Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-71.79.235.209-20140922195354/@comment-73.165.147.194-20150518203448

Well, I was first exposed to their relationship from the anime. In retrospect, while I can agree that they could've had a bit more expansion on their relationship in Season 1 of the anime version(with some additional material from the LN and the canon doujinshi),  I was content with their coupling and never thought of it as forced during my initial viewing of it. A bit fast, maybe, but I always thought they were perfect for each other. As for the whole suicide pact thing, it really isn't so ridiculous since both Kirito and Asuna have shown that they are highly volatile with their emotions, and when you consider that Kirito, before his relationship with Asuna, was on the verge of completely alienating himself after losing his guild, and Asuna originally was just waiting to killed in the game. Basically, they lived for one another and didn't want go on without the other. Extreme? Yeah. But again, trapped in a virtual Death Game that they could possibly never escape from.