Talk:Index Librorum Prohibitorum/@comment-72.169.96.57-20160617014527/@comment-4419516-20160625100826

^^Okay, I'll be more detailed:

There's a small group of fans who have been whining since the part with Frenda and Saten finished, because for whatever crazy reason they believed that the Railgun manga was going to cover Battle Royale, which makes no sense if you have actually read the novels, as the only connection to Railgun is the small appearance of Uiharu. This appearance is self-contained and has nothing to expand in a spinoff like the Railgun manga: Uiharu meets Last Order, Kakine comes looking for her, Uiharu doesn't want to talk and gets tortured, she's saved by Accelerator showing up. The end, wouldn't cover more than a chapter, chapter in a half that wouldn't fit with everything else so far in the Dream Ranker arc.

Frenda and Saten's part is the exact same case as the previous Kuroko's part: a mini-arc made to expand on their character and give them something to do, since they might not get very involved in the Dream Ranker Arc itself otherwise. Kamachi included Frenda since it's the last chance in Railgun to use her alive, as in Index she only appears shortly before dying without doing anything important. Sisters Arc had something to expand: Mikoto's previous attempts to stop the project. Daihaseisai didn't despite having more of a connection with Railgun due to featuring the MC Mikoto, so it didn't cover the Index part and instead did an unrelated arc on the same festival. To sum up, anyone that truly believed it was going to cover Battle Royale had the wrong expectations from the start. The fact that some of them are blaming Kamachi for not going with what they had decided the arc was going to be about is kind of silly.

As for Misaki, it's kind of obvious that Kamachi made and designd her to be a foil to Mikoto, so her continuous appearances in the Railgun manga and the Index novels shouldn't be a surprise, especially since she also proved popular with the fans. However, arguing that she's running the show is silly. She discovered another project that might lead to bad stuff in the city and explained it to Mikoto to get her help, since she probably trusts her a little more after the Daihaseisai incident. That's it. And if you read the chapter you should know why Mikoto is investigating the matter and how the conversation with Misaki ended.