Sword Art Online: Aincrad
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Genres
Action, Romance, Adventure, Fantasy, Shounen, Sci-Fi
Summary
- In 2022, a VRMMORPG called 'Sword Art Online' lets you experience gaming like it's real life
- The game turns dangerous when the players realize there's no log-out button and they're trapped
- If they die in the game, they will die in real life too, and the only escape is beating the game
Description
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...
Authors
Characters
Kazuto Kirigaya
main
Asuna Yuuki
main
Natsuki Aki
support
Alicia Rue
support
Si-eun An
support
Ronye Arabel
support
Bercouli
support
Cardinal
support
Argo
support
Behemoth
support
Keiko Ayano
support
Caynz
support
Ducker
support
Coper
support
Dyne
support
Eugene
support
Ginn
support
Ginrou
support
Jitax
support
Grimlock
support
Fanatio
support
Heathcliff
support
Jun
support
Takeru Higa
support
Kagemune
support
Kain
support
Kakouton
support
Akihiko Kayaba
support
Keita
support
Atsushi Kanamoto
support
Kibaou
support
Midori Kirigaya
support
Seijirou Kikuoka
support
Yuuki Konno
support
Rinko Koujiro
support
Kovats
support
Kuradeel
support
Kurahashi
support
Gabriel Miller
support
Andrew Gilbert Mills
support
Mina
support
Shinichi Nagata
support
Nori
support
Nishida
support
Pina
support
Pale Rider
support
PoH
support
Quinella
support
Rosalia
support
Sachi
support
Sakuya
support
Sasamaru
support
Sasha
support
Schmitt
support
Tamotsu Shigemura
support
Sortiliena Serlut
support
Kyouji Shinkawa
support
Skuld
support
Nobuyuki Sugou
support
Shouichi Shinkawa
support
Tieze Shtolienen
support
Rika Shinozaki
support
Sigurd
support
Talken
support
Tecchi
support
Tetsuo
support
Thinker
support
Ryoutarou Tsuboi
support
Thrym
support
Thor
support
Yamikaze
support
Yolko
support
Verdandi
support
Urd
support
Yui
support
Uemaru
support
Yulier
support
Kyouko Yuuki
support
Shouzou Yuuki
support
Other Facts
Published
Aug 10, 2010 to Apr 10, 2012
Serialization
Dengeki Bunko Magazine
Original Publisher
ASCII Media Works
English Publisher
Yen Press
Where to read
You can read the official version of this title legally here:
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