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Yui is the AI "daughter"


* GrillingTheNewbie: Asuna assists [[spoiler: Yui, who is terminally ill]] attend school with the help of a live streaming camera/speaker. They get grilled immediately after being introduced to the classroom.

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* GrillingTheNewbie: Asuna assists [[spoiler: Yui, Yuuki, who is terminally ill]] attend school with the help of a live streaming camera/speaker. They get grilled immediately after being introduced to the classroom.
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* GrillingTheNewbie: Asuna assists [[spoiler: Yui, who is terminally ill]] attend school with the help of a live streaming camera/speaker. They get grilled immediately after being introduced to the classroom.
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* CloseCallHaircut: this happens to Kirito during the Phantom Bullet arc, from a sniper bullet. He knew it was coming, but [[DodgeTheBullet could afford to stand in the open as bait]] to reveal the attacker's position.
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** '''''Sword Art Online Alternative: Mystery Labyrinth''''': Written by Konno Tenryuu. In Alfheim Online, a detective named Spica and her assistant discover a diary that was written during the Sword Art Online death game incident detailing a series of murders committed in a labyrinth. Her interest piqued, Spica and her assistant set off for the ALO recreation of SAO's 20th floor to find the mysterious "Labyrinth Manor" and uncover the truth of this dark mystery.

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** '''''Sword Art Online Alternative: Mystery Labyrinth''''': Written by Konno Tenryuu. In Alfheim Online, a detective named Spica and her assistant discover a diary that was written during the Sword Art Online death game incident detailing a series of murders committed in a labyrinth. Her interest piqued, Spica and her assistant set off for the ALO recreation of SAO's 20th floor to find the mysterious "Labyrinth Manor" and uncover the truth of this dark mystery.
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** '''''Literature/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline''''': Set in [=GGO=] after the events of the Phantom Bullet arc, centred on a player named [=LLENN=] who competes in a new team-based battle royale tournament.
** '''''Sword Art Online Alternative: Clovers' Regret''''': Set in a JidaiGeki-flavoured [=VRMMO=] called ''Asuka Empire'', which appears briefly in the main story and ''Sister's Prayer''.
** '''''Sword Art Online Alternative: Gourmet Seekers''''': Set in the latter half of the Aincrad arc, this story follows two players, Yuzu and Hina, as they work to [[SupremeChef master the Cooking skill]] and open a diner.

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** '''''Literature/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline''''': Written by Keiichi Sigsawa. Set in [=GGO=] after the events of the Phantom Bullet arc, centred on a player named [=LLENN=] who competes in a new team-based battle royale tournament.
** '''''Sword Art Online Alternative: Clovers' Regret''''': Written by Watase Souichirou. Set in a JidaiGeki-flavoured [=VRMMO=] called ''Asuka Empire'', which appears briefly in the main story and ''Sister's Prayer''.
** '''''Sword Art Online Alternative: Gourmet Seekers''''': Written by [[Literature/The8thSonAreYouKiddingMe Y.A.]] Set in the latter half of the Aincrad arc, this story follows two players, Yuzu and Hina, as they work to [[SupremeChef master the Cooking skill]] and open a diner.
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** '''''Sword Art Online Alternative: Mystery Labyrinth''''': Written by Konno Tenryuu, summary to follow.

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** '''''Sword Art Online Alternative: Mystery Labyrinth''''': Written by Konno Tenryuu, summary Tenryuu. In Alfheim Online, a detective named Spica and her assistant discover a diary that was written during the Sword Art Online death game incident detailing a series of murders committed in a labyrinth. Her interest piqued, Spica and her assistant set off for the ALO recreation of SAO's 20th floor to follow.find the mysterious "Labyrinth Manor" and uncover the truth of this dark mystery.
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** '''''Sword ARt Online Alternative: Mystery Labyrinth''''': Written by Konno Tenryuu, summary to follow.

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** '''''Sword ARt Art Online Alternative: Mystery Labyrinth''''': Written by Konno Tenryuu, summary to follow.
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** '''''Sword Art Online Alternative: Gambler's Honour''''': Written by Sudou Ren, summary to follow.
** '''''Sword ARt Online Alternative: Mystery Labyrinth''''': Written by Konno Tenryuu, summary to follow.
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* SpecialOccasionsAreMagic: During the Aincrad Arc, a unique boss appears during the Christmas event (explicitly stated to be because it's Christmas), rumored to drop an item that can revive players killed in TheMostDangerousVideoGame. Kirito goes after it and slays it, hoping to revive members of his former guild who were killed in a dungeon ambush, but discovers to his disappointment that the item will only bring back a player whose HP was reduced to zero in the last ten seconds.
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** '''''Sword Art Online: Alternative Clovers Regret''''': Set in a JidaiGeki-flavoured [=VRMMO=] called ''Asuka Empire'', which appears briefly in the main story and ''Sister's Prayer''.

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** '''''Sword Art Online: Alternative Clovers Online Alternative: Clovers' Regret''''': Set in a JidaiGeki-flavoured [=VRMMO=] called ''Asuka Empire'', which appears briefly in the main story and ''Sister's Prayer''.Prayer''.
** '''''Sword Art Online Alternative: Gourmet Seekers''''': Set in the latter half of the Aincrad arc, this story follows two players, Yuzu and Hina, as they work to [[SupremeChef master the Cooking skill]] and open a diner.
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Bishonen is Definition-Only fan-speak term used only for Japanese/East-Asian media. No examples allowed. Per TRS. Moving In Universe acknowledgements/relevance to Pretty Boy.


* {{Bishonen}}: Kirito provides an example much more so in Volume 6 where his character kinda looks like Yuri from ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia''.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Asuna is this, initially wanting to beat the game by any means necessary and get back to her life as it was. Being around Kirito, and his by-comparison lackadaisical attitude, helps her take in a lot of the beauty of Aincrad.

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* DefrostingIceQueen: Asuna is this, initially wanting to beat the game by any means necessary and get back to her life as it was. Being around Kirito, and his by-comparison lackadaisical attitude, helps her take in a lot of the beauty of Aincrad.Aincrad, and fall in love with the virtual world, a place where she is free to be who she truly is.
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trope is renamed Prefers Going Barefoot. Dewicking old name


* DoesNotLikeShoes: Yui is always barefoot, both in human form and pixie form.
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* '''''Aincrad''''': The original story, set in the world of ''Sword Art Online''. (Main story in LN Volume 1, [[AnachronicOrder fleshed out in Volume 2]], side stories in part of Volume 8).

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* '''''Aincrad''''': '''''[[Recap/SwordArtOnlineAincradArc Aincrad Arc]]''''': The original story, set in the world of ''Sword Art Online''. (Main story in LN Volume 1, [[AnachronicOrder fleshed out in Volume 2]], side stories in part of Volume 8).



* '''''Fairy Dance''''': Two months after the "SAO Incident," three hundred players have yet to awaken from their comatose states, including Asuna. When Kirito is sent a blurry screenshot of one of the players that looks "suspiciously like Asuna" in another MMO called "[=ALfheim=] Online," he dives into the game to free her from the virtual world once and for all. (LN Volumes 3–4)
* '''''Phantom Bullet''''': Set in a game called ''Gun Gale Online'', an MMO that focuses on guns and shooting instead of swordplay and magic, a mysterious assassin called "Death Gun" seems to be [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame murdering players by killing their virtual avatars]], and Kirito is called upon to enter the game and solve the mystery. (LN Volumes 5–6)
* '''''Caliber''''': Set shortly after the ''Phantom Bullet'' arc, Kirito [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether gathers many of his friends from the various games he has played]] in order to take on one of the most challenging quests in the reborn ALO: recovering the game's InfinityPlusOneSword, Excaliber [''sic'']. (LN Volume 8).
* '''''Mother's Rosario''''': Set after the Phantom Bullet and Caliber arc, this one has the particularity that the main character is actually Asuna, instead of Kirito. While playing [=ALO=], Asuna encounters a mysterious swordswoman named Yuuki, whose combat skill is said to surpass even Kirito's. She is recruited to help Yuuki and her guild, the "Sleeping Knights," achieve the feat of soloing one of Aincrad's fearsome floor bosses, an achievement that would immortalize their names on the Monument of Swordsmen. (LN Volume 7).
* '''''Project Alicization''''': Kirito awakens in an unfamiliar virtual world (called "Underworld") with no memories of how he got there. He must venture to discover the secrets behind this world and why he has been trapped within it, all while questioning whether he is the real Kirito or merely an ArtificialIntelligence in his likeness. ''Alicization'' is by far the longest story arc in the franchise, and the only one with subtitles for each volume.[[note]]''[[EasingIntoTheAdventure Beginning]]'', ''[[AcademyOfAdventure Running]]'', ''[[CantRefuseTheCallAnymore Turning]]'', ''[[StormingTheCastle Rising]]'', ''[[BreakingTheFellowship Dividing]]'', ''[[DiscOneFinalBoss Uniting]]'', ''[[TheHorde Invading]]'', ''[[DuringTheWar Exploding]]'', ''[[GondorCallsForAid Awakening]]'' and ''[[HesBack Lasting]]''[[/note]] (LN Volumes 9–18)

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* '''''Fairy Dance''''': '''''[[Recap/SwordArtOnlineFairyDanceArc Fairy Dance Arc]]''''': Two months after the "SAO Incident," three hundred players have yet to awaken from their comatose states, including Asuna. When Kirito is sent a blurry screenshot of one of the players that looks "suspiciously like Asuna" in another MMO called "[=ALfheim=] Online," he dives into the game to free her from the virtual world once and for all. (LN Volumes 3–4)
* '''''Phantom Bullet''''': '''''[[Recap/SwordArtOnlinePhantomBulletArc Phantom Bullet Arc]]''''': Set in a game called ''Gun Gale Online'', an MMO that focuses on guns and shooting instead of swordplay and magic, a mysterious assassin called "Death Gun" seems to be [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame murdering players by killing their virtual avatars]], and Kirito is called upon to enter the game and solve the mystery. (LN Volumes 5–6)
* '''''Caliber''''': '''''[[Recap/SwordArtOnlineCaliburArc Calibur Arc]]''''': Set shortly after the ''Phantom Bullet'' arc, Kirito [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether gathers many of his friends from the various games he has played]] in order to take on one of the most challenging quests in the reborn ALO: recovering the game's InfinityPlusOneSword, Excaliber [''sic'']. (LN Volume 8).
* '''''Mother's Rosario''''': '''''[[Recap/SwordArtOnlineMothersRosarioArc Mother's Rosario Arc]]''''': Set after the Phantom Bullet and Caliber arc, this one has the particularity that the main character is actually Asuna, instead of Kirito. While playing [=ALO=], Asuna encounters a mysterious swordswoman named Yuuki, whose combat skill is said to surpass even Kirito's. She is recruited to help Yuuki and her guild, the "Sleeping Knights," achieve the feat of soloing one of Aincrad's fearsome floor bosses, an achievement that would immortalize their names on the Monument of Swordsmen. (LN Volume 7).
* '''''Project Alicization''''': '''''[[Recap/SwordArtOnlineAlicizationArc Alicization Arc]]''''': Kirito awakens in an unfamiliar virtual world (called "Underworld") with no memories of how he got there. He must venture to discover the secrets behind this world and why he has been trapped within it, all while questioning whether he is the real Kirito or merely an ArtificialIntelligence in his likeness. ''Alicization'' is by far the longest story arc in the franchise, and the only one with subtitles for each volume.[[note]]''[[EasingIntoTheAdventure Beginning]]'', ''[[AcademyOfAdventure Running]]'', ''[[CantRefuseTheCallAnymore Turning]]'', ''[[StormingTheCastle Rising]]'', ''[[BreakingTheFellowship Dividing]]'', ''[[DiscOneFinalBoss Uniting]]'', ''[[TheHorde Invading]]'', ''[[DuringTheWar Exploding]]'', ''[[GondorCallsForAid Awakening]]'' and ''[[HesBack Lasting]]''[[/note]] (LN Volumes 9–18)



* '''''Unital Ring''''': The latest arc, and the first story arc not to be based off content from the WebNovel. [[spoiler:Taking place after the events of ''Alicization'', all [=VRMMOs=] built by The Seed are suddenly and forcibly united into one SurvivalSandbox game called "Unital Ring" and thus, Kirito and his friends are suddenly involved with the titular game soon after.]] (LN Volumes 21, 23–??).[[note]]According to Kawahara, the title is named after [[https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php/Unital_ring the mathematical concept]] similar to the ''Ordinal Scale'' movie but this time, [[https://twitter.com/kunori/status/939393733849620480 the technical meaning]] is unrelated to the main plot. In addition, Volume 22, ''Kiss & Fly'', is a collection of sidestories unrelated to the arc.[[/note]]

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* '''''Unital Ring''''': '''''[[Recap/SwordArtOnlineUnitalRingArc Unital Ring Arc]]''''': The latest arc, and the first story arc not to be based off content from the WebNovel. [[spoiler:Taking place after the events of ''Alicization'', all [=VRMMOs=] built by The Seed are suddenly and forcibly united into one SurvivalSandbox game called "Unital Ring" and thus, Kirito and his friends are suddenly involved with the titular game soon after.]] (LN Volumes 21, 23–??).[[note]]According to Kawahara, the title is named after [[https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php/Unital_ring the mathematical concept]] similar to the ''Ordinal Scale'' movie but this time, [[https://twitter.com/kunori/status/939393733849620480 the technical meaning]] is unrelated to the main plot. In addition, Volume 22, ''Kiss & Fly'', is a collection of sidestories unrelated to the arc.[[/note]]

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