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Author’s Notes
I am Kawahara Reki. I give you "Accel World 10 Elements".
......It came to me that this is the tenth book that I’ve written so far. This story was born from a simple idea of ‘an interesting fighting game with the real world as its stage’, ‘but you might be runned over by a car for leisurely dueling for many minutes’, and so I added an element called «Acceleration» and started writing, all of the other settings were added one after the other since I started writing.
Such haphazard story, moreover, by the hands of a person who’s basically overcomed by laziness, it was all because of everyone’s guidance who’s been reading till now that I’ve continuously went on and passed till the tenth book after so long.
That said, I surveyed existing series that have 10 books, let alone 20 books, in the same label dengeki bunko and it turns out that they are not yet in a situation to have a sense of ending. (laughs)
Is the stage finally set on the story? It is in that place somehow, from now on, the «Six Kings of Pure Color»’s legions and «Acceleration Research Society» will at last be stirred in a battle...... as expected to be but, it is a place that I don’t understand and I can’t write it either.......
On such an anything goes story, I’ll kindly be in your care from now on.
To talk a little about this 10th volume, it has become a collection of short story intervals this time. It is a compilation of three small experiments, going waaay back in the past on "Sound of Water from a Distant Day", a story from Kuroyukihime’s point of view for the first time on "The Farthest Sound of Waves" and lastly, a cross-over of my other series «Sword Art Online» on "Versus" as the line-up. Concerning particularly at the last part "Versus", the relatedness of both series on this and that were peeked through in the content but, as the author, I have the stance of «there is no clear link between the two works» at present. The story this time had the conjecture of SAO protagonist Kirito-shi during a play «caused by a parallel world interference of a quantum computer» and so as the explanation on this SS carnival, please read and enjoy. I’m sorry for just asking selfishly every time......
It will return again to the main story from volume 11 and it is expected to start off at the «Seven Kings Conference» where Haruyuki-kun was summoned as a witness.
To Miki-shi who I shifted various responsibilities on anime, game or drama CD as I looked like in a Black Vise escaping pace, to HIMA-shi who I asked to illustrate on an absurd continuous schedule of October to December, and to the guest illustrator abec-shi, on this very abnormal incident, thank you very much!
Finally, please keep on being of acquaintance and my best regards to every reader for the year 2012!
