.hack//AI Buster is a novel currently released by Tokyopop that follows the story of system administrator Albireo and his encounter with the Vagrant AI Lycoris.
Story
Albireo encounters Lycoris, whom he assumes is an event NPC (an AI character) but she's actually a failed version of Aura. Because of his acquaintance with Lycoris, Albireo cannot log out of the game and exit the World. She is blind, deaf, and mute, because Albireo debugged her and broke up important files. The missing files are hidden as items in the World, and when returned to Lycoris, she gets a function back. When she gains them all, she changes into a teenage form with purple hair who looks like Aura.
Cast
Trivia
- The unnamed subordinate of Kazushi Watarai is actually Saki Shibayama; the Tokyopop translation had unfortunately referred to her as a man throughout the novel.