Board Thread:Editing Discussions/@comment-104.51.191.202-20170324031506/@comment-31338621-20170324224144

ZeHaffen wrote: We see Yuuki in one full duel, one. Kirito, on the other hand, has had six whole volumes to show off his skill and still lost twice.

Your argument that Kirit's timing, accuracy, feints, and opponent-reading are also fallacious. For timing and accuracy, I'm assuming you're referring to the Spell Blast and Yuuki's awe at it? If so, that does not prove that Kirito is superior in these aspects. Spell Blast is an Outside System Skill, Yuuki's surprise at seeing it merely means that she was unaware that slicing through magic was possible, not that she was incapable of doing so. For feints and opponent-reading, I have no idea where you get the idea that Yuuki was inferior in either of these aspects and would like to request some evidence showing that Kirito's ability to perform feints and read his opponents was greater than Yuuki's.

You are also selectively ignoring the fact that Kirito, who claims he did not hold back, still managed to lose to her twice. How is it possible that a swordsman could give it his all and still lose twice, yet still be superior? With Kirito's use of arms blast, spell blast and bullet deflect he has shown more skill then Yuuki has shown with accuracy or timing. Kirito's has used feints and Yuuki has not, so he's shown more skill at it. As far as reading the opponent, he was able to figure out Yuuki's complex situation from just one duel with her, he was able to figure out who Katana was after one duel with him and he's able to predict prediction lines.