Sword Art Online 15 (light novel): Alicization Invading

We got some new characters and introduced to our new villain, but much of this volume felt like it was just filling time before things pick up in 16. The one really interesting plot point in this book in the Underground doesn't even go anywhere.

A little slow at first but once it got going I could not tear my eyes from it. I love the new direction Kazutos life is heading.

This sub-arc of the Underworld arc provides an interesting new direction for Sword Art Online. Initially or perhaps through the course of it is a controversial direction to take since it pushes our protagonist to the side-line and leaves him in a fragile, vulnerable, and down-right pitiful state. Indeed, he is left heart-broken in crushing despair at the loss of his closest friend and partner of most of his life. Perhaps destroyed over feelings of guilt he is left to do nothing but grip the only memento he has left of him for six long months.

What that means is the point of view switches to Alice Synthesis Thirty as she cares immensely and deeply for the one who brought light back into her life and who defeated the one that she thought could not be defeated. Paying the ultimate life, she appears to both bear the guilt of being the only one to survive the greatest battle of all time. Those feelings as well as ones of admiration and ones of wanting the savior of the human realm to come back and finish the job empowers her to take care of him and to do all that she can to bring him back. That said, she also knows her role in the coming days and has to rationalize how to do her calling as well as to care for him.

I liked the change to seeing Alice in her daily life, as well as the perspective of the antagonists. Though it was largely set-up, it provided us a glimpse of the Dark Territory. The antagonist appears to follow the same vein as Fairy King Sugou, Death Gun, and Humbert and Raios, so it should be expected of what may happen to some character. I do wonder if Kawahara may change things up in future novels, as only Akihiko Kayaba appeared to follow a different line of thinking.

This was a good volume.

I have not read any of these books. They were purchased for my son and he thoroughly enjoys reading them.

I could not look away from this book! Really good!

I highly doubt this is a new book. Both cover and back are damaged.

Item as described

There was a lot more moving around in this book. I liked it a lot.

I liked this book, I have the whole series.

Really good