But under those layers, you come to realize that he really is just a dork.īut outside of his defined personality, what really makes Kirito who he is?Įssentially, Kirito is a loner who shoulders a lot of personal responsibility. His social awkwardness can make him come across like he is trying to be cool and edgy, even having the Black Swordsman persona in SAO. His social awkwardness does lead to some playful moments such as pouring cold water on Suguha’s neck or grabbing Sinon’s tail. He keeps to himself and isn’t social, which causes him to be socially awkward in many situations. His personality is mellow and he doesn’t wear his emotions on his sleeve, but he’s really just a dork when you get down to it. In terms of personality, he isn’t the bland guy he is made out to be. This allows for more nuanced character writing, which unfortunately goes largely ignored. Kirito is a more grounded character, who’s struggles are more down to earth. He also lacks a defining gimmick many well-known characters have, which is an unfair metric to determine if a character has personality. He isn’t over the top and doesn’t make his personality overbearing on the audience. I think the reason he is considered to be bland is due to his mellow personality. His overpowered nature does actually add to his character, and much of his character development would be lost if he wasn’t as strong as he was. Even then, it’s not to sure a ridiculous extreme that it ruins the show. While that is somewhat true to an extent, the show gives us a justifiable reason for him being overpowered. I don’t want to say that people who think this way about Kirito haven’t watched SAO, but maybe they just didn’t pay attention.Ī reason given is that he is overpowered. It’s weird to me that so many people have this impression since it’s something that can be easily proven false by simply watching the show. He is largely thought to be a bland Gary Stu with no character development. Unfortunately, there is a huge stigma against Kirito among anime fans. Warning! There will be spoilers for Sword Art Online! And if you do like Kirito, I hope this gives you another avenue in which to appreciate his character. Hopefully, if you don’t like Kirito, this post will help you understand him better as a character. So if you are here for the first time, don’t go back and read the old post, it’s a waste of time. I will be retreading things I said in the previous post but I’ll be trimming the fat and adding on what I feel is necessary to make my point. So the goal today is to basically rewrite that bad post and try to make a better one. But there really wasn’t any key point made in that blog. And while you could say I did make a point about Kirito in that post, it was more of a general point about him being a good character. Whatever information I use from the anime or game should be used to back up whatever my point is. I feel like when making an analysis post, I should making a point. It felt less of an analysis and more like a summary with my own little take attached to it. It went over a lot of stuff the reader should probably already know. It was very long but I still feel I didn’t explain myself well. But if I’m being perfectly honest with myself, it was not a good blog. It was pretty well received and got some great numbers. A little while back I made a blog about Kirito.
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