Sword Art Online 1: Aincrad (light novel)

Reki Kawahara

May 2017 · Sold by Yen Press LLC

About this ebook

Read the novel that ignited the phenomenon!
In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online - a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other - debuts, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in a wholly realistic gaming experience. But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG - a log-out button. Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, "game over" means certain death - both virtual and real...

Ratings and reviews

Yes this is a legend, a very foundation of isekai novel where a protagonist trapped in a different world. However, what a let down. I watched the anime and love it so much I decided to give the light novel a try since it is what the anime based on. I didn't expect it to be this boring. It completely similar the the anime, literally. There isn't much inner thought of the protagonist and character development is so slacking. Klein's guild members, the Army's members, and the 4 KoB members that when out with Kirito for training barely being named at all. I fell like they are scarecrows to the author to be tossed away. There are holes in the plot too, for instance, why the KoB employs real players just ro stand guard outside their headquarter? They can just employs NPCs and let the players clear the monsters or train their skills rather than standing still to guard their HQ in a SAFEZONE.

Iv lost track of all the times iv watched the SAO anime both in the dubbed and subbed versions, funnily enough my first episode i saw (on toonami) was the last episode of the aincrad arc. But that alone led me to find and watch the whole series in under a week. Now a few years later when i had the money to buy it, reading the novel was amazing. Being able to read it and in my minds eye still see the animation and hear the characters voices was awesome. Now onto the next book!

I'm a huge sao can and have been wanting to read the books for a long time it makes it easier to buy digitally like everything else is now it's a lot easier to read and for your own schedule. I'm amazed of what the series began from the start and wanted to experience the novels for myself and spot many differences within the story and characters I knew to grown and love especially the art. So thank you for putting the ebook for purchase I hope I get to enjoy this through to the end .

About the author

Reki Kawahara is an award winning author best known for his light novel series, Sword Art Online and Accel World.