Judgment Commentary! | Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld | Episodes 9-12 [Reaction + Discussion]

The Sword Scheta Synthesis Twelve uses is very " Special" and made for her. The Black Lily Sword is a pitch black sword one cen (centimetre) in width. The sword is as thin as paper, making it hard to see it under the night sky. Background While researching the Sacred Energy Theory, Quinella became obsessed with the last and largest war in the Dark Territory that put the «Age of Blood and Iron» to an end. Feeling that it would be a waste to not collect the Sacred Energy released during such a battle, Quinella appointed Scheta to travel to the Dark Territory to find anything on the battlefield engrossed with the energy, promising to fashion it into a Divine Object that could cut anything in half. Having reached the battlefield, Scheta discovered that there was not a single living thing remaining there, but, after persistently searching for three days, she finally found a lone black lily. Scheta returned with the flower to Quinella, who turned it into the Black Lily Sword. Abilities Despite looking fragile, the Black Lily Sword is capable of easily slicing the hardest of objects in half.

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Some more Details etc about Scheta from the Light Novels: Scheta was a tall and awfully slender woman who looked to be about twenty years old by outward appearance, but her actual Age is at least over a 100 Years due to the Fact that she was put into Hibernation. Personality Scheta was a woman possessed by a subconscious desire to slice things in half, although she herself hated and always attempted to suppress this nature of hers, regarding it as sinister. Despite her desire to restrain her dark impulses, Scheta would be unable to resist temptations if pressed with them, such as when Quinella promised to make a sword that could cut anything in half. Due to her potential of killing even the most skilled opponents, Scheta seldom spoke and suppressed the sense of her own existence for hundreds of years of her life in the Central Cathedral to avoid being challenged to a sparring match. Even in battle, Scheta emits not a shred of hostility of murderous intent, despite unilaterally slaughtering her opponents. Background Scheta was a swordswoman who had earned the right to participate in the Four Empires Unity Tournament. She had a strong tendency to visualise the cleanly-sliced cross section of anything she had encountered and was unable to stop herself from making this image of hers a reality, regardless of whether her target was an inanimate object, or a person. Because of this, she had brutally murdered every single one of her opponents during the tournament. Although Scheta was declared the victor of the tournament and became an Integrity Knight in the aftermath, the records of that year's tournament were completely erased to hide the fact that blood had been shed throughout it. Scheta's deeply hidden nature was perceived by the supreme priest of the Axiom Church, Quinella, who promised to craft her a sword that could cut anything in half if she were to find and bring to the church any being that survived in the battlefield of the Age of Blood and Iron in the Dark Territory, making it engorged with Spatial Energy. After three days of searching, Scheta was able to find a single black lily, which Quinella later turned into an extremely thin sword for her. A year later, Scheta was put into hibernation at her own request after killing another Integrity Knight in a duel. She was woken up from Hibernation after Quinellas Death due to Bercoullis Order. During her life at the Central Cathedral, Scheta had been such an enigma that even her commander, Bercouli Synthesis One, barely understood anything about her, despite observing her for a hundred years.

Mathias

The Alicization anime is basically a very watered down version of the novels. Starting with the next episode, the quality of the adaptation dips significantly. (Which at the time I didn't think was possible). They even made a scene that was pretty brutal in the novels into an entirely sexualized thing. I remember all the novel fans being angry at that (I'm certain you'll know which one I'm talking about when you get to it) Personally, I really dislike the entirety of how the series and Alicization in general was adapted, but especially this next part. Since this is supposed to combine a whole lot of things that happened throughout the series, it also tries to combine things that were never adapted in the anime or glossed over. Like, there's an episode later that won't make too much sense how it all works because the context for it comes from a side story called Cordial Cords. A story that was never translated to English and that few people could legally read in japan since it was a limited edition bonus story. Anyway, like usual, these episodes cut out a lot of content. Mainly, it cuts a lot of character moments. But you know, that's basically the same song and dance as every other episode.

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Lets gooooo! It's been a hot minute xDD But like I said, feel free to prioritize your own stuff if you have IRL things going on. Wouldn't want to stress you and cause you to enjoy stuff less <3

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