Sword Art Online: How Did Kirito Get His Arm Back in Season 1?

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Sword Art Online's first season found Kuradeel attacking Asuna. In defending her, leading man Kirito's hand gets sliced off by Kuradeel's blade during the confrontation. A few moments later in a different setting, Kirito appears to be holding a teacup and saucer with both hands, so what happened?

In Episode 10 of Sword Art Online, Crimson Killing Intent, Kirito endures a training session with Godfree and Kuradeel on the 55th Floor as a newly-appointed member of the elite Knights of the Blood Oath. Godfree and Kirito are soon poisoned and paralyzed by Kuradeel during this training, which enabled Kuradeel to murder Godree with little to no struggle. After uncovering some betraying news about Kuradeel, Kirito is painfully stabbed by him in the leg. Asuna comes running to Kirito's defense, but as Kuradeel attacks her, Kirito springs to her defence and ends up getting his hand cut off by Kuradeel's sword amidst the rush of chaos. In a heroic display of drive and determination, Kirito ultimately kills Kuradeel using the Embracer attack.

Sword Art Online: Is Kirito a Good Protagonist?

After Kirito and Asuna emotionally declare their love for one another having survived this traumatic ordeal, there is a change in the scene. The lovebirds are having dinner and a spot of tea on the 61st Floor in Selmburg after agreeing to spend the night together. Kirito is comfortably holding his cup and saucer — a two-handed task — as he spends a quiet evening with Asuna. This begs the question as to when and how exactly did his hand grow back.

Sword Art Online is a video game, therefore losing health is not uncommon. Generally speaking, gaming characters' health decreases by a variety of means to give the game and characters realism. Usually when