Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20140921022402/@comment-3257939-20141215203612

Listen Nate. I understand your POV since I was also there. After my childhood (Dragon Ball, Yu Gi Oh, Pokemon, etc) ended. I thought Bleach, which I saw in my puberty, was the greatest action anime of all time. All the epic music, finishing moves, the entire setting that must have taken a lot of time for the creator to think of every weapon's name, ability, and stuff like that makes it the perfect anime. Then I watched more action anime and slowly realized how much of a terrible anime Bleach is. Then I watch Naruto, Aizen was defeated, the Fullbring arc started and Bleach died for me.

It's about experience. When you see something for the first time and you like it, you enjoy it no matter what. After you enjoy it some more and more, you start to realize that there are better things than that. SAO, like you said, it's your first anime and once you see more animes like SAO, you'll realize that it's one of the worst animes ever made.

The problem with SAO is like that it tried to be something that it isn't. The creator of the series probably has never experienced a real romance. She copies other harem animes to make her own romance stories which ends up ruining the story line. Also, the LN is not a valid point because there is a difference between anime and LN. Take the creator of Rail Wars for example, that guy almost kills the people who made the anime of his light novel because they completely destroyed it by turning it into a harem ecchi anime for men with a butt fetish. SAO is not about romance, it's about action and yet romance is the main topic in all of SAO's episodes.

Finally, show some respect. These people are telling the flaws of SAO, if you want to read them or not then that's your call. But if you're not going to continue discussing it, you should at least read them and try to understand it. And most importantly, don't try to act like a normal person watching haters going wild. You look stupid.