Sword Art Online

I'm going to preference this right now.  I don't write a lot of reviews, and I sure as heck I don't write reviews for a lot of anime shows…oh and yeah, this isn't a review, just thoughts going through my head.  However, this show has been stuck in my head for quite some time, and the concept behind it is truly a thing of beauty.  Starting out as a light novel and growing quite a following, the anime just followed suit, and so did the manga.  What Japanese show/concept am I talking about?  Well, just like the title suggest, I'm talking about Sword Art Online.  Here's the thing people, I'm not going to make this pretentious, or highfalutin.  However, lets be serious, this thing is pretty awesome, like out of this world awesome, literally and figuratively.  I guess also as a gamer growing up this really had a place in my heart.  

So lets get started with the main plot line of this show.  Basically the show takes place in the not too distant future of 2022.  The game is based off of a VRMMORPG…let me explain what that means as well, for all the gamers out there giving me shit for explaining this fuck off.  Some people don't know what it means…i.e. me too.  VRMMORPG stands for Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game.  Basically you're wearing a headset to play video games.  Okay, now that that is out of the way lets proceed.  Here's the thing about this headset, it is called a Nerve Gear and it uses the players all five senses via the brain.  With this they can experience and control with their minds.  Now the main character was a beta-tester and has been playing this for quite some time.  So when it comes time for the real login, the main character already knows what he is doing.  However the turn in the anime is when the game becomes real life.  Everything that happens in the game, i.e. death, happens in real life.  The creator freaks out and attempts to become a god.  Is god the right word?  I don't know.  I think so.  That's the main gist of the show.  I'm not going any further, because honestly, I just want more people to watch it, and I know I'm late to the party, but hey, better late than never.  

Now this is where the concept gets to me the most.  I feel like we are not too far from this concept, with the Oculus Rift out, are we not that far away from connecting our brains to an entire headgear and letting us control each and every movement with our brains?  Wouldn't we be able to feel every attack and pain senses?  Wouldn't we be able to taste everything we ate or feel everything from a woman's hand to you know…the good stuff?  Isn't our brain powerful enough to be stronger than tens and millions of computers?  We can't be that far behind from this concept, I truly feel it in my bones, it's right there.  This is both scary and exciting at the same time.  Just imagine where all this can take us, this is why I said the concept behind this show just blew my mind.  I kind of want this to happen.  I'll be 40 by the time this comes out, but I still want to try it.  Well I don't know if I will, for all I know, I'll have kids running around by then that I'll have to worry about.  Damn…

"If heaven and hell decide, that they both are satisfied…Illuminate the "No"s on their vacancy signs…If there's no one besides you when your soul embarks…then I'll follow you into the dark."