Sword Art Online II Episode 03

Memory of Fresh Blood (鮮血の記憶) is the third episode of the Sword Art Online II anime adaptation, as well as the third episode in the Phantom Bullet Arc. It aired on July 19, 2014.

Plot
Two days after the events in Gun Gale Online, Asada Shino, the person controlling the avatar Sinon, was in the market district, when she was approached by Endou's group and forced to come to an alley where they could demand money from her. However, as Shino did not accept their demands, Endou made an imitation of a pistol with her hand, causing Shino to have a panic attack. Before Endou could leave with Shino's stuff, Shinkawa Kyouji pretended to be bringing a police officer, scaring off the delinquents. Kyouji then accompanied Shino to a cafe where they had a conversation about Gun Gale Online and Shino's intent to participate in the next Bullet of Bullets tournament. After the conversation, Shino returned home, where she tried out holding a model «Procyon SL» to test whether her experience with Behemoth had helped her with her phobia of guns, but still suffered a panic attack from it. She recalled a previous event during her childhood during which she killed a robber with his own gun, a «Type 54 "Black Star"», whilst trying to protect her mother, resulting in her trauma with guns.

Meanwhile, after telling Asuna his decision to convert his ALO avatar to GGO, Kirigaya Kazuto (Kirito) arrived at the Toritsu Central Hospital, where Kikuoka Seijirou had arranged for a nurse to look after his body as a safety precaution. At the designated room, Kazuto met with Nurse Aki, the nurse who oversaw his rehabilitation. After Nurse Aki attached electrodes to Kazuto's body to monitor his condition during his Dive, Kazuto put on an AmuSphere and began his «FullDive». At the same time, the person calling himself «Death Gun» planned to target Sinon as his next victim.

New Characters

 * Endou
 * Shinkawa Kyouji
 * Nurse Aki

Locations

 * Asada Shino's school.
 * Market district outside of Asada Shino's apartment.
 * Cafe Louvre
 * Asada Shino's apartment
 * Toritsu Central Hospital

Adaptation Notes

 * Adapted from Volume 5 Chapters 4-6


 * Shino's thoughts about school were omitted.
 * The background for Shino's relationship with Endou was omitted.
 * In the anime, it was not explained how Shino got the model gun.
 * Asuna's reaction to the news about Kirito converting his account to another game was less dramatic than in the novel.
 * Kirito and Asuna were seen with rings on their fingers in ALO, despite the lack of a marriage system in ALO.
 * Kazuto did not listen to the recording of Death Gun's voice at home in the novel. Instead, he listened to it at the cafe during his meeting with Seijirou.
 * In the novel, people were seen exchanging ideas about Death Gun via BBS, but in the anime, they were seen of exchanging ideas via nickonicko livestream video service (a reference to niconico).

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