Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-79.24.170.237-20160510203254/@comment-74.93.69.49-20190109221117

Ranty time! She was strapped into the Medicuboid, which was developed from the device that Kayaba used to upload his mind onto the net. And then the Soul Transfer tech was derived from the Medicuboid. Could the Medicuboid be capable of the same? If the author wanted it to be. Kirito needs some professional expertise to work it out? Kayaba loaded himself online, and he seems to like Kirito. Kirito used the Seed, perhaps that would even count as Kayaba owing him a solid. They didn't even look into it! They knew it had been done, and they didn't discuss or explore the possibility! In so many of the other arks Asuna and Kirito get the craziest outs for near fatal problems. Best I can tell in Season 3, Kirito is presently near brain dead and in a coma. I'm certain he'll be just FINE after this arc, though. No one can even bother to TRY to look for something to save Yuuki?

The souls hopping over to the digital realm AND BACK INTO ROBOTS IN THE REAL WORLD, in subsequent arcs does make me VERY unhappy. Even now, I feel like Yuuki's soul could be out there somewhere in some world. She was plugged into a machine that you could reasonably hypothesize was capable of a transfer. Maybe her fluctlight is in the scroll she gave Asuna, hence the cameo in the movie when Asuna used Mother's Rosario.

What truly, ultimately, bothers me about this situation is that there is ample evidence in SAO that preserving Yuuki could have been and could still be written. She died and is still gone on the author's decision. And as she has a more interesting story, more character, and a thoroughly unique situation I felt like she would be a great addition to the cast. And, hey, a girl that wants to be friends with Asuna and isn't simply in the party to pine after Kirito!

Rant close. Just saying, I will be VERY unhappy if the many narrative elements that could be used to bring her back are never utilized.