刀剑神域

2022年，人类实现了现实世界和假想空间的融合，电子制造商开发了名为《刀剑神域（Sword Art Online）》的在线电子游戏。SAO甫一面世便大受好评，限量一万份的名额在发售当天的短时间内便被抢购一空。通过联网，玩家可以身临其境进入充满想象力和异域风情的游戏世界——浮游城市艾恩葛朗特。玩家在这里可以生活、练武、升级、经商、探险，与真实世界别无二致，却拥有无上的乐趣。曾是少数封测玩家的桐人也是这一万名幸运者中的一员。最初的兴奋过后，玩家们却发现根本无法顺利登出游戏，更为恐怖的是，一旦玩家的HP归零，现实世界中他们的肉体也将死亡。他们被SAO的开发者茅场晶彦困在游戏中，顺利逃脱的方法似乎只有一个，那就是完成困难重重的攻略任务……

In the year 2022, virtual reality has progressed by leaps and bounds, and a massive online role-playing game called Sword Art Online (SAO) is launched. With the aid of "NerveGear" technology, players can control their avatars within the game using nothing but their own thoughts.

Kazuto Kirigaya, nicknamed "Kirito," is among the lucky few enthusiasts who get their hands on the first shipment of the game. He logs in to find himself, with ten-thousand others, in the scenic and elaborate world of Aincrad, one full of fantastic medieval weapons and gruesome monsters. However, in a cruel turn of events, the players soon realize they cannot log out; the game's creator has trapped them in his new world until they complete all one hundred levels of the game.

In order to escape Aincrad, Kirito will now have to interact and cooperate with his fellow players. Some are allies, while others are foes, like Asuna Yuuki, who commands the leading group attempting to escape from the ruthless game. To make matters worse, Sword Art Online is not all fun and games: if they die in Aincrad, they die in real life. Kirito must adapt to his new reality, fight for his survival, and hopefully break free from his virtual hell.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]