Reki Kawahara Interview about Sword Art Online

AirStyles said:
Judging from his reactions and answers.

He obviously have a number of regrets about SAO, and is kicking himself over how he could have made it much better. He seem very conserve.

he definitely have grown a bit as a writer.


One thing that I like to point out is... Unlike a lot of his SAO fans, this guy is actually logical when it comes to the "What if I'm stuck in SAO?" question.

A lot of SAO fanboy usually go rampage over how they'll do better than Kirito because they're better MMORPG players behind their computer screen!

Sadly, SAO is already made, and it's not good, incredible amount of potential are wasted, and there are holes. Reki knows and acknowledge them.


If anything, my opinion of this guy improved a little bit.

whatever123456 said:


He already apologized for some things and mentioned some other things he would have liked to do better in several of the author's notes. Now stop judging something you haven't even read.

ssjokg said:
What I want to know is if Alicization is going to be just like what I read in animesuki because then it REALLY lost the whole idea behind SAO.Or it is just me nor being able to see where this is going or not liking how this arc is going to end up as(based on spoilers by the web version at least).

AirStyles said:



What's going to happen? I'm curious.

j0x said:


he maybe talking about this, just click the "Warning Heavy Spoilers" link - http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=4505697&postcount=169

AirStyles said:



What's going to happen? I'm curious.

AirStyles said:


Don't know if I'm reading about cosmic sci-fi or videogames anymore...

ssjokg said:
I would have to talk about the whole arc which for now is 3 volumes long and probably will have 4 or 5 more....

And to make it clear I would have to copy paste whole aragraphs from the SAO thread of animesuki that is full of spoilers that I try to avoid for the reasons above.I feel like it is turning out bad(for me at least) so I dont dare spoil myself even more.Read from here onwards SAOif you want to know.

AirStyles said:

Right now, I'm just curious to how it'll all turn out. Kinda like checking up on Naruto once in a while.

hyperknees91 said:
Clicked the link...uh what???? I am so confused, like...that can't really be true.

Simulated reality is the hypothesis that reality could be simulated—for example by computer simulation—to a degree indistinguishable from "true" reality, and may in fact be such a simulation. It could contain conscious minds which may or may not be fully aware that they are living inside a simulation.
This is quite different from the current, technologically achievable concept of virtual reality. Virtual reality is easily distinguished from the experience of actuality; participants are never in doubt about the nature of what they experience. Simulated reality, by contrast, would be hard or impossible to separate from "true" reality

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality

j0x said:


he maybe talking about this, just click the "Warning Heavy Spoilers" link - http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=4505697&postcount=169

RockerXD said:


What the flying fuck, that sounds like some crazy acid trip halucination

namedrisk said:
Was there any word on a second season or continuation for the anime or there inst enough material to continue it yet ?

Aztro said:
I'm pretty sure, if Gun Gale Online comes out, it will be way better because Reki sounded like he learned a lot from SAO so I think it will be batter and I am hoping it will be a longer series. More episodes, more action, more romance :)

ssjokg said:
There is enough material for 3 more seasons(or 2 and 1 movieubut there are no news on that.

GrayArchon said:
Some interviews of Reki from Sakura Con have been posted, as well as a biography:

http://www.t-ono.net/biographies/REKI-KAWAHARA-%E5%B7%9D%E5%8E%9F-%E7%A4%AB-Biography.html

http://www.t-ono.net/sakura-con-2013/Reki-Kawahara-Panel-Sakura-Con-2013.html

http://www.t-ono.net/sakura-con-2013/Reki-Kawahara-Reception-Information.html

Q06: Is Kuroyukihime Kirito’s daughter?

KAWAHARA: There seems to be some conjecture that such a thing could be possible. However, it’s already said that Kuroyukihime’s family was not a happy one. If she was Asuna and Kirito’s daughter, in the twenty years between the time settings, they had a really bad falling out in their relationship. I hope she is not the daughter of Kirito and Asuna.

-- Maybe Yui [from Sword Art Online] was their favorite child?

KAWAHARA: I would like to think Kirito as a parent that would love all of his children equally.

Q18: Why are Kirito and Haruyuki so completely and utterly different?

KAWAHARA: It could be that I wrote Sword Art Online first. Kirito is such a perfect character, almost too perfect. I decided with my second work to go with a character that is completely opposite of Kirito. After working on the title for a while, I’m starting to feel that Haruyuki would become a cooler main character from his growth. I would love to see an animated version where the two would cross swords.

j0x said:

Nidhoeggr said:


Even he admits Kirito is a Gary Stu.