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Because he wears purple and I assume he is a imp because they wear purple clothing
Sorry for the long wait, but Chapter 4 of my Aincrad and Fairy Dance rewrite is out!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/56745814/chapters/157272934
Parts of the past are revealed about our protagonist and how the players find themselves in the land of fairies and not the Iron Castle Aincrad.
Next chapter will have a new key visual / art. Please, look forward to it!
Probably I’ll play ggo I’ve become kind of a toxic gamer lately and it’s super fun I’ll probably go in like yamilase just running to put pressure on the rest of players
Cute and deadly
If kirito can't be heared, why they just forcefully remove it from them? they can do it on one person and that person will do it to other's resulting in domino effect. By doing that they can slow down the accumulation of 10k.
I started in 2015, and I have loved the series since then. I began reading the novels four years ago.
I definitely enjoyed the original SAO. Higher stakes, more depth, sub plots, and more fleshed out.
GGO just has repeat gun battles and show has no depth. It’s almost like just watching a twitch stream of a battle royale shooter, with unusual people.
I don’t understand people like jt. Is it because it wasn’t as serious and just light hearted Watch?
It's been a couple months, but I now bring to you the second chapter translated, in celebration of AGGO Season 2's final episode airing, and as an SAO Christmas gift for all! This time, Kirito finally wakes up at the start of a new day! Happy reading!
As per usual, massive thanks go to Emil for translating, and allowing me to edit this bad boy together!
You can find the translation at there following link: https://www.cirtoyt.com/sword-art-online-progressive-the-seventh-day---translation.html
Did this translation get you aching for more SAO Side Stories? Check out the SAO Complete Side Story Online Archive! https://www.cirtoyt.com/sword-art-online-complete-side-story-online-archive.html
SPOILER WARNING I know most people probably have already experienced most if not all SAO content but I still wanna put the spoiler warning
I just finished watching War of Underworld and I have some questions that have been bugging me.
Im an anime only so far, I do plan on reading the light novels soon but im still in the process of acquiring them before I start the read so if any of the question I ask here are answered in the light novel please just let me know without spoiling anything because I know the light novels have more content then the anime adaptation.
Now the first question I have is how are Gabriel and Vassago able to use very powerful magic or I would assume they are sacred arts even without the overpowered Vecta and Dark Knight accounts the initially dove in with. I get their GGO accounts they transferred in are strong accounts but with how they described the sacred arts in the first have of Alicization it seems like you need time to practice and perfect the sacred arts to be able to use it effectively and reliably. I do get that confidence/arrogance make you stronger in the underworld but for it to be that drastic of a difference doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me. And with how effortlessly they use it. Because it took Quinella centuries to learn every little intricacy of the sacred arts and the Underworld Commands it just seems unrealistic for those to drop in and be able to do all this stuff right away
Another question I have is why when the American Korean and Chinese players dive in for the “beta test” it doesn’t seem like they feel pain at all unlike the Japanese ALO players do. You can physically see fatigue and blood from our amazing side cast of characters that transferred their accounts from ALO to help. It just doesn’t make sense that the rules and pain absorbers of the Underworld only apply to the fluctlights the main side characters like Asuna Sinon Leafa ex, and the ALO players. And the “beta testers” when they die just crumble into particles just like another game like GGO or ALO but everyone else. It would make sense that the no pain absorber would be universal to everyone because it affects Kirito,Asuna,Sinon,Leafa, who are physically connected to the system through the Soul Translator and people who are connected remotely like the ALO transfers
I by no means hate War of Underworld because of these things, Alicization would be my favorite arc if Sinon wasn’t the main focus in Phantom Bullet because Sinon is my favorite character lol. I love the concept of this arc with a secret research facility trying to create a bottom up AI by having them raised from birth as children in another world, it’s such a wild concept and executed very well I think.
Any answers will be greatly appreciated and I apologize if these have been answered already or if the answer is simply just because of plot movement
Ten years ago today, we paid our respects together as Konno Yuuki, Peerless Angel of Swords, returned to Heaven. May Her Joyful Spirit of Kindness & Courage Never Be Forgotten. 🥲❤️🗡️
I made this just for today. If you know, you know.
Why is Sword Art Online (SAO) hated so much, aside from the fact that it has became popular to hate it? I understand that the author was a novice when he started, but that was over 20 years ago. His writing has improved in the years since, so why does SAO still receive hate?
Or did mothers basement start all the hate about the series first and made it popular to hate
Synopsis:
Captured by the NPCs, LLENN escapes by committing suicide.
While adjusting her equipment in the waiting area, she glances at her wristwatch. The dial shows 9:54 PM. Since respawning takes three minutes, she’ll return to the field at 9:57 PM — leaving only three minutes until the time limit.
Her allies are fighting with all their might, but the enemies are formidable, making defeat inevitable at this rate. Pitohui pulls out a bazooka she had saved as a last resort, but even that might not be enough to secure victory.
Thus, the fate of the battle rests entirely in LLENN’s hands…!
THIS IS AN ANIME-ONLY THREAD. LIGHT NOVEL READERS SHOULD DISCUSS HERE.
All spoilers regarding events not yet shown in the anime MUST be tagged. There is a zero-tolerance policy for any and all untagged light novel spoilers posted here - violators will be banned for 7 days and repeat offenses will be banned for longer, depending on spoiler severity.
Knowledge of the main series anime and movies, as well as AGGO Anime Season 1 is assumed in this thread. Spoilers for SAO**,** SAO II**,** Ordinal Scale**,** Alicization's Human Realm and War of Underworld subarc**,** Alternative Gun Gale Online S1 and Episodes up to the current one in AGGOII can be untagged.
Streaming Sources
Despite Crunchyroll's mostly worldwide monopoly, if you have a local licensor outside of Crunchy, please do let us know and we will add it to the list.
Japanese raw air time: November 01, 2024 - 24:00 JST (November 01, 2024 - 15:00 UTC)
Sub air time at Crunchyroll: Historically, 1,5h after Japan. Currently expected for 16:30 UTC
The English Dub is also airing at about 4 episodes behind.
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Synopsis:
Captured by the NPCs, LLENN escapes by committing suicide.
While adjusting her equipment in the waiting area, she glances at her wristwatch. The dial shows 9:54 PM. Since respawning takes three minutes, she’ll return to the field at 9:57 PM — leaving only three minutes until the time limit.
Her allies are fighting with all their might, but the enemies are formidable, making defeat inevitable at this rate. Pitohui pulls out a bazooka she had saved as a last resort, but even that might not be enough to secure victory.
Thus, the fate of the battle rests entirely in LLENN’s hands…!
THIS IS A LIGHT NOVEL READER THREAD. ANIME-ONLY WATCHERS SHOULD DISCUSS HERE.
While this is the Light Novel thread and thus aims to be a better place for LN readers to converse, please be mindful of the extent of your spoilers and do not spoil the fun with uncalled for comments. Hinting at future events should be generally fine, however exact and explicit references are better posted with a spoiler tag. Evaluation will be on a case-by-case basis.
Knowledge of the main series anime and movies, as well as AGGO Anime Season 1 is assumed in this thread. Spoilers for SAO**,** SAO II**,** Ordinal Scale**,** Alicization's Human Realm and War of Underworld subarc**,** Alternative Gun Gale Online S1 and Episodes up to the current one in AGGOII can be untagged.
Streaming Sources
Despite Crunchyroll's mostly worldwide monopoly, if you have a local licensor outside of Crunchy, please do let us know and we will add it to the list.
Japanese raw air time: November 01, 2024 - 24:00 JST (November 01, 2024 - 15:00 UTC)
Sub air time at Crunchyroll: Historically, 1,5h after Japan. Currently expected for 16:30 UTC
The English Dub is also airing at about 4 episodes behind.
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AGGOII
Kirito Shoes.
Yes I get dengeki fighting climax is the closest thing to that.
But I want something in the style of dragon ball fighterz or soul calibur
So like do you guys think we’ll hear news of volume 28 being translated soon? I’m going a bit stir crazy.
Also what do you guys personally hope to see in this volume?
Im just curious.
I've been watching a lot of Death Note videos recently, surrounding whether different detectives could solve the Kira case, or if L could solve other famous fictional mysteries. I've never been much for mystery fiction, but I really wanted to think of a good challenge for L! So, I thought, if L wasn't involved in the Sword Art Online incident and only had publicly available relevant information (like about laughing coffin); would he have a chance at solving the Death Gun murders, and arresting the culprit(s)?
Hey everybody! A few years ago the season 1 and 2 were in Netflix here. Now they are not anymore. Also only the first season in crunchy roll. I also saw some people suggesting Hulu, however it is not available in Europe. Anyone knows where I can watch the other seasons? Thank you!
Dear moderators of the dear sub, I would like to respectfully inform you that I hereby invite you to a light sparring duel, you may use whatever technique you have. Just no weapons or other items, (except boxing or muay thai gloves, gumshield, or headgear etc.). I hope you will respect my request. I will be waiting for you in the Cebeci district of Ankara in 6 months(cause I had a serious spine injury and must take my time to recover after the operation or else I could lose my right arm). Best regards.
Sao would have been much better if it only covered aincrad for like 4 seasons, ending with asuna and kirito dying
Imagine you bought this game because a friend recommended it. This was your first time playing a full dive VR game. It's all fun until you need to take a dump. You found out the logout button is missing. Your friend were sure this 'bug' will be fixed quickly. "I'mma return this buggy game once I logout," you think.
Suddenly you got summoned to the town hall and were forced to listen through all Kayaba's bullshit. "Is this guy serious!?" You can't take a dump for years because one nerd think it's funny to kidnap people in his videogame. Your stomach hurts so bad holding yourself together.
Then you can't hold it anymore. A wave of relief, but also shame, hit you. I don't know about you, but I might die from embarrassment because of that.
Maybe this has already been asked, but I'm asking anyway because I wanna, so pls no trash on me for it. I'm wanting help on figuring out how Hollow Fragment's stat systems work, like STR, VIT, AGI, EVA, ATK, that kind of stuff. This is specifically in regards to swords I guess, equipment too, why not.
I looked up a guide for this on the internet but it was too confusing to read....