Sword Art Online When Do We Get to See Eugeo Sword Art Online Season 3 Episode 1 English Dub
Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld
by Theron Martin,
Though Kirito is the overall chief protagonist of the SAO franchise, the franchise has shown on two occasions – the "Mother's Rosario" arc of Sword Art Online II and Sword Art Online Culling: Gun Gale Online – that it can function just fine when others are allowed to accept the lead for prolonged periods. The 2nd half of the Alicization arc, which is aptly being subtitled War of Underworld, is the third point in the animated side of the franchise where this happens. Kirito is notwithstanding present, but his catatonic state has reduced him to existence a motivational element rather than an actively-involved character. Since Eugeo is dead and Asuna isn't in Underworld (yet), that means information technology's Alice'due south fourth dimension to take the lead. As expected, Alice proves well-capable of doing and then in the first episode and a half. Her situation is a compelling one, as she has been forced to reevaluate literally everything she knew and believed in and is now struggling to find new purpose in a world where she doesn't fit in well; she'southward far beyond beingness the village girl she started out as, and is not accustomed there past any only her younger sis, but her accented devotion to her purpose as an Integrity Knight has besides been shattered – and considering faith directly correlates to power in Underworld, that as well makes her weaker, even though her stats are still far beyond human norm. She finds her new resolve in her conclusion to protect what Eugeo and Kirito had sought to protect, with the scenes where she reveals her identity equally an Integrity Knight to the villagers and then eschews the covering over the eye she lost (and has since replaced) being the early on feel-adept moments of the series. She is going to be a forcefulness and will to be reckoned with equally the story progresses, one that I suspect even a certain other swordswoman and the villain volition have a difficult fourth dimension with.
The rest of episode 2 and most of episode 3 shift away from Alice as they instead look at events on the outside. The second part of episode 2 explains the circumstances that were happening on the Ocean Turtle when Kirito contacted them at the end of the first part and what's happened in the immediate aftermath, only actually that and its continuation in episode three is all a set-up for one of this part's defining developments: Asuna entering Underworld to revive Kirito and take on his mission. Though Asuna is only 18 and a civilian, she's all the same unquestionably the best pick for the duty; she has a stronger vested interest than anyone else and more feel in a virtual environs than anyone else, so this is really a logical move. Sadly, we probably won't get to come across her brand her thousand entrance until around episode 10 (I'm betting on it being the final scene of episode 10, in fact) if the story continues to pace the fashion information technology has so far in adapting the source material.
The bulk of episode 3 shifts to the opposing point of view. Here the primary villain of this function, Gabriel Miller, is finally formally introduced and revealed to be both the CEO of a defense company and the blond-haired guy directing things way back in the GGO scene of part 1 episode i; in fact, a truncated version of that before scene is exactly replayed here. Afterward in the episode a flashback in Sinon's dream, to when she was taken out in the last BoB tourney in GGO (an effect she described in brief in part 1 episode ane), indicates that Gabriel is too Subtilizer, a multi-time winner of the BoB tourney. This establishes his creds as a fearsome foe who volition eventually have to exist dealt with, especially since the end of the episode indicates that he'southward popping into Underworld equally the Dark Territory's long-absent-minded Emperor Vecta. It also establishes some ironic connections back to the commencement of the arc and explains much better the bigger purpose for calculation the anime-original GGO scene back and so. What the production team hasn't shown so far about him is rather curious; the 15th novel (which begins the War of Underworld arc) opened with an extended description of his backstory, but so far that'due south beingness skipped. The principal impacts of that and so far are that anime-only viewers will have no caption for who the girl who appears to him as he dives is and what significance she holds, but since that was included I have to retrieve his backstory will surface at some afterward point. Hence for now I'chiliad not going to discuss his underlying nature and motivations further.
Possibly the nigh interesting attribute of episode 3 is where it goes at the terminate, with a perspective shift to a knight of the Nighttime Territory which provides a few surprises. An before scene in the episode revealed that even the goblins weren't just NPC constructions but bodily Fluctlights themselves, and this Dark Knight Commander Vixur gives every indication of not only beingness a person only not an evil one, either. He actually wants peace with the Homo Territories and, now that the pontifex is gone, thinks he might be able to negotiate with Bercoulli to reach it. He even proposes to his hot girlfriend/subordinate, likewise! (Lipia is not shown in the illustrations in the original novel, then the anime'south character designers outdid themselves in not but making her gorgeous but likewise making her purple armor work.) Gabriel appearing every bit Vecta is apparently going to put a major wrench in one or both plans, just this is one of the rare times that the franchise has put a sympathetic face on a probable adversary. This besides marks the kickoff time that a scene has been prepare fully within Dark Territory, and all signs at the stop of the episode (including the side by side episodes title: "Night Territory") are pointing to a lot more of that being on the agenda.
So far the series has adapted roughly the first half of novel xv, and once once again the adaptation choices mostly seem to exist wise ones. The scene where Yui addresses the supporting characters in Alfheim is new, but even it is setting upwards further for what I'k guess will be the final scene of this cour. The visuals and especially sound effects and musical score are still pretty abrupt (the scene where Alice's dragon breaths on the goblins is a detail highlight). The scene of Sinon getting killed in GGO is a strangulation graphic enough to be disturbing, though more in an edgy style than a problematic way. Overall, these iii episodes are more set-up for the big battles to come than a main event, and they do their task well.
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