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[solokun]

I play this asshole over at forestcovered and take him from the novels and Progressive since they're a ton better than the anime. Asuna (avantguard) is also over there.

ALSO read Phantom Bullet before the anime premiered and was super stoked for the action since it's a step up from the past arcs. It's a fun story and I'm loving it.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm actually confused about Progressive, is it just... the novels with edits? Some type of reboot? What is it, exactly? I've only recently started looking back into the fandom, so I'm completely out of the loop, haha.

forestcovered is a very cute game, I may have to gently stalk the thing. :))

The action in PB is pretty good! I can't take Darth Vader Dramatically Waving A Gun seriously but Sinon makes up for it.

[solokun]

If you read the novels from the start of Aincrad they actually start out around the 73rd or 74th floor (I CANT REMEMBER EXACTLY). There's like a few flashbacks to the earlier floors but that's it. Progressive is sorta a retelling starting from the very first floors with the author stating he plans on telling as many of those stories as possible without conflicting with original canon.

Basically it fills in all the gaps. You get to see how Kirito and Asuna first met and their first interaction together. It really strengthens the characterizations because the anime and the original novels are sorta all over the place? They build up more realistically and all. Some of Progressive was actually used in the anime (the first floor boss fight for example) so that it didn't seem like you were jumping into an anime that was almost already over.

http://www.mangapanda.com/sword-art-online-progressive You can read the manga here which follows the Progressive novel almost perfectly. The translation dudes are really slow, sadly, but you still get the entire first novel in manga form. Progressive happens to be my favorite version of Kirito anyways. It plays up on him being a troll and dork that tries to be a cool rpg hero rather than focusing on him being so goddamn self-loathing all the time.

But yes, Sinon being badass and Kirito trolling dudes as a girly avatar makes up for Darth Vader.

[(Anonymous)]

I actually haven't read a ton of the novels, tbh, there was just way too huge a mess of novels and side stories and doujins and other side stories etc. to wade through back when I first got into it.

So, from what you're saying, it's pretty much incorporating the side stories into the novel itself and possibly adding new ones? I remember reading Kirito and Asuna's first meeting and the first floor boss fight quite a while ago, actually, so unless that was Progressive being released back then I'm guessing it's a mix of old and new material put together in a more organized fashion.

Thanks for the link to the manga! I'm pretty much drowning in side stories again now that I'm trying to sink my teeth back into this fandom so I might cheat and flip through it...

[solokun]

BASICALLY what Sinon said below.

And no sweat, the manga is hilarious and fun. That's where I grab all my icons because I love how the artist draws Kirito in Progressive.

Get back into the fandom, anon. It's always fun to tag castmates. I was late to this series all the rp'ers had already faded away.

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for the primer, you guys! I never entirely intended to get back into this series, I blame GGO entirely. Absolutely and entirely. It's terrible what this arc has done to me despite my misgivings at it. :p

Those are some pretty A+ (and sassy) expressions you've got there, approval.

And I'm sure there will be a resurgence once this season reaches the halfway point/is over! Those who have ragequit have long since ragequit so expect new blood, pretty much (like everyone I know has ragequit this series it's lonely here).

[solokun]

Yeahhh, it gets a bad rep. The novels really do a better job than the anime, but I still have a shitload of fun with my rp partner and making all sorts of hilarious cr at forestcovered.

That's all that matters! Good luck, anon!

[avantguard]

if you actually want a reading order including the SS and MS:

one of the admin at sao wiki put it together

[(Anonymous)]

You guys are awesome. ♥

[avantguard]

<333 it's our pleasure, i'm sure

[hecait]

Just to add to this:

The original novel covers the first day (episode 1 of the anime) and then immediately skips to the 70-something floor: the scene where Kirito kills that rare rabbit and asks Asuna to cook it.

After the success of the original novel, the author wrote a whole bunch of side-stories that filled in the time skip: stories like Red-Nosed Reindeer (introduced Sachi), Beater (Kirito meets Asuna, 1st floor boss battle) and The Black Swordsman (introduced Silica). "The Girl of Morning Dew", which introduces Yui, was also one of these side-stories.

So when the anime was greenlighted, they decided to put all of these stories in chronological order as part of the overall Aincread arc. Afterwards, as a result of the anime's popularity, Progressive was created; essentially doing what the anime did and retelling the original arc but with all of the additional stories and information created after the first novel.

+11111

[solokun]

Need moar novels. I love them.

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[hecait]

I've been trying to read the Alicisation arc but it's so slow!

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[solokun]

Honestly, I haven't even started yet because I saw it and it's like... so many novels.

That will be an undertaking for another day.

[hecait]

It starts with Kirito in a farm and just. Keeps. Going.

[solokun]

....... Yeah, I'll just stick to everything up to Caliber.

[hecait]

Oh uh, this is random but I have an Argo account that I've been meaning to voice-test somewhere. Would you and Asuna be interested in helping out or doing a PSL or something...?

[avantguard]

YES

[solokun]

YEAH, basically what she said. We love Argo.

Asuna misses being girly with someone.

[avantguard]

they're so cute and kirito is so jealous HAHAHAHA

that chapter needs to be trans ASAP

[argonomics]

Hit me up sometime then! If you have a musebox or whatever that would be great, otherwise I'll try to come up with something for dear_mun or tag one of your threads!

[solokun]

We meant forever to make a public musebox and just never got around to it.

dwonline

We'll figure something out eventually! Argo is great.

[argonomics]

Thanks Kiriboy~