Are Sword Art Online and Accel World related?


Recently, I have been hearing loads of theories about Sword Art Online and
Accel World being related due to the fact that they refer to NerveGear and
such in Accel World.

I have also been hearing that the plot of Accel World was made by Kirito.

Is there some sort of confirmation of this? Or trustworthy speculation?




They are in the same universe. Sword Art Online's Nerve Gear was elaborated in
Accel World as a precursor to the implants seen in Accel World.

Anything further than that is likely speculation, until either light novel
reveals more details.




The author, Kawahara Reki, didn't clearly say whether they are in the same
timeline or not. During the Sakuracon Festival Interviews, he answered like
this:

> **When you were creating
> the[Alicization](http://swordartonline.wikia.com/wiki/Project_Alicization)
> arc in _Sword Art Online_ , was the technology used in the Alicization arc
> carried over as a foundation to _Accel World_?**
>
> It is true that the technology used in Alicization could be, or is the
> foundation of the technology being used in _Accel World_ , but at this
> point, like I said, it might be similar technologies having a similar
> technological chain, but it hasn't been made clear that it is in fact the
> same world. The two worlds could just have a similar technological advance.
> Also, as I noted before, if I were to clearly state the two worlds are the
> same, the number of things that need to be resolved in order for such a
> thing to be clearly possible is, the numbers are tens of thousands of times
> greater than I can even hope to do right now! Seeing a movie like [_The
> Avengers_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_\(2012_film\)), where
> it took a bunch of properties into one cohesive title, I have to say that
> the creative staff on that movie is quite amazing.

Original link is ["Interview with Kawahara Reki" on Sutoraiku
Anime](http://www.sutoraikuanime.com/2013/04/interview-with-kawahara-
reki.html).

