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Old 2012-11-12, 15:59   Link #223
Znail
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Originally Posted by Klashikari View Post
Sense of urgency doesn't mean that he was to be emo or go reckless whatsoever.
What is lacking there is a sense of direction and objective that is absolutely nowhere: you don't see him cutting the chase of some things, there is also a dominant tendency for him to get curious about the game instead of focalising on his primary objective.

Again, we know that Kazuto isn't a casual player, and can appreciate most games (he even did that during SAO arc to some extent). That said, the series also has shown a dramatic shift in his interest which converge into the presence of Asuna in his life. And instead of having focus on that, he just waltz around.

Like I already mentioned before, I don't expect him to act like a mop and cry over Asuna, that would be more out of character than anything else. Suffice to say, him being playful and enjoying himself with little to no attempt to go ASAP to the world tree is what bothers me, even more so when a subplot barges in that has no relevancy to his main purpose at all.


Kazuto in SAO didn't realize that there was already a time limit, until Asuna reminded him that, which dramatically changed his perspection of dealing with SAO death game. After realizing that, Kazuto was obviously not willing to waste any time in SAO any longer.
Ah, but it's a totally relevant subplot. The main problem is that we aren't hearing Kirito's thoughts so it's less obvious then it would be else. But quite frankly everything Kirito is doing is pretty much related to either getting closer to the world tree, finding out what he needs to do or aquiring those things. It's just that his calm behaviour makes it seem like he dioesn't care what is going on while he very much knows what he is doing or at least trying to do.

Remember what we know so far about reaching the world tree. A fairly large well equiped force is needed to attempt the quest. This info he got from Leefa and the salamander dude he captured. Thus going to meet two race leaders and possibly saving them and thus gaining some allies is hardly something unrelated to his goals. And as he pointed out to Leefa, he still have to go mostly that way anyway to get out of the town. Wouldn't it be stupid to get to the world tree quest without any chance of doing it anyway?
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