Sword Art Online Alicization Episode 45

Beyond Time (時の彼方) is the forty-fifth episode of the Sword Art Online Alicization anime adaptation. It aired on September 5, 2020.

Plot
Rinko manages to secure Alice's Lightcube and prepares to leave the Underworld, but Asuna decides to remain there with Kirito until the end of the maximum acceleration phase. In the meantime, Miller wakes up in the real world, only to discover that his physical body has perished and his soul is condemned to Hell. When Critter and the other attackers learn that Miller and Vassago have both failed in their mission, they choose to abandon the operation. Before escaping, they plant a bomb in Ocean Turtle's main engine. However, Akihiko Kayaba intervenes by controlling one of the installation's robots and successfully deactivates the explosive device. As they flee, Critter realizes that Vassago's body was never recovered. The robot controlled by Kayaba also vanishes. Back in the Underworld, Kirito and Asuna bid farewell to the World's End Altar and set off to explore the world together.

Locations

 * Underworld
 * Dark Territory
 * Ocean Turtle

Adaptation Notes

 * Adapted from Volume 18, Chapter 22, Part 2; Chapter 23, Parts 1-3