My expectations weren't that high from the outset, so SAO has always provided pleasant surprises rather than the disappointment often griped about in fan communities. It certainly went in a strange direction this season and some episodes are noticeably weaker than others, plot-wise, but when it's good it's fantastically entertaining. It's fashionable to bash Sword Art Online these days. Whether I continue into season two will depend on the final episode. I'll reserve judgement until I'm able to see the final episode of the first at last - Anime On Demand is still saying that it will be made available last Thursday without any communication about the delay (their region-locked French stream went up without a problem). I'm glad that I finished it and when it was good it really was fun to watch. It's been announced that a second season is on the way. However, the school elements felt like pointless clutter and that time could have been better spent filling in the backgrounds of more of the minor characters.
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There is still a lot to like in K it incredibly managed to pull its tangled sub-plots together right at the end in a way I hadn't imagined would be possible, its opening sequence is eye-catching and some of the characters (Kurou and Yata) are appealing.
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The annoyingly hip music and stylishly blue-green palette didn't help. The designs are beautiful and the animation is lush, yet the convoluted story and abundance of shallow characters made it hard work to keep up.
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While Zetsuen No Tempest demonstrates the ideal way to present an insane, complicated plot full of super-powered, good-looking people, K often struggled to find its voice and do the same.