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Sword Art Online: Mother's Rosary Manga #1
ソードアート・オンライン マザーズ・ロザリオ 1
キリトとシノンが巻き込まれた《死銃（デス・ガン）》事件から数週間。 妖精アバターによる次世代飛行系VRMMO《アルヴヘイム・オンライン》にて、奇妙な騒動が起こる。新マップ《浮遊城アインクラッド》、その第24層主街区北部に現われる謎のアバターは、自身の持つ《オリジナル・ソードスキル》を賭け、1体1の対戦で、すべてを蹴散らし続けているという。 《黒の剣士》キリトすらも打ち負かした、《絶剣》と呼ばれるその剣豪アバターにアスナも決闘を挑むのだが、結果、紙一重の差で敗北してしまう。 しかし、そのデュエルが終わるやいなや、《絶剣》はアスナを自身のギルドに誘い始めた!? 《絶剣》と呼ばれるほどの剣の冴え。そこには、とある秘密が隠されており──。 『マザーズ・ロザリオ』 編、登場！
166 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 10, 2014
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June 16, 2018
I had a little trouble understanding this, but I enjoyed the artwork and the action.
January 31, 2017
This only lost a star cause it as hard for me to get into. I topped after the second chapter before the duel and I was just like 'I have other books to read that are due back soon to the library. I can't spend time on this.' Either way I decided to hunker down and get through it and I am glad. It did remind me of why I love SAO. It reminded me of what these character had to overcome to get to this point where they can play freely without fear. It was just good. Hope you enjoy it too.
October 17, 2020
I was lucky enough to win this in the giveaways and I'm very happy I did, this style of manga is very much my kind of manga compared to others. The action and sword duels are fun, the main character Kirito is easy to get behind, and the world is interesting enough to keep me wondering and keep me turning pages.
January 31, 2024
Después de leer varias cosas mas peesadas, leer un tomo de SAO es algo refrescante. Una buena manera de descansar el cerebro. En este aeco nos centramos mas en Asuna y Yukki, siendo esta ultima un nuevo personaje. Y la verdad que me gusta como se empezaron a desarrollar su vinculo. Este tomo es bastante introductorio pero tiene su encanto.
October 22, 2017
4.5/5 -- Début d'ARC très sympa, ca fait du bien de se remémorer ce qui se passe dans l'anime! J'ai un peu moins aimé les dessins de ce tome par rapport à l'arc Phantom Bullet mais sinon l'histoire est toujours aussi prenante!!
January 23, 2018
In my own opinion I thought the storyline for sword art online kinda background information was a little long it might be just for people who just started the series but it still took a large majority of the book away. It was kind of a refresher or just like a quick summary on the whole saga.
October 27, 2024
Oh, poor Asuna....feeling like Kirito will turn away from her if she is "weak", he loves her.
Yuuki.....I wonder what her and her guilds story is?! Kirito mentioned not being alive anymore.....or would they be like Yui...? NPCs that developed intellect and self-awareness....
Yuuki.....I wonder what her and her guilds story is?! Kirito mentioned not being alive anymore.....or would they be like Yui...? NPCs that developed intellect and self-awareness....
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December 12, 2018
Me encanta este arco y no pude resistirme a comprar el manga cuando lo vi. Me ha encantado recordar estos personajes tan maravillosos. Asuma y Yuuki enamoran. Estoy deseando leer la segunda parte.
May 6, 2023
I really like seeing the improvment the authors has talked about wanting to have, this looks to be a cute cool story introducing new characters and new concepts into a universe we know.
November 23, 2023
Davvero molto bello, fin'ora uno dei miei preferiti
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February 16, 2024
Los dibujos y el inicio de la historia es buena
December 3, 2025
Very good.
The art was not to my expectations, but the story was great.
Not enough conversation between Asuna and Kirito, though.
She just needs to tell him what's up!
The art was not to my expectations, but the story was great.
Not enough conversation between Asuna and Kirito, though.
She just needs to tell him what's up!
May 18, 2016
In Summary
The back cover touts SAO’s tagline: This might be a game, but it’s not something you play. However, this particular arc might be the closest to simply “playing” in the SAO franchise. There’s no “game of death,” no players forcibly trapped in a coma, no real world PK-ing. And that might just make this storyline the most relatable of the bunch. Asuna’s still showing some impressive swordplay, but as she embarks on a new ALO quest with new friends, her struggles are shaping up to be internal rather than external ones.
The Review
Mother’s Rosary, like Progressive, is an Asuna-centric series in the Sword Art Online franchise. This story, however, takes place well after Aincrad. In fact, it takes place after the events of GGO. As such, we see Asuna not as “The Flash” nor the damsel in distress at the top of the World Tree but as a teenage girl living life in the real world.
Unfortunately, despite all it took to get her out of SAO and then ALO, Asuna doesn’t return to a happily ever after. Certainly, she has Kirito’s devotion, but his love isn’t sufficient to erase her problems. Rather, another person’s lack of love threatens to negate the good in Asuna’s life.
Enter Asuna’s mom, otherwise known as the Queen of Tiger Moms. You’d think that she’d have sympathy for a daughter that got trapped in multiple life/death situations and narrowly avoided an arranged marriage to a creepy psychopath. But no. Rather, she acts as if the damage that their family’s company suffered on account of Sugou’s diabolical scheme (in Fairy Dance) is Asuna’s fault. While Mrs. Yuuki’s a bit extreme in her lack of empathy, her insistence on controlling every single aspect of Asuna’s life is bound to strike a chord with a lot of readers.
As such, New Aincrad, which is based off the virtual world that once held Asuna captive, becomes her place of escape. Even so, she can’t fully forget her problems, and the creators do a wonderful job at expressing her despair at the disparity between her real and online selves.
And that’s the situation when a mysterious new duelist arrives in New Aincrad. Enticing other players to fight with the prize of an eleven-hit original swordskill, Absolute Sword defeats all comers with ease. When even Kirito fails in his attempt, an intrigued Asuna decides to try the challenge herself.
Her reaction when she discovers Absolute Sword is a cute girl is a bit overdone; after all, Kirito passed for a “cute girl” in GGO. But then the narrative dives into the more important questions of why Absolute Sword is so strong and what she’s trying to accomplish. Absolute Sword quickly decides to include Asuna in her plans, and while those plans don’t require Asuna to put her life on the line, impossible is a pretty good descriptor for Absolute Sword’s goal.
By the way, the artwork is done by Tsubasa Haduki, who produced the Fairy Dance series. So if you liked Haduki-sensei’s fairy characters, you’ll see a lot more in Mother’s Rosary, although they’re now flying against an Aincrad backdrop.
Extras include embedded Background Guide notes, extra episode, afterward manga, and the title page and table of contents printed in color.
For more manga and book reviews, drop by my blog Keeping It In Canon!
The back cover touts SAO’s tagline: This might be a game, but it’s not something you play. However, this particular arc might be the closest to simply “playing” in the SAO franchise. There’s no “game of death,” no players forcibly trapped in a coma, no real world PK-ing. And that might just make this storyline the most relatable of the bunch. Asuna’s still showing some impressive swordplay, but as she embarks on a new ALO quest with new friends, her struggles are shaping up to be internal rather than external ones.
The Review
Mother’s Rosary, like Progressive, is an Asuna-centric series in the Sword Art Online franchise. This story, however, takes place well after Aincrad. In fact, it takes place after the events of GGO. As such, we see Asuna not as “The Flash” nor the damsel in distress at the top of the World Tree but as a teenage girl living life in the real world.
Unfortunately, despite all it took to get her out of SAO and then ALO, Asuna doesn’t return to a happily ever after. Certainly, she has Kirito’s devotion, but his love isn’t sufficient to erase her problems. Rather, another person’s lack of love threatens to negate the good in Asuna’s life.
Enter Asuna’s mom, otherwise known as the Queen of Tiger Moms. You’d think that she’d have sympathy for a daughter that got trapped in multiple life/death situations and narrowly avoided an arranged marriage to a creepy psychopath. But no. Rather, she acts as if the damage that their family’s company suffered on account of Sugou’s diabolical scheme (in Fairy Dance) is Asuna’s fault. While Mrs. Yuuki’s a bit extreme in her lack of empathy, her insistence on controlling every single aspect of Asuna’s life is bound to strike a chord with a lot of readers.
As such, New Aincrad, which is based off the virtual world that once held Asuna captive, becomes her place of escape. Even so, she can’t fully forget her problems, and the creators do a wonderful job at expressing her despair at the disparity between her real and online selves.
And that’s the situation when a mysterious new duelist arrives in New Aincrad. Enticing other players to fight with the prize of an eleven-hit original swordskill, Absolute Sword defeats all comers with ease. When even Kirito fails in his attempt, an intrigued Asuna decides to try the challenge herself.
Her reaction when she discovers Absolute Sword is a cute girl is a bit overdone; after all, Kirito passed for a “cute girl” in GGO. But then the narrative dives into the more important questions of why Absolute Sword is so strong and what she’s trying to accomplish. Absolute Sword quickly decides to include Asuna in her plans, and while those plans don’t require Asuna to put her life on the line, impossible is a pretty good descriptor for Absolute Sword’s goal.
By the way, the artwork is done by Tsubasa Haduki, who produced the Fairy Dance series. So if you liked Haduki-sensei’s fairy characters, you’ll see a lot more in Mother’s Rosary, although they’re now flying against an Aincrad backdrop.
Extras include embedded Background Guide notes, extra episode, afterward manga, and the title page and table of contents printed in color.
For more manga and book reviews, drop by my blog Keeping It In Canon!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 28, 2018
So first it starts off with them in a video game and it talks about their NerveGear. Then it goes to they get teleported to the main bottom floor and a dark hooded figure appears and talks about how their trapped. So a quick summary is they’re trapped inside the game called SAO. and so they have to find a way out and if they die in the game they die in the real world. And so they have to make it to floor 100 and beat the final boss to win the full game and get out.
The “theme” of this book is that usually when gamers play video games they have an entirely different personality then in the real world. And even though hard things will come your way you have to keep pushing through them in the end. And that cheating is not a good thing to do. On page 32 of Reki Kawahara’s book Sword Art Online Kirito says “There was none of Kirito’s previous heroic look. The face I saw in the mirror, was the real-face I’d been trying to escape.” (138) “how could i describe it? A moment of time stolen from me perhaps.”
I really personally like the plot and how the book is. I also like the characters how they react at the beginning and how i can relate. I like the style and how it is like a video game. I don’t like on how it skips a huge part of the first year at the beginning. I also don’t like how it perspective of the other characters to Kirito.
The “theme” of this book is that usually when gamers play video games they have an entirely different personality then in the real world. And even though hard things will come your way you have to keep pushing through them in the end. And that cheating is not a good thing to do. On page 32 of Reki Kawahara’s book Sword Art Online Kirito says “There was none of Kirito’s previous heroic look. The face I saw in the mirror, was the real-face I’d been trying to escape.” (138) “how could i describe it? A moment of time stolen from me perhaps.”
I really personally like the plot and how the book is. I also like the characters how they react at the beginning and how i can relate. I like the style and how it is like a video game. I don’t like on how it skips a huge part of the first year at the beginning. I also don’t like how it perspective of the other characters to Kirito.
January 25, 2020
Reki Kawahara, en colaboracion con Tsubasa Haduki (responsable de ilustrar el manga) nos traen una fantastica historia basada, en su mayoria, por los personajes: Asuna y Yuuki "Absolute Sword", embarcandose en una nueva aventura por el mundo de ALO.
Este primer volumen inicio bastante bien: buen diseño de personajes, las pausas que tienen en algunas paginas, una historia que te atrapa desde sus primeras paginas, en fin, me gusto bastante.
Eso si, para poder entender la historia, tienen que leerse la saga de Aincrad, pues se hace menciones de dicha saga.
Espero leerme ya el segundo volumen.
Este primer volumen inicio bastante bien: buen diseño de personajes, las pausas que tienen en algunas paginas, una historia que te atrapa desde sus primeras paginas, en fin, me gusto bastante.
Eso si, para poder entender la historia, tienen que leerse la saga de Aincrad, pues se hace menciones de dicha saga.
Espero leerme ya el segundo volumen.
September 12, 2020
Spoilers ahead!
I love that Asuna, using strategy, does better at dueling Absolute Sword than Kirito did. Kirito is so powerful in the SAO series that sometimes I find it annoying - and even in this volume, they kind of waffle about whether he was really trying his hardest against Absolute Sword (he didn't use his dual-sword skill, for instance). Still, it's nice to see a situation where he doesn't crush his opponent with ease, and then cool to see that Asuna is actually more effective than he was.
My full review of volumes 1-2 is up at No Flying No Tights.
I love that Asuna, using strategy, does better at dueling Absolute Sword than Kirito did. Kirito is so powerful in the SAO series that sometimes I find it annoying - and even in this volume, they kind of waffle about whether he was really trying his hardest against Absolute Sword (he didn't use his dual-sword skill, for instance). Still, it's nice to see a situation where he doesn't crush his opponent with ease, and then cool to see that Asuna is actually more effective than he was.
My full review of volumes 1-2 is up at No Flying No Tights.
March 28, 2016
Not a huge fan of the art style in this one, but it is my absolute favorite story arc thus far after the first one. I love that the spotlight is on Asuna and that she gets to be awesome. More character development is always a plus, as well.
July 23, 2016
3.5*
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I wanted to love this, and I honestly did - for the second half. However, her annoying mother that lives only to control her life in all ways possible made the first half a real struggle to get through.
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I wanted to love this, and I honestly did - for the second half. However, her annoying mother that lives only to control her life in all ways possible made the first half a real struggle to get through.
July 24, 2016
Wow, Loved this volume and been really enjoying the Sword Art Online Manga and Anime series, omg so good!! Definitely recommend starting with the Aincrad manga volumes and watching the anime if you want to get into the SAO series! : )
October 27, 2016
Another good volume. Liking the series so far.
October 18, 2025
Interesante!!!
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