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One Punch Gamer
- Equinox's reason to try to take over the Virtual World, while selfish and cruel, were also a result of her learning everything negative that humanity has ever done, ranging from crimes, wars, death, to even hints of what Project: Alicization was all about when she wanted to learn about humans to understand them, making the once curious AI become cynical and bitter until her defeat at the hands of Kirito.
- Even worse is that before the Final Battle, Equinox learned that her "daughters", whom she cared for, died fighting against members of the UHA.
- What is more saddening is how at the end, Equinox thought about what could have happened if she and Kirito could have become friends...
- To say nothing of what Kikuoka and his men are doing to her, at the end of the Epilogue, for Project: Alicization. To call it Mind Rape is charitable.
Chains of Fate
- Despite their best efforts, Kirito and Eugeo fail to save Alice who ends up taken away. Making matters worse is how Eugeo gets stabbed through the chest before plummeting to his death.
- The scene with Johnny Black and Xaxa successfully ambush Kirito and inject him with succinylcholine. When Asuna and Suguha desperately call out and cry his name, you'll feel your own heartstrings tear.
- Selka, who witnessed the above and has to live in fear of suffering the same fate as her sister if knowledge of her visions ever become known. By the time Kirito meets her, its clear the burden was starting to take its toll on the poor girl.
- The entirety of the First Interlude as we see how the rest of the UHA have all but come to pieces over Kirito's disappearance. Seeing them all so depressed is just heartbreaking.
