Talk:Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 07/@comment-72.66.95.166-20130703013316/@comment-184.145.201.118-20130703020311

Well, it wasn't filler since it was basically Kamachi explaining why and how Fremea was involved in so many events, including the reason she was the bait in NT volume1, why she came across Fraulein Kreutune, and how she was essential to the birth of the 'new' Kakine. It also revealed to us crucial things, such as Tsuchimikado's background, MIsaki freaking knowing pre-amnesia Touma, and a hint as to who the egnimatic 6th Level 5 is!

I don't get you, you say the beginning was alright with Misaki and then the rest was filler, but isn't it the opposite? Everyone was expecting a filler novel, filled with Harem hijinks (I mean, it was happening in the School Garden after all), but instead it was completely subverted (dare I say we got our illusions broken?) when we were instead served an action packed thriller, fueling on pure badassery, of spies, pursuit, and secretive battles. In short, pure Academy CIty's Darkness business. The filler part was actually at the beginning.

Concerning the 'magic god stuff', well, to each his own, I guess. I personally really like this new Myth Arc, what with the bad guys seemingly a step ahead of the good guys (comes to mind how GREMLIN accomplished their real objectives in Hawaii, Bagage City, and in the hospital in northern Europe, or how even if they failed to capture Kreutune, they still got a plan b to fall back on) and Kamijou finally getting some character developpment (he now knows not to trust anyone, knows he can rely on people and stop shouldering everything, and keeps finding new ways to defeat his ennemies than merely punching the lights out of them). And don't forget the characters on the path of resolving the major mysteries of the series, such as Touma interested in knowing more about the Imagine Breaker, and Accelerator beginning to become aware of Aleister's Plan.

And excuse me, but Kamachi dropped plenty of hints that GREMLIN (or at least another Nordic mythology-based ennemy) was coming. The entirety of Kanzaki SS, the mention of Magic God in the first volume, Ollerus' existence, etc. They didn't really 'came out of nowhere'. But as I said, to each his own.

Concerning Rensa, while I am myself conflicted as to whether she made a good antagonist, I think it wasn't that much of a stretch that she managed to gain Accel's dark wings, it's when she got the white version that it bugged me. At least she didn't got the halo, that would have been too much...So point taken concerning her.