Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24.3.89.228-20140906232112/@comment-1173941-20140906233355

Doesn't matter; even if this was a reference, we don't make note of "references" on this wiki, unless it's stated by an official source, to actually be a reference. It's possible it IS a reference, seeing as Kirito even uses an over-sized sword in the second arc. But it's not relevant.