Kamijou Touma/Quotes

Kamijou Touma is the main character of Toaru Majutsu no Index, and is one of the most vocal characters in the universe. He is somewhat infamous for having long and uninterrupted monologues by the fandom, however as a result he is one of the most quotable characters in the series.

Catchphrases
Regarding quotes that are repeatedly spoken by Touma in one form or another in the universe.
 * Such misfortune!
 * Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01
 * I'll destroy that screwed up illusion of yours!
 * First spoken in Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01, more specifically, it was directed to God. The line is interchangeable with I'll kill that illusion of yours!, referring to the kanji of the Imagine Breaker (幻想殺し), which can be translated as Illusion Killer.

Quotes
Said to Accelerator from Toaru Majutsu no Index Episode 14
 * As long as no one got hurt, it's all good. Who cares who saved who?
 * Said to Misaka Mikoto from Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Episode 07
 * I have possessed some weird power for my entire life...If I come into contact with an Esper ability with this right hand, be it a railgun or a lightning attack, even a miracle of God can be dispelled.
 * Said to Index regarding his Imagine Breaker from Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01
 * If I don't want to follow her to the depths of hell, then I'll just have to drag her out of hell!
 * Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01
 * Is it only because you have strength you want to protect others? (...) That's not it, it's the opposite right?! It's because you want to protect something you went and acquired strength right? (...) If so, then what the hell are you doing right now? (...) You have such powerful strength... such omnipotent strength... how can you be so useless...?
 * Said to Kanzaki Kaori from Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01
 * I don't want to be the hero... I'll become one!
 * Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01
 * It might be that I still have a few memories... Isn't obvious where my memories reside? They reside in my heart.
 * Said to the Heaven Canceller regarding his memory destruction from Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01
 * I don’t understand her. Is this what you call the characteristics of puberty? Or does she just hate me?
 * Said to himself after seeing Misaka Mikoto acting strangely while talking about Tree Diagram
 * I don't need a reason to save someone.
 * Said to Himegami Aisa from Toaru Majutsu no Index Episode 09
 * This isn't a shoujo manga, you know
 * Said to Misaka Mikoto from Toaru Majutsu no Index Episode 10
 * Grit your teeth well, Strongest One. My weakest attack... might shake you up a little!
 * I’m not helping Index for the sake of the British Puritans, but helping the British Puritans because of Index. Next time, if Agnese asks me for help, I would help her. She was coincidentally the bad guy this time. Being a bad guy once doesn't mean she'll be a bad guy forever.
 * Said to Kaori from Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 07
 * That’s right, it's a promise. This promise is to protect Misaka Mikoto and the world around her. This is my agreement with a certain nameless person who fell in love with her so quickly.
 * Said to Shirai Kuroko regarding his promise with Etzali from Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 08
 * Though I can't remember the events from before, even so it is because of them I'm able to stand here. The 'me' from the past still motivates the 'me' that can't remember anything today. What he left behind isn't in the 'head', but in the 'heart'. So, it doesn't matter if I can't remember, I still understand what I need to do (...) Kamijou Touma isn't the kind of person that lets something small like losing a bit of memories stop him.
 * Said to Mikoto regarding the truth of his memory loss from Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 16
 * Shut up, you asshole! What did Misuzu-san do!? You Skill Out bastards just targeted an innocent woman and then started fighting amongst yourselves!! Just kill yourselves off and don’t bother us!!
 * Touma for Accelerator whom he mistakes as a Skill-Out from Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS
 * “…I don’t have any major reason. If I can avoid it, I’d rather not go anywhere dangerous. If it’s something I can just abandon, I’d go ahead and abandon it. If everyone wrapped up in this coup d’etat were the enemy characters in a shooting game that existed solely to be shot, then I’d have already abandoned all this and been trying to find a way back to Academy City.” --- “But they aren’t. That kind of convenient person doesn’t exist. Everyone carries something important enough to die for and they are running around so as not to lose it. So how am I supposed to abandon this? This isn’t an issue of duty or important-sounding reasons. If you want to stand up and fight, I say you should stand up and fight”
 * Touma's answer when Villian asked why he doesn't flee from the battlefield, Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 18
 * Does a Level 0 like me really seem that incredible? Hero? Villain? Stop kidding around! Can't you save someone if you're not standing at that spot?! In front of your eyes are people that don't wish to cry that are crying! In front of your eyes are people that can only clench their teeth while struggling and can’t even say the words 'please save me'! Is that not enough? Just step up already! You don’t need special positions or reasons!! With these, you can step up and be a shield for them!
 * Said to Accelerator from Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 20
 * I don’t know what you’re trying to protect, nor do I know what you have been hurt by. But, if you want to protect that child then do so with your chest held high! Here and now, be proud in knowing that you are protecting her! This is your life right? Then decide for yourself! If you want to protect everything with your hands then do so, if you want to abandon everything then do so. But, what do you yourself want to do right now? Can you really be satisfied giving someone else that you don’t really understand your most important thing?
 * Said to Accelerator from Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 20
 * It's true that I may be the bastard who lied to Index. But the one who will cause me to lower my head won't be Fiamma of the Right.
 * Said to Lessar from Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 21
 * I don't know who you are or where you from, I don't even know what you're trying to do, But... You just shut the hell up. I'll take care of this.
 * Said to the power/being that resides in his right arm from Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 22
 * All the people who live on this Earth aren't so over-the-top. If you look at this planet from a satellite or something, you probably won't think they're anything but ants. But I saved them. It doesn't matter how tiny they are— I've seen with my own eyes, the instant someone's 'world' was saved.
 * Said to Fiamma of the Right from Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 22
 * Someone who thinks he'll 'save this world' won't be able to protect it. Our world isn't so weak that we need a bastard like that to save it.
 * Said to Fiamma of the Right from Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 22
 * That attack is triggered by the fear of that powerful magic, so it will not work on me. I know that magic is not something that will hit me no matter what. With the power of my right hand…no, as long as I have the will to clench my fist, I can brush aside or negate it.
 * Said Marian Slingeneyer from Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 04
 * Before, you asked me if I really had no reason to pick up the handgun... I’ll give you my answer. No, I have no reason. I’m not perfect. Even without a grand reason, I will think about reaching over to pick up a nearby gun if I’m in danger. But that isn’t the case here. Whatever your reasons may have been, you risked your life to save Fräulein Kreutune! There has to be a way to resolve this without anyone killing anyone!!
 * Said to Thor after refusing to use a handgun against him, Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 06

Quotes about Kamijou Touma

 * Tch, Just what kind of guy doesn't even have 100 yen to spare?
 * Himegami Aisa after having asked for a loan from Kamijou Touma, Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 02
 * I try not to spread the tale since this more or less harms Necessarius, the Anglican Church's dignity, but it's like this: his right hand is called "Imagine Breaker"; in other words he has an ability that goes beyond what a normal human can have. [...] Thus, all of your efforts have been nothing but a colossal waste of time; but hey, don't worry about it. Index is exactly as you wanted to; she is incredibly happy in the company of her actual partner.
 * Stiyl Magnus addressing Aureolus Izzard efforts to grant Index an eternal memory from Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 02
 * He's not an expert. He's not like us who can get rid of the guilt of killing by a lofty reason. He won't push his own sin to anyone else; he'll always move forward with the guilt. Don’t you think that's enough reason to be confident in him?
 * Tsuchimikado Motoharu telling Kanzaki Kaori to trust Touma from Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 04
 * …Really, what saviour? I already noticed that something’s amiss, that day this boy came to onee-sama’s room, something definitely happened. However, does this mean that onee-sama, who doesn’t tell me anything, would tell all her secrets to him? Hoho, really interesting, hohohohoho!
 * Shirai Kuroko as she heard that Misaka Mikoto labeled Touma as someone who saved her, Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 06
 * No matter the principles or thoughts you have within yourself, you listen to the voices of everyone at each place you go and do everything you can to go with the best option for that situation… You are…yet a different kind of mercenary from William
 * Villian as she heard Touma's reason for getting involved in the fight against Carissa, Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 18
 * Well, you can still make that fit within the acceptable margin of error, right? But his mentality is much more juvenile than I had expected. He despises himself as evil, but I wonder if he realizes that is just the reverse side of his intense longing for good. …And yet the Imagine Breaker that the #1 is chasing after does not take action because he associates himself with neither good nor evil. That Imagine Breaker is merely acting according to the spirit that is welling up from within him. It is merely that what he does looks like good from the viewpoint of others.
 * Aiwass regarding Accelerator and Touma, said to Aleister Crowley from Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 19
 * Just a normal boy. He cannot solve any and all problems, and I doubt he can stop Baggage City from being destroyed by the Kiharas and GREMLIN. But on the other hand, he has a way of saving each and every person he sets his eyes on.
 * Kihara Kagun telling Oumi Shuri about Touma from Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 04
 * Interesting. You really are interesting. Even if you stand in a position from which you can reach the stars in the night sky, you would show us some different answer. You would follow a different path than the one that led me to GREMLIN.
 * Thor giving his opinion to regarding his decision not to use a handgun agains him from Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 06