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Old 2012-07-28, 23:24   Link #595
Clarste
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Age: 37
I don't think it's too hard to at least mention Laughing Coffin. There's no reason to go into much detail about it though. It's enough to say "there's a guild of PKers called Laughing Coffin".

As for the story overall, they'd have to cut a lot but I think it could survive (unlike Aria). It's paced really really slowly to emphasize the "mystery" feel, but honestly I don't think the trick was particularly interesting. If they don't treat it like a full detective story and focus more on the characters and the relationships, they can cut out most of the details. And if you think about it this is basically the first time Asuna and Kirito get to know each other (excluding the rewrite side-stories), so emphasizing those two interacting should definitely be the goal.

It's a bit sad because the concept of a "locked room mystery" involving game mechanics was pretty cool, but it's not really the main point.
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