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What if the world's most expected, anticipated vrmmorpg turned out to be the largest, cruelest experiment ever? What if the world's biggest genius turned out to be a sick sociopath? What if 10.000 men and women, children and elderly were trapped in a castle in the sky? What if your life didn't belong only to you? What if fighting was your only option? What if... That was you?
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Hello, everyone!
Gonna be quick here, and list some major points about Shattered which I know many of you will be concerned:
Point 1: Just like every other SAO fan out there, I too felt like we received too little of Kirito's and his friends' adventures on Aincrad. There's so much untapped potential, and I plan to make the best of it. So, this story will be covering all 100 floors of Aincrad, if possible. Of course, there might be some skips along the way, and until it's published, the story is always prone to changes, but at least that's the base plan.
Point 2: Th MC won't be Kirito, but an original character (an OC, as we like to call them). You will discover more about him as the novel progress, but I can tell you that, one: he is just another person trapped in SAO, and won't have any previous knowledge of the game, and two, it is not a self-insert, but rather, like I already mentioned, just another player. For those of you who read my first novel Broke (shameless plug-in), you can think of him like Dageer, just someone trying their best to survive and to make sure his friends do the same.
Point 3: The story will start cannon-ish, but, unlike Broke, it will at some point diverse from cannon (where it will take us, I have no idea).
Point 4: I plan to write about the Aincrad and ALO arcs of SAO. As of now, I don't know if we will reach GGO, and most probably not Alicization.
Point 5 (and last): This is NOT a harem story. It will also not be one of those novels where the MC ends up with a single girl, but has tons of others pinning for him (as for who the female lead is, I believe you should discover easily, I'm not that great at writing romance). In fact, one of the things that bothered me about SAO the most was that while Kirito only got together with Asuna (and will still do in this fanfic) he had four or five other girls which were left without resolution. Expect that to change.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Sword Art Online franchise (obviously) so please don't sue me.
Enjoy the novel! And, to start as cliché as possible:
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I hope you don't drop this cuz can't find anymore SAO fanfics, all of them are dropped.
this is one of the very few stories where I wish I could add a few more stars, this fanfic opened my eyes on SAO and showed me how the anime wasted the potential of the story, every character here seem very real and are all interesting (where in other fanfics i would complain, i wouldn't mind a few side chapters to develop their character and relationships), the addition of the live stream made things very interesting and you can feel the tension in the air in the boss raids, overall very very good job[img=recommend][img=update]
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a very bad start, the main character is more of a high school boy than an adult with a formed mindset, well, or a confused beginning with mental problems that runs away from them, and does not solve. If the author wanted to add realism to his works, then he had to read at least a couple of articles about the relationships, connections and psychology of ordinary people who got into a closed space with an impossible or almost impossible way to get out. And here we have a completely undeveloped motivation of the hero, regardless of what he will do next, I will not believe that such a person who was shown in the beginning will be able to survive in the world of SAO.
kinda boring ngl... and it feels like the MC became an extra ever since the 1st floor boss fight.... you even gave Kirito's family multiple POVs when The MCs only had like one... MC being weak on top of that made him feel inconsequential, I was kinda hoping that Kirito and the rest of the cast will only appear during boss raids or other important canon events that you'll add in the story but.... I'm not even gonna continue anymore and just leave this as is.
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I enjoyed the novel bit slow for my liking but it's still starting so it's fine. I'm up to chapter 22 and it's starting to feel less and less like MC is the protagonist. The chapters are a tad bit bland for some readers, which might be the reason why it still has such a low rating. Hope there is something a bit more unique to the MC to give out more depth to the character and make him stand out a bit more. The other character dynamics also feel a bit hollow other than the information broker. It's still a fun read. Keep up the good work👍
I have never read a better SAO fic than this. The charector depth and realism is the best thing about this story. One thing i have grievance with is that after a certain period of time after they are stuck in the game, People all over the world can see every player at anytime like some live 24 hour reality show. They don't have a lick of privacy and they don't even know about it. As much as it is entertaining to watch people's reactions, i just think keeping some mysterious aspect for public would have been better.
I didn't like the possible love interest. I didn't like the possible love interest. I didn't like the possible love interest. I didn't like the possible love interest. I didn't like the possible love interest. I didn't like the possible love interest.
For starting maybe too cliche, but its okay, we can't do anything about it. For writing quality, still okay and readable. For Updating, only 3 chapter for a weeks, its okay cause writer need many idea to execute good Story. maybe just need more words because too short for 3 chapter per week. If its to hard for write more word don't force yourself. For character design is good, no overshadowing original character and fanfic MC. But MC here lack of contribution and following Kirito and original development. For Team, still lack. Like Boss Floor 2, its only 1 chapter. No Exciting strategy or epic battle. maybe you should clasified weapon user here. Like spearman, shielder, swordman, axeman etc. and make strategy for each class before get into battle. maybe you can see reference log horizon battle strategy. its very good fantasy strategy battle team. But you must ignore magic.
a very good story, written so well that you can actually feel the tension between the characters. at the start the mc drifter might seem like he is overshadowed my the kirito, but that really changes around chapter 30. very interesting with the livestream of the boss fights around the world. please don't drop this.
5 star reviews for it not being harem and keeping Kirito and Asuna together(from synopsis cause haven't read it yet).I really like their pairing and I hate it when in fanfiction they change any characters partner with any reason though I don't mind if that character doesn't have a lover it original story. I like to keep the original pairing, otherwise I get NTR feeling and drop that fanfic.
This fic is pure enjoyment. Everything SAO has done wrong is done well here. Pros:- Good grammar- Good characters- Nice plot- A revamped SAO- Good MC Cons:- There's a lot of floors, meaning sometimes the action will feel a little rushed, but nothing really that bad or anything.- Well that's all
good story,good fighting scenes, u got the posanality of those in canon well, But hey u can tone Mc up not just a oldest one in the group or use spear like more speed or more strength. give him some special not just a Extra in kirito journey.
so good, the writing quality is really good, the character design and development is top notch, although similar to the fanfiction unyielding at the beginning but after the first floor it is complete original and is one of the best SAO fanfiction I have read.
I am loving the story but it is starting to feel like the main character isn't the protagonist anymore, I mean he isn't getting any, I guess special weapons or armor that makes him stand out. I get that that in real life other people may be better than us but I came to this story to know what it's like to be in SAO and to know what it feels like to be special, I'm not really feeling that with this story but I do like it. I am currently up to chapter 37
So far it's been a really good read, I'm currently on the chapter of the Illfang boss fight, about to read it. I honestly do kinda want to see you cover all of SAO with the book, Alicization and all(haven't personally seen it but I may end up binge watching sao to remind myself of certain plots and scenes and character looks and such.) I understand if ya don't though since it's a big series, but I kinda wanna see how the mc interacts with Alice and all them. Also have 5 stars for planning to do at least most of SAO's floors, I would never in a million years have the patience to do that, you go King
me like this SAO fanfic, its not about caching & collecting waifu, not reincarnator no system etc, it was SAO from other player pov. i like how you develop their character and hope mc can develop more on his spearmanship not just following game skill but develop his own from other spear user or trying to recreate some spear skills from game or video. Thanks for the hard work, keep it up!! 🤓
Cool story. Although I don't like that the main characters are too gentle and soft, this is compensated by their constant growth as individuals. And I have an idea. What if every 10 floors the game became more realistic! As an example, after the 20th floor, players will begin to feel pain. That's all I have, good luck. translated via Google translator!
I think this fic deserves some love. Despite being much slower then other fics, this one does a good job and rarely uses filler chapters. This is a long fic, but everything is top tier, as in the writing, the progression, the story, and the characters. It does a good job building off of SAO and uses many ideas from the anime’s lore to make the story as realistic as possible. Only negative is the length. Some chapters could do with more action and exploring something cool, but it’s still a good fic.
Well, we can't not have the shameless author review, can we? There's nothing much to say that hasn't already been said in the synopsis or in the first chapter. This is a novel I've been wanting to write for a long time, and I just finally got around to it. The MC is an original character, but he is just another player in SAO, and won't overshadow Kirito, nor will he know anything about the future. Also, the Kirito X Asuna pairing still stands, but for the other girls who are kept pinning for Kirito in the original, I plan on changing things. What exactly, even I am unsure. That's about it. I hope you enjoy, and please leave suggestions, comments, and reviews!