Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4444715-20171127143145/@comment-25936766-20171127223631

MajoraSolaris wrote: Sorry I've heard from 90% of people that its trash and therefore I refuse to watch it. My closest friend who loves anime is saying its trash. Aincrad is fine. Not great, far from great, but it's fine.

Every single arc after Aincrad, with one or two exceptions, is trash. Because SAO did some things right in it's 1st arc, but the author decided to strip away those good things and amplify the bad things afterwards.

So basically, watch the 1st half of the 1st season. Just the 1st half, ignore the movies and videogames and the rest of the arcs, especially GunGale Online's arc. Watch only the 1st half.