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Originally Posted by Aphrah

3. Oh, thank god for that. But by 'open', I meant something along the lines of 'Asuna and Kirito defeat xxx and managed to escape from yyy. The End.’ Then again, Kawahara has proven himself to be a good writer, so I guess that shouldn't happen.

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Oh, nice! So, are there a lot more romantic scenes between the two from vol. 7 onwards, or is that the volume wherein Asuna gets kidnapped?

I wholeheartedly agree; but alas, some people enjoy a well-written piece of tragedy. I sure as hell don't, though. Kirito x Asuna happy ending or bust.

actually vol.7 ended with:

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Asuna's mother telling her that she should leave that school attend a new school, and no boyfriend from the institute was allowed. Basically shunning Kirito.
But i dont see her mom winning this one.
To Asuna, Kirito is "Hope" + "Light"
Always has been in the virtual world, and turned out to be the same in the real world.
I see Asuna running away from home b4 i see her breaking up with Kirito.

Oh and correction... he picks up a girl each arc.
Shino was picked up from GGO. Its another world Kirito visits after SAO and ALO.

Basically..
In SAO -

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He picked up Lizbert+ Scillia + (Sachi (sorry i said the wrong name b4) + Asuna + Argo (Rat) <--- what ever happens to Rat?? she isnt mentioned much after Vol.2

In ALO -

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He gets his Cousin... lolol... imagine you giving up on your cousin, because of a character in the RPG world only to find out its your cousin who u have a crush on and have given up.

In GGO -

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he gets shinon

In Vol.7 -

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its more a story about Asuna then Kirito, so thats about all i know so far.

Oh here's the exact moment i think Asuna offically fell in love with Kirito.

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Originally Posted by B-T Vol.7

At that time, Asuna was already interested in Kirito, but she also wanted to purge that thought. At that time she believed that putting personal emotions before clearing the game should not be tolerated.

Asuna felt that the duel was a good chance to defeat the weakness in her heart. Defeat Kirito, efficiently defeat the boss and once again return to her cold self.

But Asuna didn't know about the strength hidden behind Kirito's unreliable-looking face.

That duel was really heated. As their swords crossed, all the unnecessary thoughts in Asuna's head were blown away, only the pleasure of fighting a good opponent filled her body. She felt as though she was directly fighting with her nerve impulses, something which she had never felt before. It lasted around 10 minutes, but Asuna didn't notice the length of the time.

Then Asuna lost. Kirito did an overly realistic feint -- the reason was understood later -- of «pulling a second sword from behind his back and attacking», Asuna reflexively blocked and was beautifully hit in the resulting opening.

In the end, after experiencing that fight, Asuna's feelings instead became something which she couldn't give up, and at the same time, a deep impression of Kirito's sword was left in Asuna's heart.

-- The strongest swordsman. Up to this day, even after the «Black Swordsman» from SAO had disappeared, this belief hadn't wavered.

I say floor stomped because the moment kirito went serious with dual swords, thats the moment Asuna lost.