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Sword Art Online

Kawahara Reki

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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 - debuts, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in 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...

Volumes

Sword Art Online 1: Aincrad

In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online - a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no...

Sword Art Online 1: Aincrad

Sword Art Online 2: Aincrad

Linked up and logged into the deadly VMMORPG Sword Art Online in both the real and virtual worlds, Kirito is stuck in a hell of one man's...

Sword Art Online 2: Aincrad

Sword Art Online 3: Fairy Dance

Kirito has escaped Sword Art Online, the forbidden VRMMORPG of death, and returned to reality. He heads off to find his game partner and...

Sword Art Online 3: Fairy Dance

Sword Art Online 4: Fairy Dance

Read the novel that ignited the phenomenon! Kirito plunges into a suspicious new VRMMORPG called ALfheim Online to rescue Asuna, who never...

Sword Art Online 4: Fairy Dance

Sword Art Online 6: Phantom Bullet

READ THE NOVEL THAT IGNITED THE PHENOMENON! In an effort to discover the truth behind Death Gun, Kirito has entered the Bullet of Bullets...

Sword Art Online 6: Phantom Bullet

Sword Art Online 8: Early and Late

The saga of Sword Art Online continues with three side stories set during the Aincrad and Alfheim eras. The game of death took its toll on...

Sword Art Online 8: Early and Late

Sword Art Online 19: Moon Cradle

After three hundred years of conflict, a new era begins for the Underworld. The Lost Child of Vecta, who seemed to appear out of nowhere,...

Sword Art Online 19: Moon Cradle

Sword Art Online 20: Moon Cradle

It’s back to the drawing board as the kidnapper just barely slips from Kirito’s grasp. The new plan calls for a visit to the scene of the...

Sword Art Online 20: Moon Cradle

Sword Art Online 21: Unital Ring I

READ THE NOVEL THAT IGNITED THE PHENOMENON! A year has passed since Kirito and Asuna’s return from the Underworld. With them is Alice, who...

Sword Art Online 21: Unital Ring I

Sword Art Online 22: Kiss and Fly

READ THE NOVEL THAT IGNITED THE PHENOMENON! Everyone knows that any good MMO has an abundance of side quests to supplement the main story...

Sword Art Online 22: Kiss and Fly

Sword Art Online 23: Unital Ring II

As Kirito, Asuna, and Alice brave the wilds of the mysterious VRMMO Unital Ring, Sinon’s introduction to the world is equally harrowing....

Sword Art Online 23: Unital Ring II

Sword Art Online 27: Unital Ring VI

After two hundred long years apart, Kirito has finally been reunited with Ronie and Tiese, as well as Alice’s younger sister, Selka! But...

Sword Art Online 27: Unital Ring VI

Sword Art Online 28

Kirito vs. the mysterious gunner Istar! Alice vs. Emperor Agumar! As the battles at the Space Force base and Central Cathedral intensify, a...

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