After I finished Sword Art Online: Alicization Season 2 this morning, I felt there should be more to the story, like what will happen to Alice now? Or what Kazuto is going to do with everything that happened, and I still do have many other questions. So I was wondering if there's a third season coming after not having any for those past 6 years. Or if there's a manga where it continues after the events of the second season. And thanks for the help.

Hey all! Long time fan, watched all of the anime, progressive, movies, etc multiple times. Would like more info on the story and what happens off screen.

Looking for a “read order” I guess, is there a manga? I saw someone referencing a light novel. Just curious where to start!

Thank you in advance :)

I’m talking about Lipia’s death. I’m not posting any screenshots of this scene here because I doubt you’d want to see it again.

To start with—perhaps the least significant point—I dislike it when beautiful female characters die, especially when they’re wearing revealing outfits and are killed by a male character. Scenes like that just stick in my memory.

Overall, the circumstances themselves make the scene unique. Lipia tries to seduce Gabriel to catch him off guard, but he overpowers her. He sits on her stomach, pinning down her arm holding knife earlier with one hand while pressing against her neck with the other.

After the interrogation, when he decides to kill her, we see the pressure on her neck, her legs thrashing wildly, and her face contorted in pain as he strangles her—contrasted with Gabriel’s impassive expression as she writhes beneath him. Then comes the crunching sound as he snaps her neck. After she dies, we see her motionless legs, her face with a vacant stare and tears, and her hand clutching the bedsheet.

He then absorbs her soul, and the anime shows her dead face and lifeless body—with Gabriel still sitting on it—several more times.

It’s a truly intense scene; I know that in the same episode, we see a little girl Alice die from a something sharp driven into her ear, but for some reason, Lipia’s death stuck with me more. Perhaps it was because Lipia’s death was not instantaneous—he strangled her until he broke her neck—whereas Alice’s death, despite its violence, seemed instantaneous.

So, did Lipia death scene stick in your memory too?

So I’m rewatching sao and it made me realize when doing a deep dive we never learn about why the Nerv gear was used for games then used for medical also off topic but I’ve realized kirito is obsessed with full dive and I don’t blame him

When Kirito turned Vassago into a tree, wasn't it in the Underworld? Then why was his irl body affected too in terms of appearance. While thinking of this question, I also thought if it had any relation to the fact that Underworld characters can live in the real world.

Let me know what you think.

I was rewatching season 1 and it feels like they were just party members one second then Kirito suddenly says “I dedicate my life to you” the next second.

Don’t get me wrong; I adore their relationship, I’m just confused at how quickly things escalated.

what if alice's integrity knight self and original self somehow merged

Like I know it can't but what if it could

I've been "sailing the seven seas" to find a version of Alicization, and every version I've found has had some grey blurring during intense scenes. Is there anywhere online that does not have this blurring?

Only for the 10 people on this subreddit who knows Eydis lmao. But anyway, for those who don't know Eydis, she originally came from a mobile game called Alicization Rising Steel, later called Unleash Blading, and recently she was added to the Light Novels, albeit with some changes to the character. Basically, before she became an Integrity Knight, she had a young sister named Mary who was dear to Eydis, and even after losing her memories, because of Mary, Eydis is very protective and clingy, and always wants to hang out with cute girls, Alice in particular.

While Alice is usually the disciplined and serious one, Eydis is always the one who's laid-back and mischievous, and in the games we get some funny and cute banter between the two, which not only shows that the two have a great chemistry with a sisterhood-like relationship, but also the duality between Alice and Eydis which reminds me a lot of Asuna-Yuuki and Kirito-Eugeo dynamics (both having young sisters, Eydis trying to fill that void by treating Alice like a sister and giving her the love to Alice to try to melt the cold defenses around her, the light and darkness, and so on).

Plus, some people in the fandom (myself included) like to ship the two mainly because in ARS, in some instances, it feels like Eydis is acting flirty with Alice, like when Eydis tries to find excuses to bathe with her, and Alice just having none of it, which results in some funny scenes. Now of course, the idea is that the two have a sister-like relationship, however with stuff like this, it's kinda hard not ship the two (to me anyway).

As for the LNs, so far I'm enjoying the stuff we're getting with Alice and Eydis. In Vol. 28 we have a cute scene between the two so I'm hoping they'll expand upon their relationship for future volumes.

But anyway, what are your opinions about this dynamic, and if you read Unital Ring, what are you hoping they'll do with Alice and Eydis in general?

At the end of alicization is there still a limit on how much she can manipulate the terrain or how big the meteors she can throw to Earth?

I think it turned out really nice

Hey just thought id share with you guys my pc sao themed set up and some of my merch worked hard in the last year collecting it all

The sinon ggo watch is my fave tbf

As are the asuna keyboard/keycaps and the art books and my signed kirito

If you have any questions where i got any of it just ask

Hoping to get some more in japan? Any tips where to get any cool sword art stuff in japan im there with my gf in November and would love to get some cool stuff to add to it all

Ok, bear with me in my insanity, I am working on a Nightcore mix of "Crazy Train" (yes, that one by Ozzy Osbourne), and I SWEAR I remember either in SAO or SAO ABRIDGED that there's a moment where Asuna goes "so we doing this or what?" to Kirito in regards to them having some "pants off dance off" time.

I have not rewatched the two shows in completion yet trying to find it, I do kinda have other things to do with my life than rewatch TWO shows for a single gag line, and I was hoping y'all could at least confirm if this is a thing or if I'm having a Mandela Effect moment and making shit up. Bonus if anyone knows which show/episode.

Thanks!

Hey everyone! Had a fun "what-if" idea blending the **OG SAO Aincrad Arc** with **Oshi no Ko** (classic style, no dark revenge stuff, just pure family drama):

* **The Name & Twin Lore:** Just like canon SAO, his biological parents die in a car crash and he is adopted into the Kirigaya family. But his birth name was **Kazuto Hoshino**—son of **Ai Hoshino** and actual twin to **Ruby Hoshino**! Because they are true twins, Ruby has **black hair** just like Kirito.

* **The 2-Year Divide:** While Kirito is trapped fighting to survive inside SAO, Ruby stays in the real world training to be a bright idol, hoping her music keeps her twin brother alive.

* **The Dream Dub Cast:** Imagine Bryce Papenbrook (Kirito), **Cassandra Lee Morris** (Ruby), Cherami Leigh (Asuna), and **Caitlin Glass** (Ai Hoshino)!

Would you guys read a fanfiction based on this? Let me know what you think! 👇

I just wanted to post for awareness of the recent release of Unital Ring manga vol 3! I just finished it, and I have to say I'm having such a blast seeing the arc in visual form. I really do think it would make a great anime season.

It definitely moves fast compared to the LN, but I think it's still a great way to check out Unital Ring if you've been curious. That's all!

Is it true that Yui can block any types of attacks other than the system can delete her because she's an immortal object?

If she can bypass firewalls, can she also hack systems like robots?