Thread:Nathanhale1993/@comment-29759785-20161030085049/@comment-29759785-20161211114011

I thought we concluded that SAO is not harem series, or at least not typical one. I still think that CotM is the last time when need girl is added that falls for Kirito. After that we'll have volume about Alice and then we go to new arc.

If we take into consideration what Kawahara said in Afterword for Volume #18 it all fits in perfectly - close everything connected with Alizication arc, show us Alice life in real world and then move on to new history.

For me, there are many things that points out on what Kawahara wants to focus in future. Progressive and Movie clearly show us. He knows that adding so many girl that fell for Kirito was king of his mistake/flaw in writing, and if he is aware of that, he will probably try to change it in future volumes.