How did Asuna survive?

Apr 20, 2021 4:23 PM

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Something that always bugged me is when Asuna died in SAO but ended up surviving in the end. If they said when you die in the game you die in real life, how tf did she survive??

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Apr 20, 2021 5:32 PM

kimcheesniper

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Ion remember her dying but I ain’t watch that show in a while so idk.

Apr 20, 2021 5:35 PM

Brandon_Lowe

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i’ve been wondering this too. i love SAO and Asuna so much of course, but i still don’t like how they did that it bugs me because it literally went against it’s own law. and same with kirito too when we was stabbed by heathcliff in episode 14 and he came back as a silhouette like what the heck

Apr 20, 2021 5:49 PM

Anayan_Kashyap

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In Aincrad if someone die, they don't die immediately, they have a *revive time*, remember Sachi, she was dead but still Kirito tried so so hard to bring her back but her time was finished,so Kirito killed Heathcliff before Asuna had finished her time

Anayan_KashyapApr 20, 2021 9:34 PM

Please watch Sword Art Online Progressive, it's the peak of SAO.

Apr 20, 2021 6:07 PM

Fumino6211

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I think it was just Kaiba letting her live. Once Kirito kills Kaiba, he and Asuna are both “dead” together in the clouds. And then Kaiba appears and talks to them. I guess we just infer that Kaiba, being able to control everything in the game, somehow lets them live. It’s def a bit of a gray area tho I think

Apr 20, 2021 6:09 PM

Bash_XD890

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Anayan_Kashyap said:
In Aincrad if someone die, they don't die immediately, they have a respawn time, remember Sachi, she was dead but still Kirito tried so so hard to bring her back but her time was finished,so Kirito killed Heathcliff before Asuna had finished her time

thank you that cleared it up totally forgot about that.

Apr 20, 2021 6:12 PM

Shirogaml

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After Kirito and Asuna both died, they were in this weird place, almost like the “heaven” of Aincrad, Kirito met Asuna there when he killed Heathcliff and died, so I guess that Kirito managed to clear the game before Asuna had completely died, and then while she should have woken up in the real world Sugo trapped Asuna in ALO before she became conscious. Just a theory.

Apr 20, 2021 6:13 PM

lightnt14

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Mar 2021

In the end it all comes down to plot armor

Apr 20, 2021 6:45 PM

Zekenat0r

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I'm pretty sure it had something to do with sugo (the villain in the second arc of s1) he took some of the players "conscious" for his own personal gains and she was one of those people

Apr 20, 2021 6:46 PM

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KyleRiley

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Plot armour. It's as simple as that.

Apr 20, 2021 7:12 PM

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Well my theory is that, when they die in the game they get sent to that heaven. And then they have to wait a certain amount of time so the nerve gear gets ready to destroy their brain. I believe this because when kirito ended up in that heaven and he opened up a menu you can see a percentage of something. So I believe kaiba stopped that counter as soon as he was defeated.

Apr 20, 2021 7:14 PM

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I think I remember that when the revive item came into the game it explain that there was a time of 10 minutes in which the player can be revived. So I think when Asuna died in the game, she didn’t died in real life immediately, Kirito probably beat Kaiba before that time expire

Apr 20, 2021 7:42 PM

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Juonithz

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Idk. I've always wondered that myself. I'm just going to chalk it up to the power of Love. It honestly makes no sense. I thought the story would've hit harder if Asuna actually died. It would've been a better driving force for Kirito in the later seasons, especially in Alicization and War of Underworld.

Apr 20, 2021 8:17 PM

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Brandon_Lowe said:
i’ve been wondering this too. i love SAO and Asuna so much of course, but i still don’t like how they did that it bugs me because it literally went against it’s own law. and same with kirito too when we was stabbed by heathcliff in episode 14 and he came back as a silhouette like what the heck

I thought it was because Klein used the resurrection item because Kirito did give him the item.

Apr 20, 2021 8:21 PM

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ManWild

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I don't think you should think about too much. It's just the way things played out I guess

Apr 20, 2021 9:06 PM

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Jowk

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I've seen a post somewhere bout this exact same topic and the conclusion there was pretty satisfatory I'll try n find it again

Apr 20, 2021 9:35 PM

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Anayan_Kashyap

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Bash_XD890 said:

thank you that cleared it up totally forgot about that.

It's okay, you are welcome, keep talking about SAO . BYE

Please watch Sword Art Online Progressive, it's the peak of SAO.

Apr 20, 2021 10:10 PM

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Apr 20, 2021 10:10 PM

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aesthetica_ said:
Something that always bugged me is when Asuna died in SAO but ended up surviving in the end. If they said when you die in the game you die in real life, how tf did she survive??

okayyyyy. I think you shouldn’t put a spoiler in the title considering I just started this anime.

Na, Hashiru No Suki Ka?

Apr 20, 2021 10:13 PM

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aduhb

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Kirito sakes kaiaba if u fight u i want u to make dure sauna survives zo hé afreed and turned of the kill switch in het nerv gear so she survived

Apr 20, 2021 10:22 PM

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aduhb

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In Thatcher fight kirito Saïd i’ll fight u if sauna survived so hé exepted and turned of het kill switch Thatcher wat she survived

Apr 20, 2021 11:04 PM

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BMR923

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Asuna survived because as said later by Kayaba Akihiko, he spared her because he felt like it. He probably disabled Asuna being able to completely die.

Apr 20, 2021 11:48 PM

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Piromysl

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Due to convinient writing and plot armour.
You should not deeply analyse scenes in this show. There is no point.
Things are just happening.

There are few ways to revive dead players and Kirito even tried to save Sachi with that, when he heard about Santa boss dropping an item that revives players.
Turns out, there is only about 30sec window of opportunity to do so.

So, after players health reaches 0, brain is fried by Nerve Gear after about 30 seconds.

Kirito defeated Kayaba before this 30 seconds has passed.
Still, completely convinient writing and plot armour at display. SAO at it's finest.

PiromyslApr 20, 2021 11:57 PM

Apr 21, 2021 3:41 AM

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Eating_dirt_Lol

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It is likely that when the nerve gear microwaves your brain yo do not die instantly so kirito probably just killed Kaiba before before Asuna's brain got completely cooked

Apr 21, 2021 3:43 AM

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Eating_dirt_Lol

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We know the nerve gear works through microwaves which does not instantly kill the brain at the power to kill someone so kirito probably killed Kaiba before Asuna's brain got completely cooked

Apr 21, 2021 5:30 AM

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If I remember it correctly, her data was stored elsewhere, so it didn’t kill her, But I ain’t about to go and rewatch it, and I wouldn’t recommend for someone else to do it either lol.

Apr 21, 2021 5:47 AM

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Both kirito and asuna should have died, but it explains at the end that the antagonist kept them alive to speak to them. For they both did the impossible. Asuna ignored paralysis and kirito literally told the system to fuck off and ignored his own death and killed heathcliff. And because kirito killed him with asuna sword, they were both credited. They're both alive because kayaba allowed it to happen. He is the god in aincrad.

Apr 21, 2021 5:58 AM

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kalebsmoker

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It is explained at the end. Both kirito and asuna should be dead, but Kayaba wanted to talk to them so he stopped the brain frying. They both did the impossible. Asuna ignored paralysis and kirito literally ignored death and killed heathcliff. And kirito defeated him with Anna's sword. So they're both alive due to the god of aincrad kayaba.

Apr 21, 2021 6:16 AM

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Nachtmonkey2737

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plot armour at its finest of course

Apr 21, 2021 6:18 AM

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Matchiu

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because she is every 12 years old boy anime watcher's waifu

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Apr 21, 2021 6:20 AM

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naptakermango

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Didn't Kayaba or whatever the game makers name is allow her to live?? Idk I have shitty memory.

Apr 21, 2021 6:49 AM

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Sonnyman45

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Well you need to think about it logically, sword art online is bad, so answering how did she survive is easy if you think of it that way, the answer is she just does.

Please stop, I don’t want to see any more Dekugo😭

Apr 21, 2021 8:22 AM

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MistryMan

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There was a delay before you die in real world. So before Asuna die in real-life kirito won the game which prevented her death

Apr 21, 2021 10:16 AM

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In SAO Aincrad, when a player dies there is a 5 min window there they can be brought back to life with the use of items. Kiaba knew Asuna was close to Kirito so he may have put her in the same 'space' as Kirito when they all died.

Apr 21, 2021 10:31 AM

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Kirito's edge was to much for the servers to handle.

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Apr 21, 2021 2:28 PM

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HoodKublaiKhan

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Power of love I guess

Apr 22, 2021 7:01 PM

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SageMode1234

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It's because remember when kirito asked kayaba to make sure she can't kill herself if he died he agreed not plot armor.

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