This second collection of gorgeously illustrated artworks highlights events from volumes 10 through 15 of the main story. The definitive edition also includes illustrations from volumes 1 through 3 of Sword Art Online: Progressive, as well as art from animated productions, games, and conventions. A must-have for SAO fans and abec fans alike!
Die in the game, and you die in real life. This is Sword Art Online, the latest VRMMORPG, and Kirito now finds himself trapped in its unforgiving virtual world. By chance, he comes across a swordswoman named Asuna, who agrees to team up with him to challenge the boss of the first floor. The two join a large raid party to take down the beast, but when its attack patterns become unpredictable, the group's resolve will be tested…
After saving the Moonlit Black Cats, Kirito is drawn to their warmth and camaraderie which persists even in the bleak world of SAO. He sets aside the label of "Beater" and joins their ranks. With Kirito's help, the formerly weak guild makes quick progress and starts wanting to join the front line. But one night, Sachi, the guild's only female member, suddenly disappears. Kirito rushes out to find her, knowing how afraid she is of death...
Two years after 10,000 players were trapped in the VR world and forced to participate in the impossible death game known as Sword Art Online, VR technology has only continued to evolve. A state-of-the-art AR device called the Augma has risen to prominence, becoming a near-essential part of everyday life as well as the exclusive home of an MMORPG called Ordinal Scale. Blurring the lines between fantasy and reality, Ordinal Scale quickly captures the attention of Kirito and his friends, who decide to start playing. But things take a turn when Kirito gets word of SAO bosses appearing inside this new world...
During a battle in Ordinal Scale (OS), something happens to Asuna and she loses her memories of SAO. Even worse, similar symptoms begin to show up in other SAO returnees as well!? Meanwhile, Kirito is going to more OS battles to find the elusive Eiji, a young man who seems to hold the key to restoring Asuna's memories. There, he meets the mysterious girl he encountered in Yoyogi Park, who leads him to a certain place...
"Witness the first steps in the story of the girl who would one day become the infamous "Zekken!" Leaving behind the VR hospice program Serene Garden, Yuuki and her older sister Ran follow their new friend Merida into the Japanese-style VRMMMORPG Asuka Empire! Astounded by the twins' rapid progress, Merida questions how they acclimated so fast, leading Ran to divulge that they're running the game on modified NerveGear-- the same technology used to dive into SAO..."--Yen Press.
「これは、ゲームであっても遊びではない」クリアするまで脱出不可能、ゲームオーバーは本当の“死”を意味する──。謎の次世代MMO『ソードアート・オンライン（SAO）』の“真実”を知らずログインした約一万人のユーザーと共に、その過酷なデスバトルは幕を開けた。SAOに参加した一人である主人公・キリトは、いち早くこのMMOの“真実”を受け入れる。そして、ゲームの舞台となる巨大浮遊城『アインクラッド』で、パーティを組まないソロプレイヤーとして頭角をあらわしていった。クリア条件である最上階層到達を目指し、熾烈な冒険（クエスト）を単独で続けるキリトだったが、レイピアの名手・女流剣士アスナの強引な誘いによって彼女とコンビを組むことになってしまう。その出会いは、キリトに運命とも呼べる契機をもたらし……。果たして、キリトはこのゲームから抜け出すことができるのか。
Kirito úspěšně unikl ze smrtícího Sword Art Online a hned po probuzení vyráží za dívkou, po jejímž boku ve hře bojoval a která je zároveň jeho životní láskou. Dozvídá se ovšem, že Asuna Júki se z té noční můry pořád neprobrala, a propadá beznaději. Jeho jediným vodítkem je fotka, na které dívka vypadá jako víla zavřená v záhadné kleci. Stopa ho zavede k nadupanému MMORPGčku Alfheim Online, ve kterém je Asuna nejspíš uvězněná. Aby ji Kirito zachránil, nezbývá mu nic jiného než se po hlavě vrhnout do světa létajících víl. Vílí tanec právě začíná!
Sword Art Online je virtuální MMORPG z dílny geniálního vědce Akihika Kajaby. Jedná se o nemilosrdnou hru, ze které se nedá odhlásit a game over znamená smrt i v reálném světě. Jeden z prvních, kdo pravidla tohoto smrtícího RPGčka přijal za své, je mladý Kirito, který létajícím hradem Aincradem putuje na vlastní pest, aby pro sebe získal co nejvíc jeho omezených zdrojů. Osud si pro něj ovšem připravil jiné plány v podobě Asuny, zástupkyně velitele gildy jménem Bratrstvo krve. Dokáže tato dívka změnit samotářského Kirita přezdívaného Černý šermíř? A povede se jim nakonec uniknout z tohoto virtuálního světa? SAO je hra, se kterou se nezahrává. Boj na život a na smrt muže začít.
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 making, and like everyone else, unable to escape until the game is beaten. But while some players are crippled by fear and others throw themselves into completing the game, still others relax into everyday life in the face of their cruel predicament and live to the best of their ability...laughing, crying, but always enjoying the game. Among them are four women who make a mark upon the solo adventurer that Kirito has become: Silica, the beast-tamer; Lisbeth, the blacksmith; Yui, the mysterious orphan; and the tragic Sachi, never to be forgotten by the black swordsman...
