so to nobody's surprise, ive been reading the light novels completely out of order!
and the matter of fact is that only today i finally decided to actually read the very first volume properly, which i probably should have done sooner considering the last time i refreshed myself directly on the first arc was almost a decade ago (i am not doing my "research" efficiently whatsoever)
and there i stumbled upon a *weirdly specific* interaction, and immediately went to check the anime on whether or not they actually kept it in the adaptation; and they *did*! it's just been too long and i somehow forgor, but here you go:
^oh okay then
double whammy of
-social anxiety
and
-*kiri being "weirdly" happy at being called cute*
this is from episode 1
(and before you ask, no i don't ship these two at all for a multitude of reasons)
hey, can we talk for a second? it’s about your girlfriend. yeah, she’s great. no, yeah, I agree. It’s just that… she seems really devoted to you? Like really devoted. Almost as if you were the sole, fragile line mooring her to the shores of humanity. No, that’s not romant—ugh. Listen. Me and the girls, we’re worried you might be the last good thing to happen to her and that were some tragedy to inevitably befall you, she would tear the gods from their thrones and dye the infinite western seas wine-dark with their ichor. Do you think you could introduce her to a new hobby or something? we don’t want to have to argue over what color “wine-dark” is supposed to be
So as its painfully aware for my channel viewers, I am doing a playthrough of Sword Art Online Lost Song. Its the second game in the gameverse series. Ive only played Lost Song since its all I had on my Vita.
Theres a scene in Lost Song where Philia comments on Leafa and Kirito, saying theyre closer to "forbidden lovers" than siblings, and then theres a cute scene between Leafa and Kirito where they explain theyre not bio siblings, but they still deeply care for eachother and even if they arent family in that way, theyre still eachothers brother and sister.
I thought it was cute since i was basing it off my knowledge of the anime and manga, not the games.
NOPE
In the previous game Hollow Fragment, there is a quest called the Sun and Moon Lovers where Kirito and Leafa dance to reunite two long lost lovers who turn out to be brother and sister. Afterwards Leafa confesses to Kirito and kisses them. They decide to share the two pendants of the Sun and Moon lovers. Cut to black.