and less of a well… stereotype. (sidenote: Watch the Black Dynamite animated series. Think a blacksploitation version of Forrest Gump.)<\/p>\n The bread in this scene alone reminded me of the first episode of FLCL. Though with significantly less sexual tension. And robots.<\/p>\n You\u2019re telling me it took a full month and the users just waiting for their manuals to be updated with new info before being able to take on a level 1 boss accompanied by two lackies? Sure, there\u2019s the whole \u201cgetting over the fact that you\u2019ve become a pawn in some sick tech nerd with a god complex\u2019s evil plans\u201d thing, but I feel like that would have taken two weeks tops to get over. Maybe two and then some if you\u2019re really sensitive.<\/p>\n Alright, so looks like Diabel was using his nice guy persona to hide the fact that he was a beta tester and wanted the final strike bonus whatevermajig. But the dialogue seems to sweep even this negative bit of information to the side to give more precedence towards his \u201cnice guy\u201d-ness in the form of flashbacks from ten minutes ago. He dies in the end, so I guess I don\u2019t have too big of a problem with this.<\/p>\n … and in the twist of the century, the mysterious cloaked girl Asuna ends up being super pretty not to mention skilled even though she\u2019s never had any experience fighting in a group before. Her mix of cute and capable works, so I guess I\u2019ll let it slide.<\/p>\n May I turn everyone\u2019s attention to this guy\u2014the most normal non-anime-looking person in a world where your true self (read: normal non-anime-looking) is your avatar. May he turn out to be the best character in the show.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n