Sword Art Online II Episode 14

One Small Step (小さな一歩) is the fourteenth episode of the Sword Art Online II anime adaptation, as well as the fourteenth episode in the Phantom Bullet Arc. It aired on October 4, 2014.

Plot
While Kirigaya Kazuto tried to defend himself against Shinkawa Kyouji, he left an opening for Kyouji to attempt to inject him with succinylcholine. Instead of running away, Asada Shino returned inside and knocked Kyouji out with a stereo. Shino then checked on Kazuto's condition, but found out that there was an electrode stuck at the part of his chest where Kyouji had attempted to inject him with the drug and that the electrode protected him against the needleless syringe. Several days later, Shino was called out by Endou, who again tried to demand money from her. As Shino refused the demand, Endou took out a model gun and threatened Shino. However, after Endou unsuccessfully attempted to fire with it, Shino took the gun from Endou, showed her that the safeties needed to be disabled to fire and then shot a can with it before returning it back to Endou. As Shino was about to leave the school grounds, she saw that Kazuto was waiting for her near the entrance and drawing unwanted attention. Kazuto first drove Shino to a cafe to meet with Kikuoka Seijirou about the Death Gun incident. After that, Kazuto took Shino to the Dicey Cafe, where he introduced her to Yuuki Asuna and Shinozaki Rika (Lisbeth). Kazuto then revealed that he had told the two girls about Shino's past and explained that he had them help him with finding a certain person that she should meet. The person was revealed to have been a woman, named Oosawa Sachie, who was the post office worker threatened by the robber that Shino killed. The woman thanked Shino for saving her life and told her that she was pregnant at the time, so Shino had also saved the life of her daughter, Mizue. Kazuto then explained that he wanted Shino to think about the people that she had saved by killing the robber and thus be able to forgive herself for it.

New Characters

 * Mizue

Locations

 * Asada Shino's appartment
 * Asada Shino's school
 * Salon de café
 * Dicey Cafe

Adaptation Notes

 * Adapted from Volume 6 Chapter 15 and 16


 * In the novel, Shino and Kazuto had agreed to meet, though Shino did not expect him to arrive with a bike and park it at the school's gate.
 * Part of the dialogue among Kazuto, Shino and Seijirou was changed to a summary by Kazuto in the anime.
 * Kazuto's negative remarks about Seijirou were omitted.
 * Information about what had happened after the events in Shino's apartment and the day when Shino and Kazuto met with Seijirou were omitted.
 * The scene where Kazuto and Shino talked about who Seijirou really was was omitted.
 * Kazuto explaining that he wanted to Shino to come to the Dicey Cafe to help explain what had happened during the Bullet of Bullets and what happened at the cave was omitted.
 * Andrew's (Agil's) introduction was omitted.
 * Kazuto and Shino explaining what had happened during the Bullet of Bullets tournament to Asuna and Rika was omitted.
 * Kazuto mentioning and explaining the scene when Asuna held his hand and reminded him of his side arm while fighting Sterben to Shino was omitted.
 * Kazuto explaining that he had a bad feeling when he heard about the meaning of Sterben and that it was only used in the medical field and remembered that Shino was about to call a friend who was a doctor's child, which was why he rushed to her apartment was omitted.
 * The cave scene was not mentioned during the conversation in the Dicey Cafe in the anime.
 * The scene of Shino's hesitation to befriend new people and holding hands with Asuna was omitted.

Errors

 * Although Shino knocked out Kyouji with a radio, the stereo is seen undamaged and on the place it was before the fight in the following shots.
 * M1911 pistols are supposed to have two safeties, a grip and a manual safety, but Shino was shown only to disable the manual safety, and never mentioned the grip safety.

Trivia

 * The license plate on Kirito's bike is "0930" which is also Asuna's birthday, September 30th

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