Mr. Kerot lists a few reasons why this Kickstarter is likely to fail:

• "Index also rather salted Nishikiori’s reputation amongst certain crowds"
• "general apathy towards Kickstarters pretty much everyone probably shares at this point"
• 3D stigma
• weak merchandize and cross-media tie-ins

I'm afraid I'm in agreement... And with this, too:

Which is kind of a shame, as the promotional comic is super cute. Ho-hum.