Set to be released in Japan April 9th, plenty of forces, including an American gaming community, will be mobilizing in Sword Art Online volume 17: Alicization Awakening. While that bit has been around in a synopsis published a while back, what's new is that Dengeki has posted the cover and, on that, it's apparent that at least two of the girls will be getting more deban!

Speaking of Alicization, series author Reki Kawahara was recently talking up the excitement of moving towards the ending and abec's illustrations. He was asked in response if there's more SAO after that, and he responded that he doesn't know, but that he'd like to write more.

He also commented on the Mother's Rosario title, saying that based on Japan's connection to Christianity through the Portuguese Jesuits, it's generally "rosario" there, but for an English title, he thinks "Rosary" should have been used.

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