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Between Fantasy And Reality

Nowadays AI is becoming a thing, VR games didn't improve enough yet but our game consoles, our smartphones, and our PC reached a new level of graphics, we can't help but wonder what the future has for us with anxiety, the anxiety of having no control of our possible situations. "What will happen with our animes?" We have an enormous amount of media trying to foresee our future, between then there is SAO also known as Sword Art Online, which started as a novel and quickly got popular, gaining anime and manga adaptations. Sword Art Online is a full VR game in the world of Aincrad, having 100 different floors each with a boss, many unique equipment and an extremely complex system that has an infinite amount of skills, not only that but the capacity to emulate any feeling, what would happen if people, were draft from their life, and forced to beat the hundred floor to be free? Kirito was one of the beta testers, and after many incidents, he also become the 'black swordsman' and further more becomes the legend who beat Kayaba Akihiko, the creator of Sword Art Online, liberating the survivors of their death sleep. If you watch the anime, you probably wondered. "Why the hell is it so bad/good?" The answer is complicated, first of all, Sword Art Online was meant to be a romance between Kirito and Asuna, a romance inside of a game, that's why Kirito seems so empty, he is just op with no explanation, the game barely were explored and not only that, the side characters were completely useless, rip Klein screen time. The author wasn't bad at writing, but it was his very first big success, after two seasons things started to improve in Alicezation, but this fanfic won't be about other seasons, only about Sword Art online, the fanfic is a rewrite of all the events. "But we do have Sword Art Online Progressive" Yes, we do, I didn't read more than one chapter, but it's obvious that the events will be the same, in the end both Kirito and Asuna will remain with the same personalities, not only them but the side characters and the world, it won't make anything different at all, we can even count as 'filler' That's what this fanfic is about, to change the story and make something new and different, I can't say it will be better, because I'm still an newbie, my only real book, a novel, isn't even something I would read (yet) but I'm 200℅ confident in my abilities of making Sword Art Online an more interesting thing than only 'teenager romance' Having said all that, I hope you have a good time my fellow reader.

Annoyingbeing · Video Games
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Notes that you need to know

Hello my fellow reader, as the title says, it will be here that I will say stuff, you don't need to read you can skip, or ignore until the fanfic is done, but if you are curious about something, you can comment here or check if I didn't already answer you, so here we go.

Recent ones (Just to not make you lose time): I'm back to the planning phase, the proficiency isn't ready yet, the protagonist it's too similar to other ones.

Did you guys know that Argo is actually on the anime? She appears in the Christmas event, and that's all.

And I just saw a video saying that, Klein could revive Kirito, you know cuz he kept the item with him, that would be so much better.

Just found out Reiki was 13-14 years when he first wrote SAO.

"What will this fanfic be about?"

The objective is to explore the sword art online world, to talk about the changes our world is having, discuss the worth of life, and also have some fun, it's a fanfic after all.

"What will you do?"

Some things will be changed, as I said in the synopsis, this is a rewrite of sword art online, characters will be changed, developed, and new ones will be created as well, I also will use characters that weren't shown on the anime, such as Argo and aaaaa guy, copper.

"Did you read the novel?"

No, I didn't read the novels and the manga, most of the information I'm getting is from Wiki, the anime, and Integral Factor.

"When the original characters will appear?"

From time to time, we also will see some new interactions with them, but the focus will be our new mc.

"Is this a self-insert?"

No, it's not, the new mc it's mostly because I wanted xd, but the character isn't there without purpose, we already have Kirito and Asuna's point of view, so why not an outsider and other players?

"Why is it taking so long?"

Have no fear, I won't totally disappear, if I did I will eventually say here why the motive, I made some stuff four days ago and stopped because I had to note all the world-building.

"Do you like SAO?"

Nah, not a fan, but I understand that, the focus isn't games, sword art online it's more a drama with games background, they barely explored game mechanics, and we didn't see almost any quests, the novel actually does this on the beginning, but still focuses in their drama, and I an RPG enjoyer, don't like this at all.

I don't blame the author, and I can't say I would make something better, I only made a novel so far which is stopped for a time because of this fanfic, he planned many things, and creating all from zero is complicated, writing isn't an easy task, I only saw a little of the first volume, the first encounter of Kirito and Asuna, and I can tell he writes well, the focus just wasn't a MMO and he still made an interesting world and popularized a gender.

For example, the infinite amount of so said skills, we only get some of them, because common, would you have the patience to create 100 skills for every proficiency, and then balance them? Also a hundred of different floors with unique traits and different designs?

"Will characters from other media appear?"

Nope, only sword art online and my own creations.

"Is the mc from somewhere?"

Also, no, it's my own, original creation.

"Wait, what happened with (insert skill, element)

I changed, Sword Art Online can be awesome, and stupidly annoying because we do have some interesting stuff, but with many holes, we don't get a lot of answers, at last, I couldn't get them at the moment, so maybe in the future I will add or change, a lot of things don't seem to make sense, unbalanced, like he just pulled out of nowhere (though I completely understand, making an entire RPG system that works it's extremely complicated, we are comparing one person to a company, they would have more time and personal)

"Wait, when the (X character from X media) will appear?"

As I said, I didn't read the novel, or even saw the new movies, I only looked for some reviews, because they aren't interesting to me at all, outside characters Like Sinon won't be here.

"Author, this seems confusing, what did you mean there?"

Sorry, sometimes I have a rush of information and start to spit stuff, but I shall correct it eventually, be here or even the fanfic.

Said all that, feel free to ask any questions, and sorry if I look rude, or make no much sense, one of the reasons of me writing is to stay away from YouTube, I'm feeling worse and worse, getting psychotic, so it's good to have a hobby.