Index season 1 and 2 were relatively decent, however season 3 is a complete trainwreck. J.C Staff are trying to adapt so much this season, that they crammed too much in each episode, causing it not to flow cohesively anymore.
They skipped a lot of content from the Light Novel, as a result the story is extremely rushed and most anime watchers don’t know what the hell is happening.
Index III has a plethora of problems: the bad direction, poor animation, unexplained plot points and plot holes. The story bouncing from different groups of characters without giving us enough time for events to sink in or get acquainted with the characters. Inner monologues are being cut out. Characters are constantly teleporting from one scene to another, the villains motivations are vague, there’s meaningless deaths and stupid organisations like: ITEM, SCHOOL, BLOCK, GROUP, MEMBER fighting for unclear reasons.
Honestly, I gave up trying to understand what’s going on in the story because it’s been confusing and hard to follow. I’m only watching to complete it now.
Touma is still the same as ever. Lecturing his opponents how they’re wrong and he’s always morally right, until they become dumbfounded as he proceeds to punch them in the face.
If you’re a Misaka fan then prepare to be disappointed because [SPOILER!!] Misaka barely does anything for the entire season and when she eventually does get some focus it’s only for 2 mins at the end.
Accelerator remains the best part of Index. His character development into a hero is amazing and watching the lengths he goes to protect Last Order is a joy to watch.
On the other hand, one of the worst decisions was having Hamazura become one of three MCs along with Touma and Accelerator. I despise Hamazura with a passion because he’s like a bland, discount version of Touma. I don’t know why Hamazura gets so much screentime when nothing he does is plot relevant. I don’t care about his goal to save his girl. He’s blantantly protected by plot armour and the guy can’t do anything without plot convenience or enemies being dumbed down to save him. This is why you don’t make a fodder civilian a MC because he’s just boring to watch. Mugino acting like a cartoony evil, psychotic bitch annoys me.
Every episode I’m left with more questions than I am answers.
The message of Index III is “read the light novel if you want to understand the story”.
