Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-71.82.164.213-20150409225706/@comment-69.136.213.200-20170403224423

L.O.L.

Aw, the not-so-subtle condescension. The only one who has a hard time accepting anything is you since Yuuki has defeated Kirito twice, so that whole "Kirito can't lose because he's the protagonist" argument is inherently flawed on your end because he held nothing back in his final duel with Yuuki and admitted such in their last match; Suguha further backs this up. I'm not even going to point how many times Kirito has nearly died or nearly failed to accomplish an objective without the assistance of someone, so no, he does not have a character shield or plot armor; Project Alicization pretty much destroyed that notion for good.

Reki Kawahara himself has affirmed several times on Twitter that Yuuki would win more often than not against Kirito in terms of raw skill, yet Kirito fanboys like you keep coming out of the woodwork to tell us that the CREATOR is wrong about his assessment, despite the fact that he made the series and main character you keep insisting will win. As for gaming experience, Yuuki has been gaming even longer than Kirito, has a consecutive 67 win streak in PvP, and proven that she has a higher reaction-time is higher than his. She also defeated Asuna in swordsmanship and speed, a feat that even Kirito couldn't accomplish in the one duel they had and needed resort to trickery get the upper hand after they were at a stalemate for 20 minutes.

Also, cutting magic is not a feat. It was a game mechanic that no one knew about or thought to pull off. She was amazed it could be done, not the speed of it. Her comment about how Kirito "was strong too (like Asuna)" solidified that, otherwise she would've been much astounded.