Sword Art Online (light novel)
| Asuna looks a little off. |
| Visual from the January 2015 isuue of Animedia SAO x Mahouka Christmas visual Haruka Tomatsu's "courage" abec illustration LiSA's "Shirushi" visual Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online I: Squad Jam color illustration Sword Art Online: Lost Song Argo (Cait Sith) and Strea (Gnome) visual Sword Art Online II Drama CD Volumes 1 & 2 covers |
-Karoshi-Dec 9, 2014 4:38 PM
| that courage cover depresses me greatly |
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| Off topic about GGO Alternative but can relate to Alicization. Overanalyzing things but: Pitohui -> PoH. Both also have tattoos on their cheeks and dress all black and are SAO survivors. Obviously both are not the same people but I do like the coincidences. Pitohui is also a type of toxic bird so perhaps a relation to Laughing Coffin? CookingPriest said: that courage cover depresses me greatly Indeed QQ EDIT: In the meantime, Progressive volume 3 and GGO Alternative volume 1 took the top 1 and 3 bestselling spot on Amazon Japan. |
-Karoshi-Dec 9, 2014 5:31 PM
| Mother's Rosario was my fav arc before Alicization, and I loved how they adapted it, yeah they missed something compared to the novel, but it was still amazing. I'm really hyped for Alicization, I hope they won't screw up, and I hope there will be a third series |
xNihalx said: Mother's Rosario was my fav arc before Alicization, and I loved how they adapted it, yeah they missed something compared to the novel, but it was still amazing. I'm really hyped for Alicization, I hope they won't screw up, and I hope there will be a third series Is there any news on the 3rd season yet?And which website should I visit for future updastes? |
| Low quality Progressive volume 3 illustrations: Low quality GGO Alternative volume 1 illustrations: How it relates to this thread... uhh Progressive foreshadows the sophistication of AIs as seen in Kizeml, and we get to see more character development between Kirito and Asuna that will serve as a base for future developments. The sword skills used will also be seen once again in Alicization's Aincrad style. Pitohui in GGO Alternative can be a relation to PoH who plays a role in Alicization. Most importantly, both show the evolution of VR technology. And that will be my reason for future posts lol. @PrevE No news of season 3 yet, but it'd be best to follow Reki Kawahara's Twitter, and A-1's site and their various social media outlets. Season 2 was announced at the end of the Extra Edition special and in A-1's official site and Twitter. |
-Karoshi-Dec 10, 2014 12:36 AM
| @LastChapter Is progressive worth a shot? I read the 14 novels and I think the start was quite average but with GGO he started to get better |
LastChapter said: Progressive delves a lot in the development between Kirito and Asuna, I would definitely say its worth it. We also get to see new characters, explore each floor one by one, and Argo makes many appearances. BUT it's only available in japanese right now, well, you can find Aria in the Starless Night (2nd episode of the anime) and reason for the whiskers (2nd floor, not animated) and half~ Rondo of the Transient Sword, since it was never completely translated... Yen Press is releasing first volume in April and second in July IIRC... I can say it's worth it too from the bit i read a year ago, there's also a manga~ Btw, it has more illustrations than SAO? I think it has, lol... need to pick this soon since i'm the guy in charge of translating color images to spanish, yayyy~ |
Jarkzy said: xNihalx said: Isnt the 15th translated yet? Its been such a long time@LastChapter Is progressive worth a shot? I read the 14 novels and I think the start was quite average but with GGO he started to get better It has an ongoing translation. |
LastChapter said: Low quality Progressive volume 3 illustrations: Low quality GGO Alternative volume 1 illustrations: How it relates to this thread... uhh Progressive foreshadows the sophistication of AIs as seen in Kizeml, and we get to see more character development between Kirito and Asuna that will serve as a base for future developments. The sword skills used will also be seen once again in Alicization's Aincrad style. Pitohui in GGO Alternative can be a relation to PoH who plays a role in Alicization. Most importantly, both show the evolution of VR technology. And that will be my reason for future posts lol. @PrevE No news of season 3 yet, but it'd be best to follow Reki Kawahara's Twitter, and A-1's site and their various social media outlets. Season 2 was announced at the end of the Extra Edition special and in A-1's official site and Twitter. Uh, looks cute ;3 |
| Date of Yuuki's is March 29, 2026 https://twitter.com/kunori/status/542734327188946944 Scans of Progressive volume 3: http://bit.ly/1vFOmGz New Mother's Rosario visuals: But most importantly.... WOO ALICE! |
LastChapter said: Take that out of my screen lolBut most importantly.... WOO ALICE! |
| Low quality compilation of abec's illustration series: Waiting for a high quality one soon. Wonder if he will add on to it, perhaps with Ronye and Tieze? |
Reyxe said: LastChapter said: But most importantly.... WOO ALICE! She looks really cute with that cat... but... dafuq. why is a cat there? There are many cats there, it's a symbolism for something... |
LastChapter said: Reyxe said: She looks really cute with that cat... but... dafuq. why is a cat there? There are many cats there, it's a symbolism for something... LOL, i just noticed the other 2 cats... (not counting Silica's since its supposed to represent Pina i guess) |
LastChapter said: Low quality compilation of abec's illustration series: Waiting for a high quality one soon. Wonder if he will add on to it, perhaps with Ronye and Tieze? FBI. Future background incoming! |
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| Bought SAO Progressive vol 3 and GGO Alternative vol 1 and both came with a Dengeki Bunko mini booklet with Len of GGO Alt on the cover. Too lazy to scan it so here's a pic of it lol |
| I have no idea what you LN readers are thinking, Mother's Rosario has been pure garbage and by far the worst arc of SAO I've ever seen. If there's more crap like this to look forward to in the 3rd season I hope it never comes about and I won't be watching it in any case. I wish I'd just dropped it after the Excalibur arc, but now that there's only one episode left I might as well fast-forward through it and see if there was anything worth watching. There definitely wasn't in today's episode. |
Blind_Guardian said: I have no idea what you LN readers are thinking, Mother's Rosario has been pure garbage and by far the worst arc of SAO I've ever seen. If there's more crap like this to look forward to in the 3rd season I hope it never comes about and I won't be watching it in any case. I wish I'd just dropped it after the Excalibur arc, but now that there's only one episode left I might as well fast-forward through it and see if there was anything worth watching. There definitely wasn't in today's episode. If you want action you might a well drop it. The next arc might as well be monogatari by amunt of talking and information. If the depths of VR technology applications and psychology is not for you then oh well. |
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Jarkzy said: Blind_Guardian said: The next arc has nothing to do with Mothers Rosario, If I had to compare it with something Id compare it to Aincrad, but its so different anyways, Its like a whole new plotI have no idea what you LN readers are thinking, Mother's Rosario has been pure garbage and by far the worst arc of SAO I've ever seen. If there's more crap like this to look forward to in the 3rd season I hope it never comes about and I won't be watching it in any case. I wish I'd just dropped it after the Excalibur arc, but now that there's only one episode left I might as well fast-forward through it and see if there was anything worth watching. There definitely wasn't in today's episode. It's also veeeeeeeery detailed, of course some of the descriptions in LN are going to be skipped because it could be seen through animation, like grass description, water and so on. It also has a bunch of action. |
Reyxe said: Jarkzy said: The next arc has nothing to do with Mothers Rosario, If I had to compare it with something Id compare it to Aincrad, but its so different anyways, Its like a whole new plot It's also veeeeeeeery detailed, of course some of the descriptions in LN are going to be skipped because it could be seen through animation, like grass description, water and so on. It also has a bunch of action. I actually fully expect them to cover those through Kirito's POV because they already talked in SAO2 Ep1 about the realism of VR. It is a nice follow-up. |
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CookingPriest said: Reyxe said: It's also veeeeeeeery detailed, of course some of the descriptions in LN are going to be skipped because it could be seen through animation, like grass description, water and so on. It also has a bunch of action. I actually fully expect them to cover those through Kirito's POV because they already talked in SAO2 Ep1 about the realism of VR. It is a nice follow-up. Yes but A-1. |
| I'm really starting to doubt that we're getting that Alicization cliffhanger. They didn't do the remaining adventures with Yuuki this episode, and with the amount of content left, I don't think we're going to get enough time. Unless there's a really short post-credits scene or something. |
salmon3669 said: Blind_Guardian said: I have no idea what you LN readers are thinking, Mother's Rosario has been pure garbage and by far the worst arc of SAO I've ever seen. If there's more crap like this to look forward to in the 3rd season I hope it never comes about and I won't be watching it in any case. I wish I'd just dropped it after the Excalibur arc, but now that there's only one episode left I might as well fast-forward through it and see if there was anything worth watching. There definitely wasn't in today's episode. 1. We said this arc was good, unless you like SAO only for action. Because if that's what you got after all these arcs, then you really haven't understood SAO. 2. In the LN, there is this thing called monologue that anime has to remove. That's where all your backstory and character development come from. And that's why MR was reasonable (and no it was not an info dump) 3. Judging a LN based on its anime is not a good decision. It's like I judge Kingdom based on its anime. It's like judging Akame ga Kill manga based on anime... oh wait, i hated them both... still the anime sucked. |
siggyo said: Reyxe said: Not even close... Awesome! I've been keeping up with the anime, and I just started the light novels last week. I'm enjoying them quite a bit so thats good to hear. There's still material for... 5 volumes or something, that's just SAO. SAO Progressive will cover all 76 floors of Aincrad, so its supposed to be 30~ volumes. |
| Yo, may someone give a link where I could read Progressive? Find nothing. Oh yeah, was wondering, already finished volume 15 and the web novel. Will the LN follow the web novel? Thanks! Syle |
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Sylee said: Yo, may someone give a link where I could read Progressive? Find nothing. Oh yeah, was wondering, already finished volume 15 and the web novel. Will the LN follow the web novel? Thanks! Syle There are some difference between LN and WN. As for Progressive, you can find half of the first volume, Aria in the Starless Night, Intermission: Reason for the Whiskers and half of Rondo of the Transient Sword, but if you want to read it, you'd have to buy it, Yen Press licensed almost everything SAO related, including Progressive, first volume is released in April or May~ |
Reyxe said: siggyo said: Awesome! I've been keeping up with the anime, and I just started the light novels last week. I'm enjoying them quite a bit so thats good to hear. There's still material for... 5 volumes or something, that's just SAO. SAO Progressive will cover all 76 floors of Aincrad, so its supposed to be 30~ volumes. Reki said he will only publish like 1 or 2 books a year for progressive so it will probably be never finished. |
| I think Sword Art Online III will come out near the end of 2015? or somewhere around 2016? According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_Art_Online#Plot There's still one more game left. They probably won't be leaving it out. According to this. there's a possibilty of Season 3? (btw i didn't read all the posts in this threads so someone might have already posted this) |
Labib said: I think Sword Art Online III will come out near the end of 2015? or somewhere around 2016? According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_Art_Online#Plot There's still one more game left. They probably won't be leaving it out. According to this. there's a possibilty of Season 3? (btw i didn't read all the posts in this threads so someone might have already posted this) That's not a game tho... But yea, i expect SAO3 to 2016 and some OVA, movie or whatever to 2015- |
Labib said: I think Sword Art Online III will come out near the end of 2015? or somewhere around 2016? According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_Art_Online#Plot There's still one more game left. They probably won't be leaving it out. According to this. there's a possibilty of Season 3? (btw i didn't read all the posts in this threads so someone might have already posted this) Even though it is the "last game," that arc itself is longer than all the previous arcs combined, and only now did we reach the halfway point. Season 3 is a definite possibility. We have enough content to release more seasons than Star Wars has movies. I also cringe at that Wiki article, the writer didn't seem to know what he's talking about. |
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