AKITA, KAZUKI

Kazuki Akita

17.

Male.

Japanese.

Kazuki

To activate this Sword Art, the user must first hold their blade horizontally, the butt end facing their target. This causes the blade to emit a bright red glow. Once activated, the user then sends a forceful horizontal slash into their opponent, leaving a red trail of light in its wake.

Placing an open palm at the base of the blade (where the blade and hilt meet) activates this art. This causes the blade to glow a bright red hue. Once activated, the user bursts towards the opponent first delivering an upward vertical slash. The user then completes the combo with a downward vertical slash..

[+] Easygoing
[+] Optimistic
[+] Protective
[+] Strategic
[+] Observant

[-] Spacy
[-] Inattentive
[-] Nonchalant
[-] Distant
[-] Blunt

The story of Kazuki Akita's life hasn't been anything special up to this point. In fact, it's hardly even worth telling. Living in a maternal single-parent household, Kazuki had the most modest of upbringings. His family's income status would best be categorized as lower middle-class. While he never had all of the toys and gadgets that the other kids throughout his neighborhood received, he was always content with his life and the people in it.

His little sister was the person that he most closely bonded to in the real world. She was only 3 years his junior so he could go and converse with her about just about anything. Not only that, but the fact that he wanted to set a good example for her drove a lot of the actions that Kazuki took in his life. Of course, she was one of the more popular girls in school so she would always garner more attention than he whenever they walked into a room.

Speaking of school, Kazuki didn't exactly fit in with any of the social groups. He was more of a drifter who hung around all types of personalities. If there were a group, however, that Kazuki most closely associated himself with it would be the gamers. Kazuki spent countless hours playing various types of games off-line as well as online with friends. So when he heard that a new title called 'Sword Art Online' would be released soon he skipped school on its release day in order to pick up a copy. Little did he know that decision would change his life forever.

Kazuki's initial reaction to the announcement was one of confusion. He couldn't wrap his mind around the thought process that would bring a person to create such a devious plan. The teen pondered upon what Kayaba Akihiko's motives were but in the end he couldn't quite place a finger on it. The look of sheer terror in the faces of those around him were a clear sign that the worst was yet to come.

He refocused himself into a sort of survival-mode. There was just no way that he would allow himself to fall victim to a video game. Being a well-versed, veteran player of VMMORPG's, he felt that he held an advantage over most of the other players. Though he was still a newbie to the game of Sword Art Online itself. His goal was a simple one, win the game.