Agree on the side girls. I think the blacksmith girl was the one that is the most troublesome - I don't think Inoda needed her help. Alice - the police girl - is ruined by Klein and the fact her plot line started with the old hypnosis cliche. Sugu is love. That is all. I would love to have more of Sugu x Kuckito, pulling him away from Asuna.yeah, adding more side girls was the downfall, Alice is so fucking boring
I definitely think that Inoda X Asuna are more of a couple now than Asuna x Kuckito. The scenes through the computer show the closeness I and A have.