Sword Art Online Game’s Bathing Scene Gets Censored

The newest game in the acclaimed anime series has received a censorship patch in Japan, covering up the dark elf NPC Kizmel and her breasts during a bathing scene with protagonist Kirito.

Sword Art Online Game's Bathing Scene Gets Censored
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization
's Japanese version received a day one patch today censoring the dark elf NPC Kizmel and her breasts during a bathing scene with Kirito, according to Japanese website Yukarigame.

Covered up in the form of a bikini, the protagonist himself had his towel replaced with a pair of swimming trunks. Before and after screenshots of the scene can be found below (NSFW):

Uncensored Screenshot from Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization
Censored screenshot from Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization
In the Progressive light novel series, Kizmel and Kirito bathe together in both volume 2 and volume 3. The first time, Kizmel is naked and Kirito wears a towel, with an illustration that probably served as inspiration for the scene in the game:

Inspiration for the scene in Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization
The reasons for this censorship are unknown, but it could be a move to comply with the game’s B CERO rating, which is suitable for ages 12+.

This change will most likely carry over to the western version of the game that will release for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on November 8.

2 Comments

  1. Avatar photo

    Damn!!!

    Reply
    • Avatar photo

      Such is the nature of censorship 🙁

      Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>

×