Sword Art Online: Progressive, Vol. 7
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- Update Date：2025-09-23
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- Author：Reki Kawahara
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Summary
The seventh layer of Aincrad—a massive casino where over half of the game’s beta testers dropped out before launch。 Kirito， too， lost everything in its Monster Arena back then。 When an informant named Argo seduces Kirito and Asuna with knowledge that could aid in their investigation， the pair soon plunge into the casino’s dark underbelly once more。 Meanwhile， the Elf War Quest also reaches a sudden turning point when a flurry of crises rock the Dark Elves’ home！
Reviews
Pablo García
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This volume 7 is absurd。 It's even split into two volumes （7-8） so you only get to read half a story， half a floor， like what happened on Volume 5-6。Reiki Kawahara actually took 2。5 years to finish Volume 7 of the progressive series。 It has a weak plot arc， from a non-sensical-illogical and senseless volume 6 （get the Dark Elves' keys stolen， 2 magnetic keys stolen that realeased the gold rubik's cube numeric Sudoku boss of level 6。Just imagine that Kirito （main character） takes 74 levels of the This volume 7 is absurd。 It's even split into two volumes （7-8） so you only get to read half a story， half a floor， like what happened on Volume 5-6。Reiki Kawahara actually took 2。5 years to finish Volume 7 of the progressive series。 It has a weak plot arc， from a non-sensical-illogical and senseless volume 6 （get the Dark Elves' keys stolen， 2 magnetic keys stolen that realeased the gold rubik's cube numeric Sudoku boss of level 6。Just imagine that Kirito （main character） takes 74 levels of the Aincrad Dungeon/building to complete at 2。5 years per volume， the author would need to live for 168 more years to complete this long and weak plotted reset-ted （restarted/retold） story。It's impossible to believe that a Sword Art Online - "death game" is all about solving numerical Sudoku puzzles， casino betting， hot bath fetishes， foodie-restaurant-international food journey。 Supposedly it's a "death game" because players who lose all of their HP （life stat） die in "real life" of this fictional story。 It's called Sword Art because players learn sword skills， and fighting skills to survive and to be able to defeat monsters and other players， etc。 There are no sword skills or arts to casino betting， numeric Sudoku solving， etc。 The author has taken almost all of the sword art （skills， competition-death game） out of this reset-ted progressive story。 So much so， that on this 7th。 volume there is no fighting at all。 No players get hurt （a blood leech sticks to Asuna）， no advancement towards defeating the seventh level is even hinted much less achieved。Two positives in this 7th volume。 I think Abec's drawings are great。 The map is super helpful towars imagining what goes on。 The second positive is the naïve belief of the author that Non-Player Characters （with Artificial Intelligence） will develop emotions， personalities and their drama。 So much so， that the main characters like Kirito and Asuna treat them even better than real people （eventhough these characters know it's a game that is not real） The main characters risk their real lives to save and protect NPC's。 Crazy？ Probably。 At least the characters are delusional or lacking heavily emotional intelligence and sociability。 。。。more
Pennin
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kinda sucks that this floor was split into two books， it felt like the book just ended when things were starting to get interesting。 but i’m pre-programmed to enjoy anything kirito and asuna does in aincrad so what can i say。
Craig
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This has probably been the weakest of what has， so far， been a good series of novels。 Hopefully just a blip rather than a sign of things to come。The good？ Well the setting is something a little different and whilst the idea of a casino does seem a bit at odds with the sword and fantasy world of aincrad; many RPGs have a gambling mechanic so it does fit。 It is also a change of pace to have a setting which is not constantly having the characters constantly farming monster drop zones。 The other goo This has probably been the weakest of what has， so far， been a good series of novels。 Hopefully just a blip rather than a sign of things to come。The good？ Well the setting is something a little different and whilst the idea of a casino does seem a bit at odds with the sword and fantasy world of aincrad; many RPGs have a gambling mechanic so it does fit。 It is also a change of pace to have a setting which is not constantly having the characters constantly farming monster drop zones。 The other good thing is the continued page time for Argo; an interesting character who like many was neglected in the other books by Kawahara。The bad？ Sadly there is a lot I could say here。 The first and main is the fact that this entire story feels like nothing more than filler。 It doesn't really reach a resolution and doesn't even end on a cliffhanger。 It just stops。 I am not sure if there is a page limit on light novels or something but the way it ends is odd。 I noticed in the acknowledgments/author note that Kawahara was aware that in the current Unital Ring arc there was little time with Asuna and Kirito together so he decided to rectify that in this book。 Fine but the whole thing feels like it is missing any form of plan and structure。 Secondly there is no character growth here。 None at all。 There is the suggestion of Asuna's feelings changing with the comments about the Trevi fountain and the ring scene but neither she nor Kirito finish the book any different than when they started。 Argo， for all her page time， remains a flat and one dimensional character and that's a shame as there is potential there。 This is akin to how Silica， Lisbeth and Agil are treated in the older books; set up nicely and then tossed aside。It pains me to say it but we also have one of the types of scenes which SAO is rightly criticised for。 It is milder than the ones before but the scene with the swamp bug climbing Asuna's leg does not need the level of description it gets。 As I say it is far milder than what has been featured in the past but it's there and the level of detail adds nothing。 It just feels like a lazy attempt to service certain demographics。 Hopefully it is a one off though。All in all this was a disappointing one。 Book six had set up some decent growth of the characters but it all comes to a shrieking halt here。 With luck book eight will put things back on track but I am beginning to question how Kawahara is going to be able to keep the series from becoming a rinse and repeat of books。 。。。more
Nishes
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Another Kirisuna dynamics It always feels so wholesome reading Kirito Asuna and how they develop their relationship slowly， well this is what progressive about。 As usual this volume also begin with Kirito and Asuna journey to the seventh floor where they eat rice and chicken， defeat the insect monster bagging the amazing reward。 The major setting of this floor is casino where lies the plenty of mystery and conspiracy about which Kirito had absolutely bad memory in the beta test。 There emerge the Another Kirisuna dynamics It always feels so wholesome reading Kirito Asuna and how they develop their relationship slowly， well this is what progressive about。 As usual this volume also begin with Kirito and Asuna journey to the seventh floor where they eat rice and chicken， defeat the insect monster bagging the amazing reward。 The major setting of this floor is casino where lies the plenty of mystery and conspiracy about which Kirito had absolutely bad memory in the beta test。 There emerge the plenty of new challenge。 We are introduced to new characters， they do quest which also got them to some controversy their friends being prisoned leading them in perilous situations。 But with the Asuna brain and new ally help they do overcome it and rescue the friend。 They went to the casino and there are some surprising elements。 They all want to come down to the bottom of conspiracy and scamming going on in Casino。 We have Kirito who wanted to take Asuna to the beach because he definitely wants to see Asuna in swimsuit。 There is battle colloseum which can totally change the fate of player not only but whole game because of the cheating going on which could potentially derail the momentum。 Kirito and Asuna wanted to solve that quickly before it get really worse。 There are also some foreshadowing of Kirito Asuna relationships with the subtle reference of them being together in Original Light Novel。 Overall everything is impressive but I am disappointed with one thing and that is lacking in single Asuna pov。 This is supposed to be Kirito and Asuna， not Kirito only。 Hopefully， we will see Asuna pov too because I really don't want it to be Kiritoseque only。 。。。more
kerrycat
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KIZMEL！anyone else feel a pang in their heart at the short exchange between K & A about the width of trees？and here we have it， seventh floor is where it truly begins: "It was a kind of hesitation， perhaps a fixation。 I didn't want to let anyone else have her。"many thanks to the Great Kawahara for bringing it， again and again， without fail。 KIZMEL！anyone else feel a pang in their heart at the short exchange between K & A about the width of trees？and here we have it， seventh floor is where it truly begins: "It was a kind of hesitation， perhaps a fixation。 I didn't want to let anyone else have her。"many thanks to the Great Kawahara for bringing it， again and again， without fail。 。。。more
Jana
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Kirisuna banter is always my favorite part of these books
Loae
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