A Certain Magical Index (light novel)
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| probably confusing because they took the direction of the story with novel readers in mind. and we're getting close to frenda's splitting time |
Elinchayiel said: Fun fact, Index is not a main character.Tbh, looking back it feels like the better characters in Index were sidecharacters anyway. Index (and to lesser extend Touma) just aren't as interesting. Railgun and Accelerator would both, unironically, be better main characters. Another fun fact, Accelerator IS a main character. |
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-_entei_- said: Tsukumo_Yuuma said: I mean, Battle Royale and Dragon are kindof a major leadin to both the ending of WW3, and the current arc of NT. So we need some level of adaptation for continuities sake. Can't really write them out without completely wrecking the story.if i knew they will make battle royal this bad i would've wished they just cut it out , yeah it's an awesome arc but they ruined it , if they just cut it and cut dragon arc they will have more time for the rest of the volumes and it may have turned out to be a good adaptation but now we got a horrible adaptation for BR arc and the number of episodes left isn't enough for the other arcs till ww3 Yeah , but i can't think of any other solution for this 9vol=26ep adapatation , they fucked themselves and the anime with this 26ep shit |
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| Poor Frenda I want to hug Frenda so tight she get split in a half! edit: Secondaries, kindly go off yourself. Jesus, there's someone that doesn't even know who LO is. |
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Botato said: Elinchayiel said: Fun fact, Index is not a main character.Tbh, looking back it feels like the better characters in Index were sidecharacters anyway. Index (and to lesser extend Touma) just aren't as interesting. Railgun and Accelerator would both, unironically, be better main characters. Another fun fact, Accelerator IS a main character. Yel jn index he’s the second protagonist, in his own manga he’s just a background character with less screentime then anti skill goons. 😂🤦♂️ |
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neonie said: I really hope that Frenda scene will at least be as good as Miko/to from the latest chapter of Toaru Majutsu no Virtual-On manga lol.MahiaErebeaNegi said: It seem like next episode will be Fren/da, no hopes for a better animation but at the very least I hope that scene will be showed up and not being censored. Maybe I'll get lucky and it will get cut all together. ap1001 said: So.... this is all Othinus's fault that this garbage adaptation happened in the first place? Seem legit lol.Damn you "Fate" and damn you "Magic Gods", why must you make my life so hard! The adaptation flame war aside, it seem like someone doesn't recognize who is Last Order here even though she already appeared in first two season, and most recently in previous episode lol. |
MahiaErebeaNegi said: I really hope that Frenda scene will at least be as good as Miko/to from the latest chapter of Toaru Majutsu no Virtual-On manga lol. . |
| Just curious But how many story arcs are they trying to cover with this season ? Just like with the other episodes so far this one seems pretty rushed. |
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Shingster said: Just curious But how many story arcs are they trying to cover with this season ? Just like with the other episodes so far this one seems pretty rushed. Vol 14 Terra arc Vol 15 Battle royale arc Vol 16 Acqua of the back arc Vol 17 and 18 British royale arc Vol 19 Dragon arc Vol 20, 21 and 22 WW3 arc All in all 6 story arcs but some story arcs span up to 3 volumes of content |
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AcceleratorAngel said: Shingster said: Just curious But how many story arcs are they trying to cover with this season ? Just like with the other episodes so far this one seems pretty rushed. Vol 14 Terra arc Vol 15 Battle royale arc Vol 16 Acqua of the back arc Vol 17 and 18 British royale arc Vol 19 Dragon arc Vol 20, 21 and 22 WW3 arc All in all 6 story arcs but some story arcs span up to 3 volumes of content Hmm ok thanks. With 26 episodes i think they'll barely manage to fit it all in. Though so far the pacing's been so fast that its confusing a lot of people that don't read the source material. |
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| So much potential wasted. I prefer they make a 3-cour like Durarara!! or a 2-cour + movie (WW3), instead of a 2-cour to adapt 9 last volumes, whereas the 2 first seasons adapted each 6.5 volumes. |
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KasuraS said: So much potential wasted. I prefer they make a 3-cour like Durarara!! or a 2-cour + movie (WW3), instead of a 2-cour to adapt 9 last volumes, whereas the 2 first seasons adapted each 6.5 volumes. What can u do, they probably did not get the funding for more episodes, at least form the interviews with the director and screenwriter it was clear that we’ll get a nt adaption announced at the end of 26 episodes. Miki also indicated in an interview that at the end of index III a big announcement concerning the franchise will be made. |
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AcceleratorAngel said: KasuraS said: So much potential wasted. I prefer they make a 3-cour like Durarara!! or a 2-cour + movie (WW3), instead of a 2-cour to adapt 9 last volumes, whereas the 2 first seasons adapted each 6.5 volumes. What can u do, they probably did not get the funding for more episodes, at least form the interviews with the director and screenwriter it was clear that we’ll get a nt adaption announced at the end of 26 episodes. Miki also indicated in an interview that at the end of index III a big announcement concerning the franchise will be made. In that case, a 2-cour (excluding WW3 arc) should be the best choice to do. Then wait 2 years for a movie and they announce NT project at the end of the movie. |
KasuraS said: AcceleratorAngel said: What can u do, they probably did not get the funding for more episodes, at least form the interviews with the director and screenwriter it was clear that we’ll get a nt adaption announced at the end of 26 episodes. Miki also indicated in an interview that at the end of index III a big announcement concerning the franchise will be made. In that case, a 2-cour (excluding WW3 arc) should be the best choice to do. Then wait 2 years for a movie and they announce NT project at the end of the movie. That would have been the best case scenario and how i would have wanted it, but we got instead the worst case with cut exposition and only the highlights of each respective arc being adapted. |
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hazarddex said: Meta_Yoshi said: treated Frenda like crap for information reasons, which was a little sad.. oh do you like frenda? I was neutral over her when I first saw her when watching Railgun S, but I did start to like her more when she appeared later in the Railgun S manga, around volume 12 if I remember. |
| As much as I appreciate episodes without Touma I am pretty lost on these last ones. There are all these organisations with their bland names like BLOCK,ITEM,MEMBER,DOORKNOB and what not whose members I barely remember from the previous seasons or have never seen before...and I don't know if I am supposed to really care for any of them or know what they are after? But who knows, maybe everything will get a bit more clear with coming episodes. |
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| Good episode Next week seems like Accelerator vs other level 5 guy (according to the preview) |
| i love this series because of how diverse and good the plot is but in ep 5 everything happened so fast,Its kinda confusing i guess i need to rewatch it.Still,i expect great things from this anime we still have a lot of episodes left so im still positive about this series. In terms of animation quality i still prefer railgun s animation quality. |
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Adome said: Zhexal said: I'm so confused right now, wtf is even going on, who the f are all those people? Why do we jump from fight to fight and end up with that Frenda-scene? I don't get it at all.. Is this rushed af or is the LN as confusing as the anime adaptation? Index anime adaptation has always been rushed. Yeah but it never felt THAT rushed (At least that was my impression...but tbh i dont know, too many years have passed since S1/S2) |
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GreeenSponge said: As much as I appreciate episodes without Touma I am pretty lost on these last ones. There are all these organisations with their bland names like BLOCK,ITEM,MEMBER,DOORKNOB and what not whose members I barely remember from the previous seasons or have never seen before...and I don't know if I am supposed to really care for any of them or know what they are after? But who knows, maybe everything will get a bit more clear with coming episodes. The answer is no, the LN's explanation and build up part is already left on the cutting floor, so it is only going to get more confusing as all the subplot they cut out in S1 and S2 come crushing down like a bunch of idiots trying to build a skyscraper on a foundation of puddings. So either drop it, or move to the source, the anime isn;t going to explain anything but just keep showing the happening without the build up, character motivation or consequences of their actions shown. |
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ap1001 said: GreeenSponge said: As much as I appreciate episodes without Touma I am pretty lost on these last ones. There are all these organisations with their bland names like BLOCK,ITEM,MEMBER,DOORKNOB and what not whose members I barely remember from the previous seasons or have never seen before...and I don't know if I am supposed to really care for any of them or know what they are after? But who knows, maybe everything will get a bit more clear with coming episodes. The answer is no, the LN's explanation and build up part is already left on the cutting floor, so it is only going to get more confusing as all the subplot they cut out in S1 and S2 come crushing down like a bunch of idiots trying to build a skyscraper on a foundation of puddings. So either drop it, or move to the source, the anime isn;t going to explain anything but just keep showing the happening without the build up, character motivation or consequences of their actions shown. Ah yeah I figured as much, that's too bad, I hate seeing butchered adaptions like this. Thanks for the info though, maybe I'll check the LN out at some point. |
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| Awaki is overcoming her trauma teleporting herself, didn't even lose control when she ended up teleporting her feet in the floor. Frenda, i hope Kakine didn't kill her TT Next episode Accelerator and Kakine, Number 1 and 2 will encounter! |
| just because I’ve gotten weaker, doesn’t mean that you got stronger, does it? |
| So this is what the Chimera Ant Arc in Hunter x Hunter would have been like without the narrator. Honestly, there's just way too much getting lost in translation between the Light Novels and the Anime. This series just works so much better when you can imagine the scene however you want in your head. |
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GreeenSponge said: As much as I appreciate episodes without Touma I am pretty lost on these last ones. There are all these organisations with their bland names like BLOCK,ITEM,MEMBER,DOORKNOB and what not whose members I barely remember from the previous seasons or have never seen before...and I don't know if I am supposed to really care for any of them or know what they are after? But who knows, maybe everything will get a bit more clear with coming episodes. no your not suppose to know most these characters besides ITEM and GROUP this is the rest of the characters first appearances. @ap1001 also fallow your own advice. i thought you said you already dropped the show so why are you even hanging around? neither you or anyone else can predict the future. so i would be careful about throwing around words like never. |
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| You keep saying this is their first appearance like that's going to solve the core issue of them not being relevant when they should be. 2 of those organizations are already out of the picture, and the way they were introduced and off'd they might as well not have existed in the first place. |
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| This episode was so fucking confusing. All these groups and characters are hard to follow. |
LoomyTheBrew said: This episode was so fucking confusing. All these groups and characters are hard to follow. Yeah no doubt. Had to read the LN for everything to make sense. Can't be helped since the director skipped about 50% of quality content. |
| Can some novel reader explain to me a little about the situation? I mean, before this we were talking about France, saints and other assholes, we have now switched to this situation. I can not even understand what is the goal of Tsuchimikado and others tbh.. |
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| Yeah, this is rushed lmao. Even I can't excuse this now. I don't like what they did with MEMBER. I remember the Professor having a significant role in this arc but he just showed for a few secpnds smh. Both Etzali and Musujime's fights in this actually made them develop as a characters in the novels but imagine my disappointment after seeing how they treated it. Hmmm.. although I'm still excited for the next episode. |
| I can't believe how bad this is. This is beyond me being completely confused during the last episode, this is just awful. People shooting at targets standing still, introducing a character and then resolving the fight off screen, anything to do with that teleporting girls fight, and lastly, the level 5 guy beating up that Frenda girl since they met... somewhere? somehow? whatever. If this wasn't Index it would be dropped and forgotten about. |
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Kuro_Neko04 said: Can some novel reader explain to me a little about the situation? I mean, before this we were talking about France, saints and other assholes, we have now switched to this situation. I can not even understand what is the goal of Tsuchimikado and others tbh.. GROUP works for the dark side of Academy City as explained on season 1. Their goal was to stop BLOCK after the started rebelling with the goal to eventually kill Aleister (the upside down guy in the tank) |
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| Lots of rushing with little explanation with what’s actually happening. I feel bad for people who can’t remember anything from the previous seasons. |
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| Here is the moment when I inevitably lose the thread of the speech. Well, with this anime it always happens, some have said because it is the fault of too many cuts made in the transposition, however, the fact remains that I found this new episode interesting too. P.S. I'm so sorry for Frenda. :( |
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Retolee said: I can't believe how bad this is. This is beyond me being completely confused during the last episode, this is just awful. People shooting at targets standing still, introducing a character and then resolving the fight off screen, anything to do with that teleporting girls fight, and lastly, the level 5 guy beating up that Frenda girl since they met... somewhere? somehow? whatever. If this wasn't Index it would be dropped and forgotten about. This. And don't forget about how bad it looks. Index never looked great, but now they added shittons of cancerous 3DCG additionally. Basically everhing except characters is 3D. |
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| Dub = fake crap. Always. |
| Lmao, I'd hate to be an anime only for this series. |
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| Two cinnamon rolls, Uiharu and Last Order, strolling while the city is under attack xD I hope something bad won't happened. Hostaging in front of Accelerator, too bad that MEMBER guy done it at the wrong person xD. Frenda is in trouble and other ITEMs have no idea Kakine is about to attack. Looks like this arc is about to reach the climax. Looking forward for next episode. |
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Alansbeer said: Whoever told you they will do a good job with the next arc?I'm glad when this arc is over as i don't care for it, it's boring anyway especially without Touma, Index, Misaka and Itsuwa. I'm waiting for Aqua of the Black arc, when the spotlight is back on Touma and Itsuwa and that scene and beautiful exchange between Touma and Misaka and if they mess this arc up, then i'll be really annoyed. This is the arc i'm looking forward to the most. |
ssjokg said: Alansbeer said: Whoever told you they will do a good job with the next arc?I'm glad when this arc is over as i don't care for it, it's boring anyway especially without Touma, Index, Misaka and Itsuwa. I'm waiting for Aqua of the Black arc, when the spotlight is back on Touma and Itsuwa and that scene and beautiful exchange between Touma and Misaka and if they mess this arc up, then i'll be really annoyed. This is the arc i'm looking forward to the most. actually maybe acqua arc will be better , if i remember the volume correctly it'll be easy to squeeze it in 3 episodes ( except if they did the arc in 2ep ) |
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| Yea I think I'm jumping off this train. As anime watcher only I have no idea who is who and other shit. Long break fron last season doesn't help either. Just waste of my time. |
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| Not with this kind of pace no, not all of us want it. |
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Ziggycuff said: BR arc isn't part of either manga though.Botato said: Not with this kind of pace no, not all of us want it. My theory is that they are going deeper into this arc either during the Railgun anime or Accelerator Anime, and just breifly going over it during this arc. WW3 arc focuses on Index herself. And since this is an anime about index, and not so much what goes on in acedemy city, ill be happy if they rush certain aspects in favor of plot points revolving around index. This series is not about Index, holy shit. She isn't even a main character. |
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