A Certain Magical Index (light novel)
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| Nice ep, but Touma needs some combat skills. Imagine Touma using some sort of weapon on his left hand (ie: sword) and using his right to dispell magic/espers. Also, Kaori. |
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| Nice abilities from the chick with the boobs and the oversized sword ... those monofilament wires are nasty, they shredded Touma's bitch-punching hand. Speaking of, when does the punching start? Index could occasionally use one, especially when she gets bitey. I am liking this show more the more I watch it, though I don't look forward to the fillers I heard are coming. I like the world enough that I'll probably at least try Railgun, even if this sinks into filler hell. 4/5 |
| Touma is the most high strung, emotional character ever... It's actually kind of annoying after a while. Especially since it's a complete turn around from his more nonchalant personality from the first episode, and occasionally throughout the others. Also, he has no real combat abilities, so why don't they just shoot him in the face or something? A bullet isn't magic or supernatural, so his right hand shouldn't have any affect on it. Or just tie him up and run away with Index if they don't want to kill him. Lol I just hate Touma. Everything else about this series so far is alright though. |
MalwareSep 23, 2011 6:01 PM
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| Ugghh I hated that guy, he's so weak himself so he doesn't have the right to judge those who have the powers to make difficult deciscions... I'm seriously thinking of dropping this serie now -_- |
| Great ep. I just wanna know why Touma is so obsessed with protecting her. I mean I could see myself wanting to help someone who seems helpless and in need of help, but saying things such as "she's always been my friend" when they've just met is a little off. ( do I just have bad subs or something?) |
EOTW said: Great ep. I just wanna know why Touma is so obsessed with protecting her. I mean I could see myself wanting to help someone who seems helpless and in need of help, but saying things such as "she's always been my friend" when they've just met is a little off. ( do I just have bad subs or something?) I was wondering about this as well because that quote, in particular, stood out to me as being a bit odd. Touma seems to have undergone a transformation from being normally concerned about Index in the first episode to almost crazily so now. |
| omggg i like this episode a lot!!! this went out TOTALLY different than i thought. i'm really impressed lol! I had thought kanzaki and stiyl were total bad guys who're after the grimoires inside Index , but they were actually friends of Index and from the same church o.O, trying to erase her memory so it doesn't overflow. Gotto say, both sides were very convincing, though the magician pair seem more sinister. Really quite the drama and emotions, all done very well and LOL touma got his ass beat up!!! |
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| Magnus... enough said. I have so much respect for him right now... Kanzaki and Index were nice this episode as well. Touma was too Shirou-like this episode for my liking. I agree with what he was trying to say, but he just needed a better tone imo. Though I still like the guy overall. So the 3 days have passed, let's see how this plays out. |
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| there's a lot explanation.. i can't have it memorize and understand it all. but what i understand, is that Index memories will be erased after one year. and i feel for those two people(her old friends) that became enemy. |
| Really boring stuff, the scene between Touma and Kaori was drawn out much longer than it needed to be. The fact that Touma was essentially useless in combat didn't help. His logic for protecting Index is pretty is pretty inconsistent as well. He barely knows anything about her or the background behind the Church. On top of that, there was no character development with Mikoto's scene and barely any with Index either. I'm starting to wonder why this series got such rave reviews but I guess I have to keep watching to find out. |
| Meh, while interesting as a premise, this just isn't all that well done. I mean the memory loss and how it effects other people who have to deal with the fall out is a pretty fascinating subject, but it just isn't...well played out here. I'm starting to remember why I don't like Touma that much as well. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| Oh boy this is getting good even in an episode dedicated to information and past they still manage to make it interesting! Great episode lots of information about Index so lets see what happens with the reset! |
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| Wtf, whole episode talk =\ |
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| another great ep asalways. I watch index just to see accelerator vs touma but now im enjoying every ep of it |
| Yandere~~~ |
| okay episode :3 hope the best for index and touma and those magicians :33 |
| Haha.. I like her personality. And all this meanie stuff :P. As of Kanzaki, now that I've seen her better she doesn't look that much like Revy. Hmm but at first they seemed similar. |
ao_no_exoDec 8, 2013 3:28 PM
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| Found this episode to be slow compared to 1,2 and 3 |
| I find Touma so annoying. Don't know if I can take him for the duration of the series. Like, I'm not a fan of moe. I don't like lolis, and i STILL think he's more annoying than Index and that teacher loli. Why is Touma so stupid??? *headdesk* |
| So Necessarius aren't bad,but they aren't good too,i understand that they need to delete her memories in order to save her but....doing all that?Sure Touma is right,there must be something behind all this,because if it was so simple they could just clear her memories and explain him what is happening and everything would be ok,but no they attacked him,tried to kill him twice so Touma is doing a good job in protecting Index,he is her real friend! Hope Touma can save her. |
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AivanK said: Kanzaki didnt ry to kill him.No matter who the opponent is she will never kill.That is the meaning of her magic name.So Necessarius aren't bad,but they aren't good too,i understand that they need to delete her memories in order to save her but....doing all that?Sure Touma is right,there must be something behind all this,because if it was so simple they could just clear her memories and explain him what is happening and everything would be ok,but no they attacked him,tried to kill him twice so Touma is doing a good job in protecting Index,he is her real friend! Hope Touma can save her. And well their actions are justified. |
| That ending was really cheesy x) ''Stop hurting Touma!'' I don't get it, why are they acting like they know each since years ago? They barely met 2 days ago. I understand that he don't want her to get harm, but the way they are talking, it's like if they were inseparable friends... Did I miss something? |
| «Time is passing so quickly. Right now, I feel like complaining to Einstein. Whether time is slow or fast depends on perception. Relativity theory is so romantic. And so sad.» - Kurisu Makise a.k.a. The Zombie |
| this shit was as boring as the first time i saw it years ago.... i think i dropped it after EP 3 though gonna tough it out and watch the whole thing this time around b/c there's not much else to watch shit sucks so far though... really hoping that Index would have the same attitude as BokuTomo's Maria but nope.. she's dead as a fish getting fucked in this series :sadface: |
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| This woman is spouting nonsense. Why the fuck does Mr Protagonist believe any of the shit she says? Why the fuck would that red head guy say he was going to torture the priest girl if he wasn't trying to extract information from her? This guy's so gullible |
| I don't know if I can believe in their history about delete her memory every year time... |
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| Good episode |
| This plot is weird |
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| Too much talk but good in its own way. The plot deepens. What I'm most interested in is plot rather than action. It's such a pain that Index forget every year. |
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| OMG I can't even pay attention to the subtitles whenever Kaori shows up... |
| What's the point of all this? // There's no point. I'm doing it because I can. That's all there is to it. // What will be left behind after this? // Nothing at all. She'll die and I'll burn out. The end. That's all. (Requiem for the Phantom) |
| Hmm.... I just realized we don't have OP song, or is there something wrong with my rip? Anyway, so those 2 guys are her friends... and there's lots of explanation about her memories. |
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| A lot of stuff got explained in this episode which was fairly interesting. It sucks to be Index. |
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| I do feel bad for Index, but it's too early for this show to be asking for sympathy in such a dramatic way. I'm talking about the scene at the empty crossroads with Kanzaki. This especially after such a goofy and catchy opening episode. Well, Kanzaki and Style are at least morally ambiguous characters, so it could be worse. And I want to know how Index and Touma get out of this situation. |
| The fight against Kanzaki looked pretty cool and it turned out that she and Magnus are Index allies, already thought so after their dilaogue in the previous episode. |
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| Somehow this show doesn't click with me at all. I don't even get what everybody's point is tbh, so their plan is to erase her memory over and over again? Sounds legit. |
| Ok, this is the one problem I have with TOMNI's story. Stiyl is a friend of Index? RIIIIIGHT. The guy STOMPED ON HER FACE a few episodes ago. I get it's common for anime to be inconsistent with "misunderstood" characters that are portrayed as evil and then turn face to become allies, but this is too much of a BS. Everyone complains about Touma running for so long in this episode, but that's mere time dilation. Every single anime does it. Captain Tsubasa had people taking two full episodes to run from midfield to the opponent's goal in a soccer match. It's because you are watching a scene that is 5 minutes long but is representing actually a couple seconds of action. The true error is is Stiyl's inconsistent behaviour. |
ShendueJan 29, 2018 12:39 PM
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| Touma just sounded very annoying in this episode. Cause it sounded like he was arguing against saving Index's life. It made no sense. |
| lol dramatic episode A little cheesy at times. I cringed when Kamijo got all into his spiel, wondering why Kaori and Style would do such a thing as erasing Index's memories and playing bad cop and hurting her ^^" a little much, hahhah oh wells. Still a good anime. |
| Kaori beat Touma pretty badly lol. So, she and Stiyl are Index's friends. And they need to delete her memories in order to save her....I have my suspicions. |
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| Just what these mages want anyway.. Protect girl, this woman mage says?.. Why her partner was so bloodthirsty with Touma then?.. Different types of personalities in the group or something?.. Well, still a mystery, what they wanna, really.. So mages' goal is to erase Index' memories regularly, besides those about books, so that her brain doesn't explode?.. Why these memories about books should be held by one person anyway.. Well, guess, for reasons.. Em.. Despite that woman's rage, and fair point that it was hard for themselves as well.. Mages still need to explain to Index about the thing that they have to erase her memories from time to time.. Yeah, maybe it's not that best life to get person who gets amnesia once a year.. Still it's better if they be in peace together, rather than they act as her enemies.. It just doesn't make sense, why they didn't just tell her about that.. Either something is missing, or they were affected that much by her forgetting?.. Which still is strange.. Well.. I hope they'll at least have a talk in the end about all these memory erasing.. And if Index will have her memories erased, I hope that she won't be enemies with mages in her next year.. Because it doesn't really make any sense at all for them to be enemies.. Well, will see, how it goes.. |
| Such an overused and boring speech from cliche main protagonist.Wasting the entire episode on this cliche shounen dialogue... Please, don't disappoint me like that.I have just started liking the anime and now this episode happens and I already want to drop it. |
ZevvenMay 26, 2020 2:37 PM
| I hate everyone equally |
| She rly showed him wo is boss xD |
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| It's still doesn't make sense for them to act so evil |
| Even after Kaori's emotional breakdown, still not 100% buying that kaori and Stiyl are Index's dear friends - at least not Stiyl. The way he behaved when he was introduced, thinking nothing about killing Touma there and then. Then also at the end of this episode, his demeanor is completely that of a hunter who has cornered their prey, not a dear friend who is asking her to come with them to perform a process that prevents her from dying. |
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| Damn.. Kanzaki was hot... oh shit so they erase Index Memories every year??? wtf |
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