Popular Japanese anime Sword Art Online is celebrating the long-awaited turn of protagonist Kirito with an entire store dedicated to everyone's favorite beater and unofficial harem leader.
Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya has finally returned in the currently airing Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of the Underworld Part 2 season - and the show is commemorating the event with a bang. Aniplex is holding an official two-week celebration called "Kirito Week," filled with all kinds of events. To kick things off, a "Kirito-Only Shop" recently opened in Tokyo and Osaka. The shop sells exactly what its name implies - only Kirito-related merchandise and products.
Notably, fans can get their hands on merchandise depicting every single iteration of Kirito's looks throughout Sword Art Online's seasons. Kirito's in-game avatar changes depending on which virtual world he's exploring. So, four seasons (and many video games) later, the black-haired protagonist has accumulated a significant number of different looks over the course of the show.
From charms, posters, files, and even acrylic standees, fans can decide between Kirito's Aincrad, Alfheim, Gun Gale, and Ordinal Scale avatars, as well as his various looks throughout the Alicization and Alicization - War of the Underworld seasons.
In addition to the merchandise depicting all of Kirito's different looks, fans can purchase unique "carvings" of the promotional images from Alicization - War of the Underworld Part 1 and Part 2.
There are also some cool cushions that are made to look like Kirito and Eugeo's signature swords.
The Kirito-Only shop will only be open until August 23. The products are also available on Aniplex's official website, though a number of products appear to have limited stock. Interested buyers should act fast if they want to own some special Kirito products and merch.
Sword Art Online is a long-running isekai about a boy named Kazuto Kirigaya (who goes by the in-game alias "Kirito") who constantly finds himself trapped in a series of VRMMORPGs. Over the course of the anime's four seasons and movie, Kirito and his friends begin to realize that the real world isn't so different from the virtual one.
Source: Anime News Network