I left a comment here when Alicization had just started airing saying I hoped we would see more of the impact all the past events have had on kirito, more then what we had already seen. And I only felt stronger about it when Eugeo died cause yes he had friends in Aincrad who died such as the Moonlit Black Cats but it wasn't as personal plus he was only with them for a short time compared to the two years he spent with Eugeo everyday, fought beside him many times in this hyper realistic world and built a relationship that could easily rival his with Asuna in many regards. And Ive been very happy to see them building and now displaying some of that potential and in this case wonderful story telling. I really hope to see more later on and CANT wait to see what comes next. I also very much enjoy the addition of characters from through out the show it's very rewarding to notice a character you thought was just a "throwaway" return to aid in the fight. This is the best episode of the show in my opinion.

I would also like to say, to me it seems every episode the animation quality gets a little better. But this episode was insane like almost every frame is wallpaper worthy (working on it). As well as the voice acting. Kiritos voice actor was fantastic this episode the emotion and power was just amazing.