[Volume 01 Colour Illustrations](https://imgur.com/a/o5EvzwN) | [Volume 01 - 04 Covers](https://imgur.com/a/iu9vF16) - - - ### Synopsis ### > "There's no way to beat this game. > The only difference is when and where you die... > " One month has passed since Akihiko Kayaba's deadly game began, and the body count continues to rise. > Two thousand players are already dead. > Kirito and Asuna are two very different people, but they both desire to fight alone. > Nonetheless, they find themselves drawn together to face challenges from both within and without. > Given that the entire virtual world they now live in has been created as a deathtrap, the surviving players of Sword Art Online are starting to get desperate, and desperation makes them dangerous to loners like Kirito and Asuna. > As it becomes clear that solitude equals suicide, will the two be able to overcome their differences to find the strength to believe in each other, and in so doing survive? > **Sword Art Online: Progressive is a new version of the Sword Art Online tale that starts at the beginning of Kirito and Asuna's epic adventure--on the very first level of the deadly world of Aincrad!** - - - ### Genre ### Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction - - - ### Links ### > ###### [LNDB](http://lndb.info/light_novel/view/Sword_Art_Online_Progressive) ###### > ###### [Kitsu](https://kitsu.io/manga/23928) ###### - - - So, if I understood this correctly, this series is basically the entire Aincrad arc rewritten from the start. I guess Reki realized that condensing 3 years(?) into like 2 volumes is a bit much.