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Sword Art Online (TV).

Seriously, y'all are arguing more about MMO mechanics than discussing the anime itself.

spoiler[The game relies heavily on the players own speed (consider it how much their mind can influence their "physical" abilities in the game) coupled with their stats. Kirito has exceptionally high agility and a decent strength stats. He focused on them to the point of excluding others. This allows him to hit and hit fast, as well as crit. He's a damage dealer and secondary tank, if you want to use MMO terms.]

spoiler[So, understanding that he has very high stats and the fact that he's one of the fastest players in the game, if not the fastest, you can understand how the Unique Skill he has (called Duel Blades) is exceptionally powerful. Especially since this game is focused solely on melee combat. Only one other player has a Unique Skill, and that's the leader of Asuna's guild. And using that Unique Skill he was able to tank a boss solo for ages while the forward team regrouped after getting their arses handed to them.]

dtm42 wrote:

I just rewatched the fight and I had the following observation: if a hero is in the middle of a big fight that he's currently not winning and asks himself "Do I have to use that?", you know that sh*t's gonna go down.

A storytelling technique usually used in shonen or hentai.

He is not using the same equipment that he got from eps.
Go watch ep2, ep 4, ep9, he upgraded/changed his armor. Those are three different armors.

And how the heck do Kirito and Asuna end up in jail?

ChibiKangaroo wrote:

My opinion on the fact that his health didn't regen after the fight - that was an accidental plot hole. They probably forgot about it or just decided to ignore it for this particular fight to increase the drama. They wanted to have that moment afterwards where Kirito passes out (heroes always pass out after expending their super god-mode or "NOOOO" ability). Also, he couldn't joke about Asuna hugging him to death if he didn't have like 1 HP left. This was the anime creators just being forgetful or lazy IMO.

Because the stories were written in a really disjointed manner, there's a lot of inconsistencies between stories, especially between side stories and the main one. Don't read too much into the healing thing.

Saffire wrote:

ChibiKangaroo wrote: My opinion on the fact that his health didn't regen after the fight - that was an accidental plot hole. They probably forgot about it or just decided to ignore it for this particular fight to increase the drama. They wanted to have that moment afterwards where Kirito passes out (heroes always pass out after expending their super god-mode or "NOOOO" ability). Also, he couldn't joke about Asuna hugging him to death if he didn't have like 1 HP left. This was the anime creators just being forgetful or lazy IMO. Because the stories were written in a really disjointed manner, there's a lot of inconsistencies between stories, especially between side stories and the main one. Don't read too much into the healing thing.

This! The author has a habit of forgetting game mechanics he had previously introduced and often makes them up for just one scene/chapter revolving around that mechanic. Like the PK methods mentioned in the murder mystery chapter not being mentioned in any other chapters. Sachi finding out about Kirito's level by seeing his menu window, despite menu window being invisible to other players without it being set as visible to them.

I don't remember the regeneration being mentioned outside of Silica's chapter. One possible theory could of course be it literally being "Battle Healing" as the skill name says, and it stops working when the battle has finished.