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I found Accel World's [light novel](https://amzn.to/2Q7aeld) and the
[manga](https://amzn.to/2QqkZ1m) on Amazon. My question: Is the manga the
completed story? The manga has 8 volumes and the last one will be released on
December 11, 2018. But the light novel has 17 volumes and the last one will be
released on March 19, 2019.

So is the manga the whole story? Or do I need the light novels if I want to
read the whole _Accel World_? If so, is it because the light novels have more
volumes and will be released on 2019 while the manga is only up to 2018 so the
manga does not have the completed story? Or is it otherwise?


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Is the Accel World manga the whole story?


I thought I'd defer to someone which have read both but _I think this can be
estimated based on how much both medium covers the anime_. According to
Mangaupdates,

> the [Accel World manga](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=59514)
> has 42 chapters and covers the anime from its first chapter up to **Chapter
> 24**

while

> the [Accel World light
> novel](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=72060) covers the anime
> from the first volume up to **Volume 4 Chapter 12**.

Based on this, if we were to estimate that 4 light novel volumes is equivalent
to 24 manga chapters, then _the manga, approximately, is until around the 8th
or 9th light novel volume._ Since the light novel currently has 22 volumes,
there's a lot of content the manga has not covered.

So if you want to stay up-to-date with the story, I suggest you **read the
light novel** , which is also **where the manga is based on**.


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