Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-199.126.253.7-20131227130622/@comment-27804122-20190827080155

Kirito started to care about the Cats and trying to look after Sachi before she died, so I am not sure that she couldn't influence him this way, staying alive...The whole guild with their comfortable and cosy attitude was influencing Kirito's thoughts and direction, in my opinion.

What has always been bothering me about it is: generally, Kirito is shown to be sad about Sachi, but not the entire guild.

As for Raious: he was doomed to die the way Kirito tried to "save him". Maybe, in the books it feels differently.