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Anime with swordplay focus on combat between sword-wielders. Whether duels, skirmishes, battles, or wars; taking place in the past, present, or future - or even somewhere else entirely - if disputes are settled by the blade and it happens on a regular basis, swordplay is at work.
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Sword Art Online mangas are the adaptations of the original, written. There are multiple manga adaptations of the series: manga that follow the main story of the, and the; manga adapting the, and side stories; a 4-koma counterpart; two manga series adapting the Progressive series, an adaptation of the Gun Gale Online spin-off series; an adaptation of. There are also a variety of original spin-off manga, including Girls Ops, Aincrad Night of Kirito, Kirito's Gun Gale Wars, and a -centred spin-off.
The Aincrad, Fairy Dance, Calibur, Mother's Rosario, Aincrad Night of Kirito, Kirito's Gun Gale Wars, and the Kibaou spin-off manga have already reached their conclusion, while the other manga continue receiving new chapters every one to three months.There are also a few SAO-themed, which include short manga stories drawn by various authors. Additionally, some doujinshi work created wholly or partly by the series original author was published in the form of manga. Publications that at least partially fall under this range include,.
A redrawn version of Material Editions 1 and 3 is included in the.
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