"Regarding the topic, I can understand why many people hate the show but some or most of them are just doing it for the laugh, honestly it is still above most of the anime series that are produced to this date and that means a lot."

Saw this statement and I just wanted to throw in my two cents real quick.

I can agree that SAO is certainly a lot more memorable than the majority of anime produced in today's environment, I think the fact that a 2012 series is still being talked about today and is receiving sequels and spinoffs speaks volumes to that fact. But I wouldn't say its quality is what makes it more memorable and important in the anime culture, rather, it's the myriad of ways it can appeal to vastly different groups of people.

Both anime fans and gamers can enjoy SAO on its own merits, so there's huge crossover between different fanbases there. And SAO's many, many flaws make it very entertaining to watch and think about, which is the conclusion Arkada came to in his video and is also the conclusion the entire youtube criticism/blogging sphere/anime community at large has come to. Breakdowns of SAO along the lines of Digibro's or Mother's Basement's videos are videos that practically defined the careers of those two content creators and likely many more. It's many flaws make it an excellent way for critics and fans to approach it from whatever direction they like.

From that perspective one could even argue that SAO is more important and more/equally as interesting than not only the vast majority of mediocre anime, but also a lot of good anime as well. It's kind of entered the same space as classics such as Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop, as a culture defining show where everybody knows what they are and everybody talks about them years later. Even though taken its own merits, SAO is nowhere near as high quality as those shows.

I'd argue that it's many flaws make it a far bellow mediocre if you're only considering the show's quality in terms of its artistic merit, but it's brought a lot of entertainment and joy to hundreds of thousands of people and I think that's incredible. And now shows like SAO Alternative can take the concepts and worldbuilding of SAO and make actually good stories from it, as well as brand new characters like LLEN who are both entertaining and have some degree of artistic merit to them. I think that's an incredible achievement on SAO's part.

All this is a long-winded way of saying that I heavily disagree with your statement- In my opinion SAO is one of the worst anime's I've willingly watched to completion, even though I can't say the experience was tedious or painful, (mostly because I drop anything that's too tedious etc). But I can totally understand where that sentiment may or may not be coming from despite that disagreement.