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%% * ImaginatiomBasedSuperpower: Incarnation.
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** Overlapping with ThePowerOfLove, this is what enables Eugeo in sword form to defeat the Sword Golem, despite being only a single sword. His and Alice's love for each other was far stronger than the fleeting inhumane love felt by the Sword Golem, making his sword form far more powerful.

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* AdaptedOut: The anime glosses over the year spent in Zakkaria along with the Tournament that Kirito and Eugeo took part in. Instead telling it in flashbacks in Episode 7.

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* AdaptedOut: There are lots of scenes that got cut from the anime adaptation.
** Kirito's initial ordeal on trying to figure out whether he's the real Kirito or a Fluctlight copy is omitted. In particular the scene where he experiments on whether he can break the Taboo Index at will, which he does so by giving Selka a kiss on the forehead.
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The anime glosses over the year spent in Zakkaria along with the Tournament that Kirito and Eugeo took part in. Instead telling it in flashbacks in Episode 7.
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* BeamOWar: Alice and Kirito engage in one, unleashing their respective Full Arnament Controls at each other.

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* BeamOWar: Alice and Kirito engage in one, unleashing their respective Full Arnament Controls at each other. The power released is so phenomenal it [[BeyondTheImpossible manages to break the Cathedral Wall]] despite having near infinite life and supposedly indestructible.



** Quinella deciding to redo Eugeo's Synthesis properly forced her to remove the module she had put on his head, thereby allowing Eugeo to break free of her control.]]

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** Quinella deciding to redo Eugeo's Synthesis properly forced her to remove the module she had put on his head, thereby allowing Eugeo to break free of her control.]]
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* HeelRealization: It takes Alice falling off the tower with Kirito and him saving her life, in order for her to see he is who he says he is, not a criminal who wishes to topple the Axiom Church, but a man with very strong moral convictions that believes the Pontifex is the one who is corrupt.

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: In a rare instance where not avoiding the plot was actually ''less'' favorable. Kirito and Eugeo discuss that if they had graduated the Swordcraft Academy and become Integrity Knights the proper way, then they may have ended up having their memories wiped just like Alice. By entering the Central Cathedral as criminals actually allowed their personalities to remain intact ''and'' allowed them to meet Cardinal who armed them with additional knowledge.



** She's also completely caught off guard in Episode 21 [[spoiler:after she restores Eugeo's memories; he not only resists her persuasion, but also manages to break through her barrier with his dagger despite her immunity to metal weapons.]]

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** She's also Alice's Divine Weapon being already in Perfect Weapon Control form and taking the appearance of an Oliver Tree, really shocks Kirito and Eugeo, which throws their initial plan of incapacitating her out the window.
** Quinella is
completely caught off guard in Episode 21 [[spoiler:after she restores Eugeo's memories; he not only resists her persuasion, but also manages to break through her barrier with his dagger despite her immunity to metal weapons.]]

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* DidntSeeThatComing: Quinella was completely caught off-guard when her attempts to take over a child's Fluctlight, led to Cardinal taking over said child and attacking her.

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* DidntSeeThatComing: DidntSeeThatComing:
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Quinella was completely caught off-guard when her attempts to take over a child's Fluctlight, led to the Cardinal sub-processor (the error-checking program of the Cardinal system) taking over said child and attacking her.

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* ArcSymbol: Flowers and trees are a reoccurring motif throughout this arc, with Eugeo and Alice’s swords both originating from flowers. While the Gigas Cedar was heavily featured at the start of the arc before Eugeo managed to cut it down, where inevitably part of it was used to forge Kirito’s sword.

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* ArcSymbol: Flowers and trees are a reoccurring motif throughout this arc, with arc.
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Eugeo and Alice’s Alice's swords both originating originated from flowers. While the Kirito also took to growing Zephyria flowers during his time as a page.
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Gigas Cedar was heavily featured at the start of the arc before Eugeo managed to cut it down, where inevitably part of it was used to forge Kirito’s sword.



** Kirito first learns to use it to through experimenting if it was possible to grow Zakkaria flowers in Northern soil, which were traditionally impossible. However Incarnation allows him to overcome the traditional laws of nature.

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** Kirito first learns to use it to through experimenting if it was possible to grow Zakkaria Zephyria flowers in Northern soil, which were traditionally impossible. However Incarnation allows him to overcome the traditional laws of nature.
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** Kirito first learns to use it to through experimenting if it was possible to grow Zakkaria flowers in Northern soil, which were traditionally impossible. However Incarnation allows him to overcome the traditional laws of nature.
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** At the start of the arc, Kirito questions whether he is the real Kirito or a [=FluctLight=] copied from the real Kirito. He tests this by seeing if he is able to break the Taboo Index on his own volition, doing so by giving Selka a kiss on the forehead.

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* PowerTrio:
** The ThreeAmigos variant is present between Alice, Eugeo, and Kirito, [[ChildhoodFriends back when they were kids]]. It later makes a return once Alice allies with them and the three of them face off against Quinella together.
** The BeautyBrawnAndBrains variant is seen with Asuna, Leafa, and Sinon when the three girls use Underworld Super Accounts to dive in. Asuna as Stacia is the Beauty, Leafa as Terraria is the Brawn, Sinon as Solus is the Brains.

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* PowerTrio:
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PowerTrio: The ThreeAmigos variant is present between Alice, Eugeo, and Kirito, [[ChildhoodFriends back when they were kids]]. It later makes a return once Alice allies with them and the three of them face off against Quinella together.
** The BeautyBrawnAndBrains variant is seen with Asuna, Leafa, and Sinon when the three girls use Underworld Super Accounts to dive in. Asuna as Stacia is the Beauty, Leafa as Terraria is the Brawn, Sinon as Solus is the Brains.
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* RealityWarper: <<Incarnation>> is a secret technique in the Underworld which allows a user with enough willpower to alter the reality around them using only their imagination. The most notable instances are Eugeo using Incarnation to fuse his spilled blood into the broken blade of his Blue Rose Sword and forging into the Red Rose Sword, Kirito manifesting his Black Swordsman outfit from SAO to face Quinella, and Chudelkin turning himself into a fiery demon like creature in order to touch Quinella in the moments before his death.

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* RealityWarper: <<Incarnation>> is a secret technique in the Underworld which allows a user with enough willpower to alter the reality around them using only their imagination. imagination.
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The most notable instances are Eugeo using Incarnation to fuse his spilled blood into the broken blade of his Blue Rose Sword and forging into the Red Rose Sword, Kirito manifesting his Black Swordsman outfit from SAO to face Quinella, and Chudelkin turning himself into a fiery demon like creature in order to touch Quinella in the moments before his death.


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* PowerTrio: The BeautyBrainsAndBrawn variant is seen with Asuna, Leafa, and Sinon when the three girls use Underworld Super Accounts to dive in. Asuna as Stacia is the Beauty, Leafa as Terraria is the Brawn, Sinon as Solus is the Brains.
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* SuddenlyVoiced: Dakira, one of the Whirling Blades, suddenly speaks up when she [[spoiler:performs a HeroicSacrifice to save Fanatio and has her helm broken.]]

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** After a lengthy absence since Kirito and Eugeo get apprehended, Tiese and Ronye make a return at the war camp of the Human Empire, in the hopes of seeing Kirito and Eugeo again. They are devastated to find out Kirito is in a state of paralysis and unresponsiveness while Eugeo lost his life.

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** After a lengthy absence since Kirito and Eugeo get apprehended, Tiese and Ronye make a return at the war camp of the Human Empire, in the hopes of seeing Kirito and Eugeo again. They are devastated to find out Kirito is in a state of paralysis and unresponsiveness now an EmptyShell while Eugeo lost his life.



* EmptyShell: Kirito's state for the majority of ''War of the Underworld''.



* OutOfFocus: Due to Kirito suffering severe brain damage from the power surge, he's left paralyzed and immobile in a wheelchair and relegated to SupportingProtagonist. Alice instead takes up the role of TheProtagonist.

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* OutOfFocus: Due to Kirito suffering severe brain damage from the power surge, he's left paralyzed and immobile an EmptyShell in a wheelchair and relegated to SupportingProtagonist. Alice instead takes up the role of TheProtagonist.



* TimeSkip: In the anime, the present day begins four months after the events of Kirito defeating Quinella, with Alice now living with a paralyzed Kirito just outside Rulid village. The rest of the events that occurred inbetween are told via flashbacks.

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* TimeSkip: In the anime, the present day begins four months after the events of Kirito defeating Quinella, with Alice now living with a paralyzed catatonic Kirito just outside Rulid village. The rest of the events that occurred inbetween are told via flashbacks.

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* RealityWarper: While <<Incarnation>> was shown in the first half of the anime, it was never explicitly named. In the ''War of the Underworld'' half it is shown to be a much more common practice that many people have mastered. Viur was able to

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* RealityWarper: While <<Incarnation>> was shown in the first half of the anime, it was never explicitly named. In the ''War of the Underworld'' half it is shown to be a much more common practice that many people have mastered. Viur mastered.
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** Bercouli generated an Incarnate Dagger at Alice in order to test Kirito, to which Kirito even in his absence state managed to deflect it.
** Alice herself uses Incarnation to restore her childhood outfit, in order to show Tiese and Ronye that it was who they were on the inside that mattered and determined who they were.
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* RealityWarper: <<Incarnation>> is a secret technique in the Underworld which allows a user with enough willpower to alter the reality around them using only their imagination. The most notable instances are Eugeo using Incarnation to fuse his spilled blood into the broken blade of his Blue Rose Sword and forging into the Red Rose Sword, Kirito manifesting his Black Swordsman outfit from SAO to face Quinella, and Chudelkin turning himself into a fiery demon like creature in order to touch Quinella in the moments before his death.


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* WorldsBestWarrior:
** While that title was formerly held by Bercouli, Alice is revealed to have grown more powerful and attained the status of strongest Integrity Knight of all having mastered the true power of Sacred Arts.
** Bercouli believes Kirito to be this. Having seen the boy's true willpower through Incarnation and noted that Kirito has at least had as much true fighting experience (fighting for one's life) as he has. In addition, Kirito defeating Administrator was an unparalleled feat and he believes Kirito may be the one to turn the tides of the battle.
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* IOweYouMyLife: The reason for Alice's dedication to Kirito, as he allowed her to see the truth and taught her it was fine to have a freewill of her own and fight for what she believed in. Alice believes this as Kirito saving her life and has been taking care of him since.
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* DefrostingTheIceQueen:
** Alice has substantially mellowed out, since first meeting Kirito, now putting on a friendly demeanor and frequently smiling.
** Fanatio learned to embrace her femininity after Kirito fought all-out and defeated her, despite knowing that she was a woman. She now puts on makeup, talks femininely, and talks very politely to Alice.


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* SitComArchNemesis: It's clear Alice and Fanatio possess a rivalry of sorts and are prone to SnarkToSnarkCombat, even after both ladies mellowing out and becoming kinder.

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* TheBusCameBack: Vassago, a.k.a. [=PoH=], the former leader of the Laughing Coffin guild in SAO makes his return, this time allied with Glowgen Defense Systems who are the team raiding Rath.

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* TheBusCameBack: TheBusCameBack:
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** After a lengthy absence since Kirito and Eugeo get apprehended, Tiese and Ronye make a return at the war camp of the Human Empire, in the hopes of seeing Kirito and Eugeo again. They are devastated to find out Kirito is in a state of paralysis and unresponsiveness while Eugeo lost his life.

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* BeneathTheMask: On the surface Gabriel remains a clam composure, but underneath he's deeply unhinged and completely insane.


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* YourSoulIsMine: Gabriel's trademark is consuming the souls of others which he actively desires.
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: After the battle in Centoria Cathedral ends, Alice returns to her home village, only to find that she's still being treated as a criminal, despite being unable to remember her crime of stepping into the Dark Territory, and her own father prohibits her from returning.

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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: After the battle in Centoria Cathedral ends, Alice returns to her home village, only to find that she's still being treated as a criminal, despite being unable to remember her crime of stepping into the Dark Territory, and her own father prohibits her from returning.returning.
* ZergRush: The forces of the Dark Territory are not formidable compared to the Integrity Knights of the human empire, but they are ''much'' greater in numbers.
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* TheDreaded: Subtilizer is this to Sinon. The anime even adds in her having a nightmare where she gets strangled by him.
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* TheBusCameBack: Vassago, a.k.a. [=PoH=], the former leader of the Laughing Coffin guild in SAO makes his return, this time allied with Glowgen Defense Systems who are the team raiding Rath.
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* OneWomanArmy: In Episode 2, Alice single-handedly holds off all of the Goblin Army herself.
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* TheGlassesComeOff: Alice does this with her EyepatchOfPower in Episode 2, ripping it off when she goes to take on the Goblins attacking Rulid village.
* GodzillaThreshold: Alice wanted to keep her being an Integrity Knight a secret, but in Episode 2 left with no choice against the Village Noble's foolish decisions, she reveals herself and overrides his authority and orders everyone to flee.
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* CompanionCube: Crippled Kirito now treats Eugeo's Blue Rose Sword as this, not willing to go anywhere without carrying it in his arm.
* ExistentialHorror: Alice is disgusted by how she and Kirito are treated when she helps cut a tree down, and wonders why they fought so hard to save this world.
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* OneeSama: Ever since Alice's return to the village, she addresses her as "Nee-sama", likely both out of respect to her as a sister and Alice's position as an Integrity Knight.

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!!!War of the Underworld




!!!War of the Underworld
* "In the Far North"
* "Raids"
* "The Final Load Test"

!! Plot Summary
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* OutOfFocus: Due to Kirito suffering severe brain damage from the power surge, he's left paralyzed and immobile in a wheelchair, with Alice taking up the role of TheProtagonist.

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* OutOfFocus: Due to Kirito suffering severe brain damage from the power surge, he's left paralyzed and immobile in a wheelchair, with wheelchair and relegated to SupportingProtagonist. Alice taking instead takes up the role of TheProtagonist.


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* TimeSkip: In the anime, the present day begins four months after the events of Kirito defeating Quinella, with Alice now living with a paralyzed Kirito just outside Rulid village. The rest of the events that occurred inbetween are told via flashbacks.
* YouAreInCommandNow: At the conclusion of the first half of Alicization, with both Quinella and Chudelkin gone, Bercouli takes charge of the Central Cathedral.

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!!!Alicization



!!!War of the Underworld



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!!!War of the Underworld:
* OutOfFocus: Due to Kirito suffering severe brain damage from the power surge, he's left paralyzed and immobile in a wheelchair, with Alice taking up the role of TheProtagonist.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Selka has really grown in the two years after the TimeSkip.

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*** Episode 15, Kirito tells Fanatio that he had lost battles to great swordswoman before. The most recent time that happened was against Yuuki.



** Integrity Knight, Eldrie Synthesis Thirty-One, gains a lot of respect towards Kirito both for his bravdo and his skill.

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** Integrity Knight, Eldrie Synthesis Thirty-One, Eldrie, gains a lot of respect towards Kirito both for his bravdo and his skill.


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** While Fanatio doesn't directly say so, it appears that she does indeed respect Kirito for for not treating her any differently upon finding out she's a woman, [[WouldHitAGirl coming at her with the same ferocity without holding back]].

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