User blog comment:EvanDude345rv5/Fairy Tail 355: Finally some Erza fanservice!/@comment-4829046-20131011042327/@comment-4829046-20131013030545

Its best if you read and see. The novels deserve to be read, I think that goes for all light novels really.

On the part about women, that's a tough one. Asuna was badass only cause of the SAO system, without the system and her pretty much being put on NPC level in ALO she only had her brains. However let's just say that there are attempted rape scenes later on as well and not just for the Asuna parts >_>

If you watched the anime you would know that Asuna told him about the time limit only when he suggested that they no longer go to the front lines and just be together prior to the final boss battle. That's when he decided to save everyone.

The part about Kayaba, he was actually hidden in a secret hideout and only his assistant knew where he was. In fact SPOILER his assistant confesses to Kirito that she was going to kill him for what he did but couldn't go through with such a horrific deed. And the point? He explained it when they cleared the game. It was his own agenda. He is a scientist above anything else but unlike Sugou he wasn't a bad person, just eccentric.

This series despite what you may think isn't mainly on romance. You will find that the arcs after this are mainly about Kirito, though Asuna does get a whole book for herself and that one can make grown men cry, I assure you. Its one of the most emotional things ever. And its not all Kirito and Asuna will be together forever, actually its the opposite. The story is really long and if you are a hopeless romantic like me, it gets a bit annoying. The main focus of this series has been and always will be development of Virtual reality and the real world problems revolving around it.

There are many manga but I think you mean the main one which shows the events of the anime, well for one thing the manga adaptations are done by various people. Here are the ones written by the original author but drawn by someone else each time

Sword Art Online - Aincrad - Story is good, art is bad. In the anime Kirito didn't sexually harass/tease Asuna so this is better. I was pissed when Kirito didn't put Asuna's finger into his mouth when tasting the mayonnaise(or was it the soy sauce?) prior to the Gleam Eyes battle in the anime cause that was a signature event.

Sword Art Online - Fairy Dance - This is basically the second part of the anime but since manga don't have time constraints, it has more info.

Sword Art Online - Progressive - This is showing scenes the anime does not have and were absent even in the main novels. You see, the author did a reboot of the Aincrad arc called "SAO-Progressive", this time adding more info and more of what happened during those 2 years.(Yes I know you are happy to hear that. This is the manga adaption of those.

Sword Art Online - Girls Ops - This is basically just a side story that takes place after the anime ends.