2013-09-10, 19:11 | Link #1041 | |
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Anyway... the fact that Misaki called Mikoto Piripiri in front of him hmmm does Misaki look different from when she was a kid? Doesn't she look a lot different actually. Hmmm... |
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2013-09-10, 19:40 | Link #1042 | |
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2013-09-10, 22:38 | Link #1045 |
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I would. Mikoto is the main character and we have seen her ups and downs. Misaki is "newish", especially to Anime fans, but we don't see her ups and downs or know anything near as much as her as Mikoto. It takes a very powerful characters like Mikoto to have full exposure for such a long time without becoming "old" or "hated" by the fans or be replaced by all the other characters that have come after her.
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2013-09-11, 08:50 | Link #1046 |
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I'm inclined to agree with Destined Fate... but then, Misaki is a special case herself.
She is insanely popular for a character that's shown up in one scene of one anime episode. (Well, unless she showed up over in Index) The amount of fanart featuring her is just mind-blowing when you consider that. I think that Misaki's popularity reflects how a lot of people out there want a major Railgun character that's... well-endowed, shall we say.
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2013-09-11, 14:53 | Link #1051 |
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I think Misaki's growth in popularity has multiple factors, that being her ongoing arc in Railgun, her appearance in episode 1 of Railgun S, and at the time, her appearance in TAMNI NT7. Seeing how all of that happened well within the timeframe of one another she got a fairly wide exposure to the TAMNI fandom at large.
Still, unless they keep consistently using her in the various media and developing her character, it's unlikely she'll overtake Mikoto in lasting popularity any time soon. Mikoto's had exposure from the start, tsundere attributes, an attraction to the main character, and is shown to be very capable of handling herself, and above all she's had time to grow on fans, more time than Misaki's had. So I think it'll be a while before Misaki is more popular than Mikoto, and only if Kamachi keeps using her like he has with Mikoto.
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2013-09-11, 15:19 | Link #1052 | |
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2013-09-11, 16:54 | Link #1053 | |
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That and even though Misaki has grown in popularity so has Mikoto especially with the rise of so much Misaki x Mikoto x Touma or Mikoto x Misaki running around now. So even as Misaki rises she's also helping Mikoto rise even higher by capitalizing on Misaki's new found popularity and adding it to her own through the fanbase including Mikoto along with Misaki and Touma and not just Misaki or Misaki and Touma only. That ad Mikoto is also receiving fan art and the such as well despite her being around for so long. Misaki also is getting on the "new" tide, due to her anime exposure as well as her currently being in multiple places outside the anime, and her interactions with Mikoto also helped her become more popular to viewers as she's already being connected to the established and well popular Mikoto to the Anime fanbase now while offering a unique personality and rival to Mikoto thus ensuring she could always show up again. |
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2013-09-11, 18:58 | Link #1054 |
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^Its because people growth tired of Mikoto almost inexistent relationship with Touma that Misaki hinted past him with skyrockets her more and more each time she appears to the point that it totally overshadowed her involvement with a new Level 6 project. Just read the threads and lots of speculation.
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2013-09-11, 19:40 | Link #1055 |
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They will come around when the series finally comes to an end. It's foolish of anyone to believe that Touma would get with anyone before the series was coming to an end as the shipping fanbase is extremely profitable if you know how to exploit it. Such as how jjust a few scenes and Touma x Misaki grew in popularity even if it's still far behind Mikoto x Touma as many have accepted already that if Touma would get with anyone it's most likely going to be Mikoto or even Index or he'll be forever alone.
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2013-09-11, 20:11 | Link #1057 |
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If it's still like this a year from now I'll be impressed. Otherwise to me it's just looking like typical ensemble darkhorse behavior from fans; other shows have this one character that is instantly popular for a little while. Yurin L'Ciel of Gundam AGE and Silica of Sword Art Online come to mind, being really popular for a relatively short while despite very, very little screentime. And Misaki fits the same mold.
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2013-09-11, 20:12 | Link #1058 |
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its funny how not so long ago misakixmikoto was pretty popular but ever since there has been hints(and now a fact) that misaki knew kamijou from the past, this pairing "toumaxmisak"i has already grown very popular and it was the most made doujini pairing this year of raildex. fans have been incredibly excited with this new possible pairing and hope misaki character might be used to give us more information of kamijou past. i can see why misaki character grown popular very fast and it satisfies me how people love her.
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2013-09-11, 20:28 | Link #1060 | |
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But all that still happened in the time frame of the episode's airing and a couple other factors. It's significant but it remains to be seen if her popularity will be as long-lasting as the much-more-present Mikoto. As for Silica, if we're going by fanart as a measurement of popularity, she gets way more fanart than, say, Lizbeth.
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