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We definitely don't exist just for the sake of welcoming death someday; I believe we live for the sake of living on." —Kazuto Kirigaya "Kirito" (Sword Art Online)
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Reki Kawahara (ソードアート・オンライン 2: アインクラッド [Sōdo āto onrain 2: Ainkuraddo] (Sword Art Online Light Novel, #2))
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To me, you'll always be like a bright star that shines and guides me
from the opposite end of a dark alley. Good-bye, Kirito. It was really
fortunate of me to have met you and to have been with you. — Sachi
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Reki Kawahara (ソードアート・オンライン 2: アインクラッド [Sōdo āto onrain 2: Ainkuraddo] (Sword Art Online Light Novel, #2))
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Not all shooting stars burned up in the atmosphere. Some of them withstood the fires and made their way to earth.
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Reki Kawahara
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Long ago, in a big castle floating in the clouds, a boy who dreamed of being a warrior and a girl who loved to cook met and fell in love. Those two are gone, but after a long, long journey, their hearts met again.
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Kawahara, Reki
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The warmth of our bodies began to melt my frozen heart bit by bit.
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Kirito
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I couldn't help but remember a similar moment, another view of infinite sunset as I sat side by side with Asuna, watching the end of Aincrad. Her voice echoed in my ears: We'll always be together.
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Kawahara, Reki
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Her face was shrouded in shadows, but I knew who it was. I'd never mistake her. The magnetism of our souls was so strong it was practically visible, sparking with light in the space that separated us.
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Kawahara, Reki
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I can’t just sit back and watch someone die. I’d rather die alongside them than do nothing.”- Kirito
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Reki Kawahara (ソードアート・オンライン 1: アインクラッド [Sōdo āto onrain 1: Ainkuraddo] (Sword Art Online Light Novel, #1))
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Hang in there, Kirito. Keep trying, for the sake of what you believe in. I'll always be at your side. I'll always be behind you, watching your back and supporting you.
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Reki Kawahara (ソードアート・オンライン 6: ファントム・バレット [Sōdo āto onrain 6: Fantomu Baretto] (Sword Art Online Light Novel, #6))
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Private school girls are scary.
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Reki Kawahara (ソードアート・オンライン プログレッシブ 6 [Sōdoāto Onrain Puroguresshibu 6] (Sword Art Online: Progressive Manga, #6))
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You're free to underestimate me all you want.
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Reki Kawahara (ソードアート・オンライン プログレッシブ 6 [Sōdoāto Onrain Puroguresshibu 6] (Sword Art Online: Progressive Manga, #6))
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Never. I will never let anyone in my party die as long as i'm standing. That's the last thing I'd let happen" - kirito
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Reki Kawahara (ソードアート・オンライン 1: アインクラッド [Sōdo āto onrain 1: Ainkuraddo] (Sword Art Online Light Novel, #1))
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If I said I was going to the Dark Territory, would you come with me . . . ?
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Reki Kawahara (ソードアート・オンライン12: アリシゼーション・ライジング (Sword Art Online Light Novel, #12))
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Kirito . . . teach me how to use a sword.
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Reki Kawahara (ソードアート・オンライン9: アリシゼーション・ビギニング (Sword Art Online Light Novel, #9))
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If you couldn't handle someone who did the impossible, the improbable, the implausible, then you couldn't handle the VRMMO player known as Kirito.
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Reki Kawahara (ソードアート・オンライン7: マザーズ・ロザリオ (Sword Art Online Light Novel, #7))
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It sounded like he had engaged in real, actual battles against swordswomen and lost . . .
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Reki Kawahara (ソードアート・オンライン12: アリシゼーション・ライジング (Sword Art Online Light Novel, #12))
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In order to keep your head about you and apply the teachings of the Aincrad style, it was essential to keep its secret motto in mind: "stay cool.
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Reki Kawahara (ソードアート・オンライン12: アリシゼーション・ライジング (Sword Art Online Light Novel, #12))
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My motto is "Impossible, improbable, inadvisable.
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Reki Kawahara (ソードアート・オンライン11: アリシゼーション・ターニング (Sword Art Online Light Novel, #11))
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Once the sword was in my grasp, I had no choice but to wield it with all my life and spirit. That was how I had lived in every virtual world to this point.
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Reki Kawahara (Sword Art Online 10: Alicization Running)
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Most of all, I fought for Asuna, Sugu, Klein, Liz, Sinon, Agil, Silica, and all the others who waited for my return to the real world.
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Reki Kawahara (Sword Art Online 10: Alicization Running)
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You'll never meet a guy who avoids recklessness and abandon like I do.
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Reki Kawahara (Sword Art Online 10: Alicization Running)
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You'll come back . . . won't you, Kirito?
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Reki Kawahara (Sword Art Online 10: Alicization Running)
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What matters is that we survive.
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Reki Kawahara (Sword Art Online Progressive Manga, Vol. 5)
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It will be all right, Kirito. I will always be watching your back. We're the greatest forward and backup in the world.
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Reki Kawahara (ソードアート・オンライン9: アリシゼーション・ビギニング (Sword Art Online Light Novel, #9))
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No matter how much I might dislike it, Kirito the Black Swordsman was a part of me, had helped shape who I was now, and was giving me strength.
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Reki Kawahara (ソードアート・オンライン14:アリシゼーション・ユナイティング [Sōdo āto onrain 14: Arishizēshon Yunaitingu] (Sword Art Online Light Novel, #14))
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I was nothing if not Kirito the Black Swordsman.
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Reki Kawahara (ソードアート・オンライン14:アリシゼーション・ユナイティング [Sōdo āto onrain 14: Arishizēshon Yunaitingu] (Sword Art Online Light Novel, #14))
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How can he stay so calm in these circumstances? No . . . it's not being calm. He's going all out. He's not making excuses. He's choosing to use every ounce of ability he has to fight. That's his strength.
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Reki Kawahara (Sword Art Online: Phantom Bullet, Vol. 3 (Sword Art Online: Phantom Bullet Manga, #3))
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gun with a suppressor, but…” “Sapresser?” She glared at Kirito, wondering how many things she needed to teach the idiot before all was said and done, then gave in and explained, “It’s a noise canceler that goes on the end of the gun to keep it from being too loud.” “Ohh…a silencer, you mean.
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Reki Kawahara (Sword Art Online 6: Phantom Bullet)
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I’m trusting in your good luck, Kirito!” Asuna shouted. Well, I had no trust in that luck.
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Reki Kawahara (Sword Art Online 21 (light novel): Unital Ring I)
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Especially now that we have our helpful lumberjack with us.” Leafa spun around, incensed. “Excuse me, Kirito! Are you referring to me?! All I have is this sword!” “And it’ll do. When I was in the Underworld, I cut down a tree that couldn’t be cut down for a thousand years, and that was with a single longswo—” “Okay, okay, I’ll do it,” she interrupted so that she wouldn’t have to listen to me brag.
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Reki Kawahara (Sword Art Online 21 (light novel): Unital Ring I)
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We all love you . . . but no one more than me.
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Reki Kawahara (ソードアート・オンライン 16: アリシゼーション・エクスプローディング [Sōdo āto onrain 16: Arishizēshon Ekusupurōdingu] (Sword Art Online Light Novel, #16))
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Her order of priorities had been set in stone years ago. She would commit any sin to protect Kirito - Kazuto Kirigaya. She would accept any punishment.
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Reki Kawahara (ソードアート・オンライン 16: アリシゼーション・エクスプローディング [Sōdo āto onrain 16: Arishizēshon Ekusupurōdingu] (Sword Art Online Light Novel, #16))
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Big Brother would never let himself fall from wounds like this. So I won’t fall, either. There are only three thousand of them; I’ll cut them all down myself. Because I’m his…I’m Kirito the Black Swordsman’s “—Little sisterrrrr!!
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Reki Kawahara (Sword Art Online 17: Alicization Awakening)