Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-28002334-20140506152025/@comment-3250527-20140722052902

108.248.231.63 wrote: And he must have had time, as I would suppose the amount of time needed to use a potion is the same amount of time it takes for a crystal to work, which was seen to be a few seconds when Asuna saved Kirito from Kuradeel. With Kuradeel, you can already see that Kirito's HP bar was no longer decreasing. Diavel's HP bar was still decreasing as they were talking. If Diavel was able to accept the potion anyways, he would still be alive at the end of the battle, as he no longer sustained damage.

But, anime logic. In the LN, he didn't even have the time to hit the ground before he shattered.