Sword Art Online - Image Thread (wallpapers, fan art, gifs, etc.)

[Awrya]

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

Spoiler for Light Novel Irony:

Ironically, IIRC there's mentions in one of the later LNs that Asuna suggested recreating 16.5 to Kirito, who immediately logged out, claiming his heart hadn't been sufficiently prepared.

Spoiler:

I think you are referring to Vol.9, how Sinon went to Asuna's home before Kirito?
If I remember right, the reason he chickened out was because he had to 'prepare' himself to meeting Asuna's parent (or mother?).

[~Yami~]

Originally Posted by HinataShou

omg... we almost forgot about Sandwich-san....
Sandwich-san needs more love

[Sumeragi]

Congratulations~

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Meanwhile.....

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Sometimes even jokes are based on reality, such as this one:

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Woman's Intuition

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[TheEroKing]

[Jmac]

Originally Posted by Sumeragi

The worst part about that particular picture: The chestpiece does not help with clarification

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

Maybe...

Spoiler for Speculation?:

it's actually the artists impression of a proper female version of Kirito? IIRC in the novel artwork, the body armor was flat.

While we're on the gender bending aspect; found this little gem of multiple Kirito persona:

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[Sumeragi]

Originally Posted by Jmac

While we're on the gender bending aspect; found this little gem of multiple Kirito persona:

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Spoiler for Sorry, but.....:

There are no females in that picture.

[HinataShou]

[StellarCell]

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

Spoiler for Light Novel Irony:

Ironically, IIRC there's mentions in one of the later LNs that Asuna suggested recreating 16.5 to Kirito, who immediately logged out, claiming his heart hadn't been sufficiently prepared.

You mean this?

Spoiler for volume 9 part 2 "kirito's need to escape":

To the nickname she hadn't been called by for more than five years, Shino inadvertently stood up as she gave a broad smile.
"Asuna, hello."
Yuuki Asuna made a lively sound from the natural wood floorboards as she walked along, the two girls then joined their fingertips to each other in a pleasant reunion. As they sat down on the chairs side by side, Kazuto, who had a slight expression of amazement asked,
"You two...... when did you become this close?"
"Huh? Last month I even spent a night over at Asuna's."
"W-What!? And I haven't even been to her house yet."
"Wasn't Kirito-kun the one who said 'I need to be mentally prepared' and escaped?"

[FlareKnight]

Originally Posted by HinataShou

Nice work Kirito . Definitely well deserving the #1 spot right there.

Also props to Houtarou x Chitanda who both scored 2nd place !

[Wild Goose]

Originally Posted by HinataShou

Yes! He beat out Jesus Yamato!

Too bad about Asuna though, and I wish Marika was on that list ;__; Ah well, Saber deserves top spot.

[BladeEntity]

Good on Asuna to get a place in the top 10 hopefully she stays there. Especially after ALO and the GGO arcs

[Jmac]

Originally Posted by Sumeragi

Spoiler for Sorry, but.....:

There are no females in that picture.

I blame the image tagging for that one!

[Awrya]

Originally Posted by HinataShou

For how many years have Kira&Lacus been in that poll?

[Kismet-chan]

I actually don't think that Kirito deserves to be number one personally... But to each his or her own.

[Krono]

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

Yes! He beat out Jesus Yamato!

Too bad about Asuna though, and I wish Marika was on that list ;__; Ah well, Saber deserves top spot.

I think this is the first time Asuna is on the list. Not sure what episodes this takes into account, but I suspect she'll get a bit higher.

Originally Posted by Awrya

For how many years have Kira&Lacus been in that poll?

Pretty much near continuously. Though to be fair, the whole Gundam Seed Remastered is going on right now, so that probably gives them a boost.

Originally Posted by Kismet-chan

I actually don't think that Kirito deserves to be number one personally... But to each his or her own.

I'm not too surprised that he landed it. SAO is a popular show right now, and the voters seem to favor strong/smart/competent characters.

[~Yami~]

Originally Posted by HinataShou

It's nice to see Kira, Lacus, Lelouch, and C.C. still in the list

aha! good luck for Kirito though...
now I will expect to see Asuna take 1st spot as well

[Divini]

Originally Posted by HinataShou

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Kira/Lacus are the oldest on the list no? It's been almost 10 years since Seed began.

Also, how recent was the poll? I suspect Asuna will be higher as SAO continues.

[Netto Azure]

Damn. A big target for the haters.

And Gundam SEED? It's been years since I last saw that. Heck I was still Playing Ragnarok Online regularly (2004 iirc) when it came out.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Kirito might take the Number one place, but from this we know that Oreki/Chitanda is the better pairing!

Look! They both still keep to the same ranking even when falling !

Originally Posted by Divini

Also, how recent was the poll? I suspect Asuna will be higher as SAO continues.

It's this month's Newtype issue, fresh from the Japanese blogs.

[woodearth]

Nice to see Tiger AND Bunny in that poll. There is still hope for anime with adult characters. Wow, Sheryl still making people listen to her songs. And congrats Kirito for Star Burst Streaming your way to the top. Don't leave Asuna too far behind.