Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-90.221.228.185-20150511233505/@comment-30310556-20161024095840

Fomxcloud wrote: In the OVA considering Asuna's red face, intense flashback expression, her reaction to Lisbeth's question, and the  fact that she was no longer wearing a bra it is very likely. Plus the OVA was written by Kawahara himself. & in one of the progressive books they discuss which underwear she should wear. So it's very likely. In fact awhile back I asked him on twitter "If chapter 16.5 is not part of the official story, did they still push the button form the end of chapter 16?" & he replied "they pushed the button in your question". Anyhows theere are parts of chapter 16.5 that are on the physically rough side, hopefully he does'nt think those rougher parts are canon. & at a convention in Seattle he was asked if it was canon. His reply was that he was wondering how Kirito would spend his time, being trapped in a  virtual world for two years. He stopped talking & the audience cheered. he hten said that when ehe was still wondering, he decided to write chapter 16.5. He then said "I wish that topic would disappear into the darkness fo history.". One could say this was him saying it's not canon, or one could say that it just means he's tired of beign asked about it or that there are certina parts he regrets. Given tall the various circumstances I just described, it is likely that they did have cyber sex between chpt 16 & 17, but Kawahara either is tired of talking about it or thinks certian parts were too 50 shades of gray-ish. I always appreciate this kind of answers, where people dont just complain about chapter 16.5 and everything else. The fact is all about Kawahara, what he wanted to do, and why didn't he make this an explicit scene so people will stop bitcing about it, and why even confuse people in the first place, you know the guy who asked the question did so cause he was confused about what actually happened, and that's the whole point, I would say it was intentional to confuse everyone and get the job done. Actually the fact is they did it, absolutely, 100%, I mean why would anyone hesitate, even if kirito was a person who would die a virgin, asuna was the one to get it straight from the start, and the fact that kawahara made a joke about what you would do when you have free time and lots of stress(Plus the erection and teenage minds, you sure know what all teenagers these days care about). So why did he confuse people, well because SAO had huge influence and there are differents kinds audiences, so for everyone to accept it he made a lot of choices for people, I remember when I read the chapter 16.5 the guy who translate it said for adults only, atleast I was told I had be an adult, and not an underage, and that's the point. For us yeah they did it, the chapter was really good and I enjoyed it. But for 10-12 years out there, shipping kirito and asuna, no they are not as horny as you think they are. For us the mature ones, we know what a guy would really do If he finds a girlfriend like asuna who knows how to do it! I hope you get Kawahara Reki's point of view, He even said it straight that chapter 16.5 is canon for people who believes it means us who enjoyed it, and not canon for people who dont believes it, means underage people who are not supposed to read it yet! Well you see kawahara is a really good writer in terms of understanding the needs of his readers! HOPE THIS CLEARS EVERYTHING.