Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-118.137.168.148-20130811115237/@comment-4270236-20130812010249

99.21.170.14 wrote: Look like asuna fanboys just likeing her cause of the bonus chapter with her and kirito anyway i used to like her but now i just hate her it is just eh like you say she does get alot of attention and when you think about it sachi could have been in asuna's place just eh i just hate ever part of this anime now it is like nasty all of the moments with asuna is nasty i hate her now Because she's Kirito's lover, of course she's going to receive attention. Not only that, but she's a main arc character in the first two volumes and the damsel in distress in the Fairy Dance Arc.

And to answer the initial post, it's because the others realized that Kirito already had a lover.