Sword Art Online Episode 11

Morning Dew Girl (朝露の少女) is the eleventh episode of the Sword Art Online anime adaptation. It aired on September 15, 2012.

Plot
On October 24, 2024, the newly-married Kirito and Asuna met with their guild leader, Heathcliff at the Knights of the Blood Headquarters and asked for some time off to recover from the ordeal involving with Kuradeel, as well as due to distrust of their guild. Heathcliff allowed them with the expectation that they will return to the front lines sooner or later. The following day Kirito and Asuna started their honeymoon in their own house in «Coral Village» on the 22nd Floor. Kirito asked Asuna if their relationship will continue in the real world. In response to this question, Asuna told Kirito that her feelings for him were real and when they return, she would find him and fall in love with him once again.

A few days later, Kirito decides to take Asuna to the woods to play. Along the way, Asuna manages to convince Kirito to carry her on his shoulders by pointing out that it's just the two of them there as they walk and play for a while until they encounter other players. Embarrassed that other players saw them in that state, Kirito runs away as quickly as he can while still carrying Asuna. When they reach the grove, Kirito starts telling Asuna about the rumors he heard about of a wandering ghost of the hunted monsters roaming around in the forest at night. While Kirito tells the story, Asuna gets speechless as she witness a white child figure walking in the woods. After Asuna alerted Kirito about the child presence, the child suddenly collapses in front of them. Kirito approaches and notices that it's a little girl whom had fallen unconscious. They decided to bring her back to their home to rest, but they find it strange that she lacks a cursor of any kind and assume it is some sort of glitch. They quickly deduce that she is not an NPC, as no harassment warning popped up when they moved her, nor a quest giver since she did not have any sort of quest message, and assume she was a player, although the NerveGear had an age restriction during setup. The couple decide to try to deal with this tomorrow.

The next day, the girl wakes up and they learn that her name is Yui, however Yui does not seem to remember anything else, neither what she was doing in the forest nor where her parents is. Both Kirito and Asuna try to introduce themselves to Yui and are taking care not to upset her. However Yui seem to have difficulty pronouncing their name, so Kirito ask Yui what she rather call them. After a few moments thinking, Yui addressed "Kito" as "papa" and "Auna" as "mama". The couple were initially surprised, but they quickly accepted Yui as their "daughter" and the newly formed family were overjoyed. While having lunch, "father" and "daughter" teased "mother" as Kirito gave Yui his extra spicy sandwich much to the latter's delight. Kirito then told Asuna that they should have an extra spicy dinner, in which she refused, causing Kirito and Yui to laugh. Once Yui fell asleep after having lunch, Asuna asked Kirito about what their next action should be. From the looks of Yui current clothing, Kirito and Asuna considers checking the 1st Floor, so they agree that when Yui wakes up, they will try visiting the Town of Beginnings for any sign of Yui’s family or guardian.

On October 31; Kirito carries Yui on his back and goes with Asuna to the 1st Floor. When they arrive on the Teleport Gate at the «Town of Beginnings», Yui replies that she doesn't recognize anything when Kirito asks her. So they proceed to the market area, they notice that there're almost no players in the streets and while wondering why, they hear some screams and hurry to investigate.

When they arrive at the scene, they witness a bespectacled female player, named «Sasha», trying to save the children who were being harassed by «The Army» players. They were arguing about some unpaid taxes, and «The Army» members were demanding Sasha and the children to strip off their armor and leave all their equipment as payment to them. Kirito and Asuna jump into the action to help. While leaving Kirito to take care of Yui, Asuna punishes the group leader of the «Army» players; no harm can be done to the players as they were in the city's boundary, and Asuna was making full use of the emitting knockback effect of the sword skills. After driving off the opposing players, the children gather around Asuna to thank her.

Suddenly, Yui starts muttering about some things related to everyone's hearts; stating that she didn’t come from the 1st Floor but from a much darker place. Yui starts panicking and a huge glitch-like phenomena occurs. After Yui cries out, she falls from Kirito’s back and Asuna manages to catch her before she hits the ground. Yui falls unconscious, leaving Kirito and Asuna to only wonder what happened amongst themselves.

New Characters

 * Yui
 * Sasha
 * Nishida (cameo)

Guilds

 * Knights of the Blood
 * Aincrad Liberation Force

Inventory

 * Asuna
 * Lambent Light

Locations

 * Aincrad Floor 55: Granzam - KoB Headquarters
 * Aincrad Floor 22: Coral Village - Kirito and Asuna's log cabin, forest
 * Aincrad Floor 1: Starting City - Teleport Gate plaza, central market, alleyway

Adaptation Notes

 * Adapted from Volume 1 Chapter 17 & Volume 2, Morning Dew Girl


 * The events of The Day Before, including Kirito and Asuna's marriage scene were omitted.
 * The scene where Kirito and Asuna visit the KoB Headquarters to ask for a temporary leave actually happened on the same day as the incident at the 55th Floor's Labyrinth entrance in the novel.
 * In the novel, Kirito tells Asuna of the story of the "Ghost Girl in the Forest" while they were still at home, rather than inside the said forest.
 * The part where Kirito told Asuna about his unsuccessful attempt at climbing the pillars that connect the floors of Aincrad was omitted in the anime.
 * The part where Kirito mentioned Silica in his travels was omitted in the anime.
 * The part where Yui opens her main menu is omitted in the anime.
 * The meeting with a player on the 1st Floor who told them about the church and The Army's activity was omitted in the anime.
 * In the novel, Asuna and Kirito first went to the 1st Floor church where they met Sasha and were informed that several children were trapped by «The Army». In the anime, the couple come across the said children and Sasha in an alley of the central market.

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