

We later find out that Asuna has a bright, charasmatic, personality in both
SAO and the real world. Why then is she more of a loner than Kirito when we
first see her?

In episode 2, where they are having a meeting about how to defeat the first
floor boss, she's hooded, with her hood up and afraid of and mistrustful of
people.


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Why is Asuna alone during the first floor boss meeting?


I could not recall seeing the reason being explained in the anime but you have
to understand that that people tend to react differently when they are placed
in a situation like what happened in SAO. It was mentioned in
[here](http://swordartonline.wikia.com/wiki/Yuuki_Asuna) that

> 'when she discovered that she and all of the players were trapped in SAO,
> she secluded herself inside of her rented room in the Town of Beginnings for
> two weeks before resolving to take her fate into her own hands.' It was also
> mentioned as her personality that "she is not afraid to act out on her own
> and will take matters into her own hands from time to time" and that "Asuna
> originally did not care about dying in the game before meeting Kirito."

This implies that despite her 'bright, charasmatic, personality,' she is
independent. That is just who she is. **She seems more of a loner when Kirito
first meets her because**

> she spent most of her time as a [Solo
> Player](http://swordartonline.wikia.com/wiki/Solo_Player) after her two-week
> seclusion and because she originally did not care if she dies or not, as
> mentioned above, so she would most likely feel indifferent toward any
> group/party she meets. She might be okay with working with temporary
> parties/groups but at first, she probably do not want to get close to
> anyone, like being friends, to avoid hurting herself more since anyone could
> die in the SAO world. A proof of how she values relationships is mentioned
> in the [wiki](http://swordartonline.wikia.com/wiki/Yuuki_Asuna#Personality):
> '..She also cannot handle seeing others die in front of her, such as when
> she recklessly attacked The Gleam Eyes after seeing the Aincrad Liberation
> Force players getting slaughtered..'


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