As a fan of a number of the characters, and some elements of the story, the utter bullshit that is the Nervegear never ceases to irritate me. Trying to explain it away with real world mechanics actually made it worse, because these days childrens toys are recalled or outright banned over very tiny issues.
Trying to figure out sci-fi handwaves for Bullshit Murder Helmets led to me having an idea that was slightly different. What if the mass murdering idiot actually had managed to create a 'real' world in Aincrad? A world whose almost magical elements transfer back to the real world, or triggered a superpower awakening in the survivors? When Kirito and his sister have their sparring match, and he fires off a sword technique out of habit, Sugu barely avoids being shredded by the resulting hurricane. The wall behind her isn't so lucky.
Suddenly, the threat of the survivors of Laughing Coffin, along with other games like ALO and the schemes of a certain disgusting executive, become much more terrifying...
Trying to figure out sci-fi handwaves for Bullshit Murder Helmets led to me having an idea that was slightly different. What if the mass murdering idiot actually had managed to create a 'real' world in Aincrad? A world whose almost magical elements transfer back to the real world, or triggered a superpower awakening in the survivors? When Kirito and his sister have their sparring match, and he fires off a sword technique out of habit, Sugu barely avoids being shredded by the resulting hurricane. The wall behind her isn't so lucky.
Suddenly, the threat of the survivors of Laughing Coffin, along with other games like ALO and the schemes of a certain disgusting executive, become much more terrifying...