I see where you’re coming from, but as someone in the AASide fandom, I think its ground as part of the larger Bandori franchise is shaky to nonexistent, and it and Bandori’s relationship at this point is more like two franchises owned by the same company.

That is just my opinion though- if we were talking about this before they dropped the “from Bang! Dream” from the franchise title, I’d probably agree with you.