Toaru Majutsu no Index II Episode 01

Synopsis
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Adapted From

 * Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 05
 * Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 07

Major events

 * Touma and Index meet Yamisaka Ouma; Touma later helps him in dispelling the curse that was inflicted on the girl he loves
 * Kaori defeats a small contingency of English Knights arriving in Japan

Characters
By order of appearance
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Tsukuyomi Komoe
 * Aogami Piasu
 * Index
 * Sphinx
 * Himegami Aisa
 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Kanzaki Kaori
 * Tsuchimikado Motoharu

New Characters

 * Yamisaka Ouma
 * The girl Ouma is in love with

Abilities

 * Wind-related magic using an Azusayumi crossbow - Yamisaka Ouma
 * Imagine Breaker - Kamijou Touma, level 0
 * Electrical attack - Misaka Mikoto, level 5
 * Bon odori - Yamisaka Ouma

Locations

 * Academy City
 * Kamijou Residence
 * Julian Restaurant

Trivia

 * This episode happened on the 31st of August in the Toaru Majutsu no Index timeline, as such events that happened after episode 18 are not referenced by the characters.
 * The tune that was first used in episode 15 by Index in the form of Aogami, is hummed by both Komoe and Aogami in two separate scenes in the beginning of the episode.
 * ESP Cards are seen for the first time in the main storyline. ESP Cards were first mentioned in episode 10 of the first season and were first seen in the first episode of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, being used during a System Scan.
 * Touma and Index goes to the same restaurant that Accelerator and Last Order went to back in episode 19 of the previous season.
 * This episode features the consequences of gaining the knowledge of grimoires, and highlights Index's apparent immunity from them.

Referbacks

 * Mikoto references Touma's promise to Etzali back in episode 18.

Cultural References

 * Ouma uses an Azusayumi – a Japanese crossbow made from the wood of the catalpa tree – as a primary tool for his magic.
 * Ouma prepares a ceremony similar to that of the Bon Festival, a Japanese custom to honor the dead.

Animation Trivia

 * Several scenes depict characters having a different shadows cast on their shoulders depending on their hairstyle, such as Touma having a spiky shadow on his shoulders, though sometimes they are completely changed into the type seen previously in the past season, though this maybe a standard practice by the studio.
 * As this occurs in the 31st of August, several scenes are reused from the previous season (specifically episode 18 since it occurred on the same day) to reference specific events.