Talk:Misaka Mikoto/@comment-27455673-20160702124800/@comment-203.87.156.147-20160703020422

In all technicalities, She is the main representative of science side for the entirety of Raildex Series. If you're going to remember, the science side was first introduced as an arc with Mikoto in the lead—alongside Touma during OT3 with Accelerator as the antagonist (similarly with how the magic side was introduced with Index as the lead alongside Touma). Furthermore, Accelerator becomes a magic user in the later part of the story—so making him the main representative will negate the entirety of science side. Lastly, I think some people simply believed that Accelerator was the main protagonist because he's the main plan and #1 Esper of Academy City—and perhaps, because of him being one of the three heroes during the war.

In addition, before I forget—maybe one of the reasons why some treat Accelerator as the main representative is because of their connotation that "main heroine" means second protagonist which is not. Originally Main Heroine = Main (Female) Protagonist, while Main Hero = Main (Male) Protagonist—the science side, in its first major arc, introduced Mikoto as its lead/main heroine; while Accelerator was introduced as an antagonist and later made as the second protagonist of the science side which is still a bit problematic.

P.S. Well, the current arc focuses on Mikoto and how far her title as #3 Esper of Academy City will be able to bring her in a world where magic exist. If you're going to ask me, it's another "real" clash between the science side and magic side; which is the main theme of the novels.

Takeru (Too lazy to log-in)