Sword Art Online

[Buffalobiian]

I'm actually expecting Kirito's skills to push the sysadmin into using the system to give himself a really unfair advantage, then have Akihito Kayaba come into the game and hack his system instead to level out the playing field.

I'll serve to show how much of a douche the current villain is (if he hasn't done enough already), redeem Akihito in the eyes of the audience (he put Asuna into that position in the first place with SAO) and maintain the difference in power between a mere player and an admin.

If Kirito just went up there and cut up the elf king without any real trouble, that would just be stupid.

I also hope we continue to have the real life Sugu segments. Her youthfulness is mighty attractive. I want Kirito to be paired with Asuna, but I like Sugu (though not Leafa yet) as a girl.

edit:

I'm surprised no one here speaks about the villain admitting to perfect brainwashing technology.
I mean - the guy just pulls the James Bond villain rookie mistake. Get the girl, reveal your plan to her. Atop of that he wants to break her will through some passive aggressive techniques.

It can't be helped. Male villains like them want to flash their epeens as much as possible, (and have the girl say they like it on their own accord), only to have it kicked hard at the end.