Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-26576684-20150705215126

Short answer: 815 days or 2.231 years - November 2nd 2022 to January 25th 2025 (In-episode time timeline - using episodes day and night cycles to determine the date)



Or: 818 days - 2.239 years ~ November 2nd 2022 to January 28 th 2025 (Day by episode timeline)



Long answer: So I was wondering how long Asuna had been trapped in her NerveGear but I couldn’t find with an easy Google search or a simple enough timeline that would give me the dates. So I tried to figure it out myself as to how long Asuna was trapped in both Sword Art Online (SAO) and ALfheim Online (ALO). From what I could find in the anime, SAO started on November 2nd 2022 and finished (game cleared) on the November 7th 2024. After that Kirito had rehab for 2 to 3 months until Kirito starts playing ALO and when things get strange. Afterwards we see Kirigaya Kazuto (Kirito) visit Asuna in hospital we hear that he has a time frame for saving her on the 19<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">th<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">of January that the 29th of January 2025 will be the wedding day of Asuna's arranged marriage with Sugou Nobuyuki (Fairy King Overon). I first thought that the timeline would work on a day per episode since after episode 16 there are only 9 episodes left. This works well as Kirito receives an email from Agil on the 20 <span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">th<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">and learns about how Asuna could be trapped in ALfheim Online. So with this all in mind since the world of ALO is destroyed on the 28th episode that could mean he made it a day earlier as the clock in Kirito's rooms says 21:08. But not all the episodes go 1 day at a time. During 5 episodes of the remaining episodes it seems like only 3 days pass because Kirito and Leafa don’t log out and the time of day never hits night. So that could also mean the final date could be the 25 <span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">th<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">of January 2025 giving her a total of 816 days trapped in her NerveGear. But regardless of the final time it’s still very hard to tell since the date is never shown so either could be right. Kirito could have finished ALfheim Online on either the 25 <span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">th<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">or the 28 <span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">th<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">as both dates are within the time limit. <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">

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<p class="MsoNormal">*All the information I’ve used is from watching the Anime episodes. I have not read the Manga and nor do I intend too. So feel free to leave the proper time frame if the date or days are counted in the Manga. Also as one last side note if this could be added to Asuna's profile if we can agree on the date and/or time frame that would be great and mean the world to me. <ac_metadata title="Asuna&#039;s total time trapped in her NerveGear?" related_topics="Asuna|timeline"> </ac_metadata>