Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-75.27.105.179-20150316062106/@comment-4755115-20161217212905

You honestly aren't saying anything new that hasn't already been debunked in the main Yuuki vs Kirito thread.

Also, you're just going to ignore canon when it's convenient and statements made by the characters AND author, then claim that you know better? Sorry, but no dice. And yes, if Stan Lee stated that Spiderman was stronger than the Hulk, it has to be accepted because they're his characters and they live in the world he created. It's the same deal with Reki, but luckily, A) Stan Lee isn't insane enough to make that kind of statement and has himself made comments about narrative hyperbole in comics; and B) your analogy is heavily flawed since the gap between Kirito and Yuuki isn't nearly as large as you're trying to make it out to be, thus there isn't a contradiction.

Kirito has stated in a Q&A Yuuki has a higher reaction-time than him after observing her fights and from his own battles with her. Also, don't think that you can talk about being objective and reasonable when you just ignore how Yuuki defeated Asuna, a person who is regarded in-universe as an equal to Kirito's battle prowess. And what does the magic cutting feat contribute in a fight between pure melee characters? Nothing. It does not give Kirito any notable edge against Yuuki. And Yuuki's reaction to the feat was "He's strong too(like Asuna)." So, the supposed "excuse" that she was simply amazed that magic could be cut holds up pretty well.

And if you want to get into the Kirito vs Yuuki fight at its most canon(the novels), there are no extenuating circumstances that can be argued over since the fight wasn't depicted. All we know is that Yuuki won. And given Kirito's character, he wouldn't hold back on someone that he respects since she would know and consider it an insult.

And you show just how little you paid attention to SAO or how much you watched/read it when you ask "why didn't Yuuki get Dual Blades if she was faster?". Simple, because Dual Blades only existed in SAO and she was not in SAO. Kirito was stating that IF Yuuki lived in SAO, she would've been the one to acquire Dual Blades instead of him because her reaction speed surpasses his. As for Kirito being a deciding factor in battles in the early Progressive timeline, that's more thanks to his MMORPG savvy, not because he's "OMG such a freakin' killing machine!". And since you brought it up, the fights with Gleam Eyes and Nicolas the Renegade nearly got him killed, reducing him to a sliver of a health bar in both encounters(and if Asuna hadn't wittled a bit of GE's HP before Kirito engaged him, he would be dead).