Not only is it faster . it used to be even faster . The searchall update has actually slowed it down to manually open them . <| sep |> You ' re absolutely right . Here in America we have universal public compulsory education . Yet we somehow value a human life healthcare even less than we do educating that life . <| sep |> After , technically , because Accel World takes place in the year 204 something , while SAO in the 202 something . but here is where it comes the ' dilemma ' The fandom is kinda divided between if AW actually takes place in the same world as SAO but in the future or it ' s a totally different universe I ' m one of the ones that think that it , in fact , is in the same world . Both sides have good arguments and facts on their sides , but technically it ' s still ' unclear ' who has the reason OEven so , that has not stopped both series from ' crossing ' before In canon , there is the ' VERSUS ' eventsidestory , which takes places after Mother ' s Rosario and before Alicization in the SAO side and after the Dusk Robber arc but before vol 5 in Accel World , where Kirito and Silver Crow face off . And in the games , a mysterious event made that , by the end of Lost Song , Gameverse Spoilerln KuroyukihimeBlack Lotus appeared With a special Avatar from one of the anime ' s ovas by ' overwriting ' Strea ' s avatar , then fought against Kirito One of the fucking hardest enemies in the whole game before ' vanishing ' and Strea not remembering anything . This was thought to be both a cameo and a ' joke ', because Believe it or not both Kuro and Strea share the same voice actor , but now that this new crossovergame has been announced , it may actually have more background than previously thought .