Talk:Kamijou Touma/@comment-220.255.1.145-20150419133356/@comment-24476708-20150520014937

@LazyHunter

This may be a bit late, but I still want to make this point. I am just going to disagree with you on one point. I think Touma had some pretty important character development in early Old Testament Volumes, especially 01 and 02.

For example, when I first read Volume 01 in the novels, there was one set of lines that would continue to stand out to me more than anything else:

''He ran and glanced down at his right hand. The power that resided there would be of no help in the current situation. It would not let him defeat even a single delinquent, it would not raise his scores on tests, and it would not make him popular with girls.''

While it is technically a true statement, the fact that it was repeated multiple times throughout ther volume was, to me, evidence that Touma had a very self-defeating attitude prior to his memory loss. Especially when compared to Touma in later volumes, this is something quite odd to focus on. In restrospect, after reading NT11, it makes sense why he was like this. His failure to prevent Mitsuari's suicide had affected him quite deeply. This brings us to his development in Volume 01 which, in essence, is him breaking free of that self-defeating outlook and that culminates with him saving Index.

Volume 02, on the other hand, focuses on Touma coming to terms with both his memory loss and forming an identity for himself. I'm just too lazy to write any more...