despite what i said above, i kind of have to agree here

there is a reason that it is so popular, and many aspects of it continue to be talked about in some form or another

Am I the only one who thinks SAO isn't a good starter anime? I watched the first season of SAO in 2018 and I thought every anime was of the same quality so I didn't try out more animes because of the bad taste SAO left in my mouth