Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25908228-20141222101442/@comment-203.176.181.37-20150621120321

This is awfully late, but I'll chip in anyway... characterization is never Reki's forte... He keeps writing as if there are bunch of people stronger or equal to Kirito either in his own narration or through Kirito's thought, starting from Asuna, Yuuki, Eugeo, Alice, etc. But matter of fact is, we all know that when the plot calls for it, Kirito would easily surpass them in skills and strength. And this is not some mundane plot armor, it is in Kirito's nature that not only he is incredibly apt in gaming, he is also incredibly resourceful and sly, it is within his character to win all his battles. So far, only one person has ever bested Kirito and that's Heathcliff (then again, Heathcliff is broken from the get go).

I also want to raise a point here, in a thread that has already been closed about how come Kirito could have lost to Yuuki... No one seems raise the point that Yuuki was using a medicuboid. A VR interface much stronger and advanced than Amusphere, even Nerve Gear. It is even mentioned in the novel (I think?) that the medicuboid gives it user better dive experience than Amusphere and Nerve Gear. But anyway, at the end of the day, word of god himself, in an interview when asked what would have happened if Kirito had been dual-wielding, Reki himself said that Kirito would have lost. But I personally don't buy it... Reki was simply using a cheap way to cement Yuuki's legend and to bring a character he regretfully made to OP, down to earth.