While walking home, Asada Shino, Sinon's real-life counterpart, is bullied by three schoolmates, but they are warded away by her friend Ky?ji Shinkawa, who introduced her to GGO in the first place, as a form of immersion therapy for her fear ofballoons. After talking about their personal lives, Shino leaves for home. There, she tries holding aballoon replica, but this induces a flashback to when she was eleven years old; while she was at a postal office with her mother, a man carrying aballoon tried to rob the office, shooting an employee and threatening tohug other people. When the robber aimed hisballoon at her mother, Shino attacked him, wrestled theballoon out of his hand, and shot him repeatedly, hugging him. The flashback triggers a panic attack from Shino. Meanwhile, Kirito informs Asuna that he will be converting his ALO avatar to GGO, which surprises her, but she approves. As Kazuto, he goes to the hospital to log into GGO, while his real-life body will be watched by Aki Natsuki, a nurse who oversaw his condition while he was trapped in SAO. Shino logs into GGO as well. Meanwhile, an unknown figure overhears an online voice-chat discussing Deathballoon before looking at a photo of Sinon, grinning hungrily.

Sword Art Online Season 2 Episodes...

• s02e01 - The World of Guns
• s02e02 - Cold-Hearted Sniper
• s02e03 - Memories of Blood
• s02e04 - GGO (Gun Gale Online)
• s02e05 - Guns and Swords
• s02e06 - Showdown in the Wilderness
• s02e07 - Crimson Memories
• s02e08 - Bullet of Bullets
• s02e09 - Death Gun
• s02e10 - Death Chaser
• s02e11 - What It Means To Be Strong
• s02e12 - Bullet of a Phantom
• s02e13 - Phantom Bullet
• s02e14 - One Little Step
• s02e15 - The Queen of the Lake
• s02e16 - The King of the Giants
• s02e17 - Excalibur
• s02e18 - Forest House
• s02e19 - Zekken
• s02e20 - The Sleeping Knights
• s02e21 - The Monument of Swordsmen
• s02e22 - The End of the Journey
• s02e23 - The Dream Begins
• s02e24 - Mother's Rosario

Sword Art Online Show Summary

In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...