Yuuki is alive?

[Luxy]

will yuuki return in sao?

[DepthWave]

No, as far as I know.
It is just games are "alternative universes" and "not canon".

[Zam]

Originally posted by Yusril:

will yuuki return in sao?

In the anime? Probably not. But if the future games, then most likely yes since the game universe had Yuuki stay alive but she is still sick and bedridden.

[-BritishEcho-]

Unless she somehow didn't die, no I wouldn't think so...
As DepthWave said - The games follow an alternative timeline, one in which Yukki is still alive.

[Harokise]

;-;

[RazulDarkwood]

I think its because the game is above all non cannon but also the events of the game are around the last days of Yuuki's life so she could still be alive and not feeling sick during those events. As for another dead character who is alive in Fatal Bullet - Sachi, it was explained that she became an NPC from scavenged data of her personality from SAO, so maybe something like that could also be an option for Yuuki.

[Cmdr Shaide]

Originally posted by RazulDarkwood:

I think its because the game is above all non cannon but also the events of the game are around the last days of Yuuki's life so she could still be alive and not feeling sick during those events. As for another dead character who is alive in Fatal Bullet - Sachi, it was explained that she became an NPC from scavenged data of her personality from SAO, so maybe something like that could also be an option for Yuuki.

Kawahara actually said somewhere that Sachi was a special case, one of a dozen players or so whose nervegear malfunctioned and didn't kill her like it was supposed to. Although he also said she committed suicide later because she couldn't live with her survivor's guilt. And seeing Kirito with Asuna didn't help her grief either, since she was hoping to reunite with him and be together like they were in the game. Man, that's dark.