Sword Art Online The Movie -Ordinal Scale-

Sword Art Online The Movie -Ordinal Scale- (劇場版 ソードアート・オンライン -オーディナル・スケール-) is a Sword Art Online movie that was released in about 1,000 theatres worldwide on February 18, 2017. The movie is set after Mother's Rosario, but before the Alicization Arc and has an original story written by the author, Kawahara Reki. The theme song of the movie is Catch the Moment, a new song by LiSA.

The stage of the movie is an Augmented Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (ARMMORPG) titled «Ordinal Scale» (OS) for an Augmented Reality device called the «Augma». A feature of Ordinal Scale is a «Ranking System», according to which, each player is assigned a rank, indicated by an ordinal number instead of a cardinal number. The game is set in the real world, and players can increase their rank by gathering items that appear in various places of the real world, or by defeating monsters. Higher-ranked players are granted overwhelming power and this is commonly a major factor in deciding the outcome of Player versus Player (PvP) battles.

Prologue
In 2022, the world of virtual reality was upended by the arrival of a new invention from a genius programmer, Kayaba Akihiko. Called NerveGear, it was the first full-dive system and with it, came endless possibilities to VRMMORPGs. In 2026, a new machine called the Augma is developed to compete against the NerveGear and its successor, the Amusphere. A next-gen wearable device, the Augma doesn't have a full-dive function like its predecessors. Instead, it uses Augmented Reality to get players into the game. It is safe, user-friendly and lets users play while they are conscious, making it an instant hit on the market. The most popular game on the system is “Ordinal Scale” (aka: OS), an ARMMORPG developed exclusively for the Augma. Asuna and the gang have already been playing OS for a while, by the time Kirito decides to join them. They’re about to find out that Ordinal Scale isn’t all fun and games…

Plot
Ordinal Scale AR game uses SAO bosses as raid events around Tokyo. Klein and friends were fighting a SAO boss and got ambushed by Eiji. Eiji proceeds to manhandle Klein's friends using martial arts and breaks Klein's arm in the process. Eiri chokes Klein, forcing him to have PTSD when the SAO boss attacks him directly. He faints and loses his SAO memories as it was extracted. Kirito investigates, finding out that the SAO boss spawn locations in Tokyo are identical when compared with Aincrad's map. Another raid event is happening and Asuna and co. were fighting while Kirito observes from behind. More bosses spawn and Silica was attacked, prompting her to escape. Eiji shoves Silica to the ground amidst the chaos and Asuna jumped forward to shield her from the boss, causing her HP to fall to 0. Asuna experiences PTSD and got her memories extracted. Kirito attacks Eiji but was instantly defeated as he is not an athlete. Eiji laughs at Kirito being worthless IRL and leaves the scene. Yuna the AI singer approaches Kirito and gives him clues regarding the incident. He investigates with Kikuoka's assistance and found out that the creator of the AR device was the professor of Kayaba. He denied allegations and knowledge of Eiji and memory scanning/extracting feature of the device. Turns out he has a daughter which suspiciously looks like Yuna, the AI singer. Asuna's memory loss is getting serious, she even forgets her precious memories with Kirito. Hospital confirms several SAO survivors experiencing the same scenario after losing their HP in Ordinal Scale. Kirito begins to train IRL and in Ordinal Scale, solos several bosses with Sinon's help and rising in the ranks to prepare for the battle with Eiji. Yuna turns out to be the AI recreation of the professor's daughter, who died in SAO due to her weak brain. Her only dream was to sing in front of people, and Eiji fell in love with her in SAO. The professor wanted to extract enough SAO memories to perfectly recreate Yuna as a smart AI.Yuna holds a large scale stadium concert and Kirito battles with Eiji in the basement parking area, defeating him after destroying his Burst Link-like exoskeleton equipment accelerating his movements. Eiji informs Kirito it's too late, as the final program has been activated. The professor is seen and info dumps his motivations and his love for Yuna which drove him to rescue his daughter by killing all other SAO survivors. He feels guilt due to him giving Yuna a NerveGear as present which ends up killing her. The professor's final program involves extracting all the SAO survivors memories in the stadium, forcefully locking down the exits and spawns tens of bosses to attack the players. Being an AR concert, players panic and started to fight against the bosses. The bosses attacks Asuna and co. before Kirito arrives and kills it. Before another boss managed to attack them, Yuna appeared in front of them and shielded them, telling them that the final program will fry everyone's brain due to the &amp;quot;high concentration of resonating energy&amp;quot;. Before that happens, she activates the Full Dive feature of the Augma device and tells Kirito and co to defeat the boss and stop the program. Eiji is shown injured in the basement after the battle, and the professor informs him that his memories will be extracted as well. Eiji is visibly tricked and betrayed by his words as he was promised that he would live together with Yuna forever in the AR world. Professor spawns a SAO boss and his HP drops to 0 Kirito and co dives into the VR world to find themselves in Aincrad's 100th floor boss area and starts to fight. Asuna decides to fight regardless of losing her memories and being a damsel in distress, diving into the VR world as well. Before they nearly lost to the boss, Yui somehow linked the VR world with other world's like ALO and GGO, bringing reinforcements fr both world. With them, they defeat the boss, and Kirito is awarded a sword as the boss loot.Kayaba's voice tells Kirito he has one last job to do, and somehow Kirito projects his SAO avatar to the real life AR world and uses his new OP sword to kill all the remaining bosses with a single slash. Yuna disappears as she was linked with the final boss resources, which was gone after it was killed. Yuna returns Asuna's memories. Kikuoka and agents arrest the professor after tracking him down.Kirito and Asuna lived happily ever after. Kirito gives her a ring and credits roll after they kiss.After credits scene shows Kikuoka welcoming the professor to RATH to work on the development of AI

New Characters

 * Yuna
 * Doctor Shigemura Tetsuhiro
 * Eiji (Nochizawa Eiji)

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