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I rate hack//sign much more highly. I mean, the first thing that sets it apart is that it's the only MMO anime that is like an actual MMO. People troll and grief and afk in town and theres not a whole a lot to do if you actually play daily. I also really loved the brief moments it peels back the mask and shows the real life moments in black and white. They are so short but really powerful IMO. Especially BT when you see the class reunion thingy in the garbage and then she logs back on after saying she quit the game. People use "the world" as an escape in the same way real people do and I've met people that act like a lot of the characters in actual MMOs.

I also thought the identity of the main character was handled really well and the whole show just has this odd vibe to it that I enjoy. It has flaws for sure. Its really slow, the characters sometimes have pretty awkward conversations and the ultimate mystery is just ok but I still think it holds up as really good IF you play actual MMOs just for the character study alone.

I think SAO is fine and yeah mother's rosario was really good. I think reki's main talent is in making believable near future technology that is interesting. Both accel world and SAO have some really interesting technologies that don't feel that far fetched. I just think he doesn't do a great job at actually creating good characters and plots around it. I would be pretty surprised if we don't get something similar to full dive VR eventually and it probably won't look too different from the nerve gear. The integration of biology and technology in accel world seems like a reasonable step after that. It's not quite ghost in the shell, but I find most of reki's ideas about technology to be pretty interesting and I wouldn't be at all surprised if it becomes a case of people inventing that technology because of it's appearance in fiction.

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