Episode 15 of Sword Art Online feels almost like an entirely different anime. Right from the OP mostrando Kirito and co. frolicking around in Aion the new game which wasn’t introduced in this episode, down to the new characters and real world setting, only Kirito and Asuna (along with Kawahara Reki’s distinctive escritura style) remain as reminders of the anterior arc. We’re out of SAO, Kirito is undergoing rehabilitation, Asuna remains in a coma for some mysterious reason, and right off the bat we have another new amor interest and antagonist. Yes. Already. Perhaps some would complain that...
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