Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29759785-20160828100131

So volume 18 got published and pretty much covered all web novel material. All we know about future events are hints about fight against AI or something like that. My question is what are your predictions about these? Do you think we are gonna be introduced new major characters? Or maybe you would like to see something else?

Personally, I would like next arc to be slice-of-live instead of plot-driven, similiar to Mother's Rosario. The author could focus more on charachtes' development and their relationship. Trip to America (that was planned by Kirito and Asuna at the beginnig of Acilization arc) is a good oportunity, plus, it would be nice to see some events focusing on Yui. She haven't got much spotlight since Morning Dew Girl. As I wrote in another topic, it would be interesting plot twist, if Yui turned out be real person with her mind trapped in virtual reality since she was born (yes, similiar to the Matrix). It would be SAO version of Pinocchio story, where Yui noticed that she can't be forever with her mama and papa. Meanwhile in America, Kirito and Asuna, aside from studying, are trying to rescue Yui by finding her real body, which coincidentally is also in USA. After obvious happy end (family hug in real life), we got premonition of final confrontation with AI, which would be introduction for next and final arc.

What are your thoughts on this one? Do you think this theory is possibly or totatlly waste of time, not even worth of some second-rate, amateurish fanfic. Maybe, you've got your own vision of what is going to happen to our heroes? Or you just don't give a crap aboout this?

And of course, we all want to see the real life wedding of our lovebirds and happy family ever after, which could act as an epilogue to the series. 