Yeah I think that's the weirdest part about the whole thing. Kirito genuinely has negative thoughts going in his head and is just a walking camera that reacts to things moves on, and then literally get a fresh mind wipe every night so argument that statement he's basically a shell of a character is pretty true. I think it's exactly that made the first game such a good one because there was a nagging suspicion and he had an avenue to actively peek and engage to figure out what things were. He was actively a guy who is very much main character with beautiful girlfriend who now has a parasite running around being a little weird but it's fine. But with this second game, he really does have absolutely zero thoughts or brain. Asuna naked in Inoda' tent bouncing up and down because she's getting railed? must be cleaning to not get dirty IN A GAME. Asuna's silhouette literally getting fucked through a thin sheet where you can see the entire shape? really interactive massage. In game daughter literally looking like Inoda and everything else around that whole thing? Weird but whatever. It really has devolved into just the trio of empty MC, cock sleeve gf who used to have morals, conflict, and guilt and now can't last 1 fuck from changing her mind. Literally went from "I would never give BJs even to my loving partner" to "let me just rim this dude before he fucks me". Inoda really does feel closer to the self insert that I'm guessing Fujino and a good number of other players relate to hence the incredibly unnecessary characterization he gets aside from just being "im a ugly bastard who fucks main guy's girl hehe".