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As seen in [this question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/30850/30322),
there are 18 episodes of Sword Art Offline in total, 9 for each season.

In the DVD product shown [here on eBay](http://www.ebay.com/itm/DVD-Sword-Art-
Online-Season-1-2-Extra-Edition-English-Dub-Offline-Jap-Dub/281967998939), the
back of the DVD case says it includes seasons 1 and 2 (dub), along with Extra
Edition 1-9 (dub) and Offline 1-9 (sub).

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xi9du.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xi9du.jpg)

I'm wondering if episodes 1-9 of SAO Offline season 2 are included, since the
case isn't clear on that.


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Sword Art Online - is Offline season 2 included in the DVD?


I would suspect that the DVDs, like the Bluray I own, would normally come with
them, however I suspect what you have there on eBay are bootlegs.

Quoting [Madman
Entertainment](https://www.madman.com.au/actions/knowledgebase.do?method=browse&knowledgeBaseCategoryId=1):

> **How can I help stop DVD Piracy?**
>
> There has been a recent increase in these DVD sets being spotted and these
> are most certainly not real products but rather an illegal bootleg copy,
> usually imported from South East Asian countries and contain extremely bad
> subtitles and are of low quality. Easy signs to tell if they are real or not
> include:
>
>   * Region 0 or All
>   * **Very low disc count for entire series - eg. 26 episodes on 3 DVDs**
>   * Anything with the company logos 'Anime Cartoon', 'AniDVD', AV, 'Manga
> Cartoon' and other companies with similar names usually linked to crime
> syndicates as well.
>   * A web based email address printed on the DVD cover such as addresses
> ending with @yahoo.com or mail2000.com.tw etc
>

>
> Should you come across any of these products do not purchase them and if you
> feel this isn't right report it to the authorities or to
> piracy@madman.com.au, please include the store's name and if possible get
> details of the distributor, the closer we get to the source of the problem,
> the eaiser it is for us to stop the flow. The Pirate Anime FAQ site also has
> a lot more useful information regarding these illegal bootleg DVDs as well
> as other knock off anime merchandise and how you can avoid them.
> Alternatively you can also report it to the newly setup Anti-piracy task
> force. Remember the more reports that are reported the more likely something
> will be done about this problem. Piracy hurts the industry and you can help
> by spreading the word and reporting these illegitimate practices.

Now the eBay ad is saying that it has 49 episodes + EX + Offline on 3 disks.
The [Sword Art Online DVD 1 On Rightstuf](http://www.rightstufanime.com/Sword-
Art-Online-S-A-O-DVD-1-Aincrad-Part-1-Hyb) is 1 out of 4 for just season 1 and
it says

> Sword Art Online 1 covers Aincrad Arc Part 1 and contains episodes 1-7

The [Bluray I own](http://www.rightstufanime.com/Sword-Art-Online-S-A-O-Blu-
ray-Box-Set-1-Aincrad-Part-1-Hyb-LE) had 2 Bluray Disks and the 7 episodes
were spread across both along with an episode or 2 of Sword Art Offline on
each disk. There were 4 Bluray Collectors Editions Each Season and 1 for Sword
Art Online EX (which was single disk) so in total there were about 17 disks
(`(2 x (4 x 2)) + 1`). DVDs have a lower capacity than Blurays so they
wouldn't use less disks.

Comparing this to what Madman has put on their website this leads me to
believe that what you have is a bootleg.

Another problem with the cover is that it doesn't state which [DVD
Region](https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200492990)
they are and if you're buying a legit DVD you need to know this so you can
either get a DVD Player which plays that region, can be set to be a different
region or set to Region 0 which ignores it (that's what my DVD/Bluray Player
is set for DVDs. Bluray there is no Region 0).

Also while the eBay ad says

> With Malaysia Government issue Hologram

take this with a grain of salt. I got Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha on eBay
which came with Season 1-3 and the 2 movies on 5 disks. It had a Hologram yet
the episodes were clearly fan subs someone downloaded and burned onto a disk
with whatever art they could find for menu backgrounds (since one used
character cutouts but did a poor job removing the white around the character,
blurring the edges to try and cover it up).


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