Toaru Majutsu no Index II

Before I begin my review, let me share with you a little story

I once went to the "Women Are Neglecting Kitchens Society" ( Yes, I do know that abbreviates to W.A.N.K.S) Don't worry, all they do is tell "Women and Kitchen" jokes to each other. Anyways, the committee was proposing "Kamijou Touma" as their society's mascot. Bear in mind I did not watch any episodes of "Toaru Majutsu no Index" at all so I had to ask, "Who the heck is Touma??"
My membership got instantly revoked.

So after watching the first season, I still did not understand why is Touma is treated like a hero for ... the W.A.N.K.S. But after venturing into the second season during the great "Nuns vs Touma's Right Fist" war, I finally understood them..

"Your story wasn't that entertaining" says Misaka expressing her boredom.

Oh, and providing commentary for this review today is Misaka Clone #10032
So let's begin the review shall we?

As I've mentioned before, I've continuously watched from the first season into the second season, thus I could significantly notice several changes between the two season.

Once again the story revolves around Kamijou Touma and his RIGHT FIST. Note I do not say RIGHT HAND to avoid any sexual innuendos. Once again, Touma lack of discrimination for women causes him to go out of his way to save any "damsel in distress" nor does he care about holding back when he "rearranging their faces" Along with index and a few other companions, he is again dragged into solving the problems between the two dominating church factions in the story out of his sense of altruism. I can absolutely say you will get hooked onto each episode, there is almost no such thing as "fillers" (Eventhough once in a while I would like that since the story is moving at such an incredible momentum) I did not read the light novels thus in no way am I comparing the anime to it.

The character design improved significantly from the previous season. Combat sequence are getting more serious effects. I love the new opening now and I've seen tons of spoof and parodies made about it in NND. This is one of the few openings I would actually listen to instead of skipping. And who doesn't like the sound effect when Touma uses his RIGHT FIST to dispel magic or espers ability?

Characters! More development here for Touma's character. And when I say more development, I mean his HAREM is developing! However I felt like they were neglecting Index once again.. Poor Index... Other supporting characters such as Misaka, Accelerator and Kuroko do appear to further compliment the story. Misaka and her tsudere-ness reaches a higher level! The sad part about this anime is that as new characters are being introduced, the older ones which had their own arc are being left by the sidelines.

"I did get to appear momentarily in one of the episodes..." says Misaka proudly.

NO!!! DONT SPOIL THE SHOW FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T WATCHED!! Now go make me a sammich!

"I decline..." says Misaka while looking at the other direction.

Anyways, as blasphemous as it is, I did enjoy the whole religion versus science theme. Ok, so technically all religions are not represented so to correct it, it would actually be a war between the Christian Crusaders and Science. And wow, these Christian Crusaders made Taliban Terrorist looks like wimps, eventhough in reality the existence of espers and magic isn't really acknowledge. Now the reason I wouldn't give the enjoyment value of this anime to the maximun score is because the whole Touma tries to reason a girl, girl rejects Touma's reasoning, Touma's crush girl's illusion a.k.a her face, girl defects and becomes his ally, is getting old pretty quick. Sure thats a nice way to add girls to your harem instead of the typical dating sim of buying flowers and chocolates and raising flags every single moment, why not just falcon punch her?? Now, in no way am I or Touma are sexist here.

"Touma isn't sexist as he indiscriminately punches anyone in the face, male or female" Misaka adds to strengthen the argument.

Well said. So to put it easily, if you're the type who fancies superpowers and ability users, this would be a good anime for you to watch. Be sure to watch the first season though. And what is a harem anime without a couple of fanservice?? Yes we do have some to satisfy you fetish! For all you lolicon, Miko fetish, and Nun fetish! Not to mention a lot of tsunderes to go around (10,000+ to be exact)
And do not take the religion aspect of this story too seriously, in no way it is connected to reality. This is a fictional world. Otherwise, how else would they be able to acquire magic make up?? What? You didn't notice they were wearing magic make up?? Whenever Touma punches his enemies' face with his RIGHT FIST, their faces becomes slightly uglier thus their magic make up was dispelled by Touma's RIGHT FIST..

"I do not understand your jokes.." says Misaka showing her confusion

Well how about this? Touma lost his right arm when he was a kid so Chuck Norris gave him his right arm since Chuck Norris has the ability to regenerate any of his body part. Thus explains why Touma's RIGHT FIST is supremely incredible!

"Who is this Chucku Norrissu of which you speak?" Misaka asked in further confusion.

Haremu Kingu,
Signing off!

Return to the world of Science and Magic with Touma & Index.
After the slightly successful, often enjoyable first series, J.C Staff fires off with the continuation of Touma's dilemma within Academy City.

Story: 8/10 - The story that made the first series popular returns in its sequel. Here, the story kicks off with Touma attempting to finish his summer homework before the next day. Those who despised the slow pacing of its predecessor can rest easy - the series so far does a decent job of getting right into the action while reintroducing the familiar cast at the same time.

Art: 10/10 - I always loved Toaru's ... artstyle. But here, the character designs are more polished and proper, mixed with more than a fair share of loveable and humorous expressions.

Sound: 9/10 - Mami Kawada returns with her new single "No Buts!" as the opening. The song is very catchy and upbeat; a perfect blend of Techno and Pop. Maiko Iuchi of "I've Sound" is once again in charge of the series musical score, and DAMN, the music this time around is awesome and fitting at the same time. The ending theme "Magic∞World" by Maon Kurosaki is pretty cool too.

Character: 10/10 - The series has always been filled with loveable, colorful characters, and here is no different. New characters, bigger character development - what else can I say?!

Enjoyment: 8/10 - Despite the amusing, interesting (and at times, absolutely hilarious) interactions between characters, it still struggles with the long and boring speeches on magic (seriously!). However, the fight scenes and special effects are better than before.

It's obvious that J.C Staff invested a much, MUCH bigger budget on animation and special effects this time around. With a start-up more enjoyable than the first, and the Academy Sports Festival coming up, I rate this series 9/10... for now.

Why are you still reading?! Go watch some Index!!!!

Story - 6

After watching the first season I hoped that the plot would finally unfold in to something bigger and better then the first season. Well it didn't!

For the most part it was worse and only close to the end got better. The problem with the story is that it isn't directional and is repetitive. It's because some villain shows up from the religion side (usually) and wants to do something bad. And then Touma comes to the rescue. And this happens like every time through out the season. Seriously the villains seem to change like every 3-5 episodes and only thing that they have ... in common is that Touma fights them with his right arm and wins.

Only at the end the story starts to do something about Magic vs. Science thing, but that isn't enough to draw your interest or provoke any real thoughts. Well the thought that this story provoked to me was that religion is crazy.

Visuals - 9

Maybe a bit too much flashy some times, but for like 98% of the time it is just great. Everything is crisp and clear and the characters all drawn well. Fights are all the time animated well also. I really have no more to say, because the art is great and nothing more.

Sound - 8

Better openings then the first season. The first OP was the greatest. As for the background music it kinda always fits well with what is happening, but never really increases your watching experience. It kinda is there doing it's job and nothing more so for the most part you will rarely notice it. In a way it is good, but it could bring out the overall experience watching to whole new level if somebody really wanted to.

Characters - 7

I don't know why but for some reason Touma is the one character who I care less then the other secondary character like Misaka or Accelerator. Touma is just a plain normal hero-type. He is such a stereotype to the rescue that I want to punch him for being so cliche and uncool.
Most of the support cast is just some kind of fetish whatever and hareming all over Touma. It's just so stupid.

Off course there are some likeable characters and Touma is in some way too. But do you really care for them? No, not really, except Accelerator and a little bit Misaka and the Misakas last younger clone called Last Order. If it would be my choice then Touma would not be main character, but Accelerator or Misaka would, because they are so much more more interesting and 3 dimensional.

Enjoyment - 8

As for enjoyment I liked the comedy and the fights. As for everything else I can't that I enjoyed it a lot. Only for some moments, maybe. Also I would of really wanted so that this anime would provoke me to think about something.

Overall - 8 (was very close to 7)

Toaru Majutsu No Index season 2 was a great as for the technical aspects like visuals and music, but when it comes to story and characters it lets you down quite a lot. If you have seen the first season then I can say to you that the second one was a bit better, but only by a small margin call.

Season 2 definitely isn't a must watch, but it is better then most of the animes out there. And if you liked first season a lot or you have none must watch series then go ahead and watch it. Just be careful, because the story really goes nowhere.

To be honest, after the first season, I had pretty low expectations for this second installment of Magical Index, but since I'm not one to judge something by it's cover, I went and watched it all. My short opinion: Pleasant surprise. Way better than the first season in every way, but has many problems still.

The first season of A Certain Magical Index was, frankly, a confusing mess. (See my review on the first season's page.) Despite the unique and extremely intriguing setting, the story was jumping around like a wild firehose at full pressure, aimless and even major plot points went woefully unexplained while ... the characters were constantly spewing exposition over minute details. The characters themselves were but hollow shells with a bunch of conflicting tropes tacked on, only serving as plot devices. All that changed in the second season, and for the better.

For one thing, the characters now have clear motivations, something they lacked in the first installment. Toma, the main protagonist, is sadly still just a handle to drag the story forward, but at least he has some clear goals and motivations now. It's awfully cliché'd and hollow, but it's there. Basically, he wants to "save everyone" because he is a "good guy". His power is still totally unexplained and serves as a mere plot device (punch bad guy du jour in face = problem solved). Index didn't change much either, she is still suffering from the "everything at once" disorder, being the secret magical plot device, the tsundere and the comic relief moe all-in-one. The cute/whiny idioms, the biting and the forever-hungry gimmick is still there, and I know these are intended to be endearing, but it only comes off as annoying. However, there are new developments at the support character front. The introduction of the Sisters (Misaka and the nuns too), especially 20001 (Misaka-Misaka), Orsola Aquinas and gang, Kazakiri, the researchers, and a swath of new faces is really great, and brings some life into the series. Even the antagonists at least have some motivations other than "I'm evil because I'm evil", well, most of them anyway. It still seems to fall into one of two kinds, "I'm following orders" and "I'm taking revenge because of reasons". It's still an improvement.

The biggest improvement is definitely the story arc. Meaning, there is actually a story arc now, instead of random episodes with basically no connection. The series even goes as far as picking up loose ends from the first season and tying them into the story. By the end of the second season I just about started to feel like I'm watching a real anime with a story and good characters. Also, the second season is chock-full of fan service, some pretty weird ecchi scenes and finally some good humor. A special mention to Episode 17, which was genuinely enjoyable.

A major shout-out to the only character, who received a character and a story arc: Accelerator. He is the ONLY ONE who went through any kind of change and was actually very well written as a sort of Faust character, and the only one who got his backstory and motivations detailed, at least somewhat. Not even the main protagonist received that kind of treatment, which is sort of puzzling. He is a kind of tragic hero, who now strives to right at least some of the wrongs he done. I especially like his involvement with 20001, and I really wanted to see more of his story. My only problem with him is his extremely annoying angsty, emo kid act. I can understand the borderline insanity and the conflicted morals and self-hate, but that's just a bit too much.

All in all, Index II is a definite improvement over the first season in most every way. It's not THAT great, but at least I could go through it all without cringing or scratching my head much, which is good.

If you are looking at this review im gonna guess you watched season one or you are looking at reviews from both season to get an idea if you should watch this show.

A Certain Magical Index this show quickly became one of my favorite for many reason

1. It has a good story whole science vs religion idea is very interesting idea and the series pulls in of well
2. Characters the Mc Touma quickly became one of my favorite anime characters due to the fact he is unique most anime character do the right thing and do it for there friends Touma does what he deems ... necessary to save a persons life whether it be good or bad but he is also very funny and a straight up lady killer
3. Humor this show is just hilarious i believe it is very underrated for its comedy
4. Awesome action fight scenes are real fun to watch seeing up 12 year old nun he boxed out there is nothing like it

So i really recommend this show its an easy 9/10

Toaru Majutsu no Index II (2010)

Honestly, this show just keeps such a great pace and has some great times. Going from arc to arc with seriousness but also laughter in between is just the correct way to structure a show. I love the Misaka sisters especially Last Order and 10032.

The art is a slight improvement from last time but that is because it is slightly newer.

The sound has got better than before having more SFX sound to it and booms through surround sound much better. The voice actress in Japanese for Kuroko Shirai honestly deserves an award since her voice is complex and ... just amazing.

Characters as before with new antagonists and updates on current character profiles are booming here. You get to know many characters that were not introduced massively before and also get new ones which are explained well. Current characters also develop all over the place.

Best girl in no particular order: Misaka 10032, Misaka, Kuroko, Orsola, Itsuwa and Himegami.
I think Himegami can be firmly the overall best girl in the end. She deserves more screen time.

I really enjoy how Sasha gets some screen time too and you see more of her real character and reasons for how she is. Her way of speaking is pretty cute too.

Overall again this is a brilliant show and I ended up watching this so quickly.

9/10. Keep it coming.

~ In a place where Science and Magic are at equilibrium ~
(TL;DR Version: Bottom Paragraph)

In many ways the "Index" story/perspective bit off more than it could chew, and so while To Aru Majutsu No Index II is an IMPROVEMENT to the initial season in many ways, and regardless: a thrilling journey overall... IT'S LIMITING AND COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH MORE...

As a continuation of the Toaru "Index" story, Toaru Majutsu no Index II is the sequel to begin work on bringing the comparatively chaotic and rushed first season (particularly past episode 10, as you can read up in my Toaru Majutsu no Index review) ... to a satisfying conclusion. "Index II" as I will abbreviate this sequel season from now on set about rectifying LOTS of the prominent issues that arose during the previous 24-episode season; and to an extent this worked at increasing the overall vividness and development of the stories. For Index II to have accomplished this, it has evidently worked to subdue the fast-pacing issues combating depth in the prior season, and begin to take more time to explain the intricacies of the characters and plot. At least until the end drew near.

Contrasting with the "Railgun" story/perspective, even after the so-called culmination of the "Index" story shown here, it was still frustratingly left with a number of open ends. This is likely the result of the copious amount of arcs that were thrown in prior, and so whereas the "Railgun" story was given more time to develop consistently and conclude strongly; "Index II" proved unable to finish what it had begun. I therefore say that it was destined to fail at achieving its full potential from the start...

Advancements...
The eventful life of Touma and Index in Academy City, plagued by the large scale conflict between science and magic of which they are both apart, is directly continued into Index II. Context continues to be integrated into the story through various revelations and realizations associated with a wide range of characters throughout. Arcs therefore tend to become clearer as the show is given time to progress.

The evolution of the prior season into Index II is similar to that of "Toaru Kagaku no Railgun" into "Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S": It feels more passionate and gripping. Primarily this is because Index II shows a fortunate change of technical investments. Most significantly, Index II is the sequel to ditch the "content cramming" of the first season, as i remember quoting in the corresponding review. Index II puts an end to abrupt endings and transitions, besides the odd unannounced classroom filler episode here and there. This means that each story seems more wholesome and more importantly: relevant to a greater plot.

Instead of throwing up new enemies here and there like in the previous season to emphasize a sense of time and scale, Index II makes the wiser choice of favoring content quality over quantity. It showcases a more more considered approach which brings the motivations and personal complexities of each character, be it a friend or foe: to life. The relentless action across the entire Toaru franchise gives the whole thing an obvious cinematic "kick", as Index II continues to uphold this intensity. In addition, it brings about more unpredictability and in turn tension during the countless battles, just by leveling out the characters' abilities. This somewhat suppresses the formulaic and therefore flawed nature of Touma's typical path to victory, but the real development here is the introduction of the above mentioned "considered approach".

It adds to the cinematic and action-filled events of the "Index" story by factoring in more character motivations, and backstories. It brings about a more personal "kick" by lessening the distance between the viewer and the far-fetched characters by means of linking the two through better elaborated upon plights. It's an overused term, but this serves to deepen/bring some weight to an otherwise spontaneous set of leaps from bad-guy to bad-guy as were shown during the previous season.

I have no doubt here that Index II made the right choice in allowing more time to cover material brought up too quickly prior, instead of filling up excessively on content scale, though it's far from minimal. One of my favourite examples of character development here is that of Accelerator, who similarly to Touma is given a very intimate form of documentation which incorporates a very personal-feeling viewpoint via integration of inner-thoughts and motivations. He is an example of how Index II builds up from what the previous season started... and I so really enjoyed the result of this continued exploration and explanations; on top of the more surprising and suspenseful battles which when combined give Index II a greater sense of substance, and allow for viewers to become more intrigued.

Other characters: Agnese and even Shirai for example receive some light during Index II as well; which helps towards clarity. More importantly though is the way that instead of discarding old information and development by introducing something completely different afterwards: as was often shown in the previous season... Index II is much better at integrating elements of the "Index" story together though greater transitional consideration. It actually develops and builds much better in a more cohesive fashion; and so with such an improved approach compared to the prior season, why is it only "1 mark" higher?

Downsides... Involving the "Index" story as a whole
When Index II rectified a lot of issues as mentioned above, it subsequently revealed a lot of loose ends particularly towards the conclusion, which drag down the very high level of presentation value.

Most significantly, the ending: an underwhelming, inconclusive and ambiguous finish which hints at a direct conclusion that's likely to never come about: the "Railgun" story being a side/alternative/child plot line as opposed to a continuation for those unaware. The ending didn't show a good culmination or conclusion to the war we were first introduced to on episode one of the previous season, as it's almost like it never happened. The "Index" story talks a lot about a clash of science and magic, but they're always treated as separated elements. When your penultimate episode is called "Before the war" in spite of the fact that it was supposed to be coming to some sort of conclusion or conclusive message... goes to show that clearing up the errors of the previous season was too big-a-task for Index II on top of finishing properly what it had begun. It was unable to finish what it had set out to do.

Coming to a close...
Index II is so much better when compared to the first "Index" story season...

And so i agree with the many critics out there who rightfully point out that the story as a whole, FRUSTRATINGLY leaves too much unexplained to come to a satisfying closure. Had it been given more time in a direct continuation, it might have hoped to achieve its potential, as the context and premise (mentioned in my previous season review) brings about such an interesting setup. The religious war theme works really well, but is simply not expressed near fully at all.

TL;DR
+ GREATLY Improved character development
+ GREATLY Improved cohesion of arcs
+ GREATLY Improved pacing until near the end
+ Improved tension and unpredictability in battle
+ Maintained decent audiovisuals

- Still formulaic by nature
- Underwhelming conclusion
- Lots left unexplained
- I waited for some more of Index here as a character, but she remains very underdeveloped

~ Power is striven for to tilt the scales... ~

Toaru Majutsu no Index II is the sequel to the first season of Toaru Majutsu Series....I had high expectations for the sequel as someone who enjoyed the first season. But somewhere along the way i got a little disappointed. This review will tell you guys why. So let's get started shall we?

Story (8/10): The story was just like how the first season went..it jumps from Arc-Arc-Arc....with different characters taking the spotlight. Well somehow the story got a little boring as it progresses. It's the same Fighting scene again and again and with Touma's fist always landing on their face's it got boring watching the same ... thing again and again but overall it was good.

Art (8/10): The Art is decent. Not much i can say about it. The fighting scenes are good,The Scenery,The Background are all good but maybe the key to which makes the art good is that the Art fits with the Story well. Serious,Happy or even Comedy moments were fitting with the athmosphere really well.

Sound (9/10): The Sound & Music on this one was great! It fits with the story too. Especially the OP & ED Songs. The fighting scene's theme song was my favourite. It just thrills your excitement when you are hearing the music along with the action which makes this anime's Songs Special.

Character (8/10): While there were new character's thrown into the story.The Main Character's themselve's hasn't changed, well not in a bad way but they could have made the
character development better. But with that said i find the character's really enjoyable and never found it boring at all.

Enjoyment (8/10): This Anime was enjoyable but was also lame at times that i almost dropped it. The Thing that got me
unsatisfied with it is because of the "Common" Thing that happenes as the story progresses. Like the cliche "Index Bite
at Touma's Head" or "Touma's I'll Beat that Illusion of Yours"
It was repeating again and again i almost fell asleep while watching the anime. But overall good Enjoyment.

Overall (8/10): This Review is finally coming to a close. And overall the Anime was decent and sometimes it was also "Special" but that's it nothing more nothing less just decent Portrayal of Action and Comedy.

Well Guys this is the end of my review...sorry if i'm still crappy at this but this is my 3rd review in MAL so please give suggestions and advices on how to make my review's better :) i'll appreciate it. #Da_Harem_King Signing Off

A Certain Magical Index 2 in a nutshell:
Fanservice villians vs touma's right fist



Story (8/10)
The story continues as powerful religious organizations want to take a hold of Index to take one of the 103,000 books inside her.
What I hated most about the previous season is the rush of plot and throwing in 6 arcs. In this season, they shoved down another 6 arcs in 1 season. However, this time, the plot was somewhat easy to follow. These 6 arcs are called "Orsola Aquinas Rescue", "Tree Diagram Remnant", "Daihaisei Festival", "The Queen of the Adriatic Sea", "Academy City Invasion", and "Skill-out Uprising".
The plot ... was somewhat easy to follow because unlike Season 1, the plot doesn't jump around randomly every arc. They're all connected together. Also, the arcs are not all about Touma. It also focused on Accelerator, Misaka, and Shirai.



Art/Animation (9/10)
The Animation is a big improvement from the 1st season. The environment and character design looks more beautiful. Still a bit choppy here and there but they're not that significant.



Soundtrack (8/10)
The soundtrack is the same as the one I've heard in "A Certain Scientific Railgun". I love the soundtrack from Railgun so I also love it here. I don't think I've heard any exclusive soundtrack. Anyways, OP1 and ED1 was complete trash. By the time I was at episode 5, I started skipping the opening soundtrack because I couldn't handle it. On the other hand, OP2 and ED 2 was a big improvement.



Character (8/10)
All of the characters from the first Index are here with some new characters being introduced. Most of them are antagonists and some of them are characters that are added in Touma's harem. What I didn't like about the antagonists and some few new supporting characters are their appearance. I mean what the hell is up with their boob sizes? I couldn't really take them seriously. The only new characters I liked are the sisters of the Roman Orthodox Church. Some characters from Railgun also made an appearance here like Uiharu.



Enjoyment (7/10)
I only enjoyed the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th arc. The remaining arcs are just either too stupid, full of fanservice, or just a filler.



Overall (8/10)
Overall, the anime is an improvement from the 1st season but it still has a lot of flaws. At least, they learned to not throw a bunch of information at you in 1 minute and expect you to understand everything. Some people say Index 2 is better than both Railgun and Railgun S. I have to disagree with that. Index's biggest flaw is they rush the arc and the plot. In Railgun, they focus on 2 arcs only and it actually takes time for the story to develop.




Pros:
-Story was an improvement from the 1st Season
-They learned from some of their mistakes from the 1st Season
-Better Animation
-Soundtrack slightly improved
-Characters from the 1st season is still likable
-Few funny moments


Cons:
-Plot is still slightly rushed
-They still throw in 6 arcs instead of just focusing on 2-3.
-Antagonists and some new supporting characters are full of fanservice
-Protagonist can sometimes be frustrating

(This is my first review,so please forgive me if it's lame XD)

~Story & Overall~ 9/10
After pretty good first season (which took me few weeks to complete since it wasn't really THAT interesting) I wanted to finish what I started and I must say that I was pretty much unpleased when I found out that it's still an ongoing series - it almost stopped me from watching, since I hate waiting; however, I continued and I was positively surprised. Since I'm (kinda) a young girl and not much of fan of harem stuff, I did roll my eyes at some fanservice moments, but other than that ... - WOW. It's like thousand times better than first series. Story gets much more complicated and Magic vs. Science 'fight' gets more serious. That's exactly what I like Also, less 'fillers' :D To sum' it all up - if you liked first season, you will LOVE this one. If you didn't like first season that much - well, you will still like this one. XD But if you loved first season aswell, then I really don't know why are you reading that XD Shoo, go watch it already!

~Art~ 9/10
Pretty animation, yes yes. It's clearly visible that more money was spent on 2nd season comapred to first. I took lots of screenshots because art is so nice.. The eyes, the hair, and...and....I looove how powers are drawn, like Misaka's electricity. :)

~Sound~ 9/10
If I say half of my MP3's full just with Index OSTs and openings/endings, doesn't that tell enough? As always, it's completely amazing :) Besides I'm huge fan of Mami Kawada and once again both openings are completely suiting for Index atmosphere - somewhere on youtube somebody wrote that Mami Kawada's songs always fit atmosphere perfectly, and I must agree. I never once skipped the opening since episode 17 xD

~Character~ 9/10
Well...poor Index is being ignored again XD
And I miss Misaka - though I was watching Railgun parallely(is that even a word or I just invented it?) with it so I survived :3
However, I was really happy to get a little bit more of Accelerator and Last Order, also everybody besides Index gets development and all. They are great just as always.

~Enjoyment~ 10/10
There's where TAMNI didn't disappoint me nor in first season nor here. I remember falling asleep while watching first season though, while I was actually staring at the screen at late night hours such as 4 a.m. while watching second season

This review would include season one and season two.

[7]Story: The plot in ToAru is fairly good, but generic, a boy protecting his city and the people that he loves. There is no uniqueness in that. That being said, there is no plot development whatsoever, just the same guy doing the same things with different villains. On the upside, all the action scenes are fun to watch and usually keeps you on the edge of your seat.

[10]Art: Outstanding animation, and the supernatural powers in ToAru are pretty unique and fun to watch. Background scenery is exceptional. Characters were eye-appealing.

[9]Sound: ... As for sound, it was very well done. Using Mami Kawada would be pretty fitting if the anime revolved around the female lead though. Voice actors, just simply amazing. I particularly think the female lead's voice is somewhat annoying.

[4]Character: The character development in ToAru is terrible. You learn nothing about the main characters' pasts and the interaction between them is pointless. Characters come and go, except for the male lead and a couple others. I'd say there are far too many characters as well that are introduced. The main female lead, Index, is very annoying as well. She's childish, uncute, and is only there so guys don't get bored of constantly looking at Touma. In the first season, she was introduced as a very important character and helped Touma through everything. Despite having her name in the actual title of the anime itself, she plays an unimportant role in the second season. This anime would have been a lot better if Index and her powers were further revealed. Touma also has a annoying and stupid thing he says constantly, and Index keeps being a little b@#$% and complains to him and then bites him on the head.

[9]Enjoyment: Despite the flaws in ToAru, this anime was actually very enjoyable for me and I couldn't wait for each episode to come out. But, this has no re-watch value whatsoever to me.

[7]Overall: With ToAru, I thought it was a fairly decent anime despite the flaws. If you like good action with a cool male lead, then this is your anime. If you're more into detail and characters, I wouldn't recommend this to you.

Great story, good battles, but the absolute most annoying characters in history. Index and Mini-Misaka 20001 makes me want to pound my face into my table. They just won't shut the fuck up. Excessive talking during battles while people are dying right behind that person. Sometimes I wonder how they even make it out of there.

Only going to give a longer review, solely for the battles and animation. You're thrown into a world where human beings have insane amounts of power. Naturally being humans we want to know who is more powerful, and again as humans we perpetually try to surpass that power. This anime ... shows power isn't everything. It also shows what it would look like to give an animator knowledge of plasma.

id give it an 11 but it does not go that high to me this was a fun anime it just one of those anime's you'd be willing to watch again just because how fun it was to watch only wished i got to watch it in dubbed because when im watching sub it ruins some of the fun of actually watching that anime not reading

so in short
this anime has people with and without strange powers battling and the main character whose powers just void other powers gets to knock all the evil people in the face which is just fun to ... watch the so called powerful people astonish look on there face

Story: I give it 9. It's not linear, it's fun, no time to be bored!

Art : 8, nothing else to say!

Sound : good sounds effects, even if some of them are a little bit... too much

Character : They just really nice! Touma : fu-ko-da! They all have very different minds, and this is really good! Also Accelerator is nice here (instead of the 1st season)

Enjoyment : Yes, only 7. The end isn't an end. The anime was fun, but the end break everything...

Overall : 9, just a f***ing good second season! Watch it!

Fresh off the second season's finale. Story hangs in a more or less cliffhanger of events as the story converges to the climactic prologue of the next arc (novel readers would already know this). But let's be honest here, I guess most of you already know what's coming, having googled a certain wiki.

If yes, you're wasting your time reading this guano of a review. If not, or if you have and yet you feel like you want to continue; I thank thee for your compliance!

Season 2 of Index, I would say, is a very hasty season as compared to the first one. Arcs are divided ... into smaller segments this time around, at least that's how I feel. The only problem I see with this is that non-novel and non-Wiki readers would have some problems transitioning in-between events. What I don't get is also why the hell did the production wasted so much time on a certain arc (Daihaseisai arc if you must know) and leaving so many loopholes during the last few bits of the season.

Also, almost every episode you see fights and Touma's never ending generalization of things (reminds me alot of Kokuto Mikiya's bro-ness, except a bit more annoying). Fans of the first season who were enticed by the uniqueness of the abilities present in the Index universe would be delighted to know that you finally get to enjoy the tender, fluffy texture of the cake. More so if you're a fan of Magic instead of Esper abilities; A major chunk of Season 2 has our heroes deal more with the Church than with Academy City affairs, the latter only being zoomed in during the later part of the season.

Oh and guess what! Finally a change of scenery as our heroes not only do what they do in good-ol' Academy City! I was really getting sick of the dense urban jungle Academy City is. I think I'd even say that it looks better when it's destroyed.

Character development has been, I would say "fragmented" throughout the season. Touma still has his memory destruction thing, and everyone in the season is oblivious to it (except maybe Aleister Crowley, since he's the floating dude who planned the shits going on in the entire series anyway, bet he enjoys doing a "All According to Keikaku" look in his sad room). And he's the same Touma we know from season 1, prior to and after the whole memory thing. As mentioned above, he does his whole generalization and "illusion" breaking stuff with his right hand. Oh and yes Touma still one-shots everyone, and everything, with his Imagine Breaker. At least it's balanced by making him a total wimp of justice.

Index has been demoted to the position of mascot. But that's ok, because the good part is coming in Season 3 (Hopefully)! Ok let me just skip to the good part of the character development stuff. I really, REALLY enjoyed Accelerator's appearance in Season 2. Now who here actually disagrees with me that his vector manipulation is made of win? Ever since his introduction in season 1, I've been hoping for moar of him. Sure, the small arc about saving Last Order in the previous season served a purpose as to pave the way towards his grandiose role he's supposed to have in the series, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH. Season 2 does just that: His soft-side (I know, dichotomy), his "ideals" and his "goals" are all laid down for us, and we get to see just what is behind that facade he puts on.

Along with Accelerator comes with Last Order. Awww, I just love the way she speaks where she repeats the Misaka part. A friend of mine often disregard it as "utter annoyance" but seriously now, it's kinda heartwarming when she does that, even when she's feeling kinda down.

The Magic side expands greatly this season. Abilities such as displacing action to a certain designated spot, grimoires creation, global AoE incapacitation, etc. You have a woman with big jugs, you have a yandere whose flat chested, and you have a loli too. What's there not to freaking like? On a side note, I prefer big jugs.

The first OP I find to be catchy, and my favourite of the openings. Kawada Mami's electro-pop "No Butts!" really fits into the overall fast-paced action you ought to see in the series. I think the production team really did a good job having her sing the OPs. Her style of music, I would say, accentuates with the feel of Academy City's technological aspect, while the lyrics serve to mash up the Magic side's religious aspects.

I didn't really liked the first ED, but Memories Last does a good job bringing an episode to an end. Especially during the last episodes (I think last 6? I don't really remember), the often cliffhanging, destitution filled endings really play well with the beginning of the song's soft synthesizer tunes.

Overall, I would say Toaru no Majutsu no Index II is a somewhat enjoyable sequel to its predecessor. The weaknesses are mostly associated with the standpoint of the arcs the season is in; there isn't really nothing to actually complain or advise against. That being said, I strongly recommend watching the second season, and start looking forward to season 3; Because I'm in love with Takitsubo Rikou.

Haters gonna hate.

I'll write this review with the fact that you've seen the first season. I've also written the prequels review so feel free to read it too.
Anyway, the second season is better than the first due to a few aspects. We get more eye candy, new characters and some good action.

Story 8/10:
The story is the same as it was before. Touma, with his right hand can defeat any magician and esper. Touman, like before, is the main character of the series. Index, well she shows up few and far between but the main focus is Touma.
The series is split into magic arcs and science arcs, just ... like before. And just like before, the science arcs are pretty amazing as compared to the magic ones. One thing I liked in this sequel is that they really mixed up science and magic in a few arcs which made things much interesting. By mix up, I mean the magic arc is set in Academy City, and they also show many espers instead of the magicians themselves.
Some arcs had me wishing they'd end sooner and some episodes were so enjoyable that they went by in a flash. So, it's pretty much the same as it was before but new characters spice up the story a bit.

Art 8/10:
Same as before. Pretty nice animation and graphics quality. And much more abundance of eye candy as compared to the prequel which, as we all know, is good.

Sound 7/10:
Some people like the songs of this series while some don't like them. I didn't find the songs to be anything interesting as to listen to them all the time.

Character 8/10:
Kamijou Touma is the same as he was before. But I think he gets a bit more confident in his ability in the sequel.
Magicians Cast:
Many new magicians appear in this sequel and some old ones disappear. Kanzaki Kaori, being my favorite character is nowhere to be seen during the entire series. She becomes more of a side-side-side character. She has importance in the story but we don't get to see her much. Tsuchimikadou is the main cast from the magicians side. And we do get to see Stiyl often but Tsuchimikadou is the main cast.
Esper Cast:
As with the magic side, some new characters appear from the espers as well. Most of them are from the school of Touma but new baddies also appear.
Only a few new characters have their stories explained while others are just for the moment. But they also play a role in the story's events.

All in all, the new characters are a pretty nice improvement and keep the show going good.

Enjoyment 8/10:
Well, I can't say that I enjoyed this as much as I did other anime. Since some parts were quite stretched out and some drama here and there got be pretty bored. But I definitely did enjoy Touma punching the hell out of his opponents. Academy City is, as always, the best place to be in this anime, speaking in terms of eye candy, action, comedy. Some magic arcs take place outside the city and they were quite boring to watch.

Overall, this is a good anime but not as good as I expected it to be. And with the ending they put, it's just begging for a sequel. If you watch this anime, it's good but if you don't watch it, you lose nothing. It's not an anime that you must definitely watch. It's just ok. Not bad, but not amazing either.

I completely loved the anime, its idea is very original. Its very fast paced and will always keep you wondering what going to happen next. Its character are full of life. i also recommend this anime, to all those enjoy sci-fi animes. Hands down, this is Great... must better than season 1, but i do hope you watch season 1, because otherwise you will not understand it. I strongly recommed for a season 3.

yeah there is very cool anime for me...
i very like the art...
like science and magic, level 6 project, multi skill, saint, majin, and anythink.

and i very like the people create it...
i don't know why he make anime with the very good art...

and, i so will be wait about the third series to aru majutsu no index spring tommorow...

how i know spring tommorrow the 3rd series to aru majutsu will be release?
... because the issue in the wiki to aru talk it...

that is my review..

I was really excited for this season since season 1 was one of my faves. However, I was left dissapointed with each arc... The only arc I liked was where Kuroko had time to shine, it is probably the only arc where it didn't finish with Touma punching someone is the face. Too bad it was rushed as well, but still very enjoyable.

Otherwise it is the same thing over and over, Touma has a huge speech and then punches someone in the face, I mean come on! There are a lot of skilled characters with far more experience yet they always get tossed to the ... side while our beginner Touma punches the shit out of the enemy -_-

Touma had used his Imagine Breaker so many times that I can't belive that enemies side still didn't figure out how to fight it. Whenever enemy seems to notice his hand power, they still for some stupid reason end up falling for it. They don't change their tactics at all! Or at least not to the point that it would be THAT noticable =/

Why can't it be like in Kuroko's and Awaki's arc where it wasn't Touma who finished the fight?

Then comes characters issue, Index was seriously annoying this time around. All she did was getting mad at Touma for no reason and then bite him 100 times... Is she some kind of dog?

Kaori had joined Touma's harem... how did THAT happen?!

The only entertaining thing was when magic and science side decided to strike at the same time but even then conclusion wasn't as great as I wanted...

Series did have some really interesting arc beginings which got me excited but the moment we reached conclusion, it was a fail. Some conclusions were actually very dumb, to the point that you wanted to slap yourself.

I really hope that if there will be season 3, that the arcs conclusions will be far more exciting and less repetitive because for now they all can be named "TOUMA PUNCH!".

I give this season 7 over all, I would have given less but I still respect season 1 and this season did have good ideas which sadly were crashed later.

This anime has a very unique kick to it. Although it presents the typical conflict between magic and science, it shows that there is no one singular antagonist. Rather, there are antagonists and protagonists in both sides. This creates a sense of enjoyment of being able to pick one over the other. The main character, Touma, is smack dab right in the middle of it, so the watchers are stuck in the rift along with him between the two. Touma's power defies both the science and magic side with his right hand, which is able to nullify all supernatural forces, science developed, or magically casted. ... The anime shows a lush variety of things, some essence of a old beat em' up street fight concept, an extensively detailed, brilliantly pieced together and factual science concept, and a riveting back story and the many varieties of religion and it's capabilities of power on the magic side, and very elaborate concept all around every element of this story. This includes each individual character's powers, personality, and background, and also the settings have amazingly in depth concepts and details. There are many things to take in, and times, entertainingly complex as well, rather than just sitting there and watching what happens as a simple show. This anime is able to fuse comedy, romance, action, and suspense mind boggingly well, with each concept having a nice depth of detail to it. The character interactions are genuine and unique for each individual. It's almost as if there are 3 stories in one, the magic side's story, the science side's story, and Touma's story. But, you could even create a story for many of the other characters,(Railgun and many other side stories do exist because of this) that's how detailed and elaborate it is.