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Master heroine in Sword Fine art Online

Asuna Yuuki
Sword Art Online grapheme
Asuna Sword Art Online.png

Asuna, as she appears in Sword Art Online

Created by Reki Kawahara
Voiced by Haruka Tomatsu (Japanese)
Cherami Leigh (English)

Asuna Yuuki ( ç”ćŸŽ æ˜Žæ—„ć„ˆ , YĆ«ki Asuna ) is a grapheme who appears in the Sword Fine art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara. She is mononymously more normally known as just Asuna ( ケă‚čナ , Asuna ), her role player name in the eponymous video game which the novels are set in. Asuna appears equally the lover of Kirito; as well equally the female person lead, she is in the novels a sub-leader of the Knights of the Blood Oath ( èĄ€ç›ŸéšŽćŁ«ć›Ł , Ketsumei Kishidan ) social club, notable for being the strongest order in Aincrad. She is depicted as having earned a reputation as a skilled player in-game, giving her the nickname Lightning Wink ( ăƒ©ă‚€ăƒˆăƒ‹ăƒłă‚°ăƒ•ăƒ©ăƒƒă‚·ăƒ„ ), which, coupled with her physical attractiveness, have made her well-known and sought later past other players.

Both Asuna and Kirito accept become popular characters in anime and manga fandom, oft appearing on lists of the most popular anime characters. Additionally, Asuna has featured in numerous official Sword Fine art Online trade, and has been the subject of mixed to mostly positive critical reception, with focus on her human relationship with Kirito, attractiveness, and role in the serial.

Creation and conception

Left: Asuna's rapier "Lambent Light" as shown in the Goggle box series.
Correct: Baguette Official character design by abec for the light novels

In an interview with series creator Reki Kawahara, the writer noted that the female characters in Sword Art Online were not based on anyone he knew in the existent world, with him stating "I don't usually make a character, setting, or anything before I commencement writing. As I write the story, the girls go what they are now. So, somehow, I don't know exactly, but somehow, my subliminal idea or some subconscious emotion creates the characters to be strong and capable." Kawahara besides added that he wrote the serial to demonstrate that he views online gaming not equally a social ill or escape from real life, and thus decided to prove games in a more positive light in his low-cal novels.[1] In another interview with Anime News Network, interviewer Lynzee Loveridge noted that Asuna is a "very potent, capable female graphic symbol", likening her to Genji's mother in The Tale of Genji, to which Kawahara agreed.[2]

At Sakura-Con 2013, Kawahara noted that "the grapheme of Asuna I might have created a little too perfectly for Sword Art Online. When teamed up with Kirito, there were inappreciably any problems the 2 as a pair could not overcome", in response to whether Asuna was a "tricky character" to develop.[3] In an interview with Haruka Tomatsu, Asuna's vox actor, she said that "rather than having something similar to her, I experience that to me, she is the ideal person that I would want to become. Afterwards all, she tin can cook, she's smart... I think that she's the blazon of woman I wanted to get and admired. Leaving bated if I can melt well, though, I really like to cook. I don't really know if I can say if we are alike because of that, though."[4]

Abilities

Lambent Low-cal ( ăƒ©ăƒłăƒ™ăƒłăƒˆăƒ©ă‚€ăƒˆ , Ranbento Raito ) is Asuna's signature ane-handed rapier. She continued to utilize it equally her main weapon of selection until the fateful battle on the 75th Floor. Kirito used this rapier to stab and defeat Heathcliff in the final battle, thus clearing the game. Her rapier, combined with her speed, earned her the nickname "Lightning Flash."

Appearances

The principal heroine of Sword Art Online and main protagonist of the seventh book, Asuna is a friend and later to be wife of Kirito and a sub-leader of the "Knights of the Blood Oath", a medium-sized social club acknowledged as the strongest club in Aincrad. Being one of the few girls that play SAO and extremely attractive, she receives many invitations and proposals. Asuna is a strong-willed, accomplished actor known in-game as the "Flash" for her extraordinary fast sword skill. Later, she falls in love with Kirito and they marry in-game. Towards the end of the SAO arc, she saves Kirito from a killing blow past Heathcliff at the cost of her life. Even so, her expiry was only in-game and she is shortly reunited with Kirito shortly subsequently the decease of Heathcliff.

Despite the completion of SAO, Asuna remains unconscious and is instead detained in another virtual reality called Alfheim Online. She is forced to play the role of "Titania the Queen of Fairies", with Nobuyuki Sugƍ, the man responsible for imprisoning her, playing every bit Oberon the Fairy Rex. This is done then that Sugƍ could marry Asuna in the existent world, while she is unconscious and thus take over RCT Progress Inc. She attempts to escape the World Tree where she is imprisoned and manages to steal a GM carte which she throws out of the window when she hears Yui's voice. Upon beingness released she creates two avatars for Alfheim, Asuna (being the healer of the team) and Erika (a battle-type avatar), and went on to go along living together with Kirito. She enrolls at the SAO Survivor School with Kazuto Kirigaya in the real world later everything ended. In the real world, Asuna's parents want her to follow in their footsteps. Nonetheless, after living in SAO and meeting Kirito, she gains a different perspective and looks back on her past with disgust. She officially becomes Kazuto's real-life girlfriend and dreams of marrying him and having a family unit with him in the time to come.

Reception

Cherami Leigh has received praise for her functioning as Asuna in the English dub.

Asuna finds that she feels more at abode in the recreated Sword Fine art Online than in the existent world. For 2 years in the online world, she was a warrior in charge of her own destiny and helped atomic number 82 others in their fight for freedom. In the real earth she's the heiress to a rich and distinguished family full of CEOs and politicians and is thus expected to get to the all-time schools, become the best grades, become a highly respected job, and marry an influential high-guild man — her whole life has been planned out for her since birth. In that location is no room in the plan for spending time in an online game with her friends, going to a non-acme tier school, or loving a normal boy. Much of [...] Asuna's struggle with who she is and who she wants to exist as she is pitted against her overbearing, intolerant female parent at home.

Richard Eisenbeis, Kotaku[five]

In a review, Richard Eisenbeis of Kotaku hailed Sword Art Online as the smartest series in recent years; Eisenbeis specially noted how the romance betwixt Kirito and Asuna is explored bringing "definition to exactly what love is similar in a virtual world."[6] However, in the 2nd half of the novels, criticism was levied at the aspect of turning Asuna into a dryad in distress trope, stating that a strong female lead was "reduced to nada only the quest detail the male person lead is hunting for."[7] Eisenbeis further complained that "in the first arc of Sword Art Online, Asuna was a potent fighter and one of the leaders who thousands depended on to get them through the death game live. In the second arc, she was powerless, locked in a literal bird cage and molested by her captor while waiting for her hero to rescue her. In Gun Gale Online, she was little more than a spectator cheering on her human. And even in Calibre, she was only another member of the ensemble cast."[8]

Responding to this criticism, Karen Mead of Japanator.com disagreed, writing that "in Asuna'southward example, her actions are instrumental to her ain rescue; if she hadn't broken out of her cell and gone exploring late in the show, Kirito wouldn't take gotten the bill of fare he needed to get to where she was and rescue her", thus invalidating her role as a damsel in distress technically, though the criticism itself was still seen as valid. The claim that Kirito serves equally a "Gary Stu" type character was besides contested, citing his relationship with Asuna.[9] However, Eisenbeis praised the fourth arc of Sword Art Online as it focuses primarily on Asuna's indicate of view – an "fantabulous choice" in his opinion, as information technology "allows Asuna, who suddenly went from stiff female pb to weak damsel in distress in the serial' 2d arc, to once once again come into her own and develop every bit a character." The arc as a whole was called "both heartbreaking and beautiful."[five]

Popularity

The popularity of the character has fabricated her a pop subject area of cosplay.

Asuna is one of the most popular characters in Sword Art Online.[1] In a fan poll by anime website Charapedia, ten,000 respondents voted on their favourite couples in anime, with Asuna and Kirito topping the list.[10] Kirito's confession to Asuna also placed third in a listing of the pinnacle xx "anime and manga love confessions" by the aforementioned website.[11] A third Charapedia poll, which asked fans to list their favourite "cool" women in anime, had Asuna placed 2nd with 525 votes.[12] A fourth, which users listed the "top 20 female person anime/manga characters not to provoke", had Asuna listed in third identify.[thirteen] Yet another Charapedia poll, where respondents ranked the "top xxx [anime] characters they'd like to work for", had Kirito placed twenty-ninth and Asuna twenty-sixth.[14] A Chinese website, bilibili, took a reader poll to find the most "moe" characters of 2015; Asuna placed outset in the female top viii and Kirito sixth in the male top 8.[15] Asuna and Kirito were awarded beginning and second respectively in a graphic symbol poll past Dengeki Bait-and-switch (the publisher of Sword Art Online) for their light novels.[16] Additionally, Asuna scored first place in a Tokyo Otaku Manner survey where users polled which anime characters they most want to date, where 2,845 respondents from 100 countries participated.[17]

Kirito and Asuna again made a list of the "[Top] 7 Couples Who Make Love and War" by Anime News Network, writing "love blossoms on the virtual battlefield and the two wed earlier taking on the game's creator together.[18] Otamart, a popular Japanese app that specializes in anime, manga and idol products, polled users in which characters look best in swimsuits and yukatas, with Asuna placing 13th (for swimsuits) and 15th (for yukatas) respectively.[19] Another Otamart poll asking users to rank the anime characters they would want to give chocolates to for Valentine's Day had Asuna placed both 10th on characters men wish to give chocolates to and men wish to receive chocolates from.[twenty] The August 2014 issue of Newtype published results of a contempo grapheme popularity poll, with Asuna placing quaternary for all female person characters (Kirito placed 1st in the male character category).[21] A poll which would decide the characters placed on a Sword Art Online artbook had Asuna placed in beginning identify.[22] Asuna was ranked the 8th "Top 25 Hottest Anime Babes [of] 2013."[23] "Asuna" was outset on a list of the "top 20 anime characters Japanese fans would name their children after"; "Kazuto" (Kirito) placed fourth.[24] Italian eatery La Ricetta in Zama, Kanagawa features pancakes prepared with anime and video game grapheme fine art, including Kirito and Asuna.[25]

Merchandise

The graphic symbol has received positive critical reception, and her popularity has led to her existence featured in several promotional efforts or merchandise of the serial. This includes two swimsuit figures of Asuna and Leafa, another character from Sword Fine art Online.[26] There is also a "cooking version" figurine of Asuna, which is prepare for a May 2016 release.[27] She as well features in promotional advertisements for a series of Umaibo puffed corn snacks by Namco.[28] An interactive digital assistant app titled "Wake Me Upward Asuna", in which Asuna provides the user with information such as wake-up calls, current weather, fortune, and appointments, was released in June 2015 in Japan, followed by an international release in English language.[29] In the app, Asuna herself appears in multiple costumes, including her Knights of the Blood uniform and a yellow sweater. The app itself is costless though users have to pay for English language vocalization recognition and subtitles.[30]

Sword Art Online girls (including Asuna) feature in a merchandise lottery by Bandai, with Anime News Network humorously noting that "the girls of Sword Art Online have brought in a pretty penny for the franchise's creators, whether the characters are lounging under parasols or starring in their own manga spin-off."[31] Replicas of Asuna'southward "Wind Fleuret" and Kirito's "Elucidator" rapiers take been built.[32] There are also Kirito, Asuna, and Sinon Sword Art Online-branded perfumes for sale; "Asuna" is described as " a sweet, irresistibly refreshing scent of galbanum and jasmine."[33] Sword Art Online spectacles based on the characters had a "Fairy Trip the light fantastic toe Asuna" model "inspired by [her] time in Yggdrasil, the World Tree", and "these glasses have stake pinkish frames with a red ribbon and flowing pilus depicted on each arm."[34] There are besides earphone jack figures of Asuna (in both regular and Titania versions), Leafa, and Suguha.[35] Asuna has featured in several Sword Art Online-related video games. This includes Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax, in which several characters appearing under the Dengeki Bait-and-switch imprint are featured.[36] Asuna, Kirito and Leafa appeared in a campaign by the "Manga Anime Guardians" projection in combating anime and manga piracy, with the being project supported by 15 anime production studios and manga publishers.[37]

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External links

  • Characters at the Sword Art Online official Japanese website
  • Characters at the Sword Art Online official North American website
  • Asuna at IMDb

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