If there was ever any doubt that Kirito was the worst kind of Wesley Crusher/Gary Sue, it should be removed with this episode.
- Arbitrarily deciding that something was off and "Heathcliff" was worth attacking. No build up at all, no comparison of his barely lost life to Kirito or Asuna's own, etc.
- Kayaba/Heathcliff actually uttering a line to the effect of, "Yes, Kirito, you are so wonderful and powerfully amazing that I actually had to cheat against you. There is no one else in the world nearly so intelligent, skilled and powerful such that I would have to do this against anyone else, with the exception of a super powerful boss. I always knew only you would be the one to stand up against me at the end, because I would only give such an amazing ability to the best player in the game. But wait, you're even better than I thought!" Ugh...really?! It only gets worse from there.
Honestly, you have got to be fucking kidding me. I can't believe that they actually stooped this low. Kirito is more of a Wesley Crusher than Wesley Crusher himself.
The only way they could possibly make it worse is if he stole Asuna, locked her in a castle, and dared Kirito to save her, because only Kirito could possibly have such a perfect wife/girlfriend to the point that everyone else would want her, wishing they could be Kirito. Oh, but they let her play the noble sacrifice card instead, because every woman would die for her man.
- But I guess we're supposed to ignore the fact that Asuna's rapier was left behind as "loot" despite the fact that that has never happened ever before in the series, all the deceased player's equipment gets destroyed along with them in every prior instance we have witnessed.
And no, Klein did not use the resurrection stone on Kirito or Asuna, Kirito's Gary Sue power allowed him to insta-hack the game, and create a phantom that could kill Kayaba. Completely ignoring the fact they spent a good chunk of an early episode creating the possibility that either of the two could be rezzed at a critical moment (i.e. right then).
The only silver lining to this entire episode was that they at least gave them severe muscle atrophy.
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Originally Posted by Ryllharu
