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Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance Manga #3
Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance, Vol. 3
Kirito parte para a Árvore do Mundo determinado a resgatar Asuna, mesmo que, para isso, tenha que enfrentar sozinho um exército inteiro! Chegou a hora de descobrir se os planos sórdidos de Sugoh serão detidos!
340 pages, Paperback
First published December 25, 2014
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January 3, 2018
Not sure I understood all of it, but the artwork was engaging, and it kept me turning pages!
September 24, 2020
La conclusion de la historia me gusto,pero siento que al igual que en el anime el final fue super rapido,y no se explora el potencial que estos mundos tienen para dar.
Aun sigo considerando superior Fairy Dance por que el mundo real es importante en la historia,mientras que en Aincrad no se muestra practicamente nada de el.
Aun sigo considerando superior Fairy Dance por que el mundo real es importante en la historia,mientras que en Aincrad no se muestra practicamente nada de el.
March 13, 2020
this is an awesome continuation of the first and second books. I loved reading the story of Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance ark and can't wait to read the next ark. Seeing all the characters having a great ending was amazing. 100% should give the series a read starting with first Sword Art Online book, Sword Art Online: Aincrad Omnibus.
May 2, 2025
Still weird with Suguha, but I love Leafa in game. More vicious than I remember but it’s been years since I watched the anime. Love the ending and think that SAO could’ve ended here forever and be solid.
September 6, 2018
Okay, well, wow! I don't know if I just glazed over EVERYTHING in the anime adaption of this arc or what, but the manga adaption feels like it has a lot more depth and details. There's a lot more closure for everyone, and they to explain and show just what every SAO survivor is dealing with now in the aftermath. Everyone is having to figure out how to move on with their old life they made for two years, and I never realized that was what ALO was about-- moving on.
Back then, out of anyone I guess I would have related to Asuna. But now, as I'm reading the manga and reliving the story (properly), I'm in a place in my life where I really relate to Sugu... So, a lot of things really hurt, but it's okay, the story was very engaging, the artwork was fluid and elegant (even though it really does look like hentai artwork), and the story had so much depth to it compared to what I was expecting.
In the anime, I never knew is Suguo died or what, but it appears he just passed out and is being tried for attempted murder. He fucked himself over royally, he would have gotten away with it all (probably) had he not tried to kill Kirito. Still would've lived with that stroke/seizure eye though, that sucks.
And the first chapter of this manga...was a legitimate rape scene involving Asuna... I was shocked. I read the first chapter then I couldn't come back to this volume for a week or two. I was not expecting that at all, but at least it was subtle, so if a younger kid happens to get ahold of this, they may not realize what's going on.
Oh, and another thing. While I like everyone's dynamics with each other, and I like and appreciate Kirito's honesty with Sugu... He's being kind of a dick... He's being way too honest with her, telling her that he can't really know his feelings for her until he moves on from his two years in SAO and rescues Asuna. We all know he's going to fall right back in love with Asuna, and yet he gives Sugu that sliver of hope that if he can just move on and put the past behind him, he might just love her back too. That's sad... But at the very least, she's still going to have her big brother back, so at least there's that.
Also, I'm not entirely sure if what she is feeling is an awakened romantic love for him. I think it's more of a "this is my brother, my family, I've missed him for many, many years and if I can't have him, you can't either!" She loves him, but I doubt she loves him like she thinks she does. And once she finds someone to truly fall in love with (Recon, maybe?), I think she'll realize that if she ever looks back.
But yeah, there was a lot of closure, even an entire chapter after the end dedicated to closure and I really appreciate that. And it seems Sugu, out of all the girls who like Kirito, gets the second most attention, so I think she's still pretty lucky.
Oh, yes, and another good thing about the manga adaption. There was real character development! Thank God. Find out for yourself, thus far this is the most enjoyable medium for the ALO arc, I mean it. I used to really dislike ALO, but the manga actually made me love it as much as I loved the SAO arc. Just try it, or if you don't like this one, try a different adaption. I'm sure there's something that will click for you.
Back then, out of anyone I guess I would have related to Asuna. But now, as I'm reading the manga and reliving the story (properly), I'm in a place in my life where I really relate to Sugu... So, a lot of things really hurt, but it's okay, the story was very engaging, the artwork was fluid and elegant (even though it really does look like hentai artwork), and the story had so much depth to it compared to what I was expecting.
In the anime, I never knew is Suguo died or what, but it appears he just passed out and is being tried for attempted murder. He fucked himself over royally, he would have gotten away with it all (probably) had he not tried to kill Kirito. Still would've lived with that stroke/seizure eye though, that sucks.
And the first chapter of this manga...was a legitimate rape scene involving Asuna... I was shocked. I read the first chapter then I couldn't come back to this volume for a week or two. I was not expecting that at all, but at least it was subtle, so if a younger kid happens to get ahold of this, they may not realize what's going on.
Oh, and another thing. While I like everyone's dynamics with each other, and I like and appreciate Kirito's honesty with Sugu... He's being kind of a dick... He's being way too honest with her, telling her that he can't really know his feelings for her until he moves on from his two years in SAO and rescues Asuna. We all know he's going to fall right back in love with Asuna, and yet he gives Sugu that sliver of hope that if he can just move on and put the past behind him, he might just love her back too. That's sad... But at the very least, she's still going to have her big brother back, so at least there's that.
Also, I'm not entirely sure if what she is feeling is an awakened romantic love for him. I think it's more of a "this is my brother, my family, I've missed him for many, many years and if I can't have him, you can't either!" She loves him, but I doubt she loves him like she thinks she does. And once she finds someone to truly fall in love with (Recon, maybe?), I think she'll realize that if she ever looks back.
But yeah, there was a lot of closure, even an entire chapter after the end dedicated to closure and I really appreciate that. And it seems Sugu, out of all the girls who like Kirito, gets the second most attention, so I think she's still pretty lucky.
Oh, yes, and another good thing about the manga adaption. There was real character development! Thank God. Find out for yourself, thus far this is the most enjoyable medium for the ALO arc, I mean it. I used to really dislike ALO, but the manga actually made me love it as much as I loved the SAO arc. Just try it, or if you don't like this one, try a different adaption. I'm sure there's something that will click for you.
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June 1, 2019
Final de seria explosivo. Mucha acción y desarrollo de los personajes (aunque mas que nada Kirito y Leafa). Este arco me pareció bastante mas complejo que el primero. Se le dió mas profundidad a Kirito, aunque siempre manteniendo su "invencibilidad" (es muy OP pero en este arco no me molestó tanto). Si bien ya no da esa sensación de peligro que transmitía, el plan del antagonista era bastante macabro y bastante mas complicado, lo cual se agradece. La verdad que este arco da la sensación de que está mejor pensado y desde el punto de vista narrativo, me parece superior a Aircrad. Además cabe destacar que el dibujo es sumamente bello y atractivo a la vista. La verdad que del anime era mi arco favorito y hasta ahora de lo que llevo del manga también lo es. Espero poder leer pronto el proximo y ver si cambió de opinión.
August 14, 2018
I'm not a huge fan of fighting scenes and it's for that reason that I preferred the first volume of this series. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed myself while I was reading and I'll probably read the next arc in the future.
Still the villain was ridiculous. A good villain is the key to a good story and if you try to make it too bad... Well, it turns into a ridiculous character and the reader won't take him/her seriously. I didn't take Oberon seriously: he was way over the top.
The art was good, I guess. But Sugu's breast were way to big, even in real life.
Since I haven't read the light novels, I don't know what will happen in the next arc but I'm pretty sure I'll find out pretty soon.
Still the villain was ridiculous. A good villain is the key to a good story and if you try to make it too bad... Well, it turns into a ridiculous character and the reader won't take him/her seriously. I didn't take Oberon seriously: he was way over the top.
The art was good, I guess. But Sugu's breast were way to big, even in real life.
Since I haven't read the light novels, I don't know what will happen in the next arc but I'm pretty sure I'll find out pretty soon.
April 26, 2021
Sou suspeito em fazer a resenha do Volume 3 da Novel do SAO por que gosto mundo da fase Fairy Dance no anime, então é tudo ótimo e bem desenvolvido e para somar a isso apareceu a melhor personagem de todas, Leafa-sama.
Sem mais, recomendo e espero estar lendo logo o volume 004, vida longa ao Kawahara-san!
Sem mais, recomendo e espero estar lendo logo o volume 004, vida longa ao Kawahara-san!
December 14, 2025
In diesem Band geht es natürlich weiter. Kirito will Asuna retten und muss sich der Gefahr stellen. Dabei bekommt er natürlich Hilfe von Verbündeten.
Die Story ist recht schnell erzählt. Die Charaktere wachsen einem so langsam ans Herz,. Trotz das dieser Part sich runder anfühlte, merkt man aber das da was fehlt.
Die Story ist recht schnell erzählt. Die Charaktere wachsen einem so langsam ans Herz,. Trotz das dieser Part sich runder anfühlte, merkt man aber das da was fehlt.
May 28, 2018
Un buen final para esta historia genial. Ya se que hay continuación a Fairy dance, pero creo que hasta aquí llegó.
La historia me gusto y siento que su final fue bueno, por eso, como no quiero arruinarmelo mejor lo dejo hasta este punto.
La historia me gusto y siento que su final fue bueno, por eso, como no quiero arruinarmelo mejor lo dejo hasta este punto.
February 26, 2019
La verdad que con lo aburrida y estirada que me estaba resultando esta serie, me resultó gratamente cómo desempeora para el final. No te digo que quiero leer una saga más de SAO pero al menos no le tomé tanta antipatía sobre el final.
January 22, 2021
Me encantó en especial este último tomo de Sword Art Online! Además de acompañar la historia con una placentera play list del soundtrack de SAO. Es muy reconfortante y realmente satisfactorio leerla como buena espadachina leal del mundo de ALfheim.
September 26, 2017
Une merveille !! Quel bonheur ce manga, cet ARC est vraiment génial ! Et surtout, la fin est juste parfaite !
November 22, 2017
Loved it great ending
April 29, 2018
This is probably my favorite of all of them so far. I had some problems with the last two volumes but it solved all of it in this.
September 25, 2019
Kirito the badass. Enough said.
November 30, 2020
Nowhere near as good as the Anime and Leafa has become slightly bland.
November 19, 2021
It was fun, I liked the anime more though
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May 26, 2022
Mon tome préféré de cet arc ! Asunaaaa !
June 19, 2024
The storyline was cool, but the whole thing was just... so rapey. Asuna is sexually assaulted multiple times and there is a clear threat of rape for basically the entire book.
October 23, 2015
I read this manga while watching the anime, and while I really enjoyed the manga, the anime was better. And I learned that that manga is three times removed from the original. Usually manga gets translated to anime. This story was odd, it started as a light novel then was adapted as an anime, once the anime became popular it was adapted as a manga. The illustrator for Fairy Dance also wasn't the same illustrator that worked on the original arc, Aincrad. All that being said the manga didn't really stand up to the anime, but it was very good.
There were some parts that were rushed in the manga, I think I would have been confused by them if I hadn't seen the anime. I think it would have been better if they ignored the anime (except for the character design) and based the manga off of the light novel. They tried to copy what was done on the screen and some parts just didn't fit right in manga form.
The story was great though, and there were parts of the manga that I enjoyed more than the anime. The very end of the arc, when Kirito gets to the hospital I liked better in the manga than the anime. It was interesting to see the slight changes between the anime and manga, the tentacled scientists in the manga...shudder...they were awful, poor Asuna, in the anime they were just silly. Then there was the final scene in the birdcage, that was way more awful in the anime than it was in the manga.
full review of the Fairy Dance series at http://testybadger.blogspot.com/2015/...
There were some parts that were rushed in the manga, I think I would have been confused by them if I hadn't seen the anime. I think it would have been better if they ignored the anime (except for the character design) and based the manga off of the light novel. They tried to copy what was done on the screen and some parts just didn't fit right in manga form.
The story was great though, and there were parts of the manga that I enjoyed more than the anime. The very end of the arc, when Kirito gets to the hospital I liked better in the manga than the anime. It was interesting to see the slight changes between the anime and manga, the tentacled scientists in the manga...shudder...they were awful, poor Asuna, in the anime they were just silly. Then there was the final scene in the birdcage, that was way more awful in the anime than it was in the manga.
full review of the Fairy Dance series at http://testybadger.blogspot.com/2015/...
January 13, 2016
There's a point past which I can't take a book's villain seriously because the author is trying way too hard to make them as evil as possible. Baron Harkonnen in Dune being a sadistic, genocidal pedophile who is so fat that he requires a mechanical device to get around is a good example, and the antagonist of Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance is a similar character. Suguha possesses no redeeming qualities, but rather demonstrates himself to be a megalomaniac desiring "absolute control over the human soul" through mass brainwashing, tries to commit murder, and expresses his future intention to rape a girl who is in a coma.
Suspension of disbelief only goes so far, and if I'm already looking sideways at the improbable technological side of this series then I need the bad guy to not be actively striving to become the most ridiculously over-the-top evil sociopath on the planet just for its own sake.
Suspension of disbelief only goes so far, and if I'm already looking sideways at the improbable technological side of this series then I need the bad guy to not be actively striving to become the most ridiculously over-the-top evil sociopath on the planet just for its own sake.
September 30, 2018
Loved this one just as much as the first two! The artwork is still super lovely and I'm still really liking the flow of the plot/writing as well. ^_^
Having read all of the light novels up to this point in the storyline, I've realized that I prefer reading them to these, but I still really love the manga adaptations and may decide to re-read them over the light novels, seeing as they're much quicker and easier to read.
I really just can't get enough of SAO though. Like seriously. I might as well call myself obsessed at this point. ;P
Having read all of the light novels up to this point in the storyline, I've realized that I prefer reading them to these, but I still really love the manga adaptations and may decide to re-read them over the light novels, seeing as they're much quicker and easier to read.
I really just can't get enough of SAO though. Like seriously. I might as well call myself obsessed at this point. ;P
December 1, 2015
After all the crying . . . in background guide 2, the author states that all of Suguha's capybara cuties might be a way to make up for Tonky's failure to appear in the manga or anime (while he was in the novels) - but he was in the anime. Definitely in the anime. But I adore the capybaras, of course, so the more cuteness the better. #teamcapybaras
April 5, 2016
Continuing on from volume two, volume three of Sword Art Online comes back with a strong punch. After joining Alfheim Online in order to save Asuna, Kirito and Leafa go to defeat Alen, as he has trapped hundreds of the remaining players from SAO into his game for his own benefit.
May 8, 2015
This book is amazing keep it up
September 2, 2015
AWSOME
July 26, 2016
Once again a beautiful conclusion to this arc and the overall story. Just beautiful. I'm speechless once again.
October 8, 2016
Wow! I did not see that coming. This turned into a fantastic story! But there is a seriously awesome twist toward the end that completely blew my mind. Read this series!
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