"Gun Gale Online" is one of the VR games that appears in Sword Art Online, commonly known as SAO, the most popular media mix work among teenage boys and girls in the 2010s. Gun Gale Online, also known as GGO, is the only VR game set in the world of SAO, which has a strong fantasy feel with swords and magic, in which players fight with guns on a field that resembles a real war. Here, we will introduce 10 of the best scenes from the main SAO story, "Phantom Bullet Arc," and the spin-off work, "Alternative Gun Gale Online," in a ranked format.
【GGO】10th Best Scene: Ren and Pitohui's Meeting
Source: Gun Gale Online © Keiichi Sigsawa/KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works/GGO Project
It all started with the scene where Ren, the protagonist of the spin-off work "Alternative Gun Gale Online," first met Pitohui, who is both his greatest enemy and his mentor in GGO. When Len first started playing GGO, he hunted monsters to gain experience points, but one day he encountered several other players. He hesitated about whether to run away, but decided to fight, and after winning his first PvP battle, he discovered the joy of player killing.
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Ren's skills have improved to the point that GGO players call him the "Pink Devil," but one day he is taken by surprise and killed in an instant. There he meets Pitohui. Although he is frightened by her, who is clearly not normal, Ren is attracted to Pito's mysterious presence and enjoys her combat techniques in GGO. And that led to me participating in Squad Jam.
【GGO】Famous Scene #9: Fukajirou buys a grenade launcher!
Source: Gun Gale Online © Keiichi Sigsawa/KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works/GGO Project
Although Len was satisfied after winning the first Squad Jam, he was asked by his teammate M to participate in the second one as well. However, Len is in trouble because he can't team up with M this time. Squad Jam, commonly known as SJ, is a team battle, so you can't participate without at least one other teammate. That's when I thought of Miyu, Karen's (real-life Ren's) best friend and gamer.
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Miyu accepted Ren's invitation to participate in the second Squad Jam. He gets a cute avatar that's as small as Ren, and starts earning experience points in GGO under the player name Fukajiro. He receives funds from M, which is equivalent to 1 billion yen in real money, and buys two grenade launchers. For Fukajiro, who has been increasing his strength in other games, the grenade launchers don't even feel heavy, and it's impressive to see him easily handling them.
【GGO】Famous Scene #8: Kirito wins the bullet dodging game!
Source: Gun Gale Online © Keiichi Sigsawa/KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works/GGO Project
This is not the ranking of the spin-off work "Alternative Gun Gale Online (hereinafter AGGO)," but the main story "Sword Art Online (SAO)." Kirito dives into GGO to investigate the Death Gun incident, but he only has 1000 credits to equip himself, so he consults Sinon. Although Sinon doesn't recommend it, she advises him that if he wins the game where he has to avoid bullets and touch the gunman, he can get a lot of money.
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After hearing that, Kirito starts the game without hesitation. Although Sinon is worried, Kirito, who was the fastest in SAO, easily clears the game. The audience and Sinon are stunned, but Kirito calmly makes a shocking statement: "This is a game where you predict bullet lines, right?" This famous scene shows Kirito's immeasurable potential, as bullet lines are not something to see, but something to predict.
【GGO】Famous Scene #7: Ren and SHINC become friends in real life!
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Team SHINC is a group of six women who tormented Ren and M until the very end of the first Squad Jam. With their sturdy builds and the way they talk like middle-aged women, you would think they would be a group of tough people in real life, but in reality they were a group of six small, cute high school girls. Moreover, they were a group of six high school girls who lived in the neighborhood of Koren and would often pass each other, so they had been interested in each other for a long time. Therefore, after SJ, they became friends.
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The six high school girls are girls from a rhythmic gymnastics club, and the team name SHINC in GGO is a play on the word rhythmic gymnastics club. Apparently the six of them didn't get along to begin with, but in GGO they became good friends after teaming up. The six from the rhythmic gymnastics club realized that Karen was Len because she had a pink P90 keychain. While they respect Karen, it's cute how they swear not to lose to her next time.
【GGO】Famous Scene #6: M is so handsome in real life!
Source: Gun Gale Online © Keiichi Sigsawa/KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works/GGO Project
After winning the first Squad Jam, Ren is visited by M, who was on his team at the time. M comes to plead with Ren to participate in the next Squad Jam, the second, and defeat Pitohui. If he doesn't do that, he says, Pitou and he might die in real life, and only Koren can stop that.
Source: Gun Gale Online © Keiichi Sigsawa/KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works/GGO Project
Karen didn't really understand what he was talking about, but the gist of it was that if she defeated Pitou, she could stop Pitou's yearning for death. Therefore, Karen decides to participate in the second Squad Jam in order to stop Pito. In real life, this M goes by the name Asogi Goushi, a tall, handsome man with a strange personality.
【GGO】Famous Scenes #5: Ren crushes the pros!
Source: Gun Gale Online © Keiichi Sigsawa/KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works/GGO Project
Ren finds himself fighting a member of the Self-Defense Forces who is skilled in handling firearms... in other words, a professional soldier. Normally, he would never be able to win against this opponent, but Ren wins by taking advantage of his small size and agility. The Self-Defense Forces members were so taken aback by Ren's superhuman potential that they felt his abilities would not be of use in real combat, and so they withdrew from the battlefield. This is the first memorable scene in the opening part of the series.
【GGO】Famous Scenes #4: Kirito and Sinon's duel
Source: Gun Gale Online © Keiichi Sigsawa/KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works/GGO Project
From here on, we will be ranking scenes from the Phantom Bullet arc of the main story, Sword Art Online. Kirito and Sinon were the last to fight in the preliminaries for the 3rd Bullet of Bullets, commonly known as BoB. At first, Kirito had no intention of fighting Sinon, but upon seeing him like that, Sinon scolded him with anger and sadness. Moved by Sinon's reaction, Kirito decided to start afresh, and as he had promised at the beginning, he fought Sinon in earnest and won.
【GGO】Famous Scene No.3: Kirito vs Death Gun
Source: Gun Gale Online © Keiichi Sigsawa/KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works/GGO Project
Kirito, who realized Death Gun's true identity, succeeded in neutralizing Death Gun's sniper rifle L115A3 with the help of Sinon. Kirito was supposed to finish him off in close combat, but Death Gun's true strength is in close combat using Estoc, and Death Gun's sword skills surpass Kirito's. Kirito struggles and is tormented by past trauma, but the power of his feelings makes up for the difference in strength between him and Death Gun, and he manages to win.
【GGO】Famous Scene 2nd Place: Sinon and Asuna's First Meeting
Source: Gun Gale Online © Keiichi Sigsawa/KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works/GGO Project
Kirito and Sinon managed to win the 3rd BoB together, but that didn't solve all of Sinon's emotional problems. So Kirito surprises Sinon by introducing her to Asuna and the others, and also to the family Sinon saved in the past. Some have criticized this scene, saying that Kirito goes too far in intruding into Sinon's heart, but even if that's the case, I think it's a good scene.
【GGO】Famous Scene No.1: Asada Shino Overcomes Her Trauma
Source: Gun Gale Online © Keiichi Sigsawa/KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works/GGO Project
Although she managed to win the third BoB, Asada Shino, also known as Sinon, has not completely overcome her past trauma. Then, the trio who always tease her arrives. He then aims a gas gun at Shino, but Shino instead takes the gun from him and teaches him about the different types of guns and how to use them. Afterwards, Shino goes into an alleyway and suffers from palpitations, but instead of collapsing like before, she says "this is just the first step" and sets off. This is one of the most famous scenes in the series.
[GGO] Summary and supplement of the ranking of famous scenes!
Source: Gun Gale Online © Keiichi Sigsawa/KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works/GGO Project
I've introduced some of the best scenes from GGO, but this article was written in real time in mid-June 2018. Therefore, the ending of "Alternative Gun Gale Online" has not yet been ranked. If you watched AGGO until the last episode, the battle between Len and Pitohui and Elsa Kanzaki would have been ranked, but I think it was good that we could also introduce Len and Pitohui's meeting and Fukajiro's cuteness. All that's left is to watch AGGO until the last episode and be moved.
