Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24098614-20141115232011/@comment-3250527-20141121031046

I'll just say this--Asuna is much closer to Kirito than all of the other girls put together for one reason: both have saved each others' lives while trapped in the death game. Kirito owes everything that he is to Asuna for intervening in Kuradeel's bloodlust (where if Asuna were only two seconds slower, we wouldn't even be having SAO discussions), and Kirito then taking a potentially fatal hit from Kuradeel and then murdering him (where Kirito could have just disarmed Kuradeel and threatened him away at swordpoint).

The fact is that both saved each others' lives is one pivotal moment to this relationship. Kirito doesn't owe anything to the other three; and they owe little to him.


 * Lisbeth: she is just fawning over him, because of some daydream. Their relationship started out as a "hate-help" one, rather than having any sort of attachment. Besides, Kirito only owes Lisbeth a broken sword.


 * Silica: a virtual pet isn't that big of a deal, and Silica thinks of Kirito as a brother or father figure rather than a love interest.


 * Sinon comes amazingly close for Kirito's aid in relieving her of PTSD, and that rape + murder attempt from Kyouji. Kirito owes nothing to her though, except a little of a $300,000 paycheck (with more or less zeroes in Yen)