Sometimes I wonder what Sword Art Online would have been like and how it would've been received by both critics and general public if it was released in another time. What would a 70s SAO be like? What if it was a 90s anime instead? What about 30s? Either 1930s or 2030s.
but mmos only existed on its time
Most series would be considered a lot more highly if they were made earlier and vice versa.
>>282214191I wish they'd animate progressive properly.
>>282214191If it was released today you would get a bunch of zoomers calling it peak just like in 2012, the difference is that the culture is too fragmented to educate them further.SAO would probably beat JJK or CSM because it actually felt epic beyond just "aura farming", there were real stakes which made the battles all the more compelling.
How do these clothes work anyway?
>>282221200they are ingame modeled by tacticool japs who are as tasteless as the author.
>>282221254Yeah, but is that a leotard, underwear, or a weird undershirt?
>>282221200who caresall that matters is that it looks cool
>>282221356I care. I need to know if Sinon can give anal while aiming if I just pull her shorts down.
>>282221316Yes
>>282219295The culture these last years is a lot more cynical so they wouldn't take SAO very seriously. Look at how the zoomers reacted to Demon Slayer, which can be profound and has high stakes, but they dismiss as a kid-friendly, asspully show with no tension. Of course Tanjiro and friends aren't going to die but they still get beaten senseless in their fights and are always a hair's breadth from dying.Imagine how they would take the ending of Aincrad when they called KnY's ending trash.
>>282221200It's basically a leotard, plus hotpants, plus leggings and a jacket and scarf.
>>282221770How does it look from behind, though?
>>282221905I don't think there's any official art of it from behind. Best to assume it more or less mirrors the front in how high it goes.
>>282223127Clothed sex with Sinon.
>>282214191>1930sIt would have unironically influenced technology and philosophy. Even if it's schlock, you're talking about a story with a bunch of modern sci-fi elements that were either niche or unconceivable at the time. Hell, Japan only had radio, literature, kamishibai, theater, and other local folk arts for entertainment at the time. No TV, no computing, no home computers, etc.In my opinion, 30s SAO would have been remembered as that corny and middling story that introduced concepts like home computers, gaming computers, video games, virtual reality with full immersion, life-like artificial intelligence, fantasy dungeons, the internet, etc. Imagine a high concept Flash Gordon with worse writing that people remember because the concepts were insane for the time. Remember that people at the time read books to pass the time and much of it was the classics or pulp magazines if they weren't that smart/well read or just short on time.>2030Straight up corny retro futurism and completely forgotten in the still persistent isekai slop sea. Idunno, maybe Magi or Accel World take its place and still forces us to be the otakus' unresponsive therapists.Post-JJK, presenting people with a battle that's won through the power of love would be laughable to gen alpha.
>>282224441>Post-JJK, presenting people with a battle that's won through the power of love would be laughable to gen alpha.It's all part of a cycle, sooner or later that kind of thing will be cringe and the power of love will be cool.
>>282224582I hope, but I insist that the Aincrad arc was definitely carried by its premise alone. The antagonists lacked depth, and in general SAO has weak antagonists. IIRC, the best one was the dude from the movie with the virtual idol and I don't remember if that one is canon.I'm perfectly fine with a final battle won because of the feelings of the protagonist's loved ones strengthening his resolve and giving him power, but Kirito violated every rule and summoned something supernatural into a world that was, up until then, purely material and run on code.
>>282214191What if they went through all 100 floors? It might've made the drama more tolerable.
>>282224771I don't think people would have the patience for it.A better approach would be to separate the journey into chunks according to the ability of the characters and explore the guilds they belong to. First floors could be a race to recruit the beta testers, mid floors could be about the guilds, the world of the games, the characters, some character exploring filler like the Grimlock mini arc, until reaching the last arc where people start suspecting Garfield or Hobbes or whatever he was called of being Kayaba.I do agree that SAO tends to rush through arcs too much.
>>282221617I mean by the end of Demon Slayer, like half the cast is dead
>>282224743I do find it really funny that the current slop, Solo Leveling, is utterly soulless in its materialism. At no point is the power of love or whatever invoked, and there's no "My determination gave me a new ability." It's just "Big number crushes smaller number".
>>282224771>>282224917Progressive has been great, though some people dislike how much Asuna steals the show in the novels.
