Is Akihiko Kayaba dead?

At the end of the Aincrad Arc (November 2024), Akihiko dies along with the SAO virtual game. He has repurposed a FullDive unit that transfers his consciousness into the virtual world permanently. The scan fries out his brain cells and kills his physical body.
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Is Kayaba dead Sao?

During the narration by Kirito afterwards, it was revealed that Kayaba Akihiko's NerveGear had killed him promptly after the battle on the 75th Floor, possibly meaning that the Heathcliff Kirito fought against was his afterimage.
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What happened to Akihiko Sao?

Following the web novels at the end of the Alicization arc, Kayaba sacrifices his existence in both the virtual world and physical world by transferring his full consciousness into a robot body in an attempt to save those on the Ocean Turtle when its reactor starts to have a meltdown.
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Can Akihiko Kayaba log out?

In the very first episode of SAO, Kayaba Akihiko reveals to the world that he has trapped a lot of people in his revolutionary new game. Kayaba has made it impossible for people to log out of SAO. Kayaba sets himself up to be undefeatable.
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Why did Kayaba save Asuna?

Kayaba saved Kirito and Asuna because he was impressed. They were the first players to break the rules of the system he designed. Asuna jumped in-front of Kirito when she should have been paralyzed and Kirito moved after his HP dropped to zero.
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The Story Of Kayaba Akihiko (Sword Art Online)



Why did Akihiko trap people in SAO?

He fulfilled his dream and simply brought others into it, the idea was that Kayaba Akihiko wanted to replace the real world with virtual reality for himself. This is shown in the anime episode 14 at 18:41, when Kayaba Akihiko said, "I wanted to leave the Earth behind and go to that castle.
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Why is Aincrad in Alo?

Aincrad, and New Aincrad, is the setting of the VRMMORPGs Sword Art Online (SAO) and ALfheim Online (ALO). It gets it's name from a concept called An Incarnating Radius and is an abbreviation of that concept.
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Where is Akihiko Kayaba?

At the end of the Aincrad Arc (November 2024), Akihiko dies along with the SAO virtual game. He has repurposed a FullDive unit that transfers his consciousness into the virtual world permanently. The scan fries out his brain cells and kills his physical body.
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Who is the Deuteragonist in SAO?

Honda Koharu (本多 小春, Honda Koharu?), also known as Koharu (コハル, Koharu?) in Sword Art Online (SAO), is an original Sword Art Online game character and is the deuteragonist of Sword Art Online: Integral Factor. She was a Sword Art Online beta tester and is one of the 10,000 players who were trapped in Sword Art Online.
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Who is thinker SAO?

Thinker (シンカー, Shinkā?) is one of the 10,000 players who were trapped in «Sword Art Online». He is in charge of the popular net gaming information site: «MMO Today» and was also the former leader of SAO's largest guild: the «Aincrad Liberation Force» (ALF).
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Is Akihiko Kayaba Kiritos dad?

Akihiko Kayaba as Kirito/Kazuto's father.
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Who is the main villain in SAO?

Heathcliff. Akihiko Kayaba is the director and creator of the NerveGear and Sword Art Online, as well as the main antagonist of the SAO arc. He traps all the players within SAO by using the NerveGear to obstruct signals from the user's brain.
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Who created Aincrad?

Aincrad (アインクラッド, Ainkuraddo?) is the first «Realized World» shown in the Sword Art Online series and the stage for the first VRMMORPG, «Sword Art Online», created by Kayaba Akihiko. It later became one of the nine realms of New ALfheim Online and the stage for the game's second Grand Quest.
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How did Kirito beat Heathcliff?

Kirito seemed to be at a disadvantage, as Heathcliff easily defended and attacked using his Holy Sword. Kirito goes for the final blow. Still not letting up on his assault, Kirito continued to attack by activating Starburst Stream and finally knocked Heathcliff's shield to his side, creating an opening.
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Is Kirito a copy of himself?

To put it simply, the Kirito we saw wake up from the STL is the real Kirito (its physically impossible for him to be the copy they can't clone his real body....) and the Kirito that we saw speaking on the monitor to Higa in his bedroom was the copy.
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Who is the best villain in SAO?

Sword Art Online: 10 Best Villains, Ranked
  • 8 Johnny Black.
  • 7 Kuradeel.
  • 6 PoH.
  • 5 Subtilizer.
  • 4 Quinella.
  • 3 Oberon.
  • 2 Death Gun.
  • 1 Heathcliff.
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Who was the strongest villain in SAO?

Sword Art Online: The 10 Most Powerful Villains, Ranked
  1. 1 Heathcliff. Most fans considered him as the main antagonist in the series.
  2. 2 Death Gun. ...
  3. 3 Quinella. ...
  4. 4 Nochizawa Eiji. ...
  5. 5 PoH. ...
  6. 6 Subtilizer. ...
  7. 7 Nicholas The Renegade. ...
  8. 8 Yanai. ...
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Who is the main villain in SAO Alicization?

Gabriel Miller, also known as Subtilizer (in Gun Gale Online) and Emperor Vector (in Project Alicization/Underworld), is the main antagonist in the second half of the Alicization arc of Sword Art Online, known as the War of the Underworld Subarc. He is also the final boss of the series' original web series version.
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Why did Kayaba give Kirito the seed?

When he gives the World Seed to Kirito, he does it with the hope that it will be used for at least one more VR game like SAO. Similarly, when he saves his former lover Rinko, it's so that she can carry on his dream to merge fantasy and reality with her FullDive technology research.
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Is SAO gonna be a real game?

If you've ever seen the anime Sword Art Online, then you've probably wondered when we will get a game like the one in the show.
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Is Sword Art Online finished?

Is Sword Art Online finished? Nope. It isn't. After Alicization there is going to be another arc called the Unital Ring.
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What floor did SAO end?

74th Floor (Aincrad)
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What level did Kirito reach in SAO?

Because Material Edition 2 says he was Level 96. NOTE: The "Material Edition" series began while SAO was still a web novel (late 2007, but #2 was early 2008). The "Interview" mentioned was from 2005. It seems Kawahara retconned a bit of information at the last minute.
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How many floors did they clear in SAO?

They are tasked to clear all 100 Floors and defeat the final boss in order to be freed from the game. Three months after the death game, Kazuto discovers that Asuna is being held captive in "ALfheim Online" (ALO), a spiritual successor to SAO, where the players assume the roles of fairies.
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