On July 1, 2013, after reading the translation of "Sword Art Online", Chiba wrote a book review "Floating City, Reality in the Virtual".

Floating City, Reality in the Virtual

1. Introduction to the light novel SAO

Lito Kawahara's hugely successful popular light novel "Sword Art Online" Sword Art Online (僜乕僪傾乕僩Van 螗プぅ螅ダ彩龅抖 and Huai∷ Lao Ayu Snail Fang Lip Iridium   Worm Basket AO player • Kirito, with the goal of complete strategy, embarks on a series of harsh adventures in the game stage Irongrunt Castle. Shortly after its serialization, the work was watched by more than 6.5 million people, and the first few volumes were adapted into TV anime by A-1 Pictures. Recently, there has been news of further animation, and the original work has been obtained: "This light novel is amazing!" The fourth place on the 2011 list, leaving aside other elements, attracted a lot of readers in the plot setting alone.

Second, the strong in society will be put into their lives

Similar to Sword Art Online designed by Akihiko Kayaba, there are people in the real world who are in a hurry and don't care about the scenery at the moment, just fighting for upgrades. They are very realistic, busy all day long and forced themselves, and the people in the society are exhausted, just how to make a good life in the future, they firmly believe that the bitter first is sweet, believe that people's desires are endless, and never have time to patronize the existing life and things, and the house slave, Kanu is similar, become a slave of reality, successful people are very beautiful, as a strong person in society, the failed person dies for this, and the good times are put into a lifetime.

3. Process life, entertainment equation

In the real world, there are people who experience their current life while improving their living conditions in order to improve themselves. They know what happiness is for the people around them, what they need, so in addition to their hard work, they often talk to their hearts, and often go back to see their relatives after a long time, have their own hobbies, have their own way of entertainment, they understand that life is a process, while walking to realize their own value, they don't like to worry about everything, although they have their own time arrangement, but it is by no means immutable, in the communication with easy-going to describe them more precisely, They like to enjoy the scenery on the side of the road, they like to be nostalgic for the past, and they like to reflect on themselves. At the end of the day, no matter what the result of their efforts is, they will feel joy because they are not desperate, they are not simply giving everything for reality, so the process is enough to make them feel satisfied.

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Fourth, contentment, emotional truth

There are also people in the real world who do not want to escape from here, but simply enjoy the good life they have. Japanese light novelist Liri Kawahara's Sword Art Online (ソードアート?オンライン) depicts a huge castle made of rock and steel, the floating castle, which has 100 floors, several cities, numerous streets and villages, forests and grasslands, and even a lake. Some people who simply live here, some do business, some fish, they don't think about how to play the game, and live a leisurely life. I won't go into detail about this category, their disadvantage is that when the society is not good enough, if the starting point is low, life will be more difficult. The optimal ratio of these three will be different for different things, and it will be analyzed according to the specific thing.

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Next encounter, the top of the world

HP,Level or something,It's just that we can't see the specific value.,Death in the game also means real death.,Even if you live a stable life in the inner circle.,There will always be a limit of time.。 There are many ways to upgrade in the real world, and it will be very complicated to analyze, such as doing a job, learning a software, communicating with a person, signing up for a training, going to a strange city to start a new business, etc., which depends on your own interests, abilities, and social needs and other factors to determine the number of points to improve. The stronger the overall strength, the higher the place you can go, the wider the space for activities, and the more people you can witness. On the other hand, if the level is too low, there are some people you don't even have a chance to meet, let alone be together. If Kirita and Asuna don't survive to more than forty floors, they won't have a chance to be together, and this can be regarded as a severe test, as someone said, for the sake of those who are about to become relatives.

The end is perfect here

As far as the whole novel is concerned,The SAO part feels very real.,Very good.,The connection part of the game LAO、GGO, etc. is not very natural.,I think that reason is too far-fetched.,I didn't read it very seriously in the back.,Just jumped a little bit and browsed it.,It's not very praised.,I think the SAO chapter will end after it's not out again.,It's the most perfect.。

Happiness, with people you cherish

Reading Sword Art Online, I experienced that love is very happy, and two people live together. What kind of long-distance relationship is just a psychological effect, just like Scarlett in "Gone with the Wind" thinks Ashley likes her, which may not be the case, even so, if everything depends on imagination and there is no actual stay together, what is the use of hearts together, it is just an excuse for self-comfort. Although living a decent life: lying on a bamboo mat blowing a fan, reading some books during the day, walking around, and online...... But I didn't feel much happiness in living with the people I cherished, parents, siblings, close relatives, childhood playmates, classmates at every stage, teachers, and people who only appeared briefly in your life, but left a very deep impression on you. And the bits and pieces of the past that happened to them, there are still some memories left in the brain.

Modern, indifferent to human nature

Thinking about the people I cherish, I miss the people and things in the past, and more because of my dissatisfaction with the present, I don't feel how to communicate with my college classmates, most of them are trivial things about study and life, and I rarely stay together, and rarely discuss a certain idea or thing together. One is the general indifference of human nature in society, few people in the university will tell you something that has nothing to do with themselves, everyone seems to be busy with their own, either thinking about how to improve themselves to improve the living conditions of themselves and their families, or how to fool themselves to enjoy life; The other is that the degree of trust is not high enough, as we get older, the gradual expansion of the interpersonal circle, we wear more and more masks on our faces, when you can't fully trust a person, you will be on guard, feel that he is wearing a mask, he is hiding his own purpose, and this interest relationship leads to some things he hides from you, so you are tired of guarding against it, not your reason, this is the business of our generation.

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