Sword Art Online: Companionship

"You are forbidden to die."

- Excerpt from SAOK: New Year Resolutions, were Kenji tells Fujimaru Nakamura the only «Brightscale» rule.

Sword Art Online: Companionship, known otherwise as Part I, is the opening volume of Sword Art Online (Kenji), authored by Kenji Hiroshi. It began publication in August 2019 and concluded in January 2020. It is set to be followed by Sword Art Online: Determination, otherwise known as Part II.

Chapters in chronological order

 * SAOK: Inbetweeners II
 * SAOK: Unexpected Meetings
 * SAOK: Pushing the Frontier
 * SAOK: The Karma Scales
 * SAOK: The Business of Grinding
 * SAOK: The Eventful Taurus
 * SAOK: Inbetweeners IV
 * SAOK: The Moneymaking Crusade
 * SAOK: Inbetweeners I
 * SAOK: The Twin Sword Conundrum
 * SAOK: Roving Rovia
 * SAOK: Inbetweeners III
 * SAOK: Inbetweeners V
 * SAOK: Braving the Depths
 * SAOK: New Year Resolutions

Trivia

 * 62759 words.
 * Part I: Companionship was put forward for the Sword Art Online Fanon's 7th Year Polls in 2019, specifically the "Best Ongoing Series" category. It won the poll.