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Sword Art Online 14: I've read quite a few comments about people hating this episode and how the story is suddenly pomegranate, which is interesting. I guess they'll especially hate the rest of the episodes, especially the finale. I'm seeing people say the fight with the boss was rushed, but it's actually 100x longer than the fight description in the novel...

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Some of the things they were missing was the reason why Kirito suddenly attacked Heathcliff. I was worried about this since the LNs are all done in the perspective of Kirito, and it always contains his inner dialogue about the situation, and this particular scene kind of required it. Anyways, for those who haven't read the novel, Kirito describes Heathcliff's eyes as those of someone not exhibiting concern, but pity; looking downward upon insignificant existences, like a scientist watching lab rats, combined with the imba speed he showed in the duel they had, he made a gamble and cut at him.
It doesn't appear to be explained well enough, but the idea of how Asuna was able to save Kirito, and how Kirito was able to kill Kayaba was that their "feelings" managed to surpass the system. Still feels kind of cheap with such a small explanation, but it's about how they were able to surpass the construct that is the game with their sheer force of will, a pretty common concept in a lot of media, but people are suddenly unwilling to accept it in a vidya gaem.

I will agree that volume 3 and 4 were not as good as 1 and 2, but I still found them to be good reads. I wouldn't say they were bad.