To Aru Majutsu no Index - 15 January 17
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Summary:
Touma and Index have arrived at the beach after being advised by Komoe to leave the city. They’re on their own for the first day, but Touma’s parents and cousin are due to join them on the following day. Because of how he lost his memory, Touma doesn’t know his parents and is feeling unsettled. The first person to show up is his father Touya who brings Touma a souvenir, and he seems ordinary enough. What shocks Touma, however, is the arrival of his cousin Otohime and his mother Shiina. Otohime looks and sounds exactly like Mikoto, and his mother looks and sounds exactly like Index. Things start get even weirder when the innkeepers become Misaka and Stiyl, and Index now looks like one of Touma’s classmates. In addition, the hospital doctor is now a TV news anchor and Komoe is now a reporter covering U.S. president Kuroko. Touma finally concludes that something is very wrong when Otohime shows him a photo of herself and him, and the girl in it looks nothing like Mikoto.
While trying to figure things out, Touma comes across an oddly dressed girl, and when he tries to greet her, she pulls out a knife. Kaori and Touma’s other classmate Tsuchimikado Motoharu show up at this moment to stop the girl, and they reveal that they’re here to investigate a distortion. The girl, whose name is Misha Kreuzhev, turns out to be from the Russian church Annihilatus, and she’s intent on finding the mage responsible for this. Kaori and Tsuchimikado eventually explain to Touma that a certain mysterious magic which they’re calling Angel Fall is spreading around the world, and it’s causing the switching of people’s appearances. What’s surprising to Touma is that they claim that he’s at the center of this distortion, making him the main suspect, but Kaori and Tsuchimikado don’t believe that he’s responsible. Misha is less than convinced and has to test Touma’s Imagine Breaker with a water attack before accepting that it is keeping him from being affected by what’s going on. With that out of the way, Tsuchimikado thinks that there’s a good possibility that the person responsible is close to Touma, but what Touma is more concerned about is how Tsuchimikado knows all this, so Tsuchimikado reveals that he’s part of Necessarius.
Preview
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Well that was unexpected. This episode started out so innocently like it was going to be a beach or hot springs episode with a bunch of fanservice, and then it became amusing and confusing when Mikoto and Index showed up as Touma’s cousin and mother (amusing because of Touma’s reactions), but by the end we’re knee-deep again in another magic-related mystery. I don’t mean that last part in a bad way either: the introduction of Tsuchimikado as a key character (as well as Misha) made things interesting, and they limited the pseudo-religious explanation of what’s going on, so it didn’t feel like unnecessarily long exposition. My current inclination is that Touma’s father is responsible since he doesn’t appear to be affected, plus he’s shown several times in the preview and his name is the title of next week’s episode. Even if it’s not him, he’s still got to be connected to this in some way.
On a different note, this is the third time I’ve seen something Barack Obama make it’s way into an anime. The first was the U.S. election episode of Yatterman, the second was the recent Minami-ke Okaeri commercial, and the third was Kuroko’s “Yes We Can” this episode. Talk about capturing the national imagination…
Sturmwind at 8:21 pm on January 17th, 2009
I hurd Miku was gud http://randomc.maximum7.net/image/To%20Aru%20Majutsu%20no%20Index/To%20Aru%20Majutsu%20no%20Index%20-%2015%20-%20Large%2003.jpg
Xavier at 8:21 pm on January 17th, 2009
oh yeah the group of Lolis go to the beach !!!
Megas at 8:33 pm on January 17th, 2009
This episode was a mindfuck. It didn’t make any sense until the end. I don’t even feel like giving any spoilers but I do have to say that Index is really growing on me…I feel like killing Touma’s father; not to hint at any future events or anything. But atleast we know where Touma got his lolicon tendencies from. Poor Touma, first he gets a mind wipe & now this. I knew they was going to make this part of the novel into a joke, but this was way too much.
Dmo at 8:43 pm on January 17th, 2009
Yes We Can!
TJ at 9:01 pm on January 17th, 2009
Kuroko as Obama FTW!!!
The first 2/3 of the show was silly but funny. After that it kinda bogged down again with the magic lessons.
ninja penguin at 9:22 pm on January 17th, 2009
I haven’t watched it yet, but it looks like a fun episode.
Index: Touma…I am your mother!
Touma: NOOOOOO!!!
namcocentral at 9:48 pm on January 17th, 2009
Omni - Barack Obama has also made a cameo in the vastly under-rated Blassreiter.
Stuff at 10:12 pm on January 17th, 2009
Oh yeah, Obama was in Blassreiter and he ordered for the nuking of Germany I think. lol
anywho, this episode looks fun.
Pachi at 10:13 pm on January 17th, 2009
OK me voy por el raw y paso a mirar el resumen despues
Anonymous at 10:43 pm on January 17th, 2009
Obama was in Air Gear.
Amatsu at 10:56 pm on January 17th, 2009
lmao Yes We can!
Moondoggiebuiscuit at 12:11 am on January 18th, 2009
The culprit is…
T!(whoa) The only other NORMAL person NOT affected by Angel Fall!(whoa)
@Anonymous:
Yes! Obama was in AG. He met the head and former Pledge Queen of T3.
Silver at 12:23 am on January 18th, 2009
Woah! Tsuchimikado totally surprised me! Did not expect that he was part of Necessarius! Anyway, awesome that Kaori shows up again.
dK at 12:38 am on January 18th, 2009
http://randomc.maximum7.net/image/To%20Aru%20Majutsu%20no%20Index/To%20Aru%20Majutsu%20no%20Index%20-%2015%20-%20Large%2008.jpg
And the KY Jelly Wrestling Champ is!
furinyue at 12:40 am on January 18th, 2009
i think i saw two index , one girl and guy ??
puyomon at 12:51 am on January 18th, 2009
I want a Biri Biri on top of me too! ;_;
asdas at 1:09 am on January 18th, 2009
surfboards
Darco_emp at 1:29 am on January 18th, 2009
I’m surprised at how closely this anime is following the main novel story line, in the same novel release order as well. This is prob one of my fav standalone arc for this novel due to the body change fun.
Looking forward to the next 2-3 eps.
Xanathos at 1:36 am on January 18th, 2009
For those who know this…
Show Spoiler ▼
cutemi2 at 2:07 am on January 18th, 2009
where’s the old man reading Shakugan no Shana manga