Sunday 16 December 2012

Sword Art Online by: Kawahara Reki

Sword Art Online is a manga that is set in the future where virtual reality massive multiplayer online role-playing games are the most popular. Instead of using console they use a virtual reality helmet call Nerve Gear that simulates the five sense of the player through its brain, so that they can experience and have full control of their in-game character.  

On Nov 6, 2022, the day where Sword Art Online launches and three thousand players logged on to the game. After a few hours of the game launches players start to realize that there isn't a log out button, then all the players got teleported to the "beginning town" by one of the Gm (game master). The game master that teleported everyone, his name is Kayaba Akihiko the creator of Sword Art Online and also one of the designer for Nerve Gear. He announce that in order to log off the game u have to beat all 100 floors and in the process if you die in-game u will also die in real life. Also if someone tries to unplug the Nerve Gear from outside the person that is wearing it will be dead instantly by a micro-wave that sends from the Nerve Gear. Our protagonist Kirito, who is a skilled gamer and he is determined to beat the game. In the process of beating the game, Kirito made friends with a female player name Asuna and eventually falls in love with her. After knowing Kayaba from the fight between Kirito and Asuna's guild master, Kirito decided to reveal Kayaba identity after the second to last boss fight. When that finished the boss fight Kirito reveals who Kayaba in-game character is, then Kayaba challenges him to a duel and Kirito won and free himself and everyone else.        

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