Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld

uh boy what a dumpster fire. I realize that's not the best way to star this, but it really let me down, I really wanted to like this, I loved alicization and I was ready to love this as well, and the beginning led me to believe that, that would be the case, but it wasn't. Let's start with the beginning, because the this season had a really good start, kirito wasn't around much and the show choose to focus on other characters, alice had a pretty good arc on the first episodes. The integrity knights had more screen time which make me really happy because I liked them a lot in part 1. Some of them get extra development, the show also added new integrity knights like scheta and renly who were both freaking amazing, and probably some of the best characters in sao. Sure the villain was another villain who was evil just because he was crazy, but he was really interesting, and the rest of the characters in the dark territory had a lot of potential to be great villains. Definitly the best one was Ishkan, the relationship he forms with scheta although a bit rushed at the end, was really good. But then we arrive at the second half of the season and it lost literally every sense imaginable, I won't spoil what happens, but let me tell you I was constantly saying WTF every episode at least twice because of how little sense everything had. There was even a point where I started laughing of how stupid something was. Which is specially a shame because during some of the most dramatic moments of the show I couldn't get invested because I was questioning everything going on. Another big problem with the show is that everyone starts treating kirito like a god and he, once again, is overpowered, and it makes even less sense than the last time which is saying something. I thougt we were over this, everyone talks about him like he's the best thing in the world to a point where is ridiculous, which really hurts because in the last season it seemed that they learned their lesson with him making him more grounded, here he's back to being the best thing ever. The villain had barely any screen time, the dark territory characters and the posibility of creating simpathetic and interesting villains was wasted. The only good thing about the story on the second half was Poh, who was in all honesty a pretty interesting villain, although the show didn't took advantage of it's full potential. As for the animation and sound is awesome, I mean is sao. There are 3 fight scenes with some spectacular animation, where sao really outdid itself. The only problem once again is that, out of those 3 fight scenes, I only liked one, because in the other 2 there was an endless pit of nonsense. Overall this season was a bigger disapointment than the first season which is saying something. And look I'm not one of those sao haters like digibro and mother's basement. I wanted to like this season, I thougt that sao became awesome after alicization part one, but I just can't like a season which so much nonsense and wasted potential

War of the Underworld is exactly what people mean when they say “Look pretty and do as little as possible.” There is sakuga in every episode, the artwork is vibrant, and the fight choreography is better than ever. As for the writing, it is hasn’t improved much over Sword Art Online’s previous seasons. Where the narrative shines is its premise: The underworld is a hellish land cloaked in a warm aura radiating from the blood-red sky. Flatter than an ocean, it is a wasteland populated with no vegetation as far as the eye can see. Divided by a valley of stone are humans on one side and monsters in the Dark Territory on the other. In real life where the A.L.I.C.E. simulation is operated, a group of terrorists invade the game; they overthrow an empire of monsters then march them into a war to kill the good guys and Kirito—who is in a vegetative state for the duration of this season. The terrorists enter the game as generals of the monster army, it all plays out like a shlocky imitation of Matrix 3. Once again, the script is overwritten as hell. There are so many buzzwords and names that you’ll need flashcards to keep track of them. Before the titular War begins, every single character who isn’t a CGI soldier gets a close-up with a name tag. About twenty of them were introduced before anyone drew a sword. We only needed the name tags because the setting is so underwritten. With the bare minimum world-building, there is suddenly an all-out war and we’re expected to follow along. There are only two people on either side you have a reason to care about. Alice and a wheel-chair bound potato, and the two bad guys they’re fighting against. Any moments of self-sacrifice or emotional death ring hollow. Every tearjerker moment felt 100% like emotional manipulation, but I can’t say they made me feel nothing. When the music cuts out, the scene fades to washed-out colors, and all that’s left is a close-up of someone with tears streaming down their faces, it is almost moving. Almost. A cowardly knight got a sad flashback that explained his personality, it should have been sad, but he was so irrelevant that it evoked no emotion. The moment at least made him less one dimensional. However, it’s immediately undercut because he suddenly becomes a fearless badass. And that’s the best character development we’ve got. A few of the knights got half-episodes like that guy; I’ll admit, these moments of introspection paired with an electric guitar riff and breathtaking sakuga were awesome. A majority of the screen time is dedicated to battles, strategizing on either side, and knights valiantly fighting alone. The best animation comes out during the solo knight battles. The animation is nearly movie quality during these moments. There’s a fair share of CGI during footsoldier combat for filler between the impressive fights. There is at least one spectacular display of sakuga every episode, which is unheard of in a TV anime. This commitment to a visual spectator is what made A-1 Pictures split this season into two cours, a wise decision on their part. It's not every day I find myself praising this problematic studio; with the recent release of Kaguya-sama: Love is War, now this, it’s safe to say they’re on a roll. The directing and writing of this series, unfortunately, falls far below Kaguya-sama. Logic defying fighting, plot holes, mediocre editing, the roller coaster pacing, and an overreliance on name tags. I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen this many tags on characters, locations, factions, and times. One guy throws a punch, another catches it before he hits him—two seconds pass then we get close-ups of their shocked expressions. This probably seems like I’m nitpicking, but when everything in the show is off by a second or two, it makes the action feel slow and disconnected. Both OP/ED in the prior Alicization themes were much better than these ones. The songs are average, both visually and audibly. Lisa and Eir Aoi did much better work on the last season. I’ll also say, the voice acting was great amidst all of the action. The Engrish interspersed in the real-world characters’ dialogue was hilarious. A vegetative Kirito is hilariously wheeled into the battle in his wheelchair. Right from the first episode, it’s hinted he will wake up when the time is right. Essentially he is a plot device waiting for when Alice is in a pinch. He hangs behind the army, with a constant creepy smirk on his face, while Alice awkwardly hovers above on her dragon as if it’s a damn helicopter. That dragon can kill a horde of monsters like it’s nothing. She is just as overpowered as Kirito. Alice could have been a good character, unfortunately, she is just as flawless as Asuna. Neither of them develops over the course of the season. And being TOO nice isn’t a flaw!! Rather than the main character, she is an extension of Kirito. Just like every other 14-year-old looking girl in this show, she is in love with Kirito. She is motivated by her desire to protect him first, everyone else comes second. While Alice has her own reason having no personality, it doesn't make for a good protagonist. At one point, another knight showed up, a female knight mind you, who wanted to see Kirito so she could “try some things to wake him up” *wink wink nudge nudge. If Alice hadn’t stopped the bitch, she would have given him a good old handy while he was too mentally incapacitated to consent. Alice wouldn’t want another woman putting the moves on her man, obviously. The whole confrontation is disgusting on multiple levels, but it just goes to show Alice’s main purpose in the show is to look pretty and protect her future husband (little does she know he’s engaged). After not too long, Alice is swept under the rug in favor of a few knights and generals. The rest of her appearances are brief and surface level. In one of her moments alone with the audience, she monologues about the unfairness of the war. Monsters and men have the same souls, and they should not be fighting, so she says; meanwhile, CGI goblins lethargically wave their swords two at even uglier CGI humans in the background. Their swords don’t even come within 4 feet of hitting each other. The “modeled in ten minutes with Blender” aesthetic really adds depth to Alice’s philosophies. To compensate for Alice’s personality (or lack-there-of) more ladies find their way to Kirito as if he’s a magnet. The thing is, Kirito didn’t need to be such a waste of air in this season. He is a prisoner of his own mind, this was a great chance to give us insight into his thoughts. Unfortunately, this was another case of wasted potential by this adaptation. During the first half of the show, there is a bit too much time spent in the real world (similar to the most frustrating parts of Assassin’s Creed). Everyone in the real world is there to info dump the plot of this season, no characterization at all. I didn’t know one of these guy’s names aside from Asuna. Oh yeah, she is still hovering around Kirito like a fly on shit, telling us how she “won't forgive you!” if anything bad happens to her boyfriend. God, what does a man gotta do to get a female equivalent of a fruit fly bodyguard? Kirito’s rejected women's club also shows up a few times in person to remind us they are still in love. Even the little winged rat Kirito calls his daughter shows up. The two girls who were nearly molested by the villainous guys from last season made an appearance too. Not for any special reason, just to remind us they still existed and they’re still in love. Being trapped in a new game, Kirito’s harem couldn’t come. Even as a potato, our main god himself still gets all the ladies. If this is your thing, no shade, just take this paragraph with a grain of salt. One last thing to add; when every female character (who knows the protagonist firsthand) only talks about their love of a potato, aside from surface-level observations and info-dumping, I consider them poorly written characters. As…

SAO has been blasphemed for years by netizens. Yet my friends a pure watcher regardless of what's the SNS said, he still enjoy and recommend it to me. Their fans suggest to at least try the Alicization arc because it's a fresh start with a better writing & not much related with prev arc. I guess, I should give it a try. (this is general review of SAO Alicization & War of Underworld, because they all a one package story) So the story is about MC brain damaged by accident (how come a 1 meter umbrella lose by a 1 cm injector? & he called himself the Sword Hero?). To cure it he must dive in a VR game console that can recover his brain in-trade of carrying a mission to stimulate AI there to break a rule by their own, to make a self-aware AI not a robot. Alice the AI did it but then arrested by the God in-game. MC & friends try to save her & success even with a lot drama mid-way. In real-life side, the game facility attacked by terrorist who want to use that AI for war. Half building locked to protect MC progress but enemy can also dive in game and start a big war. Yet MC still win & send Alice to real life but leaving himself there for 200 years worth time because enemy hack the speed setting. Finally in real life Alice got physical body, MC wake up from slump & become normal again (what's the point of that 200y I mention?). The end, happy ending. Oh wait, somehow to make the story continue, they dive to that game again after few decade worth of time there. A simple general story with many small forced twist trying to make it complex but failed. By that setting, MC supposed to be a 3rd party observing AI growth but no. Writer really love him and all problems solved by MC, all characters love him. Okay, this harem bait is good for shounen viewers (my youth maybe like it too), but this leads to a problem at final part War Underworld. While the good side is at pinch in the war, all women calling the MC in coma (it's so cringy...), zannen it's not working but after just one small push by his friends Eugeo, he woke up with many OP skill out of nowhere and save the day. Again, after things going normal in real life he cried while remembering his friend Eugeo (so gay...). Eugeo supposed to have a big key at final & gave a stronger touching moments but the viewers don't care much about him because he is just additional cast a by-passer at first arc. This general plot hole can be solved if writer gave more role to Eugeo at first arc, if he really intent to make him the wake up call key to MC at final. One thing hard to be denied by haters is the visual. It's awesome at normal scene thanks to studio A1 Pict. The fighting animation is fine for me, but as time goes I'm getting annoyed by how short a battle can be. Feels like everything is one hit die, one hit win, one hit lose. Even the snippet at the opening song is more entertaining than the actual scene. Also the SFX feels similar between each clash (well at least not as bad as studio JC Staff). Summary, the story is generic but the visual still enjoyable so I recommend to skip 25eps Alicization by just watching the recap (it's good enough for a recap ep), then go straight to all War Underworld episodes with top notch visual experience you can get, the battle scene is longer & better too, it's so amusing. Well, if you like catching a harem bait then I won't stop you for going to Alicization eps.

Amazing, isn't it? Somehow this new season of Sword Art Online was supposed to be the season where SaO finally became good again. I was seriously hopeful, yet it managed to not just let me down, but make me watch 12 episodes of pure brain torture. Never in my life have I forced myself through an anime which I didn't like, and never in my life have I felt so completely let down and honestly angry at how terrible the writing could be from what is supposed to be one of the most anticipated shows ever. Spoilers all the way through. I'll start with some good. The sound effects within the Underworld are surprisingly cool. Whenever Sword Skills are used you're met with this interesting electronic glitchy bass-boosted sound effect, and honestly? I was seriously impressed. It gave the visual effects more power for sure. The ending song by LiSa of course was a complete banger, but I can't expect much else from her. The art of course has always been great when it comes to SaO. I do however have to say that there was absolutely nothing truly interesting about it. It kind of seemed like they dumbed down a lot from the previous seasons. This is not how I remember SaO, the art seemed too lazy for this. The only character I actually really loved in this one is the leader of the pugilist's guild. I honestly have high hopes for him in part 2, and really feel like he could play an impactful role. However, I'm not convinced that he will live through the first few episodes. I wouldnt even be surprised if they mercilessly killed him off early on. Anyway, that's all the good I'm even willing to write, onto the bad. I think the worst part of the season was the incredibly horrid writing of characters. Never again was I so furious at the decisions made by major characters and their emotional ways of reaching their goals, I even wrote a word document where I allowed myself to rant over dumb decisions made by characters. Through the entire season the writing was already very sub-par. I think we can all agree that the Kirito harem is fun and all, but just becomes an incredible annoyance throughout the season (cough cough episode 5). However, where it truly all went down the gutter for me was in Episode 7. In terms of worldbuilding, we've learned that the people of the human realm are unable to murder other humans due to the rules of the pontifex.. which Asuna somehow later instantly assumes to be work from a mole in Rath, which makes absolutely no sense but we'll get to that later. So, from this we know that Alice is not a murderer of humans. Throughout the arc we even see her turn from a cold integrity knight to a girl with love and empathy. Before she is able to create a nuke of souls, she monologues about how terrible war really is, as she discovers that all the souls of the people from the dark territory are just like their own. It's almost like she's starting to build sympathy for the people in the dark territory, since they're all just like her. However, this is INSTANTLY thrown out of the window when Alice suddenly is able to commit GENOCIDE by wiping out hundreds of mages, all with human-like attributes. Slaying goblins I could understand, but she's literally killing hundreds of her own kind while they're screaming of pain from the burns. How is she able to mentally handle this, and how are there no lingering effects of having committed such an insane war crime? It's unrealistic character building and extremely frustrating to see how there's an insane lack of depth in the character's and their actions. Nothing they do have consequences. Hearing her annoying apprentice suddenly coming out to then talk about his regrets of not doing his duty and all that is just extremely unrealistic. Yes, it's a fantasy world, but that doesn't mean the characters should have the emotional depth of a bloody children's bath. The war as well seems extremely onesided. Every threat is completely nullified by minimal actions of a single person. When the dark territory mages create a huge nuke to try and take down Alice, it's COMPLETELY nullified when mister apprentice comes in after he has already flagged his death multiple times. The fact that the dark territory was RELYING ON THIS BOMB to win the entire war from the start and it being nullified by a single minor character is extremely stupid. Suddenly the entire dark territory is not even a threat anymore. One integrity knight is able to stop the advance of an entire pugilist's guild as well, how does this happen? Why are the small stupid vanguard goblins more of a threat to humanity than the MAIN FORCES of the dark territory? It creates an atmosphere where you never fear for the life of a protagonist, because you know how weak the dark territory really is. It's also hilarious that even though this dark territory was considered an insane threat over hundreds of years and that their invasion would mean the downfall of humanity, a SEVERELY reduced group of integrity knights WITHOUT the pontifex were enough to win the war, even though their tactical choices were terrible (from both sides of course, but why the hell are the integrity knights and Alice entering the dark territory when there is no conceivable rush to counterattack? They could've just waited for the dark territory to kill themselves again walking into the canyon). Then there's all kinds of dumb moments that just make me laugh out loud. Not because of the good humor, but because of how ridiculous they are. Like how Asuna decides to jump inside of a meteor crater with her horse, which is stupid already, but then we see the carriages have safely made it down a 5 meter drop as well somehow. I have never seen a horse jump with carriages, but I'm not expert I guess. Or when Asuna activates her ability and stands there like a soulless child mage while there's an entire choir that sounds NOTHING like her singing some kind of heavenly christian song. It's not that it's unrealistic or anything, it just looked stupid. The troops of the dark territory are laughable. Why are all the piggy troops suddenly COMPLETELY fine with being EXECUTED, and how is there only ONE piggy that even remotely questions the morals of the sacrifice? I haven't even mentioned how the antagonists are some really depthless cold shits. The main antagonist is apparently some genius commander in gun gale online, but isn't even able to manage simple tactics in the underworld. It's like he lost all his brain in the dive, it's incredibly stupid. Also, the way he was able to just swoop in on a big old dragon and take Alice away within the span of 5 seconds is so anticlimactic. How Alice allows this to happen so easily is beyond me. The main antagonist makes it look so easy I wonder if Alice secretly has Stockholm Syndrome and a fetish for brainless antagonists. Anyway, all emotional cry moments are extremely hard to relate to. I haven't felt bad for a single character other than the pugilist's guild's leader. The way the writers solve problems is also really disgusting. There's a very simple way to write SaO scenes. Start by creating a sudden and out of nowhere problem, have someone fix it with some weird ass technique you've never seen before, then create a flashback to when this someone was taught this technique that's somehow PERFECTLY made for the situation. Example: Pugilist guild is running at Alice and Co. They suddenly THEN realise that there's no way to handle them, since using arts is impossible without natural resources, and their swords apparently literally can't cut through a pugilist's skin since they're trained for it. Bam, suddenly there's an integrity knight who start slashing through pugilists like their skin is made of paper. Flashback to the past, where the Pontifex gives said knight a sword that can supposedly "cut through anything". Oddly convenient, isn't it? It's almost like they forget about the problem and suddenly think of a solution even though it doesn't fit at all. The st…

Just when we were so tired of the story of this show, it did make an excellent execution this time. The war between the human empire and the dark territory was just a front and a surface to the real war that is happening in the real world. This season brought war between nations into a game in order to attain a goal. The war of underworld is the best story next to the game of sword art online. It had great impact to us viewers because it should not be taken lightly. Kirito may be out of the action at the moment but it is what gave chance for the others to shine in ways that we do not expect them to. Everything that happens inside the game can affect the world, especially U.S. and Japan. Within the span of 12 episodes, the focus really was on the war and the battles that took place in it, so the title really made up for the plot. Like SAO, the dramas and issues are not enclosed to Asuna or Kirito, but to a lot of people and lives that could be greatly affected. All the previous games that were mediocrely done can now be seen as a build-up for this great war. The characters are also likeable. mostly the integrity knights and some leaders of the dark territory. We thought that the integrity knights are just people who blindly obey the pontifex and people who are put in order for Kirito and Eugeo to have battle with, however, they are noble knights who want peace and security that they may live without being constrained to do what they want. Alice, Bercoulli, Asuna and the gang stepped up this season without Kirito's helping hand, which is a totally magnificent development for all the show's characters. The animation was superb. It left me in awe and excitement because of how unexpected the wonderful fights scenes came up. Although it was quick, it was also satisfying. I gave an 8 because the season left us hanging and it should have been longer, although we know that it has a continuation. The harem is still constantly shown and it is one of the things the fans dislike. Asuna and Alice would suffice the harem club but small shot girls are irritatingly joining the bandwagon, and it sucks. A 9 could be possible if the season continued, sadly, I can only review containing the episodes that are included this season and no more than that.

I just love all the bias everyone seems to have against people with opinions different from their own, which I guess is an opening of sorts for me: my "opinion" is different from the majority of opinions here, and for that, I am perfectly certain I will be slapped with the label "SAO hater" for sharing this difference in opinion. War of Underworld had a somewhat good start with pretty shaky pacing; some episodes focused more on characters who'd become completely irrelevant later on down the line, other episodes were used to build-up the "villains" of this arc that I found okay-ish during my first watch, but upon the second I truly realized just how much of a bore they actually were (one in particular is about to stealth kill one of the two weakest girls in the show, stops and becomes genuinely surprised because she catches him about to do it, allows her to call for back-up, then STILL doesn't kill ANY of them despite having an avatar that an entire episode was used to describe as "mysterious" and "powerful"). Does it help that he has REAL-WORLD military experience and was a pro in GGO (alongside being hinted of being a survivor from SAO)? But guess what happens to him. Asuna happens. The longer the show went on, the longer things started to drag out to a point where certain elements felt rushed while others completely overstayed their welcome. There's a lot of dialogue here, yet the conversations between characters has to be War of Underworld's weakest point, the other being the actual war itself. Aside from a few key battles and beautifully brilliant animations sprinkled here and there (loved almost every scene with Champion in it), the war is nothing at all like it was hyped up to be. The "great" villain Emperor Vecta becomes completely obsolete after the show's done building his character, and in all honesty, I can see him being beaten pretty easily by the main cast. He poses no danger what-so-ever, aside from being the stereotypical psychotic SAO male villain with a messed-up sexual fetish. Wouldn't be surprised if Alice experiences the same thing Alfhiem Asuna did.

this one of the kind most garbage story i ever see warning little contain spoiler* Story. 1 ai vs ai, wipe by single strike from "good guy ai(whatever this author want)" so hilarious but the most anoying part is when players join the game then that ai one slicing all human player like human is the garbage ai, as a gamers this shit so piss me off dear author you have fucking zero chance win if u fight horde or gamers they not bunch of noob who will stay and waiting you to cut them like how ai usualy does, dont use your clicker hero game as refrence to make morpg story slow phase and to much talking in battle so fucking anoying, as i know they just yelling haaa haa haa then battle over because they wipe out by single "good guy" ai out number by bad guy ai then wipe them like step on cockroach, not single good guy ai die there, need fucking ton effort from bad guy ai just to kill 1 single fucking "good guy" ai, after he die they took revenge like they never kill single "bad guy' ai in first place Art. 7 i never complain when talking about the art in sao, they seemed to be working hard on it Sound. 8 good as always Character. 1 dont ask, i put alot word to describe them in story how garbage they are Enjoyment. 3 if is not because this anime has good art and sound i just rate 1 instead of 3

As a proponent of the previous season of SAO, this season sucked. Like, no offense, but it just let me down. It's not like all my opinions on this season are negative, but a lot of the texture the last season had just went away during this season. I still love the world that War of Underworld took place in. The possibilities that could be written in are endless, and it's still a massive breath of fresh air compared to the second season of SAO. Obviously, the art still slaps. The colors are gorgeous, the effects are mind-blowing, and the architecture still wows me. As far as the characters go, the set of characters that were already present were really strong, and there were a few fairly interesting ones that were introduced. There were a few of them that I thought were written well, though we didn't see much of them. But listen, y'all, the rest of this season just didn't do it for me. The story in the beginning few episodes and kind of at the end had me nearly as hooked as the previous season did. It took Alice's character and made her all the more intriguing. Once the war started, though, my interest waned heavily. The fight sequences were often brilliant when it came to animation and movement, but the story itself bored me. Whatever magic I found in the previous season just wasn't there this go-round. I'd attribute my lack of interest to the fact that watching it week-to-week just made it all seem stagnant. You'd get a fight involving one character one week, and the next week was the same exact thing but with someone else. And, frankly, the characters that got focus this season weren't developed well enough to warrant the attention they got. I don't mean to gripe because it wasn't all bad. At the very least, I think it's set up nicely for what's to come, and the story for the outside world always kept me interested. I guess I just expected last season to be a reset for SAO, and instead of getting better and better, it sort of just flat-lined. I know there's a lot of people that'll disagree, but it is what it is. I'll still watch SAO as long as it's around, though, because it has the potential to be outstanding.

Alicization Exploding at it's seams War of Underworld got real!... Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld continues where the first season left off, but with a few impact changing points, one is that after the fight against the Pontifex, Kriito is now wheel-bound, almost in a vegetable state, Alice is taking care of him and all the while the Axiom Church has been restructured and recovered, however when in the real world, the soldiers who stormed Rath, their leader and his dragon are in the game, the "War of Underworld" starts as the leader Gabriel Miller voiced by Akira Ishida now Emperor Vecta and his dragon now Dark Knight and second in charge Vassago Casals voiced by Koyama Tsuyoshi. Vassago is the typical bloody hungry, fighting obsessed maniac, whilst Gabriel is an interesting villain for SAO, in that yes he's a psycho after Alice with his ulterior motive of wanting Alice to relive his childhood memory of killing a childhood friend (who looks like Alice). Oddly enough BOTH Vassago and Gabriel was in Laughing Coffin so doubly so for Kirito, his past nightmares have come to terrorize him once again. As for the "War" itself, the war for the first half is used as a plot mechanism to give what remaining Integrity Knights are left to give them some screentime but this time as allies instead of villains what with the Pontifex gone. With the likes of Fanatio now reformed, Eldrie Woolsburg voiced by Takeaki Masuyama, Alice's junior to Scheta and Renly fighting a faction of the Dark empire and shows off their weaknesses and backstory, so in a ways what with the new villains, the first half of the war is trying to make us sympathize with the Integrity Knights and guess what it works. The second half well that a bit later... Oddly enough the best thing about Kirito in a vegetable state is that Alice now being in the forefront of the anime and dealing with all the war as well as taking care of Kirito, well is pretty great and works for Kirito as this was a state we have NEVER seen him in, like yes Alice becomes the main character this season due to this and very much needed in all respects. As a flaw La will say that due to Alice being the main character now, she does have a heavy plot armour since the villains want him and the allies are trying to protect her at any cost and yeah because of that ALice is OP, though Alice was OP at the start anyways as a small defence. Now into some spoilers so move to the next paragraph if you don't want to know.....ok, so with Gabriel and Vassago able to go into the Underworld, there needed to be a counteraction to all this thus ASUNA goes in and things gets uhhh spicy, considering the harem aspects in a mostly funny way where Kirito seems like the only winner, you know Alice knew Kirito from "childhood" while Asuna had been dating and moved in soooo yeahhhh...nonetheless that's interesting, what this actually leads to is the REAL War of Underworld, during the second half or near the end of this season where the soldiers hack the Underworld and guess what tricking in American players into the Underworld as the Dark empire as they have been doing horribly in battle, in turn Kirito's friends pleas ALO players (and the survivors of SAO) to go into the Underworld to defend and protect Alice and Kirito. Incomes that this is some serious irony here as NOW Kirito's friend are pleading players to essentially go into Underworld (which is like SAO during the first half ONLY WORSE) but doing something for the better, wherein the first season was Akihiko Kayaba tricking people to go into his game and trapping them there (in a ways what the hacker soldier's intention were in tricking the American players inot the Underworld for his own gain). Again this twist and callback was a fix and upgrade to the first season's problems and essentially fixing it and thinking logically through what would of happened, again Reki Kawahara's writing gotten MUCH better by fine tuning what was wrong with his first season of SAO and retuning it into a new beast altogether whilst being it's own thing and this shows here. The animation done once again by A-1 Pictures were pretty much the same as the first, almost movie like quality of the battles, character designs and backgrounding and what with this being a war and all, all uncensored for the most part and gory as ehll with how the battles end up as (sure beam spams here and there but damn is the quality pretty good). A-1 Pictures did once again AMAZINGLY well in terms of animation. The voice cast is back with a few new additions, especially Akira Ishida as Gabriel but with some of the Integrity Knights like Renly voiced by Tamura Mutsumi and Scheta voiced by Lynn. Really the voice cast ever expanding is great, with the obvious MVP once again being Ai Kayano but LA will gives some props to Akira Ishida voicing the seethingly calm yet stoic villainy of Gabriel and Haruka Tomatsu as Asuna. Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld really doesn't have many flaws LA could count, again Alice having plot armour and OPness is expected but Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld's flaws are backed by some heavy defences that makes this season rather enjoyable in more ways than one. All in all, Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld was very enjoyable, very nicely written, both in it's characters and world building as well as the escalating buildup of this entire season. Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld is pretty much the buildup of the Alicization arc with many setups all the while developing many of it's new and old characters from Alice, Kirito, Asuna, Gabriel, Renly, Scheta as well as the world building aspect both in the Underworld and in real world characters affecting the Underworld one way or another. Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld seems like nothing but the war, but man does it pack in ALOT, from the comedic harem of Alice, Asuna, Ronie and Sortiliena that's formed all the while developing both it's allies and villains of the Dark Empire during the war, world building for both the Underworld and how the real world is erratically affecting it and near the end, thematically paralleling and righting wrongs of Reki Kawahara's past failings of SAO's first season. To which once again Sword Art Online: Alicization proves to LA more and more that this is Reki Kawahara wanting to fix SAO's wrongs in more ways than one, you know refining and retuning it and not doing it in a ways to slam the audience that hated it but in a rather head on way and earnest way. Alicization is exploding, can it awaken into one polished hell of a story in it's climax....here's hoping!

Being a continuation of the previous season, the beginning of the story felt well paced after the very action packed second half of the last season. And gives other characters time to shine since our protagonist is taking a backseat. Which I greatly appreciate giving weight to Kirito's actions at the end of Alicization. The world is forever changed, and seemingly he's doomed them while not being able to help himself. It's a great concept that actually felt like it was followed through, him getting the backseat while the world moves without him. My main issue with this lies in the fact that we don't really advance any already existing character that get screen time and instead (mild spoiler ahead) we get a small episode dedicated to a general who's very unlikeable due to him being afraid to go to war, despite the fact that even normal soldiers are willing to die, and many die because of his cowardice. That starts him off great to be at fault for losing lives but nothing comes of it other than "I'm not afraid now" and then we don't really see him at all for the rest of the show. This is a reoccurring issue with supporting characters. Like characters on the other side of the war, when we get to see their perspective its not that I feel malice, but its the fact I don't care about any of them other than a surface level connection. When bad things happen to people around them, I don't feel too terrible outside "oh no that's bad." It feels as though the progression of characters is more time wasted than anything. The certain character that meets my description here isn't seen almost at all past the first half. Another issue I had was Alice as a character in this season, yes I'm happy she got the spotlight to build her up. I do like her relationship with Bercouli, I like that we see the payoff of her living again with her sister. But I don't like that they made her fall for Kirito. It feels disingenuous when apparently the author has stated that her appreciation for him lies in loyalty and admiration, not love. Her knowing later that he is in a relationship with Asuna yet still seems to insist her own feelings for him makes her less likeable. All for the audience to have one more girl to ship with Kirito. I liked it in the last season where they had just a companion relationship with the same goal in mind. But, (from my knowledge) this is the fault of the adaptation rather than the source material. So I won't fault the author for this change. Besides these two issues, I didn't have many more issues on this season. Small things like Gabriel being a seemingly flat villain, or that the battles start to feel unnecessarily drawn out. Everything else is more nit-picky than anything, like the same animation given to soldiers on the battlefield. Overall enjoyable but still not as good as the last season and doesn't offer much other than story progression. Unfortunately characters don't grow outside new introduction characters whom we don't care for much.

absolutely amazing, incredible, fantastic!!this is truly a masterpiece! sound: - the background music perfectly captures the essence of a fantasy world, with dense forests, the lively chirping of birds, and the soothing sound of flutes that make your heart feel at peace... (ahhh, how beautiful it would be to live in that world). - the ost during battle scenes is so dramatic and fitting, all the elements just come together. sadness, burning passion, and the warriors who keep pushing forward. - the opening song 'resolution' by haruka tomatsu is so cool, i almost never skipped it, LMAO. - the ending song 'unlasting' by lisa was popular back in the day, slow but full of emotion poured into every episode's end. both the opening and ending songs are just too good to skip. - the sound effects, once again, are pure ear candy. the clashing of swords, the massive skill explosions, and the intro sound before they unleash their sword techniques; it's all just incredible. i’ve watched a lot of fantasy anime, but none have delivered sound effects as epic and thorough as this. one that might come close, or even better, could be 'enen no shouboutai,' but that’s not a fantasy/isekai genre. - lastly, the voice acting; how are they so good at picking voice actors that perfectly match the characters?? i’m still focused on alice, the main character in the underworld. her voice is so commanding, like a true knight. every taunt she throws at the enemy feels like it's coming straight from a king. even a minor character like that pig lady, who only appeared for a few minutes, had an amazing and beautiful voice. quality: - the animation is really good, maybe even better than the previous seasons. character design is amazing. even the characters that only appear for less than 5 minutes are designed really well. story: - this continues from part 1, where the ai technology testing is in its final stages. it’s a simulation where thousands of enemy troops will invade human territory, forcing them to fight like in a real war. - oh, kirito, how lucky you are. in both the real and virtual worlds, even when you're on the brink of death, you're still surrounded by women. - the psychological mind games of the main villain, gabriel miller, made me question my beliefs a bit; i found myself wondering, 'does the soul really exist, and can i actually see it too?' damn, maybe i’m getting too wrapped up in this series, lol. - i know the characters in the underworld are just creations of technology, but the story is truly touching. a sweet, beautiful village girl has her memories altered and becomes a loyal knight. i’m not talking about alice, but 'dakira - synthesis twenty-two.' and it’s not just her; 'eldrie woolsburg' also leaves behind the person he loved and respected twice. the sad stories are presented briefly, and i wish i didn’t care, but my soft heart can’t lie. - finally, a lesson i took away from lizbeth/rika’s words. a lot of people escape by immersing themselves in games, getting lost in the fictional joy they bring... especially if the game feels real and full of enough beauty to forget all the problems in the real world. but when a game starts to intertwine with 'reality,' it’s no longer just a game. many players ignore this, thinking they can just stop, delete, or restart their accounts whenever and wherever they want. this series offers a lot from various aspects and elements of life. it shows when to give up and fight, or when to sacrifice for others. score: 9/10.

Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld I knew this would happen, but I just didn't want to accept it. After the Alicization season finally delivered an acceptable level of quality, I was hoping the anime would continue to improve. But unfortunately, I wasn't aware that there would be 2 consecutive seasons that would present nothing but endless fights. I liked the fact that the war between the two worlds was depicted quite cruelly, however, all the hype from the first season of the arc has been ruined. Wasn't it said that the Dark Continent was incredibly powerful? Why does it present itself as an absurd ridiculous spectacle? Half the force of the human empire is already absolute overkill. If the current main antagonists didn't interfere from the outside world, there would be no danger at all in this supposedly "Last War." Thus, Kirito's entire argument with the Knights and the Administrator is completely meaningless. If no one had come to this world, the human kingdom would have won this war WITHOUT any difficulty. As for the visual presentation and aesthetics, I must say that this is one of the best war arcs I have ever seen in an anime. You can see the ambitions and motivations of both sides, as well as their losses. It's not a simple good and evil which I expected. At least the first part of it, the second develops into a ... theater. I still think that this anime is well worth watching. Of course, one's expectations should not be set too high, it is very simple and does not offer any twists. Likewise, the quality of the author leaves much to be desired, especially in the War of Underworld arc, which has very little content. And despite that, they manage to create one questionable and illogical scene after another. Especially concerning Alice, is not only a living plot armor but makes the war escalate more and more. Unfortunately, it's also the better season, Part 2 of War of Underworld being massively worse than this one. Regarding all of this, SAO would have been significantly better off if this anime had been a true isekai. But since the humans in this world are merely AI, this whole war is shown to be all the more meaningless. [Conclusion 4] Thank God the majority of the season was kept afloat by very dynamic combat, animation, and music. I finished watching it very quickly as it impressed me visually. That being said, it turned out to be an underwhelming result. I'm disappointed, but you couldn't have seen it coming any other way.

I already have very little love for Sword Art Online. I have mainly watched it as something to have on in the background while I work. I don't find find it very engaging; its sole virtue is its production value. GGO was, for me, the best season, because it had cool fights. Alicization was a little different. I thought it did a much better job of creating tension and stakes than the previous incarnations. It actually developed the character relationships. It actually managed to be something other than background watching. War of Underworld is not only back to being background level for me, it's not even very satisfying on that level. With only a handful of exceptions, there aren't really any fights. They're more like massacres: hordes of monsters show up, and then a knight says something epic and mows them all down. There's no back and forth, no tension, a without ever creating a feeling that the protagonists might lose, there's no stakes. By the time the season ended, the feeling I had was "that's it?" I'm not even sure that you'd have to watch this season to understand what's happening in the story. You could probably skip all but the first episode or two and have no trouble following the next season.

Imagine a talented handyman, he can raise up a dried-up wasteland into a garden, he can craft all sorts of fun stuff that come in handy in your daily life, he can build houses that eventually dwarf the tallest skyscrapers, now, imagine the skyscraping house gathered a lot of following, becoming way too mainstream and spoken of all over the world, but not every conversation is that of laughs and praise, day by day, controversies are brought, the long-sought masterpiece is mocked, and the talented handyman crumbles. Sometime later, the handyman sets off on the other project that builds upon the first one, this time, with new spins and twist that shuts off every word of hate, this new magnificent craft is related to the other one? Maybe we were too harsh on him, maybe we shouldn't have said all of those negative things about his work, come to think of it, his original work was always good, but this one tops it off and showing his true potential. That analogy is everything but SAO. The first project is the original series, people decided to hate on it, and to fatten the hate and ignorance, even more, the second season received the same if not a worse treatment, Alicization, in this case, is the second ambitious project that corrects all of the previous entries' faults, that is, until Mr. handyman, Reki Kawahara himself decides to add pieces of pineapples atop for some reason, and everything he built up fell off in an instant like it never even mattered. Why pineapples? That is very random, yes, just like whatever happened in this season, it's stupid, it's random and very unnecessary. Here is why... - Story (6/10): It's undeniable the effort and dissection thought-out structure that Alicization started off with, very intriguing spin on the whole VR practices that had gone repetitive on the previous entries until it ended off with a satisfying conclusion that's very proud with the cliffhanger it concluded on, leaving us wanting and begging for a continuation, something that really put a lot of pressure on the continuation, it has to be at least as good or else, what does it even matter. Something I really want to admire this season for bravely doing, and somewhat nailing was the shift from focusing on Kirito as the main motivator for the plot's progression to other lesser characters. Now, for the frustrating part. What happened to common sense and careful thinking? Now, SAO has always had some very visible plot holes that honestly do not affect the way the plot runs and is set up as, there are a few things here and there, but this season upped that up a great deal. A great but frustrating example was the whole Soul Translator gear and the exclusivity to the Underworld that makes you wonder if the writer even cares any more. I don't want to spoil anything, so I won't go on more detail of how exactly that hurt the credibility of this story, but man, did that single-handedly drop this plot from an 8/10 to a rediculous 6/10. Honestly, despicable. - Art (8.5/10): Lately, A1-Picture has been stepping up their game with SAO, and it shows clearly in the couple last seasons. You thought the last season was phenomenally animated, this one is straight-up MAD sakuga compilations at this point, big and hype fights every episode, something that really calls out the talent of the animation team. - Sound (9/10): I praised the OST for the first time in Alicization. Did they improve even more or what? Maybe because this one relied on a lot of battle and combat to sellout the plot, that is, a lot of impact shocks, piercings and magic chants to compose, they definitely stick out the most. Unlike the previous entries, the opening was okay, however, the ending though, definitely the best in the series from what goes from visuals and song. LISA is such a talented individual. - Character (8/10): Maybe the selling point of this show. The Kirito boycott if you will. No, but seriously, to take out the main character of the entire franchise and still have a solid plot that's round-out very well (until the last two episodes that is) goes to show how amazing the side supporting characters are. Not only the human knights but also the Dark Territory soldiers. Every fluctlight individual sold his or her role perfectly, having to empathize with both sides can only be explained by the great character development and good personified writing if anything. It goes to question, would be born on the wrong piece of land make you the bad guy? Are the humans the heroes here because we, the viewers are humans ourselves, and though, it's easier to relate to what's familiar? - Enjoyment (7.5/10): My journey with SAO started with that of curiosity, why is this series hated so much, and why is it, despite that, so popular. I have come to compose my own relationship with SAO, a hate and love relationship that's primarily driven from my disappointment. I wanted the franchise to be good because it really had the potential to be amazingly good. When I first watched Alicization I had a great deal of happiness because finally, this series is being set on the perfect track, but then to see the much-awaited for sequel destroy all of that really hurt the experience, it's not that I hated the season from the get-go, I actually enjoyed it, although not as much as I enjoyed Alicization, it wasn't until the last two episodes when I just couldn't deal with the stupid twists, they really ruined the mood and let me in such severe disappointment. With that out of the way, this season, or war if you will have some great moments for all sorts of characters from both sides of the conflict. We get to see a lot of their abilities, attitudes, aspirations, it was a great shift from a solo character-focused series to a group of people, each with different goals in life. - Overall (7.8/10): I mean, if you're considering watching this, you've already made it through the best, the bad, and the stupid of SAO, 12 more episodes to seal off the series (for now) isn't going to be a bad investment, but it's by no means perfect. It leaves out a lot to be desired, doesn't live up to the hype. Definitely the same SAO though, just more action and stripped out politics.

Let's face it, if you're watching SAO Alicization - War of Underworld this far into the franchise then it must mean that you're invested in the story, characters, tropes, concept, and the waifu's. By far, at this point in the story, Reki Kawahara did a pretty good job, that is that if you are invested in the series. Far as I've seen for the ranking for Alicization arc is way too high. Maybe this is because I think War of Underworld arc is telling this portion of the story much better than Alicization or the studio invested everything in the beginning of the Alicization portion or the fact its Kawahara's writing style. This is what I mean, the biggest problem I had with Alicization because there was too much emphasize of everything (e.g. character development, world exploring, and character growth) into the beginning phase of that arc. If Kawahara put more emphasis to build up of antagonists development or utilizing Chekhov's gun principle showing Quinella's 300 soul sword monster earlier on in Alicization would've made that reveal much more dramatic and maybe that Alicization would've been much more easier to swallow. But Kawahara's writing now truly shows much greater thought process than before, because everything seems much more balanced, except for the ending to this 12 episode season ending was a huge cliffhanger. Besides the poor placement of the cliffhanger (or the best placement; either way, subjective), War of Underworld writing is much better. For people who don't know about Chekhov's gun principle, please go google it to see why this writing principle has a huge psychological impact on viewers or readers state of acceptance when there is any big dramatic reveal that occurs. Here's a quick layman's version for why that principle is important. In SSSS.Gridman, we the viewers are aware of the gigantic Kaiju's in animation background (at the get-go of episode 1), but in its world only the Gridman Alliance was aware of the background Kaiju's. When protagonist (Yuta Hibiki) met with a side character kaiju (Anosillus the 2nd) and explain the reason of why he and the Gridman Alliance were the only ones were able to the the Kaiju's in the background. That made it much more believable and making it a pivotal significance why the Kaiju (Chekhov's 'gun') is placed, meaning it was there with methodical intention and serving a greater purpose than itself. That's what I mean by Quinella's 300 soul sword monster reveal in Alicization was a hard pill to swallow and souring my taste to swallow that pill, and maybe ruining my perception of Alicization. In War of Underworld, everything is basically laid out and further bad writing at this point in the story itself can't be tainted further, that's why I think this is the best Arc (maybe I liked the original SAO arc more, but that's neither here, nor there) so far. Everything is established and long as there isn't ludicrous souls transforming into sword monster and the character (i.e., Eugeo) too won't hurt the story. Matter of fact, it would more likely add more depth (if done properly). Long as everything is within the context of the established mainframe of how everything is running, then it's going to be good, because the tropes--however hard it was to accept--bear fruits of its labor. I hope this was an easy enough review to read and help why any viewer should go and watch War of Underworld.

OMG OMG!!! SO AMAZING I am so thrilled, so excited, so happy FOR SWORD ART ONLINE Alicization part 2 omgggg its such an amazing anime with great graphic, great fighting, great story, nice scenes, thrilling parts, fun service. OMG IM SO THRILLED RIGHT NOW. REALLY REALLY EXCITED FOR THE NEXT UPCOMING SEASON THAT IS CONFIRMED THIS UPCOMING 2020, at the same time finally i can see kirito into action from what i read kirito is finally appearing again in SAO alicization part 3 im really excited for it. Such an amazing anime, really nice story twists how virtual reality is brought into real life, and how it actually shows that in virtual world players also have feelings and how we interact also affect others. Great art its expressed well and sound system fits just right into it. Great story, cant really feel any skipping THATS WHY IM SO THRILLED!!! Thanks CREATORS for such an great anime Im REALLY REALLY excited for the upcoming continuation of this SEASON, really expecting it. NOTE: I have seen a lot of people as i browse through anime site comments, a lot of people are confused about the season arrangement and they do not know how or where to start. Well for me seriously i would suggest watch it from the beginning from the very first Sword Art Online to the latest one this way you are able to feel how the characters feel as they expressed their emotions of their past, and at the same time you are able to get the story and why things happen the way they do. PSST SWORD ART ONLINE ALICIZATION IS THE LATEST SWORD ART ONLINE. ENJOY SWORD ART ONLINE!!! :))) THANKS CREATORS FOR MAKING SUCH A GREAT ANIME THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORTS!!!!

My review is mostly in regards to the art/animation of this season. I think as far as SAO goes the story is fine but the art for me makes it pretty hard to watch. Ive watched all SAO seasons, movies & read most of the manga. I'm really confused by all the positive words about the art for alicization. I think the earlier seasons looked better & had more fluid animation than this season does. To me half of the show is barely a step above a slideshow. Take for example, the floating dragons that don't actually fly. They're basically a still image just moving around the screen. I can't help but laugh when I see them. In fact I don't think Ive ever laughed out loud this much before while watching anime (for the wrong reasons). Or when Asuna is riding a horse (in ep 12. near the end) & she jumps into a giant crater & the horse kind of whimpers a bit then it shows a couple seconds later the height of that jump & it looks like a mountain! Or when the main bad guy grabs Alice is riding away on his dragon & he very abruptly makes the funniest face I've seen. Or have you noticed how you very rarely see a character in full view walking? Or how there are a ton of panning shots used to try to add movement to scenes. The characters themselves do not move! Their mouths move but they do not. Ive also noticed characters have started losing their individuality too. Especially with the girls. The only differences between them seems to be their clothes & hair styles. Asuna doesnt look like Asuna anymore. Of course you could say she is just maturing within the show & the art is reflecting that but I think thats just an excuse. Her identity seems to be nothing but her trademark character colours. In past seasons this wasn't something that jumped out at me. The animation quality isn't a thing that immediately bothers me when watching most other series. This feels like the first time for me so thats why Im so bothered by it here. The increased usage of cgi characters doesn't help either. All those identical cgi soldiers look terrible to me. I noticed the art style shift a bit since the Ordinal Scale movie. The lines are thinner & sharper. But those lines reveal too much inconsistency in the movements & details within the characters. I have no doubt it's probably easier to do cgi for a lot of stuff but it just doesn't fit in my opinion. I really hope that this is a trend that fades away. Its kinda like what autotune is to music, CGI is to anime. I still love previous seasons & will continue watching SAO (probably) but the likelihood that I'll rewatch the Alicization seasons is pretty low.

I enjoyed this season compared to Alicization Season 1. The characters grow much more and they introduce a new story line that feels like it has weight. It may be a save the world situation, but it feels natural. Story – 7 I like this story, a war setting really suits the characters set in Alicization. The characters compliment the story and sets up a second season sufficiently. The interaction between characters is odd sometimes, but the rivalry between Asuna and Alice is quite funny. Art – 8 Yet again it is up to par with the previous Alicization season. Good fight scenes and some rough CGI. Sound – 7 Same as the last Alicization Season. The OP is good and so is the ED. Characters – 8 The characters are the same, but Alice has improved immensely. Her interactions with characters feel more fluid and more entertaining. The villains feel more dangerous in this season. Overall – 7 This is definitely better than the last season, but can’t beat the original season.

It might be just SAO stuff, but as good as a season SAO is, it still gets bad rating. Maybe SAO is the only mainstream anime that I'd say underrated. Maybe it's because people sees it as Jesus-Kun and his harem, but as I see it Kirito has quite the character development. Anyway, this is to date the best SAO season. It gives me the Aincrad Arc feeling but with slightly better pacing, even thought apparently this adaptation butchered the light novel's pacing. The story this season is simply, magnificent. This season, you really should watch it for yourself. One interesting is that the main protagonist of this arc is Alice as Kirito is in a half-coma state. That gave time to develop Alice's character. Through Kirito's immobilization, a lot of the supporting cast got time to have a decent backstory. And the art, A-1 Pictures really outdone themselves. Maybe with the cost of Nanatsu no Taizai. But the nonetheless, the battle scenes are simply beautiful. It is well choreographed. The effects are really cool. As I am quite biased to SAO songs, I will always like them. But the Ending by LiSA is one of the best this season. The opening by Haruka Tomatsu (Asuna's VA) is also decent. For the characters, I must say that this season has the best written characters out of all SAO arcs. I feel more attached to the characters this season than any other season of SAO. Overall, I really-really enjoyed this season. I'd be looking forward for the second season soon.

Spoiler-less, TL;DR, fast, simple, and easy-to-digest review: War, War never changes..., or does it? 5/10 Animation? Good (++) While they maintained the animation quality from the previous season (which is top notch in the series btw), there are some... budget cuts. Animation downgraded a bit by relying on sone 2.5 D elements and same animation of multiple soldiers in a huge battlefield. IK its hard to animate this by hand but can you make it not noticeable? Characters? Ok (+) Same as previous season but with new decent characters, friends and foes. (Plz give more love to Klein like cmon! its not that hard!) Story? Meh (-) I feel like the story cannot stand alone. After watching the entire thing to the end, I had to watch the first episode of the next season immediately. This is supposed to be the payoff for the previous season, but just like AAA developers (I'm talking to you Destiny and WoW), they drip-fed us the content. Pacing? Ok (+) First time in the series, SAO finally got the pacing department a rating above meh. I give them props to not drag the story any longer. While it was still a slow burn, at least it was consistent, and they intensified the pacing speed as they progressed. I hope the next season will do the same. OST? Ok (+) Get the war drums and horns! We go to WAAAAARRRRR!!! Enjoyability? Meh (-) Like I said in story cirteria, this show cannot stand alone and need the next season to be watched. There, I could give my true veridct.