Do Kirito and Asuna's romance get developed further in this season and subsequent seasons?

sayu-simp said:
I only really watched the first season for their romance but it was kind of lacking, I enjoyed the plot thoroughly (the harem was off-putting icl) but do we see anymore Kirito X Asuna plot further on the story? I don't mind minor spoilers.
this question applies to seasons after this one too :)

Aezi said:

next to none. definitely not worth watching any more for romance (that's what i was in it for too)

sayu-simp said:

awh that really sucks. I assume there are also none in later seasons?
I've also heard that kirito and asuna have separate arcs which I find incredibly dumb, shouldn't they be working together?

Aezi said:

nope! in fact kirito even starts living with another woman in one of the following seasons and asuna never finds out about it, although they are still supposedly together which is pretty silly

sayu-simp said:
I only really watched the first season for their romance but it was kind of lacking, I enjoyed the plot thoroughly (the harem was off-putting icl) but do we see anymore Kirito X Asuna plot further on the story? I don't mind minor spoilers.
this question applies to seasons after this one too :)

sayu-simp said:
I only really watched the first season for their romance but it was kind of lacking, I enjoyed the plot thoroughly (the harem was off-putting icl) but do we see anymore Kirito X Asuna plot further on the story? I don't mind minor spoilers.
this question applies to seasons after this one too :)

ejleon said:

Why would you get into this anime for “romance”?

That is secondary to the main story of the games

sayu-simp said:

because I am interested in romance...? why else would I watch it for that. I understand that it's supposed to be the secondary theme, but SAO is often advertised as having romance in but from what I've seen in reviews it's quite the opposite.

sayu-simp said:

because I am interested in romance...? why else would I watch it for that. I understand that it's supposed to be the secondary theme, but SAO is often advertised as having romance in but from what I've seen in reviews it's quite the opposite.

sayu-simp said:
I only really watched the first season for their romance but it was kind of lacking, I enjoyed the plot thoroughly (the harem was off-putting icl) but do we see anymore Kirito X Asuna plot further on the story? I don't mind minor spoilers.
this question applies to seasons after this one too :)

sayu-simp said:

damn, that's actually sad. like I feel they had so much potential with the romance and the duo... thanks for letting me know! thank god I won't have to watch 3 more seasons only to be thoroughly disappointed

Anayan_Kashyap said:

Actually the next arc i.e., Alicization Arc has 47eps i.e., 9volumes and it has like Very Little Romance tbh. Just to give u an idea, after the first episode ending kiss scene, Asuna Meets Kirito in War of Underworld part 1, i.e, after almost 25/26eps........

..... but U will get to know 2 Good characters, Eugeo and Alice..........if u are searching for romance, Alicization delivers it at some places but overall the whole show has something else going on, something secret n dark.

But This season is better than the previous 2, because it shows a whole different world and has a more complex mechanism of VR, the <<SOUL TRANSLATOR>> which is kinda based on the <<MEDICUBOID>>.......Kirito as a character gets TIME to develop and understand other characters, Villains are actually Good in this season, not the best but SAO villains has always been a disappointment but Trust me U will like the Villains of Alicization.......The season has actual Blood tho. You should be more excited about the ACTION n the DIVINE WEAPONS (trust me the show has different varieties of weapons n their backstories how they're Made )............

(and whoever is talking about Kirito starts living with some other girl, they are misleading n telling u wrong, why don't u find out yourself)

Abysmal_Saint76 said:

10% you say if only they hadn't fucking butchered the Adaptation

Anayan_Kashyap said:

They did disappoint me a bit tho. They missed tons of stuff as well. It was just that the last 2 seasons were a bit of a disappointment, Alicization felt a lot better. But it was A good Adaptation overall.

sayu-simp said:
I only really watched the first season for their romance but it was kind of lacking, I enjoyed the plot thoroughly (the harem was off-putting icl) but do we see anymore Kirito X Asuna plot further on the story? I don't mind minor spoilers.
this question applies to seasons after this one too :)

Abysmal_Saint76 said:

Why do you let yourself persuaded by some randos opinion to determine whether you gonna watch or not and what most when it happened to be that guy disseminating nothing but misinformation, lol. If you watch it by yourself, you will definitely find out plenty of their wholesome moments including multiple kissing, intense handholding, dating, camping, stargazing, putting rings which is far more then what you see in your normal romance.

Also for further information, Kirito never stayed with any ladies and the thing that fella is talking about is very different scene when you watch it by yourself and its up to you to explore or not but if you let yourself dissuade by them to watch then good luck on leaving under their shadow because you can't decide by yourself.

EP1C_G4YM3R said:
Everybody’s saying not at all, but the romance does develop in the ordinal scale movie, but not by much, and it doesn’t develop more in Alicization. But on the other side of things, how can you develop a relationship when the only things left are actual marriage and child birth? They’re still too young to reasonably do either, so there’s really no need to be repetitive with the romance part of the story. They’ll develop more once the series reaches its end, but for the time being it’s better to cover more of a variety of content, even if it doesn’t seem like it’s necessary, it’s just fun to watch.

ejleon said:

I apologize if you thought in against romance, I’m not, I actually enjoy romance anime.

I never thought of SAO as a romance, that’s all, so I was confused.

If it was advertised as Romance, then it was definitely trying to attract people like you, which is a bait and switch in my option, and that is not good.

The romance is quite light, beside Azusa & Kirito going on a couple adventure dates, living together, and having rings, not much beside that.

sayu-simp said:

I believe there is a huge misunderstanding, mainly a fault at my end: by "romantic development" I was looking for something where kirito and asuna interact a lot, and the development of their relationship, and since they're together you could call it romantic development. I'm not looking for a proper romance but all I want is for the 2 MCs to interact together a lot.

sayu-simp said:
I only really watched the first season for their romance but it was kind of lacking, I enjoyed the plot thoroughly (the harem was off-putting icl) but do we see anymore Kirito X Asuna plot further on the story? I don't mind minor spoilers.
this question applies to seasons after this one too :)

sayu-simp said:
I only really watched the first season for their romance but it was kind of lacking, I enjoyed the plot thoroughly (the harem was off-putting icl) but do we see anymore Kirito X Asuna plot further on the story? I don't mind minor spoilers.
this question applies to seasons after this one too :)

Flacion said:

The first part of season 2, doesn't really do anything for their romance.

Everything after is a lot like what others says, that the romance is not main focus. But through some of the plot and the problems they face, is it shown how much they care for and love each other.

So if you're main wish is to see how their relationship in details develop, am I sad to dissappoint. But if the whole idea of how VR will influence the world, while being supported by the relationship between them. Would I say its worth watching, especially what comes after season 2.

sayu-simp said:

nah, I'm looking for lots of kirito X Asuna interaction and their relationship develop. doesn't have to be romantic but since they're together, you could say any development of their relationship could be called romantic development if that makes sense

Aezi said:

nope! in fact kirito even starts living with another woman in one of the following seasons and asuna never finds out about it, although they are still supposedly together which is pretty silly

sayu-simp said:
I only really watched the first season for their romance but it was kind of lacking, I enjoyed the plot thoroughly (the harem was off-putting icl) but do we see anymore Kirito X Asuna plot further on the story? I don't mind minor spoilers.
this question applies to seasons after this one too :)

BEaSTPadwal15 said:

This is a massive lie. He doesn't start living with another woman. He's being cared for by that woman while he's in a vegetative state.

sayu-simp said:

thanks for the clarification, that comment made me thought sao turned into a harem anime or something

sayu-simp said:

there is a huge misunderstanding, mainly fault at my end for not explaining it better: by romantic development I meant I was looking for something where kirito and asuna interact a lot and develop their relationship, and since they're together it would sort of be romantic development.

sayu-simp said:
I only really watched the first season for their romance but it was kind of lacking, I enjoyed the plot thoroughly (the harem was off-putting icl) but do we see anymore Kirito X Asuna plot further on the story? I don't mind minor spoilers.
this question applies to seasons after this one too :)

Xavion said:
You will find many of romantic scenes between both of them in the consequent seasons / any SAO installment.

There might be harem element but it has no real significance.

sayu-simp said:

so there are just more female MCs who fall for him but not the other way around ?

Xavion said: