I didn't read that short story (I will probably do it just after posting that) so I can't say about that.
But this episode wasn't bad , you can't really feel it's rushed, there is no boring exposition while they managed to explain to the viewers: beaters, the guide book (& it's origin), Boss fights, introduced the black guy.
They also introduced Asuna as a mmo noob (with some talents to fight) and a bit depressive who seem to only be ok mentally when fighting.
This will avoid them some long "exposition" episodes like AW had.
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