Sword Art Online

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In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online-a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other-opens its virtual doors, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in the game world by manipulating their brain waves to create a wholly realistic gaming experience.

But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG-a log-out button.

Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, “game over” means certain death-both virtual and real…

Associated Names
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SAO
ソードアート・オンライン
刀剑神域
Related Series
Sword Art Online Alternative – Gun Gale Online (Spin-Off)
Sword Art Online – Progressive (Spin-Off)
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei x Sword Art Online (Spin-Off)
Sword Art Online Alternative – Clover’s Regret (Spin-Off)
Sword Art Online – Cordial Chords (Side Story)
Sword Art Online – Hopeful Chant (Side Story)
Sword Art Online: “If You Were Here” (Alternate Story)
Sword Art Online: “If You Wish It” (Alternate Story)
Sword Art Online: “If We Could Walk Together” (Alternate Story)
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Latest Release

Date Group Release
08/08/21 Dreadful Decoding ME 5
11/12/20 Dreadful Decoding ME 27.5
10/24/20 Dreadful Decoding ME 27
10/11/20 Dreadful Decoding ME 26
09/20/20 Dreadful Decoding ME 25
08/26/19 Dreadful Decoding ME 29
05/27/19 defan’s... ss: monochromatic...
03/30/19 Dreadful Decoding ME 28
02/24/18 defan’s... v21 prologue
11/25/18 defan’s... v18 afterword
11/25/18 defan’s... v18 prologue 3
08/15/18 defan’s... v18 epilogue
08/18/18 Dreadful Decoding summer ss
08/06/18 defan’s... v18c23
07/11/18 defan’s... v18c22
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SatchPangit
SatchPangit rated it
September 11, 2020
Status: --
Aincard arc is good. Probably 2nd to Alicization arc.

ALO, An unnecessary arc to say which the sole purpose of it is just to make Kazuto look good.

GGO, is just a revived Aincard concept but w/out the deaths though more violence. Another unnecessary arc to say which the sole purpose of it is to make Kazuto look good.

... more>> Alicization arc is the greatest arc and probably why it's popular. Nobody cares about the other arcs at this point.

Pros:

SAO and Alicization arcs.

Females main and support got personality and character development.

The villains are interesting.

Cons:

Kazuto is bland and stagnant.

Unnecessary harem.

Half of the arcs are just there to make Kazuto look good.

Author just loves r*pe.

Villains are easy to trigger. Not witty enough. <<less
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Master10K
Master10K rated it
June 13, 2020
Status: v15c17
Great first attempt for this author, but a bit of a mess to read. The game worlds & mechanics are fascinating but not fully fleshed out. Vital short stories are all over the place, out of chronological order and the writing only gets better by the Alicization arc. Glad it's getting fixed in the 'Progressive' reboot, so I probably won't continue with this one.
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Kulltan
Kulltan rated it
April 3, 2020
Status: v15
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wargrelet
wargrelet rated it
August 29, 2019
Status: v12c1
just as Chronos Bee said it was written more than a one and half decade ago so I gave 4 star for have that idea and story and as for plot-holes games at that time were developing and its incredible for such idea to come at that time

although I still feel it has many holes in its story and gaming idea it was written very long ago without not many changes to the original idea and correction to idea of gaming in novel it deserve some praise for cleaving a... more>> path for new ideas to come, emerge and flourish.

And don't forget to check out SAO Abringed on youtube it's hilarious <<less
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Konstantin
Konstantin rated it
July 11, 2018
Status: v12
I have read it long time ago few years before release of anime adaptation and back then I still didn't read a lot of novels so my standards was low and eventually I reread this for about 2-3 times. Now after reading A LOT of different fictions I still can say what SAO is awesome in Phantom Bullet and Alicization arcs if you could bring yourself to either read or skip less interesting arcs.
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