I recently seen this game ac vs sao and I wanna play it because I really liked sao, but I've never read a light novel before and the accel world manga says it ends at volume 8. Is that enough to play the game and understand it?

Because that's the only way it would be able to delete all the memories related to Brain Burst when it uninstalls itself. It makes sense that the Neurolinker is only able to tamper with memories that it was present for the creation of.

While doing some research for something unrelated, I discovered this interesting fun fact.

Orchid Oracle is a member of Oscillatory Universe. It is implied that Megumi was a Burst Linker during her childhood, having the Brain Burst program installed by Saffron Blossom. She became of the Oscillatory Universe after White Cosmos saved her from an Enemy in the Unlimited Neutral Field. However, at some point, her program was uninstalled, after which she could only vaguely remember the Accelerated World and compare it to a storybook.

A footnote on Orchid Oracle's page absolutely blew my mind: "Megumi is a child of Saffron Blossom, and, together with her other children which include Rose Milady, Centaurea Sentry, and Lavender Downer, make up a group of flower-themed Burst Linkers called the “Flowers”.

If you follow the links to look at the other pages of those Burst Linkers, Rose Milady, Centaurea Sentry, and Lavender Downer's pages all say that Saffon Blossom was their parent. Oddly enough, Saffron Blossom's page doesn't mention anything about her being a Parent, or give the names of her children.

How did Saffron Blossom have multiple children, if the copy-install privilege is supposed to be locked after the one attempt? Or was copy-install only limited to one for the Children, and only Originators could make multiple attempts?

Hey y'all, recently I've been looking into a few things, and been in contact with Yen Press a lot. I decided to ask about Accel World possibly receiving reprints, considering some volumes have gone oop and the prices have jumped quite a bit. As you can see from their response, it seems like reprints are not on the table at this point in time. This could be for a number of reasons; low sales would be my first guess. For example, I don't think I've ever seen a volume of Sword Art Online go out of print long enough that retailers exhausted their stock. However, it is also worth noting Yen has let bigger series such as Re:Zero lapse in the past (I remember v4 in particular was out of print for what felt like a full year). My estimates on possible reprints would be: •V27 releasing •Series ending •Season 2 announcement (not happening I know but it would be the prime time for a reprint) •Accel World/dural: Magisa Garden license (also not happening but including it for inclusion's sake)

Anyway, I know this isn't the answer most of you are looking for, but I figured I would share the news. If you'd like to push Yen to reprint, you can (politely, please) contact them through their website, but the most effective way is going to be to buy the ebook editions. Emails and social media attention only go so far, because neither is indicative of actual business potential; they need to see legitimate proof people want these things before they sink any money into them.

In the meantime, if you just HAVE to own a physical copy, here's some recommendations: • hit up your local used bookstores if you have any. A lot of them simply aren't knowledgeable in this field and will just slap a standardized price on them. This also goes for used bookstores that sell online; places like Half-Price Books and Goodwill. Abebooks and Thrift Books are also good online used bookstores I've had good experiences with in the past. •Set up a search alert on websites like eBay, Mercari, Depop, etc. People will sometimes list on these sites without looking further into the value of them, or knowingly price them low just to get rid of them.

In all, I hope this (long) post was a little insightful to everyone! Thanks for reading~

I had started writing this when reading the book a couple of months ago, but posting it now as requested by u/Yamete_Kudasaiiii

As a disclosure, my Japanese is pretty good (native English speaker) and so while big things are right, small details may be a little unclear, so my apologies. Please read the English translation for more exciting descriptions of events.

Note: This summary assumes you have read up through Book #26 in detail.

TOTAL SPOILERS FOR ALL LIGHT NOVELS UP THROUGH 27 START HERE

The book opens on a brief flashback to before the end of the last book, with Zelkova Verger reflecting on the attack force being stuck in unlimited EK. He estimates it's been about 170 hours since it started. Only teleporters or Silver Crow could have escaped, as it’s a constant back-and-forth between two abilities that makes it impossible to get away fast enough. 2/3rds of the attack force have suffered total point loss.

After many resurrections, Taupe Cape and Zelkova resurrect at the same time. Following Taupe's instructions, they charge up their gauges by attacking a weak enemy that happened to walk by. Taupe uses a move called Mole Hole to drill into the usually impenetrable ground, making a manhole-size opening and tells Zelkova to get in. He instead pushes her in, covering the hole with a boulder, using incarnation.

Back to where we left off at the end of #26, Silver Crow and Lime Bell are listening to the Drive Linker's talk about how it's the end of Brain Burst. The dog-looking blue guy jumps down 60 meters and lands unscathed, then kills a dozen or so of the reviving attack force, with one punch being enough to obliterate the top half of a BB avatar.

Silver Crow is about to jump in to stop him, and Lime Bell surprisingly says she'll go too. Silver Crow dives down and is about to hit Dog Guy from up and behind, but Dog Guy blocks his attack. Haruyuki infuses his kick with incarnation at the last second (a first).

Haruyuki realizes that Dog Guy's punches were actually incarnation, just a little bit so it wasn't flashy like BB ones. The dog guy is happy to see Silver Crow use what he calls Psi Power, or Psionic Power, but it's established that this and incarnation are the same.

Haruyuki introduces himself as a member of Oscillatory Universe, and realizes that he doesn't feel any information pressure from the invaders. He reasons that they must not have been playing all that long, if it’s DD2047.

Haruyuki and Dog Guy exchange names. Dog Guy’s name is Urocyon. Haruyuki asks what kind of game DD20247 is, and Dog Guy says it’s a MOBA (i.e. DOTA, League of Legends).

Dog Guy knows he will just absolutely murder Silver Crow, so he says that if Silver Crow can survive for 5 minutes, Silver Crow wins and they will back off temporarily. If Dog Guy wins, he’ll keep killing everyone there. It’s revealed that all of the invaders are level 9s, and received a message saying that it was the end of the world for BB.

Dog Guy and Silver Crow fight, and Silver Crow can barely hold out against him. Dog guy eventually transforms into a werewolf-like state. With some trickery with Lime Bell and Tezcatlipoca’s corpse, Silver Crow manages to stay alive just long enough. All but two of the DD players had bailed once they saw Lime Bell’s ability, leaving only Dog Duy and one other, Complicater. They follow their promise and say that since Silver Crow won, they’ll wait and come back in one day.

The survivors all leave the area in the aftermath of the massacre. Cotton Marten (who Lime Bell was looking for) and Zelkova don’t appear to be among them. Silver Crow and Lime Bell keep looking for Cotton in particular though just in case, and talk about the possibilities of resurrection, knowing about the White King’s weird resurrection abilities. They stumble upon Taupe in a fissure. They have no idea who she is or how to get her out, as they can only kind of hear her through a thin sliver. It’s just about wide enough for Silver Crow’s wings to fit, but Haruyuki doesn’t have that level of dexterity. He silently asks Metatron for her wings, and she gives them to him - now his own item. These wings are more dexterous and he’s able to move aside the rock or whatever to Taupe.

Taupe explains she’s been in that hole for a long time, and wants to find Zelkova, but everyone knows that he is most likely gone from BB. They go to log out, but Toupe stops them - when she entered the UNF, she was in a dive call with Zelkova, so when she wakes up, he’ll be there with no memories. She’s not ready for that, so they retreat to Centuria’s safe house from a few books ago.

They have some youkan and are all pretty down about the situation. Taupe and Lime Bell go to sleep, but Haru takes to the skies. He realizes that in addition to receiving Metatron’s wings with a lot of benefits, it also gives him +2 to his flying skill. He then gets shifted to the Higher Level out of nowhere.

In the higher level, he talks with Metatron as usual about what the heck is going on. Then, all of the higher beings except one appear and introduce themselves. After that, White Cosmos and Snow Fair both appear. White Cosmos reveals that as a level 9, she received a message from the system when Textapolica died: the battle between BB and DD. DD has to kill at least 4 of the highest beings within a certain time frame (Metatron, Amaterasu, etc.) to win, by the end of July 31st 2047. BB wins by having at least 4 alive by that time. If BB loses, BB is shut down.

We exit to the real world where Chiyuri wakes up a little after Haruyuki. Haruyuki tells Chiyu what he learned from White King about resurrection - to be able to bring someone back after total point loss, they either need to have left a big impact on someone or they themselves have left a big impact. Soon, they’re joined by Taku and eat some of Chiyuri’s mom’s cooking. Taku and Haruyuki bro it out and apologize to one another for Taku getting his points eaten up by Textapolic at the end of #25.

After they eat, they get word to Kuroyukihime, who calls for a legion meeting. Even though it’s sudden notice, Kuroyukihime used the SSS hack to get everyone into the same territory so that they could meet in an observed duel. The only member not present is Trilead, as Haruyuki presumes he’s still training near Mt Fuji with Graphite Edge.

They go over the plan, and after some discussion, they realize that Dog guy is actually a Fox guy, as hinted by his name. They talk about what to do, and decide that either they need to stop the DD directly, or empower the beings to be able to fight back by unlocking their 2nd forms. The plan will require a meeting between all of the kings, so Kuroyukihime makes movements to get them all together right away.

The legion meeting ends and Chiyu and Taku go home. As he’s about to end the long day, he gets a message from Reina, of all people, inviting him to a dive call. He dives in and meets Reina as well as her little sister. They talk about the student council election, and Reina says she is not cut out for it, in particular as she is not a good person, like when she left Haruyuki to clean up on the first day. Haru refutes it, and we learn more about Reina’s family situation. Her little sister is actually her half sister, and Reina is expected to take care of her when she’s not at daycare. Their mutual father basically only focuses on work and never comes home. Reina’s mother left because of this, but her little sister’s mother ended up in a cult and wanted to move to Hokkaido. However, this cult’s thing is that they say Neurolinkers are brainwashing devices from the government, so Neurolinkers are completely banned. Reina’s sister has some health problems that need to be managed with use of a neurolinker, so taking her to the cult compound ended up being impossible. So, Reina got saddled with all these burdens. Haruyuki talks her up and gives her some strength, and she says she’ll think about the election again, after reading the draft of the speech that Haru wrote.

Haru is exhausted from the day and just as he is falling asleep, he hears a bell. He thinks it’s Metatron trying to summon him, so he goes to say Unlimited Burst, but he’s stopped as Metatron basically manifests in a school girl outfit straddling him on the bed. They talk a bit about the nature of BB and if Metatron was born just for the purpose of this final stage, which Haruyuki refutes. After some lovey-doveyness, Haru falls asleep buried in Metatron’s chest. He wakes up having been forcibly brought to the UNF by Metatron, who tells them where they’re going next - the dungeon for the one being that wasn't present at the meeting with the others and the White King earlier.

Major developments IMO

• The ten DD2047 players that arrived are level 9 and very strong, but have little information pressure.

• Silver Crow gains Metatron Wings as his own item.

• The Final Stage is a cross-server battle between BB and DD. BB must protect the Divine Beings (Metatron, Amaterasu, etc.) from being killed by the DD players.

• We meet Reina’s sister and get to know her family situation

Feel free to comment below any questions (or corrections for those who have read it), thoughts, or theories.

Hi everyone, I can't remember what volume I left off after taking a break from reading the LNs. I last remember they had begun the assault on the Acceleration Research Society's base and Haryuki had slipped inside and was fighting or trying not to fight something?

Thanks in advance for the help!

In your opinion, how many more volumes will be made before finishing the series? I know it's impossible to say for sure, but based on how things are going, what's your opinion?

In order for a burst linker to reach level ten, they need to defeat all seven of the king of colours. Does this mean that Sliver Crow will need to defeat Black Lotus in order to become level 10 ?

Who would win ?

Personally, I think Graphite Edge would be the victor

Can you guys put the name of an avatar that you made up that you consider to be 'your' avatar (like what it would be if you were a BB player) I'll go first, with Maroon Hawk.

Currently, there are all Accel World novels up to volume 24 in German. I've read 24 to an end now and I refrain from continuing to read the later volumes in English, because I've also watched the series in German dub and I know what a late transition into English feels like, because I did that with Highschool DxD. But now I feel empty and volume 25 takes until June next year to release. Do you guys read SAO to keep up against the inner void? I've heard it's not really that strongly connected to Accel World, so I don't know if it's worthwhile reading that in the mean time.

Why did Haruyuki joined Kuroyukihime sister's legion Did he betrayed her? I don't kind spoilers

I am trying to buy the whole series of Accel world. I got into it during covid but I mainly was reading SAO and I finally have time to read accel world. I am on volume 3 but I know that these books sometimes go out of print and I wanted to buy them before they do. Would you happen to know which volumes to buy before they go out of print?

Amber Cloud, Lv4

Normal Attack: Tornado Shot

Makes a small tornado on the ground that doesn't move. If you go in it, it shoots you out really fast in a random direction.

Special Attack: Wind Grab

Uses 50% of SA gauge. Shoots a tornado from their fist at medium range. If it hits an avatar, it holds them inside it for 10 seconds. During this time, EC can move them around using the tornado.

Special Attack: Whirling Wind Shot

Summons a ball of wind and launches it at medium range. If it hits an avatar, it spins them around on all three axes, them launches them at high speed in a random direction, which can be any direction sideways, but also combined with up and down directions.

Ability: Wind Manipulation

Manipulates the wind currents to enhance attacks, such as punches and kicks.

Enhanced Armament: Cloud Guster

Uses wind jets to enhance running speed and cancel fall damage. Can't be used to hover or fly.

What do you guys think is going to happen to the white gang? Do you think the female MC will get her revenge and she'll be dead? Or do you think she might get a Redemption arc at the end

Guys please reply to this with your favorite avatar name, it can be one from the actual story or one you made up. My personal favorite is Crimson Kingbolt.

So I've read volume 21 to the end. And so far, Graphite Edge explained something similar to: 2 adversaries created parts of Brain Burst, one wants to use certain methods the other one deems wrong to finish the game (at least thats how I understood it). In the German version of the novel, they always point out on how Black Vise has the voice of an elementary school teacher. He also seems to have multiple connections and knowledge regarding the game most people have not. He also always stays calm and seemingly sees things like they are a game, like there would be no stakes involved for him whatsoever. And so far, he's the only one so calm about the game. So my theory is: What if Black Vise is one of the two game's creators and spread the first editions of brain burst to his students? Many of the Originators should have gotten their copy of Brain Burst when they were in elementary school, after all.

I just finished the anime series and it was really good I tried searching for news about a season 2 but it was cut short as apparently there was a movie that didn't perform well as it was a recap.

I'm not a fan light novels or the manga as I heard there was more to that.

Either way it was a great series!

I'm still watching it I'm in the middle and I'd like to say this is already one of my top animes. I love the story kind of ill say more in a bit but I also love the characters and the action is peek it's honestly better that dragon ball imo. But the one thing I hate about it is seiji noumi. from what I've seen so far he is a goofy noob he is supposed to be a creepy powerful foe but I don't get that at all. It might get better but that isn't how you show struggle with the main character they purposefully made him super week and dumb it just aggravates me that they did that because now it looks like he never played before and started mashing buttons. I'm sorry if it seems like I hate the anime but they just needed to cook the seiji character for a bit more. And doing that after the cursed armor was a lame decision because we know what he is capable of. ty if read that I really like the anime it's just a shame that happened.

What do you expect to happen at the very final volume of Accel world? What do you think will end up for Nega Nebulus and Prominence?

With how we know Kawahara Reki plans to end Accel World at volume 30, who thinks he may throw a curve ball and write more than 30?

In the first episode, a Kuroyukihime is reading a book in the student lounge while waiting for Haru, we briefly see the cover after BB installs. Do we know what book it is? I know a lot of series tend to have book cameos in it so I’m curious if it’s an actual book or just some random cover.

The final color illustration of v27 is the cover art to Leap to Infinity. After pushing the events of the movie out of canon (unsurprisingly, because Reki can't plan shit to save his life), seems either the supplemental novels are being included or reworked to fit back into the story.

What novel should I read up to before playing it? I'm reading volume 14 of accel world -- watching SAO Season 2 rn as well. Anyone know?

I've watched the anime of Accel World and it's still one of my very favorite anime. Then I've started reading the LN and I'm currently at volume 18. But I gotta say, as much as I still like the characters, it got a little dull. The Acceleration Research Society was interesting to me when they were a mysterious organisation in the background, but Accel World became very linear over the volumes to the point that the Research Society became the Protagonist's group's biggest enemy. My question is whether this will ever change again, but I don't want to spoil myself too much with the Wikipedia page. That's why I wanted to humbly ask here instead.

In comparison, the anime was painting a vast world of different factions and problems, I also didn't see Dusk Taker as simply a part of the organisation but rather as an individual. The fact that they only aim for the Research Society's destruction for so many volumes got me to a point where I don't know if I wanna continue reading. Is that linear structure with the research society going to keep continuing? Or are there going to be other enemy factions afterwards?