The official media of the renowned Sword Art Online franchise presented what will be the cover of its latest volume, the 28th, which surprised more than one fan by showing us an epic image where our protagonists are the main face. This long-awaited volume will make its debut in the different specialized stores on June 7, 2024, so fans will have to wait a little longer to continue living this exciting adventure.
Sword Art Online volume No. 28 now has an official cover
The successful franchise of light novels, anime and manga “Sword Art Online” is still in production and is back, and now we officially know what will be the cover of volume 28, which will feature Kirito, Alice and Fanatio as the main face of this, with our protagonist in the center and the girls on either side.
From the official Dengeki Bunko Magazine portal, it is already known that it will consist of 280 pages in paperback format and at a list price of 748 yen ($4.78 approximately) including taxes. Dengeki Bunko Magazine is an important magazine for the distribution of light novels in Japan belonging to the distributor Kadokawa and it is expected that this next volume will be well received by its fans in Japan and the rest of the world.
It will be the 28th installment of this series and the seventh volume or chapter of the “Unital Ring Arc” with a release date set for June 7, 2024, written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec, since 2022 that we did not have a continuation of this arc and we are with expectations for how the saga will continue to develop. Let’s remember that the author had already apologized on his X account for the delay in the release of this Sword Art Online sequel: “Hard! Sorry for making you wait! SAO volume 28, “Unital Ring VII,” is scheduled to be released on June 7. There also seems to be a special edition with Asuna’s acrylic keychain. thanks!!!”
The 27th volume of “Unital Ring Arc VI” was released for sale in Japan on October 7, 2022, and since then, many fans were waiting for news about the continuity of this arc, on the other hand, since 2021 Panini Manga of Mexico has been bringing us the translations of the volumes of Sword Art Online, currently in the arc of “Alicization”. We are waiting to enjoy this volume in its Spanish version, however, we will have to wait for the translation of the remaining volumes.
For those unfamiliar with Sword Art Online: the story takes place in the year 2022, when a virtual reality massively multiplayer online role-playing game (VRMMORPG) has just been launched, users can control their avatars in the same way they control their real bodies using NerveGear, a virtual reality headset that stimulates their five senses through the brain. However, players understand that they cannot leave the game; its creator, Akihiko Kayaba, appears and informs them that if they die in the virtual world, they will also die in the real world.
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