Sword Art Online has finally returned for the second half of its third season, and it’s throwing fans right back into the intense Alicization arc. It’s been the most ambitious arc of the anime to date as it’s been telling a single story across three cours so far, and the latest arc has kicked off the “Alicization Invading” half of the original story. The midseason premiere has started the War of Underworld arc, and joins Kirito and Alice in a much different state than they were in after defeating Administrator before the hiatus.
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With Kirito currently in a strange coma where he still has his motor skills, but has no access to his emotions or cannot speak, and with Alice trying to take care of him while still being branded as a traitor for killing Administrator, it’s a much harsher world in the Underworld that fans have come to expect.
With the midseason premiere of Season 3 setting up the next major battle of the series, fans were torn watching Kirito and Alice scramble to find a peaceful place to live and recover. Eugeo is gone, and the Dark Territory is preparing to make its move now that the Imperial Knights have been weakened.
It’s going to be an even more intense battle filled series moving forward, and Alice is going to have to take the center stage for a while until Kirito can recover. What did you think of the midseason premiere? Excited to see what’s next to come in War of Underworld? Read on to see what fans are saying about Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld‘s first episode and let us know your thoughts in the comments! You can even talk to me directly about all things anime and TV @Valdezology on Twitter!
Kirito’s a Little Out of it This Season…
The main protagonist of Sword Art Online : pic.twitter.com/6SUJavbt6n
โ Kuro no Bลgyuโฃ๏ธ (@_Mookey_) October 14, 2019
Oh Kirito…
Kirito is literally a harem king.
โ โ๏ธ ุฏุญูู ู ุงูุญูุทูู ู (@iD7Mi1) October 14, 2019
Man got Asuna, Sinon, Silica and many and still doing these things with other girls๐
I feel sorry for Eugeo #sao #SwordArtOnline pic.twitter.com/p0JnZCf1lg
“Legendary”
Can’t sit here and tell me Sword Art Online isn’t legendary.
โ Behind the HazTik (@bts_haztik) October 14, 2019
“A Satisfyingly Polished First Episode”
SAOA – War of Underworld #01:
โ Kizuru (@K1zu_kun) October 13, 2019
A satisfyingly polished first episode. Really nice drawings throughout the episode, good consistency too. Decent character acting (Shunsuke Nakashige’s parts probably). Kanno was also Action (woodcutting) AD this episode. High emotions throughout. pic.twitter.com/bh32uociwM
Gonna Be a Lot of Sad Saturdays…
When you watched the first episode of War of Underworld and realized you would have to cry on every Saturday from now on pic.twitter.com/l4D75eYaTl
โ Hฦฐฦกng loves Alice & misses KiriYuji sm ๐ฅบ๐ (@satsuna_huong) October 13, 2019
Kirito’s Got it REEEEALLY Rough…
wow I didn’t realize in the trailers that Kirito was actually conscious this whole time, I just thought he was completely gone, but he still got some spark in him, barely tho๐. Now I feel even more bad knowing he’s a broken shell now๐ข. #SwordArtOnline pic.twitter.com/tTytPbfGzZ
โ ๐ไธๅๅๅฑฑโ ใ-ไธๅ็ชๅ๐ | Read Act-Age| (@Shawdytheking) October 13, 2019
“My Eyes Are Sweating”
I-I’m sorry, I can’t see what I’m typing. My eyes are sweating. โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ pic.twitter.com/Z6M99g6Nfy
โ Sword Art Online โก (@linkstartasuna) October 12, 2019
Do it For Him
DO IT FOR EUGEO!#SAO_Anime #SwordArtOnline #SwordArtOnlineAlicization pic.twitter.com/AwWZdOu8tU
โ Voltic Enigma @ War of Underworld (@VolticEnigma) October 11, 2019