Sword Art Online Concepts

The capability of a machine to imitate and act like a human.

Aincrad Liberation Army is a guild of online players who had a common goal of clearing the game.

Bathing Scenes, while occasionally meaningful to plot or character development, are generally excuses for fan service.

What is anime without the over-sexualization of women's breasts?

A slap with a flat open hand against someone's cheek (most common). This is sometimes performed during an argument.

Black Cats of the Full Moon guild is a group in Sword Art Online franchise.

Cait Sith are a race in the ALFheim game of the Sword Art Online franchise.

When a character's clothes become torn from an attack, such as an explosion or energy blast.

Convenient Censorship such as steam, hair and beams of light are often used in anime and manga to show naked characters while obscuring their "naughty bits".

Characters with serious long mental unstabilities. They're sometimes simply weird but recently they're portrayed as downright homicidiacs. Not to be confused with the Mentally Unstable where the character fights against it and usually wins.

What someone does when upset/sad. Sometimes people can also cry from sheer joy.

These characters had died by the end of the manga, anime or movie. Permanently.

Plot device where an unsolvable problem is solved with little explanation. Usually with some sort of new character, power, ability ect...

The loss of limbs and body parts is a common concept in many of the more violent Japanese manga and anime.

A legendary creature that is typically reptilian, that can fly and can breathe fire and sometimes ice.

Drama is a concept used in story telling to invoke an emotional reaction from the audience by using serious themes; such as tragedy, suspense, and death.

Eyecatches are short scenes or illustrations used to begin and end a commercial break in anime.

A small human like creature that has insect like wings and is seen in many fantasy stories around the world. The hellish verision of these creatures is called "Imp".

Fan Service is often a sexually provocative moment or pose that takes place in manga and anime. It usually has no real purpose to a story, and serves as a lurid visual.

The character knows well how to defend him or herself.

The act of someone giving or receiving their first kiss, or a particular couple kissing for the first time.

The act of catching fish, usually with a rod and reel. Is often seen in any anime that takes place outdoors or in settings in the past where fishing was a valuable skill needed to gather food.

Used frequently in Anime to either recap past events or provide a back story for a character, either their origin story or their off-screen training of new attack. Sometime and entire episode/chapter would be a entire flashback.

Golden Apple is a guild in the Sword Art Online franchise.

A Guild is a group of people working together and learning from each other

A hand shake symbolizes a start of a new friendship, or respect for another creature/human.

Holy Dragon Alliance is a guild in the Sword Art Online franchise.

Just your average person!

Due to censorships, anime has a funny way of implying a scene where the characters may have sexual intercourse. It happens in manga, too.

Japanese Honorifics are best described as a sign of respect and endearment. Politeness is an important part of Japanese culture and language.

A feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival).

Kendo translates to "Way of the Sword". It is a sword competition using bamboo swords called a shinai. It is a popular martial arts practice in Japan.

Kissing is the act of pressing your lips to the body of another person. This can be on the cheeks, head, hand, but more commonly to another person's lips.

Klein has a guild in Sword Art Online that has his friends from the outside world.

The character is officially a knight. He/She usually values honor above everything else and fights for justice. There are perhaps exceptions...

It's a guild of knights who are characterized by their white and red armor in the Sword Art Online franchise.

It's a secret guild that commits crimes which includes killing players.

Magic is an often used term in fiction. It is the concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods and breaking the physical laws.

Death of a major character.

Common visual conventions seen in manga and anime to convey emotions, often for comical effect.

The act of taking another person's life.

The character has a chance of ending up with the protagonist. It means either the protagonist or the heroine(or maybe both) have feelings for the other.

Salamanders are a race in the ALFheim game of the Sword Art Online franchise.

The term generally used when anime is broadcast--usually online--in countries outside of Japan around the same time as it airs in Japan, usually within one week or even within 24 hours.

The character is adept at casting magic. In addition using spells is an integral part of his/her fighting style

Spriggans are a race in ALFheim Online.

Suicide is the act of taking ones own life through various means.

An intense battle between two or more characters using swords.

Sylphs are a race in ALFheim Online.

Undines are a race in ALFheim Online.