"humanity finally... 460)\fscx120\fscy110}created a complete virtual environment." "It's time for this week's episode of MMO Stream!" "we showed you a promotional video." "Could this be from last week's launch day?" "102)\fay-0.04\blur0.7}End of Line" "What were all these people waiting in line for?" "Sword Art Online!" "that's me!" "140)}m9(^д^)Pew!" "{\cHF1F0F0}... 316)}Good going scalpers" "The people at the front of the line queued up a whole three days before the launch." "80)}I'm jelly...{\cHF1F0F0}...... 199)}So they won..... 259)}Otaku creeps!" "373)}Can I get it at an auction?" "430)}They have the meat 486)\3cHF2F2F2}Me waaant!" "542)\3cHF2F1F2}If I didn't have work... 597)\3cHF0F0EF}Time to pay 3x the price" "635)}Post Comment 21)\3cHEBEAEC}I'm jelly...{\cHF1F0F0}...... 80)}m9(^д^)Pew!" "{\cHF1F0F0}... 140)}So they won..... 199)}Otaku creeps!" "259)}Good going scalpers 316)}Can I get it at an auction?" "373)}They have the meat 430)}Me waaant!" "486)\3cHF2F2F2}If I didn't have work... 542)\3cHF2F1F2}Time to pay 3x the price" "597)\3cHF0F0EF}Only a few more seconds!" "21)\3cHEBEAEC}m9(^д^)Pew!" "{\cHF1F0F0}... 80)}So they won..... 140)}Otaku creeps!" "199)}Good going scalpers 259)}Can I get it at an auction?" "316)}They have the meat 373)}Me waaant!" "430)}If I didn't have work... 486)\3cHF2F2F2}Time to pay 3x the price" "542)\3cHF2F1F2}Only a few more seconds!" "597)\3cHF0F0EF}I'm soooo pumped!" "21)\3cHEBEAEC}So they won..... 80)}Otaku creeps!" "140)}Good going scalpers 199)}Can I get it at an auction?" "259)}They have the meat 316)}Me waaant!" "373)}If I didn't have work... 430)}Time to pay 3x the price" "486)\3cHF2F2F2}Only a few more seconds!" "542)\3cHF2F1F2}I'm soooo pumped!" "597)\3cHF0F0EF}What does SAO stand for?" "Amazing!" "21)\3cHEBEAEC}Otaku creeps!" "80)}Good going scalpers 140)}Can I get it at an auction?" "199)}They have the meat 259)}Me waaant!" "316)}If I didn't have work... 373)}Time to pay 3x the price" "430)}Only a few more seconds!" "486)\3cHF2F2F2}I'm soooo pumped!" "542)\3cHF2F1F2}What does SAO stand for?" "597)\1cHF0F0EF\3cHF0F0EF}You should see what they'rebid 588)}You should see what they're" "606)}bidding at the auctions though!" "21)\3cHEBEAEC}Good going scalpers 80)}Can I get it at an auction?" "140)}They have the meat 199)}Me waaant!" "259)}If I didn't have work... 316)}Time to pay 3x the price" "373)}Only a few more seconds!" "430)}I'm soooo pumped!" "486)\3cHF2F2F2}What does SAO stand for?" "542)\1cHF2F1F2\3cHF2F1F2}You should see what they'rebid 533)\3cHF2F1F2}You should see what they're" "550)\3cHF2F1F2}bidding at the auctions 597)\1cHF0F0EF\3cHF0F0EF}You should see what they'rebid" "589)\3cHF0F0EF}Is there gonna be 606)\3cHF0F0EF}a countdown soon?" "479)\clip(m 691 473 l 636 668 410 597 476 412)}" Sword Art • Online "" "567)\clip(m 691 473 l 636 668 410 597 476 412)}Project Director 590)\clip(m 691 473 l 636 668 410 597 476 412)}Kayaba Akihiko" "479)}" Sword Art • Online "" "567)}Project Director 590)}Kayaba Akihiko" "480)}" Sword Art • Online "" "568)}Project Director 591)}Kayaba Akihiko" "481)}" Sword Art • Online "" "569)}Project Director 591)}Kayaba Akihiko or SAO for short!" "none of the NerveGear software so far have really taken advantage of the hardware." "Onii-chan." "I said it!" "I'm heading out for club activities." "who also invented the NerveGear." "it's going to be the best Virtual MMORPG ever!" "Every beta tester said it was incredible." "I wanted a copy too!" "000 copies were available in the first round." "It completely sold out online in seconds." "hardcore fans bought all the store copies—" "Link Start!" "0)\p1\an7\alphaH00\cHE5DFCD}m 475 155 l 814 155 814 205 475 205 0)\p1\an7\alphaH00\cHE5DDCB}m 312 253 l 914 253 914 370 312 370" "200)\alphaH88\blur0.5}Character Creation 324)\alphaH88\blur0.5}Your beta test data is still available." "Would you like to use it?" "0)\p1\an7\alphaH00\cHCFAD64}m 475 155 l 814 155 814 205 475 205 0)\p1\an7\alphaH00\cHCCAD5D}m 312 253 l 914 253 914 370 312 370" "200)\blur0.5\alphaH20}Character Creation 324)\blur0.5\alphaH20}Your beta test data is still available." "Would you like to use it?" "0)\p1\an7\alphaH00\cHBC8D11}m 475 155 l 814 155 814 205 475 205 0)\p1\an7\alphaH00\cHBB8A10}m 312 253 l 914 253 914 370 312 370" "200)\blur0.5}Character Creation 324)\blur0.5}Your beta test data is still available." "Would you like to use it?" "200)\blur0.5\t(\alphaHFF)}Character Creation 324)\blur0.5\t(\alphaHFF)}Your beta test data is still available." "Would you like to use it?" "0)\p1\an7\alphaH00\cHBF921E}m 475 155 l 814 155 814 205 475 205 0)\p1\an7\alphaH00\cHBE8F1C}m 312 253 l 914 253 914 370 312 370" "0)\p1\an7\alphaH00\cHC5A144}m 475 155 l 814 155 814 205 475 205 0)\p1\an7\alphaH00\cHC59F41}m 312 253 l 914 253 914 370 312 370" "0)\p1\an7\alphaH00\cHCFB168}m 475 155 l 814 155 814 205 475 205 0)\p1\an7\alphaH00\cHCEB065}m 312 253 l 914 253 914 370 312 370" "0)\p1\an7\alphaH00\cHD7C18C}m 475 155 l 814 155 814 205 475 205 0)\p1\an7\alphaH00\cHD6C08A}m 312 253 l 914 253 914 370 312 370" "0)\p1\an7\alphaH00\cHDED2B2}m 475 155 l 814 155 814 205 475 205 0)\p1\an7\alphaH00\cHDFD1AF}m 312 253 l 914 253 914 370 312 370" "0)\p1\an7\alphaH00\cHE6E2D5}m 475 155 l 814 155 814 205 475 205 0)\p1\an7\alphaH00\cHE7E0D3}m 312 253 l 914 253 914 370 312 370" "I've finally returned to this world!" 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"I dunno... it'll be fun!" "Hey!" "You there!" "Me?" "You move like you've been here before." "right?" "Y-Yeah." "This is my first day here." "okay?" "U-Uh..." "I'm begging you!" "I'm Klein." "Nice to meet you." "I'm Kirito." "West Field" "West Field" "Right in the crotch..." "You're overreacting." "You shouldn't feel any pain." "yeah." "I guess." "I told you." "What's important is your initial motion input." "I get that..." "But it keeps moving around. the system will ensure that the technique connects." "Motion..." "Motion..." "How should I put it? let it explode." "Explode?" "All right!" "Congrats." "However... slimes in another game." "seriously?" "!" "I thought it was a mid-level boss or something." "Of course not." "isn't it?" "Yeah!" "right?" "Like blacksmithing and stuff?" "Yeah." "I hear there's an unlimited number of skills." "there's no magic." "An RPG without magic?" "That's a bold decision." "Isn't it more fun to actually move your body when fighting?" "Absolutely!" "next one." "let's keep it going!" "I still can't believe we're in a game." "The guy who made it is a genius." "It's amazing." "I'm so glad I was born in this era." "You make a big deal out of everything." "It's my first Full Dive!" "then?" "It's more like I rushed out and bought the hardware just to play SAO." "I was really lucky to get one of the ten thousand first-press copies." "which makes you ten times luckier." "Only a thousand people had that chance." "I guess so." "how far did you make it in the beta?" "I only managed to get to the 8th floor in the two months." "though." "You're really into this. day and night." "You can go anywhere you want in this world with a single blade." "but I feel more alive here than I do in the real world." "want to hunt some more?" "Of course!" "I'd love to but I'm starving." "I'm logging out." "Eating food in this world only tricks you into thinking you're not hungry." "I've already ordered some hot pizza to arrive at 5:30pm." "You're well-prepared." "Yup!" "I'll log right back in after I'm done eating." "I see." "Hey." "I'm meeting up later with some people I got to know from another game." "How about friending them too?" "that's okay." "I'll introduce you some other time." "sorry." "Thanks." "I'm the one who's thankful." "I'll repay you for all this sometime." "Mentally." "man." "I'll see you around." "just let me know." "I'll do that!" "Huh?" "There's no logout button." "Look closer." "I still can't find it." "It's at the bottom of the main menu..." "See?" "It's not there." "it isn't." "it's the first day out of beta." "There are bound to be some bugs." "I'm sure the server people are freaking out." "You'll freak out in a bit too." "It's 5:25pm." "My teriyaki and mayo pizza and ginger ale!" "Just hurry up and give a Game Master a call." "but nothing's happening." "Is there any other way to log out?" "No." "A player has to go through the menu to log themselves out." "That's ridiculous." "There's gotta be some way." "Return!" "Log out!" "Break out!" "I told you." "There wasn't an emergency logout method in the manual either." "right?" "I know." "I'll just rip the NerveGear off my head." "You can't." "We can't move our real bodies." "The NerveGear intercepts every signal your brain sends to your body right here." "Seriously?" "So we have no choice but to wait for them to fix the bug?" "Or for someone in the real world to remove the NerveGear from our heads." "though." "What about you? so I think they'll notice by dinnertime..." "H-How old is your sister?" "and she hates games." "She has nothing in common with people like us—" "Who cares—" "it doesn't hurt." "don't you find this weird?" "Sure I do." "It's a bug." "It's more than just a bug." "The inability to log out will have serious repercussions on the game's future." "now that you mention it." "They could just shut down the server and log everyone out in situations like this." "But there hasn't even been an announcement..." "What's happening?" "I don't know." "A forced teleport?" "Up there." "That's..." "What's that?" "A Game Master?" "Why doesn't he have a face?" "Is this an event?" "I'm scared..." "Don't worry." "It's just part of the opening ceremony." "welcome to my world." "My world"?" "I am Kayaba Akihiko." "I am currently the only person who can control this world." "481)}" Sword Art • Online "" "569)}Project Director 591)}Kayaba Akihiko" "Is that really him?" "He must've spent a lot of time on this." "I trust that you have already noticed the logout button is missing from the main menu." "this is not a game malfunction." "I repeat." "but an original feature of Sword Art Online." "A-A feature?" "You cannot log out of SAO on your own." "No one on the outside will be able to shut down or remove the NerveGear. destroying your brain and thus ending your life." "What?" "enough already." "Let's go." "I can't leave!" "What's he talking about?" "He's gotta be nuts." "Kirito?" "He's right." "The transceiver's microwave signals are just like those in a microwave oven." "it could fry our brains." "then?" "the NerveGear has an internal battery." "That's just messed up!" "What's going on?" "!" "the friends and family members of several players have ignored this warning and attempted to remove the NerveGear." "213 players have permanently retired in both Aincrad and the real world." "213 players?" "I don't believe it..." "I don't believe it at all!" "news organizations across the world are reporting on this incident and the many deaths." "you can now assume the danger of having your NerveGear removed to be greatly reduced." "301)\cHCB6382\t(\fscx97\fscy100)}m 0 0 l 19 -39 I 199 -72 I 178 -33 I 0 0  203)\frz10.54\cHD4C6DD}More Victims in Nagoya" "710)\cHDED3C2\iclip(m 876 458 b 892 459 891 444 896 440 899 436 897 455 898 460)}m 0 0 b -12 -19 -15 -63 -13 -79 b 179 -106 371 -132 561 -156 b 568 -127 574 -104 573 -71 b 383 -46 192 -23 0 0" "484)\frz8.715}Deaths caused by online game continue to rise" "Please relax and work hard to clear the game." "do take note of this." "You can no longer respawn in this game." "your avatar will be permanently erased." "At the same time the NerveGear will destroy your brain." "You need only fulfill one condition to set yourselves free— clear the game." "the lowest level of Aincrad." "and you will advance to the next level." "and you will clear the game." "Clear?" "What's he talking about?" "E-Easier said than done!" "Clear a hundred floors?" "That's impossible." "The beta testers never made it anywhere near that far! you can find a gift from me in your item storage." "Please check for yourselves." "284)}Mirror" "A mirror?" "Klein?" "!" "Kirito?" "Y-Yeah..." "Who are you?" "And who are you?" "You're a guy?" "!" "You were lying about being seventeen?" "!" "Which means..." "You're Klein?" "!" "You're Kirito?" "!" "How?" "That scan..." "The NerveGear traces your entire face with its high-density sensor." "That's how it knows what your face looks like." "But what about our height and body shape?" "we had to calibrate it." "Remember?" "You had to touch your body all over." "I-I see." "That must be how it got the data." "But..." "But... why?" "Why is this happening?" "I'm sure he'll tell us soon enough." "All of you must be wondering why." "do all this?" "My goal has already been achieved." "I wanted to create my own world that I could observe and admire." "That is why I made Sword Art Online." "Kayaba... it has all been fulfilled." "This ends the tutorial for the official Sword Art Online launch." "I wish every player the best of luck." "This is reality." "the genius who created the NerveGear and a complete virtual environment." "so I get it." "What he said was the truth." "481)}" Sword Art • Online "" "569)}Project Director 591)}Kayaba Akihiko but it's not just something you play." "618)\fnIwata Mincho Old Pro-En H}『{\fnWasco Sans}Sword Art Online{\fnIwata Mincho Old Pro-En H}』 {\fnWasco Sans}Programmer Kayaba Akihiko" "If I die in this world..." "I'll die for real." "No..." "No!" "Screw you!" "Let me out!" "Let me out of here!" "I can't stay here!" "I'm meeting up with someone after this!" "What's your problem?" "!" "Let us out!" "Tell us it's a lie!" "Somebody!" "Somebody do something!" "Klein." "Listen to me." "I'm heading to the next village right now." "Come with me." "then we must train ourselves up as much as possible in order to survive in this world." "are limited." "The fields surrounding the Town of Beginnings will soon be picked clean." "we should head to the next village now and set up camp there." "I know the way and all the dangerous areas." "We can get there safely even at Level 1." "But..." "But you know..." "My gaming friends and I spent days in line to buy and play this." "They're in the plaza somewhere." "I can't leave them behind." "If it were just Klein..." "But two more..." "Or even one more..." "Sorry." "I really shouldn't be asking you for anything more." "So don't worry about me and just go to the next village." "I used to lead a guild in my last game." "I'll get by somehow with the stuff you taught me." "All right." "then." "Send me a message if anything happens." "Will do." "Klein." "Kirito!" "Hey." "Kirito." "You actually have a pretty cute face." "I like it a lot." "And that unkempt face of yours suits you ten times better." "I..." "I..." "I'll definitely survive in this world!" "000 people died in the game's first month." "000 people died in the game's first month." "565)}The 1st Floor has yet to be cleared." "2022 565)\shad0}The 1st Floor has yet to be cleared." "2022"