Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
I absolutely disagree with your analysis on the character of the protagonist for reasons already mentioned by others in the other thread. I saw your arguments as simply messing around, but if you weren't, I take it back.

Moving on.
Similarly, as already mentioned in the previous thread, your view on the anime portrayal of the character is informed by the internal narrative present in the book. The book Kirito is more plainly a Mary Sue style shounen hero. Without that internal narration, the show Kirito is a much different person. You can't just assume all the narration from the book shapes the character in the show as well.