SAO Ep. 4 "The Black Swordsman" 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 Sword Art Online's episode 4 "The Black Swordsman" review! ^^

So, this is also a side story, like the previous episode, "The Red-Nosed Reindeer.

It starts off with a young female dagger-user called Silica. She is a beast tamer (there's not really any special skills needed, and it is not a class. It is used to describe players that somehow got close to an animal/monster in the game), and her companion is called Pina, who looks like a blue-feathered dragon.

Silica decided to quit the party she was in, because another female player, Rosalia, was arguing with her. Unfortunately she was in the Forest of Wandering, and got lost soon. When a group of monsters ambush her, Pina sacrifices her life to save Silica, and Kirito comes in just after to save her.

Silica and Pina

Pina Dies D: (NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!)

Silica is extremely dejected, and to cheer her up, Kirito tells her that there is a flower in the Hill of Memories on the 47th floor that can revive Pina within three days and decides to accompany her. They spend a night at an inn, where Kirito tells Silica about orange players, players who have commited crimes and red players, who have killed other players. Kirito then realizes that someone is eavesdropping on them, but fail to capture him.

Later, they arrive at the Hill of Memories. On the road to the flower, they discuss who Kirito's sister was (Silica looked like Kirito's sister, so he helps her. It is an "unspoken rule" to talk about life in real life), and viewers learn more about Kirito. successfully obtain the Pneuma Flower, the revival item. Heading back, the two meet Rosalia and other male players, who are revealed to be a part of the orange guild, Titan's Hand and want to sell the flower. Then, they discover that Kirito is the famous beater "The Black Swordsman" and try to attack him but fail because of his overwhelming high stats and level. The whole group is successfully defeated and arrested.

Kirito just standing there, but his HP isn't decreasing at all. LOL

At the end of the episode, Pina is revived, and Silica and Kirito promise to meet in the real world after the game is completed.

Pina being revived (you can only see the petals from the flower;

The feather is an item called Pina's Heart. They used the item and the

Pneuma flower to revive Pina)

Finally a happy and cute episode =^o^=

No one really died her so that was nice. Also, Silica was pretty cute. She definitely likes Kirito, but I would think that it's more like a brother-and-sister relationship.

Also, the Hill of Memories was really pretty! The whole thing was covered in flowers!!! OwO

Anyways, to sum it up, this is a positive, cute, side-story episode, which is good, considering the amount of deaths in the series so far -.-;

I hope you'll join my next time! Bye! :D