SAO Ep. 2 "Beater" Review

*Warning: This post contains SPOILERS. If you do not want to be spoiled, DO NOT READ THIS POST

....I warned you... O.O*

Hello and welcome to the review of episode 2 of Sword Art Online, "Beater".

So in this episode, about two months have passed since the game was released. Kirito joins a meeting lead  by a player named Diabel. on how to kill the boss of the 1st floor, Illfang. He then forms a party with with a girl named Asuna, who wears a red cloak to cover her face (He usually solos monsters and the such). During the meeting, we also meet Kibaou, who blames beta-testers, such as Kirito, for the deaths of the other players, saying that they went off first by themselves to level up, leaving the newcomers behind, confused. Agil, and axe wielder, then steps in, saying that the beta-testers actually did help, compiling a free guidebook for other players to use. After the conflict, the group creates a strategy on how to defeat Illfang using information from the guidebook. They then proceed into the 1st floor's dungeon where Illfang and his minions reside. When the boss's HP is low, Diabel goes in to for the finishing blow, but is unsuccessful when the boss unexpectedly uses a different weapon than the one in the guidebook, on which they based their strategy on. Kirito tries to help him, but learns that Diabel purposely went in by himself, as he was a beta tester and was sacrificing himself to help defeat the boss. Diabel dies, breaking into many shiny polygons (I teared up here TT^TT). Using Asuna's help (whose appearance is revealed when her cape is ripped), Kirito defeats the boss. Even though they have won, Kibaou again stirs up more trouble, blaming Kirito for Diabel's death. Kirito acts as though he doesn't care, saying that he knew far more than any other beta-tester, and he is named as a beater, a beta-tester who cheats. In the end of the episode, as Kirito leaves, he advises Asuna on joining a guild, saying that she is very powerful.

Here are some pics :D:

Kirito and Asuna (red cloak on right) when forming a party.

Kibaou (left) and Agil (right).

Diabel creating the strategy with the guidebook.

NOOOOOOO TToTT Don't Die on us DIABEL!!!!

Kirito and Asuna just before finishing the boss, Illfang.

This episode really made me cry. I mean, just look at Kirito's face when Diabel disappears. TT^TT It also made me feel extremely made about Kibaou, because he just goes around, blaming everyone's problems on the beta-testers (later, he does some bad stuff, but I won't spoil that yet :P).

And then, when Asuna's cape gets ripped off, I went into a total fangirl state. We finally get to see what she really looks like!!! *squeal*

Anyways, I hope that you'll watch this episode as well, it is really good!

Bye! Hope you join me next time! :D