A good episode. Touma is covering nicely his memory loss, but the difficulty of unexpected circumstances was executed well. Still, now that Index isn't anymore dying and they aren't active chased, there's visibly less heat in Touma and Index's relationship. Well, maybe it was partly due to this particular episode, but it shows Touma lost some of his heart in addition to the factual memories. Makes sense, but it's a bit sad at the same time. Let's hope he will grow to like Index again as much as he did before, even if being aware of his memory loss will make him more doubtful of any action and development, trying to compare it to what he thinks he once had.
Plot also seems to be proceeding nicely.
"Let's move on. There's nothing here, just a corpse..." The fire mage has a proper attitude. Haha.
Ugh... the episode was plainly idiotic thanks to Index.
What happened to her being cool? Just because she was saved she acts like a brainless idiotic loli?
The episode would have been better if it didn't had so many idiotic moments...
And when I started to like it... it ended. The corpse scene was the best of the whole episode. Why wasn't anyone able to see it? I mean... Touma's hand is not uberpowerful to let him see through illusions... does it? Or does that mean everybody in the building is under the power of the Alchemist?
Frankly I just see this show to see Mikoto's story... Index is such a letdown of a character in my book...
So far, we've seen about four groups of entities: Espers, Magicians, Vampires, and Alchemists. That is, if vampires are counted as a separate group and not just a general term to coin people with.
As for the episode, pretty good, especially when Index brought home the cat. It pains me to see Touma suffer from pretending to be himself, but at the same time, not himself. At least he hasn't lost his sense of humor and trust in her, for the very least.
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Nice episode, great animation as always. Liking Touma's character.
The pregnant thing made me laugh. Pregnant loli, haha...........okay, maybe I should stop thinking about now.
Alright episode this time, as itw as pretty much a setup for the battle to come. Leaving Innocentis behind would be a heavy loss though, since it's pretty much Styil's trump card.
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Uh... Nothing happened to her? I don't see any discrepancy in her character. It's understandable she's a bit different after she isn't dying anymore because of a curse and isn't hunted by two magicians anymore. If there's something wrong with her character, it's because you expected her to be what she's not.Originally Posted by RyougaZell
To be fair... you are correct.
I blame myself for thinking she could be a better character.
Anyway... now I know (without spoiling) why the arc I wanted was not the next one... this vampire episodes take place on the 2nd novel, which was skipped on the manga. The next arc, which is the one I want, is the 3rd novel.
Seeing how many episodes each novel is taking... I don't think will get to see the 16 novels animated. I wonder if we will get a 2nd season or more later on...
Now Index is kidnapped... again! What will our heroes do now?
I just like how the fire mage uses Touma as his shield, and his behavior overall. Be interesting to see how well the next episode goes, judging from the previews.
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-I'm totally confused. The managed to spend the whole episode talking about the alchemist without telling us what he's trying to do, besides the general comment "he's trying to save someone".
-Index again plays damsel in distress, and I can't say I like it. I'd much rather she played a more supportive role with all her knowledge as Touma comes to grip with everything that's happening around him, even cast a spell or two.
Next week seems like a pretty bloody fight, so I'll look forward to that. Hopefully they'll disclose more about Izzard. His powers to simply issue commands seems like the ultimate gea-, umm, magical hax.
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For someone having perfect memory, even if those memories are just 1 year old, Index seems brain dead... to charge directly inside a territory she detects has unknown magic...
I kinda enjoyed the episode until Index-damsel-in-distress came forward... and I don't understand that miko girl... is she or not on Izzard's side? Or are her memories being manipulated? I think the latter.
PS: I want Mikoto...
I join your chorus of disliking Index's role in this. While it's totally believable she would be thoughtless enough to enter the suspicious building, it's still annoying her role was reduced to such an object and Touma's actions dictated by trying to rescue her (gee, I think I've seen this plot somewhere before). It would have been much better if Index had remained out of the picture like she was supposed to, and Touma had decided to march in simply to kick some ass.
Forget the fact she's often reduced to a damsel in distress I might not like it but I can live with that for now. The real question is who randomly brings a cat with them to go find out where Touma is?
The kitty brought to a battlefield is convenient. You can always send if to get help. Like Index did. *sarcasm*
She seems to be in a co-operation with Izzard. He provides her with shelter, while she uses her ability for his research, with the condition that no killing results from it. Izzard supposedly wants to save someone, and the miko's all too happy her powers are being used to save after all the killing she's done. I'm not sure about memory manipulation done by Izzard, but it does look like she has no memory of when she kills people.
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It was a badass fight, I have to say. A very interesting yet believable way for a high-level alchemist to fight (or operate) as well. Touma's approach was quite a reckless one, but it affirms my belief that despite his lectures he's still one who can make things happen if necessary. Yet Index got a very flimsy role again. Almost hard to believe her name is in the series name when she's hardly more than an object in the background...
That was a pretty awesome fight. That Alchemist just literally slices Touma's arm off, and Touma just walks to him like nothing happens. It kind of worried me when Touma started acting crazy, but having Stiyl be stripped of his skin was pretty cool. I wonder who'll get influence by Index next, since she seems to have a lot of partners throughout her life.
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