Season 2 ended with Mikoto being the main attraction even if she didn't appear in the final episode, it was all about her. Even Accelerators little groupie he joined at the end was about Mikoto.
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Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen
Simple, Index's non fighting role easily makes up for lack of combat. She's basically an answer sheet as long as you ask the right questions.
Lol what? Mikoto appears more in season two? Please elaborate  |
She appears more in that she does something(Though she also appeared just for sheer fanservice but, eh. A lot of Index is fanservice and all the girls were used for that disporportionatly). Index spent too much of her time, when she did appear, leaning too much on Touma doing things in her stead. What they needed was an episode(s) that was just Index without Touma needing to be around and her doing something productive all by herself that isn't just a joke but meaningful. If they could do a few episodes in Railgun for Kuroko that gave her much needed development without Mikoto there than there's no reason they couldn't have spent some time on showing how useful Index can be without Touma being there to bail her out.
Index needs less reliance on Touma doing things for her in her own series, at least the Anime since Anime goers don't know about her exploits in the Manga/LN/ect, and more standing on her own two feet. In that regard Season 2 failed. So hopefully Season 3 better shows off just what Index is capable of on her own even if Season 2 ended up a Mikoto note. I may not like her character, they made her too annoying in the Series like they took Kuroko's perversion too far in Railgun, as much as Misaka but I don't hate her and from from I know of the Manga/LNs she's far more capable and competent than the Anime portrayed her.
Index really just needs a "Did she just do that all by herself? That's awesome!" moment to help flood out the "Why is she so needy? Does she ever stop complaining? Why does she keep biting Touma for every little thing even when it isn't his fault?" impression that many viewers got from her that leads to them assuming she's just very annoying for the sake of it.