Accel World Season 1: where to start the light novel

After Season 1

Episodes 1–24, Spring 2012

Start reading at

Volume 5

Anime ends at
Volume 4
Skipped by the anime
Nothing we know of

Light novel volumes are numbered here (volume numbers, not chapters). The anime also pulls two short stories from Volume 10 into its timeline.

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