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Sword Art Online Progressive Volume 5 (ソードアート・オンライン プログレッシブ 005,Sōdo Āto Onrain Puroguresshibu 005?) is the fifth volume of the "Progressive" spin-off light novelseries by Kawahara Reki that expands upon the Aincrad Arc of the main series. This volume is the first part of a two volume-long story that covers the events that took place while clearing the 6th Floor of Aincrad. It was released on February 10, 2018.
Countless puzzle gimmicks and deadly traps are waiting.
Kirito tackles the sixth floor of «Aincrad»!
After the dangerous encounter with the «Black Poncho Man», Kirito and Asuna cleared the 5th Floor of «Aincrad».
"You're going to stand somewhere where I can see you 24 hours a day, got it!"
Having begun leading a strange life as roommates out of a whim, the two set out tackling their next goal: the «puzzle»-rich 6th Floor.
Burdened by various issues, such as what to do with the «Flag of Valor» - an item so «overpowered» that it could tilt the balance between the two major guilds -, or the threat of the Provocation PK gang, the two take on the 6th Floor campaign quest, the «Stachyon's Curse». Unaware that ill-boding «traps» lie in wait for them there...[1]
Cordial Chords (2017, OS BD/DVD) - Distant Journey (2019, Alicization BD/DVD Vol.1) - If We Could Walk Together (2020, Alicization WoU BD/DVD Vol.8) - If You Were Here (2019, Alicization BD/DVD Vol.8) - If You Wish It (2020, Alicization WoU BD/DVD Vol.2) - Rainbow Bridge (2014, Extra Edition BD/DVD) - Sugary Days (2015, Season 2 BD/DVD Vol.5) - Sisters' Prayer (2015, Season 2 BD/DVD Vol.9) - The Day After (2013, Season 1 BD/DVD Vol.9) - The Day Before (2012, Season 1 BD/DVD Vol.1)
Girl Meets Gun ~P90 ni tsuite Yoku wakaru Online (PYO)~ (2018, P-90 Airsoft Gun bonus) - Her step, step (2019, ReoNa's Prologue Album) - Minami no Island Online (MIO) (2018, Dengeki Island!) - MZO (2016, Dengeki Splash) - Pitohui, Elsa, and a Fine Day for Handguns (2021, AM.45 Airsoft Gun) - Sugoimizugi Jam (2015, Dengeki Girls Swim Wear Festival) - The Untold Tale of the Vorpal Bunny's Birth ~Otherwise Known as the Worries of Two Gun Nuts~ (2020, Vorpal Bunny Airsoft Gun bonus)
Idle Talk - The Shinobi's Reckless Remarks (2017, Dengeki Bunko Magazine Animate bonus) - The Story of the Matchmaking Bakeneko (2016, Clover's Regret Vol.1 Animate bonus) - The Strange Tale of Makuwa Melons (2016, Clover's Regret Vol.1 Melonbooks bonus)
Melodies Go Beyond the Forgetting Curve... - The Grand Plan for a Summer Festival Performance! - The Grand Plan to Overcoming Picky-Eating! - When Asuna and Yuuki Changed into Swimsuits (2015)
Ichiban Kuji Ordinal Scale
A Brief Instant of Reminiscing Right Below the Concert - From Asuna's Diary on a Certain Day in Late April (2017)
SAO x KYOTO NIPPON FESTIVAL
The Great Barrier of the Old Capital of Kyoto (2019)
