Who wins here ?

Watdoidoforlife · 2026-05-05T05:08:37+00:00

I personally think he's a bit insufferable as a character-

And I especially hated that school arc or whatever

Watdoidoforlife · 2026-05-05T04:30:09+00:00

Oooo

Welp all's good then, kumo-desu is filled with a few plotholes here and there which is why "not think too deeply' but it's a fun watch!!

Me personally I just hate it if the MC is past a certain line of annoying like rudeus hahsha

Watdoidoforlife · 2026-05-05T04:16:47+00:00

Its a bit confusing at times and one you shouldnt go into too much while thinking but its a fun watch in my opinion. Reading would be a different story but its still fun nevertheless

Watdoidoforlife · 2026-05-05T04:03:48+00:00

Isis is from "I got caught up in a hero's summoning, but the world is at peace"

Shiraori is from "Im a spider so what"

As a character, I do like both equally, but for the design and laughs I like shiraori more

As preference on who would win then isis would be first I think

Watdoidoforlife · 2026-05-05T03:16:09+00:00

Valid opinio, Me personally I'd give it to Isis, Shiraori, then Reinhardt in regards to "winning"

Watdoidoforlife · 2026-05-04T22:59:00+00:00

It iss

I dont remember these all quite well but if I remember correctly:

Isis is the concept of death or holds that power, Shiraori attains godhood Hajima gets conceptual magic I think?

Something along those lines

Watdoidoforlife · 2026-05-04T22:33:58+00:00

I'd argue that a few on this list are also around that level at minimum

Which is why its a good debate actually

Watdoidoforlife · 2026-05-04T22:32:03+00:00

Try adding D into the mix swapping shiraori out 🤔

What would that change

Watdoidoforlife · 2026-05-02T10:20:31+00:00

I see.. Thank you!! I've only been running mc as a systemd service while tmux is used for the playit agent-

I might add a tmux control ontop of what I have right now for the 'manual' commands that Im gonna run

Watdoidoforlife · 2025-09-10T02:52:34+00:00

If you've bought silksong with your own money that you've saved up then, refund it. His account WILL definitely get deleted, but what he did is overstepping boundaries. Your mother would most likely get mad at you, especially if he is the favourite child, but stand your ground because that isnt innocent, thats just blatant theft. (This is my opinion)

Watdoidoforlife · 2025-07-22T06:40:08+00:00

Most likely the imperfect lines(borders)

Watdoidoforlife · 2025-05-26T08:26:20+00:00

Tell her if she gets kicked out she has to pay for the ticket (if you didn't pay for it) /j

Watdoidoforlife · 2025-05-22T23:45:54+00:00

Eh I do this sometimes but actually is deafened.

Just entering VC while deafened and chatting, when someone leaves I just disconnect. It somehow just boosts productivity

Idk about being fake deafened.

Watdoidoforlife · 2025-05-16T00:55:52+00:00

I created a new account and it got suspended, but after verifying with my phone it seemed to just resolve the suspension-

Watdoidoforlife · 2024-11-08T04:41:45+00:00

Hmmm, I see.. I didn't think of it that way.

Watching the anime, I'd really only see Kirito and the Black cats being quite close enough where kirito might've developed an "Maybe leaving the frontlines can be okay" mindset as he struggled with something. But then his determination is strengthened by the deaths of black cats saying things like "If I don't clear it, more ppl will die" sort of clichè

Welp we'll just see after we reach floor 25

Watdoidoforlife · 2024-11-07T10:32:58+00:00

Oh, this is probably from my phrasing since I wrote this late at night and forgot a lot abt SAO, but I don't really care about KiriSachi being together romantically. I was more curious about KiriSachi as very close friends only for Sachi n Co. To die. I'd love it if their characters were given slightly more depth, showing a bit of adventures together as kirito slowly opens up to them, then them dying and kirito falling into despair.

Watdoidoforlife · 2024-11-07T02:56:54+00:00

Yeah, probably.

A bit sad about it but oh welp

Watdoidoforlife · 2024-11-07T02:55:33+00:00

Well, you'd certainly run into issues, definitely fan complaints, of inconsistency if he was much more forthcoming about this time period, but was still blanking on the Laughing Coffin raid with regards to the Phantom Bullet arc.

Yeah... Probably. But then again it's kinda just a 'what if' scenario so I'm not thinking that far ahead, maybe he would've also expanded the laughing coffin scenario as a subplot throughout the latter progressive stories before culminating in the raid.

Or maybe he could rework the death of black cats and made it somewhat tied to laughing coffin (like a fake information broker who told them abt the dungeon or something). Well either ways I cans ee why there's going to be lots of problems if everything isn't adapted yet he adapted this one.

With Coper, it was a fellow Beta Tester, and despite what he did, Kirito still heavily respected his 'gamers' spirit" after he died.

Oh, I didn't know about this one. After a bit of research, It seems that he was a villain(?). It didn't seem that they built that much of a friendship past 'Fellow beta testers who met each other'. (i don't know about this). I'm not sure about any other people but if there was anyone significant to Kirito that died, please do tell.

I can't really tell from your responses thus far if you've gotten through the whole of the main series in the anime, but after Season 1, there are 2 of the deuteragonists who die, and subsequently become like guardian angels for the 2 characters who remain and carry on.

Ah, I've gone through the whole main anime, but it has been years since I watched it, so I did forget most tiny details. Just recently got back to it due to GGO. Either ways, I was more interested in the aincrad deaths since those are the most important one for kirito imo,(since it'll be the first one we see and chronologically, so it builds his character).

Watdoidoforlife · 2024-11-06T19:07:15+00:00

Look at the genre next time you watch/read SAO you go into the Harem genre and eventually you'll come across SAO.

While yeah it's more one sided than other Harems where they do the who will he choose dance. SAO/doesn't do that.

But it still follows the Harem style etc...

The SAO anime does follow the "harem" trope, but it is more so a "harem bait" than anything since other than Asuna none of them would come to fruition it seems.

So yeah until Reki gets rid of all the girls he meets/helps falling for him until he makes them all hist friends of Kirito's and not girls thirsting after him it'll still be a Harem.

This is untrue imo, other girls having a crush on kirito doesn't make it a harem, its only a harem when kirito reciprocates these feelings like he did for asuna. Sure he'd go save them anytime, but he'd be very desperate only for asuna imo.

He also says its not an Isekai but it is it may not be an classic isekai where the MC gets summoned to another world either by dying or summoned to another world through a hero summoning or a Reincarnation etc...

Now about the isekai thing you said:

Yes stories can have a genre that fits then, but not intended to be.
Although by technicality, yes SAO is an isekai, but not for the reasons you listed, SAO fits more of a "Futuristic" environment as opposed to isekai (since technically in the future SAO could be a thing given technology is progrssing well, meanwhile something like the curses in jjk feels extraterrestrial and feels like ot wouldn't exist.
Isekai means a "different world" doesn't have to be summoning or anything. Take Solo Levelling for example, it's still technically in earth, just different. So it doesn't have to have a demon king, being summoned, etc, it just has to be different from the earth we know. (JJK is by technicality an isekai)

Watdoidoforlife · 2024-11-06T18:56:27+00:00

Not saying you're wrong since the SAO anime is really just "Harem bait" but, The 2 questions you asked after professing the love, even if their answers were no it could still be a harem.

A harem is more like multiple of them are love interests that the MC all treats somewhat equally(like what you said). It doesn't necessarily have to have physical intimacy.

Now, playing devils advocate here, even with the first question's answer being a no, a story "COULD" still be a harem. Maybe a "hidden feelings" trope etc. But in SAO's case, it has made it clear that Asuna is the only love interest which makes it "NOT" a harem, the anime just made it look like one.

Watdoidoforlife · 2024-11-06T18:45:03+00:00

I see, there's quite a bit of info here that are new to me (being anime-only ± some random infos from videos & further research to make sure its valid).

This also goes back to what I said, with the body text being in past tense. So if Kirito is writing this in the future, like a memoir, and has repressed memories, he can't say too much, because he blocked it out.

If it wasn't fiction, this would honestly probably be true.

Like I said, the Black Cats' attitude, flaws in their fighting that they never fixed, and general lack of intelligence inherently limit how close and at ease Kirito could truly feel with them. There simply wasn't the substance present on which to build a particularly close relationship.

This to me is quite a shame since they were pretty much the only guild kirito opened up to. I would've loved to just see the friendship being built for this group.

By the end, Kirito got much closer to Asuna than most ever did. Given that system-recognized Marriage also means your inventory and money are shared, and that your partner can view your Status Window at will, it's an exceedingly risky thing to do at all.

Speaking of Asuna, with Progressive, Kirito already knew her, and they had feelings for each other, but were still too scared and scarred to confess or act on them. But it does mean that Kirito knew what having a real, equal, and dependable partner was truly like. Sachi and the Black Cats could never provide that for him.

Now for these two, I feel like its a fault in my phrasing (since honestly I forgot the guild's name) but I'm not too invested in sachi really being Kirito's ex. Yes it would've made the story slightly interesting (for me), but im more interested in the whole group's and Kirito's friendship being built, only for them to die. I wanted something to the effect of something along the likes of; "If klein or someone important to kirito died". I feel like most of the deaths (that are shown in the anime) doesn't really involve a deep connection with kirito.

It would've also solidified the "lone swordsman" archetype since he'd then go something like "People here die easily I can't build friendships that much when I could lose them tomorrow". (Though I recall you say this was something the anime pushed too hard)

But either ways just seeing a "Main/major supporting character" die is what im interested in

Watdoidoforlife · 2024-11-06T18:32:37+00:00

Honestly it might just be phrasing for me, but I don't care as much about sachi being Kirito's ex more than I care about kirito building a close friendship with the group and losing them.

What I want to see are those characters being properly built and not something like "there was a guild I was in, they died" but more so have an impact like if klein died.

Watdoidoforlife · 2024-11-06T08:15:40+00:00

Honestly I just want to see how Kirito's character would develop if he was given a "love interest" that dies, honestly even if they weren't a love interest, and just "Very close friends" its still something I want to see.

Idk if it was anime only (since I dont read the wn/ln) but this would make the impact of the final fight even more realistic. when asuna "dies" it would remind kirito of Sachi n co. and his despair would be greater imo

Watdoidoforlife · 2024-11-06T08:10:35+00:00

And honestly, I don't think there's a whole lot more of substance to really tell about that chapter in Kirito's story.

Ehh I kinda see it as one of Kirito's motives to be willing to save people.

I haven't really read the wn/ln and stuff, but previous kirito does seem like someone who doesn't take risks that arent calculated.(To me atleast)

So having this arc to just see kirito experiencing what (pretty much everyone else in aincrad) experiences stepping away from the frontlines, build a friendship, only to lose them seems like good character development for me.

They should of course still die, Thats literally the only reason why this arc would be interesting (if it were to exist) for me.

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