This is the weakest in the top light novels. I had that feeling from the get-go, as I immediately reunited with Endless Eight. People often hate it, but I recognised that arc was a icon of Haruhi Suzumiya Series, as it was a trigger to ignite the development of the characters, so having a chance to re-experience it worth a trial. Nothing to lose, you know.

The opening of this series, as I said, was an imitation of Endless Eight. As an introduction, it did raise my interest. Then the sequel just came out of nowhere, as its bond with the rest hardly existed, only in name. That time into the world of game was interesting, followed by the illusions of a teenager about his supremacy and ideal. Then the last volume was thrown out as the closure for the mess the author had made. I could say there were some quality moments, but the lack of coordination was overwhelming. There is no explaination for the phenomenoms, as the older sister just naturally possessed an ability, and afterwards others achieved supernatural powers like it was a matter of fact. 'This is a fictionary work' might be an excuse, but at least give me the answers for 5W and 1H for the origin and the consequence afterwards, logical or illogical is fine. However, there were none of it, weren't there? And a wedding was not enough, you know.

With the missing of what I call 'leading factors', the author could bend the rules for his convenience. So, Kazuki Hoshino appeared to have a will, but he was the easiest one to manipulate. The one played the villain most of the time was in fact an illusive boy and with the brain penetration jutsu of Naruto, he returned to the bright side? Maria Otonashi didn't even have a 'self', neither did this series, and that problem was conveniently solved with some paragraphs at the end, The characters' background were also comfortable for the author to make their reasons sound, but they were instantly left behind without any serious attempt to untie the knots. There were nothing genuine in this series, as the writter just molded his characters with his will only and there they were, in a world void of systematical order. Even the communication and storytelling wasn't made in an appropriate way. IT HURTS, IT HURTS, IT HURTS... Well, at least reading SAO now doesn't hurt that much. Sorry, SAO, I'm still not gonna read you.

If you felt the emptiness in my review, you would also sense the emptiness of the related target, because I couldn't even find a model for this work.