On the official site for the manga adaptation of the spin-off light novels written by Keiichi Sigsawa and illustrated by Kouhaku Kuroboshi, Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online, by Tadadi Tamori, it was announced that the adaptation will finish within three chapters.
If there are no delays, this adaptation would end in January 2021. “The adaptation will take the story until the end of the first arc of the original light novel“ Squad Jam, ”and Tamori added that there are no plans to continue the story. from there.
In fact, Tamori explained that this adaptation was originally supposed to end with only three volumes, but was expanded to four. The author added that there were many reasons for the ending of the manga, but in the end it all came down to that it became difficult to continue it and that while it would not have bothered him to continue doing it, it was also fine if they later decided to continue it with another artist.
Tamori began publishing the manga in Kadokawa publisher's Dengeki Maoh magazine in 2015. The publisher published the third compiled volume in November 2018, with a fourth and final volume scheduled to follow.
Sword Art Online Alternative Synopsis: Gun Gale Online
The story follows Karen Kohiruimaki, a 183cm tall college student who feels insecure about her height and is bad at socializing with people in the real world. For this reason, she enters the world of the Gun Gale Online video game with her avatar Ren, who measures less than 150 cm and wears all in pink.
There she meets the beautiful brown-skinned player named Pitohui. They got along well, but one day Pitohui pressures her to participate in the “Squad Jam”, a variation of a team battle-royal, similar to the Bullet of Bullets tournament.
Source: Tadadi Tamori's pixiv Fanbox page
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