Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index

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Synonyms: A Certain Magical Index: New Testament

Japanese: 新約とある魔術の禁書目録

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Type: Light Novel

Volumes: 23

Chapters: 178

Status: Finished

Published: Mar 10, 2011 to Jul 10, 2019

Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Supernatural

Theme: Super Power

Serialization: None

Authors: Kamachi, Kazuma (Story), Haimura, Kiyotaka (Art)

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Ranked: #68²

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Popularity: #1218

Members: 14,431

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Light NovelKamachi, Kazuma (Story), Haimura, Kiyotaka (Art)

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Having lasted merely two weeks, World War III has come to an end. Both Accelerator and Hamazura Shiage have returned home to the people they cherish most after overcoming their individual conflicts. The world is at peace and Academy City continues on as normal while the magicians focus their efforts on repairing the damage they took from the war.

Among this tranquility, however, someone is missing. Someone who used his right hand to save a young girl while changing the tides of war along the way: the "Imagine Breaker," Touma Kamijou. However, the disappearance of the self-proclaimed ordinary high school student has not affected the majority of the world as the temporary peace is soon broken when new threats, both espers and magicians, emerge across the globe. Now, the heroes of World War III must step forth into battle once more, facing off against some of the most powerful enemies imaginable in order to protect the people they hold most dear.

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Prequel:	Toaru Majutsu no Index
Side story:	Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index SS
Other:	Kamachi Kazuma Toaru Majutsu no Index 10-shuunen: Shokuhou Misaki Figure-hen
Sequel:	Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index

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Accelerator

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Kamijou, Touma

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Hamazura, Shiage

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Crowley, Aleister

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Misaka, Mikoto

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Shirai, Kuroko

Supporting

Saten, Ruiko

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Shokuhou, Misaki

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Last Order

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Index Librorum Prohibitorum

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Feb 23, 2020

abystoma2

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A Certain Magical Index isn't a deep work. It's not written to blow your mind, it's not a genre redefining work. It's main purpose is to entertain.

And boy does it entertain well. Just the sole achievement of writing 45 volumes of novel (and that's not counting spin-offs and side volumes) and still being able to draw the readers in alone is outstanding. The plot works with various concepts and it's great to see that it can keep up the stakes without just simply one-upping the previous villain and inflating and ruining the whole power system like you would see in DBZ-esque works. Sometimes the peril ... is personal, sometimes it's the whole world or even the whole reality that's in danger, but it always gets you to root for the protagonists and hypes you up.

To expand on the "concept" part, as with the previous season of the novel, Index still draws from various myths and mythology systems. As I'm a sucker for works that mingle together multiple mytholgies, I might be a bit biased there, but Index really does this well. The usage of those mythologies is surprisingly well detailed and researched and even obscure legends and characters get their turn to be incorporated. In fact, sometimes what I've previously thought were just some random terms created for the Index universe were in fact yet another less know esoteric terminology from history. Truly educational.

And even when mixing together fantasy and sci-fi concepts, the overal system created for this coexistence is left without contradictions and seeming discrepancies get explained. This is in fact an occuring theme, simplyfing the technobabble (or in this case sometimes also magebabble) into layman's terms, usually through the mouth of the protagonist to level with the reader and to justify how it's possible for the characters to still stay in the game even as more and more big shots enter the ring. I think this is quite neat storytelling trick. Though yes, sometimes the babble can get out of hand, and especially the Kamisato Faction arc might get a bit confusing, mainly because it introduces *a lot* of new characters at once.

Which gets us to the characters in general. This is one of the main strenght of Index novels - the cast is colossal, but still with great variety both externally and internally. I dare to say that everyone will be able to find their favourite character even among the side cast. The flow of introducing new characters is also user-friendly, so you won't get lost in who's who (with the exception of previously mentioned Kamisato Faction arc, of course). Though, this "everyone gets a favourite side char" has it's own... inconvenience. Sometimes the story takes too damn long to go back to some of those characters, which of course might sadden the heart of a fan.

And that brings us to the fanservise part of Index novels. It would be dishonest to act like it doesn't exist. Yes, mixed with the storyline, Index novels also have some good old fanservices. But you what? I can't even be mad about this specific case. I'm fine with it as it doesn't deteriorate the story and it's more of a snack springled between the main dishes. Yes, this goes against my personal policy of bashing anime/manga/novels/whatever with fanservice, but that just show how great Index novel is.

One final thing that I liked about New Testament specifically is how it juggles with status quo and isn't afraid to make changes - the largest example can be seen in the latest volumes here, with the latest arc surpassing even the last arc of the previous novel season. Really, almost 50 volumes and the story still didn't get stale, what a great success.

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Oct 21, 2021

michhoffman

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If you are reading this review, you are likely either 1) interested in the series and want to see whether the series as a whole is worth your time or 2) have read the prequel A Certain Magical Index and are wondering how its sequel Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index (Index New Testament or Index NT for short) stacks up. To answer those questions, 1) yes, the Toaru (series name) World is awesome, and you should get into it, and 2) Index NT is an improvement on Index in most every way with higher stakes, better plots, better character interactions and an expanded scope. ...

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Feb 28, 2022

TAMNI-GT

Recommended

Ok ok, time for the boastful review to praise one of the best literary works of all time!!!

First, Index is not a simple work, it always wanted to build something, it was just that most people didn't realize the various well-crafted configurations that the script built, and this was probably due to the impression that Kamachii gave, with him seeming to explain almost everything and leave few things in subjectivity, but we were completely wrong (obviously, I'm including myself here, after all, it's in the 1st person plural)

I believe it's as if Kamachii's explanatory writing was some kind of blinding light, and with the reader ...

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