Asuna

Asuna (asuna) is the deuteragonist of the aincrad arc in the sword art online series, as well as the protagonist of the mother's rosario side story. Her real name is yuuki asuna (yūki asuna), and she is the daughter of the former ceo of rect inc. Asuna was one of the 10,000 players trapped in «sword art online» and was the sub-leader of the «knights of the blood» guild. her skills with the rapier had her earned her the nickname «the flash» (senkō). After returning to the real world, asuna transferred her sword art online avatar to alfheim online and began playing the game as an undine. Due to her tendency to charge into battle with a rapier despite being a healer, she has earned the nickname «berserk healer» (bāsaku hīrā). asuna has also created an alternative avatar, the sylph «erika» (erika), as she sometimes wanted to change her appearance.

Asuna originally did not care about dying in the game before meeting kirito. That meeting drastically changed asuna's personality and outlook on life. She soon takes most things kirito says to heart and looks to him for help, using him as somewhat of a lifeline. She acts as a tsundere towards him for most of volume 1, even when married. Asuna is a kind and helpful young woman who, similar to kirito, cannot abandon another in trouble. She takes the game very seriously and is determined to clear it before kirito tells her to enjoy sao a bit.

Asuna is also somewhat proud and despite her kind personality, she will not hesitate to get physical with those that challenge her authority or make fun of her abilities, such as cooking. She even challenged kirito to a duel after an argument over how to handle a field boss. She is not afraid to act out on her own and will take matters in her own hands from time to time. Asuna, once again similar to kirito, is someone who can be controlled and manipulated using her emotions. This is best shown in moments such as during kirito's final duel with heathcliff on the 75th floor when she resisted her paralysis, jumped in front of kirito, and took an attack that would have otherwise killed him. She also cannot handle seeing others die in front of her, such as when she recklessly attacked the gleam eyes after seeing the liberation army players getting slaughtered. In alo, after being saved by kirito, asuna's personality had not changed a bit except that she was not as proud as she was in sao. Her personality began to develop further still after meeting yuuki in the events of mother's rosario. Seeing how yuuki still moves forward, despite knowing her death is inevitable, asuna takes after her and resolves to keep moving forward, no matter what happens.