That's what I thought.
The hair colour in that shot was somewhat blue and matches Sachi's more so than Kirito's sister. Also, if we're going to say that her lips matched the audio "Kirito-kun", his sister doesn't refer to Kirito by name.
Neo's theory was interesting. I was wavering after reading that until I went back to ep 1 and made the above observations.
Indeed. It felt like either the Klein or Asuna's conversation should have happened first, but they ended up squeezing both in. Having Asuna's conversation first would have avoided the awkward positioning/timing, but broken up the amount of contiguous time focused on Kirito/Asuna's desire to stay together.Originally Posted by shinta
And as for the parrying comment, it could be a feature of dual wielding itself, OR just Kirito being locked in his Star Burst Stream combo. Dodging might be harder since you're more encumbered, but the blocking aspect seemed to get a powerup, so I'm not sure what that says for parrying overall.
Skyrim's dual wielding system is as you say though, and I'm not at all surprised if the skill comes at such a cost.