Toaru Majutsu no Index II Episode 06

"Remnant" (残骸) is the sixth episode of the second season of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime adaption, and the 30th episode overall. It was first aired on November 12, 2010.

Synopsis
Kuroko leaves the dormitory and opens a line with Uiharu; she contacts her about Musujime Awaki's involvement with an outside organization and requests a simulation of her eascape route. She has decided that she has to do something to end the nightmare that Mikoto has been hiding to her for a long time.

Soon, she hears an explosion from a distance. Kuroko sees in the middle of the wreckage her roommate and friend Misaka Mikoto fending off a group of men using her Railgun. As Kuroko closes in on the construction site where the fight is starting, Mikoto speaks to Musujime Awaki, who has the suitcase in her custody.

Awaki tells Mikoto to give up saving the ones involved in the experiment (the SISTERS) and accept the fact that they are intended to be destroyed. However, Mikoto remains adamant and admits that she has to put the responsibility to herself for what is going on.

Mikoto prepares to fire her electricity at Awaki, but the Teleporter confidently asks that she can escape her wrath unharmed. Awaki then prepares a human shield made up of civilians to make Mikoto hesitate attacking before escaping herself. Meanwhile, Kuroko realizes that it is now her turn to go into the deepest part of the battlefield.

Meanwhile, in a certain hospital room, a girl who looks exactly like Misaka Mikoto wakes up and, as her clothes fall to the ground, realizes that she is running out of time and she needs to make haste.

Adapted From

 * Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 08

Major Events

 * Shirai Kuroko does battle with Musujime Awaki, and is left seriously injured in her hands.
 * Musujime Awaki retrieves the Tree Diagram Remnant.
 * Misaka Mikoto confronts Musujime Awaki and her cohorts.

Characters
By order of appearance
 * Sphynx
 * Index Librorum Prohibitorum
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Shirai Kuroko
 * Musujime Awaki
 * Last Order
 * Accelerator
 * Yomikawa Aiho
 * Yoshikawa Kikyou (mentioned-only)
 * Misaka 10032

New Characters

 * Uiharu Kazari

Abilities

 * Teleport - Shirai Kuroko, Level 4
 * Move Point - Musujime Awaki, Level 4
 * Electromaster (Railgun-variant) - Misaka Mikoto, Level 5

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 7
 * Kamijou Residence
 * Tokiwadai Middle School
 * Heaven Canceller's Hospital
 * Tokiwadai Dormitory
 * Windowless Building (referenced only)
 * School District 17 (flashback only)
 * Switchyard (flashback only)

New Locations

 * School Garden
 * Judgment 177 Branch Office
 * School District 23 (referenced only)

Trivia

 * This episode features Mikoto wearing her floral hairpin.
 * This episode marks Uiharu Kazari's official debut in the main Toaru Majutsu no Index storyline.
 * Kuroko references Accelerator and Touma's battle back in episode 14.

Referbacks

 * The Destruction of Tree Diagram that occurred in the sixth episode of the first season, is referenced during this episode.
 * Kuroko references Mikoto's 'rendezvous' with Touma back in episode 18 during her shopping with Mikoto.
 * Awaki references the "end of Mikoto's nightmare" which is the suspension of the Sisters Project and the Level 6 Shift.

Cultural References

 * Index compares the weather forecast with Feng Shui during this episode.

Animation Trivia

 * The Mikoto and Kuroko shower scene shown in the episode, marks the third time the scene from 8th Light Novel Volume is animated. The scene was first seen the epilogue of the final episode of the first season of Toaru Majutsu no Index, and then later used in the first episode of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun anime. Though having slight differences, the scene ends with Mikoto being hurt by Kuroko after invading her shower stall.

Unanswered Questions

 * Which school did Tokiwadai Middle School lost to last year in the Daihasei Festival? Ans: Nagaten Jouki Academy
 * Who does Awaki work for?
 * How does Awaki know of the experiments?
 * What was the injury Awaki had two years ago that would hinder her from teleporting herself properly? Ans: She teleported herself into a wall. Rather than teleporting herself, she pulled her leg off so the skin on her leg got peeled off.
 * Why is Awaki the guide to the Windowless Building?

Quotes

 * Kuroko: "August 21st... An unknown storm rose that night... The railway switchyard at District 17 was obliterated. And the next day..." -Kuroko's voice-over regarding what occurred in August 21.
 * Kuroko: "I'm sorry, Onee-sama. You must be harboring a deep anguish that none of us could even imagine. And you are still trying to keep me out of it. So let me take the chance to apologize. In order to stop this what Musujime calls your 'nightmare', I will have to intrude into your private matters." -Kuroko's inner monologue during her attempt to find Awaki.
 * Awaki: "In the end, you're merely fighting for your own sake, no? Regret, disappointment and anger... You're just fighting those puny sentiments of yours." -said to Mikoto.
 * Mikoto: "Yeah. I'm pissed off... So pissed off it feels like the veins in my head are about to burst. That idiot... Did she really think I wouldn't notice? Even through the door, her voice was... was that horrible... Yeah. I'm pissed off at my idiotic roommate and the piece of crap sitting in front of me, and most of all, at the person responsible for this mess... Myself!" -said to Awaki as a response to her statement regarding Mikoto.
 * Kuroko: "It looks like it's my turn to move now. Alright... Time for me, Shirai Kuroko, to make my move... So that we can definitely return... I must go to the depths of the battlefield..."