Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-190.153.39.127-20141227172100/@comment-74.98.181.44-20150416033426

The thing about the SAO storylines is that most of the characters are morally ambiguous. Unless it's a Laughing Coffin member or Sugou, no one is really bad. Even Kayaba becomes sympathetic when he shows up the the ALO arc and makes Kirito realize that he's stronger than the system, and when he gives him the Seed. Kikuoka uses Kirito for GGO because Kirito is the best VRMMO player he knows. He also uses Kirito in the Alicization arc, but he's saving his life in the process. Kikuoka is not bad. He just has very different priorities that aren't really copasetic to what Kirito is all about.