Kayaba Akihiko (茅場晶彦, Kayaba Akihiko?), known as Heathcliff (ヒースクリフ, Hīsukurifu?) in Sword Art Online, was the main antagonist of the Aincrad Arc and a supporting character in the Fairy Dance Arc and Alicization Arc.

2021年2月2日 · It's shown in the anime, at the end of episode 23. He is shown at the bottom of the ocean. No need to theorize. He didn't sustain a bomb blast, he defused the bomb, that's why everyone survived. He eventually made it out of the Ocean Turtle and connected it to the FASTER cable under the ocean by sending a distress signal to its maintenance robot.

Ichiemom (イチエモン, Ichiemon?) is a robot that appears in the Alicization Arc. It was designed by Higa Takeru and Koujiro Rinko on the « Ocean Turtle ».

2020年9月19日 · Niemon was the robot with the cable at the bottom of the ocean, that's the connection Kirito and co use to log into the Underworld. Rinko even says he's probably involved.

The scene where Rinko asks Higa whether "Niemon" could operate on its own, as she remembered her strangely realistic dream of Kayaba Akihiko, and he answered that it was shut down was omitted. The scene where Kirito thought back to his busy schedule to level up quickly in SAO was omitted.

2020年9月6日 · Though it wouldn’t explain why Niemon’s cybernetic body disappeared too. Now that Kayaba’s been reintroduced to the story, I’m very skeptical that he’s died here – especially with two bodies missing. No doubt he’s still alive – and now I’m left wondering what his future relevance to SAO’s story will be. Concluding Thoughts

So Niemon, apparently who had joint issues and cannot walk down stairs, can do almost anything with Kayaba inside. And Vassago somehow lives and apparently got out via some other means other than...

2023年11月15日 · Maybe it was shown in the first season (stopped watching in 2020 so I might have forgotten) but how is Kayaba still "alive" and how did he get into the Niemon? I didnt' quite the whole copying of Kirito's soul part, I feel like I'm missing something so feel free to …

Common non-holo Niemon from the Sword Art Online -Alicization- Vol.

2021年11月17日 · Sword Art Online's Akihiko Kayaba is a difficult man to understand. He's responsible for creating a death trap out of his own VRMMORPG, but even he cannot pin down a concrete reason for doing so. He has since appeared intermittently throughout the series to help out the main cast. Kayaba's role in the series changes as he sees fit.