#asuali

[askkirito]

Saw this tweet and thought of them immediately. Alice wasn’t allowed in the kitchen without supervision again after that. 

[aliceschuberq]

Or was it—

Because Asuna was so extraordinarily beautiful that just looking at her made you sigh?

[lost-in-yujikiri]

SAO store's Face Towels of Kirito-Eugeo and Asuna-Alice

[askkirito]

i don’t think we talk about asuali enough and how they both canonically thought the other was so beautiful that their breath was taken away. 

“Asuna caught the sword on her hilt and pushed, buying her time to at least see who her attacker was. The breath caught in her throat. It was an incredibly beautiful woman who glared at Asuna with such fury that it brought a flush to her snow-white skin.” (Volume 16, pg176 - physical version) 

“She had never been shocked by a swordswoman of her age like this before. Or perhaps... ... it was because the very sight of Asuna’s beauty caused the breath to leave Alice’s lungs.” (Volume 16, pg 193-194 - physical version) 

Additionally:

“Alice wanted to know. She wanted to know about Asuna more than about even this strange new world or their new enemy. She wanted to know about Asuna and Kirito.” (Volume 16, pg194 - physical version)