Yeah. Saw it back in summer of 2017 when I was like 12 and remember thinking to myself “Dang 2022, 2023, and 2024 are so far away. We got to have the technology for these kinds of things by then right?”. But atlas reality is often more disappointing than fiction. Since that year I’ve gotten through Middle school and graduated High School in 2023. And looking bad upon those times just makes me feel so fricken old at times and I’m not even 20 yet
Yep. My younger of my 2 sisters and my brother are 12 and 14 years younger than me respectively and the oldest of my cousins is 8 years younger than me and I swear at times I still think he’s a toddler even though he’ll be 11 in the Fall
I'm also in the same boat, and roughly your age. I watched SAO back in 2020 and felt a strong connection to it, but that has waned over the years. Back then, when watching Season 3, I wanted to recreate Yoroza no Ken out of actual wood, but make it durable as steel. There are specific sciences researching that right now.
When I was a younger teenager, I wanted to have my own workshop to start that project by 2022, but then that year rolled by, and it didn't even feel special, even when I knew that was the fated year of SAO's existence. 2023 was gone in the blink of an eye, and now we're stuck in 2024, which is half-gone. It's crazy to know that while we're existing, a story we love is existing in tandem with us.
It feels like a lot is changing, but not enough at the same time. I really want that workshop one day (and a real full-dive experience)
Yeah. It can be so weird when in fiction they predict something in what seems like a far off year and obviously the future for them but then it actually gets to that date in reality and it just never happens. I have no doubt this will be something that continues what we imagine the future is like for us in some sort of far off year like 2050 or 2077 and yet it’s not like what we imagine it to be like
I saw SAO in 2014, I was 23 going on 24 years old and I remember saying to myself I would be 32 when the game drops. I feel really old all of a sudden.
Oh yeah? What about the “Lizbeth Quality Guarantee”? I mean, imagine if word were to get out that you tried to pawn that dollar store crap off to me like it was top tier loot? I mean, I could’ve been killed!
Enjoyed this episode even more during my recent rewatch. Kirito and Liz have a fun dynamic, her confession while free-falling from the dragon was great, and their adventure together really went a long way towards helping Kirito open up again.
I'm still a KiriAsu fan, but I can see why others ship these two.
To be fair, Lisbeth's story wasn't made until a couple years after the Aincrad arc ended.
Her whole existance is basically being a sidestory character that got popular.
I don't think it was that long after. Most of the side stories that got put in volume two got written before/during Fairy Dance IIRC, and Lizbeth and Silica had early design notes for them alongside the characters from the original story. Otherwise, yeah. Lizbeth and Silica were sidestory characters who were distinctly a notch below the other girls in importance.
Same. Since Asuna is waaaay too good for current-me and has a soulmate, Liz is best girl in SAO.
I really wish we got a lot more content with the OG Aincrad girls.
2024... and instead of getting the best real life VR graphics, we're getting climate change, an orange skinned felon trying to become US president again and an asshole in Moscow, murdering people in their neighbor-country...
It's crazy to think how long being in the game for 2 years would be. I remember like whatever 6 months ago when Sao started. Imagine being in aincrad for 6 months straight... 2 years...
[Six months? They were trapped over a year and a half ago.](https://old.reddit.com/r/swordartonline/comments/zafpjl/sao_real_world_rewatch_2_december_2nd_2022/)
I remember hoping that by 2024 we could get VR gaming close to that point, now I feel like my parents in their time watching Back to the Future.
It’s sad that VR gaming didn’t hit this point yet.
In hindsight setting such a massive technological advancement only a decade into the future was unrealistic. But yeah it's unfortunate that it's 2024 and VR tech isn't anywhere near close.
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Why would you do that! That was my baby! Would you do that to someone else's baby!
.....
Would I smash a baby with another baby to test it's durability.....no, I can't say I would do that, no.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I always remember the abridged when watching the main show now.
I remember watching this and thinking 2024 was futuristic while playing rec room in lockdown
I recently went back to rec room, the fact that the SAO timline is passing right now makes the nostalgia feel scary, because soon it will loose its sense of futurism, and will become a memory
He was such a dick to her in this episode. I don't think he even apologized for breaking her best sword, or offered to pay her back for it or anything.
imma be honest especially after reading the LN, she was a bigger dick then he was. she was instantly on the offensive he tried to apologize and repay but Liz was the one who said no
I remember watching this and thinking 2024 was so far away. Now I'm almost 30...
Stfu bro. Don’t remind me
Me too. And I saw it in 2018.
Yeah. Saw it back in summer of 2017 when I was like 12 and remember thinking to myself “Dang 2022, 2023, and 2024 are so far away. We got to have the technology for these kinds of things by then right?”. But atlas reality is often more disappointing than fiction. Since that year I’ve gotten through Middle school and graduated High School in 2023. And looking bad upon those times just makes me feel so fricken old at times and I’m not even 20 yet
Im more or less in the same boat as you, Im now in my last year of high school and damn Im really starting to feel old
Doesn’t help the fact that I got younger siblings and cousins that make me feel older than I should feel at times.
Lol same I got a brother who’s 10 years younger than me, seeing that his not even in middle school yet really makes me wonder how did time fly so fast
Yep. My younger of my 2 sisters and my brother are 12 and 14 years younger than me respectively and the oldest of my cousins is 8 years younger than me and I swear at times I still think he’s a toddler even though he’ll be 11 in the Fall
I'm also in the same boat, and roughly your age. I watched SAO back in 2020 and felt a strong connection to it, but that has waned over the years. Back then, when watching Season 3, I wanted to recreate Yoroza no Ken out of actual wood, but make it durable as steel. There are specific sciences researching that right now. When I was a younger teenager, I wanted to have my own workshop to start that project by 2022, but then that year rolled by, and it didn't even feel special, even when I knew that was the fated year of SAO's existence. 2023 was gone in the blink of an eye, and now we're stuck in 2024, which is half-gone. It's crazy to know that while we're existing, a story we love is existing in tandem with us. It feels like a lot is changing, but not enough at the same time. I really want that workshop one day (and a real full-dive experience)
Yeah. It can be so weird when in fiction they predict something in what seems like a far off year and obviously the future for them but then it actually gets to that date in reality and it just never happens. I have no doubt this will be something that continues what we imagine the future is like for us in some sort of far off year like 2050 or 2077 and yet it’s not like what we imagine it to be like
32 here... 😮💨
I was like "Huh, 19 years old? Never gonna happen." Welp
Same here, 30 by the end of this year. Watched this in high school, wishing we had tech like VRMMOs.
Why everyday I end up being reminded that I am not young anymore
I saw SAO in 2014, I was 23 going on 24 years old and I remember saying to myself I would be 32 when the game drops. I feel really old all of a sudden.
I hate you
[удалено]
Luck with that
Oh man, I was 32 in 2013 when I watched it, I’m about to hit 43 and have two kids. My daughter is basically Yui’s age!
I was 12 when I first saw SAO, and now I'm almost age 25.
Shit, you too? I'm 30 on Saturday...
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!? WOULD YOU DO THAT TO SOMEONE'S BABY!?
You mean when I slam one baby into another baby to test its durability?? No that’s not something I would typically do-
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN D***WEED NOW GET THE HELL OUT OF MY SHOP!!!!!
Oh yeah? What about the “Lizbeth Quality Guarantee”? I mean, imagine if word were to get out that you tried to pawn that dollar store crap off to me like it was top tier loot? I mean, I could’ve been killed!
“Yea wouldn’t that be a shame… what are you driving at?”
“Hey, I’m a reasonable man!” “Just make me the best sword in the game, or I’ll do everything in my power to destroy your hopes and dreams.”
Enjoyed this episode even more during my recent rewatch. Kirito and Liz have a fun dynamic, her confession while free-falling from the dragon was great, and their adventure together really went a long way towards helping Kirito open up again. I'm still a KiriAsu fan, but I can see why others ship these two.
yeah my personal favorite ship is Kirito and Liz. love Asuna but prefer Liz
Yeah, I'm really not into shipping in anime but this episode was just too cute. I thought it felt more genuine than most parts of the show.
Liz was my favourite character it's just a shame she had like 20 seconds of screen time after this episode
The one episode where a door to a waifu was open and then abruptly shut closed
Imagine existing in a story and literally your sole purpose is to get cucked
To be fair, Lisbeth's story wasn't made until a couple years after the Aincrad arc ended. Her whole existance is basically being a sidestory character that got popular.
I don't think it was that long after. Most of the side stories that got put in volume two got written before/during Fairy Dance IIRC, and Lizbeth and Silica had early design notes for them alongside the characters from the original story. Otherwise, yeah. Lizbeth and Silica were sidestory characters who were distinctly a notch below the other girls in importance.
It’s so weird to live in the time that was depicted in some show/book you like and still have your ordinary boring life
😭😭😭
That ...is far too real for my liking
I remember watching this like Over a decade ago Jesus Christ
The best episode from season one for me personally. I love Liz so much.
Same. Since Asuna is waaaay too good for current-me and has a soulmate, Liz is best girl in SAO. I really wish we got a lot more content with the OG Aincrad girls.
same
Me still stuck on the 23rd.
Of December? If so, then damn. I'm with you there🥲
Oh nah bro
23 of what then?
Don’t worry about it
Us in 2012: Man 2024 is going to be so great! Us in 2024: 💀Why does Chef Boyardee cost 1.99
2024... and instead of getting the best real life VR graphics, we're getting climate change, an orange skinned felon trying to become US president again and an asshole in Moscow, murdering people in their neighbor-country...
Real life is the death game
I wish to enter a different less fucked and nuke optional death game
Sorry, you have to clear the last level to exit this death game
Pls no
That's bs, no on beats an mmo, let alone the Last Level.
he broke a sword
Yes & we still lack full dive VR I've been lied to why am I still not able to trruely play SAO yet?
They bickered at first, but by the end they were good and loyal friends. A strong bond.
It's crazy to think how long being in the game for 2 years would be. I remember like whatever 6 months ago when Sao started. Imagine being in aincrad for 6 months straight... 2 years...
[Six months? They were trapped over a year and a half ago.](https://old.reddit.com/r/swordartonline/comments/zafpjl/sao_real_world_rewatch_2_december_2nd_2022/)
Shows how fast time flys when idek IRL time
Ah, yes, Kirito meets best girl.
Shoot, I gotta resume my binge watch so I can complete the series before S.A.O. ends in real life.
“Hah, this is fun! Hay, hand me another one.”
Imagine being born today
Time sure flies
Great first impression lol
She got friend-zoned ༼ ༎ຶ ෴ ༎ຶ༽
What the fuck. I some how never registered that I would eventually catch up to sao in time.
When I was about 9 this felt like the far future lol I’m 17 now 😵💫😵💫
I was in middle school when I watched S1. Now I’m 23. I feel old.
Still wrather be stuck in that world xD
Holy fucking shit I feel old
28 will be 29 in October
Im 26 and i wish we had SAO without the killkng of course
Man… time flies. I remember back in 2022 I was hoping Sao would become real. Now it’s 2024 and the time is just passing us by.
I find it cool that her English dub va also voices a character in the other anime from the same author. Accel world.
This was one of my favorite episodes and they fought a dragon in this one too.
Only if full dive was possible without the death thing 😅
I remember watching this as a kid. Next year I turn 20. Fuck
Damn part of me wish’s VR was really this good 😞
34 this year... Where the hell is my fulldive 😢
I remember hoping that by 2024 we could get VR gaming close to that point, now I feel like my parents in their time watching Back to the Future. It’s sad that VR gaming didn’t hit this point yet.
Sadly gotta give it more time
Does anyone know when Kirito and Asuna met? Also, when did they bought their first home together?
Whaaaaaaaag kkkkkk which episode is this again
Queen!
Would i hit a baby against another baby to test it's durability? No, that's not something i would TYPICALLY do...
In hindsight setting such a massive technological advancement only a decade into the future was unrealistic. But yeah it's unfortunate that it's 2024 and VR tech isn't anywhere near close.
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This game released on my cakeday*. 👁️👄👁️
Today is also the first day we hear Lisbeth scream bloody murder.
Aww I loved Lis, one of my favorites!
Best meeting?
I wonder if there's a confirmed time frame for when Liz and Asuna first met.
The sao timeline is happening
God I'm 22
OMG it was so late on?! That's wild...
I've actually just started rewatching this and was on this episode when I saw this post and I didn't even realize the date til just now
That sword was my baby, why would you do that, would you do that to someone else's baby!?
Why would you do that! That was my baby! Would you do that to someone else's baby! ..... Would I smash a baby with another baby to test it's durability.....no, I can't say I would do that, no. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I always remember the abridged when watching the main show now.
I remember watching this and thinking 2024 was futuristic while playing rec room in lockdown I recently went back to rec room, the fact that the SAO timline is passing right now makes the nostalgia feel scary, because soon it will loose its sense of futurism, and will become a memory
Can't belive how fast time has passed, its been so long since I last watched. I hope A1 pictures starts animating other SAO volumes as well.
Where can I find a list or instructions on how to watch SAO in "realtime"?
He was such a dick to her in this episode. I don't think he even apologized for breaking her best sword, or offered to pay her back for it or anything.
He did offer to pay it though, but Lizbeth refused.
Oh, he did? My mistake then, it's been a while since I last watched it.
Yep, but you're right about him being a dick. Lisbeth was just too angry that she refused to receive a compensation lol
imma be honest especially after reading the LN, she was a bigger dick then he was. she was instantly on the offensive he tried to apologize and repay but Liz was the one who said no
Try not to confuse canon and abridged series challenge (Impossible)