Board Thread:FAQ Board/@comment-6697950-20140113102546


 * How did Asuna manage to move while paralysed?
 * Details unknown, but it has to do with will power to go against the system. This idea is frequently used throughout the series.


 * How did Kirito manage to return from the dead?
 * Short answer: There's a 10 second window till a death is officially registered by the system and the player bursts into polygons, so he did not actually "die" yet.
 * Long answer:


 * Why didn't Kirito and Asuna die?
 * Because Kayaba Akihiko wanted to talk to them after the battle, so he disabled the death rule for them.


 * Does that mean that the other players who have died are still alive?
 * Kirito and Asuna were given a special exception due to the turn of events. The death rule applies to every other death in the game and around 3,000 players have been killed by the NerveGear.


 * Why did Kirito wake up in a hospital?
 * It was explained in episode 13: all players were moved to hospitals in the beginning of the game, using the 2 hour period Kayaba Akihiko allowed the NerveGear to be disconnected from a power source.

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