New website.

Sunday, Mar 30, 2025 | 3 minute read | Updated at Sunday, Mar 30, 2025

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New website.

New Website.


Hi there,

As you may have noticed, the original DreadfulDecoding website has been taken down ever since February 2025.
This action was prompted by an abusive legal holder who sent many DMCA takedown requests to Google in regards to the blogger.

Unfortunately, Google’s (Blogger) appeal system is incredibly difficult to deal with; as of today, we have no means to restore the blog.

So for now, I am in the process of backing up most of DD’s projects on this website to make access easier than relying on the Wayback Machine.


As for the company that issued the DMCA takedowns: while I can’t risk naming them, it’s worth noting that they don’t actually hold any license related to Sword Art Online. Quite the irony?

Anyways, this website isn’t hosted on any CMS tied to strict terms and conditions, meaning no content will be taken down. That said, out of respect, I prefered to remove any content that ended up being licensed by Yen Press.


We (the DreadfulDecoding staff) recently got to talk a bit with Gsimenas again; we wish him the best and hope that life treats him well.

I’d like to clarify that no new projects will be published under DreadfulDecoding’s name unless Gsimenas and/or Mttblue2 participate in or approve the project.

Thanks for everything,

-Celest


Legacy DreadfulDecoding staff

Gsimenas - Translator, Editor

Mttblue2 - Manga Project manager and QA specialist; Cleaner and Redrawer, Typesetter

Nguyen Milk - Manga Cleaner; Redrawer; Typesetter

JengKay - Proofreader; Cleaner and Redrawer

Kaantantr - Editor

Celest - Typesetter, Cleaner and Redrawer, Translator

Cirtoyt - Editor

Pryun - Translator, Editor

ZeHaffen- Editor, Typesetter

Thommy - Editor

Kumo - Editor

Dennis - Translator, Editor (and site layout manager & coder XD)

BeginnerXP - Translator, Cleaner, Typesetter

Bestnumber?8721 - Editor

FireyKarma - Editor

Hassassin - Cleaner and Redrawer

Sludge - Blog administrator


What we will add, in priority

SAO Magazine V2 Interview with Kawahara
(Ordinal Scale pre-release interview)
SAO Secret Report (OS pamphlet)
Full Record of SAO the Movie “Behind-the-Scenes” (OS spoiler book)
Dengeki PlayStation Magazine Vol.686 Lycoris interview with Kawahara, Miki, and Futami(summary)
Dengeki G’s Magazine December 2021 Issue - Special Staff Interview with Kawahara Reki


What we will add in the near future

Sword Art Online v21, v23, v24, v25, v27 summaries
Sword Art Online movie Scherzo summary

all remaining Material editions

Sasami-san@Ganbaranai

Various Reki Kawahara tweets


Those will be added last, as they are already available on Mangadex. Aincrad’s Nights of Kirito manga
Alicization Lycoris manga
Kirito’s Gun Gale Wars manga
Dengeki Comic Anthology manga
Comic Anthology + Comic Anthology remasters manga

Material Edition: Remix


What we will NOT add

Alternative Gun Gale Online manga Rondo of a Fragile Blade manga
Scherzo of Deep Night manga
Canon of the Golden Rule manga
Re:Aincrad manga
Unital Ring manga

Alternative: Gun Gale Online novel
Alternative: Clover’s Regrets novel

Rainbow Bridge (Kiss & Fly)
Caliber (Vol 8)

Versus I (Accel World novel)

Prismatic Colors (abec Art Works Wanderers)

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About this website

This website serves as an archive to the original DreadfulDecoding blogger , now deleted due to abusive DMCA takedown requests.
For more information, please read this post .

All of DreadfulDecoding’s projects will be uploaded here, except for those licensed by Yen Press.

Any question?

For inquiries, please reach out to Celest on the Sword Art Online Wikia Discord server.