Review: #839
Title: Accel World 13: Signal Fire at the Water's Edge
Series: Accel World - 13th volume
Author: Reki Kawahara
Comments: Unfortunately, Signal Fire at the Water’s Edge doesn’t do much to advance the plot. Once again, the pacing is slow and it stalls with too many distractions. This time, it is the school festival and the whole novel is basically a wish fulfillment episode where Haru spends time with all the female characters in the novel. The subplot of Wolfram Cerberus is put onto the backburner and over the course of the novel, only two major significant events happen. One happens near the beginning with the introduction of a new character (well, more like the return of one) and the second happens at the end. This means that the middle is all fluff, a decent sized portion of it the author summarizing past events. While it never gets truly boring, you can’t help but think that this is yet another volume of filler and padding.
Rating: 6/10