SAO Ep. 3 "The Red-Nosed Reindeer" Review

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

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

This is also a sad episode....Why do I only have sad news recently -_-

Hello and welcome to the review of Episode 3 of SAO, "The Red-Nosed Reindeer".

It starts off when Kirito helps a small guild, the "Moonlit Black Cats", lead by a player named Keita. They thank him, and ask him to join their guild. Kirito agrees, yearning for the family-like atmosphere of the guild, hiding the fact that he was twice as strong as the average player, usually solos, and is a beater. He becomes close, especially to the only female member of the guild, Sachi. They get along pretty well. One night, Sachi disappears. Kirito finds her using a tracing tool that only strong players can use. She tells him that she is afraid to die, and Kirito assures her that she will survive and that he will protect her.

The Moonlit Black Cats. Keita is the guy being choked,

and Sachi is the girl in blue on the left.

Later, when the guild has saved up enough money, Keita goes to buy a house to use as a base. The rest of the group then goes to a dungeon to earn money, but accidentally set off a booby trap. They are locked in the room that they can not teleport out of and monsters flood in. All the players, except Kirito die. Kirito delivers the grim news to Keita, and he says that Kirito, as a beater, "never had any right to join them" shortly before committing suicide. Kirito feel that he is responsible for the all of the guild members' deaths, and decides to hunt down the event-special boss monster, Nicholas the Renegade (kind of like a monster Santa), which he heard has a drop that can revive players. (Kirito wanted to revive Sachi to hear her last word, even if they cursed him forever.)

Kirito and Nicholas the Renegade

As he travels to the tree that the boss suposedly appears under, he is stopped by Klein and his guild, the Fuurinkazan, (worried about his safety) and the Holy Dragon Alliance (after the drop). Klein and his guild hold off the Holy Dragons while Kirito goes after and solos the boss by himself. However, when he returns, he finds that the revival item can only be used with ten seconds of a player's death.
Kirito returns to a room that he rented, depressed. Then, a prerecorded message from Sachi arrives. In the message, she tells him to not blame himself for her death and to continue living on. It also reveals her last words, "Thank you" and  "Goodbye". The episode ends with Kirito crying and Sachi singing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer".

Kirito crying in the end. The shiny box-thingy is playing the message.

*Sigh*. This episode really made me cry :'(
The beginning was just so happy and stuff. And then, when they were all trapped, I was like, "nnnnNNNNOoOoOoOoOoOoO!!!!!! D:"
I feel like I could feel Kiritos' pain throughout the episode. :(
Anyways, this episode was so awesome as well. Please make sure to watch it too....even though I kind of spoiled everything OwO

Well, if you'll excuse me, I need to go set up the Christmas tree now.
....that was not on purpose. I know Thanksgiving was just a couple days ago, but I really am going to set the tree up. And it has nothing to do with this video being around Christmas. IT IS A COMPLETE COINCIDENCE. Anyways, I hope you'll join me next time! :D


P.S. I'm beginning to see that most of my reviews are about the summary. I think that's becuase I watched the videos a while ago so... O-O I'll try to catch up