A Certain Magical Index (light novel)
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| - the opening sound better than the previous season. - imagine breaker sound changed again (it changed on railgun s1 but return on the railgun s2).... - i think Document of Constantine Arc would take 2-3 episode (i bet it will take 2 episode) Note : even this isnt the first time, JC Staff show a shimapan on Toaru franchise... oh short pant doesnt count |
bondtuxOct 5, 2018 10:28 PM
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| I like the start, a good way to refresh my memory. |
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| Great to see the show back, Index is still super annoying though she's still a parasite that does nothing but leach off Touma. Misaka is best girl |
| The first half is a good refresher from past seasons also some usual toaru comedic moments. That opening showed a lot of characters I'm worried for their screentime since its only 26 episodes. Well that ending lol sky diving xD |
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| Wow. That episode was all over the place in terms of pacing, and I don't remember the series sounding this bad. Even the VAs seem off, which is weird because I'm pretty sure they're the same people they've always been. I may just go back to reading the VN's rather than watching this season . . . |
| Well watched the episode myself...... It's just..... while the anime-only fillers in this episode wasn't that bad at all, the pacing was so rushed that I don't know how to explain it (Even the manga adaptation are did way better job than this). Meh.... at least the OP is good and they got Fukiyose's fan-service screen and Tsuchimikado shoot Oyafune Monaka screen right. |
MahiaErebeaNegiOct 6, 2018 2:17 AM
MahiaErebeaNegi said: Well watched the episode myself...... It's just..... while the anime-only fillers in this episode wasn't that bad at all, the pacing was so rushed that I don't know how to explain it (Even the manga adaptation are did way better job than this). Meh.... at least the OP is good and they got Fukiyose's fan-service screen and Tsuchimikado shoot Oyafune Monaka screen right. Sadly some arcs have to be sacrificed for the greater good, aka battle royale arc; ww3 arc. It’s unfortunate that Sao gets 50 episodes, while index is not even worth a 3 cour. I hope that the battle royale gets at least the justice it deserves. |
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AcceleratorAngel said: Sadly some arcs have to be sacrificed for the greater good, aka battle royale arc; ww3 arc. It’s unfortunate that Sao gets 50 episodes, while index is not even worth a 3 cour. I hope that the battle royale gets at least the justice it deserves. I really hope my theory about Terra arc will only have 2 episodes was wrong. But seeing how this episode was adapted (Not to mention they also adds a brunch of anime-only fillers too), it's make me think they really wanted to finish the whole OT stories in this season in order to adapts NT into anime later. |
| Nice recap to get us up to speed though. Catchy opening as well. To think that a argument about bunny girls would get them a scolding. Uiharu looks like she's having fun at the exhibition but poor Kuroko though. The end events were shocking but produced some interesting revelations. So the board desires war with the church huh. The director though was a brave woman bringing this news at such a high cost. A solid first episode that did a good job of reintroducing the cast and the setting while introducing a new threat. |
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MahiaErebeaNegi said: AcceleratorAngel said: Sadly some arcs have to be sacrificed for the greater good, aka battle royale arc; ww3 arc. It’s unfortunate that Sao gets 50 episodes, while index is not even worth a 3 cour. I hope that the battle royale gets at least the justice it deserves. I really hope my theory about Terra arc will only have 2 episodes was wrong. But seeing how this episode was adapted (Not to mention they also adds a brunch of anime-only fillers too), it's make me think they really wanted to finish the whole OT stories in this season in order to adapts NT into anime later. Given Sao's popularity versus Toaru's the fact that SAO gets 4 cours is to be expected. Sao's Alicization arc is after all the series best arc. Still i hope that 26 episodes will at least give the viewers a good understanding of the arcs that will be featured in the series. |
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| Good song, but the opening is not that great compared to the opening 4 (showing characters in a hype way, that running and Touma-Vento parts). Moreover, the way they show Acqua in two separate fights is a bit weird and Acqua-Kaori part is better animated (that damn sword of light!) than Acqua-KnightLeader's (should replace Acqua by Carissa). Then, Hamazura dodged light beams and we see a silhouette behind the smoke screen and a smile. And finally, skipping Last Order-Accelerator part (use it for the next opening) and Accelerator-Kakine part more like Touma-Vento's in the previous opening, but better! |
KasuraSOct 6, 2018 3:11 AM
| It was definitely a "we're back" first episode. OP was great and had a lot of hype showing off the characters. Didn't expect them to show off the Royal family and New Light though. Do they plan to get into the English Civil War arc before the first cour ends? I'm not sure if they plan to animate some of the stuff they skipped out of order, like the prologue with Terra of the Left, so I guess we'll see. I did like the filler with Oyafune and Index though. Sort of wish that had been in the novel. They are really breezing through OT 14 and it could be done next week or the week after. |
Brave_in_HandOct 6, 2018 1:34 PM
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| can anyone sum up the story in the past 2 seasons for me or at least the whole catholic church,Directors and the 30 December thing? I don't remember a lot from the previous seasons sadly. |
| "Even if it has good reviews, if I don't like it then it is shit" -Some random anime character |
FuryTank said: The first episode was ok, we could see almost all the characters which is pretty good, I think the animation could be better tho. Anyway I expected a lot more hype for this season, I suppose that is due to the time that has passed since index ii, I just hope that people have not lost all interest in the series xd Alot of time has passed and the hype took a hit when they account this will only be 26 episodes, fans were expecting 3 cours and at this rate they are going to rush the hell out of the plot |
| just seen the ep 1 oh boi i love the OP and ED,perfection! next ep will be an action pack....hype is real |
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| This was a weak start tbh. 15 mins just wasted, mainly showing all known characters and their panties. Only last few minutes mattered |
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| It has been 10 years since S1. Let's see what happen in France but... DAFUQ IT HAS BEEN 10 YEARS AND STILL CAN4T DO A PROPER SENTENCE IN FRENCH "NOUS RESISTER".... |
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| Its been so many years since i watched the last season. I've forgotten all about it XD. Regardless, this episode was interesting. Lets see how it goes. |
| Well, she's no Mami Kawada, but the opening is still good. I wonder why they didn't hire Fripside instead. If they had performed a song written by Kawada we'd get a killer OP. Anyway, this episode didn't disappoint in any regard. Here's how I felt for the first 10 minutes, lol. But after the references were over we still got enough screen time directly related to a constructive plot. Also, did I mention this? Index in high-production. I lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oved the new Imagine Breaker sfx. And you know what's the best part? We're going to get 26 episodes of this. I look forward to finally spending them with fandom, we deserved this.  |
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| It has been a LONG time waiting, but I'm glad that Index S3 has finally arrived. =D The first episode had a small recap of what Touma has gone through thus far into the story and most of the episode felt like a nice nostalgic feeling. Yeah, it had the usual humour, panty shots and Touma's luck being as woeful than ever, but I still had a smile on my face all throughout the episode. The new OP song sounds pretty good, as does the ED song. Animation-wise, the first episode feels on par with Railgun S2, which doesn't sound great at first, but Railgun S2 still looks brilliant five years after it aired, so Index S3's visuals so far are good. Since I haven't read to novels, I'm pretty interested in all the new and returning characters that appeared in the opening animation, so I'm looking forward to seeing how the rest of this 26 episode series goes. =) |
| I hope that old woman didn't die, she didn't seem like a bad person. |
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| Great opening to a great arc.. Still can't believe its been 7 years though. |
| Solid first episode. Nice to see all those characters again, tho I hoped to meet sisters too. Can't wait for next ep. |
-_entei_- said: Wut. First of all spoilers.Botato said: I thought it was Venta of the Front's invasion of Academy City, with the whole Ehhh it was the events of volumes 12 and 13 wasn't it? Accelerator saving LO, Touma saving Kazakiri. Then S2 covered SS1 which had GROUP and Touma save Misaka's mother. into Kazakiri experiment taking place prior to that. Or did Allastor dispatch against Venta as well? Second of all, is not even mentioned at all at this point in the story. - Vento invades - Kihara kidnaps Last Order - Kazakiri turns into an Angel - Accelerator fights Kihara and Hound Dog to save LO - Touma fights Vento to save the city/Kazakiri - Index uses a song/prayer to save LO/Kazakiri |
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Meritas said: Maybe because Fripside was busying with singing the OP theme song of Chinese Index MMO game during the production time?Well, she's no Mami Kawada, but the opening is still good. I wonder why they didn't hire Fripside instead. If they had performed a song written by Kawada we'd get a killer OP. Meritas said: Are you seriously believe that 26 episodes is enough to FINISHED the WHOLE OT STORIES which have NINE VOLUMES IN TOTALS?And you know what's the best part? We're going to get 26 episodes of this. I look forward to finally spending them with fandom, we deserved this. Ulquiorra said: Don't worry, that old woman is still alive.I hope that old woman didn't die, she didn't seem like a bad person. |
MahiaErebeaNegi said: Actually it's 10 unless we're expecting them to completely skip over SS2.Meritas said: Are you seriously believe that 26 episodes is enough to FINISHED the WHOLE OT STORIES which have NINE VOLUMES IN TOTALS?And you know what's the best part? We're going to get 26 episodes of this. I look forward to finally spending them with fandom, we deserved this. Which is very likely. |
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| Yay, TaMnI is back! <3 Start quite interesting, since it's been a while, the story has done well in making a small roundup of the characters of the anime series, very happy for it. Quality of drawings and animations, more than enough. A small review is urgently needed since there are references to past events. |
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 Who is this girl?! Of to nice start, already started reading the LN, have 13 volumes to go to pass S3~~ Watching this feels right at home too. |
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Playcool said: Who is this girl?! Of to nice start, already started reading the LN, have 13 volumes to go to pass S3~~ Watching this feels right at home too. It's Itsuwa from Amakusa Church, who appeared in Toaru S2. |
Botato said: Which is why I didn't include SS2 at all lol. Thought I have a feeling that they may will gonna adapts SS2 into a OVA if Index III was doing well.MahiaErebeaNegi said: Actually it's 10 unless we're expecting them to completely skip over SS2.Are you seriously believe that 26 episodes is enough to FINISHED the WHOLE OT STORIES which have NINE VOLUMES IN TOTALS? Which is very likely. |
Silentcid said: Been a long time waiting guys and girls. I can't wait to see both index and railgun characters in this one. How many puns can fit into that spoiler?XDXDXD Anyway, i dont think it was so rushed.It conveyed the state of the world and WHY Touma has to go to France makes sense. Ther eis a lot of flab that canbe cut tbh. Also mfw when OP is setting up the BIG villain of NT. |
ssjokgOct 6, 2018 9:01 AM
| This episode covered just the right amount of material, cut the right things, and ended right around where I have been expecting it to ever since I first stated speculating years ago about what a season three first arc would be like. |
| pretty nice and chilling start. a good warm up for us all for upcoming episode. y'know when i want to skip to the big thing but still it cant be helped because everything has a progress... that's what i feel right now :D it's a nice start. one thing that i hate and unreasonable and unnecessary, they changed the iconic sound effect. i literally hate that they changed that for no reasons. besides that, about rushed or now. what volume, how many episodes and bla bla, i dont really that care. i'm happy enough to see this again. well i just hoped they dont messed it up really bad. |
YizelTroOct 6, 2018 9:58 AM
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-_entei_- said: What came up was the name Aliester Crowley.Botato said: I could've sworn his name came up back during the Wut. First of all spoilers. Second of all, is not even mentioned at all at this point in the story. - Vento invades - Kihara kidnaps Last Order - Kazakiri turns into an Angel - Accelerator fights Kihara and Hound Dog to save LO - Touma fights Vento to save the city/Kazakiri - Index uses a song/prayer to save LO/Kazakiri incident though. Also, edidted my previous post. Sorry about that. Haven't read Old Testament since before Index 2 aired so it's a bit hard to remeber what all is spoiler. |
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Amakusa's member. The one with a hot towel. |
KasuraS said: Playcool said: Who is this girl?! Of to nice start, already started reading the LN, have 13 volumes to go to pass S3~~ Watching this feels right at home too. It's Itsuwa from Amakusa Church, who appeared in Toaru S2. S2 was so long ago, and I have so much to read of the LN before even reaching S2. So one more for the harem then?  I dont mind hotties, as long as the writter realizes, that while index is good for a mistress, Misaka gotta get that wife status! Best girl cant have less. |
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| This brought so much memories! I hope this season delivers. |
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| I WAS SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE!! Let's see how it goes from now on~ <3 |
 Ｓｗｅｅｔ♥I guess, as long as I have life, all I can do is fight with all my might. |
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