Flonne Wrote:Plothole in SAO?

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Since Kirito has enough knowledge of the programming of the GM console to copy/paste Yui's AI program to an item, why the hell didn't he just end the game? There wouldn't be anything Kayaba could do about it once they had their helmets off, and it's not like he would monitor the console 24 hours a day when nobody else can access it, anyway.

Flonne Wrote:Plothole in SAO?

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Since Kirito has enough knowledge of the programming of the GM console to copy/paste Yui's AI program to an item, why the hell didn't he just end the game? There wouldn't be anything Kayaba could do about it once they had their helmets off, and it's not like he would monitor the console 24 hours a day when nobody else can access it, anyway.

shouri Wrote:

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More or less what Joe said. Kirito mentions that he's specifically using Yui's permission to access the console. When cardinal removes Yui's permission, he gets kicked off. Given that Yui is just in charge of the character's mental health, it's doubtful she'd be given the permissions required to end the game.

JoeTang Wrote:

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I interpreted it as him using the the GM permissions that were opened by her using the console. i.e. Yui logged in to the console, and it was left open, so Kirito could use it until Yui was stopped by Cardinal. It's also a question of what he values, and he would value saving Yui, their first daughter, over completing the game right there, which on a scale of possibility without the GM console, is much higher. Also, spur of the moment idea. It's an important character development scene for both of them, as it shows how Kirito values an NPC/AI along with the boss battle planning scene a few episodes back where he didn't want to use them as bait, whereas most people would consider them objects and not care, as well as the realism of the experiences they hold in a virtual world.

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I also liked how that scene was tied back to the most recent volume of Alicization, where Asuna said Kirito would be able to progress through Underworld because he won't objectify an NPC, and treats them like they're human.

 SAO anime/LN spoilers slightly...

Oh yeah, definitely don't disagree on the motives. He probably never even considered ending the game using the console since Yui's life was on the line... so to speak. The LN and anime leave us with different feelings about the GM console. The LN tells us that the console that Yui opened had root authorization. This authorization was cut off by cardinal. Whereas the anime makes it feel as if Yui was logged in to the console and had certain permissions which could have a limited scope in terms of system management based on her necessary functions.

Also, I'm currently on ch 9 in the LN... so far so good I must say
And I saw all of accel world last night... that was... quite interesting :3

JoeTang Wrote:

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I interpreted it as him using the the GM permissions that were opened by her using the console. i.e. Yui logged in to the console, and it was left open, so Kirito could use it until Yui was stopped by Cardinal. It's also a question of what he values, and he would value saving Yui, their first daughter, over completing the game right there, which on a scale of possibility without the GM console, is much higher. Also, spur of the moment idea. It's an important character development scene for both of them, as it shows how Kirito values an NPC/AI along with the boss battle planning scene a few episodes back where he didn't want to use them as bait, whereas most people would consider them objects and not care, as well as the realism of the experiences they hold in a virtual world.

 LN Spoilers

I also liked how that scene was tied back to the most recent volume of Alicization, where Asuna said Kirito would be able to progress through Underworld because he won't objectify an NPC, and treats them like they're human.

Flonne Wrote:e7:ao 21

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Right, because I'm supposed to believe that of all the places and times that Eureka could have popped up, it had to be right in front of Elena while she was having a breakdown.

Evolite Wrote:Imo 12: Such a shame that Tendou didn't get her own arc.

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First half seemed rushed, however the ending was the biggest tease for me, considering this is one of the three fights I've been waiting for ever since I read the Light Novel a few months ago, and they cut it when it's getting good. I feel ripped off

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