Accel World starts off by introducing our protagonist as a short, chubby boy who has captured the attention of the most popular girl in school. Clearly nothing is hotter than seeing high virtual squash scores. Maybe I should pick up squash too…
Luckily, that’s not the focal point of the story. Granted, Arita Haruyuki (Kaji Yuuki) is not the most exciting hero to watch. He gets bullied, he’s a pig (quite literally) and he chooses to escape reality rather than face it. In fact, I started to feel extremely bad for him when he lost his high score. You usually read about/watch protagonists...
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