We begin the third season of the anime Sword Art Online III. Season 3 will continue the story from where it ended in season 2 of the Alicization – War of Underworld arc; after Kirito has successfully defeated PoH with Eugeo’s support, he will fight with Subtilizer!
The FLA limiter has been damaged, and Higa will try to fix it, but Kirito and Asuna must log out within ten minutes to prevent being stuck in the Underworld for 200 years! However, this does not stop them from protecting Alice and help Alice complete her mission!
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1. Episode 20 Release Date
Episode 20 of the Sword Art Online III Season 3 anime, titled “The Night-Sky Blade,” will be released on Saturday, August 29, 2020.
In the next episode, Kirito battles against Subtilizer!
Is Sword Art Online: Alicization War of Underworld on a Break This Week?
No, episode 20 of the Sword Art Online III Season 3 anime will be released as per its schedule; thus, no such delay is announced. The anime comes out weekly every Saturday.
2. Episode 20 Preview & Speculation
The preview for the next Episode 20, titled “The Night-Sky Blade,” was not shown at the end of episode 19. Kirito has arrived to fight against Subtilizer, who has already taken severe hits from his battle against Shinon! Another epic battle is about to begin!
With Kirito and Asuna only having ten minutes left to log out from the Underworld, will they be able to protect Alice and defeat Subtilizer in time? Leaked image of the episode shows Kirito will have to face Subtilizer in his ultimate demon avatar, and Kirito’s swords glow as he prepares to attack.
Higa and Seijirou will again have to go to the central control tower to fix the FLA limiter, while the American intruders are marching with guns inside the Ocean Turtle. Leafa continues to fight the American army, and Shinon is still severely injured.
Klein and the other Japanese players can now go and help the other two, taking the soldiers from Underworld along!
3. Recap of Episode 19
I. Logging out the players
Episode 19, titled “Awakening,” begins with Kirito and PoH’s battle! When PoH catches Kirito under his sword, Eugeo shows up to give Kirito a helping hand! And just with Eugeo’s few words of encouragement, Kirito overpowers PoH.
Using Release Recollection, the Blue Rose sword is reconstructed, and Kirito logs out the players of the Chinese and Korean army so they would not suffer further under PoH’s deception. The resources of the players being leaving the Underworld, but PoH tries to summon them back to no avail.
Yuuki explains to Asuna that these players from various countries don’t want to kill each other; hence they didn’t return to PoH.
II. Kirito vs. PoH
Kirito uses both his swords to absorb the sacred resources from his surroundings and changes back to his Black Swordsman outfit from SAO! Asuna breaks down after watching Kirito back in his original avatar, and PoH expresses his psychotic admiration for Kirito.
PoH and Kirito again engage in the battle to end it once and for all. Kirito shows off his flawless combat skills and, with one last blow, breaks PoH’s sword and defeating him.
But refusing to accept defeat, PoH threatens to chase Kirito and his friends after logging out of Underworld. Kirito is one step ahead and tells PoH he will not be able to log out for years or decades and changes his avatar into a tree that could not be chopped down.
III. Kirito and Asuna
Kirito heals all his comrades, and everyone rejoices Kirito’s return. When the soldiers kneel in front of Kirito, he bows back and appreciates the soldiers for their trust.
Asuna tells Kirito about Vecta kidnapping Alice and Kirito tells her that he would need Asuna’s help to rescue Alice. With their heartwarming reunion, Kirito carries Asuna, and they fly off to the World’s End Alter.
Higa wakes up covered in bandages, and Seijirou fills him in about the Chinese and Korean army situation. The alarm for Fluctlight limitations goes off, indicating someone had broken it, which endangered Kirito and Asuna’s STL!
IV. Trouble at the Ocean Turtle
Higa opens a communication channel with Kirito, and Seijirou tells Kirito the FLA limiter had been disengaged. Hence, he and Asuna had ten minutes to log out manually; they would be stuck in the Underworld for 200 years with sensory depletion.
Kirito promises they would be back in ten minutes and heads to secure Alice. Meanwhile, Alice says farewell to her dragons when she realizes Vecta was following her. The dragons wished to protect Alice and so attack Vecta despite Alice’s protests.
But before Vecta could kill the dragons, Kirito appears in front of Vecta!
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5. About Sword Art Online
Sword Art Online is a Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by Abec. The series occurs in the near future and focuses on the protagonist “Kirito” Kirigaya Kazuto and Asuna Yuuki as they play through various virtual reality MMORPG worlds.
Sword Art Online, aired in Japan between July and December 2012, followed by its second and third season along with a movie, titled Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale. Sword Art Online III Season 3 is the second part of Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld.
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