Feb 2, 2025
there's something very funny about sortiliena serlut's existence from a metanarrative level
like reki realised that at this rate kirito was gonna be without a badass female character to look up to and mentally praise into the stratosphere for one (1) volume so he blacked out and came up with liena
"you know what this volume needs? a highly skilled melancholic mentor figure who fights in an unorthodox highly skilled way and also she has a whip. and kirito's gonna be her assigned page and pupil. and it's gonna be incredibly emotionally important in a subtle way. now cry over these flowers!"
and i respect that
^now that's a good role model
