Actually, the hate is overblown — Sword Art Online is far from the worst thing ever.
Summary:
Many fans are curious about how Sword Art Online is still popular with so many haters.
The haters are more vocal than the fans, but they don’t really matter when it comes to the popularity of the anime.
Sword Art Online was quite unique for its time — and a lot of hate towards it is unjustified.
Since Sword Art Online aired back in 2012, public opinion on it changed many times. It went from being the new hot thing to arguably the most acceptable anime to hate on — and then around the time Alicization aired, the opinion changed once again, though this time the voices of otaku seemed to be split.
Even by now, there are many haters of the franchise — yet it seems to be doing quite well despite that fact. How come that with such a huge amount of viewers who hated the anime, it got so popular?
Many of the series’ fans don’t talk about it
It can be argued that people who hate Sword Art Online are a vocal minority. Yes, there are a lot of them, but it’s also one of the most popular anime ever — creating an illusion that many viewers hate the anime.
In reality, most of those who watched it probably liked it — you just won’t see many of them talking about the series online. With Sword Art Online being essentially an entry-level anime (which isn’t bad per se), many of its fans are not really a part of the global anime community — and those who are might not feel comfortable talking about how much they like it, considering the vocal haters.
The haters don’t matter
The amount of haters an anime has doesn’t actually make it any less popular in the end — especially when you remember that the hate of Sword Art Online isn’t really a thing in Japan. The anime is very much made for the Japanese audience — and even when you consider the Western anime fans, a ton of people watched it, which is the important part.
The series is popular — being ultimately liked is not as important. Fans will buy the Blu Ray and merch, and there’s a lot of them — yes, there may be a lot of haters as well, but whether they exist or not doesn’t matter for the sales.
Sword Art Online isn’t that bad
Sword Art Online came out during a time when the market wasn’t filled with fantasy series with game elements yet — and paved the way for many anime after itself.
With many of its followers being isekai, Sword Art Online itself, curiously, isn’t always considered one — but at the time, it was unique enough to attract enough attention. Yes, obviously, Sword Art Online has some flaws, and its lowest points are really bad.
The peaks, however, are extremely solid — many people who hated the series past its first arc had to agree that Alicization was a good arc overall. The anime looks great throughout all of its seasons and is quite easy to watch and follow — and if it’s not your cup of tea, perhaps you should just leave its fans alone.
Actually, the hate is overblown — Sword Art Online is far from the worst thing ever.
Summary:
Many fans are curious about how Sword Art Online is still popular with so many haters.
The haters are more vocal than the fans, but they don’t really matter when it comes to the popularity of the anime.
Sword Art Online was quite unique for its time — and a lot of hate towards it is unjustified.
Since Sword Art Online aired back in 2012, public opinion on it changed many times. It went from being the new hot thing to arguably the most acceptable anime to hate on — and then around the time Alicization aired, the opinion changed once again, though this time the voices of otaku seemed to be split.
Even by now, there are many haters of the franchise — yet it seems to be doing quite well despite that fact. How come that with such a huge amount of viewers who hated the anime, it got so popular?
Many of the series’ fans don’t talk about it
It can be argued that people who hate Sword Art Online are a vocal minority. Yes, there are a lot of them, but it’s also one of the most popular anime ever — creating an illusion that many viewers hate the anime.
In reality, most of those who watched it probably liked it — you just won’t see many of them talking about the series online. With Sword Art Online being essentially an entry-level anime (which isn’t bad per se), many of its fans are not really a part of the global anime community — and those who are might not feel comfortable talking about how much they like it, considering the vocal haters.
The haters don’t matter
The amount of haters an anime has doesn’t actually make it any less popular in the end — especially when you remember that the hate of Sword Art Online isn’t really a thing in Japan. The anime is very much made for the Japanese audience — and even when you consider the Western anime fans, a ton of people watched it, which is the important part.
The series is popular — being ultimately liked is not as important. Fans will buy the Blu Ray and merch, and there’s a lot of them — yes, there may be a lot of haters as well, but whether they exist or not doesn’t matter for the sales.
Sword Art Online isn’t that bad
Sword Art Online came out during a time when the market wasn’t filled with fantasy series with game elements yet — and paved the way for many anime after itself.
With many of its followers being isekai, Sword Art Online itself, curiously, isn’t always considered one — but at the time, it was unique enough to attract enough attention. Yes, obviously, Sword Art Online has some flaws, and its lowest points are really bad.
The peaks, however, are extremely solid — many people who hated the series past its first arc had to agree that Alicization was a good arc overall. The anime looks great throughout all of its seasons and is quite easy to watch and follow — and if it’s not your cup of tea, perhaps you should just leave its fans alone.
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