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Originally Posted by relentlessflame

Spoiler for Comparison to what I remember someone saying the novel said back in episode 10... ^^; (can someone confirm?):

I remember someone asked about how Asuna arrived in time to save Kirito, because she travelled a great distance in very minimal time. Someone said that Kirito calculated that she had exceeded the movement speed normally possible in the game, but it was excused then as, literally, "the power of love". If that's the case, then Asuna's ability to bypass the normal rules of the game through willpower was already foreshadowed, though they skipped the explanation in the anime.

We already also know that Kirito's speed in the duel exceeded Kayaba's expectations and forced him to use the system assist, so that too could be seen as a case where the normal rules were bent by Kirito's ability. I have no idea if this was expanded in the novels or not.

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Spoiler for Clarification on said comparison

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