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- Author's Notes
- Long time no see; or perhaps it is more proper to call this the first meeting. I am
- Kawahara. Thank you very much for reading <Sword Art Online 2: Aincrad>.
- After volume one was published, I received a large amount of valuable advice
- regarding "How can I continue this from this sort of ending?" No matter how
- you look at it, the game was completely cleared, and the world had also
- collapsed. Even while I, myself, was reading it, I felt there were absolutely no
- elements that could be continued further.
- Then, there was the sequel that hurt my brain, or namely, this book. My
- apologies, the time was turned back to the past. And moreover, it was a
- collection of short stories. I'm truly sorry about that.
- I have previously also played some online games. But no matter in what game,
- I have never been part of a high-ranking group. I merely envied those eternally
- strong players with the best equipment and reputation, one after another easily
- defeating monsters, and afterwards feeling that they were "So skilled! So
- strong!" (haha)
- Therefore, I wanted to write about not only the volume one's protagonists Kirito
- and Asuna and their <Game Clearer> type of top players, but wanted even more
- to write something about the stories of ordinary mid-level players; and this
- second volume's four short stories, have precisely this kind of content.
- Regardless of which story, they are basically about Kirito debuting and causing
- a big stir; and feeling that he is "So skilled! So strong!" like Scilica and Lizbet
- felt, is precisely what I have felt every year since becoming an MMO player.
- Really, and once would be enough, I really want to know what it feels like to
- show off to others a weapon of which there are only three copies in the entire
- server.
- Besides that, there's one more thing that I must apologize to everyone about.
- Even though the four female characters in this book are all different female
- players, their male counterpart, as discussed earlier, was always Kirito-san.
- Even though there is no way for me to explain myself to everyone properly on
- this point, I painfully excuse myself, and ask that everyone please use the "even
- though the criminal and victim change every time, the detective is always the
- same person" mindset you have when reading detective novel series... you can't
- do it right? Sorry, sorry.
- Lastly, to abec-sensei who drew all the constantly appearing new heroines with
- personality and cuteness, and to Miki-san who gave me many ideas with
- regards to all the strange and complex game system settings: you have taken
- care of me yet again.
- And to you who read this book to the end, I am truly thankful.
- May 26, 2009 –Kawahara
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