Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-96.48.230.104-20150210084429/@comment-73.141.172.42-20160327043159

Are you guys seriously worrying over this? Reki's done nothing but espouse the unconditional and unbreakable love Kirito and Asuna have for one another. He even did a soft retcon so that Asuna partied sooner and much more with Kirito at the beginning of their ascension of Aincrad because he stated that he just can't see Kirito without Asuna by his side, and even noted his fans feel the same as he does. Hell, Kirito, unlike most protagonists in his position, is fully aware of the feelings the girls have for him but he does nothing to encourage their feelings at all, and they fully respect his relationship with Asuna. And even when the love triangle was introduced in the Web Novel, that was entirely on Alice's side. Kirito is nothing but loyal to his feelings for Asuna throughout the final stretches of the PA Arc. Reki also said that he only wanted to make Asuna feel a little jealousy because he thought that a jealous Asuna was cute.

Reki even openly mocks the "harem route solution" when he made the non-canon side story "There is But One Ultimate Way". If Accel World and Sword Art Online are any indication, he's pretty straightforward about how he handles his romances. Sure, the protagonists in both novels gain admirers but it never impacts the core and established relationship between them and their leading ladies.