Sword Art Online II Episode 20

Sleeping Knights (スリーピング・ナイツ) is the twentieth episode of the Sword Art Online II anime adaptation, as well as the third episode of Mother's Rosario. It aired on November 22, 2014.

Plot
Asuna was invited to join the Sleeping Knights and she agreed. Yuuki told Asuna that the aim of the guild was to defeat a boss, got the whole guild on the Swordsman Monument before they parted ways. Later, Asuna was disconnected from the game by her mother, as she was late for dinner. On the next day, the guild attempted to challenge the boss and was defeated. But then, they discovered that they were spied and when they wanted a second attempt, the area outside the boss room was being blocked. Yuuki called for a fight. However, more enemy support arrived. Not knowing his existence, Kirito secretly arrived at the dungeon with the group, later surpassing them, landing at the land between the Sleeping Knights and the group of enemy support, saying, " Sorry, but this area is out of limits."

New Characters

 * Jun
 * Nori
 * Siune
 * Talken
 * Tecchi

Guilds

 * «Sleeping Knights»

Inventory

 * Asuna
 * Crest of Yggdrasil

Monsters

 * Humanoid lizard

Bosses

 * The Four-Armed Giant

Sword Skills

 * «Vertical Square»

Spells

 * «Searcher»
 * Concealment
 * «Peeping»

Locations

 * 27th Floor
 * Ronbaru
 * Inn
 * 27th Floor Labyrinth
 * Yuuki residence

Adaptation Notes

 * Adapted from Volume 7, Chapter 3-6


 * Asuna and Yuuki flying to the 27th Floor was not shown.
 * In the novel, Yuuki had forgotten to ask Asuna for her name. Thus, when she tried introducing Asuna to her guild, she had to ask for her name first, causing her guild members to fall to their chairs.
 * In the novel, Yuuki did not tell Asuna why she was brought to meet the Sleeping Knights, thus causing another misunderstanding when she realised it.
 * The journey to the Labyrinth was omitted.
 * In the novel, the scout party's leader was one of the two imp players, instead of the sylph player.

Errors

 * A guild icon was displayed above Asuna's HP bar, despite her not being part of a guild.
 * The incantation for Asuna's spell was displayed as the incantation for a healing spell, instead of for a Searcher spell.
 * The concealment spell was supposed to be cast by the scout party's sylph player, instead of an imp.

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