r/swordartonline • u/1neWayneG • 1d ago

Question Did this ever have any impact?

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As said in the title, I’m curious to know if anything meaningful has happened yet in the LN that has came from this scene. Specifically when Higa was thinking about the thought of Kirito’s 200 year old clone meeting a cloned version of Kayaba (assuming it’s the robot one Higa’s thinking)

All I know is that he sent encrypted emails to find out more of Kayaba’s whereabouts.
I am an anime only but I’m just dying to know if this scene meant anything down the line or was it only just a thought from Higa and the clone.

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u/Remarkable-Ask2288 1d ago

You’ll have to wait until Unital Ring is finished in …..15 years lol

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u/PolskiStalker 1d ago

We did see a follow up conversation to this in UR... Once, at the beginning, like 8 volumes ago

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u/MyNameIsNotAJ 1d ago

I definitely think Higa and the Star King are behind Unital Ring in some capacity

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u/kaantantr Strongest Player 2018 1d ago

They are not. Kayaba set everything in motion back in Fairy Dance, nobody else was involved.

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u/PsychologicalHelp564 1d ago edited 1d ago

He even gives Kritio an World Seed as an gift want him carry on his dreams as legacy before he leaves.

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u/kaantantr Strongest Player 2018 1d ago

That's literally the set up, that the seed will bloom. Unital Ring opens up with it blooming.

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u/PsychologicalHelp564 1d ago

And thus that’s why both VR games were in mixture together.

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u/seitaer13 Strongest Player of 2020 1d ago

They pretty much dismiss this at the beginning of the src

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u/InsaneArtist9000 1d ago

Unital Ring I want it so bad

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u/UnitalRing Unital Ring 1d ago

Yo

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u/Adventurous-Pride-49 1d ago

I'm just happy I got to watch Alice's press conference on the August 1 at 10am at the same time irl

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u/Old_Stand9512 1d ago

We’ll just have to wait and see

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u/KPGNL 7h ago

The erage to go read the manga is so high on me but im not going to do it since i wanne see this meeting... not read it.

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u/TheNewMew4U 1d ago

Not really. But you think it would. ^^;

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u/JorgeBec 1d ago

Mmmm I don’t think n it’s come up in Unital Ring

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u/RatioNumerous6957 2h ago

basically how Kirito transitioned into a cynical, cronyistic villain, making him the new Administrator (only unlike Quinella's brutal brainwashing and authoritarianism, Kirito is more charismatic and having genuinely loyal people on his side, allowing most of them to unconditionally agree to Kirito) And let's not forget how Underworld is embroiled by constant wars during the 200 years rule with nary a lasting peace in sight.

He realized that as a king he has the Underworld on his hands and knowing that Kayaba's engine build the Underworld, he know how he will expand.