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Sword Art Online (TV).

If you really think there's no possible other way to interpret the two points I was discussing here other than your opinion then I guess I shouldn't keep trying to discuss it with you and i'll leave you be on that.

Oh yea, on a side note I do think it's kind of weird that both of us seemed to like the last few episodes but have been disagreeing so much on certain aspects of them lol.

My problem with Asuna as a character has nothing to do sexism, I just don't think she's that interesting. Her whole devotion to Kirito just comes off as being another lazily written male power fantasy devoid of substance, or perhaps just too rushed in terms of development like the show at large.

However I couldn't dismiss spoiler[the Asuna not being able to finish off the dude issue] so nonchalantly, I think this is definitely tied to the writer's view on what it means for a women to remain a pillar of innocence, that somehow this is still ultimately a man's job regardless of the situation.

I'd add that Kirito and Asuna aren't necessarily flat characters, but their relationship is what makes the story work. They are without a doubt more appealing as a duo.

ChibiKangaroo wrote:

If you really think there's no possible other way to interpret the two points I was discussing here other than your opinion then I guess I shouldn't keep trying to discuss it with you and i'll leave you be on that.

If I'm not willing to listen to further arguments on an issue then I'll bluntly say "I'm done with this" or something like that. Anything short of that means I'm still open to hearing out arguments, even if there's little chance that I'll accept that viewpoint. Posting in forums would be boring if everyone always agreed, after all. That's why this is actually my favorite series discussion thread in quite some time.

In retrospect, though, it does seem like the eye-rolling emoticon came across as needlessly rude, and I do apologize for that.

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Oh yea, on a side note I do think it's kind of weird that both of us seemed to like the last few episodes but have been disagreeing so much on certain aspects of them lol.

Not at all. You have clearly stated that you like the past few episodes despite what you perceive as certain major problems, while I either am not acknowledging them as big problems (because I interpret them a different way) or am willing to overlook them. That's pretty common in series discussion threads, in fact.

Bugnin wrote:

I'd add that Kirito and Asuna aren't necessarily flat characters, but their relationship is what makes the story work. They are without a doubt more appealing as a duo.

Exactly!

I'd sooner say that the story works because living in a game world is a wet dream for many a nerd and a thought that has come to mind to probably everyone that has ever played an immersive game.

but it is no different from any number of anime romances where the perfect girl just happens to fall in love with the loner protagonist.

Romance- And here we have the Mr Nice Guy who can't even touch a woman. I'll give you that spoiler[he kissed her], but that's about the only good romance part I've seen so far.

Really? How about kissing each other instead of putting his clothes on, like he just had an encounter with a hooker?

...were you expecting hentai?