User blog comment:Dream Era/SAo vs. ALO/@comment-6697950-20140301214734

1. Do you know the difference between "season" and "arc"? Both of the arcs you've been talking about are the same season glued from 2 arcs. Seriously... even GGO's anime adaption's announcement says that it announces Sword Art Online II, not III...

2. The Fairy Dance arc (ALO) is basically made just to have some way of continuing the story past the Aincrad arc (SAO). It's widely regarded as the worst arc in the series for a reason. The two post-FD arcs (+side arcs) are all far better than FD. Though Asuna still gets too little spotlight. I'd personally find much more point in comparing the Progressive series (basically, SAO floor by floor; this is where episode 2 came from) with the Alicization arc. FD should really have been done as an OVA or something, as it really brings down the image of the first season. And I don't know about you, but episode 25 wasn't half bad when compared to some of the other parts of the arc.

3. Just so you'd know, the anime is not the original story and it butchered the Aincrad arc a lot. So if you think that the anime's version of the first arc is good, the real deal is even better. A lot of character development and Asuna's background were cut out.