Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-118.211.8.204-20150302141811/@comment-73.19.129.12-20150918105641

Gsimenas wrote:

3. That's like one case. If it's a tendency, you need more than one example. If he doesn't use them often, then why would you assume that he'd have one ready for his battle with Yuuki?

5.I'm not contradicting myself. What I was getting at was that he did have to do something drastic, but at the right moment.

 Kirito ran in to save those players. Also Asuna noted that Kirito is better when he's serious.Then please be clear. The way you phrased it didn't imply "the right moment", thus it was contradictory. And even so, Kirito was no where near using his skill at the right moment, unlike in the first battle.

How does running to save someone make it wise? It shows that he cares about the lives of others sure, but that doesn't make it wise. It's another example of letting his emotions decide his actions, the very reason why he almost lost the last battle with Heathcliff.

And why do you suppose that Asuna is being objective? She thinks that he will do better, but I've given examples of why he is just as likely to screw up by getting emotional. If he's likely to either do better or screw up when it counts, then how do you know for sure that he'll do better against Yuuki if the stakes were high? How do you know for sure that he won't make another reckless gamble and screw up? My point is that "Kirito gets better under extreme circumstances" is a highly questionable statement, thus it's not a valid argument. 3. Asuna doesn't use feints often if I remember correctly. Kirito doesn't need a tendecy of doing feints, if he can use them and he reasons they would be effective against Yuuki why wouldn't he use them.

5.Asuna has actually been with Kirito so she's seen first hand what he's like. You gave one example of him screwing up, the one with Heathcliff. Even if you think his decision was stupid in his battle with Heathcliff, the heathcliff battle with different from his other battles. Sword skills which were the main way of fighting in SAO were useless against Heathcliff. Not to mention he had an impenetrable defense. Also he was incredibly fast. These three facts made it a nightmare to fight against Heathcliff. Yuuki is not Heathcliff.