Sword Art Online

[arczyx]

Just saw your signature Tap. So, is it just a typo by Kunori or will they really publish a book titled "Alicization Deviding"?

[Kuno]

ME 8 - Rondo of the Transient Sword

I took a very deep breath to calm my mind, one of the few people in this world......in fact, there were only five people whom I could call «friend», and told her.

Well, I can count Asuna, Klein, Agil and Argo as his friends. So, who is the fifth one?

[Tap]

He said "around five", actually.

[YoungOne]

pretty new in Bakatsuki so i have a question will volume 12 be posted here in BT or will i have to read it in tap's site?

[Tap]

Slowly. Editing.

[YoungOne]

Slowly. Editing.

oh ohtay. well im cheering you with all my heart. wish i can help but what can i do im a kid (lets not talk about my age lol) + im not that great in English, but love reading sword art online.

[Ushwood]

10-4

The one handed charge attack «Sonic Leap» was activated, and the blade let out a blue glow...

12-8 (from Tap's blog)

It wouldn’t reach from that distance normally, but the blade released a yellow-green flash immediately after. Aincrad-style secret move, «Sonic Leap».

"Aria"

The one-handed sword rush technique «Sonic Leap». Its range was shorter than «Rage Spike», but its trajectory could be aimed towards the sky.
The sword in my right hand was engulfed in a bright yellow-green light.

[Tap]

All accurate, possibly dependant on sword?

[Gsimenas]

May I go ahead and standardize these in the previous volumes?:

viewtopic.php?f=59&t=3592&start=510#p184940

Except that I'd personally go for FluctLights, instead of Fluct Lights, as I do consider it to be a compound. Same with UnderWorld.

[Tap]

Go ahead and standardise.

For that issue, combining is fine (seeing as fluct isn't an actual word on its own), but definitely not that weird capitalisation.
I mean, there's stuff like paperclip, sandpaper, paperweight, etc, but they don't get capitalised to PaperClip or anything like that.

I'm still not sure on whether to separate Under and World, though.
Since they're proper words on their own.

[Rohan123]

Underworld sounds better as a single word instead of 2 separate words, even though they have meanings of their own.

[Gsimenas]

Go ahead and standardise.

For that issue, combining is fine (seeing as fluct isn't an actual word on its own), but definitely not that weird capitalisation.
I mean, there's stuff like paperclip, sandpaper, paperweight, etc, but they don't get capitalised to PaperClip or anything like that.

I'm still not sure on whether to separate Under and World, though.
Since they're proper words on their own.

Well, the capitalization was based on the FLA abbreviation, in a similar logic to Soul TransLator's capitalization due to the STL abbreviation.

Edit: Should I leave fluctlights as "Fluctlights" or "fluctlights"?

Also, I just remembered another inconsistency that I would like you to look at:

In Volume 10 it is stated that 6 whetstones, which were supposed to last for 3 years, were used up in making Kirito's sword, but in Volume 11, it's stated that it was 3 whetstones, which were supposed to last for 10 years. Which one is correct?

[Tap]

Oh wait, I think that was the motivation behind separating fluct and light.
...Okay, I don't know what to do for the separating thing now.

As for capitalisation, I would rather lowercase everything, though.
My personal style would be to use lowercase for everything, unless it's being referred to as its acronym in that segment (to provide more clarity solely in that moment).
Like...
"The process is called FLA, short for FluctLight Acceleration." and "It's done through fluctlight acceleration."
...for example.

And I answered the whetstone issue already, I believe?
The volume 10 line wasn't in the WN, but the volume 11 one was.
I don't have an updated copy of volume 10/11 to check with, but yeah, probably a mistake made by someone and no idea if it was addressed in any way.

[castor212]

excuse me

Is there anyone here who knows zero2001 email contact is? I want to ask him if he's still working on SAO's colored illustration, and if he doesnt, can I try my hands on it.

[Zero2001]

excuse me

Is there anyone here who knows zero2001 email contact is? I want to ask him if he's still working on SAO's colored illustration, and if he doesnt, can I try my hands on it.

I'm working on it. I hope to finish it in the next week or two.

Sorry I have been slightly busy with my dissertation project.

For volume 12, I've asked krytyk to enhance them before I begin cleaning and typesetting.

Once again, really sorry for the delays.

And anyone can send me a Private Message (PM). I'll get it.