Just reread the synopsis and had an epiphany/theory. The heat

It may not necessarily be Element is too strong for espers of even Mikoto's level to handle. It could be some sort of quirk or mechanic in Element's abilities that esper powers are naturally weak to. Sorta like Pokemon's "it was super effective"

Also I'm wondering why Aleister has not cleaned up this mess quickly and has let it get to the point the students of all people are being led to fight.

Seems like he could have easily stopped the heat wave before anything got shut down.

>>144822929
They are probably just a secretive group that work directly under the Five Elements Agency and are trying to provoke Mikoto into a situation where she will martyr herself defending the city. The only way Aleister can remove her while maintaining the status quo. People will ask too many questions if he just shows up personally and turns her into a smear on the pavement.

>>144823559
>group

Honestly the summary called them monsters. I doubt they will be people, even if they have a vaguely humanoid form. I do think it's likely someone has summoned them or is controlling them if they happen to be creatures created from methods other than summoning

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>>144822929
Volume 15 ended with so much hype, yet Kamachi is doing this retarded "it's suddenly summer and that means swimsuits!" thingy instead of carrying the tension of the previous volume. I swear he's purposely trying to get axed.

>>144823348
Wouldn't incompatibility with esper powers point to magic? Unless Kamachi wants to introduce a new type of power it would have to be magic.

>>144823559 brings up a good point it could be Aleister orchestrating this so Mikoto will die due to either a third party or her own actions (using AAA, magic). But how could he be so sure she won't be saved? Or that many won't die to get this to happen?

>>144823559
I agree, this is the best scenario to wipe out Mikoto by making her do it on her own, and she is already a suicidal/sacrificial person like Touma and AAA just made it worse so I can see it happening.
>>144824359
Maybe she'll end up sacrificing herself to save everyone and not even Touma can help out after the AAA thing or she's out of his vision.

If this is Aleister trying to kill Mikoto in such a way that doesn't scream "holy shit she was murdered", why doesn't he make her sick? Stage a more quiet suicide? Stage an accident where no one but Mikoto gets hurt? Why make it a big public spectacle the whole city will know about?

I get making it public and having lots of witnesses would in theory get an unshakable, collective truth out there but if that's what Aleister is going for, he's severely underestimated how many people like arguments and conspiracy theories

>>144822929
>The heat wave
>heat
Fiamma is still in the city.

Index is so dead.

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>>144825408
>Fiamma jobbing to filthy espers

>>144824287
Seriously fuck Index, Kamachi's fucked his readers over too many times.