Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-180.214.233.65-20141121100326/@comment-25908228-20141225063013

"And I'm personally getting fed up with people trying to find excuses for Kirito not being almighty."

Hey, he's the MC. Personally, what I somehow find wrong is that Kirito was beaten in his own game, not that he was just beaten. I'd be okay with him getting totally owned by Heathcliff. Yeah, that made sense. But, some girl that came into ALO a few months ago managed to beat him in reflexes, his strong point, and in a fair battle. Sure, in the real world, there are people much better than you at what you do with much greater natural talent, but I didn't want to accept that simple truth :D

"So it wouldn't make sense that lovey dovey does not count as training?"

No, even on the other thread, I totally agreed with you there, remember? I was just saying that those that say Yuuki trained much more than Kirito are probably wrong. " So no, it makes no sense to say Kirito had dulled and wasn't training as hard as he was in SAO, 'cause I can't believe Yuuki would either." So maybe I phrased that wrong and caused a few misunderstandings. I guess what I was trying to say is that Yuuki did not get the upper hand due to relentless grinding. She, as you said, literally was a resident the multiple worlds of VRMMORPGs, and she would not have spent her entire time fighting, but instead living and having fun as well. And I did say "Those that say faster natural reaction speed, (including Kirito kimself I must admit) perhaps that's true." And I do agree that possibly: "As for Yuuki, it's not grinding that is the source of her skills, it's the fact that she became a resident of the virtual world, as Kirito puts it."

"Unlike Kirito who has to keep switching between virtual and real worlds, Yuuki only has to control a virtual avatar, so she is more used to it than Kirito is to his."

Makes sense. And, of course, the Medicuboid is better than the NerveGear or AMUSphere. I see that was ignored. So she can control her virtual avatar better, and due to better specificiations, faster reaction and processing time. Just a suggestion. It could be all fair, but this is a completely viable hypothesis.

"he wasn't holding back... especially not because she was terminally ill. That wouldn't be rude, that would be an insult."

Like I said, again: "Not to mention, I know it would be cruel to hold back, but who can truly fight a terminally ill little girl with a short time left? I know it would be rude, I know it would be insulting, but I also know I wouldn't be able to. Similarly, without even intending to, Kirito could be holding back." No offense, but seriously, do I have to repost this entire thing in sections to make you read it along with a thesis-length analysis? "As for Kirito having a chance, of course he still had a chance. Their duel did take a long time because they were near equals. In such cases, the smallest mistakes can determine the outcome of the battle."

And here is the crux of the matter. I did accept that Kirito was beaten by Yuuki in a fair fight at his own game. Sure, it was tough to swallow, but I did. If you had actually read what I said, you would see that I had said "I'm not saying Yuuki is bad or it was a rigged match or anything, I just don't like the fact '''that people say Kirito had no chance at all since the beginning." '''Maybe now that you see something similar, you automatically assume that I'm saying Yuuki is cheating and Kirito is the strongest badass in the entire universe. No, that's not what I'm trying to say at all. I did give a few suggestions such as the medicuboid, as it may have altered the battle, because, like you said, it was a close call. Mainly, I was responding to these:

Dim1: "No she flat out beat him, Yuuki is just that good." A Wikia contributor 96.224.225.28 96.224.225.28: "He was just easily defeated as you stated."

That's why I said I may have been technically necro-ing, cause I wasn't replying to the latest reply, just a few posts made in this discussion earlier. Some, much earlier.