Just finished watching SAO 2 and Shingeki no Kyojin: Kuinaki Sentaku (A choice with no regrets - OVA 2).
Absolutely loved the crap out of SAO 2, bar the Calibur arc. Gun Gale Online I thought was amazing. Initially I didn't think they'd be able to pull me in with an FPS game but I was fortunately proven wrong. The only thing which bothered me slightly from this arc was the use of light sabers/swords - I was expecting Kirito to learn how to use Glocks/Five-Sevens/AWPs/Hecate II etc since it was an FPS game after all. That being said, it may have been unrealistic given the time frame and the level he'd need to attain to even match Death Gun (with respect to guns, not swords). Calibur...let's skip that ahah... Now Mother's Rosario. Holy shit. That was such a good arc, I was on a massive feels trip. There's nothing else for me to say really, except that I liked how the protagonist shifted from Kirito to mainly Asuna which was refreshing and I fucking love Sinon (I forgot to add that earlier, woops!).
As for Shingeki no Kyojin: Kuinaki Sentaku, I was quite disappointed. Don't get me wrong, if you haven't read the manga, it is a pretty decent episode. However, having read the manga, I felt that the episode left a lot of the more, for lack of a better word, interesting (?) scenes. For instance,
SPOILER (Highlight for it):
The episode only showed the dead bodies of Farlen and Isabel, whilst the manga actually showed how they died and their dialogue which was very touching yet devastating. With that said, I liked how Levi finally expressed some raw emotion as opposed to his usual stone face
Anyways, that's the end of my little review. Fingers crossed for SAO 3: Alicisation to be released next year! I've heard it is the longest and most promising arc yet. Also, I hope Agil gets more lines hahaha - I love that guy.
Upcoming anime in the holidays:
- Log Horizon (Brother has been saying it's really good, cheers for the suggestion Katsumi)
- Angel Beats
- Steins;Gate
- Code Geass