#alicization lycoris

[approximateknowledge]

Reki what does this mean?! (sao gameverse manga)

sao has 2 timelines; the "main" timeline of the anime and the light novel, and the gameverse timeline form, wouldn't you know it, the games

there's a lot of overlap between the 2, but there's some key differences, and as far as i can tell both are considered canon in their own right

(spoilers under the cut)

now one of the most important differences is of course that eugeo doesn't die in the gameverse

which brings me to the alicization lycoris manga; set in the gameverse, considered canon within it, and written *by* reki kawahara

and mostly from eugeo's pov (lots of yujikiri moments it's great)

so from here

and then this

the core of the story seems to be pretty much about, well:

eugeo surpassing kirito, taking up the mantle of "protector swordsman", and eugeo seems to be *better* at it!

and in the process kirito is well

free of that

free to be someone else, unbound by the role and its obligations, because eugeo is there now

which brings me to the LAST PANEL OF THE WHOLE MANGA

let's analyse it shall we?

-the spaceships and eugeo having a physical body make sense enough with the established tech-level

-the text too checks out, this manga is about eugeo becoming a determined force of good and protection (potentially immortal too on account of being an ai)

this makes sense

but hold on

this whole manga the 2 main characters without a shred of doubt have been him, and kirito

and...

^who's that?

now, sao's artstyle has a bit of a "same face"-syndrome problem at times, so *hair is important*

and this the final 2-page spread of the manga so they're not gonna have rushed it

so then, where have i seen this bangs-arrangement before?

oh right

^thought it looked familiar!

in conclusion:

trans girl kirito canon in the gameverse??!!!

[nachtvale101]

Some doodles of Medina from Lycoris <33

I love her sm

Her armor though— It's not gonna fun if I decide to draw her again PFT, but when have I ever let something as trivial as the threat to my mental stability stop me. The answer is never, and I will curse my past self every time

[kirinonkazsh]

Kirito and Sinon Proposing 

[mizuno-marmalade]

i think bercouli, renly, and eldrie should’ve gotten bed scenes >:[ 

[hrwtyuniar]

ユージオはエピソードごとに変化します。

[shadisnotarealboy]

𝔴𝔢 𝔣𝔞𝔩𝔩,  𝖜𝖊 𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖊

[righteousclaim]

Lycoris Visual Collection.

[spoekelse]

Did I have time to draw this? No. But did I do it anyways?