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Friday, 31 March 2023

[Project Announcement] Sword Art Online Progressive - The Next Day

When the Aria movie was being screened in Japan for the first time, there were various bonuses being given away at the theatres each week to promote multiple rewatches of the movie in cinemas. The bonuses ranges from minor stuff like illustrations and clear files, to audio dramas and even side stories. The third week (2021.11.13 - 2021.11.19) bonus was "Sword Art Online Progressive - The Next Day", a side story written by Kawahara Reki himself.

As the title may suggest, the story takes place "the next day" after a prior event. In this case, the prior event is "The First Day/Day of Beginnings" story from volumue 8 of the main light novel series. It details Kirito's first meeting with Argo (as you could presume from the fact that Argo's on the cover), as well a certain quest that gets reference in the Aria story.

The story consists of four parts. The first part is the longest one and will be published later today.
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous5 April 2023 at 03:07

    I know this announcement is recent but, are there plans to do Memorable Song (the Aria DVD/Blu-ray bonus) too? As well as the Scherzo theatre bonus, The Seventh Day, and whatever short story comes with the Scherzo DVD/Blu-ray?

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    1. Gsimenas5 April 2023 at 16:59

      The Seventh Day is the sequel to this story, so I need to finish this translation first. Since Memorable Song and the Scherzo BD story are both based on the movie timeline, they're lower in priority on my to-do list, but I'll probably get to them later on, too.

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    2. Anonymous6 April 2023 at 01:46

      Gotcha. Thanks for the answer!

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