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 ====== Sword Art Online ======
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-**Sword Art Online** is a franchise about a bunch of FDVRMMORPG players who get trapped inside of an FDVRMMORPG. Unfortunately for them and their dreams; dying in the game means dying for real.
+**Sword Art Online** is a franchise about a bunch of <abbr "Full-Dive Virtual-Reality Massively-Multiplayer-Online Role-Playing Game">FDVRMMORPG</abbr> players who get trapped inside of an FDVRMMORPG. Unfortunately for them and their dreams; dying in the game means dying for real.
 This article will remain mostly empty for a while, as I don't yet have the motivation to work on it...because I don't remember all that much about SAO, due to the fact it's been a few years since I last went through the series.\\
 Ironically, although perhaps not surprisingly, I know more about SAO Abridged at this point.
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 ===== Reviews =====
 I will slowly start to work on these reviews (and the rest of the article) as time goes on. I will maintain a set of notes, that I will include here if you wish to read them, before I actually write something proper up. They'll be placed in spoilers.
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 ==== Manga ====
 === Progressive ===
-<wrap spoiler>While Kirito has more of a character, he feels disconnected with the rest of the series (at least from what I've currently experienced). This is also true of Asuna. //And// of their relationship. Kibaou actually feels like a character, rather than an idiot like in the anime.</wrap>\\
+<mark spoiler>While Kirito has more of a character, he feels disconnected with the rest of the series (at least from what I've currently experienced). This is also true of Asuna. //And// of their relationship. Kibaou actually feels like a character, rather than an idiot like in the anime.</mark>\\
 It's a shame that the manga appears to have ended early, because it's probably the best of SAO, as far as the Aincrad portions go.
 I'll work this in properly later as well, but Progressive also introduces an NPC that Asuna and Kirito...//keep//? It's not quite clear. She's a dark elf who was part of an early quest-line that the two of them did.\\
 What's notable about her is that she is chronologically the first hint that there are self-aware NPCs inside the game. In fact, her possibly being self-aware confuses and intrigues Kirito.\\
-What I noticed only now is that this may explain why Kirito is opposed to using NPCs as bait in one of the Boss strategy meetings. It really doesn't make a lot of sense on its own and makes Kirito look really stupid. But with the added context that Kirito //knows that NPCs can be and sometimes **are** self-aware//...well, suddenly he isn't looking so bad.
+What I noticed only now is that this may explain why Kirito is opposed to using NPCs as bait in one of the Boss strategy meetings. It really doesn't make a lot of sense on its own and makes Kirito look really stupid. But with the added context that Kirito //knows that NPCs can be and sometimes **are** self-aware//...well, suddenly he isn't looking so bad.((:fn:>Asuna comparatively looks a bit worse. Though I think this //could// be explained by her realizing during her time with Kirito (or post-separation?) that the NPCs in-game are NPCs. Something that may not be apparent to her at first as someone who just doesn't play games. Though I don't remember enough to be sure.))
 ===== Trivilinks =====
   * [[https://www.swordart-online.net|Official Website]]
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   * [[https://swordartonline.fandom.com/wiki/Sword_Art_Online_Wiki|The Wikia]] - 50/50 on quality.
   * This was one of my first anime and it got me interested in watching more. It didn't quite hook me though... that honor belongs to [[lb:Girls und Panzer]].
+    * I decided to check my lists earliest entries to see and...now I'm not really sure. The reason being that it says I finished <cite>GuP</cite> in May 2018. My earliest entries end November 2017. Now, I don't think that's accurate //anyway// because I only started tracking anime a bit after I started watching.
+      * While I'm not super sure, I'm pretty sure that <cite>GuP</cite> was among the first ones I watched, I just don't know exactly //where// it is. I'm also pretty sure I must have re-watched it at least once (despite me not remembering this) as that's the only way to explain the May 2018 date, which post-dates <cite>Kancolle</cite>, <cite>Blend-S</cite> and a few others like <cite>Highschool of the Dead</cite>.((:fn:>This means nothing to people who don't have my memories...but basically, I only watched <cite>Kancolle</cite> //**because of**// <cite>Girls und Panzer</cite>. <cite>Blend-S</cite> I definitely watched afterwards, as I had never seen the meme until after I was already //in// anime. And <cite>HotD</cite> was definitely something I saw after <cite>GuP</cite>.))
   * I actually like SAO a lot, although that's partially because I'm working on a re-write of SAO, which has gotten me obsessed with figuring it out.
   * I figured recently that it might make sense to mention the elephant in the room: Sword Art Online: Abridged. This parody series is a //big deal// and likely the best Abridged series that exists. I haven't mentioned it because I planned to write an article, but then forgot about that. It's good and you should watch it, especially if you've seen SAO (whether you like or dislike SAO, you'll like Abridged). That said, I should note that there are people who compare the two and some who say it's better than SAO. I think that this is a silly comparison because, on the one hand, Abridged came after and is built directly on top of SAO, so comparing its shortcomings in this fashion is a //bit// unfair, though I hesitate to say this because I'm not quite sure where I stand in this 'politically contentious storytelling issue'. The other hand is that SAO and SAO:A are not the same genre. SAO:A is a parody of SAO. This is like comparing Space Balls and Star Wars. At the same time, I think it's fine to point at SAO and SAO:A and compare how the two approached storytelling, or specific plot...things. I just feel that most comparisons between the two are focused more on //badmouthing// SAO than actually comparing the two fairly. Not that I see an issue with saying something is bad, //if// you can explain how.
     * Oops. Maybe I should write an opinion piece on this instead.