Sword Art Online

I enjoyed Episode 4 because it balances action, comedy, friendship, and emotion. It also gives us a short break from the darker story of Episode 3

This one leaves me an emotional wreck every time I watch it. Maybe it's because of what happened in it maybe it's becoming I have experienced something similar maybe it's just the music in that scene or maybe it's all of it it's an amazing piece of work. And pulls at the heart strings a little to well

Legendary historic episode

It took me a really long time to figure out Sachi's hidden message.

I dropped it after 5 episodes, too boring

Love it

One of my childhood best anime I like the introduction of this episode how it started

It was really good until he started including too much fan service.

A trip down memory lane, I dont even need to rewatch the anime to remember all the moments well, especially the first episode. SAO put all the power fantasy thats released nowadays to shame, how can this be released so long ago and still does everything better than your story? Japan really needs to do some clean up on some of their trash fantasy production.

I love concepts like this. Stories that immediately make you question how you would react in that situation. This first episode gives great coverage to the different reactions people have to the same situation: being trapped in a video game.

This is one of the strongest opening episodes in anime. It perfectly captures the excitement of exploring a brand-new virtual world before suddenly turning that excitement into fear and uncertainty. A memorable start that still holds up years later.

When Yui finally broke down, explaining how she was just forced to witness everyone's pain for so long without being able to intervene, my gut twisted for her; that kind of silent suffering is just awful. I kept thinking about how lonely that must've been for an AI built to help, and then seeing Kirito and Asuna hold her felt like a proper release for all of us.

Sugou is the absolute worst. He is just a gross coward hiding behind his business suit. You can see how much he enjoys torturing Kazuto while he can't do anything to stop him

Seeing Keita jump off the edge of Aincrad like that was so brutal and it really shows how Kirito's secret destroyed that entire guild

It felt so cold when Kirito realized the resurrection item only works for ten seconds, making his entire suicide mission for Sachi completely pointless.

I can't stop thinking about that message Sachi left for Kirito at the end and it actually made me cry because she knew he was lying about his level the whole time

My heart broke when Sachi hummed Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer during the recording and it felt like the only time Kirito could finally let his guard down and mourn

Watching the guild celebrate buying their house right before they all died in that dungeon was such a cruel twist

When that trap activated in the dungeon, I just froze, my heart absolutely sinking as the Moonlit Black Cats got massacred. Kirito couldn't do anything but watch, and it really made me feel the crushing reality of what this death game truly means.

It felt a bit weird how Silica was basically used as bait the whole time and she felt more like a mascot than an actual partner but the ending with Pina was nice