Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-71.82.164.213-20150409225706/@comment-27384850-20170404015006

Here we go again... Kirito IS able to use two swords to fight in ALO, while he cannot use skills on both swords simultaneously, he is perfectly capable of using both swords for both defensive & offensive maneuvers.

Okay, and? I can use two swords if I wanted as well, doesn't mean it'll help me against someone who is a better swordsman. This point is moot because the use of two swords does not guarantee that Kirito (or anyone else) will be better than they would with only one sword, and you have no evidence proving that he is superior using two swords without Sword Skills than he is using one with Sword Skills.

Kirito's stated opinion simply doesn't overrule the fact that Yuuki could not believe that he cut magic spells in half due to how fast they are.

Err, that's not why she was surprised. She simply didn't know that it was possible to slice through spells, not that she was unable to do it. In fact, I'm wager that if she were to try the same thing she'd be able to do so fairly easily.

It is implied throughout the series, & shown specifically in GGO, that if the stakes are not high to Kirito he will go easy on someone

Kirito literally says that he did not go easy on her, so this point is moot.

Kirito is FAR better with a second sword in ALO. He was getting crushed by Eugene before taking his sister's sword, afterward he defeated him handily.

That's because he found something that countered Gram's special ability, not because he's better with two swords than one. If he needed an axe in order to counter it and ended up winning because he took some random Sylph's axe, does that make him better with axes than with swords? Of course not, it just means that he figured out how to counter his opponent.

Kirito SOLO'd the 74th floor boss in SAO. Even with a full party of 7, the Sleeping Knights with Yuuki wiped to the 27th floor boss.

Kirito used a Sword Skill belonging to Dual Blades, a Unique Skill, to accomplish this. Not only that, but there is a direct statement that the monsters in New Aincrad are much stronger than those in the original. As such, these two feats are incomparable.

Kirito ALSO does not use his full set of skills as he does not use a second sword.

Kirito couldn't use Sword Skills with two swords, so this is not true.

Kirito acknowledged to Asuna that it wasn't entirely untrue that he held back because of Yuuki's gender.

False, as has been pointed out by others.

Kiritio once again is not using his full set of skills

I'd like a source on this, as there is no reason to believe that he was holding back. It's even said that he used his own Original Sword Skills during this fight.

does not use his second sword (which just so happens to be a legendary weapon).

Going back to your Fact 1, Kirito's potential win with Excalibur "does not constitute (him) being better depending on the context of the battle". In this case, the context would be "Kirito has an OP sword and won due to its stats", as according to Kawahara himself.

It is heavily implied that Kirito would have won the duel had it been a duel to 0 HP as opposed to a timed duel.

Nope, the novel clearly states that "Yuuki finally dispatched Kirito with her divine eleven-part skill". No timer, she won by finishing him off with her Sword Skill.

put them at their peaks when Kirito was fighting in SAO for 2 years

For having cited the Q&A earlier in regards to Kirito trying to recreate Starburst Stream, you somehow seem to have missed the part from the very same Q&A where Kirito states that his peak was at the end of SAO and that Yuuki was stronger than him at his peak.

ALO Yuuki (who is probably marginally better than ALO Asuna)

Asuna had only barely managed to get Yuuki's health down below half when the duel ended, I'd hardly call that "marginally better".