Sword Art Online

ソードアート・オンライン

25 chapters

28 volumes

2009 – present

In 2022, the launch of Sword Art Online—a revolutionary VRMMORPG powered by the NerveGear system, which allows complete immersion through direct neural connection—generates worldwide excitement among gamers. Yet their enthusiasm turns to dread when they realize the game lacks a critical feature: the ability to log out. The players become trapped inside the digital world of Aincrad, their physical bodies rendered immobile by the NerveGear. They face a grim ultimatum: clear all one hundred floors of Aincrad to earn their freedom, or suffer a fatal consequence—"game over" means permanent death in both the virtual and real worlds.

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Status: Publishing
Format: Light Novel
Chapters: 25
Volumes: 28

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Adapted to anime

Sword Art Online

Sword Art Online II

Sword Art Online: Alicization

Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld

Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld Part 2

Sword Art Online: Extra Edition

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Background

Author Reki Kawahara wrote the first volume of Sword Art Online in 2002 and intended to submit it for the Dengeki Game Novel Prize, but refrained as he exceeded the page limit. He instead published the series as a web novel. Shortly after his other series Accel World won the Dengeki Novel Grand Prize in 2008, Sword Art Online was published in print. The light novel ranked first in the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! for the Best Light Novel category in 2012 and 2013. The series has been published in English by Yen Press under its Yen On imprint since April 22, 2014. It has also been published in Italian by J-POP since October 11, 2014; in Polish by Kotori since November 24, 2014; in Russian by Istari Comics since December 2015; in Spanish by Planeta Cómic since March 1, 2016; and in Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics since December 2018. Includes two that were initially released as part of the limited edition version of the first season's first Blu-Ray/DVD volume on October 24, 2012. For the Sword Art Online light novel series' 10th anniversary, they were re-released as part of a side story collection titled "Kiss and Fly" (Volume 22) on October 10, 2019.