Why Did Kayaba Create Sword Art Online & 9 Other Questions About The Villain Answered

Why Did Kayaba Create Sword Art Online? & 9 Other Questions About The Villain Answered

SAO’s primary antagonist is a rather mysterious figure, though a lot can be sussed out about him if you do enough digging.

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Whether it’s the novels, the manga, or the anime series, one factor that makes Sword Art Online such an immersive story are the villains. The first season featured one of the most memorable antagonists, Kayaba Akihiko, the creator of SAO and the infamous NerveGear, which sets the whole story in motion. He returns later with inventions like the World Seed and the Cardinal System, both of which are essential to the future of online gaming in the SAO universe.

As with the best bad guys, Kayaba is more than just a generic, cookie-cutter villain with a bad chip on his shoulder who’s destined to be slain by the hero at the game’s conclusion. Despite Kayaba’s aloof and often chilling personality, it’s impossible to miss the isolation and regret in his voice. What are some of the secrets Kayaba Akihiko took into the virtual world with him?

10 Why Did Kayaba Create Sword Art Online?

“That’s a good question,” Kayaba himself says, as he explains it’s been so long that he doesn’t really remember. He recounts a dream of a castle in the animated series and his obsession with re-creating it as his only personal explanation after they defeat the game. In the manga, he reveals a more articulate reason that he only seems to understand.

When the other players are given the chance to leave the game but opt to stay and help Kirito instead, Kayaba realizes that everyone has united in a common cause more important than preserving their own lives. This might have been his intention when creating the game the whole time even if he wasn’t really conscious of it.

9 What Inspired SAO?

Aside from the vision of the floating castle, there’s a lot more going on in Kayaba’s head than just a dream from his childhood. Before he made video games, he played them on computers, and one that he played was a vintage selection called Wizardry. This isn’t an invention of the franchise but an actual series of RPGs that were made for home computers back in the 1980s and went on to inspire games like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest.

Sir-Tech was one of the earliest companies to develop dungeon crawlers for computers, putting RPGs in video game format for the first time, and they released Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord in September of 1981. There are a total of eight titles in the series, and which ones Kayaba played or favored is never clarified.

8 Did He Have Any Hobbies?

Kayaba wasn’t a very well-rounded person. When he wasn’t developing video games, he was playing them and seemed to develop a cold and obsessive worldview over making his visions a reality. Even when he wasn’t playing video games, he was playing tabletop games, with the classic Go! being one of his favorites.

One of the few things Kayaba enjoyed in real-life was cooking, and it’s interesting that this was one of Asuna’s highest skills. The connection seems to humanize Kayaba a bit. Maybe his narrow range of real-life activities is one of the reasons his obsession with online gaming went too far.

7 When Did He First Appear As Heathcliff?

The character Heathcliff appeared on the day that Kayaba teleported everyone to the Town of Beginnings and gave a speech as a cloaked figure explaining his intentions and what would happen next. Except that, according to the manga, he didn’t give that speech. It was a recording, and he himself was in the crowd as Heathcliff, watching with all of the other players.

Kirito actually noticed Heathcliff at this moment partly due to his calm and measured demeanor at this time, but the character wouldn’t appear again or be named until later, as one of the leaders of the Knights of the Blood Oath.

6 Did Heathcliff Have Any Special Gear?

It’s not exactly a big secret, but depending on which SAO media someone is most familiar with, they might not know some of the finer details about Heathcliff’s in-game equipment. Being the creator of the game and having access to virtually every item or buff available would make it hard to hold back, so he kept his gear to a high-quality but understated minimum.

The Liberator set consists of two pieces, a one-handed sword, and a shield. This might have been why Heathcliff was known for staying out of the guild drama since he could acquire any gear he wanted at any time provided he could make up a cover story for it.

5 How is He Different than Other SAO Bosses?

Kayaba can use certain cheats and codes that only an administrator would have access to anyway, such as increased speed and reflexes along with other convenient advantages like Immortality. In the manga, some of these abilities were thwarted by the players’ emotional states during the final boss fight, which caused a glitch that was tied into the NerveGear keeping them in the game.

There are some things about his status as a Boss that set him apart from the more faceless, generic monsters that were guarding the lower floors. He only has one HP bar instead of multiple ones, which other bosses have, which might be because he can’t be killed— or so he thinks.

4 What Happened to Kayaba After SAO?

One of the things he has in common with Kirito is a quiet, resigned demeanor and an acceptance of being separated from his peers. According to the lore, which varies depending on the medium, Kayaba died after the final fight in SAO, but it’s only s physical death.

The game transferred his consciousness permanently into the virtual world after burning out his brain cells. Kayaba does return to the series in certain forms even after his passing in real life, but he’s not really a villain when he reappears in Alfiem Online.

3 How Did He Hide His Original Voice in SAO?

Granted, it’s a long shot that someone would recognize his voice, and when the animated show was made two different voice actors were cast just to make sure that nobody would guess the twist. In the lore, this is explained by the careful, detail-oriented Kayaba doing everything he could to avoid blowing his cover.

In the anime, it’s a small but effective detail that brings the point home for the viewer even more, since it’s a voice that hasn’t been heard since the first few episodes.

2 How Much Was he Worth?

Kayaba was a wealthy man from an early age, due in no small part to his talent as a designer and innovator in the world of both online gaming and virtual reality. However, he never amassed huge amounts of wealth like some of his peers, probably because he was so quiet, introverted, and focused on his game development that he didn’t manage his portfolio very well.

His annual income is 100 million yen, which is almost one million U.S. dollars. It puts him in the upper-income bracket, but it doesn’t make him a high roller in the spirit of other notable wealthy characters like Tony Stark or Bruce Wayne.

1 When Was His Happiest Moment?

This revelation might actually be another clue as to why Kayaba created Sword Art Online. This wasn’t revealed in the stories, manga, or anime but during a Q&A session in which the writer Reki Kawahara answered a few questions for Kabaya in character.

According to the author, Kayaba’s happiest moment was that time on floor 75 when Kirito guessed his identity. At that moment, he was just another player, a normal person in a virtual world just like one of them. Maybe that was all he really wanted the whole time.

Link Source : https://www.cbr.com/sword-art-online-kayaba-questions-answered-sao/

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