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    • Malintex_Terek
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      I've been watching only a handful of shows in the new season and three of them (Kannagi, Tora Dora and To Aru Majutsu no Index) started off pretty same-ish but in the next episode, distinctions were made and I made a startling discovery; To Aru Majutsu no Index is about as close to an Mx0 anime as the world is going to get. I liked it the best of the three school life shows but the second episode cemented it, this is going to be a good if not great anime.

      The basic story can only really be told through the setting. In an alternate world Tokyo, there is a district that exists solely for students ("Student City") and the day to day maintenance of the entire place is automated by machines. Beneath the surface of this ideal academic world is a secret; many of the students are Espers (people who can use psychic power) which sometimes drives people into conflict.

      Our main character Toma Kamijo is a well meaning but laid back Esper who happens to have almost no power at all, he's at the absolute bottom rung of the Esper society. His only ability is in his right hand, which allows him to cancel the powers of other Espers. In order to win fights (or often just get away, since he has little taste for battle) he has to use his initiative or cunning to defeat his opponents.

      One day, a young woman appears on Toma's balcony just as he's about to leave for school. This woman, who calls herself Index, claims bad people are after her because she holds 103,000 grimoires that contain ancient knowledge of magic. Toma doesn't believe in magic and thinks that Index is talking about Espers, but she insists magic is REAL and appears to not believe in Espers. Toma tries to prove his point that magic = ESP by touching Index's "walking church" nun outfit with his right hand, since it allegedly has great magic power. It promptly explodes, but is seemingly repaired later by Index.

      After returning late from school, Toma discovers Index at his doorstep, unconscious and bleeding heavily. She had forgotten her cap in Toma's house and decided to stop by to pick it up. As Toma cradles the near lifeless Index, a man in black then walks up to him and introduces himself as a magician seeking the library of 103,000 grimoires.

      Anyway, while this anime isn't exactly like Mx0 it carries on many of the themes, particularly in Toma. As a light novel adaption I can feel that the series will take on a mature tone even beyond what was seen in Mx0 - I have high expectations and feel this is one of the best shows of the season!

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        @Malintex_Terek:

        I have high expectations and feel this is one of the best shows of the season!

        Think you better start nailing down the furniture and stocking up on the alcoholic beverages now.

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          No need to batten down the hatches; this is a pretty weak season as is. Even the Chaos;Head anime fails to entertain after playing the equivalent chapter in the visual novel, which is to say I am now so disgusted with the anime I couldn't even touch it anymore despite the Madhouse signature.

          On my list, Index and Casshern are the only shows worth watching.

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            @Malintex_Terek:

            On my list, Index and Casshern are the only shows worth watching.

            I don't tend to watch anime anymore, but I might pickup Casshern due to my loving the movie, and being familiar with the classic series. As for Index, thanks for the heads up – i'm reading the manga now!! haha.

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              @brennen.exe:

              I don't tend to watch anime anymore, but I might pickup Casshern due to my loving the movie, and being familiar with the classic series. As for Index, thanks for the heads up – i'm reading the manga now!! haha.

              The plot sounded fairly interesting, but then i see this cover and a cosplay loli blushing. Oh, the horror!

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                clannad season 2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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                  It's rare to see Terek's post about new anime without comparing it to Gurren Lagann.
                  Oh and btw,Mx0 suck balls,so I think this will be the same.

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                    Same here. For some reasons i just dont like Mx0

                    Tick tick tick

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                      i liked Mx0 but not gonna watch this…dont have time too and im not big on anime that much

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                        The only real similarity that this has to Mx0 is the mainchara's ability to nullify powers. That's it.

                        The overall mood is completely different.

                        この世に悪があるとすればそれは人の心だ。

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                          Bumping this, I started season 2. The plot(s) isn't as interesting as the first season, and the Touma jokes are annoying, but it's still cool to see him in action. I am not a fan of the perpetuation of violence against women that is going on, though.

                          I'm disappointed only so much as Index I had some of the most interesting, and original, plots in an anime of this type I'd seen in years. But like Fate/stay night, it hasn't lived up to its potential.

                          …

                          And WOW, this topic is ANCIENT. 2008?!

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                            Would you mind getting rid of that little "Mx0 the anime" in the title.

                            I'm enjoying the season so far, particularly for the fact that I read the novels alongside the episodes.

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                              I still feel there are strong similarities between Index and Mx0 but w/e, I have never seen as many Mx0 haters as I have on AP. Then again, it's not like I'm a fan of a lot of Jump shounen people like, so I can't complain?

                              I've read some of the novel material, but it confuses the heck out of me. I don't know if Index was really written by a 14 year old girl or a 32 year old man pretending to be a 14 year old girl, but it's got some weird outlooks on science and religion.

                              For one thing, I'd go to church every day if I had an attractive loli nun in my Parish. :V

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                                Sorry for bumping, but..
                                @Accelerator:

                                Oh and btw,Mx0 suck balls,so I think this will be the same.

                                Well, fuck. I NEVER remembered this post. Heh, turned out this anime is fucking awesome and is one of my favorites now. Accelerator is just plain fucking badass and Touma while being your typical generic moral guy protagonist like in most shonen battle manga, is still interesting of a character. I still think Mx0 is an overrated piece of shit that deserved its cancellation, though.

                                Also, anyone still following the season 2 here? Last episode was awesome with Accelerator and his shotgun massacre.

                                Oh, and btw, in novel vol. 22:

                                ! Touma dies.
                                Seriously.

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                                  I can't be the only one who thinks that this show's a lot better when the focus is on Academy City and not the Church, right? All of the heavy, and oftentimes pretentious, religious jargon really bogs this show down, I feel.

                                  But this arc, after over forty episodes of material, it finally feels like stuff's actually happening and that the plot is finally going somewhere. There was some really silly stuff like Accelerator's ''fight'' with Kihara, which made absolutely no sense, and Vento's appearance being rather underwhelming, but there's still some genuine tension going on with this arc, and I'm actually looking forward to how things are going to turn out.

                                  I still find Toma to be a rather bland and cookie-cutter shonen protagonist, however.

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                                    I'm still following it, though in light of the visual novel stuff I've been into (which is why I've been calling people into AIM/IRC/MSN) everything else is pretty poor in comparison. I'm still holding out that I can talk to you in real time someday, bushin.

                                    Index has a lot of good ideas, but poor execution. It's often boggled down by tropic events and stock scenarios. One of my friends rages everytime there's an Index biting scene or someone over-reacts to Touma stumbling in on a nudity scene. It's like the characters refuse to grow up beyond that stage, and it can get it being irritating.

                                    The first season was awesome because it dealt with a rather cool concept - Touma losing his memories and more or less trying to live a life he didn't remember. Even if one considers him generic, the fact that the post-memory loss Touma eventually returned to the form of the originial simply due to passion is rather telling of his moral character. Not to mention he showed off some real social savvy by fooling EVERYONE into thinking nothing happened after he was hit by the feather. Even in the current arc, the bad guys have to use DIVINE REVELATION to figure out Touma lost his mem's.

                                    I can't say I agree though Crossword. Though I'm not sure what you're talking about exactly, since the Academy City pseudo-physics is just as convoluted as the religious babble, it's just more science fiction and less a gross exaggeration of instutionalized religion's interest in the occult.

                                    One thing I can say though is I'm kind of annoyed at how every Roman Catholic plot, no matter how far away or unrelated to Academy City it may be, inevitably turns into an Academy City/world domination quest. It's almost as recurring as Touma having to punch a woman in the face. Vento's fate was sealed once the audience recognized her sex.

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                                      @Accelerator:

                                      Sorry for bumping, but..

                                      Well, fuck. I NEVER remembered this post. Heh, turned out this anime is fucking awesome and is one of my favorites now. Accelerator is just plain fucking badass and Touma while being your typical generic moral guy protagonist like in most shonen battle manga, is still interesting of a character. I still think Mx0 is an overrated piece of shit that deserved its cancellation, though.

                                      Also, anyone still following the season 2 here? Last episode was awesome with Accelerator and his shotgun massacre.

                                      Oh, and btw, in novel vol. 22:

                                      ! Touma dies.
                                      Seriously.

                                      i click on most spoiler tags i see and dont really care 99 percent of the time. That's one i honestly wish i never clicked on. (#@#

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