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>That's assuming there 2.3's banner isn't already set in stone. If he was already set for 2.3, why would they put him in 2.2 so we could see all of his animations in the first place?
He doesn't even use all hi animations as an ally, and again all this can be said about Lighter.
>Like >>819975 said I think he was supposed to be an A-rank but got pushed back.
Same thing happened to Lighter and they made him an S rank. If this were teh case and he was A rank, they wouldn't bother to pull him out of this patch and he'd instead be in it like I'm pretty sure Pulchra was.
>This is why I think he won't be a limited any time soon. In 1.X, you could swap (for example) Jane and Yanagi's banners and nothing would change in the story.
Yanagi barely does anything in Jane's story, you could say her and the cops are interchangeable but not Yanagi.
>At least so far we haven't had any agents like that in 2.X. I think that a more focused main story without special episodes will lead to a banner schedule without gaps.
Monato has no backstory and was a tirtiary character at best throughout last and this patch, he even gets sidelined so the girls can get more play. The patch after Obol would be the best time to release him.
>Each banner should coincide with the story chapter they star in, so squeezing someone in before the main story of 2.X reaches a climax akin to 1.4 is unlikely.
He's not really squeezed in and we already got the bunny lady coming after Obol, she's not releasing with anyone else AFAIK so the best thing to do would be to make Monato part of that patch and add in his story. We don't normally get A ranks in quick succession like this.