In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online-a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other-opens its virtual doors, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in the game world by manipulating their brain waves to create a wholly realistic gaming experience. But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as ...
Story: Very unique and refreshing entry in the SAO main series. It's a volume of 4 short stories, narrated with different PoV characters characters, 3 of which are heartwarming, and 2 of which are tragic:
If you've seen the anime, the stories are largely identical to their respective episode