Looks like I'll be dropping the manga version of SAO Progressive and keeping to the original light novel series. This latest volume did not hold my attention like previous books, and I greatly disliked the artwork (facial expressions? what are those?) and the action sequences. I also found the usage of flashbacks to be choppy and distracting; the training scenes did not fit well into the main narrative. So far, I've dropped the manga adaptations of both SAO and the Progressive remix/redux/whatever. I wonder if I'll ever find a SAO manga I actually like? Girls' Op, maybe? ( )