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Sword Art Online is a light novel and anime by Reki Kawahara and A-1 Pictures. It's a shounen fantasy about the a boy Kirito, who travels through various virtual-reality MMORPGs.

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Sword Art Online (also ソードアート・オンライン) is a light novel by Reki Kawahara, illustrated by Abec. The light novels began publication from 2009. A television anime series produced by A-1 Pictures aired in Japan between July and December 2012, and a second anime series, titled Sword Art Online II, will begin airing in July 2014.

The story tells Kirito, a gamer who's eager to jump back into action, having spent a great deal of time as a beta tester. But soon, Sword Art Online's 10,000 players discover that not only are they unable to log out, the only way they can return to their physical bodies is by beating the 100-level tower's final boss. But death in the game means death in the real world.

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What does Kirito say at the end of SAO?

At the end of Sword Art Online (episode 25, ~21:40), Kirito says something in the presence of Leafa, Yui, and Asuna. Despite being shown his lips moving, there is no sound and so the only hint is how his lips move. Since my knowledge of Japanese…
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Why does Kirito end up in the forest when he first enters Alfheim?

In the Sword Art Online anime, we see Kirito enter Alfheim Online first in episode 16. Although he is supposed to enter the Spriggan base when he first arrives, he instead encounters something like a glitch and ends up in a forest. Is there any…
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What MMOs influence Sword Art Online and Log Horizon?

I see that in SAO and LH, players can craft, buy houses, adhere to the holy trinity of MMO, etc. My first thought was that they might have WoW in Japan, but it doesn't seem to be as popular as it is in the U.S. There don't seem to be a lot of…
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Is there any proof that players really die in real life after dying in SAO?

So I watched the anime not too long ago, and it was the single most important rule in the game to not die, otherwise one would die in real life. However, I never encountered an episode where they showed players die in real life. I had my share of…
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Are Sword Art Online and Accel World related?

Recently, I have been hearing loads of theories about Sword Art Online and Accel World being related due to the fact that they refer to NerveGear and such in Accel World. I have also been hearing that the plot of Accel World was made by Kirito. Is…
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What happened to people who committed crimes (such as killing) in SAO?

There are many people in SAO who committed crimes (such as doing PK), yet managed to survive until the end of the game. What happened to them after that? Did they go to trial and get sentenced to prison? If that's the case, what about people (like…
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What are the PVP rules in the Sword Art Online MMORPGs?

The show, Sword Art Online has 2 Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games in it, Sword Art Online (SAO) and Alfheim Online (AFO). What are the player-vs-player rules in these 2 games? Sometimes the rules seem to either make no sense (being…
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What is Kirito's relationship with the girls of SAO?

In the first and second seasons of SAO, Kirito seemed to be interested in more than one girl at the same time. At the end they are all friends and such, but they are all jealous of him and he likes them back and all. Some would argue Asuna is the…
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How does Kirito come back to life when he's fighting Heathcliff?

I was rewatching Sword Art Online and I notice that Heathcliff KILLS him and yet, he is able to come back and finish off Heathcliff, how is this so?
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Why didn't Asuna die in real life when she died in the game?

Asuna died near the end of Sword Art Online. However, judging by the rules, why didn't she die in real life? Did Kayaba Akihiko lie about dying in the game?
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What are the stuffed toys in Suguha's room?

Kirigaya Suguha's room is often portrayed in the ALO arc of Sword Art Online. When Suguya is in her room, some stuffed toys are visible in the background. Penguins resemble those from Mawaru Penguindrum, even available as stuffed toys: However,…
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Who woke up Kirito in episode 9?

In Sword Art Online (season 1) episode 9, at about 16:00, someone with blue hair woke up Kirito. When he regains consciousness, it was Asuna. But she doesn't have blue hair! Here are some pictures. This was just before he woke up: Then: What's…
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What would happen if the NerveGear was yanked from someone's head?

In the anime it is said that if you try to remove the helmet it would destroy the brain - so what if you pull it off quick enough that it doesn't have a chance to? Certainly, it's not impossible; and on that note, why did they not just use an EMP on…
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Where in the timeline of SAO did the battle vs. Laughing Coffin occur?

In episode of 6 of Sword Art Online (season 2), Kirito reveals that during the events of SAO, he and the front-liners confronted the Laughing Coffin guild at their headquarters. The result was that 20+ members of Laughing Coffin were killed along…
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Are floors 76-100 still untouched?

At the end of the Aincrad arc, Kirito faced Skull Reaper (boss of the floor) and found out that the Guild Master of the Knights of the Blood was the GM himself. After beating him, Aincrad was destroyed and floors 76-100 were still untouched. At the…
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