The Review:
This episode felt like it was really short. It wasn’t any shorter than usual, it just felt that way. Part of the reason is a flashback to some events in Sword Art Online, where Kirito remembers a fairly brutal fight where he had to dispatch two members of Laughing Coffin. Kirito killed two members of the PK guild in that fight, and killed another later during his time in SAO. It was never a real focus of Kirito’s character, but after his encounter with Death Gun it’s clear Kirito has a small amount of PTSD related to having to kill players in SAO (which, if you don’t recall, the rules of Sword Art Online were such that if you died in the game and it hadn’t been beaten yet, you died in real life. It’s one of the reasons that PK players and guilds like Laughing Coffin were consider so despicable).
Kirito manages to make it through his elimination rounds to the finals vs. Sinon, dealing with his stress and fears the only way he knows how. The confrontation between him and Sinon is a bit tense, but in talking, the two find that they’re much more similar than different. Even though neither comes out and says it, Sinon sees a bit of herself in Kirito and vice versa – both have killed people, and both have to live with the weight of those deaths on their shoulders.
When you feel like you’re alone, finding someone just like you can make all the difference in the world.
Some Pictures Of Sword Art Online Episode 6
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