I gave this show a shot. Yes, I watched an anime. It's pretty inoffensive and has a certain charm. The art and animation are bland. I did laugh a little at some of the MMO jokes like the first enemy being a boar and the clingy guy who wants to level with you. That being said, three's really nothing with substance here. The second episode introduces Asuna the ridiculous walking cliche, and the guys we meet in episode three are no better - they're obviously marked for death the second Kirito lies about his level to them and barely exist aside from that. There's no emotion from a shitty fake tearjerking scene for a character we don't know or care about. I love the sepia toned flashbacks for a dead girl who was in the show all of ten minutes.