Talk:Index Librorum Prohibitorum/@comment-125.167.95.39-20130629013559/@comment-72.171.0.146-20130717055333

That was nicely put. :)

I love Mikoto Misaka and I love Index. They're both great characters.

As SnakeKey put it,

"Rail-Gun is the queen on the chess board while Index is the king.  Rail-Gun can move in any direction as many spaces as she wants.  Index can also move in any direction; however, she can only move one space at a time."

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What SnakeKey was trying to say was this: Rail-Gun can move and go where ever she wants, when ever she wants. She's the tough bad-ass character after all. Index, on the other hand can move where she wants, but she can only go so far. This makes Index sound like the weaker character right? Wrong! This only makes Index far more powerful and far more important in the story! When it comes to chess pieces, what is the most important one? The answer is the king! If the king is placed in "check-mate", the game is over. "Check-Mate" literally means the king is dead! If the King is dead, it's over! Index plays a far greater role than most people have come to believe. Most people believe that Mikoto Misaka is the head hancho of "A Certain Magical Index" and "A Certain Scientific Rail-Gun". Well...that's "partially" correct. We must forget about the pawns on the chess board.

According to SnakeKey:

"Touhma is the king's pawn.  This means that Touhma is the chess piece in front of Index!  He is always the one that goes out into battle first.  Kuroko is the queen's pawn.  To put it in lamence terms, Kuroko is the chess piece in front of Rail-Gun!  She is a member of Judgement and she protects her lover at all costs!  Once Kuroko "gets out of the way", Rail-Gun can finally advance on into the "battlefield".  When she gets into battle, boy-oh-boy, you better be running for life!  As all the other chess pieces, "characters" go into battle and face off against the opposing forces, "King" Index must stay behind.  She could "castle" with any of the rooks, but that's all she can do.  Once the war heats up, all she can do thereafter is hide and survive!  If she doesn't, she'll be placed in check over and over again.  Finally, she'll be put in check-mate and the game is over!  If she dies, the white-side, "Touhma's Faction", will utterly collapse! If Index dies, Touhma will literally commit suicide and kill himself! Since Touhma is a pawn however, like Kuroko, they have a VERY SMALL chance of making it to the other side of the board. When that happens, they promote themselves to "Queen"! Then, they could protect Rail-Gun and Index without even breaking a sweat. As we have seen thus far, that monstrous thug lost to Kuroko. Also, that knight guy lost to Touhma. Why is this the case? It's because they both underestimated the two "pawns" in the first place. That was their downfall! If they seriously knew what they were going up against, they would have defeated both Kuroko and Touhma without too much effort! But like any game of chess, the opponent has a tendency to overlook the pawn in the corner, the pawn in the center, etc. Because of this, they are only asking for their own defeat and demise! Life really is like a game of chess when it all comes down to it. "A Certain Magical Index" and "A Certain Scientific Rail-Gun" have clearly shown us a great example of this being the case."

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Phew! That was a mouthful but...hey! It does make sense when you look at it and think about it. Index is the most important character in the "game". She has to stay alive or else the Touhma Faction is dead! Also, Mikoto Misaka has to be aggressive and fierce because she's the most powerful "chess piece" in the "game". She has to stop the forces of evil from hurting poor Index! I wouldn't be surprised if Mikoto Misaka becomes the #1 Esper in good times. Her attacks are just incredible! She's fast, she's strong, she's really destructive, and she's really intelligent! From what I've heard, she's the only Level 5 Esper to originally be a mere Level 1. If that's the case, I'm amazed! I can't wait to see what happens later on! If Mikoto Misaka works hard enough, her powers will even surpass Accelerator's abilities. I just know it! :D