Board Thread:S,R,&G/@comment-29759785-20160909195150/@comment-29788605-20160910130822

Yes, it's better.

The best place for SAO are here and SAO reddit, in other words the place where they say "there are only people who are blind and don't want to see that Kirito has an harem". To be true on animesuki only the people who you met, think that every girls loves Kirito, many are doubtful like us.

Coming back to topic, even i think Alice doesn't love Kirito. Maybe she proves something very soft (that 2%), but it can't called love. For example when she met Asuna for the first time (volume 16) ,Alice was angry with her because she thinks that it is her duty to protect Kirito ,instead Asuna said that Kirito is only "her"; so i think their rivalry is due to the fact that both think to have the monopoly on protect Kirito ;and maybe they see the other as a rival as swordwoman. It's true that Alice was a little concerned when Asuna said that Kirito and her was dating, but i don't give that much importance (and if i remember right, even Sinon was asking herself about Kirito and Asuna relationship the first time she met Asuna, but she doesn't love Kirito).

Anyway i have read only some parts of chapter 20 and obviously i haven't read volume 18, so maybe something is different; but i don't think Kawahara lies to us about her feelings.