I find it weird how he phrased it. He said "Their minds will never return". I know he means they are brain dead but it was just a weird way to phrase it (almost seems like they are alive but with mental issues).

Just a simple question hoping to get an answer without spoilers:

At what point in the storyline do the manga and novel begin? I heard that the anime starts a lot earlier or something- which is why the first few episodes show time passing by so quickly. Or is it just that the anime shows levels that weren't in the manga/novels?

That's all I want to know, nothing else

The light novel begins (in a flashback) with Kirito teaching Klein basic skills, roughly the same as the first episode. I haven't read the manga so I can't comment on that. The novels do quite a bit of time-skipping forwards and backwards.

Volume 1 of the novel is the main story and it is covered in the following:

Episodes 1-2 (November - December 2022)
Episodes 8-10 (October 2024)
Episodes 13-14 (November 2024)

The followup Volume 2 was various side-stories introducing other characters and events, here's the list from that volume:

Episode 3 : Red-nosed Reindeer (December 2023)
Episode 4 : The Black Swordsman (February 2024)
Episode 7 : Warmth of the Heart (June 2024)
Episodes 11,12 : Morning Dew Girl (October 2024)

He did another later volume with more side-stories, including:

Not in Anime : First Day (November 2022) - Events that occurred on the first day after he left Klein
Episodes 5-6 : A Murder Case in the Area (April 2024)

The next arc is Volumes 3-4 and presumably will be Episodes 15-25.

Wow, did the author just get bored of the story and decide he had enough of it.

Agreed. My guess is that the reason he worded it that way is that there is a possibility that their body's are still technically and on life support even though they are brain dead. That's the only reason I can think of that he would word it so specifically.

I've just watched the 14th episode, and I have to agree with the others I was also quite confused. Left a bit dazed as to what is really going on because it was rather rushed. I did really like the twist though.

I'm glad some of you guys clarified that Kirito is basically like Neo from the Matrix as suggested by the Creator, that makes a lot of sense now.

I'm also wondering where everyone is if 6,000 people were just able to log out and it was all over the news, why wasn't any doctors or family around him? Strange.

And unfortunately due to looking at comments that weren't spoiler proof, I am sort of expecting what happens next. It kind of ruins the whole wait but it is still one of my favourite anime's so far. I just hope they don't make him out to be all invincible and everything too perfect at the end, and hope they maintain the depth and element of surprise. For a while there it did get overly-cheesy and airy, and a little predictable.

Sorry the episode has left me a little all over the place - can't wait for the next one!

Lol erm Thank you! lol I got so into this anime I start to nerd out when I talk about this stuff! It still bothers me about that asuna deal. Idk bout you but when I saw asuna jump infront of Kirito I figured oh yeah booyah a imune person just blocked the attack so now they have a chance. But no... so blew me off. Plus I was also thinking that if Kirito dies Klein would revive him with that stone Kirito gave him in the christmas episode. It allows you to revive one person if a player dies if 3 seconds pass it no use to return them. But sadly I was wrong yet again. It woulda been cool tho. That would mean the fight would last longer. And the love gets just abit deeper and sad bwahaha But it was so rushed I just rolled on my floor puzzled . Geeze I feel like I am "Keima Katsuragi" From the anime "A world only God Knows" SUPER OTAKU!! beeh

I truly agree with you. So odd so many question that need to be asked. I guess we can only find the answer two was read the LN or wait

I though the anime end last night until i saw to be continued phew

butt klien was also paralyized, so unless he was able to do what asuna did (which i guess is sheer force) he wont be able to revive either asuna or kritio.

can i make a theory of mines? i think it was yui, somehow before she was deleted or when kritio made her to that item she made it so that when she dies in the game she doesnt die in the real world, or so to speak her mind doesnt turn into scramble eggs.

Are you even reading what I am posting, or are you just being a troll?

I had more of a response, but decided you are just reading my posts the way you want to so that you can argue. So I wont be responding to this particular discussion (not the thread itself)...

*facepalm* Yes I am reading your posts and NO I am not trolling. YOU are missing the point. YOU are getting bent out of shape over a NON ISSUE & jumping at shadows as a result. You are screaming spoiler over something that IS NOT A SPOILER! The ONLY people who it could even POTENTIALLY be a spoiler to are the the ones who have already seen the episode. However this is pretty much undermined by the fact she is Alive at the beginning AND shown alive in the episode afterwards. Allow me to put it bluntly though I will have to do so in spoiler tags.





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Not everyone has seen the previews for the ep after, and they aren't shown in the show itself, Kenshiro