Sword Art Online Extra Edition

Sword Art Online Extra Edition (ソードアート・オンライン Extra Edition) is a special recap episode that aired on December 31, 2013 on Tokyo MX, BS11 and Niconico Douga and featured new footage for the series. The episode was streamed worldwide at midnight (UTC +9) on January 1, 2014 on Crunchyroll and Daisuki. This episode features a new ending theme song called Niji no Oto, sung by Aoi Eir.

Teaser Summary
To fulfill Yui's wish of seeing a whale, Kirito accepts an underwater quest, but they find out that Leafa - Suguha has a difficult time dealing with water. Therefore, Asuna, Keiko and Rika start swimming training for Suguha. Meanwhile, Kirito goes to the counselors office for an "emergency meeting", which was a trick by Kikuoka Seijirou to meet him, and talk to him about his time in Sword Art Online.

Story
The episode begins with Kirito and Suguha arriving at the SAO survivor school on his motorbike. After meeting up with Asuna, Rika and Keiko, Kirito left to attend emergency counseling, while the girls headed off to use the changing rooms to change into swimsuits.

In the locker room the girls compared their respective styles. Kirito arrived at the office to find the counselor and Kikuouka Seijirou waiting for him. The counselor left, and Kikuouka dumped a pile of snacks onto the table and placed a recorder to discuss Kirito's experience in Sword Art Online to determine why Kayaba did what he did. Kirito started explaining at the part when Kayaba first announced that the true nature of Sword Art Online was to create a setting of a «Death Game», and how Kirito later left Klein in Starting City to become a solo player.

At the swimming pool, the girls played in the water, with Suguha getting in with a buoyancy ring, which Rika released the air out of and teased Suguha about her breasts being able to keep her afloat, however Asuna stopped her, and then told Suguha that they will start teaching her how to swim by having her hold her head underwater. Back at the counselor's office, Kirito recounted the fight with Illfang and the reason as to why he became a solo player and taking on all the hate towards Beta Players--becoming a beater--so that the beta testers would not be discriminated by other players.

At the pool, Asuna guided Suguha along the pool as she slowly learned to swim with her head underwater. The girls then take a break, when Suguha asked them how they all met her brother. Silica told them how Kirito saved her, and then helped her bring Pina back. Lisbeth told them that her first meeting with Kirito wasn't as dramatic as Silica's. A flashback occured, starting where Lisbeth met Kirito in her blacksmith shop. Lisbeth then recounted to the girls how Kirito had jumped into the Dragon's nest to save her, and later getting them out of there. As she finished telling them, both Suguha and Asuna apologized for Kirito's actions. At the counselors office, Kirito explained to Kikuoka about boss raids and how dangerous they were to the players, which had him recount the battle with The Gleam Eyes and how he had defeated it with his Dual Blades skill. Kirito then explained about how players were even more dangerous then the monsters, due to them coming up with more ways to kill other players. There is then a flashback of when Kirito is with Godfree and Kuradeel on the 55th Floor and Kuradeel paralyses both Kirito and Godfree, almost killing Kirito. Kirito then recounted his duel with Heathcliff, and stated that this duel gave him the clue to his true identity.

Asuna then recounted to the girls how she first met Kirito on the 1st Floor, after the boss raid meeting, and stated that he showed her that there was joy in living in Aincrad. Back at the counselors office, Kirito told Kikuoka about his battle with Healthcliff and how he defeated him as well as what happened after he defeated Kayaba Akihiko. A flashback then happened, showing Kirito's battle with Heathcliff, and his meeting with Kayaba after he defeated the game prematurely. After Kirito finished explaining about his experience in Sword Art Online, he got a message from Asuna which contained a picture of her with Suguha, Lisbeth and Silica at the pool. This then started a talk about Kirito being in ALfheim Online to find and rescue Asuna.

Known Monsters

 * Giant crab

Named Monsters

 * Armachthys

Named Bosses

 * Kraken the Abyss Lord

Named NPCs

 * Nerakk (Kraken's NPC form)
 * Leviathan the Sea Lord

Spells

 * «Water Breathing»
 * Unnamed Sylph Buff

Location

 * «SAO Survivor School»
 * «Turtle Island»
 * «Yggdrasil City»
 * An undersea dungeon in ALO to the south of Swilvane

Errors

 * When Kirito accepted the quest from Nerakk, Nerakk's quest icon mispells "Quest Accepted" as "Qest Accepeted" and after when they listen to Nerakk, "Quest In Progress" is mispelled as as "Qest Progress"
 * On Kirito's phone screen, Asuna's name is written as Yuuki Asuna (結城 明日菜) instead of Yuuki Asuna (結城 明日奈).
 * Leafa is still being written as Leefa in system menu in ALO in this episode.
 * The phone Leafa using is shown as with a earphone jack cap when viewing from the back of the phone, but that's not drawn when viewing from the front of the phone.

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