Sword Art Online Progressive 2 - light novel (Volume 2)

My attention to this series and Reki Kawahara as a whole was brought by the 2012 anime Sword Art Online. I was captivated by the story and i truly enjoyed the new concept of VRMMORPG's that Reki brought to the table. I wanted to learn more so after watching the anime series I read the books of the original storyline before the release of GGO. I loved the story so much I couldn't put the books down and after catching up to the alicization arc, going as far as i could go (with the english books), i became curious upon noticing the progressive series and 2 novels down that road, i have become so grateful Reki decided to go down this path and now that he has grown in skill as a writer, is improving the original storyline that captivated us all. I cannot wait to follow this long venture of a quest until the end, whether he decides to follow the main storyline to some degree and end the death game halfway through like the anime, or if he decides to take this story all the way through to the 100th floor, i can't wait to find out!! To anyone reading this, I would highly reccomend this book and any others of Reki Kawahara' s to read. The writing style is so entrancing and adds so much more context to the SAO universe.

Just as the first book, this one provided the same excitement and fun making it a book that is practically devoured. If you loved the first one, you will love this one.The story line that this book is following is exciting and interesting, giving you more information about how Aincrad was formed, what happened and other stuff.The book sometimes repeated some things quite a lot, but is isn't a big deal.Also I would like that the the books would be a little bit longer, like the first book, advancing two floors at a time so you don't have to wait a year to get the next book and get more content, which I don't refer that it should shorten the actual story, but the book could be longer so that the floors advance faster.Either way, the book is great, fun and worth every cent it costs.100% recommended.

Sword Art Online Progressive continues to be an amazing addition, delving deeper into the story we all know and love.

A great follow up to the previous volume depending on how you want to take it as it doesn't cover much in respect to the contents of the floor itself. Rather than focusing on that it goes into the lore of Aincrad, developing Kizmel (new character which turned into one of my favorites), and starts developing the origin of PKrs. Definitely worth a read if you like the first volume.

I can understand the fascination in an AI so advanced that it's almost human like... but can't help but feel like the world of Alicization is bleeding into the Aincrad arc... And while I do enjoy some aspects of the AI being more human than AI and enjoy the Alicization storyline for what it is... it feels like it's getting away from the original storyline more than I'd like. The death game was interesting because it was a bunch of players trapped in a game... but the more human you make the NPCs the less it feels like a game. I liked the series because it felt like a digital world where we could escape reality.... but with every volume it seems like you're trying to make it more based in reality than fantasy. Like the AI think and feel and dream just as much as people and should be treated the same as humans and while I do enjoy stories like I robot, terminator and ex machina etc. etc. (There are more AI with sentience story's than I can count) That's not why I read SAO... I came here to follow more of the original plot....there was so much focus on the AI that you literally skip huge plot points about the 3rd floor boss battle and summarize all the quests in a few paragraphs....😣

The story was an enjoyable read if not shorter in comparison to the first installment. There is no jaw dropping event taking place here that will make this groundbreaking for the storytelling for Aincrad. The virtual world is given a chance here to be a bit more flushed out in detail with both lore and social interactions with other players. The interactions between Asuna and Kirito are allowed to play out more within the confines of their character; her being the powdered warrior and he the solo player working together to progress forward on the third floor. Their moments together were cute, for the lack of a better word. Kirito's reasoning or desire for going at this game alone is a constant inner focus for him throughout which added some anticipation to when he would elect to dissolve the party. Given the abandonment of the series plotline in this, that seems unlikely for a while still. The reasoning for continuing onward with Asuna is acceptable as stories go, seeing her as this potentially great leader who would do far better over what Aincrad currently as to offer in leadership. Adding the third character to the mix made for some fairly amusing events and situations between the lot as the difference between an actual AI and a simple NPC in this game blurs. Minor characters in the show were given more light to shine in this novel, crafting the virtual in game society the main protagonists had to interact with. Overall, it is a good read that left me wanting more contents to this particular story but to get what you get with Sword Art Online.

Neste volume vemos um aprofundamento nos detalhes do sistema de quests em SAO, e conhecemos Kizmel, uma suposta NPC com uma inteligencia acima da média, tanto que Kirito supeita que seja na verdade uma IA(Inteligencia Artificial), e uma luta muito boa no final contra o Morte, onde o Kirito luta seu primeiro duelo PVP, e leva uma surra, o que senti falta foi da luta contra o Boss do andar, porem se o Reki tivesse escrito teria dado mais 50 paginas para o volume, ele apenas resumiu a batalha, porem os detalhes incrementados e a narrativa do andar foi otima, tivemos desenvolvimento da historia de Aincrad, do sistemas do jogo e uma luta contra um player, isso me satifez bem, para que não reclama-se da falta da luta do Boss do andar.

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Secondo volume del reboot di sword art online. Trama articolata in modo scorrevole ed in modo tale da catturare l'attenzione del lettore.Ottima anche la qualità del prodotto.