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Episode 4 Reaction
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Finally, I'm done. My reply is within the scope of the episode only. As usual no spoilers.


「 Intro」
Time: (00:08 - 00:48)
➤ Suzy: “Let me, first of all, apologise for the lack of upload last Friday had some things going down. I currently have a pregnant member of the family, okay, and she's due in one month and there was something that happened and we thought that the baby was coming, okay, we thought the baby is coming. So, that's a little bit more important than me at home watching Sword Art, I'm sorry to say but unfortunately the baby here yet but now I'm worried that it can come out anytime so I'm freaking out a little bit. So, yeah, Friday was just off-limits, off-limits. So I do apologise for that.”
➤ Reply: Suzy, you don't have to worry about that because real life should be prioritised first before reacting to the show. Congratulations on the future new little addition to your family!


「 Episode 4」
Time: (01:40 - 01:45)
➤ Suzy: “I mean they already have seen us, right? So, why are we like hiding now? ”
➤ Reply: This scene was anime only. Kirito and Eugeo didn't hide in the novel. Like in my previous message in Episode 3 Reaction, the goblins already saw them right from the beginning as soon they entered the area.

Time: (02:30 - 02:34)
➤ Suzy: “Nice throw Kirito. Almost stab him in the knee.”
➤ Reply: Hahaha, that's really scary of think about it. XD

Time: (02:50 - 02:55)
➤ Suzy: “I just gotta say that animation wise this is beautiful!”
➤ Reply: Yes, indeed. The fight scenes in Alicization part 2 will be more awesome.

Time: (03:14 - 03:19)
➤ Suzy: “Ahhhh, Kirito! He really is the best. I sound like such a simp.”
➤ Reply: SIMP alert!!! Hahaha, I'm just kidding. Yeah, for me too. If the anime didn't cut a lot of Kirito's parts, you'd love him more than you love him in the anime.

Time: (03:24 - 03:28)
➤ Suzy: “I mean for someone who's not familiar with the game, Kirito is badass! ”
➤ Reply: I agree!

Time: (04:10 - 04:14)
➤ Suzy: “I—How is this connected to the real-world? Why is it hurting him like this?”
➤ Reply: It's connected through Kirito's Fluctlight. Even in Sword Art Online if not for the Pain Absorber you'd feel pain. For more information, please read my message about pain in Episode 4 Information.

Time: (04:52 - 04:54)
➤ Suzy: “Oh my God! He still weak, he still weak!”
➤ Reply: On this scene, Kirito's body wouldn't listen to him because his Will has gotten weaken because the fright and waver took him over. He recovers after he remembers the past that they failed to protect Alice. He doesn't want it to happen again. Kirito's Will becomes stronger and his pain in the right shoulder has vanished.

Time: (05:35 - 05:37)
➤ Suzy: “God this is like so brutal!”
➤ Reply: Compared to the previous arcs, Alicization is gorier and brutal because the Underworld is all about realism.

Time: (05:56 - 05:59)
➤ Suzy: “So, he does remember Kirito, he does!”
➤ Reply: Eugeo only remembered when he was on the verge of death. Even Kirito wasn't sure what happened, why the three of them have a childhood past with each other. Even after they remembered it, they're still unsure.

Time: (06:18 - 06:24)
➤ Suzy: “Oh my God, what happens to him like if he dies, he's going to be fine like in the real-world, right?”
➤ Reply: I'll explain it once you reach episode 6.

Time: (06:54 - 06:57)
➤ Suzy: “So, he does know the Sword Skills!”
➤ Reply: Kirito wasn't sure if Sword Skills exist in the Underworld. The scene with Zink in episode 2 where Kirito used Sword Skill to convince Zink that his Calling is a swordsman is an anime scene only. In the novel, Kirito desperately wanted to borrow Zink's sword to see if Sword Skills exist in the Underworld but he suppressed his urge. And when Kirito tried to cut the Gigas Cedar using Blue Rose Sword in episode 3 using a Sword Skill the scene exist in the novel except without the glow in the sword. It's just a normal swing. Kirito was only able to confirm it after he tried recreating the movement of Sharp Nail against the goblin leader, Ugachi. The system read Kirito's first motion which activated the skill, adjusting his movement accordingly.

Time: (08:07 - 08:14)
➤ Suzy: “Why is it dangerous for you to do high-level healing magic? Like, what are you gonna do, turn him into a goblin?”
➤ Reply: Hahaha, I laughed so hard here. I had to pause the video. That made my stomach hurt. So, that explains why goblins exist. Selka turns humans into goblins. Jokes aside, it's not considered as a healing art. It allows people to pass their life to another.

Time: (09:07 - 09:11)
➤ Suzy: “Who the hell is that!? Was that Alice?”
➤ Reply: Kirito also suggested it but he wasn't certain yet.

Time: (09:50 - 09:55)
➤ Suzy: “Exactly, he does have the memory, it's just buried deep.”
➤ Reply: Yes, it's still there. It was only blocked. Same with Kirito's case.

Time: (11:03 - 11:06)
➤ Suzy: “I feel like we're cheating by doing this but who knows.”
➤ Reply: Hahaha but not in the Taboo Index. Shhh, let it slide. XD

Time: (11:20 - 11:23)
➤ Suzy: “Umm, it's not all because of you.”
➤ Reply: Yes, but he deeply regretted that when Alice was captured by the Integrity Knight he was unable to do anything. Poor Eugeo, he suppressed his feelings for six years and knowing that he would never cut down the Gigas Cedar.

Time: (12:06 - 12:26)
➤ Suzy: “Oh my gosh. So, he's remembering Aincrad, as well. I mean, before he knows it, he's gonna have a lot of memories while he's inside this game. But it's still so, so crazy to me that he's even in this game. We still don't know what happened at the end of episode one.”
➤ Reply: Yes, all the memories outside of the Underworld are still with him. After all, all the skill he used in the Underworld is from the Sword Art Online. That's why he called it the Aincrad Style which is the floating castle of the death game.

Time: (12:26 - 12:29)
➤ Suzy: “What happens when the tree falls as well. ”
➤ Reply: New Calling for Eugeo!

Time: (12:51 - 12:57)
➤ Suzy: “That is huge! And the tree respawns because it wasn't cut down with an axe.”
➤ Reply: That would be a nightmare. Hahaha. All 47 episodes of Alicization are only dedicated to cut down the Gigas Cedar. Maybe the 47 episodes are not going to be enough. I'd leave it to our imagination.

Time: (13:40 - 13:48)
➤ Suzy: “That must be difficult to have like "the perfect sister" and your sister disappears and everybody compares you.”
➤ Reply: Selka mentioned that her father and mother always compared her to Alice even without telling Selka directly about it. It's also the same with the people in the village that's why she left her home to live in the church.

Time: (14:27 - 14:31)
➤ Suzy: “I kinda like that Kirito is not even taking the credit for that. He's letting Eugeo has his moment.”
➤ Reply: Yeah, after all, it's Eugeo's Calling.

Time: (14:53 - 14:57)
➤ Suzy: “What do you think? Come on, think about it.”
➤ Reply: Selka said that his father, Gasfut is happy that Eugeo hasn't forgotten about Alice.

Time: (15:09 - 15:20)
➤ Suzy: “Yeaaah, we got two swordsmen now. Oh my gosh. Can you imagine the two of them at their best in a fight, ahhh, it's gonna be glorious, it's gonna be so good!”
➤ Reply: Yes, that would be awesome!

Time: (16:06 - 16:09)
➤ Suzy: “Why would you want to stop him, you want your sister back, right?”
➤ Reply: Yeah, she's sad that Eugeo is going to leave the village but at the same time she's also happy. Because Selka knows that that's the only way for Eugeo to become happy is to find Alice. Of course, Selka feels the same way.

Time: (16:34 - 16:42)
➤ Suzy: “You know I'm surprised that Alice's sister isn't going with them, somehow. But I guess she got her own Calling.”
➤ Reply: Yes, she has a Calling. This scene was cut in the anime where Kirito told Eugeo that he's going to take Selka and run away but Eugeo told him that he can't because she has a Calling.

Time: (16:52 - 17:32)
➤ Suzy: “I feel like Eugeo is kinda stealing the spotlight little bit this season. What do you guys think? I feel like, I don't know. I feel like Kirito wasn't even like, the main guy. I feel like it's focusing quite heavily on Eugeo. I'm fine with that by the way. I think his character is great. He's just like a blond version of Kirito but from season 1. So, it's like Eugeo has kinda built up that confidence that Kirito already has and he's gonna learn so much just adventuring with Kirito.”
➤ Reply: I agree with you. But don't worry, both of them are inside the spotlight. I also heard that a lot from other people that they look the same except for the colour of their hair. He'd surely learn a lot from Kirito. Eugeo has a good character development especially if the anime didn't cut a lot of Eugeo parts same goes with Kirito. But I'm here to give you the information when that time comes.


「Outro 」
Time: (17:33 - 18:32)
➤ Suzy: “I still have so many questions, I'm really just kinda appreciating this new game, this new world. I love the fight against the goblins and I just have so many questions like if they were to die in this game what happens cause obviously, that's always a big deal when it comes to Sword Art. You don't really know just yet how the real-world is link to this game. Obviously, with GGO, you had the Death Gun's killings and in the first one, you had people die in the game, die in real-life because it was all link. So, this one, I'm not too sure how are they gonna play it just yet, umm, but I'm very curious I do think that Kirito is in the hospital in some kind of a coma, that's what I think after being injected after the first episode but time will tell. Why, you know when he's in a coma why would you put him in a game? Like, that's kinda mean, right?”
➤ Reply: You are as sharp as always. Yes, some will be explained in episode 6 what's the risk in the Underworld. I really like that you have a lot of questions.


As always thanks for the beautiful reaction. I always enjoyed watching your reactions! Enjoy the next episode!


Stay cool Suzy.
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Episode 4 Information
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I'm sorry, I'm late again. As usual no spoilers.


【Sharp Nail】
『A 3-hit One-Handed Sword category Sword Skill. This was the first instance that Kirito confirmed that Sword Skills exist in the Underworld. He was able to use the skill because his Object Control Authority is much higher than the sword he used against the goblin leader, Ugachi.』

【Hit by Ugachi】
『Kirito's Aincrad instinct took over him after hitting Ugachi with Sharp Nail, he nearly forgot that his enemy wouldn't suffer a knock-back delay, unlike in games. Ugachi wasn't a normal mob, he has a conscious, a living soul, an artificial Fluctlight.』

【Pain】
『Unlike Sword Art Online or Alfhiem Online, the Underworld doesn't have a Pain Absorber feature which nullifies the pain when the player's avatar gets hit or injured. The Underworld produce a realistic sensation pain since this wasn't a game. Kirito commented that the pain in the Underworld could even be greater in real-world, as the brain would secrete chemicals that would reduce the pain or end up coma as a defensive mechanism against shock. The pain Kirito felt when he was hit by Ugachi was so painful that he can't move to fight back because he was frightened unlike when he was still in Sword Art Online he never gave up unlike in the Underworld. Kirito is unfamiliar with real pain because he never suffered a major injury in his life. Even in his virtual experience he never felt pain because of the Pain Absorber. He even commented that if the pain he felt in the Underworld exists in Aincrad he would never leave the Town of Beginnings.』

【Sonic Leap】
『A 1-hit One-Handed Sword category Sword Skill. Kirito used it in Aincrad arc (season 1) episode 2 against Illfang the Kobold Lord and in episode 8 against Kuradeel.』

【Leadership】
『In the novel, after Kirito killed Ugachi, he glared at the goblins with malice and showed Ugachi's head to scare them off but one of the goblins tried challenging Kirito. Kirito didn't let him finish his sentence, he attacked him with the same skill he last used and killed him.』

【Transfer Human Unit Durability, Right to Left】
『Transfers Durability from a Human Unit touched by one's right hand to a human touched by one's left hand. While Kirito's life is being transferred to Eugeo, Selka is acting as a conduit and booster. This is not a healing art.』

【Mysterious Girl】
『A figure of a girl in a golden light appeared behind Kirito and told him and Eugeo that she would be waiting for them at top of Central Cathedral in Centoria. She helped Kirito by giving him more energy thus evading his likely death.』

【"Level Up"】
『By defeating the goblins their Object Control Authority, System Control Authority and maximum life increased. Even Selka who didn't participate in the battle also "level up". 』

【Returning to the Village】
『In the novel, after the events with the goblins and returned to Rulid Village, the village elder, Gasfut and the sister, Azalia scolded them for breaking the village laws causing a panic with the adults. Kirito threw Ugachi's head on the ground resulting in a shock among the townsfolk. Eugeo and Selka explained about the goblins band camping out in the northern cave. And after that, they're released.』

【Cutting the Tree too Early】
『Many people didn't like it and that Eugeo and Kirito should be punished for cutting down the Gigas Cedar nine centuries ahead of schedule but the Elder, Gasfut brushed off their complaints and arrange a village celebration for Eugeo for his new Calling.』

【Sword's Skill】
『Kirito speculated why Sword Skills from Sword Art Online existed in the Underworld because that would be impossible without a connection. The Seed provided by Kayaba didn't come with the package of Sword Skills. In Gun Gale Online which is a gun-fighting game, Kirito was only retracing his avatar movements as we can see there are no flashes of light or system-assisted acceleration since it's not part of the gameplay. Kirito was able to connect the dots that someone is linked to the core of all the events. But he can't confirm it yet, he needs to gather more information.』

【Orick】
『Eugeo's father. He and his two sons didn't like Eugeo's new Calling.』

【New Calling】
『In the novel, before Eugeo could announce his new Calling, Kirito felt scared that he would choose to be a farmer that would ruin his plan to reach Centoria easily and short time. He even thought about rushing to the stage and announce that they'd go to the Centoria but Selka said that Eugeo would choose to follow his dream which calmed Kirito down and waited for his answer. After Eugeo announced his new Calling Kirito felt relief because he doesn't have sufficient knowledge or have resources which could take his trip months or years. But he was ready to accept if Eugeo would ever pick farmer as his new Calling. People didn't like what Eugeo choose for his new Calling but Gasfut silenced them. They can't do anything since it's in the law and accepted his decision.』

【Zink and Doik】
『In the novel, after Eugeo announced his new Calling, Zink the current man-in-arms of Rulid objected Eugeo's decision to head for Zakkaria before him. Zink claiming he is better at swords than Eugeo. Gasfut asking Zink how could he prove his claims. Zink and his father, Doik fuming to what Gasfut said Zink challenge Eugeo to a duel. Eugeo doesn't know what to do and Kirito advised him on what to do since he can't hit his opponent telling him to aim for his sword using the Sword Skill, Horizontal Kirito was shocked that Eugeo used a skill that Kirito never taught him the Sword Skill, Slant. Eugeo won the fight and the father and son retreated.』

【Kirito's Oath to Selka】
『In the novel, after the Festival, when Kirito returned to his room, Selka opened up to Kirito and talked about Eugeo and Alice (in the anime, it was at the festival). Kirito comforted her and telling her that she's not a replacement for Alice. Kirito had started to have existential doubt on himself. He started to contemplate himself if his consciousness is the real Kirito or just a replica stored inside on storage media, the Lightcube Cluster. He can't confirm it because he doesn't want to commit crimes against people for his personal suspicion. The only option he has is to do something the real Kirito would never do. He leaned closer and kissed her forehead as an oath. An oath that he would ensure he would save Alice and return to the village. Before he kissed Selka on her forehead, he apologised to Asuna, Yui and Selka.』

【Eugeo's Promise to Selka】
『This is an anime original scene that conveyed the same idea as the scene where Kirito gave an oath to Selka.』

【Gigas Cedar】
『In the novel, when they reach where the Gigas Cedar Cedar used to stand tall, the previous carver of Gigas Cedar, Old Man Garitta was waiting for them there. Eugeo introduced Kirito to him and Garitta remarked "he has the face of change" which made Kirito wondered what he meant by it. Garitta suggested that they should cut a specific branch of the tree and take it with them to Centoria. Kirito wrapped up the twig in cloth that he strapped to his back as you can see when they're about to leave the village.』


Stay cool Suzy.
It's interesting you brought up the idea about Eugeo's future calling, about whether he should get another one, whether he should be assigned a new one, etc. In the light novels, there were a number of residents of Rulid village that were not happy that Eugeo cut down the Gigas Cedar. Don't get me wrong - everyone was happy that it was cut down because it meant the village could finally expand its fields, bringing prosperity and growth they had been wanting for centuries. They were not happy Eugeo did it. Some were convinced he broke the Taboo Index in doing so, and such should be arrested and perhaps put to death. Others felt he should lose his right to choose his next calling and should have it assigned to him instead. Even Eugeo's family wasn't thrilled about him cutting down the tree. His calling brought in a decent income which he shared with his family. With Eugeo leaving to pursue becoming a swordsman, they lost that income. In the end, Gasupht Zuberg upheld the village's tradition to allow him to pursue his own calling - and therefore the Alicization arc continues.
"If he's in a coma, why would they put him in the game? That's kind of mean, right?"
Well... not really... Do you remember Yui I think she was... the girl that taught Asuna that skill... I forgot where it was... Season 2, part 2?
In that advanced version of the real world, they use that as a way to keep your body safe and your mind engaged instead of just... being there... probably sleeping.
The reason why Kirito felt all that pain when he got slashed is because unlike normal VR worlds, the Underworld doesn’t have a Pain Absorber(that safety feature we saw that sick freak Sugou use against Kirito when they fought). Therefore, everyone in the Underworld feels “real” pain when they take damage. The good news is, unlike what happened to Sugou(his eye), the damage they take in the Underworld won’t affect their physical body in the real world
but the info that is given is good. but if you want the full info. you have to read the SAO books. only read the books after i seen the shows. that way things stay great about the anime its self. still the show gives good info thats simple to understand.
mmutch, 03 Nov 2020 - 10:54pm
As they say in a previous episode their all artificial intelligent fluclights (Eugeo included), Kirito is the only 'human' in there. which means that when the goblins died they die. The implications of that are explained much better in a upcoming episode. so no spoilers are said :)
Did the series move to VIP only?
Or we, the non-VIP have to wait a few days?
I think we do... looking at the banner. That's fine.

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