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  version = "2026-10-17",
  generated = "2026-11-03",
  id = "sword-art-online",
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    en = "Sword Art Online",
    ja = "ソードアート・オンライン",
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            text = "—",
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            text = "Season 1, episodes 15–25",
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            text = "3",
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            text = "Phantom Bullet",
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            header = true,
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          {
            text = "Volume 5 – volume 6, chapter 16",
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          {
            text = "—",
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          {
            text = "Season 2, episodes 1–14",
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            text = "4",
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            text = "Calibur",
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            text = "Calibur",
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            text = "—",
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            text = "Season 2, episodes 15–17",
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            text = "5",
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            text = "Prologue–chapter 12",
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            text = "—",
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            text = "Season 2, episodes 18–24",
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            text = "6",
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            text = "Alicization",
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            text = "Volume 9, prologue 1 – volume 18, prologue 3",
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            text = "—",
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          {
            text = "Season 3, episode 1–episode 23",
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            text = "7",
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            text = "Unital Ring",
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            text = "Volume 21, prologue – volume 29",
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            text = "—",
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            text = "—",
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            text = "Manga hasn’t reached this point yet",
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            text = "Manga hasn’t reached this point yet",
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            text = "Manga hasn’t reached this point yet",
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              text = "—",
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        caption = "Phantom Bullet in Sword Art Online",
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          "Language",
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            {
              text = "Light novel",
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              text = "—",
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          "Language",
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              text = "Light novel",
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            {
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