

Kirito and Asuna might be elsewhere, kicking butts to save lives again.Maybe they could not visit her for some reason.There is an alternate theory that Graphite Edge, who was Kuroyuki's mentor, is actually Kirito, since he was the one that taught her all her moves and was arguable a better sword fighter than she was.If these are the same Kirito and Asuna of SAO, then do you really think that either of them would just leave their daughter alone in the hospital? None of Snow Black's family members came to visit her while she was confined in the hospital following the car crash. Snow Black could simply be their youngest. Besides, according to an omake, Asuna wanted a big family.That said, I've heard that the author explicitly denied any connection, beyond a side-story of dubious canonity in which Kirito duelled Silver Crow, and Kuroyuki appeared to know who Kirito was. The existence of the time dilation tech in the Alicization arc also suggests that it's the foundation for Burst Link.

not inconceivable though, if they merely had Kuroyuki later in life (after all, they already have their AI daughter Yui). That said, Kirito and Asuna would be in their late fifties.


It makes sense since both settings are written by the same author, and Accel World is set at least twenty years after SAO, with the virtual reality technology in SAO being obvious precursors to Accel World's linkers.There were also bits in the manga and light novel suggesting that it happened in the same world. Crossover WMG: Accel World is the future of Sword Art OnlineRumor has it that Snow Black Princess is the daughter of Kirito(SAO hero) and Asuna(SAO heroine).
