Thursday, June 8, 2017

Yes, Even "Sword Art Online" Author Thinks Fidget Spinners Look Like Kirito's Buckle

Every otaku and their cousin has now joked that those fidget spinner fad toys look like that thing on Kirito's chest (apparently design material offers lore that it's called "The heart of the relic", and it's a breastplate of mysterious metal, taken from the heart of an ancient machine). Among those making this observation is Sword Art Online creator Reki Kawahara. 

 

If you play along with the meta-lore, Sword Art Online light novel illustrator/original character designer abec is a teenage girl (and not the adult man that the guy, also known as BUNBUN apparently really is). So, Kawahara joked that abec, the eternal schoolgirl, was quite the trend-setter here.

 

He then brought up the anime and Shingo Adachi's changes to the Aincrad equipment for the anime. What made an impression was that the rivets on the shoulder armor of the Pale Rider Jacket (that name caused social media confusion concerning the like-named GGO character), turned into polka-dots for the adaptation.

 


abec's designs

 

Shingo Adachi's

 

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.

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