Klein/Relationships

## Friends

### Fuurinkazan

The Fuurinkazan was Klein's Guild. It was founded by Klein and three of his friends, Dale, Dynamm and Issin. They seemed to have a pretty good relationship, although the other three members apparently teased Klein about his username to the point that newer members didn't know him by any other name. This got to the point that all their exploits were tainted, as they were all under Klein's username, and they all started to say "My name is Klein" as a greeting. One member was even confused when they heard Kirito called Klein by his preferred name.

### Kazuto Kirigaya

Kirito was the first player Klein met in SAO. Even though he constantly mocked him, refusing to stop calling him his embarrassing username, Kirito was offended when he called him an asshole and ran away crying. Klein however didn't know this, and took it as an insult, thinking it meant Kirito thought he was too good to join his Guild.

The two of them ran into each other from time to time. During one of these times, Klein helped him in a personal quest by holding back the Mafia while he tried to retrieve an item, something that touched Kirito so much that he temporally called him by his preferred name. This didn't last long, as Kirito didn't receive the item he hoped for, but thanked Klein non-the-less for showing him how futile caring for people is, calling him his username once again.

Klein ran into Kirito once again on Floor 74, where Kirito ended up ranting about people while defending them from a Boss. Afterwards, Klein told Kirito to not give up on humanity. Kirito respected Klein enough to "take it under advisement", and proceeded to call him "Klein" from then on. Klein's words affected Kirito for the rest of the game, to the point that he was one of the reasons he wanted to fight Kayaba, much to Klein's excitement.

### Tiffany

Tiffany and Klein formed a powerful friendship off screen, and the two went on many adventures together. Klein and his Guild fought an army of Chimeras on Floor 17 so Tiffany could get an axe, something Tiffany appreciates, as he couldn't have gotten it without him. The two seem to enjoy each others company, and don't resort to snarky remarks, unlike most of the other relationships.

## Allies

### Asuna Yuuki

Klein did not interact with Asuna much, but the two went on Boss Raids together, and he did seem to respect her in some capacity. When Klein found out that Kirito was with Asuna he was interested in what their story was, and seemed to support the idea of the two being together.

### Schmitt

Klein and Schmitt often fought together during Boss Raids. They were first seen together during the Sheeptar raid, and were among the players who voted against Asuna's plan after Kirito killed an NPC. They were seen together again during The Skull Reaper raid, where, after they got trapped in the Boss Room, Klein backed Schmitt up when he complained about the unreliable Teleport Crystals.

### Corvatz

Klein and Corvatz only met once, but Klein was very critical of Corvatz's leadership techniques, particularly his decision to lead his exhausted men into a Boss Room. Despite this, Klein did seem concerned when he found out Corvatz got mortally wounded, and was angry with Kirito when Kirito tried to make light of his death.

## Enemies

### Kayaba Akihiko

Not much is known about Klein's opinion of Kayaba, but from we saw he seemed to have a mundane view of him. When Kayaba was trying to explain the situation to the players, Klein was slightly judgy when Kayaba accidentally muted himself. When all the players were trapped in the 75th Boss Room and Heathcliff was trying to defend SAO, Klein was one of the players arguing against him, pointing out the glitching player who tried to teleport.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Episode 1
2. ↑ Episode 14
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Episode 3
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Episode 8
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Episode 11
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Episode 5