Fairy Dance: Two months after the 'SAO Incident,' three hundred players have yet to awaken from their comatose states, including Asuna.

The first chapter of the first volume, Aria in the Starless Night, which describes Kirito and Asuna's first meeting, was included in the anime even before the volume was published. It expands and modifies some of the events of the original novel while expanding the world and characters. The story is about Kirito and Asuna facing the challenges of the first few floors of Aincrad together as a team.

Progressive: An ongoing Interquel within the Aincrad arc, started in late 2012.

(Main story in LN Volume 1, fleshed out in Volume 2, side stories in part of Volume 8).

Aincrad: The original story, set in the world of Sword Art Online.

The same fate awaits them if anyone in the real world attempts to remove them from the game by force. If, however, a player's HP should ever be reduced to zero, then the headset used to play the game will unleash a pulse of microwave radiation to fry their brain, killing them in the real world. Kayaba issues an ultimatum: beat the Final Boss on the 100th floor, and everyone will be allowed to log out. However, a sinister trap awaits the first ten-thousand players who log into the system: they discover that they cannot log out, effectively trapping them within the game. The first game to fully make use of the capabilities of this technology is Sword Art Online, a fantasy MMORPG created by Akihiko Kayaba, the inventor of the very device used to play it. Imagine that gaming has advanced to the point where you no longer watch from the other side of the television screen but are right there in the world, experiencing full immersion of all your senses and controlling your character as easily as your own body.

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