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173.85.40.111 wrote: They just confirmed to wait a bit longer for season 3 They are playing with words now, they are saying please wait a little longer for season 3 but Miki doesn't say which season he is talking about. Hell, for all we know it could be another SAO season, though he did say to wait immediately after announcing the Index and Virtual-On crossover game.

Later, in the official Dengeki website, their news repor ts Miki's words  to wai t for  the  third season of a cer tain series (in Japan  the Index franchise is referred  to as A Cer tain Series), however  they don' t use  the usual way of wri ting i t down like  とあるシリーズ bu t ins tead use  とある作品. Later in the article they mention Miki's earlier announcement for the crossover game with Index, rhetorically asking/hinting that perhaps that it could be a third season of Index.

It's a rollercoaster ride of teasing. So I wouldn't say it has been confirmed until they come out and say officially without any of this blueballing cryptic nonsense that there is gonna be a third season.

Here are js06's words:

Technically, they didn't. At least not explicitly.

''とある作品 is more like "a certain series" than "the A Certain Series". A direct reference would use とあるシリーズ or (more commonly, especially when talking about Index specifically) 禁書, but the use of とある was definitely meant as a hint.''

Then they double down on the hint by saying "This was right after the announcement of A Certain Magical Virtual On, so does that mean...!?"