Thread:Gsimenas/@comment-24053170-20150927090126/@comment-6697950-20150927101133

Even if Yuuki was imagining Aiko there (and this is unclear, since there was nothing about that in the novel), that would still count as "Asuna being seen as Aiko", not Aiko's appearance. Just like we have a picture of Erica in Kyouko's gallery, because she was the one controlling the avatar at the time.