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Story: Good adaptation of UR arc. Small liberties taken for humorous moments, but overall faithful so far. Only major difference is they cut most of the Underworld scenes in the beginning (I assume to focus on Unital Ring... but then why include it at all??). The manga isn't very far along yet, but UR is my favorite arc, b/c it involves a lot of collaboration and creative problem solving, and many side characters get a much more expanded role than in previous arcs! It's great to see it getting a solid adaptation.
Language: If you're at all interested in reading the SAO light novels, this is a great stepping stone. There's furigana for everything (besides system menus, notifications, etc), and you'll be able to pick up fantasy game and tech vocab, names, titles, etc - which is probably 40-50% of the challenge in the novels (the rest being everyday descriptive vocab, and light novel grammar).