堀京子（户松遥 配音）是长相漂亮，穿戴又十分时尚的潮流女孩，在学校里颇有一番人气。可一回到家，为了照顾年幼的弟弟和方便做家务，京子会换上非常土气的居家服，常年不在家的母亲让京子在不知不觉中扮演了代替者的角色，但这样地味的一面，可千万不能让学校的同学们知道啊！
一天，一个 耳朵上打满了耳洞的刺青男敲响了京子家的大门，穿着居家服的京子去看们，让她没有想到的是，眼前这个潮男，竟然是平日里在班上被评价为宅男的宫村伊澄（内山昂辉 配音），原来宫村和京子一样，过着隐秘的双重生活。以弟弟为契机，宫村开始频繁的拜访京子家，两人以他们的真面目相对，心与心之间的距离逐渐缩短。

In the year 2022, a massive online role-playing game called Sword Art Online (SAO) is launched. With the aid of "NerveGear" technology, players can control their avatars within the game using nothing but their own thoughts.

Kazuto Kirigaya is among the lucky few who get their hands on the first shipment. He logs in to find himself, with ten-thousand others, in the scenic and elaborate world of Aincrad. However, in a cruel turn of events, the players soon realize they cannot log out; the game's creator has trapped them in his new world until they complete all one hundred levels of the game.

In order to escape Aincrad, Kirito will now have to interact and cooperate with his fellow players. Some are allies, while others are foes. Sword Art Online is not all fun and games: if they die in Aincrad, they die in real life. Kirito must adapt to his new reality, fight for his survival, and hopefully break free from his virtual hell.