In a land of dragons, citizens called breeders train their dragon pals. Races of dragons are born from breeders who are marked with Seikoku, also known as star brands. Learning to ride and tame dragons comes easy to most students at Ansarivan Dragonar Academy - except for Ash Blake, a first-year student who is known by his classmates as the "problem child." Despite his unusually large star brand that marks him as a future dragon master, his dragon has never appeared. Until now, that is. One day, while challenging fellow student, princess Silvia Lautreamont, to a dragon race, Ash's dragon appears, but in a form different than any dragon ever seen before - a beautiful girl. Ash names her Eco and soon discovers that this new dragon has attitude to spare, as she promptly informs him that she is the master, and he, her servant. Ash's problems with dragon riding have only just begun.
2022年,人类实现了现实世界和假想空间的融合,电子制造商开发了名为《刀剑神域(Sword Art Online)》的在线电子游戏。SAO甫一面世便大受好评,限量一万份的名额在发售当天的短时间内便被抢购一空。通过联网,玩家可以身临其境进入充满想象力和异域风情的游戏世界——浮游城市艾恩葛朗特。玩家在这里可以生活、练武、升级、经商、探险,与真实世界别无二致,却拥有无上的乐趣。曾是少数封测玩家的桐人也是这一万名幸运者中的一员。最初的兴奋过后,玩家们却发现根本无法顺利登出游戏,更为恐怖的是,一旦玩家的HP归零,现