Japanese: アクセル・ワールド
English: Accel World
Type: Manga
Volumes: 7 +Chapters: 35 +
Status: Publishing
Published: Apr 10, 2010 to ?
Genres: Action, Romance, School, Sci-Fi, Shounen
Authors: Kawahara Reki (Story), Aigamo Hiroyuki (Art)
Serialization: Dengeki Bunko Magazine
Synopsis: No matter what age it is, the "Bullied Child" will never disappear. The overweight, Middle School student, Haruyuki, was one such kid. The only time he could relax completely, was when he would play a squash game on the local network the school had set up. He loved playing this simple game as he can forget painful times while immersed in it.
It was fall. He was passing his time like this until one day, he had an encounter with the school's most beautiful, refined girl, "Snow Black," which changed his life abruptly. Introduced to the software she transmitted, Haruyuki learned about "Accel World." A program that enhances one's mind capabilities, with certain side-effects.
It was the moment the guy on the lowest rung at school became "Burst Linker," protecting the Princess as her knight.
Based on a light novel series by Kawahara Reki.
Related Series
Adapted From: Accel World (Novel)
Spin-off: Accel World.
Sequel: Accel World/Dural - Magisa Garden
Adaptation: Accel world
Groups Scanlating
Nekyou Memoir Scanlation
One Time Scans
Riceballicious
Licensed in English
Yen Press (6 Volumes - Ongoing)
Source: MAL Anime info, Baka updates
Side notes: This manga starts like many other shounen school mangas but the main characters are the reason to keep on reading. The art is on good level but can be also a bit plain too (especially backgrounds). Still it's needless to say that this manga became a hit.XDDD There are more than one anime version circling around and this summer saw also the latest Accel World anime movie opening in Japanese movie theaters. But I'm fan of the manga more. I followed the first anime made of this manga/ novel a bit but couldn't get any feel for it so I pushed it to my on-hold -list maybe after reading the manga a bit more I return to watch the anime too. And this is my second favorite manga of the day (there are three of them in total.) ^-^b
Main characters
Kuroyukihime (黒雪姫)
Age: 14-15 years old
Birthday: September 30, 2032
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Orange
Class: Year 2-3 Middle School
Height: 159 cm (5'3")
Weight: 48 kg
Occupation: Black King
Legion: Nega Nebulus (Leader)
School: Umesato Junior High School
Avatar: Black Lotus
Level: 9
Type: Darkness Element
The main female protagonist and leader of the Nega Nebulus legion, her real name is unknown. Her pseudonym is Japanese word play with Snow White. Beautiful and popular, she is also the Student Council Vice-President at Umesato Junior High School. She has been a Burst Linker since she was eight years old.
She is a very calm and patient person, a girl who constantly loves to drink tea, if it is in school or in a restaurant. She is not always that calm and patient as she can sometimes be rude, angry, or jealous even when some girls are starting to flirt with Haruyuki. She is also a girl who is wise with words and can talk manipulatively to another which they see it as annoyance. She is also a smart and clever girl, knowing the details about the "Brain Burst" game, since she was once known as the "Black King". The Brain Burst is not her only knowledge. She also has knowledge about wired connections or anything network related, as she can tell and give information in the smallest details. She even knows the steps of the networks that has been used.
Haruyuki Arita (有田 春雪)
Age: 13 years old
Birthday: April 23
Class: Year 1 Middle School - 7th Grade
Height: 134 cm (4'4")
Weight: 56 kg
Legion: Nega Nebulus
School: Umesato Junior High School
Avatar: Silver crow
Partner: Kuroyukihime
He is a middle school student and is overweight. He has been bullied for many years and because of that likes to go to places where no one is like the squash game on the local network at school. The incident that further triggered his desire for loneliness was when he was in elementary school. He killed all of his classmates during a game over the global net and was bullied by all of them and pushed further in to hiding.
Chiyuri Kurashima (倉嶋 千百合)
Age: 13 years old
Class: Year 1 Middle School - 7th Grade
Height: 156 cm (5'1")
Weight: 51 kg
Legion: Nega Nebulus
School: Umesato Junior High School
Avatar: Lime Bell
Level: 4
Likes: Haruyuki Arita, Mayuzumi Takumu
Dislikes: Kuroyukihime
Haru's and Taku's childhood friend. Although she is dating Takumu, she also cares a lot for Haru. Her non-accelerated avatar is a catgirl. Chiyuri has been friends with Takumu and Haruyuki since they were children. The three of them are very close to each other and is still. During the time that they entered middle school, Chiyu decided to start a relationship with Taku. Even with their relationship, the three continued to stay close.
Takumu Mayuzumi (黛 拓武)
Birthday: April 2, 2033
Age: 13
Class: Year 1 Middle School - 7th Grade
Height: 170 cm (5'6")
Weight: 56 kg
Legion: Nega Nebulus
School: Umesato Junior High School
Level: 5
Avatar: Cyan Pile
Chiyuri's boyfriend. He is excellent at academics and athletics. He attends a famous school that goes from elementary to high school. Takumu is friendly with Chiyu and Haru and was seen to be nice and well-mannered. Haru looked up to him as a role model and mentor whenever they battle in Accel World together. He is seen to be wise and knowledgeable when it comes to the Brain Burst program and during battles were he is able to deduce the most sensible strategy. After joining Nega Nebulus, he calls Kuroyukihime "master" as a sign of respect. His caring way has him trying to stop or resolve arguments which is usually between Kuroyukihime and Yuniko. However, his knowledgeability and kindness is also where some people such as Yuniko or Kuroyukihime allows them to make jokes or insults towards him like calling "professor" or "four-eyes". He takes these seriously and becomes depressed.
Source: MAL
P.S. I've left most of the spoiler out of the character descriptions
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