Sword Art Online: Episode 8
Recap: The actual plot of the show begins as Kirito and Asuna decide to party up to clear the upper floors.
Recap: The actual plot of the show begins as Kirito and Asuna decide to party up to clear the upper floors.
As the fairy population continues to explode, a small group of outcasts seeks asylum with the humans. The Mediator is assigned to move them to a remote territory, but the group gets stranded on a deserted island en route. With nowhere to go, the fairies’ eagerness to please soon has them experiencing what humanity is really like.
The gang take a quick break from election action as the primaries are finally over. As everyone starts to relax, the story’s harem roots take back control as Yuuki gets to have inappropriate moments with three of the girls.
Recap: Summer vacation at a hot spring in Sardinia! Godou runs off to protect himself from his harem and gets involved in another battle between gods.
Some lighthearted desires give way to grittier feelings as Heartseed continues to play with our protagonist’s hearts. Will anything ever be able to settle fragile Yui’s heart?
Glasses, trains, and the moon. I’m sure Johnny Carson coulda pulled a Carnac joke out of that somehow.
The Argos Test team prepares for their first combat trials with Yuuya assigned to test a new long range weapon. While awaiting deployment in the U.S.S.R., they experience the anger and resentment of the pilots on the front lines.
Sawa begins to break down as her hope of becoming a professional rider seems to be getting further and further away. Meanwhile the Choir and Sometimes Badminton club is required to audition to perform on the main stage, and they just might have to go on without her.
Houtarou decides to investigate a few things relating to his middle school English teacher.
As the Mediator tries to figure out the Fairies’ time loop, she runs into a very different version of the Assistant. She then must use the clues she’s been given to piece together who he really is.
Recap: Kirito and a blacksmith player venture to get the rare materials for a new sword.
Summary: Facing the threat of simultaneous worldwide scub bursts potentially costing millions of lives, Generation Bleu and the Allied Forces must team up to execute a risky last minute plan. Meanwhile, Ao is still having trouble sleeping, his dreams are getting weirder, and Naru and Truth continue to pursue their own agenda.
Recap: After firing the power of the sun at Voban to no avail, Godou has run off with Yuri to rethink his plan before the final confrontation.
Rokka has finally confessed to Ryousuke, too bad he isn’t present to hear it. Atsushi decides that to be the best time to go to the beach. Meanwhile, Ryousuke’s involvement continues to remain strangely quarantined.
Yuuya, Yui and Cryska awkwardly try to understand each other better as they remain stranded on the island. They are rescued before morning and Yui and Cryska must face the “consequences” of their actions.
Wakana commits to the Choir and Sometimes Badminton Club just in time for some unfriendly competition with the original Choir club. Meanwhile, the group is trying to figure out their after graduation plans and Sawa seems to be struggling the most.
With the body swapping put to an end, the group tries to move on and salvage their shaken lives. However, there would be no story without conflict, and their ethereal agitator reveals his hand once again.
The Classics Club scrambles to solve the mystery and sell all of Hyouka’s remaining copies.
Grandpa sends The Mediator on a errand to pick up The Assistant, but he’s nowhere to be found. She runs into a fairy, after which there are bananas and cloning and/or time travel involved. I have no idea what is going on anymore.
Recap: Kirito and Asuna witness a murder in the game’s safe area, and take a few days off from the front lines to investigate.