Quote Originally Posted by Ryllharu View Post
For a series as dull and uninspired as this has been, it is perfectly normal. Peruse the Sacred Blacksmith thread. It got a beating for its terrible lines of dialogue and asinine statements by the leads (very similar lines to things said in Sword Art), dropped by many forum members, compared as inferior to titty shows, etc.
Fair enough, i retract my previous statement.

I will admit I am still watching it to figure out why it is so popular. I'm being patient, but it is wearing very thin. Sword Art has been only barely better than The Sacred Blacksmith as mentioned above, and the uniform insistence that it gets better is the only thing keeping me watching.
At this point, i'm not sure how much better it's going to get. We are getting back to the main storyline because they've pretty much ran out of side-story. It's too little too late because if most of the watcher of the anime feels the same way you do about Kirito then the next few episodes might not have any impact at all. Best case scenario is they'll redeem Kirito's character.