Asuna Yuuki (Sword Art Online)

Asuna Yuuki is the deuteragonist of the Sword Art Online light novel/manga/anime franchise. She is Kazuto Kirigaya/Kirito's girlfriend/wife, the former vice-commander of the "Knights of the Blood" guild in Sword Art Online, and the daughter of the former CEO of RECTO Progress Inc. who decided to retire shortly after she was freed from the virtual world.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Asuna is a kind and helpful young woman, who is similar to Kirito, can not abandon another person in trouble even at the risk of her own life.
 * 2) Asuna isn't afraid to act out on her own and will take matters in her own hands from time to time when its needed.
 * 3) Asuna has a reputation for being the best at everything. On top of being drop-dead gorgeous, a gaming prodigy, an exceptional leader and being a celebrity on SAO with her position, skill and Dude Magnet status.
 * 4) Asuna is an academically gifted student who is top of her class, and one of the most athletic characters.
 * 5) Asuna and Kirito are a cute couple, one of the bests in the series and it shows that the chemistry between them is sweet and genuine. They also get married in SAO.
 * 6) She's a supporting character in Gun Gale Online arc, where despite not doing much, she's still there for Kirito and even stays by his side during his fight against Death Gun.
 * 7) She has fully redeemed herself during Mother's Rosario arc, where she becomes badass again and is given a lot of backstory and character development.
 * 8) While she shared the limelight with Kirito in the Aincrad arc, she takes the central focus in the Mother's Rosario arc and replaces Kirito as the main protagonist while he takes a back seat.
 * 9) Asuna develops a great bond and friendship with Yuuki.
 * 10) Her designs are very pretty too, and it has one of the unique designs in the franchise.
 * 11) Cherami Leigh and Tomatsu Haruka both do a good job voicing her.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) During Aincrad, she was very quick to anger and had a tendency to violently threaten Kirito if provoked. She often used kitchen utensils of all things as weapons.
 * 2) She was sadly flanderized during the Fairy Dance arc, where she turned from a strong female lead to a damsel in distress, but she still retained her personality.

Trivia

 * 1) She is voiced by Haruka Tomatsu in the original Japanese version and Cherami Leigh in the English dub, who also voiced Lucy Heartfilia in Fairy Tail, Natsumi Hinata in Sgt. Frog, Ilia Amitola in RWBY, and Elizabeth Midford in Black Butler.