Review: #762
Title: Accel World 9: The Seven-Thousand Year Prayer
Series: Accel World - 9th volume
Author: Reki Kawahara
Read Before: no
Comments: The story arc involving the Armor of Catastrophe parasitizing Haru is resolved in this volume. While it isn’t spectacular in the truest sense of the word, it was satisfying but also a bit too idealistic. Brain Burst is indeed evolving into something that goes way beyond a simple program; no matter how advanced they are in the future. As a result, all these additional features of the program are starting to really stretch the reader’s patience. Nevertheless, this was an intense volume with heaps of action going on. At times, the writing can start to get to you with the trend of repeating past events in the form of summaries and the ever escalating number of formidable foes. It is seriously a wonder how newcomers manage to keep themselves from losing completely to these veterans. There is a significant surprise twist to a certain character that we’ve come to love although this means that it kind of adds to Haru’s circle of females who may or may not have feelings for him. Kuroyukihime is still an enigma, become so powerful and steadfast when she’s in the accelerated world but somehow being so easily flustered in real life, it feels inconsistent. The title of the volume takes a whole new meaning once you consider that this is exactly how much time has passed since we learned the story behind the Armor of Catastrophe in Volume 7. While you may or may not agree with the treatment of the enhanced armament by the end of the volume, it was a strong arc and was a fantastic story.
Rating: 6.5/10