2012-10-25, 07:27 PM
Hanabira.Kage Wrote:Personally, I love the novels. The anime leaves out a ton of important details and feels way too rushed at times (well, they do have a time limit of approximately 23 minutes to meet...).
About the comments, you aren't missing much. Just people trashing the series and posting about having dropped it.
Aw man, haters have the most entertaining comments.
One of the worst things that ever happened to me as a viewer of television and movies was the point several years ago where I was suddenly able to determine if what I was watching an adaption without knowing before hand. It makes me sad to be watching something totally new to me and just know "something is missing here". I think watching the movie "The Golden Compass" was the defining moment for that. I left the theater thinking, "that was enjoyable, but I get the feeling it could've been more enjoyable". which pretty much sums up SAO. Shame I've had such a hard time getting into actually reading manga/source materials.