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Summary:
With a little over twelve hours left until Index reaches her limit, Stiyl and Kaori leave her and Touma alone until the time comes. Index thinks that her dealing with them will let Touma lead a more normal life, but she soon faints and sleeps for much of the rest of the day. That evening, Touma receives a phone call from Kaori, and she informs him that she and Stiyl are planning on coming back to finish things to match up with the midnight limit. She thinks that he needs time to separate from Index, and she orders him to get it done before they arrive. Refusing to give up, Touma questions if magic can’t help in some way – particularly the 103,000 volumes in Index’s head – but Kaori explains that the Church fears a revolt from Index the most, so she’s not allowed to remember anything related to memory manipulation. What’s more, they see memorizing the magic volumes as a contamination of the brain.
Since Kaori is convinced that magic can’t help, Touma tries to suggest that there could be a scientific solution or a solution using supernatural abilities. Kaori thinks that he’s being reckless, but Touma is determined to save Index. After hanging up the phone, he notices a book about memory manipulation inside Komoe’s apartment. He makes no progress trying to read it, but he does find Komoe’s cell phone bill. Touma decides to try to call her so that she can refer him to a place that does neurological or mental capacity research, but she’s still in the public bath and isn’t picking up her phone. He thus decides to try to call some places on his own, but he isn’t successful and realizes that it’s now midnight. Stiyl and Kaori soon arrive and prepare to kill Index’s memories, and when Touma tries desperately to stop them by suggesting that there has to be another way with all the supernatural abilities and research laboratories out there, Stiyl makes him realize that they don’t have time to hand Index over to strangers.
Stiyl then shows Touma the magic tool that will be used to remove Index’s memory. He gives Touma the option of touching it with his right hand to make it lose its power, but he also makes it clear that what they’re doing is killing Index’s memories to save her life. Stiyl challenges Touma to touch the magic tool if he believes in his own power so much that he’d risk Index’s life, and Touma finds himself unable to do it. However, Kaori convinces Stiyl to give Touma ten minutes alone with Index to say his goodbyes. While the two are gone, Index wakes up and realizes that the mages were there. Touma reassures her that it’s okay and vows to become stronger and save her. Index promises to wait for him before falling asleep again, leaving Touma to cry and curse his own inability to do anything. As he’s doing so though, he recalls what Kaori told him about 85% of Index’s memory being allocated to the 103,000 volumes and 15% of it for everything else. These numbers sound suspicious to him, so he tries calling Komoe again, and this time he gets through.
Touma asks Komoe about Index’s perfect memory ability and specifically if 15% of the brain could be used in one year. Komoe thinks that even with a perfect memory, the brain definitely wouldn’t burst since it can fit 140 years of memories. In order to stress that the human memory isn’t just one thing, she breaks down and explains the different parts of the memory for him, and she concludes by emphasizing that no matter how much knowledge you stuff in your head, it won’t cause so much pressure on your memory that your brain explodes. Knowing now that Index’s perfect memory ability isn’t life threatening, Touma realizes that the Church lied to Kaori and that they tampered with Index’s head so that she’d die if her memories weren’t erased every year. This way, she would never betray them. In trying to figure out what the Church did to Index, Touma decides to use his right arm on her, but nothing happens until he concentrates and touches the symbol inside her throat.
Doing so causes a reaction in her that leads to her body coming alive with her other conscious, and Index prepares to intercept what she considers to be an intruder in order to protect the 103,000 volumes. After some analysis, she invokes something called St. George’s Sanctuary to destroy the intruder. Stiyl and Kaori – who had come running back – can only stare in shock as Touma prepares to face this new challenge.
Preview
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So, a lot of interesting stuff gets covered this episode: Touma finding out that the church purposefully created the one-year limit so that Index couldn’t betray them, Touma hitting the seal/rune in her mouth, and Index going all possessed/berserk in a very creepy way for a nice cliffhanger. The problem is that all this happens in the final five or so minutes, and the rest of the episode was very slow getting there – heck, Touma pretty much spent half the episode talking on the stupid phone, unable to do anything else and getting annoying in the process. This would probably be one of those times where I’d advocate not following the original material so closely and speed things up a bit. The outlook at least looks good for next week based on the cliffhanger and preview, though I have to say that this shot of Index back to normal is kind of spoiling the fact that Touma succeeds. And who the heck is this guy who somewhat resembles Index?
Yeah, I’m feeling the same way. The series started off with such a bang the first two episodes, then it hit a pit of molasses and hasn’t recovered the pace since.
And so that’s what all that talking was about, they purposely made the one year limit, huh? Man, no wonder Touma looked pissT
Someone’s mind will get deleted except Index next episode. Pseudo Chain Smoker Loli in towels drinking milk tea is MoE.
ahhh its going to get interesting again i think
That’s because this is based on the manga. This first arc is also slow in the manga. I’d rather they hurry up and get to Accelerator.
-Izaak, Lord of the Lotus Clan.
Since alot of light novels with a sci-fi/fantasy background has a lot of in-between setups and info, I’m not surprised at all with the pacing.
I can’t help but feel the “sisters” won’t appear for a good number of episodes though. Pity…
Yeah wow, this is going really slow. Well then again….if they complete this arc next episode and give some bits of the 2nd arc, then it might be good enough pacing.
lol
You know with these slow pacing plus short bursts of excitement reminded me how the pacing was in Fate/stay night.
ya ur right that most of the action/or thing u want to see most was near the end and packed… but still enjoyed it, and kool evil face Index
They need to start speeding through the novels, like they’re doing for Toradora :\. For a shounen show, too much talk, and not enough action.
need to see more RAILGUN
Moar railgun indeed.
@arigatou: No thanks for the spoiler, idiot.
i think they’re following the manga n’ novel pretty closely. and yes the first ark in the manga is slow too… but i’m happy with it…
i think it;s a cool story..lol
anyone know where to get light novel of to aru majutsu no index which already translated into english ???
@Izaak
its more like based to the ;ohjt novel instead of the manga
slow pacing means ….there’s other season?
huhuhuhu
rawr XD stupid churchXD
@Roland
Sorry there aren’t any with exception of this http://nrvnqsr.proboards20.com/index.cgi?board=amg&action=display&thread=4456 except their only translating a few short stories.
this seems pretty darn interesting.
@OMNI
That guy https://randomc.net/image/To%20Aru%20Majutsu%20no%20Index/To%20Aru%20Majutsu%20no%20Index%20-%2005%20-%20Large%20Preview%2003.jpg
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Well all of the episode can’t be fast paced, but still NOTHING happened in this one until it was basically over. I really don’t mind that kind of junk too much but I can’t stand all that talking when it comes down to it so I’ll just stick to reading your review & watching the action parts…I did the same with Shana. Maybe I’ll watch the complete series when its done but I don’t have that kind of time to waste now.
I don’t like sob stories but I do like neuroscience….and it was stupid to say people use 15% of their memory in a year if they memorize everything.I saw a guy with a condition like that on TV and he’s still alive and kicking.Probably some subtle sarcasm that religion often blinds people to common sense,not that I’m a religious person myself.
well, it looks like the pace will get back to how it was in the 1st ep as they (including those retard frineds of Index) realize the goodness holiness of the trash can… I mean the church. Those friends of Index really need a chech up on their head done by science of course. Who would believe the one that drills that their friend head with all of that dangrous stuff in the first place. Well, they are the church speaking of god will after all. So we can just see this as a challege of god in human faith.
Ranting asides, I just hope they team up with science and other less retard magic societies to hunt down every last creature belong to the drug, opps I mean church. Church likes to drug people.
Cool, can’t wait. Love the visuals in this show!
http://worldofanimemusic.blogspot.com
when was it a law that having sex with magical beings or non-human was not allowed? god, i’d give anything to see Index get fucked like a doll and rape shitlessly into a lifeless puppet. i wouldn’t even mind to see glimpse of her sloppy pussy dribbling wet with drops of vigor.
i love that. and i bet you fucking shitless bastard out there are the same, holding back your disgusting urges too. don’t try to be a fucking puppy and try your hopeless lives garnering impetuously for a fuck-a-second of attention. you piece of shits.
*. . .looks at himself* xD
@andynai
You just said exactly what was on my mind every time that little scatterbrain went loco on Touma. Release yourselves ppl, that’s what the internets are for. I know you’ll all feel better after typing that out. However, What I would do to her isn’t even the realm of andynai’s imagination. Being evil sucks when you’re human…
creepy?
this is not really creepy.. it was rather cool in my opinion
i don’t feel the chill rather i feel wowed by the scene~