Sword Art Online II Episode 02

Sniper of Ice (氷の狙撃手) is the upcoming second episode of the Sword Art Online II anime adaptation, as well as the second episode in the Phantom Bullet Arc. It aired on July 12, 2014.

Plot
In a flashback, on September 14, 2025; Sinon, who had accidentally fallen down a trap chute while navigating a dungeon below SBC Gurokken, discovered a boss-class monster and decided to die while trying to defeat it. To her surprise, the position she chose for her attack was out of the monster's attack range, thus, by conserving her ammo and accurately hitting the boss's weak spot, she was eventually able to defeat it and acquired a new sniper riffle, the PGM Ultima Ratio Hecate II.

After Sinon successfully attacked the first target of another squadron for her own's, she attempted to snipe the second target, but that giant man dodged the bullet, took out a heavy machine gun, which was hidden under his cloak, and started fighting back with its overwhelming power which cornered Sinon and those in her squadron.

Meanwhile, in ALfheim Online, Kirito decided to tell Asuna about converting his avatar to Gun Gale Online.

New Characters

 * Ginrou
 * Arashi
 * Jin
 * Dyne
 * Miso
 * Behemoth

Squadrons

 * The squadron Behemoth reinforced
 * Dyne's squadron

Inventory

 * Behemoth
 * GE M134 Minigun
 * Sinon
 * PGM Ultima Ratio Hecate II

Monsters

 * Boss monster in the ruins below SBC Gurokken
 * Plant monster in ALfheim Online

Locations

 * SBC Gurokken Underground Dungeon
 * Wild Field in Gun Gale Online
 * Asada Shino's home
 * Alfheim

Adaptation Notes

 * Adapted from Volume 5 Chapter 3


 * In the original novel, Sinon's PGM Ultima Ratio Hécate II was a boss drop, but in the anime, it had been changed into a quest reward.
 * The ALO scenes were not part of the novel.
 * Kazuto did not tell Asuna about converting his avatar to GGO during their date, instead, he told her about it while in ALfheim Online.