Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-118.211.8.204-20150302141811/@comment-25449165-20170318213337

There are too many comments for me to read through, so I'm gonna reply independently.

Kirito mentioned that Yuuki's reaction time was faster than his, and she (instead of Kirito) would have gotten the Dual Blades skill if she played SAO.

However she never did and spent her life in illness, playing many VR games with little to no life-threatening elements. Kirito spent two sole years in the virtual world where if your HP hits zero, your body in real life dies. That's a HUGE difference in their own perspectives and lives.

After SAO ended, everyone said that Kirito will never get serious ever again, thus why he lost to Yuuki in their duel. Possibly... Kirito could defeat Yuuki, but he probably wouldn't.