Toaru Majutsu no Index Episode 14

"Strongest vs. Weakest" (最強VS最弱) is the 14th episode of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime series and the final episode of the Sisters Arc. It was first broadcasted on January 8, 2008, with the script written by Nishizono Satoru, the episode storyboarded by Nihei Yuuichi, and directed by Sakurabi Katsushi.

Touma ruses towards the desperate struggle of Misaka Imouto, defending her against the incredible strength of the Accelerator. However, Touma reflexively strikes out his right hand and is able to smash the face of Accelerator. The proud and mighty of the strongest esper is felled momentarily in close combat, confusing him. And with this, Touma delivers a barrage of punches towards Accelerator repeatedly. However, Accelerator desperately tries to fight back and reverse the situation, he manipulates the movements of the wind to strike Touma down. Mikoto ignored Touma's advice and rushes towards the scene as Touma pleads for Mikoto not to come. Meanwhile, Acclerator produces plasma by manipulating the wind. Mikoto cannot come up with a countermeasure against his tremendous power that can shake up the entire human race, as a result, Mikoto tries to wake up a person who has fallen.

Adapted From
Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03

Major events

 * Accelerator discovers how to create plasma using his powers.
 * With the aid of Mikoto and the clones, Touma is able to defeat Accelerator.
 * The Level 6 Shift experiment is suspended, and the clones are sent to facilities for readjustment on their bodies.

Characters
By order of appearance
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Accelerator
 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Misaka 10032
 * Misaka 10032's cat
 * Other Misaka clones
 * Heaven Canceler
 * Index

New Characters
No new characters were introduced during this episode.

Abilities

 * Redirection - Accelerator, level 5
 * Imagine Breaker - Kamijou Touma, level 0
 * Railgun(not applied) - Misaka Mikoto, level 5
 * Radio Noise - Misaka clones
 * Electrical discharge - Misaka clones, level 3 and Misaka Mikoto, level 5

New Abilities

 * Plasma creation(using manipulation of vectors of the air) - Accelerator, level 5

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 17
 * The hospital Heaven Canceler works in.

New Locations
No new locations were introduced during this episode.

Trivia

 * This episode confirms that Accelerator is physically weak due to him constantly relying on his powers.
 * Though Touma often gets into perverted situations unintentionally, this episode features his dismay at being unable to feel Misaka 10032's breasts.

Referbacks

 * Accelerator once again references that he would have died if there was no oxygen left, as the dust explosion he caused nearly burned all the explosion. This is similar to the previous episode, where Misaka 10032 uses her electric powers to create ozone, as so she can beat Accelerator due to the lack of oxygen.

Cultural References

 * The 'flags' that Touma were referencing when his hand was on Misaka 10032's breast, refers to games such as dating sims and visual novels, were triggering certain scenarios or flags as they are called, can lead to good scenes and endings.
 * Touma references the anime/manga character archtype 'dojikko', when talking about cookies that Mikoto bought for him.

Animation Trivia

 * At least 40 seconds of footage from the previous episode is reused in the beginning of the episode before actual original scenes for the episode are seen.
 * The 6th punch that Touma throws to Accelerator's face, shows a quick close-up. Here, there is a frame where one can see Touma's fist indentation remains on Accelerator's face for a short-while after he threw the punch. Also, note that Accelerator's face was slightly off-model during this quick scene.
 * Misaka 10032 should've been unconscious near the the railway tracks, as the previous episode shows. Though during this episode, her body is seen between two shipping containers and not any tracks, though thinking that Misaka 10032 simply moved towards that location is not that farfetched a speculation.
 * During the scene where the Misaka clones direct their electric power to the motor of the wind turbines, several scenes show that some of the wind turbines are close to each other. This should be impossible, as there is not enough room for the rotors for each wind turbine. The only plausible way the scenes would make sense is that the Misaka clones are directing their electric powers on the motor of a vertical-style wind turbine, even then, we have yet to see any examples of Academy City actually using vertical wind turbines instead of the horizontal ones. Also note, vertical wind turbines need at least a wide enough space for their rotors to move.

Unanswered Questions

 * What happened to Accelerator after the experiment?

Quotes

 * Touma: "So, you've never lost, huh? You defeat all your enemies in one shot. You deflect all attacks away. People like you wouldn't know how to street fight."-said to Accelerator.
 * Touma: "Even they... do their best in fulfilling their lives. They do their best... living all they can... and these people who lived all they could... why do they have end up being food for the likes of you?"-said to Accelerator, regarding the clones.
 * Mikoto: "Sorry. You wished for nothing to be lost, for everyone to be smiling, for everyone to be able to make it back safely. But, that's not possible. So, sorry... I know this is selfish of me, but even so... even so, I want you to live on."-said to Touma.
 * Mikoto: "Please, wake up. I need you to do something for me. No, this is something only you can do. I know this is asking for too much. But please, just wake up this one time! Just listen to my wish this one time! I probably won't be able to save everyone... no matter how hard I try I won't... so please... so please, I need your power to protect his dream!" -said to Misaka 10032, regarding Touma.
 * Misaka 10032: ""I do not understand the meaning of your words, but for some reason, they resonated very powerfully," comments Misaka with outmost honesty."-Misaka 10032's respones to Mikoto's pleading.
 * Touma: "Grit your teeth well, 'strongest' one. My 'weakest' attack... might shake you up a little!"-to Accelerator before beating him.