Sword Art Online episode 25: Final Episode

Hello there my lovely readers! The closer it gets to Christmas the more people seem to lose their minds. XD Hopefully the actual day of Christmas everyone can calm down and enjoy the day. But for now it is the season for running people down with carts and screaming that how dare the store be out of cranberry sauce because hello Christmas just sneaks up on people DUH!

I spy a happy ending!

As Christmas is almost here one of my animes is coming to an end. A special end but an end nonetheless. Sword Art Online episode 25. Even thought it stopped being Sword Art Online a long time ago. Spoilers for Kirito making so many decisions, some good and some bad. Enjoy!

Waiting for my Prince this time.

Episode Summary: Kirito is peddling to the hospital, running different scenarios in his head about Asuna waking up. Will she be alive or will she be free from the game only to die in the end? Kirito breaks into the gates of the hospital as they have the worse security ever. He is like Asuna....and is slashed in the arm. Why it is his old friend Sugou's coming to see Asuna too. Only Sugou and his busted up eyes think that he has a chance with getting away with the killer game of doom and molesting Asuna. Kirito gets stabbed a bit and has a Debbie Downer moment but then is like BITCH I am Kirito, savior of all and starts bashing Sugou into the nearest car. Kirito gets the knife and goes to cut Sugou's throat but in the end spares the man. With that underway....continue breaking into the hospital weee. Kirito makes it to Asuna's room where she is sitting up and smiling at him. Kirito tries to explain away his cuts but Asuna can't hear well anyway. Asuna seems to get that it is all over and the two introduce themselves to the other. They share in their first real life kiss and everyone goes AWWW! Fast forward to....sometime later and Kirito is bored in class. It breaks for lunch and Kirito takes off so he can see Asuna in some courtyard. There is a bit of teasing about nicknames and being affection in public but they seem to forget about their self imposed rules. Then the conversation gets weird, to tell the viewers what has passed in the time since Asuna woke up. Sugou tried to pled ignorance but a colleague sold him out. Asuna's father had to retire early due to this hot mess. The Elf Game shut down as MMO's have gotten bad names now and more are threatening to shut down. They also talk about how Akihiko committed suicide but might have saved his soul in internet lands (IE talking to Kirito that day). But everyone at the school is from Sword Art Online and they try to remain close. In fact there is a meet up after school for the “main players”.

A veteran at the age of 16. X____X

While Asuna and Kirito are having their moment they are watched by a jealous Rika and Keiko. Rika made a rule that she couldn't break up Kirito and Asuna...for a month. But now she is mad that she gave them that much time. After school Asuna and Kirito are walking to Egil's bar with a sad Suguha walking behind them. She apparently knows Egil from Elf Ville but seems sad to be going to the bar. They get there and all the other “main” players congratulates Kirito on rescuing them all. It turns into a catch up on other important players and what they are doing now as Suguha pouts in the corner. Kirito then gets together with Thinker, Egil, and Kline as they look at what has become of the Seed (from Akihiko). It turns out it is some sort of program that allows anyone to create their own...world in internet lands. As a result things have gotten safer and MMO's were saved with someone recreating Sword Art Online and Elf City. Everyone is connected now and you can create a character to travel to different places and what not. Apparently this is all good. Suguha logs into Leafa/Elf Fly Land and tries to reach the moon. She is unable to and Kirito catches her. He says they are late for the after party but Suguha insists it is dancy time. So they dance on a cloud for a while until Suguha says that she doesn't feel connected to everyone and maybe she should leave. Well Kirito is like no stay and look. The castle from Sword Art Online appears and he says this time he is going to defeat all 100 levels but he is going to need some help. Suguha agrees and everyone who ever had lines in either game appear and fly towards the castle. Asuna and her new look join Kirito and Suguha. Kirito seems pleased with his new harem and says lets do this. THE END!

Everyone is happy but me!!!! :(

X____X Well then folks. Well then. I guess when something ruins your life and scares you mentally you just....keep on going and doing the same thing. Mental scars? Psht a thing of the past!

After surviving these two crazies people STILL want to play games online?!

What am I talking about? I am saying that is a dog attacked me and bite my face nearly off and chased me around the neighborhood I would not walk to the pet store/pound a month later and adopt 15 dogs. I would be like no...traumatized. More cats. Maybe even jumping anytime my neighbor walks her tiny little purse dog. I would be like um no going to cry in the corner now. Forever maybe even.

Embrace your fears not Asuna!

But in the anime world...one must face their fears. Embrace them. Talk to their fears gently and take them out to dinner before making sweet love to them. Oh we were trapped in a game for 2 years? Asuna was trapped in another game? 300 people were trapped and messed with? Well then folks the best way to get over all this hot mess is to make TONS MORE GAMES! WEEE!

Can't I catch a break bro?

But I am totally getting ahead of myself. We must start at the beginning of the episode. The part where nothing ever goes right for Kirito but it will...eventually. Eventually. So when he is peddling along going to see his Asuna of course Sugou comes out of nowhere and tries to hack his arm off. Duh folks. We need more drama and fighting. Boys will be boys.

A bit more deranged please.

Okay I was a bit surprised to see Sugou. I thought maybe he was going to show up but thought maybe Kirito messed him up so much in the game they were going to find him drooling on the floor of his office/apartment. Like oh no look what video games did to this poor men and his work would be lost forever. Instead Sugou made it to the hospital before Kirito and instead of trying to kidnap Asuna he wanted for Kirito in the parking lot to attack him. Because boys will be boys.

A slash of blood and a limp would have been nice.

Sugou was acting pretty special though. I wish he was missing an arm or something but messed up eyes work too. In his delusional state he really thought he could get away with all that he has done. Maybe he could have too. He should have stabbed Asuna first and then wait for Kirito in the room itself. But King of the world? Yeah he found a way to change memories and emotions in the online game but I wouldn't go so far to call him the King of anything. Especially since Sugou was only operating based on other people's theories and ideas.

Pound his face in!!!!

I really thought that Asuna was going to come and help Kirito out. Not rescue him but do it together. They are better when they operate together. Nothing is wrong with that but I can see how boys might have a problem with that. Kirito had a moment of oh crap I can't do anything. Kirito is still a teenage boy who spent the last two years unconscious. Him getting his butt momentarily kicked made sense but he felt upset. He eventually overpowered Sugou because Sugou is a mentally weak person who relies on other things to decide the outcome of a battle. Go Kirito! See you did do it on your own will and not help from anime magic.

AWWWW!

After sparing Sugou (which was super big of Kirito) it was off to see Asuna. She was looking pretty good for someone who had been unconscious the longest time. Kirito was pretty....awful when he woke up as he should have been. Asuna was just having some hearing problems. She has been through a lot though so maybe I will let that slide. All that matters is Asuna and Kirito are together. Despite Kirito accidentally or purposely making a harem he did save a girl here folks. Let him have his moment.

Because I didn't just see you yesterday?

Well that moment must have happened off stage. As well as most of Asuna's recovery and the kids joining the school and what not. This happens a lot in animes. Like time has passed and we have no other way to relay important information to our audience except by flat out saying it to them in conversations that sound awfully flat. Like hello Asuna you have been awake for a month but I will talk to you like I haven't seen you at all. Surely there must be more interesting ways to get this information across without making them sound so boring yes?

16 and old!!!!

Putting that aside I liked Kirito and Asuna interacting together. A bit awkward, a bit playful, and overall pretty cute. Blushy faces, Asuna making lunch for the two of them, and not really knowing how to act in public with their lives not in danger. It might take a while (or should take a while) but I think those two crazy kids will be okay. Heroes from students though might be a harder transition.

Look at me having so much fun.

I like that everyone from the original game came together to have a party. I hope they continue to do them in the future. They went through a lot and I think they will need each other's support for years to come. So I hope this isn't like a high school reunion thing. I understand why Kirito brought Suguha along as she helped saved Asuna but she really didn't have much to do with the other guys. So I can see why she was in the corner but leaving her out of the party all together might have been bad too.

You are all welcome for the rescue.

It was nice seeing some familiar faces again. Kline, good to see you. I am glad that Rika and Keiko have each other because they are probably not going to get Kirito. XD There were some other familiar faces in the crowd and since none of them had elf ears I was happy to see them. It is called Sword Art Online after all.

Why are there still MMOs?!

And this is where the episode got special. Kirito and all his buddies have decided to hatch the egg that Akihito gave Kirito. Now call me crazy but I might have deleted/thrown away anything that crazy person gave. Probably has something to do with the fact that he was responsible for the deaths of what 4,000 people? Maybe just maybe there?! Have they all forgotten he is the villain here? Who knows what the heck that could have been?! For all we knew it might have been the backdoor for Skynet to take over. Thanks a lot Kirito.

Why is this happening?!?!?

But the truth is just as special. The program world seed thing was basically giving everyone their own server to do whatever they want on. Tenchi World, Nendoroid Land, Disney 2.0. You dream it you can make it. And while it started off small it has grown into something that can connect people all over. You can be Sword Art Onlining it one night and then hop on over to Under The Sea. Servers for all. Who needs to pay for games when you can make your own?

Games should have been outlawed at this point!

And this is what makes me crazy. All of these people were trapped in a game. I am not sure why it took Elf Ville for people to turn away form MMOs. Sword Art Online should have done that. But now that there are two dangerous games under their belt WHY ARE YOU MAKING TONS OF SIMILAR GAMES?! Hasn't there been enough suffering? Why risk doing all of this again? Maybe it was another trick. Aren't you all tired of games? Play a board game. Read a book. GO OUTSIDE! Anything but more games! But no...everyone is on board for more games and are happy about it.

And then nothing goes your way.

Except Suguha. She is not having a good day folks. She is sad that things didn't work out the way she thought they would. Well I don't think she is dumb. She must have known she never had a chance. But still everyone else was happy and she wasn't. So clearly it was time to dance with Kirito and try to fly to the moon. She tried to have a pity me moment but Kirito just smiled at her. That is how things get fixed in Kirito land. Words are overrated.

Um....why did you think this was a good idea? Boys will be boys.

And then for SOME REASON Kirito brings forth the castle o 100 floors because he has to beat it. It wasn't fair that he only got through 75 levels last time. No no he can't move on until he passes all the levels. Can this boy please get some help because clearly he is having a moment. WHY??!?! Why is this happening? Why are other people helping him?! Why aren't people saying um no adding wings does not take back all these bad memories.

X___X Asuna....is not Asuna like. But that is okay, Kirito will love you anyway. And you. And you. And probably you.

And that is how this series ends folks. Not with Asuna and Kirito sharing a kiss but with everyone flying off to the castle o 100 floors. Because....clearly they have learned nothing. Asuna did look nice in her outfit but that is probably besides the point right? Kirito saved thousands of people, perhaps the world, and made it so people can fly forever. And that's what Christmas is all about Charlie Brown. Goodbye Sword Art Online. You might have been a better series had you stuck to Sword Art Online and not Elfs R We.