[Volume 01 Colour Illustrations](https://imgur.com/a/wXQYkGS) - - - ### Synopsis ### > The story follows Karen Kohiruimaki, a 183-centimeter-tall (6-foot-tall) college student who's insecure her height, and is bad at dealing with people in the real world. > She enters the world of Gun Gale Online with her avatar, LLENN, who is less than 150 centimeters (5 feet) tall and wears all pink. > She meets a beautiful, brown-skinned female player who goes by Pitohui. > They hit it off, but one day Pitohui pressures her to participate in "Squad Jam," a team battle royale variation of the Bullet of Bullets tournament. - - - ### Genre ### Action, Science Fiction - - - ### Links ### > ###### [LNDB](http://lndb.info/light_novel/view/Sword_Art_Online_Alternative_-_Gun_Gale_Online) ###### - - - It's SAO, except it doesn't have Kirito in it, and it's written by the guy who wrote Kino's Journey. There's no swords this time either, I guess *there* is an online element. Not really SAO, huh. In case you're wondering why the guy who wrote Kino's Journey of all people is writing a spin-off story on SAO, it's because he's a huge gun nerd.