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1. 16.5 is not anime only (not even novel.) so i think all discussion about it, by this thread's rule, should be in spoiler tag.

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2. Are we sure we want to discuss their relationship base on anime as anime is a mix of web version/published novel/progressive series which each of them describe their emotion development differently? I'd say the Asuna-Kirito development in progressive novel from progressive vol.1 to vol.3 is the most major point of difference between it and the main series, which anime episode 2 take out a bit of that while lefting other as the main