A new series by Sword Art Online Author, Reki Kawahara, is on the horizon. Demons’ Crest, the upcoming light novel series brings together the SAO author with illustrator Yukiko Horiguchi, K-ON! character designer and older sister of the Sword Art Online illustrator abec. To hype up the coming release, the series has gotten a fancy new trailer with voice actors and everything.
The series follows a sixth grader named Yuma who loves MMOs and new technology. Set in the year 2031, Yuma participates in a beta of the first full-dive VRMMO-RPG titled Actual Magic, Yuna attempts to log out only to realize he is stuck and passes out. Yuma then awakes to realize the game and reality have merged. Yuma is now stuck in a mixed-reality death game.
Demons’ Crest is set to release its first volume on November 10th, 2022 in Japan and is being published by Kadokawa.
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