Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-108.6.48.60-20141221154843/@comment-122.47.186.14-20160714101429

Honestly, I believe that Reki Kawahara meant to make Yuuki a even more over powered character than Kirito and just potrayed it a bit off, and the anime took a worse turn. There is no benefit to the story, plot, or progression of story to have Kirito intentionally lose twice and this just baits all the Kirito fanboys, but if Yuuki were to be stronger then Kirito, it would play a larger emotional part in her death.

I'm not too sure as to why Reki Kawahara didn't have Kirito use Skill Connect or use Excalibur since this would definitely have raised the intesity and made a bigger impact on Yuuki's death. It's possible that he may be trying to create more depth in the characters by suggesting Kirito would like a fair 1 handed swords fight, and Yuuki may just be better at one-handed sword fighting.

Honestly Kirito is just too over powered to the point it's impossible to imagine him losing which is a big fault when it comes to situations where someone or something needs to top Kirito.