IIRC, Inoda's in-game character has always been noticeably less ugly/fat than his IRL looks, if still 'ugly', which honestly has always been the least believable bit of this entire game IMO: We're talking of a fucking VR game avatar, even if it's 100% randomized like most SAO VR games post-Aincrad are, all one would need to do is create another account to get a different one, I just can't believe Inoda would choose to stay with those ugly looks and 'shitty' (Or so he thought back then) Skill in a world he literally didn't HAVE to when he could have kept randomized until he got some Macho NTR man or some Anime Bishonen look, but alas, plot-convenience always triumphs over realism