Ayanami Shiratsuyu/Chronology

## **Ayanami Shiratsuyu**

* RL
* SAO
* ALO

> "*Hi, hi! Everyone, it's your favorite child singer, Aya-chan~! I hope everyone is having a jolly time~! If not, then Aya will be sad... Well, that got you excited, didn't it? I pray that you all enjoy my songs as much as I do, okay~? Let's go, everyone! Idol, Ayanami Shiratsuyu, going all-out~!*"
> ― Ayanami's usual self-introduction during her concerts.
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**Ayanami Shiratsuyu**, more colloquially known as **Shiranami**, is a young girl and a very successful junior idol, consistently finding herself among the biggest worldwide stars.

She was only intending to log in, get a few hours of playtime, and log out to prepare for her next concert, however, that was not meant to be; Ayanami, alongside ten thousand other players, found themselves trapped in «Sword Art Online» and informed that the only way to escape was to clear the game. '*Fail to do so and your life is forfeit.*'

This article provides the chronological history of the character Ayanami Shiratsuyu as she appears in the *Sword Art Online Alternative: Spell Blade Online* series.

## Aincrad Arc

### Aincrad Hallowing

#### Memories of Evil

A flashback during the events of Floor 75 details Shiranami's life directly before and slightly after the SAO incident started. Shiranami—or more accurately, Ayanami Shiratsuyu—had just finished recording a collaborative work with Nijika Karatachi (Rain) who was debuting as an idol through this collaboration. The two of them congratulate each other and Ayanami's manager, Itsuki Taniguchi, excitedly proclaims that he believes this song will claim the top spot of songs for a while before allowing the young lady to have a great time with «Sword Art Online». After they eat a short lunch, the two girls enter Ayanami's sky suite in the Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills, where they break out the «NerveLinker» and login together at the same time. They meet two male players, Kirito and Klein, and together, they start playing, helping each otherget used to the game mechanics; this was especially so in the case of Klein and Rain as they did not have any prior experience in «FullDive». After six hours, Kirito and Klein decided to log off when they discovered that they could not log out; they were then suddenly and forcibly teleported to the plaza where they were told that they would not be able to log out until they clear all 100 floors of the castle. Upon having their custom avatars sheared away, Shiranami (and to a much smaller extent, Rain) were swarmed by fans from the real world who squealed at their chance of meeting the idol in-game. Uncomfortable by the attention, Shiranami scrambled to follow Kirito when the former spotted the latter running away, Rain tagging along behind her. Through some heavy insisting, Kirito allowed the three of them to form a party with him.

In the present, a few weeks prior to the events of the 75th Floor, Shiranami, the third-in-command of the prestigious «Knights of the Blood» guild, was exploring the 74th Floor Labyrinth until she decides to enter a «Safe Area», however, she had unwittingly left behind her subordinates, Nautilus and Yuna, which Nautilus takes great offense at and reprimanded his superior for leaving them in the dust. Forcibly changing the conversation, Shiranami declares that she was hungry and that they should take a short break for lunch; Yuna and Shiranami then butt heads as they both brought food, however, before the fight could escalate, Shiranami spots Kirito and Asuna. Calling out to Kirito, Shiranami and Asuna suggest that both of their parties should take a lunch break together. Slightly irritated by this development, sparks fly as Nautilius and Kirito slowly gear up for a fight but are defused by both Shiranami and Asuna after enticing them with their food.

After they had filled their stomachs, they exited the safe zone where they immediately encountered a platoon of «Demonic Servants» led by a «Lizardman Lord». The combined party of five high-level players wipe out the monster brigade with ease and with nothing holding them back, they continue exploring the «Labyrinth». Upon encountering the boss room, Kirito proceeds to give a last-minute briefing to everyone present, urging the others to keep a hand on their «Teleport Crystals» in hand in case things go awry. Opening the door, the five-strong group of players behold the boss before immediately escaping back to the «Safe Area» to begin drawing up plans for a boss raid. Unfortunately, their conversation was cut short when Corvatz made his appearance with at least thirty members of the «Aincrad Liberation Force». He asked for directions to the boss room, and despite repeated warnings from Shiranami and company, he ignored them and led his exhausted men to the boss room. Deciding to overlook them, Kirito consulted with Shiranami and others, suggesting that they should hurry and set up a strategy meeting when they were cut off a second time by Klein and his guild, «Fuurinkazan». After another healthy discourse, Kirito and Shiranami's plans to exit the Labyrinth and report their findings were impeded again time when a scream originating from the boss room shattered the air. Worried, all five players alongside Klein and his gulid, made a mad dash to the boss room.

Upon arriving, they encountered a disaster: the «Aincrad Liberation Force» had been pushed back to the point that they arrived in time to see Corvatz being thrown at their feet before dying. In a panic, Kirito demands the remaining soldiers use their «Teleport Crystals» but they shakingly report that the crystals do not work. This revelation of an «Anti-Crystal Area» plus the fact that the boss was not letting up on his attacks on the disabled soldiers pushed Asuna to the breaking point. Unable to take it, she charged into the boss room, however, Shiranami attacked first, closing the distance between herself and the boss with «Vorpal Strike» before exploiting a loophole she had found in the system concerning Sword Skills. With that, she activated «Vertical Square», shanking the boss four times and giving Asuna enough time to follow up with «Shooting Star».

Shiranami's powerful support with her singing skills weren't enough and Kirito asked to have ten seconds be bought for him while he retreated and changed his skill set. Nodding at this, Shiranami took Kirito's place, charging forward and ripping through the boss's abdomen with «Savage Fulcrum», however, Shiranami failed to connect a second sword skill, trapping her in a post-motion delay. When she was about to die, Klein swooped in and saved her using «Renge», bisecting the boss's arm, before ordering Asuna to extract Shiranami. Shiranami watched in stock surprise as Kirito finished his preparations and switched places with Asuna. Parrying away the giant sword, he summoned a second blue sword then activated «Gale Slicer», blowing the boss backward; Kirito then began a relentless attack on the boss upon unleashing «Starburst Stream». With his final strike, the boss disintegrated and the 74th Floor was successfully cleared. However, Kirito lost consciousness from overexertion.

Following the boss battle, Shiranami and Asuna tried nursing the unconscious Kirito but the system prevents them from doing much when he is not conscious. Shiranami's alternate personality breaks through to try and force Kirito awake; this desperate attempt was successful in awakening the unconscious boy. At that moment, Yuu, a member of the «Bro Squad» guild and one the «Clearers», arrived at the boss room with several members of the «Knights of the Blood» who he had encountered and followed to the boss room. He and Shiranami conversed with each other with Yuu, having surveyed the damage, having mixed emotions due to the fact that there were casualties. After her conversation with Yuu, Shiranami herself lost consciousness considering she had worked herself to exhaustion. The following day, Kirito accidentally walks in on Shiranami changing after mistaking the door to her room as the bathroom door. Once she had sorted the issue out, Shiranami begins to cook breakfast while waiting for the others to rouse from their slumber. She converses with Kirito to inform him of the events that he had sat out of the previous day where Asuna and Shiranami went together to report their victory to the guildmaster.

Asuna and Shiranami both leave the former's house in «Selmburg» on the 61st Floor to visit «Granzam» on the 55th Floor where they inform Heathcliff about their victory and he requests that he see Kirito the following day. After their report, they return back to the Teleport Gate Plaza where they encounter a female player being harassed by a male player; the conflict descends into a First Strike duel where the female player, revealed to be Stravellia, the founder and leader of the «Amaryllis» guild, was victorious. In fear, Stetzer's groupies fawn over Shiranami which irritated her. Shiranami unleashed a non-system version of «Sharp Nail» in order to slap away the grown men clinging to her after which, the players ran away. She and Asuna bid goodbye to Stravellia and return to Selmburg.

Back in the present, the five players, Yuna, Nautilus, Kirito, Asuna, and Shiranami, hold a breakfast discussion where Kirito fully explains the workings of his ability which he displayed in the boss battle. Asuna also reveals the reason why she and Kirito were late to the Labyrinth exploration the previous day before Shiranami informs Kirito that Heathcliff had sent for him; in response, Kirito tries respectully declining, revealing the reason behind his fear of guilds. However, despite this, Kirito wanted to try again as he also very eager to meet Heathcliff. With Shiranami and Asuna as his escort, Kirito meets with Heathcliff who asks Kirito to join the «Knights of the Blood»; Kirito refuses and begins negotiating for how he would enter, saying that he wants to stake his entry with a duel against Heathcliff, a condition which Heathcliff accepted. After discussing the details of their duel, Kirito and company return to Asuna's house to rest for another day as ordered by Heathcliff so as to fully recover from the fatigue of the group having practically soloed the 74th Floor.

Later that night, Shiranami and Kirito have a heart-to-heart conversation in which Kirito slips up and accidentally calls Shiranami his younger sister. Bemused by this, Shiranami proceeded to insist that she be allowed to address Kirito as her older brother and Kirito had no choice but to comply. The following morning, the duel took place two hours before noon in the city of Collinia on the 75th Floor and Kirito was greatly shocked at the massive number of people who had come to spectate their duel; Heathcliff only proceeded to say that this turnout was to be expected as Kirito was one of the game's most well-known players. The duel ended with Heathcliff's victory and as per the terms set prior to the duel, Kirito joined the «Knights of the Blood».

#### Dawn Romance

Two days later, Kirito's guild uniform as the newest member of the KoB uniform was complete. After measuring Kirito and making the necessary adjustments, Kirito sported the new uniform and Asuna informs Kirito that he needs to meet with the commander to set up an orientation run. Shiranami parted ways from Kirito and Asuna and went to visit Lisbeth to have «Breakwind» and «Arcturus» enhanced as she had gotten enough materials from the drops as a participant in the boss battle on the 74th Floor.

## Project Rhealization Arc

*This section details the real-world chronology concerning Ayanami Shiratsuyu. For the chronology of Emilia Rosenberg, Ayanami's avatar within the «Underworld» of «Project Rhealization», see Emilia Rosenberg#Chronology.*

## Notes

1. ↑ Yui refers to Shiranami as "Auntie".

## References

1. ↑ Volume 1, *Memories of Evil*, Part 4
2. ↑ Volume 16, *Welcome to the World of Fairies*, Part 2
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Material Collection 01: Ayanami Shiratsuyu's character profile.
4. ↑ Volume 1, *Dawn Romance*, Part 3
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Material Collection 07: Ayanami Shiratsuyu's second character profile.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Material Collection 12: Ayanami Shiratsuyu's third character profile.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Volume 1, *Memories of Evil*, Part 7
8. ↑ Volume 14, *Round Robin Chorus*, Part 2