Thread:Nathanhale1993/@comment-29759785-20161030085049/@comment-29759785-20161210222825

I also noticed that so you're probably right. But, on the other hand, if Kawahara stated that he wants to show more KiriAsu trough Progressive and thos whole loyal stuff, I think there is a chance that he changes his tendency in future volumes - after Moon Cradle and possible volume about last moment of Alice in real world. You probably remember, that he wrote CotM, quite a long time ago, long before Progressive, or even main series where he focused more on Asuna and did some changes so that KiriAsu is stronger. If we add the fact that author himself said is diehard of KiriAsu, wants to see their weedding and stated that ending of SAO is when Kirito and Asuna achieve true love, I am strongly hope that next arc (it must happen!) will satisfy me more than enough.