@coolboymew @Nelenese And I guess they didn't change the ending of the novel?
Kind of surprising for something that gets a *full* season adaptation, it makes me wonder if the novel author put his foot down or something to keep things as they are.

> That's weird because I heard the contrary usually from people who don't like the series

That's kind of interesting because I would more expect people who liked Kirito, specially in SAO 1 to also like Alicization because they'd likely also tolerate/accept the massive deus-ex part of it, making it a good show for them.