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 1
On April 26, 2026, while waiting for Asuna nearby the Yoyogi Park in Shibuya Ward, Kazuto practiced his sword swinging within Ordinal Scale, urged by Yui who had remarked about his lack of exercise. A few moments later, he was surprised by an abrupt appearance of a mysterious, white-hooded girl who could have been only perceived via the Augma device. Musing about her origin, Kazuto noticed the girl pointing in a direction, only to vanish shortly after. As he wondered whether it could have actually been a real ghost, the boy was suddenly startled by Asuna who had just arrived at the meeting place.

During their time in a café, the couple had a conversation about Eiji who, according to Asuna, had been an SAO player and a member of Knights of the Blood guild, going by the name of Nautilus. However, contrary to the playstyle the second-ranked OS player showed recently, the girl remarked how he had been unable to participate in a boss battle due to his fear of death. With the couple continuing their date, they moved to the topic of the upcoming trip they had been planning to have. As Asuna confirmed to her boyfriend she had been allowed by her mother to go, Yui suddenly appeared stating she had found something about OS event battles.

Soon after, Asuna, Kirito Sinon, Lisbeth and Silica held a meeting in the log house in ALfheim Online (ALO) where, thanks to Yui’s analyze, they concluded that OS battle events had been overlapping the positions of old Aincrad labyrinths. Since they were able to predict the next spawn location of an SAO Field Boss, the girls decided to participate in the challenge, excluding Sinon who had to go to her part-time job. Meanwhile, Kirito, who was still reluctant about the Augmented Reality and refused to join the upcoming battle, was more worried about Klein, as the boy had not been able to contact his friend for some time.

Having logged out from ALO, Kazuto began preparing a meal for himself, when he received a call from Asuna. After promising to prepare a dish similar to the ragout rabbit stew for her boyfriend next time, as she noticed he was eating pasta again, the girl informed about the rumors of a female ghost wearing a hood and appearing near the Yoyogi Park. Hearing that, Kazuto remarked it was probably a kind of an NPC being mistaken for a ghost. Having changed the topic, he confirmed to Asuna that his old camping equipment was still usable, which made the girl very happy as she was looking forward to seeing the meteor shower with her boyfriend very much.