screw that SAO1 will always be one of the greatest animes. s2 i think just had too much to match in s1 therefore people think s2 is lackluster but it's still pretty decent
So you say you both liked in general, what was it that made you like it? The drama part? I can tell the first 8 episodes of SAO were proper, they knew what they wanted to make and tried to make, after that it was just confusing to me, were they airing drama or comedy or tragedy or whatever else bs it was. Then it only got good again at last episode of SAO2.
Maybe I had too many expectations because that shit was hyped af.
The romance in sao1 was A++ then in sao2 the romance felt like a c- and the seriousness from the anime fell apart and it felt like a comedy lol. was terrible.
I haven't seen the last episode because im not wasting time on it anymore.