Strange

The Strange is the term used to refer to an area located within district 10, area G of Academy City. It is an area where there is a high prevelance of gang-related activity especially Skill-Out gangs and is the stronghold of Big Spider.

Appearance
It is notable for its vast urban decay, it previously looked like any other district in Academy City, like having wind turbines and cleaning robots, however it has fallen into disrepair. Trash and the remains of cleaning and security robots are scattered all around the streets of the area, its walls are also covered in various grafitti. Machines such as cameras and wind turbines have either stopped working or broken beyond repair. The area holds a large amount of old and abandoned buildings, some of which are currently being used by gangs.

Due to the nature of the illegality of the activities performed by Skill-Out, many entrances and pathways in the area are covered by barriers designed to keep away the Security robots that perform operations in the area. Between the buildings, Skill-Out use plastic sheets of varying colors to cover the pathways from the sky, in order to cover their activities from Academy City's surveillance satellites. These were made from easily obtainable material, which the Skill-Out use in their advantage since Anti-Skill remove the obstructions in a weekly or monthly basis.

Demographics
A large number of level 0 espers reside within the area, many of these have formed gangs or joined Skill-Out. During Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko's visit to The Strange, one can clearly see many people sleeping and loitering on the streets, indicating that many people who reside here are in a destitute state.

Toaru Majutsu no Index

 * ''Main article:Skill-Out Uprising

The Strange is featured after GROUP is ordered to stop Skill-Out's attempts to bring Academy City into chaos after the nature of recent events. Here, Musujime Awaki and Accelerator are taken in a field operation against them in their own turf. With Awaki destroying Komaba Ritoku's cache of money, and Accelerator eventually killing off Ritoku himself.

Big Spider Arc

 * Main article:Big Spider Arc

The Strange is featured prominently during this arc, here it is revealed as the stronghold of many Skill-Out gangs, especially Big Spider which has increased its attacks on espers. It is later raided by Anti-Skill, in an effort to stem the violence. It is uknown what happened to The Strange after the raid, though Anti-Skill may have only performed the raid to stop Big Spider.