Accel World, Vol. 19: Pull of the Dark Nebula

アクセル・ワールド / Accel World Light Novels #19

by Reki Kawahara

Before Kuroyukihime graduates, Haruyuki makes it his mission to travel to the Castle with Sky Raker and learn the clear conditions of Brain Burst as well as what lies at the pinnacle of the Accelerated World. When they arrive, they are warmly received by the dark silhouette of the dual-bladed swordsman, Graphite Edge! But Haruyuki can't afford to be stopped at this critical juncture. For in addition to finding the answers he seeks, Haruyuki learns that the Castle is home to The Fluctuating Light!

Genres: Light Novel, Science Fiction

192 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 10, 2015

About the author

Kawahara Reki (川原礫) is the writer of Sword Art Online and Accel World. He also uses the pen name Kunori Fumio. His hobby is cycling.

Reviews

[Ricardo Matos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some good main plot progress. The harem just keeps on growing and it’s beyond ridiculous!!!! But it was an interesting volume, which started with a big info dump!

[Tuna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Volume 19 is one of those volumes of a series where so many big things are happening that you honestly can’t put it down until you realized you’ve read 90% of the book in one or two sittings. The first 150 or so pages here are so fantastic and so bombastic that I just found myself turning each page in a hurry as I gobbled up each and every plot development like I needed it yesterday. Wow.

In brief, we have a second run in with Graphite Edge and Trilead Tetraoxide to provide us the information we needed on The Fluctuating Light and how it relates to what or why Accel World (or Accel Assault 2039) was even created. While much information is gained much information remains elusive. Additionally, we saw that the nature of the legions change/will change in a way that left my jaw dropped/dropping.

Beyond that a second adventure through the Castle was fantastic and the scattering of battles were incredible. I enjoyed them immensely and I further enjoyed the focus on the four/five relevant characters in the major moments of this volume.

Overall, this will be one of the best volumes of AccelWorld.

[Eldon Siemens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Characters! A good volume with lots of character interaction and less action.I did like seeing the cast grow, both in depth and numbers, but I'm starting to lose track of which "real names" belong to which avatars

[Kieran · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book makes a nice change from a lot of the recent books, it's not an entire book of "No I'm the worst and saddest person"

[Christopher Furtado]

Cliche