Sunday, October 17, 2010
To Aru Majutsu no Index 1/2Term break was about to end and Touma has yet to finish his assignments, probably being too caught up with all the ruckus with the mages. Index however wants Touma to spend more time playing with her and even tries to "brainwash" him into doing that through acting like an innocent looking sister. While in the midst of all this, a mysterious magician, by the name of Yamisaka Ouma, appears in Academy City and is eyeing for Index. He arrives at Touma's apartment and uses his crossbow to summon a vortex of wind to push him up, allowing him to have a direct shot into Touma's room. Fortunately, Touma and Index have already left the house, heading for a family restaurant where Index would be kept occupied and Touma would be able to get his assignments done. Ouma however quickly discover Touma and Index's location and fires a spell right into the restaurant. A quick reaction of Imagine Breaker protected him but his assignments got burnt as a result. Ouma then takes Index hostage and escapes with her. Touma is then left to try and find Index and tries to call her cellphone. It turns out that Ouma had wanted to save someone who is important to him who was cursed and he hopes to use a book that Index has in her mind to save her. He ties Index up and prepares to enter her mind with a spell set on the roof of a building which Index warns him that it could cost him his life but he doesn't care about endangering him life. Index later picks up her cell but does not answer it, allowing Touma to listen to the conversation between Index and Ouma. While trying to locate them, Touma bumps into Mikoto who feels agitated at Touma for ignoring her and later blushes and stammered when Touma confronts her close to her face. Touma leaves and quickly discover where Index was with bright lights from a building prompting the spell has been set there. In the end, reading the book from Index's collection proved to be lethal and when Touma arrives, Ouma had already fallen to his own injuries. He tries to throw another spella at Touma but was quickly negated by Imagine Breaker. Not being able to launch another spell, Ouma collapses. Touma wakes him up after that after sending him some scratches with Sphinx and asks Ouma to bring him to the person he wants to save instead as he believes his Imagine Breaker would be able to break the curse.
The archbishop of Necessarius, Laura Stewart, talks to Stiyl about the magic book, "Liber Al vel Aegis". which can no longer be deciphered, even Index couldn't decipher it. She then reveals that there is someone who can decipher it, a sister named Ursula Aquinas. And now, both the book and the sister have disappeared. Back in Academy City, Index is bored and begins talking to Maika, questioning Touma's lack of time to play with her when apparently there's a combined sports meet coming up and everyone would be able to use their abilities to their full potential as a form of experiment. Stiyl then appears and takes Index away, leaving a note behind to Maika. Upon reaching his own home, Maika calls out for Touma and hands him the note, which tells him to come to an abandoned theatre outside of Academy City if he values Index's life. Further questioning made it clear to Touma who had exactly taken Index, there was no way he couldn't remember someone with blazing red hair and having a barcode below his right eye. Stiyl briefs Index about the situation and she's aware of the culprits, the ones she calls the Amakusa. Kanzaki Kaori, who's part of the Amakusa, is currently in an unknown location and Laura hints Stiyl that if the situation arises, he might have to fight her. Touma then heads for the abandoned theatre and midway, he sees a sister who asks him directions to Academy City. She was however a little difficult to comprehend and when Touma asks for her reason for heading to Academy City, she reveals to Touma that she was currently being pursued. Back in the theatre, a sister, Anieze Sanctis, meets up with Stiyl and Index. She tells Stiyl that they're currently unable to comprehend what type of magic the Amakusa actually uses, Index also adds on that the spells that they use do not contain recognisable spell circles and are mostly camouflaged as just normal everyday activities. Touma and the sister then arrives at the theatre and Stiyl reveals to him that he had needed his help in searching for someone but it was all done now, as they were searching for Ursula Aquinas, who is the sister that Touma had encountered and brought with him. Within minutes, the group receives a message from the Amakusa, telling Ursula to come to them. The floor then disappears beneath Ursula, with Amakusa members taking her away, Stiyl's spell couldn't make it in time as well. As the sisters "below" Anieze are sorting out the situation at the theatre, Index explains to them about the "Liber Al vel Aegis". It was a book that could disrupt the peace they have in the world right now and as a magic book, sealing it would be the one and only way to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. Tracing the Amakusa would be difficult and Index suggests that they still have time to search for them, as they'll most probably use "miniaturised pilgrimage" which is a spell that can teleport members from certain places to another, or long teleportation for short. The spell depends heavily on the star movements so they still have time before they use the spell. Later in the night, tents were laid out to prepare for their plan on the Amakusa and when Touma hears a scream from a tent, he accidentally stumbles into Index and Anieze bathing, causing him to be bitten yet again by the ferocious teeth of Index. Touma later has a chat with Stiyl and he too, knows that the Amakusa are Kanzaki's friends and Stiyl reaffirms that he'd fight anyone. Late in the night, Touma was assaulted by Index with her sleepwalking and thinking that everything now was a dream and biting Touma would be alright. Even Anieze was sleepwalking as well and cuddled to Touma. Meanwhile, the Amakusa are already preparing their pilgrimage spell and they hope to show Kanzaki what the Amakusa are like now with magic fused through the different religions.
honestly, i have no idea what the 1st episode was heading to, but that was quickly forgotten with the much much better 2nd episode. more mysteries are cropping up, with the mysterious book of "Liber Al vel Aegis" and its only decoder, Ursula. The Amakusa seems to be a deadly foe, but with Imagine Breaker, who knows? Touma could emerge victorious (well, it most certainly would be). Its great to see Stiyl back again and more sisters being introduced, such as Aineze. plot development wise was great this time round, what exactly is Kanzaki after or her current situation is still unclear, with both sides targetting her, even her Amakusa seems to be against her as well. Would appreciate if they reduce the amount of fs, it was fairly un-needed.