(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Kiseki Himura The manga adaptation of the bestselling anime and light novel phenomenon! The war between elves rages on, with Kirito and Asuna caught in the middle! The forest elves seek the dark elves' Secret Key, but to what end? Though Kirito tries to stay detached, Asuna can't help being swept along for the ride. Kizmel is supposed to be just an NPC, right? But then why does she seem so very human...

The mysterious player Morte has manipulated the human guilds into fighting BOTH side of the Elf War! While Kirito challenges him to a duel, Asuna has an important task of her own: steal the battle plans from the Forest Elves so she can end this quest before it turns deadly. They need to stop the war before someone loses their life-permanently!

(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Tsubasa Hazuki The runaway best-selling fantasy light novel franchise that topped the charts in 2012! One month after Akihiko Kayaba's game of death began, the death toll continues to rise, two thousand players having already lost their lives to the ultra-difficult VRMMO world of Sword Art Online. On the day of the strategy meeting to plan out the first-floor boss battle, Kirito, a solo player who vows to fight alone to get stronger, runs into a rare, high-level female player. She gracefully dispatches powerful monsters with a single rapier that flashes like a shooting star in the night. This volume contains three stories, including 'Aria of a Starless Night,' which details how Kirito came to be called the Black Swordsman, and 'Rondo of a Fragile Blade,' the tragic tale of a young blacksmith that takes place before the second-floor boss fight.

(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Tsubasa Hazuki The runaway best-selling fantasy light novel franchise that topped the charts in 2012! One month after Akihiko Kayaba's game of death began, the death toll continues to rise, two thousand players having already lost their lives to the ultra-difficult VRMMO world of Sword Art Online. On the day of the strategy meeting to plan out the first-floor boss battle, Kirito, a solo player who vows to fight alone to get stronger, runs into a rare, high-level female player. She gracefully dispatches powerful monsters with a single rapier that flashes like a shooting star in the night. This volume contains three stories, including 'Aria of a Starless Night,' which details how Kirito came to be called the Black Swordsman, and 'Rondo of a Fragile Blade,' the tragic tale of a young blacksmith that takes place before the second-floor boss fight.

(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Tsubasa Hazuki The runaway best-selling fantasy light novel franchise that topped the charts in 2012! Having cleared the first and second levels of Aincrad at great cost, Kirito, Asuna, and the rest of the players ascend to Level Three. New challenges await them even as tenuous new allies appear, in the vast forest that encompasses the entire level. Meanwhile, the first player-wide strategy meeting on the new level forces Asuna and Kirito to make a difficult choice.

(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Tsubasa Hazuki Having reached the second floor of Aincrad, Asuna decides to have a player-controlled blacksmith upgrade her beloved sword, a rare Wind Fleuret - but when the unimaginable happens and the sword is shattered in the attempt, Kirito suspects foul play. Did the blacksmith really just happen to destroy an incredibly valuable item? And if not, is there any way to get it back? If there is a conspiracy of thieves, how can they be stopped before they spread too much mistrust? The game of death is bad enough already!

(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Tsubasa Hazuki It's been just two months since they were trapped in the game of death that is Sword Art Online, and Kirito and Asuna continue their struggle at the vanguard of progress through the game. The fifth floor of Aincrad is a mazelike ruin, and the two dare to take pleasure in raiding it for the treasure it contains. Upon returning to the fourth floor, it's time to do some questing on behalf of the Elf Lord Yofilis - but here begins Asuna's discontent, for in doing so they will have to face her least favorite monster ever!

(W) Reki Kawahara At long last, Kirito and Asuna have reunited with Kizmel the dark elf. But the happy reunion doesn't last for long. With remaining keys to collect, the appearance of AI that seem a little too lifelike, and a 'secret quest' to deal with, Kirito and Asuna will have their hands full as they attempt to clear the sixth floor in one piece! Age 13 and Up.

(W) Reki Kawahara The seventh layer of Aincrad-a massive casino where over half of the game's beta testers dropped out before launch. Kirito, too, lost everything in its Monster Arena back then. When an informant named Argo seduces Kirito and Asuna with knowledge that could aid in their investigation, the pair soon plunge into the casino's dark underbelly once more. Meanwhile, the Elf War Quest also reaches a sudden turning point when a flurry of crises rock the Dark Elves' home!

(W) Reki Kawahara (A) Abec The protracted secret feud between the Nachtoy and the Korloy families, who control the casino on the seventh floor, takes an unpredictable turn when Kirito and Asuna intervene. But when Kirito attempts to expose the misdeeds of the Korloy family, he ends up stumbling into a trap. Now he has just two days to unravel a mystery, put an end to an unscrupulous conspiracy, and defeat the floor boss. It's all leading up to a showdown in the arena where everything's on the line!

In clearing the seventh floor, Kirito transforms into a Civis Nocte, kindred to vampires, receiving great power in exchange for a lethal weakness to sunlight. Together with Asuna and Kizmel, he pursues the Fallen Elves who have stolen the five scared keys at the center of the Elf War questline. To the group?s surprise, however, their search ends up taking them back to the fourth floor. While there, Kirito and company accept a request from Lavik, the former Commander of the Sandalwood Knights Brigade, becoming embroiled in an ancient dispute between the elven peoples and delving into the past of Viscount Yofilis. Amid all this drama, one thing is for certain: No one can call the NPC characters simple AI anymore!

(W) Reki Kawahara (A) Puyocha, Abec Nearly two months have passed since Kirito and Asuna found themselves trapped in the world of Aincrad. Now, they're making their way through the ruins-themed fifth floor, where all sorts of undead monsters-and player-killers-lurk in the shadows! The story of Sword Art Online continues in this brand-new series!

(W) Reki Kawahara (A) Puyocha, Abec The boss of the fifth floor of Sword Art Online will drop the Flag of Valor, a dangerously powerful item set to tip the delicate balance between the guilds! Hoping to preserve parity between the two mightiest guilds, Kirito organizes an impromptu raid to be the first to defeat the boss and seize the flag before it falls into the wrong hands...

(W) Reki Kawahara (A) Puyocha, Abec The fifth-floor boss, Fuscus the Vacant Colossus, brings the raid party to the brink of destruction when it reveals mechanics that are completely different from the game's beta. On top of that, PoH, the leader of Laughing Coffin, attacks Kirito to obtain the Flag of Valor. Will Kirito be able to overcome these unexpected trials and make it out of the fifth floor alive?!

(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Koutarou Yamada Deep in an unfamiliar forest, Kirito awakens with sensations far too convincing for a virtual world... With memories of a life he doesn't remember living. A boy and a girl...and a name that sticks in his mind: Alice. For readers ages 13 and up.

(W) Reki Kawahara (A) Koutarou Yamada In Underworld, a virtual land from which there seems no escape, Kirito meets Eugeo, an NPC destined to follow his Calling-his life's goal that must be achieved before he can follow his own path. What awaits Kirito in this new land?

(W) Reki Kawahara (A) Koutarou Yamada A year after Kazuto and Asuna escaped from Aincrad, the deadly setting of Sword Art Online, they're still coping with the aftermath as they try to recover from the harrowing experience. Meanwhile, there's a new VRMMO game sweeping the world's gamers--Gun Gale Online. When a mysterious player who calls himself 'Death Gun' claims to be responsible for real-world deaths, Kazuto (aka Kirito) is recruited to enter the game to investigate, bringing an end to his hard-won peace!

(W) Reki Kawahara (A) Koutarou Yamada After Ronie and Tiese try to save their friend from the clutches of noble knights Raios and Humbert, they end up getting captured themselves! With the two girls bound and helpless, Kirito's going to need Eugeo's help to save them...but Eugeo finds himself paralyzed by the thought of breaking the Taboo Index! With the fate of his page hanging in the balance, can he violate his world's most sacred code to rescue her?

(W) Reki Kawahara (A) Koutarou Yamada After Ronie and Tiese try to save their friend from the clutches of noble knights Raios and Humbert, they end up getting captured themselves! With the two girls bound and helpless, Kirito's going to need Eugeo's help to save them...but Eugeo finds himself paralyzed by the thought of breaking the Taboo Index! With the fate of his page hanging in the balance, can he violate his world's most sacred code to rescue her?

(W) Reki Kawahara (A) Aincrad, Castle Die in the game, and you die in real life. The only way out is clearing the massive floating castle Aincrad. The pinnacle of heroic sagas kicks off here!??

(W) Reki Kawahara (A) Mito Sato & Various After saving the Moonlit Black Cats, Kirito is drawn to their warmth and camaraderie which persists even in the bleak world of SAO. He sets aside the label of 'Beater' and joins their ranks. With Kirito's help, the formerly weak guild makes quick progress and starts wanting to join the front line. But one night, Sachi, the guild's only female member, suddenly disappears. Kirito rushes out to find her, knowing how afraid she is of death...

Reki Kawahara After a player dies in a what was supposed to be an area inaccessible to monsters, Kirito and Asuna immediately head over to investigate. Could a fellow player be behind this incident...?

Reki Kawahara As the grace period comes to an end, Kirito and the others are stripped of all the gear they brought over from ALfheim Online, leaving them practically unarmed! But then they run into another group of ALO players who were forcibly transported into this new world?and learn a shocking fact about Unital Ring.

(W/A/CA) Shinjiro This is what you call some serious ink! Determined to carve his own path, Seigi sets out to face the assassin from Selinistan head-on! But will his training with the Void Maker be enough for him to emerge victorious? And what is the 'truth' of the Void Maker Spell Crest itself?

ARARE MATSUMUSHI This has nothing to do with you, Ryouhei-kun?Love is in the air as Tomoko and Ryouhei?s feelings for each other grow ever deeper. But when Ryouhei witnesses Tomoko?s boss sexually harassing her in public, he immediately jumps into action and causes a scene! The resulting commotion stirs up trouble for Tomoko and nearly gets Ryouhei arrested, and now the two just can?t seem to see eye to eye. With such a huge rift forming between them?could this spell the end of their relationship?!

Panko got tired of all the workplace harassment she?s received and finally quit her job! Her new life begins now?and she?s spending it with her Ryouhei, who?s now her boyfriend. But what does he think about future plans, like living together?or marriage?

(W) Liu Cixin (A) Jun Yokoyama One strange day, roughly 20,000 otherworldly spaceships flew into stable orbit around the Earth. After six months with no contact from the mysterious spacecrafts, in a certain Asian village, a young girl named Zihan discovers an old man who fell from the sky. Soon, many more elderly drifters in similar clothing begin popping up all over the world-their numbers surpassing two billion in total. What is the goal of these mysterious visitors? Find out in this adaptation of a story by the popular Chinese sci-fi author, Cixin Liu!

(W/A) Asumiko Nakamura Purple-eyed Adarte, blue-eyed Adolte. One enveloped in light-the graceful son; and one shrouded in darkness-the prisoner. Destined to walk different paths in a kingdom where a beautiful man is lauded as a hero while his enigmatic assistant toils to support him...

(W/A) Asumiko Nakamura Dao and Shao are twin brothers of a nomadic tribe. Shao is the ideal son, the light of the clan, while the sickly Dao can only aspire to what his brother has. As the days count down to the ritual of Malaukai where their family successor will be decided, a tragic accident alters the twins' fate forever?

(W/A) Asumiko Nakamura Having left his tribe and taken his brother's name, Dao serves as the king's aide, burdened all the while by orders to deceive him. However, the king has secrets of his own. In his childhood days as the crown prince, he led a lonely life as his father suffered from illness. Then, with the arrival of his half-brother, Magrev, a tale of love, hate, and the whims of fate began to unfold?

(W/A) Asumiko Nakamura In an era when the beautiful Moonlight King was still just a prince, he lived in solitude, his mother dead and his father bedridden, until the coming of his half-brother Magrev. His newfound sibling wishes to be friendly, but the prince plans to use him as a sacrifice instead. The two's relationship becomes twisted, with their maid, Dovy, at the center, and the King's condition takes a turn for the worse?

(W/A/CA) MAYBE When Satou's best friend, Hime, tells him that she's moving, he decides to follow. After crashing her wedding in another world, he ends up as the groom when she suddenly kisses him! Prophecy states that her husband is destined to be the Ring King-a hero of immense power who will save the world from the Abyssal King! Is Satou up for the challenge, or is his new marriage going to end before it even begins?

(W/A) MAYBE Satou is off to the Fire Kingdom to find his third bride, but she's an incredibly strong warrior who won't marry anyone weaker than her! Will Satou be able to overcome this challenge and obtain the third ring?!

(W/A/CA) Maybe Satou has gathered three rings, but he's still got two more to go! He's off to the Land of Water to marry its princess, Saphir! But when he arrives, he finds that the city's in trouble, and Saphir needs his help...

(W/A/CA) Maybe The final Ring Princess awaits! But before the harem is completed...the world's going to end!? Satou heads to the Kingdom of Earth, but it's already been devastated, and there's no sign of the princess...

(W/A/CA) Maybe Now that Satou has met the Earth Princess and decided to go back to Arnulus, he'll need to get even stronger if he hopes to face the Abyss King! What awaits him upon his return? Find out in Volume 6 of Tales of Wedding Rings!

(W/A/CA) Maybe Satou's quest to defeat the Abyss King takes him to the land of the elves. There, he finds himself locked in a room with his five brides, and there's only one way out...!

(W/A/CA) Maybe Locked in the elves' library, Satou has had his fill of marital activities with his five brides, and things get even more complicated when abyss monsters show up to crash the party! But they're only the first of many obstacles that await Satou and Hime, whose bond will be put to the test! For readers ages 16 and up.

(W/A/CA) Maybe In order to obtain power capable of fighting against the Abyss King, Satou and Hime have gone separate paths. On Satou's side, Saphir and Amber engage in a fierce battle to retrieve the Ring King's Sword. Meanwhile, Hime is struggling to improve her magic, but a mysterious woman might just have the answer!