Sword Art Online, or SAO, is split in two parts. The first part is about a game, called Sword Art Online. It is a virtual reality game in which people are fully immersed in the game, intercepting the commands from their brains to the headset and causing them to feel the movements in the game and move their in game avatars as if they were their real life bodies At first, the main character, known only by his avatar's name Kirito, was a beta tester and the game is finally coming out to the public. At first, everything seems normal with the game. Then, he notices something strange. The logout button is missing from the menu. When he is called to a suspicious gathering of all of the players of the game, the creator of the game, Akihiko Kayaba blocks everyone into the square and explains that if anyone dies in the game or has their headset shut down or taken off, they will die in real life. After that, players are eager to beat the game, which is the only way to get back to the real wor...