Sword Art Online II Episode 02

Sniper of Ice (氷の狙撃手) is the second episode of the Sword Art Online II anime adaptation, as well as the second episode in the Phantom Bullet Arc. It aired on July 12, 2014.

Plot
In a flashback, on September 14, 2025; Sinon, who had accidentally fallen down a trap chute while navigating a dungeon below SBC Gurokken, discovered a boss-class monster and decided to die while trying to defeat it. To her surprise, the position she chose for her attack was out of the monster's attack range, thus, by conserving her ammo and accurately hitting the boss's weak spot, she was eventually able to defeat it and acquired a new sniper riffle, the PGM Ultima Ratio Hecate II.

Three months later, on December 7, 2025; Sinon, who had been invited to Dyne's PvP squadron two weeks before, was called upon to kill the supposedly only person in a Mob hunting party that had a live-ammunition gun and posed a threat in PvP. Although Sinon successfully sniped the player with a minimi, a new player in the party turned out to be a hired bodyguard, named Behemoth, who was armed with a GE M134 Minigun. Sinon decided to personally kill the bodyguard, as she believed that he was strong, thus killing him would help her become stronger.

Meanwhile, in ALfheim Online, Leafa, Lisbeth and Silica were hunting mobs to get materials for Lisbeth, while Kirito and Asuna were enjoying their time together, until Kirito decided to tell Asuna about converting his account to Gun Gale Online.

New Characters

 * Ginrou
 * Arashi
 * Jin
 * Dyne
 * Miso
 * Behemoth

Squadrons

 * The squadron Behemoth reinforced
 * Dyne's squadron

Inventory

 * Behemoth
 * «GE M134 Minigun»
 * Ginrou
 * «H&K UMP»
 * Sinon
 * «PGM Ultima Ratio Hecate II»
 * PvE squadron players
 * FN Minimi
 * High-caliber laser rifle
 * Optical blasters

Monsters

 * Boss monster in the ruins below SBC Gurokken
 * Plant monster in ALfheim Online

Locations

 * SBC Gurokken Underground Dungeon
 * Wasteland Field in Gun Gale Online
 * Asada Shino's home
 * Alfheim

Adaptation Notes

 * Adapted from Volume 5 Chapter 3


 * In the original novel, Sinon's PGM Ultima Ratio Hécate II was a boss drop, but in the anime, it was changed into a quest reward.
 * The scene where Ginrou commented about the scenario if Sinon missed was not part of the original novel.
 * In the original novel, Ginrou only used the nickname Sinocchi once, calling her Sinon in all other instances.
 * The ALO scenes were not part of the novel.
 * In the anime, Kazuto did not tell Asuna about converting his avatar to GGO during their date, instead, he told her about it while in ALfheim Online.

Errors

 * In Ginrou's point of view, both Miso and Arashi were written in all capital letters.
 * While engaging Behemoth's squadron, Ginrou's HUD indicates his primary weapon is Sinon's Hecate, while in fact, he is equipped with a UMP.

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