User blog comment:Jethro Harper/this place is dead/@comment-25364614-20160923135240

Really, everyone's just burnt out right now. There's only so much speculation one can do before one quiets down after the plot hints at lots of things but never answers.

Right now the LN plot is tightly focused on a small group of relatively new characters making it appear on the surface to not be going anywhere at all. I think differently about it but we'll see.

In regards to why September in particular has been a rather empty month you only need to look at what's being released this month:


 * Index Manga Chapter 109 (covering material already seen in the LN and anime, not being translated anytime soon)
 * Accel Manga Chapter 29 (not being translated anytime soon)
 * Accel-sama Manga Chapter 13 (not being translated anytime soon)

This has been the emptiest month of releases for this franchise all year (maybe even 2 years).

October and November will prove to be interesting in many ways as we have the Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival coming up, 3 English LN/Manga releases and potentially up to 5 Japanese LN/Manga releases (including NT17) depending on how the publishers play their cards.

Only time will tell.