After a dreadful encounter with a member of Laughing Coffin, Kirio awakens in another world with no memories of his previous life. He leads a happy childhood with his two friends, Alice and Eugeo. But when the Integrity Knights, the force that protects the land from the darkness hordes, come take Alice way, Kirito and Eugeo swear that they will one day bring her back. The only way to do so is to enroll in the knight academy and become Integrity Knights themselves. But little do they know of the darkness that awaits them. Perhaps it is not the hordes that are the biggest threat to this world. Back in our world, Asuma manages to find Kirito and learn about the world he is in in right now, though in mind only: Underworld. We're back with more SAO. And let me tell you... DAMN. I loved this season. I was never a big fan of SAO, but it slowly grew on me. Alicization though, is fantastic. Sure, it's still a wish fulfillment fantasy, but the directing is absolutely to notch. Be warned, there is an attempted rape scene in the first half. It was very hard to watch. Everything was set up perfectly and you felt like you were there, so much so that I was yelling at the screen. The final battle of the series was also amazing, but so were the other battles before it. You can tell they are bringing their A-game for their cash making franchise. Subs are from MTBB. I'm only using one subtitle track and it's not the one with honorifics. Personal choice. Feel free to bitch about it the comments. http://anidb.net/anime/13493 PS: I just love that the people from Ocean Turtle are working 25 hours a day to create a real sentient AI when Kayaba made one by freaking accident. Kikouka will probably bang his head on a wall for days if he meets Yui.