Thread:1caiser/@comment-25993431-20150203142350/@comment-3250527-20150203184959

Actually, I'll let Kawahara Reki do that for you. Following the horizontal rule is a fans-lation of SAO Volume 2 (SAO was originally a light novel, a book). This was omitted in the anime, for reasons I don't understand. Probably because A-1 Pictures wanted Kirito to become more Gary-Stu than he already is in the face of defeat.

After I (Lisbeth) stepped back alongside the workshop's walls, with the white sword still hung down, Kirito drew the black sword, from his back with a high-pitched sound, with his right hand. "...?" I couldn't comprehend his intentions. After having manipulated the equipment figure earlier, with the current system, his equipped status should be only the sword in his left hand; holding onto another weapon with his right hand should not be of any use whatsoever. On the contrary, with something that's considered an irregular equipped status like that, it would not be possible to activate sword skills.

Glancing towards my confused face for a mere instant, Kirito calmly assumed a stance with the left and right swords. The right sword in front, the left sword behind. Dropping his hips slightly, and with that, in the very next instant. A scarlet flash effect burst out, dyeing the workshop in its color.

The swords in Kirito's hands alternated, attacking his front with a speed that could not be followed by sight. Kyubabababa!, these sounds exerted pressure on the very air, and despite not actually aimed at anything, the objects within the room rattled.

It was obviously a sword technique arranged by the system. But—I have never heard of anything like a skill that uses two swords!

Basically, when the system cannot recognize your equip state, it means that the system doesn't understand what Weapon Skill you are using (remember, computers are stupid. They can't fill in the blank). If it doesn't know what Weapon Skill you are using, then it can't determine which Sword Skills you can use.

Just a small tidbit of info—in the very early levels of the «One-Handed Straight Sword» Skill (the skill that Kirito specialized in) the only Sword Skills available to the player was «», «», and «». One had to progress through the Weapon Skill in order to unlock more Sword Skills. (You can read up more here:,.

Research is key to writing a story that makes sense. The anime was an adaptation—and never do you fully trust adaptations.