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All series / Sword Art Online / Arc 7

Arc 7 of 7 in Sword Art Online

Arc 7: Unital Ring

I’ve watched through

Season 1 stops before this arc.

Sword Art Online II stops before this arc.

Ordinal Scale stops before this arc.

Alicization stops before this arc.

War of Underworld stops before this arc.

What happens

A sudden change joins familiar virtual worlds in a new survival game while developments continue in Underworld.

Where it sits

Unital Ring in Sword Art Online
FormatVolumesUnitsLanguage
Light novelVol 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29Volume 21, prologue – volume 29Japanese
Light novelVol 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28Volume 21, prologue – volume 29English

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