Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night

In a parallel universe where virtual reality has advanced to the point of merging with reality, two thousand souls are trapped within Sword Art Online - an unforgiving online game designed by Kayaba Akihiko. The cruel twist is that players can only exit the game when they defeat its final boss; in the meantime, every death in the game results in real-life fatalities. One month into this life-or-death battle, Kirito, a lone fighter determined to enhance his skills, crosses paths with an unexpected ally: a high-level female player who swiftly wields her single rapier like a shooting star through the night, vanquishing formidable opponents in her path. As players continue to perish and the stakes rise higher than ever before, their fates are intricately intertwined as they forge alliances to overcome this treacherous game and find their way back to the world beyond the screen.