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The content written below may very mildly spoil/hint towards future, unwritten content. If you want to avoid such content, skip any section with brackets [xxxxx].

No More Sorrow

So, I decided I will be splitting the next chapter into multiple parts. I will also be changing my writing style slightly so that the pacing is slightly faster. This way, I can get the chapter done faster and not make it reach 20k words as The End did. I will try my absolute best to finish at the desired point by March 10, otherwise, I will post the part, complete or not.

Sword Art Online Alicization Anime

My favorite season of SAO, period. I love the concept of AIs and Fluctlights. I've skimmed through TeamDefan translations of the latest Light Volumes to know what's going to happen and absolutely love how Reki Kawahara has written it to be. I am biased because I love the series, but I sincerely think it to be his best storyline to yet. Even though I should be focusing on finishing this Summer Break Arc, I'm just so excited to think of the Alicization Arc and how I will execute in this, there are some continuity errors that arose from my reading of Alicization, but the anime hasn't reached this point so I will keep my mouth shut.

The Darkness Within

Why am I talking about this? Well, that's because as I read back on my first work and realized my evolution, I have gotten the urge to rewrite it. The writing of TDW, in my opinion, doesn't pull in new readers as much as my more recent chapters may. Every time I update NMS, it becomes at the top of the SAO search page if people search fanfictions by most recent (the default). But, because NMS is so different from TDW, I feel readers who read NMS first because they didn't read the Intro chapter warning will be discouraged from my poor writing back then.

I will also like to mention a continuity error I remember in TDW. There are probably more errors but this is the one I always remember. In Chapter 25: Imprisoned, the character Torus & Heathcliff escorts Mortifer to the council room. While I did imply this, I forgot to mention that Torus and Heathcliff were the same people. Mortifer suspected something was fishy but he didn't notice that Torus was really just Kayaba Akihiko's real voice (which he didn't recognize).

[No More Sorrow Part 2 - Sword Art Origins Arc]

I feel bad saying this, but I may just skip over the origin stories of all the «Reapers of Sorrow» as I feel like I don't have enough time to cover every single one. Mortifer's especially is the longest, for obvious reasons and reasons soon to be revealed in the upcoming chapter. Surprisingly, Violet doesn't have much of an origin story as hers is much like Asuna's. If I had to choose which person amongst the «Reapers of Sorrow» who has the longest backstory, there will likely be a tie for Cayonz and Trish. The next closest member will probably be Rizer, followed by Konno. I haven't really thought up what to do for the other members, unfortunately. If I do decide to write this section before the Phantom Bullet Arc (I actually forgot the arc is called Phantom Bullet), then the chapters will be in this order (this is neither the order they joined, nor alphabetical, as Zed is in the middle when he should really be last).

«The Reaper of Sorrow» «Lavender» «White Fang» «Poison» «Doc» «The Steel Tempest» «Iron Wall» «Sun Wukong» «The Blue-Eyed Huntress» «Siren».

I hope you guys remember who's who. Otherwise, 7/10 names are mentioned in TDW Chapter 21. I don't think I mentioned this ever, but Zed received his name due to his skill in throwing knives, and Konno is rather obvious if you know what his role is in the group.

[No More Sorrow Part 4 - Mother's Rosario Arc]

I'm pretty sure I've said this already, but this arc will the main arc and longest in this book. When I outlined the chapters for this arc, it was back when I was still finishing up TDW Part 1. Since my writing has changed so much, I have cut down the number of chapters from 30+ to 23 (still a lot considering my word count per chapter now). This is now where I ask you guys if you wish for me to deviate from the main storyline and consider keeping Yuuki alive because she is indeed a character I adore and feel would fit in very well with Mortifer's ever-growing personality. PM/DM or leave a review so I can know what your thoughts are.

DO NOT READ AHEAD IF YOU AREN'T CAUGHT UP TO SAO LN VOLUME 15 LIKE HOLY SHIT PLEASE DON'T! (unless you want to be spoiled, in which case you are ruining the best arc in the series)

Other than what is below, this is the end of the post. See you next Sunday, March 10 (EST).

[Book 3 - The Eternal Soul?]

I was really just going to call this Underworld but I needed to keep the trend of deep, meaningful and edgy titles. In this beautiful arc, I'm debating on whether I should keep Eugeo alive, and find a way to bring back both the normal Alice/Eugeo and Synthesis Alice/Eugeo. I'm also wondering if I will have Mortifer be with Kirito from the moment he infiltrates the Ocean Turtle with Asuna and search Underworld for Kirito, or have Mortifer be with Kirito since his kidnapping, allowing both of them to join the game in unison and continue their journey from there. In the latter case, it is kind of like what I did with the Fairy Dance Arc where I made Mortifer travel with Kirito and Leafa, and interact with them to advance the plot.