sword art online character prompts — 37 NovelAI character tags

About the sword art online tag

sword art online is a series tag that NovelAI Diffusion can use. On Danbooru it has 16,465 posts, and its best-rated still image scores 1,669. The samples above put the tag at the front of a fixed base prompt with seed 1234, so the differences between tags come from the tag alone.

How each model draws sword art online

Follows composition and expression instructions closely, so the effect shows in a tidy form.

V4.5

Reacts to the tag more strongly, so its effect is easier to see.

ILLUST

WAI illustrious SDXL v17, a local model. Shows how the same tag reads outside NovelAI.

Writing sword art online in a prompt

Put the subject first, then this tag, then quality tags.

Basicsword art online, solo, best quality, masterpiece

With artistwlop, sword art online, solo

The negative prompt and the full settings are on the terms page.

How these samples were made

Every image uses 832×1216, seed 1234, 23 steps and the k_euler_ancestral sampler. The base prompt and negative prompt stay the same for every tag, and only the tag under test changes. Images flagged by the NSFW check are regenerated with a new seed or hidden.

From the Danbooru wiki

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A 2009-current light novel series written by Kawahara Reki and illustrated by Bunbun. It has multiple manga adaptations, multiple videogames, a three season anime, and three movies.

The series takes place in the near future and focuses on protagonist Kirito and Asuna as they play through various virtual reality MMORPG worlds.

Initially written in 2002 for the ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Game Novel Prize (now Dengeki Novel Prize), the author refrained from sending it in due to exceeding the page limit. Kawahara Reki published it as a web novel and later added 3 more volumes and short stories to the series. After winning the Dengeki Novel Prize Grand Prize in 2008 for Accel World, ASCII Media Works requested that aside from Accel World if they could also publish Sword Art Online as well. The author agreed and withdrew the web novel version. The series was republished in light novel format in 2009.

The series received an anime adaptation in 2012, which later became highly successful. And went on popularize a whole subgenre of Japanese media known as isekai, which involves having the main character(s) originated from modern world being reincarnated into other worlds.

A movie, Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale, was released on February 18, 2017. The movie features a new original story that takes place some time after the second season of the anime.

A second movie, Sword Art Online Progressive, was release on October 30, 2021. The movie retold the original story from the first two episodes of Aincrad Arc but through the perspective of Asuna.

Story arcs

Aincrad (First Arc, SAO)
Fairy Dance (Second Arc, ALO)
Phantom Bullet (Third Arc, GGO)
Caliburn / Mother's Rosario (Side Story Arcs, ALO)
Ordinal Scale (OS)
Alicization (Fourth Arc, Project Alicization)
Unital Ring (Fifth Arc, UR)

Copyrights

Videogames

Infinity Moment - 2013 (PSP)
Hollow Fragment - 2014 (Vita), 2015 (PS4)
Code Register - 2014 (iOS, Android)
Lost Song - 2015 (PS3, Vita, PS4)
Hollow Realization - 2016 (PS4, Vita)
Memory Defrag - 2017 (iOS, Android)
Fatal Bullet - 2018 (PS4, XOne, Switch, PC)
Alicization Lycoris - 2020 (PS4, XOne, PC, Switch)
Fractured Daydream - 2024 (PS4, XOne, PC, Switch)

Related tags

External links

Source: Danbooru wiki · sword_art_online ↗

FAQ

Does NovelAI recognize sword art online?

Compare the samples on this page. Every tag on this site shares the same seed and base prompt, so any change you see comes from sword art online.

How do I write sword art online in a prompt?

Write "sword art online" near the front of the prompt and separate it from other tags with commas.

Should I use V5 or V4.5?

V4.5 shows the tag's effect more strongly. V5 gives steadier images with fewer artifacts.

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How to prompt sword art online characters in NovelAI