Well, I don't really any problem with her phobia, though, yeah, getting some help would have made sense.
If the japanese did that there would be no Hikikomori/NEET problem. except they don't do it, so i'd say it does make sense.
OK screw it, all this discussion made me too curious about GGO. brb gonna check out kissanime for it...
aaand~ Caught up until episode 4.
observations:
Asuna is reduced to a mere Moeblob. a useless one at that. why does this guy get a new girl each game and still stick with Asuna? seriously, the romance crap is completely out of place in SAO and yet they insist on putting it in.
also, their obsession of their virtual "home" and their virtual child. i mean come on, what kind of message is that?! if she was a robot it would have been more understandable. since it's at least "a body with a brain"(or you know, androids are human stuff) rather than merely an "imaginary baby".
The game itself is an amalgamation of different gunplay genres. i find it strange that you can find space marine stuff along with space western stuff. it doesn't feel very integrated. looks more like a silly mishmash of genres. unlike proper "Space Western" stuff like Bebop. or maybe even "hub worlds" like in LEGO Movie where even Batman fits Cloudcuckooland.
The game is a total sausagefest. I find that strange that bishonen avatars are "rare", but given GGO is apparently a US game, it makes sense. and is about the only thing that does here.
Xexceed was an unlikeable douche. why use him to make a speech about "agi builds suck"(obvious chekhov's gun for Kirito's "insane reflexes" ability)? why not a more reputable sounding person? someone people would actually give a damn about if he dies?
gunplay itself seems more like a bunch of dudes playing airsoft. dying has even less impact than SAO. at least that had an excuse of being a hack and slash MMO. I can't imagine a gun MMO without blood or gibs...
The death gun stuff seems to play towards red herrings. death gun seems obviously Kikuouka.
The Sinon trauma stuff is as weird as people make it. the toy gun she has seems to be a part of the therapy she does along with GGO. still doesn't explain why she can easily use guns in GGO though, I sense inconsistency. Sure, kirito has been talking about "virtual and real information" bullshit. but come on, absolutely zero effect if virtual guns? it could have been better if the "gun triggers attack" scene was done as a flashback of Sinon's first time in GGO, where she had an attack there. otherwise, this will probably end up as yet another "a natural killer in the virtual world" bull. or maybe "
Solid Snake Sinon, there's a killer inside you~<3" stuff.
and Sinon gets to shoot Desu Gan IRL.
The instant expert stuff is too convenient and overused. come on, how does playing racing games make you an expert in a difficult to use vehicle? maybe if he played a
plane flight sim he'd know how to fly a
helicopter or maybe even pilot a sub. also, though his insane reflexes stuff make sense... how come he immediately develops the "anticipate where the gun aims" stuff? why is he always the best at anything? why does no one show him up early(or make him fail) like in the previous season?
Also, lightsabers. and a purple one at that. WHY RIP OFF MACE WINDU?! WHY RIPOFF VADER AND GIVE HIM A DESU GUN?! I get that "sword user in a gun game" is a pretty interesting setup. but damn, why a lightsaber (it even makes the same sound...)? there should have been "physical swords" like these so called "
Tactical Swords". they're also almost all black, and look damn cool. and fit the mainly military theme of GGO. why does it seem like he did lottery on what elements to use while world building?
also, "The Black Airbender" in episode 4(one of the ones watching them play the western dodge game). damn, nothing makes sense in this show.
Ugh, the more I think about it the less SAOII makes sense. I'm just gonna turn off my brain for the rest of this show.
