Talk:Misaka Mikoto/@comment-95.90.229.144-20140414162645/@comment-3563147-20140415184131

To cannon or not to cannon... thats the headache here... :D Think the rule is if the anime or manga contradicts what happen in the light novel then its not cannon... Then again for Railgun there isn't a full light novel of its own so its main cannon comes from the manga.

Take episode one of the first season of Railgun, Kongou didn't appear in the manga that early but she did and was show with Kuroko during their system scans. I think, episode 13 of season one is moslty filler between Level Upper and the Poltergeist arc, given I have yet to see the holo-deck thing used in the manga, and I think it was still too eary for Kongou to show up... :)

As for Silent Party... well from what I gather (here and other fourms) many fans hate the arc, since it does make a mess when related to the light novel and manga story lines. As its own story I did enjoy it, but I don't recall it being noted as cannon or not... Then again its up to the author to note what is offical or not.. :D