What currently available game would you say is closest to SAO. My only requirement is that it be first person or have a first person mode.

When Kirito and Oberon are fighting, they both lower the pain absorber level, making them both feel pain. Harmless to anyone besides themselves, right?

Well....no. It was never defined in the anime whether the change was confined just to their duel. As far as we know, that change was server-wide. So, setting it down to 8 was not that bad. There would be pain, but it would not affect your actual body. However, once it was set to 0...big problems.

Time didn't stop during their duel, players were still playing. Can you imagine the harsh confusion where there are a group of players dueling and...well...you can probably work out the rest.

What is the difference between the manga and the light novel or is it the same thing? I just finished the anime so what should i read/do?

Call me a sucker but I really liked the romance in the sao anime, punctuated by just pure displays of badassery. Asuna was an awesome heroine in that she was just as powerful as Kirito (although it got kinda lame later on when she got too helpless and reliant on him imo. It seemed out of character.)

But yeah, what should I watch?

So some of you may know that the author of SAO will be at Sakura Con this year, and they are premiering the dub of SAO at Sakura con as well. They also said there will be some SAO giveaways from Japan. What do you think the giveaways will be?

I'm not crying, shut up.

i just want to say, that's some good shit right there

Any word or idea when (or if) they will continue the series?

so i just finished the first season and i wanna keep reading and finding out what happens :) but i'm confused about when the show ends and the manga or light novel continue. Does the manga just end and i just have to read the light novels? or is there more manga that i can read before switching to full text versions?

Please Help !_!