Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-88.0.101.31-20160810215834/@comment-69.136.213.200-20170410002212

Well, he never dealt with this kind of situation until Alice came along. With all of his other wannabe girlfriends, they picked up the hint rather quickly that he wasn't interested in them and respected his relationship with Asuna, on top of the fact that they all get along well with her as her friends. But then you have Alice, who is a bit aggressive when it comes to Kirito and is the only girl that actively generates tension with Asuna. It's no small wonder why he's relatively helpless about what to do.