Toaru Majutsu no Index Episode 16

"Kamijou Touya" (父親(かみじょうとうや)) is the 16th episode of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime series. It was first broadcast on January 22, 2009, and was directed by Kawabata Takashi, storyboarded by Takigawa Kazuo, and written by Minikami Seishi.

The red sister that appeared before Kamijou Touma is named Misha Kreutzev, who belongs to Annihilatus of the Russian Orthodox Church. She came to Japan in order to find out the source of the grand magic Angel Fall, that is the basis of the strange phenomenon that is going around the whole world. At the same time as this, two magicians from Necessarius of England, who somehow escaped the replacement of appearances of Angel Fall appear before Touma. It was Kanzaki Kaori, and Touma's classmate, Tsuchimikado Motoharu, a magician who has sneaked into Academy City as a spy. Touma teams up with the three of them in order to find out the magician who set-up the large scale magic ritual Angel Fall. However, Kanzaki's appearance that looks different from her personality begins confusing other people.

Synopsis
Touma is sitting alone, thinking about how Motoharu is a member of Necessarius. In a flashback, Motoharu explains on how an agent or two is sent out to enemy territory (Academy City) as spies; Motoharu continues by saying that he knows a lot of things regarding Touma, such as his Imagine Breaker. Motoharu says that even though he says he is a magician, some of his magic has become unusable after going through the Power Curriculum Program. Kanzaki adds by saying that the spellcaster of Angel Fall is near Touma, as such they should move now before the caster does his/her next move, to which Misha agrees with her assessment. Touma complains about this, and says that he is with family members he hasn't seen in a while, though Kanzaki asks if they appear like they should to him, to which Touma is forced into silence.

Adapted From
Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 04

Major events

 * Touma, Motoharu, Kanzaki and Misha discover that Touya is the culprit behind Angel Fall.

Characters
By order of appearance
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Tsuchimikado Motoharu
 * Kanzaki Kaori
 * Misha Kreutzev
 * Kamijou Touya
 * Kamijou Shiina in the form of Index
 * Tatsugami Otohime in the form of Misaka Mikoto
 * Index in the form of Aogami Pierce

New Characters
No new characters were introduced during this episode

Other Appearances

 * Himegami Aisa in the form of a lorry driver

Abilities

 * Angel Fall - Kamijou Touya
 * Nanasen - Kanzaki Kaori

New Abilities
No new abilities were introduced during this episode.

Locations

 * Oowarai Beach

New Locations

 * Kamijou Family's 2nd Residence

Trivia

 * This is the first time Idol Theory is mentioned in the anime as well as the term Saint.
 * This is the 2nd time it is demonstrated in the anime what would happen to espers using magic.
 * Index apparently shows no reaction when she meets Kanzaki in the form of Stiyl, even though she has kept her memories regarding him back in episode 6. But since none of the affected seemed to notice the change, it's possible Index didn't notice anything either.

Referbacks

 * Motoharu references Touma rescuing Index that occurred back in episode 6.
 * Touma visits the house his family now lives in that was mentioned in the previous episode.

Cultural References

 * The concept of, the Chinese system of aesthetics is discussed by Motoharu during this episode.
 * Motoharu references himself as an Onmyōji professor, someone who is a professional practitioner of, an esoteric cosmological belief system. Onmyōjis were specialists in magic and divination, and were capable of summoning.
 * Otohime references Touya carrying souvenirs he got from Egypt, which are popular amulets in Ancient Egypt.
 * Touma tries to make a pun with and tundra in regards to Misha, though this does not work out so well.
 * When Touma barges into Shiina and Touya's room, she references the kanji character for River, 川, to describe Touma being the shortest stroke as the child, between the two longer strokes of the character which represent Shiina and Touya as the parents, this is to describe Touma sleeping between them.
 * Small versions of the or Easter Island Heads, a figure of the, a small red  – typically seen in the United Kingdom – can be seen near the entrance of the Kamijou household.
 * The turtle figure seen in the Kamijou household may be a reference to Tamago of Love Hina fame.
 * The white tiger figurines Motoharu is looking at is a reference to Byakko or the, one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellation.

Animation Trivia

 * Several scenes from the previous episode are used when Touma questions himself on why his father has involved himself in the occult.
 * When aired on TV, the opening PSI-Missing was used. This was changed for the DVD/BD release.

Unanswered Questions

 * Why exactly did Misha try not to touch Touma's right hand?
 * How is Angel Fall incomplete and how does Misha know so much about Angel Fall even though she is not the spellcaster?
 * Why exactly did Kanzaki stay behind at the resort?
 * Why did Motoharu not want Touma to touch the white tiger figurines?
 * Why did Touya cast Angel Fall?

Quotes

 * Touya: "That face of yours looks just like your mother's. Before we got married, when we were having dates every now and then, as the time came for us to part ways, your mother would always have that look on her face. And I couldn't bear seeing that... but I found it so darling, as well. You take after your mother after all." -said to Touma.
 * Touma: "She's not responding to the joke! Does this woman understand the emptiness when a joke gets ignored?" -regarding Misha after she ignores his joke.
 * Touma: "No buts! Kamijou Touya is my father! My one and only...father."-said to Kanzaki after she protested on taking care of Touya's involvement in Angel Fall.