It's hard to really talk about everyone else in the show without this turning into a list, given the size of the cast (you can see this if you watch any of the OP or ED sequences), but luckily, some of the other players feel less like of a waste of space than do Index and Touma.
bringing a cat back into the dorms against the rules) and pout. The relationship between Touma and Index, a socially inept nun-in-training with nowhere to go besides the former's apartment, is like a staler and shallower version of that between the main pair in the same studio's Toradora: after an initial arc centered around Index's hidden magical capabilities, she doesn't do much besides get into mild mischief (i.e. On the other hand, it also doesn't leave much room for character development, and it's ultimately something of a low-risk, low-benefit situation in that while the various archetypes are bound to please a given subset of the viewers, there's also little depth to any of them. A Certain Magical Index has a large cast, and the advantage of this is that if one strongly dislikes one of the characters then there's little risk of the show lingering on him or her for too long. Now, Touma's blandness is made a little more bearable by the fact that the camera, luckily, is not always focused on him. This is just one of several problems I have with A Certain Magical Index, which ultimately falls flat by failing to connect its disparate arcs together in any meaningful way. Regardless, Touma's a rather boring and ineffective lead, and his always using said "mysterious power" in his right hand is about as interesting as Sailor Moon's defeating each and every one of her adversaries by hurling her tiara at them, but without the joy of that show's side characters or Luna's snarky sense of humor. Luffy threatened a lawsuit out of fear that our resident bland protagonist and his God-hand would steal their thunder. A more accurate title might be Kamijo Touma's Right Fist of Deus ex Machina, but perhaps Popeye and Monkey D.
#Differences between toradora light novel and anime series#
Let me start this review by saying that the title of this series is, really, a bit misleading: the titular character isn't exactly the protagonist, nor is she much of an active player in the story. True to her name, Index can memorize and store any piece of information at will the two soon find themselves pursued by agents from the organization who aim to erase her memories. One day, a strange girl who calls herself "Index" and who dresses in strange sacramental robes appears, literally hanging over his dorm's windowsill, claiming to be on the run from a mysterious "magical" organization, "Necessarius," in spite of the fact that "magic" in itself is considered to be something of a myth. having little-to-nothing in the way of powers), but he does have one secret: his right hand possesses the "Imagine Breaker," which can negate any power whatsoever.
High-school student Touma Kamijo is considered to be a "Level 0" esper (i.e. Notes: Based on the light novels written by Kazuma Kagachi and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura, which ran from 2004 until 2010.Īlthough the A Certain Scientific Railgun franchise is also set in Academy city and features many of the same characters as this show does, it is unclear precisely how the two series (or their parent light novels) are related, as their two timelines frequently contradict each other and neither is obviously a sequel or prequel when compared to the other it is quite possible that they are not, in fact, in the same timeline.Īcademy City is a city in Japan composed almost entirely of students and populated largely by espers, those who manipulate scientific principles at their own will. Maybe Baccano for a much more entertaining fantasy show with an ensemble cast? Related Series: A Certain Magical Index II (Sequel), A Certain Scientific Railgun (Spinoff), A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion (Movie Spinoff)Īlso Recommended: Shakugan no Shana is in the same vein of highschool-fantasy-adventure stories but is slightly more focused overall. Length: Television series, 24 episodes, 24 minutes eachĭistributor: Currently licensed by FUNimation.Ĭontent Rating: 13+ (Fanservice, Violence) Genre: Supernatural Drama, Science Fiction AKA: とある魔術の禁書目録 (To Aru Majutsu no Index)
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