Sword Art Online - Ordinal Scale Volume 02 (manga)

Sword Art Online - Ordinal Scale Volume 02 (劇場版 ソードアート・オンライン -オーディナル・スケール- 2) is the second volume of the Ordinal Scale manga adaptation. The volume covers the events of the Ordinal Scale movie from the aftermath of Eiji's assault on the Fuurinkazan guild up to Asuna informing Kirito about losing her Sword Art Online (SAO) memories.

Summary
As Ordinal Scale (OS) continued surging in popularity, Kirigaya Kazuto (Kirito) encountered a mysterious white-hooded girl in augmented reality and began investigating the appearances of Sword Art Online bosses in Ordinal Scale. Meanwhile, during one such battle against a Sword Art Online boss with her friends, Asuna sacrificed herself to protect Silica from the boss's attacks, losing all of her hit points (HP) as a result. In the aftermath of the battle, Asuna suddenly found herself unable to recall anything from her days in Sword Art Online.

Chapter 5
On April 26, 2026, as he was practicing fighting in Ordinal Scale at the Yoyogi Park in Shibuya Ward while waiting for Asuna to arrive for their date, Kirito suddenly encountered a mysterious, white-hooded girl, who could only be perceived via the Augma and vanished just as abruptly after pointing him to a certain direction. As Asuna arrived at the scene just a moment later, Kazuto was forced to postpone his thoughts on the strange encounter in favour of his date with his girlfriend.

The couple walked to a nearby café, where one of the topics they discussed was Eiji, the player whom Asuna believed to be a fellow Sword Art Online Survivor. The girl remembered him as a member of the Knights of the Blood guild named Nautilus, who possessed a debilitating fear of death that had prevented him from participating in boss battles in the death game, in great contrast to Eiji in Ordinal Scale. As their conversation switched to the topic of their upcoming stargazing trip, Yui suddenly interrupted their discussions, notifying them that she had discovered something regarding OS event battles.

Once Asuna, Kirito, Lisbeth, Silica, and Sinon had gathered at Asuna and Kirito's log house in ALfheim Online (ALO), Yui unveiled the findings of her analysis of all the previous Ordinal Scale boss battles, concluding that the boss spawn points relative to each other were identical to the ones in Old Aincrad. Since this knowledge allowed them to predict the venue for the next boss battle, most of the girls, excluding Sinon due to her being busy with her part-time job, decided to participate in the next event battle together. Meanwhile, lacking interest in joining the battle himself, Kirito was more concerned about Klein's unusual absence since the previous night.

Chapter 6
On April 27, 2026, having spent the entire day riding around Tokyo and investigating the venues of previous OS event battles, Kazuto once again unexpectedly encountered the mysterious white-hooded girl while buying a drink from a vending machine. Just like the day before, the girl disappeared suddenly after pointing to a specific direction. As he was musing on the strange encounter, Kazuto received a call from Andrew Gilbert Mills, who informed the boy that Tsuboi Ryoutarou (Klein) had been hospitalized due to being injured on his way to an OS battle the previous evening. Concerned that something similar might happen during the battle that Asuna, Lisbeth, and Silica were planning to participate in later that evening, Kazuto decided to quickly head to the venue for the battle.

Meanwhile, Asuna, Lisbeth and Silica arrived at the Ebisu Garden Place in the Shibuya Ward for the upcoming boss battle. When the boss of the 12th Floor of Aincrad, The Strict Hermit, spawned at exactly 21:00, the artificial intelligence (AI) idol YUNA arrived at the scene to announce the beginning of the fight and provide buffs for the players with one of her songs. Midway through the battle, a small dragon-like monster spawned on the battlefield. When Silica attempted to pet it, mistaking the monster for her own Tamed Monster Pina, the whelp suddenly transformed into Dorz'l the Chaos Drake, the giant dragon boss of the 91st Floor of Aincrad. While fleeing from the monster, Silica accidentally collided with Eiji, becoming easy prey for the dragon pursuing her when the boy caused her to tumble to the ground with a push. The moment the boss swiped its talons at Silica, Asuna intercepted the attack with her own body to protect the girl.

Chapter 7
Shielding Silica from the monster's attack, Asuna suffered enough damage to lose all of her hit points in a single swipe. At that very moment, a small glowing orb was launched from her Augma towards a nearby drone, resulting in the girl losing consciousness. Witnessing the incident, Kirito rushed to the scene and attempted to confront Eiji in rage, only to find himself at the mercy of the latter's blade all of a sudden the very next moment. As Eiji gained distance from the boy, the dragon suddenly returned to the scene, threatening to attack Kirito next. Just then, the timer for the boss battle struck zero, prompting both of the bosses on the battlefield to take their leave. As Kirito was helping Asuna back on her feet in the aftermath of the battle, a mysterious, white-hooded girl could be seen observing the couple from the shadows, holding one of the glowing orbs in her hands.