Sword Art Online is a Light Novel series about Virtual Reality & Online Gaming. It starts with a death game in which players got trapped inside VR. After they get out, every arc focuses on a different game, and a new moral challenge for the the protagonist: Kirito.
Sword Art Online's anime is one of the first successful Light Novels adaptations. While it's not "isekai" genre, it's the anime responsible for the isekai boom in early 2010s. Sword Art Online's story infamous for questionable moments and inconsistent writing quality. Many fans believe that the harem elements work against the story, and I'd agree with them.
"Most of the audience care more about "fun" and not about the show being an actual masterpiece, I think SAO has the right to be that popular." -- ahmadmanga
Below is the list of my articles about Sword Art Online. Its games, and the fan-made parody Sword Art Online Abridged.
@ahmadmanga/let-s-talk-about-sword-art-online
Introduction to Sword Art Online anime, and my feelings about it going arc by arc without spoiling too much.
@ahmadmanga/so-i-finished-sword-art-online-alicization
My feelings about the ending of Alicization arc. Heavy Spoilers are marked.
@ahmadmanga/comparing-sao-anime-s-kirito-to-sao-abridged-s-kirito
SAO Abridged is loved by a lot of YouTube audience. In this article I compare it with the original anime.
@ahmadmanga/sao-abridged-the-mother-rosario-reference-in-episode-3
Another SAO Abridged article. In this I expand on a joke referencing to a later arc in the story.
@ahmadmanga/first-impression-sao-rehollow-fragment
My Review of SAO Re:Hollow Fragment. It performed way poorly on my PC though. Planning to only play it again after upgrading.
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