It'll slow down a bit soon but we're still ploughing through the first book like mad.... And Kirito gets less OP.... But that only happened in the last few episodes.... Half of the first cour is side stories from the second book.... I think they want to get the third book covered where
[Hover for spoilers]Accel World doesn't have the pacing issues and Haru is not overpowered and it feels more like a shonen battle manga.... I suppose I said it was worse because of the recent episodes are in one of those annoying idiot ball moments while SAO has started getting on with it's plot....
However there are much better things than both of those airing right now.... Binbougami ga, Joshiraku, Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita, Space Bros., Oda Nobuna and Uta Koi, in that order, are my picks of what's on right now....