Judgment Commentary! | Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld | Episodes 1-4 [Reaction + Discussion]

Forgot to post something for Episode 28: There are some more details in the Light Novels about the Scene with Gabriel when he murdered Alicia. (Especially if you know how old Gabriel is when he killed Alicia, as example, which makes it more shocking in my Eyes) Gabriel Miller was born in the Pacific Palisades district in the suburbs of Los Angeles, California, in March 1998. Alicia Klingerman was also born there in 1998. After conducting numerous experiments on insects by demolishing various parts of their bodies in secret, he concluded that the insect's soul was spread throughout its body. Gabriel desired to see or even capture this soul. However, despite his numerous experiments in his secret laboratory, this wish would not come true Gabriel then began thinking about the human soul. As humans could not live on without their heads, he concluded that their soul resided in the brain. He continued his thoughts about the human soul while analysing his childhood friend, Alicia Klingerman. Gabriel envisioned marrying Alicia one day to gain a glimpse at her soul, but, as the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 began, Alicia's family fell under heavy debt. As they were going to move to their kin in Kansas City, Gabriel decided to kill her before her soul lost its brilliance. On the day Alicia said her farewells at school, Gabriel invited her to the forest behind his home where his secret laboratory was hidden. There, when Gabriel and Alicia hugged, he took out the needle, which his father had used on his insects, to pierce through Alicia's left ear while holding her right ear. As Alicia died, Gabriel saw a small glittering cloud passing out of her forehead and thought that what he was seeing was her soul. Ever since then he was obsessed with the human soul. (It was apparently only a Light Reflection from Alicias Tears that he Misinterpreted for her Soul) Which means, Gabriel and Alicia were both 10 Years old, when Gabriel killed her to search for her " Soul" I think in the LN it was also hinted, that they found Alicias Body some Time later, but they never found out who killed her. Thats why Gabriel Miller is after all the chief tactical officer of «Glowgen Defense Systems» as the child of the former president and founder of the company. There are already 2 Days gone when Lipia´s Head was shown to the others after Gabriel killed her (He broke her Neck after he strangled her for interrogation). Here is also an Explanation about what happend with Shasta ( the Dark Knight Commander and Lipias Lover) Yet, just as Shasta died, his will unleashed the recollection release ability of his sword. This created a ravaging tornado that directly assaulted the Fluctlights of anything it made contact with, including Fu Za, the Mountain Goblin Chief Hagashi, the Plains Goblin Chief Kubiri, as well as D.I.L's right leg, before it stopped expanding and formed an image of Shasta's body. At that moment, the visual of Shasta launched its fist upon the Dark Emperor; however, Shasta's will was unable to affect the endless abyss of Gabriel's Fluctlight and was instead absorbed and vaporised by it.(Shasta’s attack didn’t work was because he is using his light cube to directly attack another light cube. But since Gabriel Miller is a real person using and STL and he dont has a Fluctlight stored in a light cube his attack was rendered useless.) Shastas Sword is also called «Oborogasumi».

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Episode 25 Since Alice did not have the funds to rent an inn nor the desire to exert her authority as an Integrity Knight, she decided to travel to Rulid Village, hoping that the villagers would welcome them. However, when she met with her father, Gasupht Zuberg, she was told to leave instead. With the help of Garitta*, Alice built a cabin two kilolu from the village for her and Kirito to live in. While there, Alice used the most powerful healing Sacred Art she was able to, but was unable to heal so much as Kirito's missing arm. Even four months after her attempted healing, Kirito's condition remained unchanged. This was the Scene from the End of Ep25 in the Light Novel: After Eldrie had left, Alice took Kirito to bed, where she recalled what she had heard about the «World End Altar» located in the Dark Territory. She questioned what was there and whether it was worth attempting to reach, considering the option of ending everything by taking Kirito's life as well as her own. Unsure of what to do, Alice began to weep. Alice spent the entirety of the following day writing letters to Selka and Garitta, apologizing and saying goodbye. Because Eldrie had learned of her cabin, she could no longer stay there as she feared that Bercouli, whom she could not refuse, would come in Eldrie's place to persuade her to help the Defense Army. After deciding to let Amayori choose their next destination, they went to sleep once more. Also a Detail that they let out in the Anime about Amayori: On the day Alice decided to build a log cabin and settle in, she released Amayori from a binding art placed on her and told her that she was free to return to the flying dragon nest in the west. However, Amayori refused to leave Alice and made a bed out of grass next to Alice's log cabins. For the following several months, she would fly out during daytime to play in the forest and catch fish in the lake, but would return to the cabin on every night. *Garitta was the sixth generation cutter of the «Gigas Cedar» in the outskirts of Rulid Village, and the last cutter before Eugeo and Kirito were assigned this «Sacred Task». Also, in the LN, Alice wanted to slash the Mens Hands who stole the Blue Rose Sword, but she restrained herself. "Suppressing the urge to sever the hands of the men who took the sword from Kirito, Alice forced them to return it to him." Episode 26 left out Informations and Details About Amayoris Help when the Goblins attacked Rurid Village: Once the villagers were far away from centre of the plaza, Alice called her dragon to rain down fire on the invaders. Several moments later, Alice called her dragon again, but this time only to intimidate the invaders, as Amayori was not yet ready to fire another heat ray. (Amayori is capable of stockpiling thermal elements within herself and then unleashing the elements in the form of a heat ray.)

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