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2012-09-04, 06:25 | Link #402 | ||
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2012-09-04, 06:31 | Link #403 | ||
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2012-09-08, 07:45 | Link #411 |
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Lots of unclear aspects about SAO
Hello. I'm a bit a newbie in this series, as I began watching the anime one week ago and have been reading the LN since then.
However after that time I still don't really get some parts. I tried to read this whole thread before posting my message and I think my questions still haven't been answered. Spoiler for Timeline continuity:
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Spoiler for Will it ever end? Kirito x Asuna?:
I hope you can help me in answering these questions. Maybe I missed some important points while reading the LN, in which case I'm sorry. I find it a bit "heavy" to read because 80% of it is the description of the scenary & people, which you "see" directly in the anime. Reading the whole volume 3 for instance took me around half a day (AVG 90 minutes for each chapter). Although I may not be a quick reader, I find it a bit heavy compared at least with the anime. I even tried to read the manga but didn't really like its style. Both anime and LN are better IMHO, although that may be a personal taste. |
2012-09-08, 07:57 | Link #412 |
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The novel is consistently written in first person, even throughout the later stories. However, it spends at least half the time from the perspective of other characters (usually the "heroine" of the story). So it switches back and forth from Kirito's perspective to other people's.
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2012-09-08, 08:54 | Link #416 |
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The series originally started off as a short story for some sort of Dengeki writing competition. Kawahara Reki didn't win, so he continued this story as a web novel. It proved to be very popular, garnering many views, and after he submitted Accel World to the same competition, which he won, they (the publishing company) also noticed that Sword Art Online was extremely popular, and decided to publish it as well. So basically, volume 1 was written as a stand-alone story, and volume 2 (SAO side stories), other side stories such as "Aria in the Starless Night", and a side story in volume 8 were all written to fill in the gaps. As a result of this, the Aincrad arc is a chronological mess. The author is currently writing "Sword Art Online: Progressive", which is a re-write of the Aincrad arc, and it's main purposes are to make the story more fluidic and coherent, as well as stamp out any plot holes or inconsistencies.
Clarste's already answered this, so there's no need for me to do so. Yes, this being an adaptation (as opposed to a translation), the studio had to skip certain parts, or else this episode would've stretched on for too long, and that would've meant that the main story would have had to suffer. Last edited by relentlessflame; 2012-09-14 at 00:13. Reason: Fixed quote tags |
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Thank you for your long reply, Aphrah.
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Sorry for the self-replied silly question. Definitively over the internet there is a bit of confusion about this (at least, it seemed that way to me). Quote:
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2012-09-08, 09:21 | Link #420 | ||
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