Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Sword Art Online II Episode 03: Memories of Blood

In this episode we get to see Sinon’s life in the real world and we find out that her real name is Asada Shino and her past as well. When it comes to Kirito, he finally link starts into Gun Gale Online, but unfortunately we still don’t see him in game.

The episode starts with Shino being cornered in the street by three girls from her school. They ask her to give them some money and Sinon refuses. Then, the leader of the crew point at her like she is having a pistol, something that Shino can’t stand as we find out that she has some trauma with guns. On this moment, Shinkawa Kyouji save her by pretending he’s calling the police, so the girls that were bullying here escape.
After this, Shino and Shinkawa go to a café and we find out that he was the one who recommended Shino to play Gun Gale Online. They also talk about the Bullet of Bullets tournament and Sinon entering it with her Hecate II.
When Sinon goes home, she tries to pull out a gun from the drawer. Then, she has a flashback where we discover Sinon’s past. Her and her mom were going to the bank when a man came in with a gun ordering the employees to fill up a bag of money. After shooting one of the employees, the criminal is about to shoot Sinon’s mother when the little girl bites his hand and take away the gun from him. When the man tries to get back the gun from Sinon, she shoots him three times to death. That was the origin of her trauma. After the flashback, we return to Sinon’s apartment where she can stand with the gun in her hands so she goes to the bathroom to throw up and then, she returns the gun into the drawer. Then, she lays in her bed asking for someone to save her.
To continue, we move on to Kirito going to the hospital with his motorbike with a little cut scene from the moment he tells Asuna he’s moving on to another game in ALO. When he arrives at the hospital, Aki is waiting for him at his room. We find out that Aki was the one in charge of Kirito’s rehabilitation when he came back from SAO. After putting him some electrodes, Kirito lays in the bed, puts the Amusphere on and link starts. Then, we return to Sinon’s apartment, where after talking with his uncle in the phone. Then, she tells that she entered Gun Gale Online to surpass her trauma with guns and become stronger. After this, she puts on her Amusphere and link starts too.
Finally, the episode ends with the real world Death Gun and we find out that his next target is Sinon. 



Bang bang!
Kirito will still your girl, man.
Not with over powered Kirito around
"Kill them all..."
*whispers*
Aww... Kirito will do that for you.
Damn technology for a cheap apartment...
Cute and brave.
Her first BOOM! HEADSHOT!
She wanted to protect you, stupid mom!
Congratz! You already a woman :D
Wow, this trauma
Kirito-kun will save you
And put you in the harem.
Kirigaya badass
It won't take too long to put Sinon in the harem.
They have rings too. How tender
Kirito never has enough!
I like how they call him bureaucrat in glasses
instead of Kikuoka
Asuna is enough for you, Kirito.
F*ck you!
Bureaucrat in glasses
In that time, Aki-san would finish f*cking your body.
RINKO STATO!
IT'S TIME.
Don't you dare touching Sinon!
Real Desu Gan.

So last week I said that her trying to pull an imaginary trigger would be something related to her backstory. Now we realize that she has a trauma with guns because she shot a criminal to death in order to save her mother when she was a little girl. Then she tries to overcome this trauma by playing and beating the strongest players in Gun Gale Online.

It’s funny how opposite her two sides are. Sinon is brave and she is able to shoot a gun while Shino is more like a shy and weak girl who is afraid of guns. Also, Shino uses glasses, something that’s opposite to a sniper user, since she is able to shoot someone from a long distance in the game. 

Footage from Episode 03
Since I’ve read the light novels, I’m able to repair at some details of the episode. Last week I’ve shown Death Gun’s star detail from the Opening. This time, we can see that the gun the man used to rob the bank has the same star detail as the Death Gun. Wink, wink. 


Footage from Episode 03
Footage from the Opening

Another thing I want to point out, is the nurse. To be honest, I didn’t remember that Aki was the one in charge of Kirito’s rehabilitation from the light novel. But returning to Sword Art Online Extra Edition, I said that Kikuoka was a hint to Gun Gale Online and so was the nurse that appeared as well. I thought that she was the one who was going to take care of Kirito while he is playing GGO. But I guess it wasn’t. Maybe it was just a hint on the fact that Kikuoka always work with beautiful nurses.


Footage from Sword Art Online Extra Edition

Finally, I’ve noticed that when new players enter Gun Gale Online for the first time, they have the same default outfit as we can see on the next screenshot and another from Kirito I took on one of the PV’s. It’s not a secret anymore that GGO Kirito looks like a girl. Next episode we will finally be able to see Kirito and Sinon together in Gun Gale Online. It’s not a secret anymore that GGO Kirito will look like a girl. I can’t wait to see him swinging that light saber and putting himself/herself in his own harem!


Footage from Episode 03
Footage from one of the PV's








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