Brain Burst

Brain Burst ('ブレインバースト 'Burein Basuto) is a secret application which allows a person to make time seemingly stop by “accelerating” their brainwaves.

In order to install the Brain Burst program, the person needs to be invited by another Burst Linker and be sent an invitation. This can be done only once for each Linker, meaning that each one can invite only one player to the game. There are some specific conditions for the installation to be completed successfully, which are having the Neuro Linker from birth and certain brain speed reaction. If all of the conditions are not met, then the installation fails. The Burst Linker who invited the person becomes their guardian and has a close connection with him/her.

When accelerating, the person is thrown in a 3-D grid which represents the surroundings, only in a light blue tone, called Accelerated World (Accel World). Accel World is created by images shot by cameras that are hidden everywhere in the town. There, the person actually accelerates their brainwaves to make everything around him/her slow down, and thus, stopping time. It seems that, when accelerating, the person takes the form of their virtual avatar instead of their own body or their Burst Link avatar.

The times a person can accelerate are limited and depend on the number of Burst Points they have. When a Burst Linker first accelerates for the first time, they start with a total of 100 Brain Burst Points. Each time the Burst Linker accelerates, they lose 1 Burst Point. Burst Points are mainly earned by fighting and defeating other Burst Linkers in the program’s online multiplayer fighting game. The fights there can be either between individuals or between pairs and teams. Each battle has a time limit. When the time runs out, the life points of the two combatants indicate the winner. Losing a battle causes the Linker’s points to reduce by 10. The winner gains 10 points instead. In order to connect to the online multiplayer fighting game of Brain Burst, the person has to be connected to the Global Net via his/her Neuro Linker.

The creator of the Brain Burst program is still unknown, but it is widely believed by many Burst Linkers that once a player reaches level 10, they will be introduced to the creator and to a secret about Brain Burst.

Trivia

• Brain Burst requires that the person has the Neuro Linker from birth. It has been stated that Neuro Linkers exist for 15 years now. This means that there are no adult Burst Linkers. Kuroyukihime says that this is the reason Burst Link is remains a secret.
• In Episode 1, Kuroyukihime tells Haruyuki that Brain Burst crushes your reality and reconstructs it completely.