Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-64.237.235.118-20130825022534/@comment-6697950-20130926104015

MR happened half a month or so after Phantom ended, so it's impossible for them to mix the two together, unless they want to make one big mess out of the story and we know how much they cut out in Aincrad when they excercised their creative license.

Oh, and MR spans from January to April.