THIS MIGHT BE A GAME, BUT IT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU PLAY.After a long-awaited reunion with Argo the Rat in the real world, Kirito can’t help but wonder about the curious timing of her transfer to his school. Could her sudden appearance have anything to do with the Unital Ring incident? Later, when Kirito logs back into the game, he’s relieved to find the restored cabin just as he left it—but above all, he’s happy to see Yui. While her combat training has paid off, Kirito still has much to tea...

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!

From the illustrator of the Sword Art Online light novel series comes a collection of artwork featuring illustrations from the first nine volumes, magazines, posters, character designs for the anime, and more!

"There's no way to beat this game. The only difference is when and where you die..."One month has passed since Akihiko Kayaba's deadly game began, and the body count continues to rise. Two thousand players are already dead. Kirito and Asuna are two very different people, but they both desire to fight alone. Nonetheless, they find themselves drawn together to face challenges from both within and without. Given that the entire virtual world they now live in has been created as a deathtrap, t...

This third collection of SAO illustrations highlights events from Volumes 16 through 22 of the main story, as well as Volumes 1 through 3 of Sword Art Online: Progressive. Art from the anime and games is also featured, along with all-new illustrations you won’t find anywhere else!

A few months after escaping from Sword Art Online, Kirito is ready to dive into a brand-new VRMMO--Sword Art: Origin. This game promises to have all of the base features from Aincrad without any of the bad. When Kirito meets a mysterious girl in need of his help, that theory will be put to the test...

This might be a game, but it’s not something you play.Die in the game, and you die in real life. This is Sword Art Online, the latest VRMMORPG, and upon the game’s launch, ten thousand players realize they’re trapped in this virtual world with no escape…unless they can make their way through Aincrad, a massive floating castle with dangers lurking on each of its one hundred floors. Enter Kirito, a swordsman and former beta tester for the game who has the knowledge and skills to rise to the ...

This might be a game, but it’s not something you play.Asuna and Kirito’s romantic day turns into a quest to uncover the mystery of the flying house! Teaming up with some familiar faces may not be enough, though. They’ll need heart, brains, and a whole lot of courage if they want to clear this one! And when Asuna begins to have out-of-body experiences, their investigation returns a shocking possibility—maybe it’s not an issue with the system, but rather something tugging at her very soul…

Secrets of the lake revealed!When clearing the seventh floor, Kirito transforms into a Civis Nocte, kindred to vampires, and receives great power in exchange for a lethal weakness to sunlight. With Asuna and Kizmel, he pursues the Fallen Elves who have stolen the five sacred keys at the center of the “Elf War” campaign questline. To the group’s surprise, however, their search ends up taking them back to the fourth floor. There, Kirito and company accept a request from Lavik, the former com...

This might be a game, but it’s not something you play.Orchestrated by genius scientist Akihiko Kayaba, the SAO Incident trapped players in a game they had to beat in order to escape—one where death in the virtual world meant dying in real life…As a survivor of the Incident, Kirito now spends his time playing the new VRMMORPG ALfheim Online with his old friends, Asuna and Alice. But their fun is short-lived, as Kirito soon finds himself thrust into a mysterious new game called Unital Ring. ...

THIS MIGHT BE A GAME, BUT IT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU PLAYKirito, Asuna, and their friends have been forcefully transported into a bizarre survival RPG—Unital Ring. And as their in-game grace period comes to an end, they find themselves stripped of all the gear they brought over from ALO, leaving them practically unarmed. Forced to use their wits to stay alive, they keep gathering materials to rebuild their cabin before it’s too late. But when they run into another group of players, they learn ...

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 ...