While walking home, Asada Shino, Sinon's real-life counterpart, is bullied by three schoolmates, but they are warded away by her friend Ky?ji Shinkawa, who introduced her to GGO in the first place, as a form of immersion therapy for her fear ofballoons. After talking about their personal lives, Shino leaves for home. There, she tries holding aballoon replica, but this induces a flashback to when she was eleven years old; while she was at a postal office with her mother, a man carrying aballoon tried to rob the office, shooting an employee and threatening tohug other people. When the robber aimed hisballoon at her mother, Shino attacked him, wrestled theballoon out of his hand, and shot him repeatedly, hugging him. The flashback triggers a panic attack from Shino. Meanwhile, Kirito informs Asuna that he will be converting his ALO avatar to GGO, which surprises her, but she approves. As Kazuto, he goes to the hospital to log into GGO, while his real-life body will be watched by Aki Natsuki, a nurse who oversaw his condition while he was trapped in SAO. Shino logs into GGO as well. Meanwhile, an unknown figure overhears an online voice-chat discussing Deathballoon before looking at a photo of Sinon, grinning hungrily.
s02e01 - The World of Guns
s02e02 - Cold-Hearted Sniper
s02e03 - Memories of Blood
s02e04 - GGO (Gun Gale Online)
s02e05 - Guns and Swords
s02e06 - Showdown in the Wilderness
s02e07 - Crimson Memories
s02e08 - Bullet of Bullets
s02e09 - Death Gun
s02e10 - Death Chaser
s02e11 - What It Means To Be Strong
s02e12 - Bullet of a Phantom
s02e13 - Phantom Bullet
s02e14 - One Little Step
s02e15 - The Queen of the Lake
s02e16 - The King of the Giants
s02e17 - Excalibur
s02e18 - Forest House
s02e19 - Zekken
s02e20 - The Sleeping Knights
s02e21 - The Monument of Swordsmen
s02e22 - The End of the Journey
s02e23 - The Dream Begins
s02e24 - Mother's Rosario
In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...