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novalysis · 2012-07-14, 05:52

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I'd also argue that Kirito would sympathize with Emiya Kiritsugu's philosophy. He's surely not your Shounen hero of justice. Far from it. A Shounen hero of justice would have agreed to stay with Klein. Mind you, had he joined Klein's guild,the odds are high that

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survived to the end of the game, ironically. Indeed, had he joined Klein's guild, I suspect he might have been able to stop the BEATER concept at it's inception.

Kirito is not a Sue. He's merely a highly talented young man with potential Anti-hero tendencies curbed by the unique circumstances and harsh life lessons Aincrad and what happened after taught him. One of the big themes of SAO is the coming of age story of a genius coming of age on the eve of a technological singularity.

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novalysis Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011	Spoiler for For end of Aincrad Arc& Alicization: I'd argue that Kirito is about as much a Sue as Kayaba/Heartcliff. In many ways, he is a genius on par with Heartcliff, only born a decade or so younger, and likely exposed to very different life experiences. In a way, mind you, Kirito at 14, at the beginning of SAO had certain Jerk like tendencies and tended to be more selfish. It's probably only after Sachi and the Red Nose Reindeer that that side of him was completely broken for good. Indeed, if not for the SAO incident, he would have likely entered Heartcliff/Obereon's world, and possibly went down the same path as these two villains. What he experienced in Aincrad, and definitely, his relationship with Asuna now ensures he could plunge down and follow Heartcliff to the bottom of the Rabbit Hole, and retain his sense of morality, and of right and wrong which both Heartcliff and Oberon Lost sometime down the line. Indeed, even by Alicization he more or less tells Asuna that he'd like to pursue down the road Heartcliff tread, and find out what drove such a brilliantly charismatic man down to commit that act of insanity that was SAO. He'd like to see the "new world" being born. More or less, he aims to be present, and one of the leading "mid-wifes" of the technological Singularity the world of SAO seems to be plunging towards. I'd also argue that Kirito would sympathize with Emiya Kiritsugu's philosophy. He's surely not your Shounen hero of justice. Far from it. A Shounen hero of justice would have agreed to stay with Klein. Mind you, had he joined Klein's guild,the odds are high that Spoiler for Red Nose Reindeer Spoiler: Sachi and the Black cats would have survived to the end of the game, ironically. Indeed, had he joined Klein's guild, I suspect he might have been able to stop the BEATER concept at it's inception. Kirito is not a Sue. He's merely a highly talented young man with potential Anti-hero tendencies curbed by the unique circumstances and harsh life lessons Aincrad and what happened after taught him. One of the big themes of SAO is the coming of age story of a genius coming of age on the eve of a technological singularity. Last edited by novalysis; 2012-07-14 at 06:42.