English Title:Â Sword Art Online: Progressive
Japanese Title: ソードアート・オンライン プãƒã‚°ãƒ¬ãƒƒã‚·ãƒ– -- “Sword Art Online: Progressiveâ€
Author: Reki Kawahara — å·åŽŸç¤«
Illustrator: abec — ã‚ã¹ã—
Translator: Stephen Paul
Genre:Â Adventure, Sci-fi, Romance
Original Run: October 2012 – ongoing
English Run: March 2015 – ongoing
Japanese Publisher: Dengeki Bunko (ASCII Media Works)
English Publisher: Yen On (Yen Press)
Volumes in Japanese: 6 (In Progress)
Volumes in English: 6 (Caught Up)
Synopsis: One month after Akihiko Kayaba's game of death began, the death toll continues to rise, two thousand players having already lost their lives to the ultra-difficult VRMMO world of Sword Art Online. On the day of the strategy meeting to plan out the first-floor boss battle, Kirito, a solo player who vows to fight alone to get stronger, runs into a rare, high-level female player. She gracefully dispatches powerful monsters with a single rapier that flashes like a shooting star in the night…This volume contains three stories, including “Aria of a Starless Night,†which details how Kirito came to be called the Black Swordsman, and “Rondo of a Fragile Blade,†the tragic tale of a young blacksmith that takes place before the second-floor boss fight.
Volume 1
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Released March 24, 2015 — ISBN-13: 978-0316259361
Volume 2
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Released June 30, 2015 — ISBN-13: 978-0316342179
Volume 3
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Released October 27, 2015 — ISBN-13: 978-0316348836
Volume 4
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Released October 25, 2016 — ISBN-13: 978-0316545426
Volume 5
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Released November 13, 2018 — ISBN-13: 978-1975328146
Volume 6
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Released July 9, 2019 — ISBN-13: 978-1975383336
Reviews of Sword Art Online: Progressive
- Justus R. Stone: Vol 1
- Anime News Network: Vol 1 — Vol 2 — Vol 3 — Vol 4
- August Hail: Vol 1 — Vol 2 — Vol 3 — Vol 4
- English Light Novels: Vol 1-4
Illustrations Sampler
Manga Adaptation
MAL Entry — Published June 2013 – ongoing (English release by Yen Press)
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Anime Adaptation
MAL Entry — In production
If you liked Sword Art Online: Progressive, you might also want to try…
- Sword Art Online -- the main series, also written by Reki Kawahara
- Accel World -- also written by Rekki Kawahara, virtual reality setting
- The Isolator -- also written by Reki Kawahara
- Paying to Win in a VRMMO -- virtual reality setting
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