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Summary
"The rough for the final design. While making sure to keep the faces of the characters plainly visible, I changed it to a bird's-eye view. I had assumed Kamijou and Index would always be at the center of the story, so when the focus of the story completely shifted to the Misakas in Volume 3, I think I was a bit taken aback. This long string of roughs does a good job of showing how confused I was. As a result, I ended up removing Kamijou and Index from the cover completely, but I feel that paid off in the long run." ―Haimura Kiyotaka