Dual Blade Kirito versus
death angel Gabriel. It's showtime.
So what's up guys, Foxen here. SAO
Alicization War of Underworld episode 20,
the final showdown. Death
God versus the SAO swordsman,
the Epic conclusion. So be
sure to dual blade that LIKE,
subscribe and ring the bell so YouTube
actually sends you my new videos.
Unfortunately no sponsor,
but do me a favor and watch my re Zero
season 2 review it's now up.
It's got a cute bunny!
This SAO episode titled
the Night Sky Blade. Oh, Kirito,
making this blonde wet.
What a change with the new blades
added to this black Swordsman look
by the way. At least a clear
difference from behind and
aww the cute dragons. Unfortunately,
both of the dragons did take
enough damage to die from Gabriel.
So what happened? Kirito
realize that the max life of both of
the dragons was far beyond what he could restore via
sacred arts. Next best option. How
about shrinking their max values?
Small enough into little dragons to
prevent their death. Then for Goddess Asuna
you guys were wondering
where she was  last episode.
The plan as always from
Kirito was a reckless one.
He really only planned to stall Gabriel,
really to buy them enough time
for them to escape. Oh yeah,
Goddess Asuna for the win.
Time to take these Bowser' steps to the
floating Island in the sky,
which is supposed to give you a vibe
of the OG Aincrad castle. Naturally,
all of these guys do have a time limit.
Asuna originally mentioned they
got about eight minutes. While
Asuna and Alice were running
up notice to the sides.
You could actually spot the impenetrable
wall for the entire underworld on the
Dark Territory side. For Kirito here
thinking back to the Kiku message.
Kiku mentioned 200 years, but keep in
mind, that would be a quick estimate.
In other words, it could
be much longer. All right
so unfortunately the anime cut
out Kirito's thoughts here.
He was actually saying goodbye
to Asuna and Alice. On purpose
he didn't tell them about the
5 million times acceleration
otherwise they would stay and fight.
Kirito's only priority was to get Alice and
Asuna logged off. As for Gabriel's still
at that Reaper of souls line. Come on,
dude. Already recovering his arm too.
How about doing something about that
crispy face? So Kirito who are you?
Of course Gabriel
wasn't like Vassago who was obsessed or
even interested in Kirito. Unfortunately,
this did get changed for
the anime. Oh, you do
swear of the anime keeps on watering
down anything related to Kirito.
You did have Gabriel trying to
invade those fluctlight directly.
Similar to Goddess Sinon. Kirito
had to ask himself, who was he?
The hero of the Underworld? No. A
Knight who protects the human realm?
That's not it. The hero who
defeated the SAO death game? No,
the greatest VR player alive?
Not that either. The black
Swordsman? A dual wielder?
No. Kirito instead chose
his own title Kirito
The Swordsman really a callback to him
calling himself that in early season
three,
which really was meant to show a lot of
development and growth for Kirito.
Earlier he was struggling living
up to this Black Swordsman persona,
which of course the anime cut
out completely. In the anime
now you have blonde boy Eugeo
cheering on Kirito.
I was now starting to feel they
were overplaying this card. Anyway,
Kirito versus Gabriel. Kirito actually noticed
that sword must be a divine object.
It was supposed to be dark as if space
itself had been removed from existence.
It was far beyond
Vassago's chopper and its ability to
absorb resources. As for Kirito's
wings
I was super curious to see how the SAO
anime would show this. Thinking back to
the light novel it seemed almost silly,
especially after Kirito flying
without them, but then for the anime,
this actually works.
The wings look almost exactly
like they do for his fairy avatar.
And it seems Kirito flying last
episode seem to confuse a lot of people,
perhaps they should've just switched to
the fairy wings from the get go. Then for
Kirito generating
all elements. Thanks
Quinella. Normally some sort of
terminal is required for sacred arts.
Like your fingers. During this time Kirito was using the air as terminals,
but too bad, complete failure.
Oh, Gabriel was too overpowered.
Gabriel actually had the ability to absorb
and drain slashes, thrust, and anything
involving elements.
It is interesting to notice how his
only weakness was related to anything
involving him as a soldier, which
was why Sinon was able to hurt him.
So how generous of Gabriel? Kirito
gets to have three
minutes in heaven with him.
He really wasn't a fan of not
being able to taste Kirito's soul.
He had gotten a small taste earlier,
but now Kirito had encased himself
in this transparent shell.
That's no fun. As for Gabriel's
upgrade at what did he steal?
He actually noticed what Kirito had
done. So why not get some wings too?
Although it does make sense. This
thing was originally his GGO Jetpack.
So you got an ariel of fight with black
thunder. Gabriel must be a Thor fan.
The anime actually cut out Kirito
trying to kick him, but failing at it.
I really loved how they showed the
Gabriel completely overpowering Kirito.
No question.
You could really tell that Gabriel had
no doubts about winning this little
dance. It was completely one sided.
Eventually you've been had Kirito trying
to block the darkness with that shield
wall. It didn't work the first time when
trying to save Alice and the dragons.
But this time he did the
was more weakened. Oh, and
did someone say swordsman
Kirito? Nope. You got the Marco
treatment. and what was this?
Was Gabriel actually showing some emotion?
You could feel it in the distance.
A dragon just died. So fricking
finally it comes out Gabriel,
the Angel of Death, what a
demented image he has of himself.
Like I'm already going to win it so
why not just completely overkill it?
That actually makes you wonder how godly
other insane individuals would be in
the Underworld
like the Joker. Keep in mind pretty much
anything and everything Gabriel has done
up until this point has been
via his twisted Incarnation.
I know some of you have been confused
about him using God Vecta powers,
but Gabriel has been way beyond that.
Naturally the anime skipped over Gabriel
gradually figuring out how the
Underworld works. Recall Shasta?
It all started there. Every
moment and fight since then
Gabriel has been figuring it out
including the Bercouli fight. Anyway
you got to love the dire look on Kirito's
face finally acknowledging
that he has screwed up.
You really shouldn't notice how you
have Kirito going back to doubting himself
pretty quickly.
He brings up being a person that
doesn't understand how others feel.
Which should have been a defining
character flaw up until this point.
It just sucks that he's referring
to other issues that he struggled with
that unfortunately the anime
glanced over or completely cut out,
especially in the previous
mind scene. Hey
blonde boy Eugeo coming back for the pep talk.
So I really don't mind seeing Eugeo again,
but it feels like they've
been overusing him
especially with the anime adding additional Eugeo time.
Either way more important
Shinigami Gabriel. It really wasn't
fair for Kirito comparing himself to him.
They're nothing alike,
Gabriel is supposed to be this
man that doesn't feel any fear,
but the truth is fear and despair of
death are emotions that Gabriel did share.
Cut out here from the anime was that
Gabriel actually kept on killing more people
past Alicia. He kept on wanting to taste
their souls but he was never satisfied.
Come on, Gabriel
you're making Vassago seem like a Saint and then the anime did not do
it. This was the one Gabriel scene.
I was waiting for. Him ripping out
Kirito's heart and then biting it like a
delicious ripe Apple. Come on. I
can't even call this watered down.
They didn't even show it
so disappointing. Anyway
at the very least what you've been
waiting for. Golden Eyed Kirito comes out.
Double release recollection again. Oh yes.
The ultimate Underworld spirit
bomb time. You got Goddess
Sinon missing some limbs,
bleeding out. Poor Leafa giving the last
of her strength. Too bad the anime didn't
her show her what the
countless sword stabs.
Then the best Underworld couple Sheyta and Iskahn.
Gotta send your energy
too. I did like the shot of
the Dark Knight without the
helmet. Liz and silica. Oh,
we like Kirito, barf.
And of course I know they're going to
use 'love' for the subtitles too. Non main
character here Klein, come on,
give this guy one line. Then
Moonphase, Mei and Eugene together
gotta represent. As for Tiese and Renly
These two love birds do move quickly.
Oh, what is over here?
Liena senpai and Ronnie hmm? For Fanatio here,
this scene really reminds me of the
fallen Dakira plus Papa Bercouli's
death. For the Crimson integrity
knight plus the terrible two. Too bad
the anime cut out their plot line,
Even Selka one final time. Too bad she's
not going to be able to say goodbye
to Alice and then the family and the
two twins that Eugeo and Kirito stayed
with in Zakkaria. For the Swords Academy,
notably their supervisor to
the left. Hey elevator girl.
She prayed for one thing that one day
she would see the two young swordsman.
again. I really did love
this new anime addition,
actually seeing some of the others
from the dark territory side,
from the goblins, ogres,
the giants, the merchants,
if only the season three anime
didn't rush through things.
They could really flesh this out.
Even an overview shot of the entire Underworld. It's not that big at all.
For Asuna and Alice damn. You guys are
slow. Time to get up the step master
when you get back. By the way, their own
energy contribution. It was super quick,
but this was meant to show further growth
from Alice really going past her own
struggles of questioning whether she
was just a puppy created by Quinella.
All of the sacred spirit
energy now belongs to Kirito.
You really had this
blanketed Night Sky here.
This actually came from the
thought of Eugeo's dying words,
as he spoke to the night sky, which of
course became the name of Kirito's blade.
The power of the night sky blade
is to absorb the resources,
but the greatest sacred energy
doesn't come from the earth or sun.
They come from the power of the human
heart art, the power of hopes and wishes.
Then for the candidate Shasta plus
Lipia, Bercouli plus Quinella and
Cardinal. This really
got me tearing up a bit.
A major important line is
actually from Quinella. Oh,
why is Kirito so
strong after waking up?
How does one forget the purple bag of XP
he helped kill? You know big scene in
the first half of season three,
getting into it finally Starburst
Stream. How many years has it been?
The probably should have slowed it
down just to help with the impact.
It is almost funny how people
wrongly call Kirito overpowered.
This moment is a perfect example.
I mean, even at this point
he had his arm slice off when it
most counted. Thank you blonde boy
Eugeo for the save. Starburst
Stream is a 16 hit combo,
but here's an extra 17 hits
Gabriel. Payback's a bish.
What a perfect death, a Gabriel death
angel explosion. Funny how this actually
gave me a vibe of Quinella and her clown
going crispy. So really quickly,
just to clarify Gabriel's finale.
It wasn't just going boom. Kirito
had actually stabbed his heart.
He then sent the infinite energy of
hopes and wishes and to Gabriel was dead
frozen heart. Oh yes death by feels.
An nice little bonus the Dark Territory  could
finally see the sky and sun. Oh yeah,
it was thankfully Alice made it
out. Log out complete. The bad news?
The Underworld acceleration kicking in. Sayonara. It looks like the Celestial
players have made their Mark. At
first I was like, who is this?
I totally didn't recognize you.
You did have Silica afterwards. So,
and that should have been Liz.
Then Klein's bum ass. Damn
his place looks like a dump.
What does it look like
my place? For Agil this should be
the cafe, just the top floor.
They even included Mei and Moonphase so
far, it seems like SAO season 3 has avoided
pissing off China and in South Korea.
For Leafa and Sinon time for some food,
Go get a jelly donut, fun fact for them,
both of them actually logged off before
the acceleration kicked in due to loss
of life. Alright, so getting
back to Kirito,
the sliced off arm recovered. This shot
actually it looks like Alice
on the poster. Right here
you have Kirito's saying a final
goodbye to Eugeo, but why? Keep in mind
Eugeo's soul had been
infused with the Blue Rose Sword.
He really had been working
overtime pushing Kirito.
Unfortunately Eugeo stopping Gabriel had
finally consumed him at last. Good night
blonde boy Eugeo. Then for Kirito at
the end world alter stuck inside.
Cannot log out trapped
again, but Oh my God. Yes,
Asuna stayed behind him
for Kirito for him. I mean,
screw everything else this episode. This
is probably the best part for me.
Definitely crying time.
So how much did you enjoy the final fight
for Kirito? And the episode overall?
How do you rate the Kirito fight compared
to everything else in season three?
I do have to admit I'm majorly disappointed
there was no death angel munching
on the red, big heart. Before this,
I was worried to see how the anime
would show this. Would it be censored?
Although at the same time this
could have been some amazing imagery,
but no they didn't even try.
The second major thing they really needed
to get right was a spirit bomb energy.
It is so fricking a knowing how people
call Kirito overpower or is God somehow
when he's constantly getting
help from other people.
At least for this finale,
I do hope the episode
clearly show that. There's no way
Kirito could have done this solo.
And then the Starburst Stream
fully making a comeback. Honestly
I do want to like it more,
but I don't think it's going to top
the first one and don't get me wrong
Animation wise, this looks
fricking gorgeous. Slowing it down
some might have helped so you
can actually taste a slices.
Another thing I do have to give prompt
to the anime is the look of Gabriel,
the death angel. Unfortunately
overall Gabriel has been a little meg,
especially with how the
anime has watered him down.
But visually they got this angel of
death really right. From the opening.
I was worried that there would
just be this giant shadow creature.
It looks like the green usage
helped a lot. For one smaller thing.
I'm really glad that the wings they use
are really similar to his fairy avatar.
It just makes sense.
And then one of the smaller moments I
really enjoyed was Bercouli and everyone
appearing giving some final
advice to Kirito.
Well that go over your anger or
whatever the Star Wars quote is.
And then the cherry on top Asuna
treasuring Kirito over anything else.
200 years alone, time to
get busy hashtag bunny time.
And for the worst thing,
I'll be quick about it.
Really all the stuff they cut out,
Anything for SAO War of Underworld
should have really been twice a length.
For example, this episode of the
anime was adapting it better.
They could have ended it
with the cliffhanger of
Gabriel ripping out Kirito's
heart, but oh well perhaps
in a different timeline,
there is as much better adapted SAO anime
with every anime Youtuber loving
it. It is sad to say that the
SAO Alicization adventure
is pretty much done,
which is why personally I wasn't
really rushed to get Kirito un-potatoed
I am now curious to see what the
anime does add any new scenes,
especially for Asuna and Kirito. Since you're awesome
go ahead and check out my
ReZero episode review.
If that does get over 6,000 LIKES
before the next Re Zero episode,
I will keep on doing those weekly too.
Come on make it happen. Make me suffer.
I mean, I woke up at 3:00 AM for this
video, but anyway bonus question,
now that Gabriel has done,
who's been your favorite SAO season
three villain? Post the bastard below.
Don't forget to subscribe.
I know a lot of you aren't. I got some
juicy SAO and ReZero videos coming on top of
reviews and I'll see you guys later.
