I personally feel that SAO turned out badly because it set itself up to be all serious and shit, but then those parts weren't executed well enough. When you start off really promising, the disappointment hurts. It's a lot more enjoyable when something starts off bland but becomes interesting/deep. That way you're left wondering how far it could go. When the opposite happens, you're left wondering about how bad it could get.
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I personally feel that it didn't, especially relative to most new series released in the past couple years.Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
For me it mostly applied to the 2nd arc with all the flying. I suppose by "bad" I meant more like "average" in normal vocabulary. It wasn't terrible nor unenjoyable.
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Yeah I agree it should have ended with the first arc.
But the first arc should have been, like, 4 times longer.
It's kind of amazing how shallow and juvenile SAO is compared to Log Horizon. Never utilized its full potential really.
A 13 years old author can come up with jolly good ideas the same as anybody, assuming a gifted imagination, but writing a wholesome, well thought-out story with three-dimensional characters, in an appropriate manner (since this is still manga/anime), takes a bit of maturity and perspective. So, let's not judge SAO too harshly. Besides, SAO was well-received among its intended audience of other 13 years olds.
Wait...this was written by a 13yo?
I feel dumb now...
Looking at Ryll's post, it apparently wasn't. For some reason I was living under an impression the author was really young when he wrote this, though to be honest, I wasn't sure of the exact number, so 13 was a guess, more or less. But apparently he's fricking older than I am, which leaves me speechless. I used to write fiction as a hobby back in my earlier days (all the way up to high school), and although a publisher wanted to see the rest when I sent in the first part, it didn't get published and that was the end of it. But I assure you it was much more mature and better than SAO despite being written by a brat (not trying to claim it was objectively nearly good enough to be published, now judging it in hindsight)... But then again, we are talking about Japan, where this unique thing called a light novel exists and flourishes. I reckon one of its requirements is not to be too high literature.
are you comparing the novel (I didn't read them) or the anime, because I can't say the anime of Log Horizon is doing a good job either.... I'd even go as far and say that SAOs first half is better than Log Horizons
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