A Certain Magical Index (light novel)
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I agree the whole scene was unnecessary and another example of this show damn near destroying Mikoto's reputation by making her look like a complete IDIOT at times. What did Mikoto do wrong here? A guy came and started yelling nonsense at her. Not knowing that some magicians were involved (not knowing that they even exist probably) she thought he meant that he doesn't want her to get hurt in this contest. One of the big reasons why I came to like Railgun more than Index, is because Mikoto is a completely different person when she's not around Touma, she's more badass, she more down to earth, and overall she's a better character when she's not acting like an overused Tsundere. Mikoto is a tsundere. And a tsundere is a tough girl who gets a 180 turn when a guy she likes appears. I don't mind the occasional blushing scene between them, but that was VERY ridiculous. A shame that Touma's monologue from Ln wasn't here: there Touma thought she was being affected by the spell because of her face going all red and sweaty XD |
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Nayrael said: Ok! So what else they omitted from the LN in this episode because that monologue would save a lot from the ridiculous like some people think that scene was. A shame that Touma's monologue from Ln wasn't here: there Touma thought she was being affected by the spell because of her face going all red and sweaty XD I also agree with you about the reactions of Mikoto being as they are precisely because she is a Tsundere, I have seen too many animes where no matter who much anyone complains, the formula will not abide by their bitching. It will always be used on girls who are Tsundere. |
| uhm, I really enjoed this :D |
| I'm totally watching this show for the plot. |
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| lol.. Misaka's face was bright red.. and it looked like she was expecting a kiss roflmao xD.. Anyway, the episode was great, and if Tsuchimikado could use magic, I thnk he would be a great character. Oriana looked pretty powerful to me. |
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| Once again Touma proves his inability to convey a message with words. Tsundere service was uncalled for. |
| This series is getting stupider and stupider.. storys barely progressed at all, just pure fanservice and biribiri acting tarded. Not to mention Toumas inability to speak apparently.. |
MoonFoxDec 4, 2010 12:22 PM
| Oh, dat OP <3 And Touma's intuition seems to be great. First thing that happens is that Oriana vanishes, Touma picks a seemingly random flight of stairs and then heads down a random alley and Boom, he finds her again. Oh and Tsuchimikado looked somewhat distressed for the first time evar when they were running from the blocks of ice falling from the ceiling. Cool. And, Kongo ⊂( ﾟヮﾟ)⊃ Also, Fukiyose (屮ﾟДﾟ)屮 |
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Oosran said: Oh, dat OP <3 And Touma's intuition seems to be great. First thing that happens is that Oriana vanishes, Touma picks a seemingly random flight of stairs and then heads down a random alley and Boom, he finds her again. Oh and Tsuchimikado looked somewhat distressed for the first time evar when they were running from the blocks of ice falling from the ceiling. Cool. And, Kongo ⊂( ﾟヮﾟ)⊃ Also, Fukiyose (屮ﾟДﾟ)屮 Damn, why I always laugh when I read your posts? xD |
| Poor Fukiyose. It looks like they wasted the money on last episode or something. The animation for this episode was bad. |
SoFarGoneDec 4, 2010 3:51 PM
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Yumekichi11 said: That's because her love is not affecting her, maybe that's why you don't like Touma around Mikoto, it shows a side of Mikoto that is nothing of her badass side at all. I don't mind the Touma x Mikoto moments, but this one was really idiotic and BADLY executed, it's like any other typical Tsundere moment from the other ONE MILLION anime that everyone has already seen... IN MY OPINION, Mikoto is NOT a good tsundere, it just doesn't fit her character, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I don't like tsunderes, I'm just saying that Mikoto is wasted as a "tsundere character". She's too strong and badass to be acting like a stupid, weak little girl....it annoys me to see her like that. Nayrael said: What did Mikoto do wrong here? A guy came and started yelling nonsense at her. Not knowing that some magicians were involved (not knowing that they even exist probably) she thought he meant that he doesn't want her to get hurt in this contest. She could've realized that it was a serious situation and stopped acting like a little girl who is LOVESICK, and taken a different approach... Again I must state that her tsundere characteristics on this show make her look WEAK and are totally unnecessary for a Level 5 user. I'm not saying she isn't allowed to fall in love, it's just her Tsundere attitude that almost RUIN her character at certain times.....SUCH AS THIS!!! Railgun was about fun and fanservice, HOWEVER I want to watch Index II for: TAB said: I'm totally watching this show for the plot. |
| alex, accept it, that's how Mikoto's character is. It's that way in the novels, in the manga, in the anime. No difference. Also it's one of her characteristics I really like her for. |
| not bad, a little bit much explaining but that's index. poor Fukiyose, but she'll be ok she has huge boobs and all. haha at him being too concerned with Misaka to notice the other pole. good moments with them. the less Index the better. |
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| I know this Oriana is supposed to be the bad guy but she not only hot but awesome too. She really is tough cookie. A lot better at being the antagonist than the loli nun. Touma should get a "i am stupid" prize. Hasn't he grasped the whole ability of his arm after using it for so many times? Why is he standing there watching like an idiot instead of immediately running and touching the girl. And instead of straight touching her, he lifts her up first with his other arm holds her and then touches her. Yeah take your time moron, is not like her body is being destroyed by the second. Oh wait... How amusing will be if she died because of two seconds more damage that she could take. Also this: Wasabi said: The whole scene with Misaka and Touma was just plain ass stupid as hell. Instead of repeating "IT'S DANGEROUS OVER THERE COME OVER HERE" multiple times, Touma could've just said "DON'T TOUCH THAT MOTHERFUCKING POLE" and just ran up to it and checked it which will inevitably result in Fukiyose not getting pwned. But of course, for the sake of pandering to the audience, they had to showcase Misaka's tsundere at least once. What the hell Touma? Just tell her not to touch the fucking pole, is that really so hard to say? |
YEX said: That hot woman thomson is really good at setting traps!! So she'll turn out to be a man. |
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| Ahhh, what a good nap. I look forward to next week's too. ZzzzzzZzzz... |
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| Anyone else remember when Misaka could actually fend for herself, yeah, she is quite useless in this arc... Otherwise I am really enjoying it. |
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| I missing something important in the episode...yet I do not know what it is. Maybe my biggest question is what is the porpuse of shorthand...and it is place in the school |
MorningGloryDec 4, 2010 10:17 PM
| Things are really starting to pick up. Also...that's one crazy competition. |
| Touma is kind of a dumbass. You'd think by now he wouldn't need to be constantly reminded that he can dispel shit. People are writhing in pain, he's just mouth-breathing a few yards away wondering what in the world he could do to help. EDIT: I did like the outfits Index and the pink-hair loli sensei were wearing, though. They need more of that teacher in the show. What can I say? I'm not hiding it. |
ThillygoothDec 5, 2010 1:19 AM
alexcampos said: Yumekichi11 said: That's because her love is not affecting her, maybe that's why you don't like Touma around Mikoto, it shows a side of Mikoto that is nothing of her badass side at all. I don't mind the Touma x Mikoto moments, but this one was really idiotic and BADLY executed, it's like any other typical Tsundere moment from the other ONE MILLION anime that everyone has already seen... You know when I think about it, it was enjoyable at first but felt eventually awkward and did kind leave with something like you say. I kind of like the design of Mikoto so to me her tsundere is quite unique because of her design but I leave to you if you can find another girl that does resemble to Mikoto. alexcampos said: IN MY OPINION, Mikoto is NOT a good tsundere, it just doesn't fit her character, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I don't like tsunderes, I'm just saying that Mikoto is wasted as a "tsundere character". I will agree with this but somehow feel her design might be hard to adapt to other types, in any case is she the only one with a tsundere character in this season? alexcampos said: I will agree with that one for sure. They could have done better in this case.She's too strong and badass to be acting like a stupid, weak little girl....it annoys me to see her like that. |
alexcampos said: ..IN MY OPINION, Mikoto is NOT a good tsundere IN MY OPINION, when the word tsundere is used too many time.People tend to think the word will lose it spark( meaning many people rape the word and it lose its virginity).. |
| Enjoyable episode but details are sure lacking a bit about what's really happening. Details are kinda short about why they went there, what happened to Styl and what's the purpose of that Short Hand that I don't fully feel the distress that they're feeling. But we got some good Misaka blushing and Touma getting pushed around in that warehouse by Styl was hilarious. |
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MorningGlory said: alexcampos said: ..IN MY OPINION, Mikoto is NOT a good tsundere IN MY OPINION, when the word tsundere is used too many time.People tend to think the word will lose it spark( meaning many people rape the word and it lose its virginity).. And this pertains to Mikoto how? She's a tsundere. There's no word raping going on. What are you even on about? |
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| Love Misaka and her deredere moments. Tsuchimikado is starting to grow on me. |
| Since a lot of you guys fail to hear the long-winded explanation, here's a short one: That little piece of paper was what almost killed Stiyl when he tried to use a spell to search for Orianna. Destroying it allows them to magically search for Orianna again but more importantly, since it could potentially react to touch and harm people, they needed to hurry and neutralize them before people would accidentally touch it. The whole reason she put it at a place with lots of potential victims and hard to access was to buy herself more time. Just as a sidenote, Espers are strong and gifted individuals but they are not particularly resistant to magic. So it's not a matter of whether they are strong or not, it's just a whole different ballgame. Magic was created because of the fear and envy humans felt of Espers after alll. |
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| Rage face is awesome! |
| I reject your reality, and substitute my own. |
| He should've just punched Mikoto in the face instead of telling her to get away from the pole. That's the only thing he's good at, anyways. |
| Priceless MisakaXTouma moment XD I hope Touma won't punch Oriana's sexy face :\ And yeah Touma could have just told Misaka to not to touch the pole..-_- Poor Fukiyose... |
| Good episode, in my opinion the competition between the middle schools was pretty intense how the hell do they allow that. Also that Touma and Misaka moment was awesome, she turned so red it was cute.. Cant wait till the next episode, time for Touma to punch someone with his Imagine Breaker. |
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Wasabi said: The whole scene with Misaka and Touma was just plain ass stupid as hell. Instead of repeating "IT'S DANGEROUS OVER THERE COME OVER HERE" multiple times, Touma could've just said "DON'T TOUCH THAT MOTHERFUCKING POLE" and just ran up to it and checked it which will inevitably result in Fukiyose not getting pwned. But of course, for the sake of pandering to the audience, they had to showcase Misaka's tsundere at least once. And we looooooooooooooooooooooooooooove them for it! alexcampos said: Yumekichi11 said: That's because her love is not affecting her, maybe that's why you don't like Touma around Mikoto, it shows a side of Mikoto that is nothing of her badass side at all. I don't mind the Touma x Mikoto moments, but this one was really idiotic and BADLY executed, it's like any other typical Tsundere moment from the other ONE MILLION anime that everyone has already seen... IN MY OPINION, Mikoto is NOT a good tsundere, it just doesn't fit her character, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I don't like tsunderes, I'm just saying that Mikoto is wasted as a "tsundere character". She's too strong and badass to be acting like a stupid, weak little girl....it annoys me to see her like that. Nayrael said: What did Mikoto do wrong here? A guy came and started yelling nonsense at her. Not knowing that some magicians were involved (not knowing that they even exist probably) she thought he meant that he doesn't want her to get hurt in this contest. She could've realized that it was a serious situation and stopped acting like a little girl who is LOVESICK, and taken a different approach... Again I must state that her tsundere characteristics on this show make her look WEAK and are totally unnecessary for a Level 5 user. I'm not saying she isn't allowed to fall in love, it's just her Tsundere attitude that almost RUIN her character at certain times.....SUCH AS THIS!!! Railgun was about fun and fanservice, HOWEVER I want to watch Index II for: TAB said: I'm totally watching this show for the plot. But that's what's so cardiac-arrest-inducingly adorable about her! That someone so strong and confident can get so flustered :D :D :D :D Reminds us that she's still young Mod edit: Please edit your posts instead of double posting. |
KimuraDec 7, 2010 11:48 AM
| Don't forget. Always, somewhere, someone is fighting for you. As long as you remember her, you are not alone. |
mitamaking said: Anyone else remember when Misaka could actually fend for herself, yeah, she is quite useless in this arc... Remember how in the episode she saves Touma by shooting her railgun at the falling beam? No? Oh, well then that explains your comment. Misaka is clearly able to fend for herself. From espers. She is absolutely clueless about magic at this point I'm pretty sure. |
| Damn, I want to play that ball game once. |
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Meddigo said: mitamaking said: Anyone else remember when Misaka could actually fend for herself, yeah, she is quite useless in this arc... Remember how in the episode she saves Touma by shooting her railgun at the falling beam? No? Oh, well then that explains your comment. Misaka is clearly able to fend for herself. From espers. She is absolutely clueless about magic at this point I'm pretty sure. Correct. At the moment, she's unaware magic exists, and has no need to know it exists. She's the third strongest esper though, so when it's an esper vs esper battle, she can fend for herself fine. |
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Sartaj said: Meddigo said: mitamaking said: Anyone else remember when Misaka could actually fend for herself, yeah, she is quite useless in this arc... Remember how in the episode she saves Touma by shooting her railgun at the falling beam? No? Oh, well then that explains your comment. Misaka is clearly able to fend for herself. From espers. She is absolutely clueless about magic at this point I'm pretty sure. Correct. At the moment, she's unaware magic exists, and has no need to know it exists. She's the third strongest esper though, so when it's an esper vs esper battle, she can fend for herself fine. She killed that rock golem in season one... I am pretty sure she is capable of defending herself. |
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Confucius said: Depends on the type of magic that's thrown at her. She wouldn't be any good against magic that's not upfront and physical due to the fact her own powers are very upfront themselves and her way of fighting lacks much strategy, at least by what we've been shown so far in Index and Railgun.She killed that rock golem in season one... I am pretty sure she is capable of defending herself. |
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| can't defend something that you can't see. unless you are like accelerator that can deflect anything that comes at him. |
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| damn... Fukiyose... why!? ;_; Also, what kind of competition was that!? 200 vs 20? Review here |
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| great episode! of course Index is clueless again and Touma is still not explaining anything to Misaka. Fukiyose is now infected with some sort of spell and Tsumikado didn't even know where he was at the time, oh yeah and Stiyl is like almost dead xD anyway looking forward to the next episode hopefully Misaka actually gets some info about the situation! |
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| Hm, you have the reflexes to push someone out of the way of a falling pole, but for some reason totally freeze when you see it about to fall on you, makes sense. Then instead of telling someone "don't touch that or you'll burst into flames!" he says "don't stand there or something bad will happen, come to me and I'll explain." that was just a poorly executed set up for Touma to lay on top of Misaka. How come Touma didn't just run around and punch every pole? It's not like his power has some kind of limitation to it. What a ridiculous ending... |
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| this arc is so much better than the anglican + mugen vs catholic + loli nuns |
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| YAY MISAKAS FACElol |
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| That scene where Touma tried to get Misaka away from that pole went on way too long. In the end it wasn't even that pole! xD Go get that bitch Touma! |
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| I really liked the Touma and Misaki interactions in this episode. I love how even if she is a Level 5 human weapon, she's still only a 14/15 year old girl with all the emotional instability that entails! Just because she's physically strong doesn't mean that shes mentally or emotionally strong! |
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| oh my touma gives a false hope to the other girl plus didn't save the right one in dangered... tsk tsk tsk.. |
| Looks like Touma is getting his fist warmed up for another giant punch. Misaka x Touma moments are always the best. |
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