Sword Art Online Abridged



Sword Art Online Abridged is, as its name suggests, The Abridged Series of Sword Art Online, created by Something Witty Entertainment.

We all know the story by this point: a guy called Akihiko Kayaba made a game called Sword Art Online, and traps everyone in the game. They cannot log out, and if they die in the game they die in real life. Kirito ("xVx_K1r1t0_xVx_KillMe" in the Alfheim arc) is one of the players, and rose to the top. Unlike the show's version of Kirito, though, this Kirito is a lot less sane, generally being the biggest asshole around. Arson is a common occurrence in the world of Sword Art Online Abridged, and Kirito goes on multiple tangents remarking about how he doesn't care about humanity or isn't interested in saving characters who are clearly in danger. Asuna isn't much better either.

Despite being a parody, the abridged series still injects emotional moments here and there, sometimes altering the dialogue to add emotions to existing scenes. Episode 17 of the series replaced what is usually an incest confession scene with a genuine brother-sister argument. Plus, Kirito does show character development, and is a little more sane at the end of the series.

Check it out on YouTube, although keep in mind the first episode is age restricted.

"''The patient displays classic narcissistic and borderline sociopathic behaviour, especially when engaging with her brother, Kazuto Kirigaya (aka Kirito aka xVx_K1r1t0_xVx_KillMe aka Daddy). This appears to stem from deeply held feelings of resentment, as well as internalised self-hatred regarding her own femininity, most likely originating from an as-yet-unknown event in the siblings' early childhood. The lifelong repression of these feelings seems to have bled into her other relationships as well, causing her to lash out at those she perceives to be weaker than herself. This behaviour is most evident when interacting with her "friend" Recon, who she CLEARLY has romantic feelings for, yet takes every opportunity to belittle and and keep at an emotional distance, even though we can all tell what's going on and she should just admit she likes him and treat that poor, sweet, boy with the love and compassion he deserves! In short, I believe someone or something caused her to view any display of more traditionally feminine traits as something to be ashamed of, and seems to lay the blame solely on her brother. As for why this is the case, further investigation shall be needed.""
 * Artifact Title: The first couple of episodes do "Abridge" the series, but once episode numbers hit the tens you often get episodes that are longer than actual Sword Art Online episodes.
 * Body Horror: After remarking that at least Leafa has a face, Yui outright removes every part of Leafa's face to leave only a smooth surface behind, trapping her in her own body.
 * Fix Fic: The first couple of episodes start out as a parody of the series, but it slowly starts addressing issues from the show.
 * The creators revamped the reason why Kayaba traps everyone in the game.
 * The entire Suguha Kazuto incest arc is scrapped, instead replaced with a sibling conflict.
 * In the Alfheim arc, Asuna isn't trapped with everyone else; everyone is trapped with Asuna.
 * Freeze-Frame Bonus: Something Witty Entertainment sometimes alters the background of scenes, to add extra text.
 * After Kirito gets thrown away due to him accidentally touching Asuna's boobs, you get a popup that says "Distance: 15m / New Record!", instead of "Immortal Object" in the original show.
 * In episode 15, Yui's diagnose of Leafa has a surprisingly detailed psychological profile, which reads roughly as follows:


 * Game Breaking Bug:.
 * Gosh Dang It to Heck: The profanity filter in Alfheim Online means this often happens.
 * Non-Player Character: Played with. In Keita's party in episode 3, we have Keita, Kirito, and Sachi. The rest of the party members are NPCs. As long as you don't complete their storylines, the NPCs stay with you and can help you in combat. They also utter generic voice lines every four seconds..
 * Shaggy Dog Story:.
 * Shaped Like Itself: The tutorial NPC for the game gives a pretty golden line. Keita remarks that it's not a good tutorial. "Tutorial NPC: Always remember. To jump: Jump!"


 * Space Whale Aesop: Don't overwork your game developers to death! Preserve their sanities. While you probably can't.
 * Stylistic Suck: The Sword Art Online game has quite a few of these, being obvious attempts to parody real video games.
 * In order to get some items, you need to collect fifty flowers to trade them into town to get to a dungeon to fight a boss.
 * Our very first glimpse of Sword Art Online sees the place utterly infested with ads, with the adblocker extension costing $39.99.
 * In episode 3, the non-player characters in Keita's party have some utterly obnoxious lines, such as "We must save my family!" They also block the doors for actual player characters.
 * The blacksmithing system has you playing three minigames at once set to intense music. You have to tackle a rhythm game, space invaders, and a fighting game all at the same time to make anything decent.
 * Tech Demo Game: The entire Sword Art Online game is one of this. Sure, it's impressive to show off tech, but it's riddled with tedious quest design, bad system design, menus that take long to navigate, and lots of bugs.
 * Title Sequence Replacement: Both openings are replaced with entirely different songs, and vastly shortened from a minute and thirty seconds to just under thirty seconds. The songs are replaced as well, giving us "This Is War" and "A Real Life', respectively. Check out the show's opening one and opening two.

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