Most Overrated Sword Art Online Characters

The Top Ten
1 Shino Asada

"Sinon, the attractive sniper girl." I'm not saying she's a terrible character, but a lot of people only like her because she has a gun and because she looks "attractive" to them. Yes, she had a bad past, but that doesn't make her the best character in the series.

Have to agree. Her character development is overrated, and people like her mostly because she uses a gun and looks badass.

Yep, she is overrated.

2 Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya

How the hell can people call him the best anime swordsman, when compared to Zoro, Kenshin, Ichigo, etc. And he doesn't deserve the title Black Swordsman. That title has and always will be awarded to Guts.

Hey, Kirito shouldn't be on this list! He's so poorly-written that he doesn't even qualify as a character!

100% agreed! He is my favourite in this series, but people overrate him a lot.

I gotta agree despite Kirito being my favorite anime character.

3 Yui

People only like her because she's cute. That's just to make up for the horrible script. Basically, she starts off as a helpless little girl but suddenly has a power to just... DELETE monsters? If you ask me, she kinda ruined the whole series.

So about that: She could have been good but ended up being really boring. And then the author was so disappointed with the result he pulled Alicization lmao. But no, really, what was that? He already had an A.I. but then completely ignored her existence to write another story about A.I.'s.

Pointless character and perfectly wasted opportunity. She's an AI and she gets only used for moe!

So true! Yui is a pretty boring and dull character to me. People can't say she's a good character just because she looks 'cute'.

4 Asuna Yuuki Asuna Yuuki is a fictional character who appears in the Sword Art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara.

I can't watch Sword Art Online in the house anymore because of her. I don't want my parents to know I watch this kind of stuff. She flips this anime into a romance when all I watched this for is the action. I'm even a girl and actually honestly don't care about this stuff in this anime. She is a TOTAL damsel in distress in Alfhiem Online and it just annoys me cause she used to be so strong and independent but now she's relying on her beloved boyfriend to come save her when she can even do some sweet uppercut then call for help. Instead she just stays there waiting for her knight in shining armour. Even me and my brother talk to the T.V. about a million different ways to escape instead of causing poor Kirito to go through all of that. She just loses her independence as the series goes.

She's too much of a Mary Sue, perfect girl-type, I mean seriously give her weaknesses... I don't really hate her but in some ways I feel that she is rushed and then the author is inexperienced so a lot more reason for her to have a PLOT ARMOR like hell. And considering their situation in SAO 1. What she felt for Kirito might not even be love but need... she might've needed him to stay sane not because she loved him... She isn't a bad character, I just don't like her.

Honestly I've looked at 5 lists of "best waifus of all time" and Asuna always topped the rankings which I frankly find odd. She's a lame character, dependent from Kirito and gives you the feels of being there just for the fanservice. She ruined the first half of the first season because of that fake romance which was represented in an extremely unrealistic and cheesy way. In the second half she didn't even fight anymore, but was just there in a cell waiting for her knight to come and save her.

How do I say this... She could be more but she's not. She simply isn't. The author killed it. Also, her relationship with Kirito? Yeah, about that, that's co-dependence. And even worse; she's way more co-dependant on him than him on her. And that's annoying because Asuna literally only lives and breathes for Kirito. And she doesn't even successfully do so because damn is she useless. She doesn't achieve anything in life, especially not without Kirito's help, and it's just sad.

5 Yuuki Konno Yuuki Konno is a fictional character who appears in the Sword Art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara.

What was even the point of her character? Her story is completely disconnected from the main plot. She only serves to give Asuna some screen time (not character development because Asuna's character is a mess). And Asuna becomes completely irrelevant to the story from this point onward so really there is no point to any of it.

As much as I hate to admit it, it's true. Yuuki Konno is overrated. But it's hard not to love her in all that short time she has spent in her arc.

She didn't really last long in the series. The fact that she died was sad, but that doesn't make her the best.

Yuuki IS overrated. Especially her powers and skills.

6 Eugeo

There is literally no reason why Eugeo should be on this list; if you are assuming things and actually HAVE NOT read the novels, then you have no right to complain.

Even so, Eugeo has probably the best character development in the whole series.
I see no reason for him to be here, and I see no explanations as to why.
-vivvyeet

I have nothing against Eugeo, but I'm pretty sure he will overtake the newer season. He might end up being the next Sinon.

7 Sinon Shino Asada is a fictional character who appears in the Sword Art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara.

Sinon is just there for fan service of another kind. Plus, she's a murderer. Did people forget that?

She's already on top of the list!

8 Kirito Kazuto Kirigaya is a fictional character who appears in the Sword Art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara.

Everyone calls him the best anime swordsmen

9 Sugou Nobuyuki Sugou Nobuyuki is a fictional character who appears in the Sword Art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara. He is the main antagonist of the Fairy Dance arc.

I put this guy on here not because I think he's overrated but because really nobody should actually like him in the first place

10 Rika "Lisbeth" Shinozaki

How in the world is Lisbeth "overrated"? No one even talks about her because the poor girl is overshadowed by Sinon, Leafa and Asuna who get more screentime. If anything she should be classified as underrated because she tends to go unnoticed, she has a small following in the sao fanbase. No reason she should be number 1 on this list and I bet shes only up here because of biased haters with no real substance of reasoning other than "I don't like her" lol. Lame.

Yeah, I'm tired of people saying Lisbeth is better than Asuna! Lisbeth couldn't even fight a dragon with Kirito together!

I agree with anyone calling her a gigantic piece of **** the only redeeming factor is that Sarah Anne Williams voiced her because I love Jakuzare a lot but other than that she is a forgettable character

Everyone says she's the best character of all, but she really isn't.

The Contenders
11 Silica Keiko Ayano is a fictional character who appears in the Sword Art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara.

She did absolutely nothing useful. Her entire existence revolves around tentacles and flat chest jokes.

The fact that this worthless brat had her own dedicated episode, side-stories, spin-offs, and videogame routes while other important characters(Argo, Sachi, Klein) barely get focus is and shall always remain a crippling black mark in this series...

COMPLETELY USELESS AND DISGUSTING! She's only there for tentacles and flat chest jokes and claim anime fans are all closet pedos! Get rid of her and the series would be a whole lot better!

She thumped a monkey

12 Suguha "Leafa" Kirigaya

I do agree. Her avatar is a guilty pleasure. And especially in the home console games, if you know what I mean.

She is not really overrated! She is hated a lot. I honestly don't get it, she's my 3rd favourite in the series, maybe even 2nd favourite.

People only like her because of her in-game appearance.

I honestly like her better than Asuna.

13 Alice

Again, she's a good character, but she might end up being overrated as well in the anime.

14 Clime
15 Tiese
16 Ronye
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