Sword Art Online Alternative: Spell Blade Online Timeline

The **Sword Art Online Alternative: Spell Blade Online Timeline** lists the known time and date of all the events that have occurred in the *Sword Art Online Alternative: Spell Blade Online* series in chronological order.

## 1987

### June

#### June 19th

* Tetsuhiro Shigemura is born.*[citation needed]*

## 2014

### April

#### April 5th

* Eiji Nochizawa (Nautilus/Eiji) is born.

## 2016

### October

#### October 27th

* Kazuto is adopted by the Kirigaya family after his birth and his parents' untimely deaths in a traffic accident.

### November

#### November 1st

* Marie-Hélène Sylvestre (Helen) is born.

## 2017

### April

#### April 19th

* Suguha Kirigaya (Leafa) is born.*[citation needed]*

## 2018

### May

#### May 23rd

* Yuuki Konno (Yuuki) and Aiko Konno (Ran) are born.*[citation needed]*

### October

#### October 30th

* Ayanami Shiratsuyu (Shiranami) is born.

## 2019

### December

#### December 14

* Shino's family encounters a traffic accident, in which her father, Yoshimitsu Asada, passes away.

## 2026

### August

#### August 22

* Kazuto discovers the true identity of his parents and the circumstances surrounding their death while perusing through deleted files; as a result, he realizes that Suguha is in fact his cousin not his sister, and as such, begins to unconsciously distance himself from her.

## 2028

### April

#### April 3rd

* The Konno twins are both diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.*[citation needed]*

### September

#### September 6

* Shino is involved in a fatal robbery in a post office where, she, in complete fear, shot the robber, resulting in her developing a severe fear of firearms.*[citation needed]*

## 2029

### April

* The Japanese Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Army work together to develop training regimes involving the «NerveLinker».*[citation needed]*

#### April 7th

* Akihiko Kayaba's invention, «NerveLinker», is announced.*[citation needed]*

## 2030

### May

#### May 20th

* The «NerveLinker» is released into the open market.
* Signups for the «Sword Art Online» Closed Beta begins.

### July

***Origins of the Silver Flower*** begins.
#### July 27th

* The «Sword Art Online» Closed Beta is launched.

#### July 30th

* Shiranami bumps into Kirito and they form a party, soon to become the strongest pair of players during the Closed Beta period.

### August

#### August 31st

* The Closed Beta finishes.

***Origins of the Silver Flower* ends.**
### October

#### October 31st

* People start queuing up at stores for the release of «Sword Art Online»'s hard copies.

### November

#### November 2nd

* Sword Art Online sales in stores begin.

#### November 3rd

**Floating Castle of Death Arc begins.**
**Memories of Evil *begins.***
* 11:40 JST: Ayanami and Nijika complete their recording of Nijika's debut piece.
* 12:55 JST: After finishing lunch together and cleaning up, the two slap on their NerveGears and prepare to dive.
* 13:00 JST: Start of the Sword Art Online Official Service.
	+ Shiranami and Rain find Kirito and the former insist the latter teach them the basic with Klein also participating.
* 15:25 Aincrad Standard Time - Akihiko Kayaba successfully traps nearly 10,000 Players in the game. Of this 10,000, between 700-800 are beta testers. 213 people have already died because their family or friends attempted to remove the NerveGear from their head.
	+ Shiranami and Rain accompany Kirito as they make a dash for «Horunka» village; they are secretly followed by Kurogami.

## 2031

### June

#### June 15

***An Invitation to the Land of the Fairies* begins.**
* After visiting her hospitalized brother, Suguha Kirigaya is approached by Seijirō Kikuoka who invites her to play the Closed Beta of the newly released VRMMO, «ALfheim Online», which Suguha accepts in an attempt to get closer to her big brother who is trapped inside of SAO.

#### June 17

**An Invitation to the Land of the Fairies ends.**
### September

#### September 22

***Passing Woes* begins.**
* After her daily visit to her sister's hospital bed, Ayumi Shigemura prepares for school but like the juvenile delinquent she is, she snuck her «AmuSphere» as well as her copy of «Asuka Empire» into her bag so she could play the game at school.

## 2032

### February

#### February 14th

* Yuna completes the «Chant» hobby skill.

#### February 15th

* In congratulations, Shiranami and Yuna hold a concert on the 17th Floor in celebration for Shiranami's completion of Chant.

#### February 16th

* Shiranami completes the «Chant» hobby skill.

### October

#### October 12th

* Shiranami, Nautilus, and Yuna hold a picnic lunch in the flower fields of the 47th Floor.
	+ The nature of Shiranami's Unique Skill, Songstress, is revealed.
	+ Nautilus is forced to choose between whose cooking was the best (of course, he was unable able to make the decision).

#### October 15th

* 09:10 AST: Kirito and Asuna meet in Kamdet on the 74th Floor.
	+ Kirito and Kuradeel duel, ending in the former's victory after destroying the latter's weapon using the «Outside System Skill», «Arms Blast», coupled with the «Sonic Leap» sword skill.
* 13:30 AST: Shiranami, Nautilus, and Yuna are actively exploring the 74th Floor Labyrinth.
	+ The party encounters a resting Kirito and Asuna who were relaxing in the safe area.
* In the «Town of Beginnings», Thinker, on the advice of his wife, Yulier, dispatches Corvatz and an army of the «Aincrad Liberation Force» to investigate the 74th Floor Labyrinth.*[citation needed]*
* After finishing lunch, the two parties band together to search for the boss room.
	+ The players encounter an army of Demonic Servants with a Lizardman Lord leading it.
	+ A fight ensues where the Sword Skills of «Horizontal Square», «Rage Spike», «Vertical Square», and «Vorpal Strike» are revealed and used assortedly by Kirito, Nautilus, and Shiranami, along with Asuna's usage of «Delta Attack».
	+ After defeating all of them, the two parties discover the boss room where they encounter The Gleam Eyes before promptly retreating.
* The players begin discussing strategy for the boss.
	+ Corvatz interrupts them as they were about to depart to set up a strategy meeting, asking them for the boss room location.
	+ Ignoring their warnings, Corvatz leads his exhausted troops into the boss room.
	+ They are stopped again, this time by Klein and his guild, Fuurinkazan, who agrees to help them as they hear the scream from the boss room whereupon Shiranami's insisting, the group all return to the boss room.
	+ The players begin their endeavor of defeating the 74th Floor Boss with nothing but the weapons on their waists.
		- The «Vertical», «Gale Slicer», «Starburst Stream», «Savage Fulcrum, «Crucifixion», and «Renge» sword skills are revealed here.
	+ After forty minutes of hard battle, «The Gleam Eyes» is defeated by Kirito and the 74th Floor cleared.
* 14:55 AST: Helen, followed by her vice-leader, Kurogami, enter the boss room after greeting Yuna and Nautilus, who had spent the raid outside of the room and tending to the ALF; Helen deeply regrets not arriving in time to stop the deaths of the ALF members.
	+ Aoki observes the results of the boss raid and reprimands them for their underwhelming performance.
	+ Asuna suggests that they should return to her house in Selmburg on the 61st Floor.
* 18:30 AST: After resting at Asuna's house, Asuna and Shiranami both depart from the 61st Floor to the 55th Floor to report to Heathcliff concerning their victory on the 74th Floor.
	+ Intrigued, Heathcliff requests that he is to see Kirito the following day.

#### October 16th

* 10:25 AST: The five players hold a breakfast discussion.
	+ Kirito discusses his Unique Skill with the group.
	+ Asuna and Kirito give a reason on why they were late to Labyrinth exploring.
* 10:40 AST: The players assemble in the main room of the headquarters of the Knights of the Blood.
	+ Heathcliff asks Kirito to join the guild to which Kirito refuses. However, they eventually reach a compromise with Kirito setting the conditions.
	+ Heathcliff delegates the duty of the duel to Shiranami after she asks for it.

#### October 18th

* 07:30 AST: Heathcliff awakens in his bedroom and proceeds to log out of SAO.
* 07:35 JST: In the real world, Akihiko is greeted by Rinko Kojirō who proceeds to cook breakfast for him while he instructs his employees to change the death function of the NerveGears used by the members of the Knights of the Blood to one that forcefully logs them out should they die in-game.
	+ Rinko and Akihiko discuss the Unique Skills, revealing most of them.
	+ Akihiko receives a call from Professor Nanairo Arshavin along with an invitation to join Rath on their endeavor: Project Rhealization.
	+ Akihiko respectfully declines but states that he will be very interested in participating when he logs out again from SAO.
	+ Akihiko logs back in.

***Memories of Evil* ends.**
***Dawn Romance* begins.**
#### October 19th

* 13:20 AST: Kirito tries on the Knights of the Blood uniform for the first time, earning some laughter from Asuna and Shiranami who is there to observe the fit of the uniform.

#### October 20th

* 09:50 AST: Godfree announces to Kirito and Shiranami that he will be in charge of Kirito's orientation as a new member of the Knights.
* 10:45 AST: Arriving at the third to last safe zone in the Labyrinth, Shiranami excuses herself from the party in order to have her weapons enhanced.
* 11:30 AST: Arriving at the last safe zone, Kirito, Kuradeel, and Godfree stops for lunch where Kirito and Godfree drink spiked water and Kuradeel kills Godfree while he was paralyzed.
* 11:40 AST: Shiranami finishes up her weapon enhancements while Asuna holds a picnic on the 22nd Floor. At the same time, Kuradeel stabs Kirito and begins his attempt to kill him.
* 11:42 AST: Realizing something is wrong, Shiranami sends an urgent message to Asuna and they meet up.
* 11:45 AST: Having lost his resolve to live, Kirito resigns himself to his fate.
* 11:48 AST: Shiranami and Asuna rush towards the Labyrinth, using a «Corridor Crystal» to teleport to the foyer of the boss room before backtracking to the safe area.
* 11:50 AST: Kirito resolves to fight back.
* 11:53 AST: Shiranami and Asuna arrive.
	+ Angered, Shiranami challenges Kuradeel to a duel, however, is silenced by Kirito who fights Kuradeel himself, killing him with the «Embracer» «Martial Arts» skill.

#### October 31st

***Dawn Romance* ends.**
***The Torch's Inheritance* begins.**
### November

#### November 7th

* 14:55 AST: Kirito discovers Heathcliff's true identity and fights him.*[citation needed]*
	+ Asuna dies protecting Kirito and Kirito stabs Heathcliff. This does not kill him, however, and Heathcliff strikes one last time.*[citation needed]*
	+ In anguish, Shiranami deals the final blow, killing Heathcliff, but the game isn't cleared.*[citation needed]*
* 15:00 JST: Akihiko awakens in the real world and immediately makes a call to Nanairo Arshavin.*[citation needed]*
* 15:00 AST: Kirito and Asuna awaken, still alive, in the «Spirit Territory», a hidden dungeon located on the 100th Floor.*[citation needed]*

***The Torch's Inheritance* ends.**
## 2033

### July

#### July 19th

* 15:34 AST: «Sword Art Online» is cleared with the defeat of «An Incarnation of the Radius» within the Ruby Palace.*[citation needed]*

### September

#### September 20th

* 12:00 JST: Kazuto and Asuna and eight others begin their five-day dive into the newly created virtual world of «Underworld» as part of the initial player testing in Project Alicization.*[citation needed]*

#### September 25th

* 12:00 JST: Kazuto and Asuna and the eight others are logged out, the initial testing successful.*[citation needed]*

## 2034

### January

#### January 9

**Blade Dance of the Elementalists Arc begins.**
### April

#### April 1

**Blade Dance of the Elementalists Arc ends.**
### July

#### July 17th

**Project Rhealization Arc begins.**
* 20:30 JST: Ayanami is invited to be a part-time tester of the «Soul Translator» by Rath and dives into «Underworld».

#### July 20th

* 00:00 JST: Ayanami is logged out of «Underworld».
* 21:30 JST: Ayanami is attacked by Atsushi Kanemoto on her way home from school.

#### July 21st

* 13:40 JST: Ayanami is covertly extracted from Saint Luke's International Hospital and transported to La Grande Bibliothèque.
* 14:30 JST: Ayamami is connected to the STL and dives into «Underworld» in the hopes of stimulating the growth of and the repair of her damaged neural circuits.

#### July 22nd

* Kazuto makes contact with Rinko concerning the disappearance of Ayanami from her hospital.

#### July 26th

* 21:40 JST: Kazuto, Asuna, Yuuki and Rinko arrive on La Grande Bibliothèque.

#### July 27th

* 00:00 JST: Kazuto, Asuna, and Yuuki all choose to dive into «Underworld» to search for and ensure Ayanami's safety.

## Notes

1. ↑ It is mentioned that Ayanami's fifteenth birthday occurs in eleven days with the current date being October 19th, 2032.
2. ↑ The time can be surmised due to the novel mentioning *fifteen minutes later* after breakfast.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Material Collection 02: Character Profiles: Birthdays (Heathcliff, Helen, Klein, Lux, and Tomoe)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Material Collection 01 Character Profiles: Birthdays (Asuna, Kirito, Nautilus, Shiranami, and Yuna)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Material Collection 03 Character Profiles: Birthdays (Kurogami, Philia, Tohka, Suzaku, and Yoshiki)
4. ↑ Material Collection 03 Character Interview: Rain
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Material Collection 01 In-Depth Background Checks: Kirito
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Material Collection 01 Character Interview: Sanya
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Material Collection 04 Character Interview: Sinon
8. ↑ Material Collection 02 Character Interview: Silica
9. ↑ Volume 1, *Dawn Romance*, Part 2
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Material Collection 01 In-Depth Background Checks: Shiranami
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 *Origins of the Silver Flower* Part 1
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Material Collection 02 Side Story: *Origins of the Silver Flower*
13. ↑ *Origins of the Silver Flower*, Part 2
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 Volume 1, *Memories of Evil*, Prologue
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Material Collection 01 Side Story: *An Invitation to the Land of the Fairies*
16. ↑ *An Invitation to the Land of the Fairies* Part 1
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Material Collection 01 Side Story: *Passing Woes*
18. ↑ *Passing Woes* Part 1
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Material Collection 01 Side Story: *Melody of Catastrophe*
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.8 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `V1MemoriesP3`
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Volume 1, Memories of Evil, Part 7: According to Asuna's recollection.
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Volume 1, *Memories of Evil*, Part 7: According to Kirito's recollection.
23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Volume 1, Memories of Evil, Part 2
24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 Volume 1, Memories of Evil, Chapter 1 Part 2
25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 25.5 Volume 1, Memories of Evil, Chapter 1 Part 3
26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Volume 1, Memories of Evil, Chapter 2 Part 2
27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 27.5 Volume 1, Memories of Evil, Chapter 2 Part 3
28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 Volume 1, Memories of Evil, Epilogue
29. ↑ 29.00 29.01 29.02 29.03 29.04 29.05 29.06 29.07 29.08 29.09 29.10 Volume 1, Dawn Romance, Part 1
30. ↑ Volume 21, Epilogue
31. ↑ Volume 22, Prologue II, Part 1
32. ↑ Volume 22, Prologue II, Part 3
33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 Volume 22, Interlude