Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 19/Chapter 1

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Hamazura Shiage
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Aleister Crowley
 * Accelerator
 * Hattori Hanzou
 * Kuruwa
 * Takitsubo Rikou
 * Mina Mathers (Reading Thoth 78)
 * Mugino Shizuri
 * Kinuhata Saiai
 * A. O. Francisca
 * Aiwass
 * Lola Stuart/Coronzon

New Characters

 * Lilith Crowley

Abilities

 * Accelerator (ability) - Accelerator, Level 5
 * Meltdowner - Mugino Shizuri, Level 5
 * Offense Armor - Kinuhata Saiai, Level 4

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 7
 * District 7 Southern Station
 * District 7 Central Anti-Skill Station
 * Windowless Building

Referbacks

 * The mysterious army sweeping across foreign countries reported on the news refers to the billion or so alternative Aleister Crowleys which had been bound to Aleister's body but diffused and attacked the British Commonwealth following Coronzon's attack on Aleister.
 * The microwave attack heat wave which occurred several days previously is referenced, which has taken out Touma's phone and the microchip which Shiage used to contain the Parameter List data, which he had obtained after World War III as a bargaining chip to allow him and  to live without being targeted by the dark side of Academy City.

Cultural References

 * Several of Kamachi Kazuma's other series are referenced during the chapter:
 * The online game which Hattori Hanzou is playing, with the old-bearded geezer and Thousand Dragon, is likely a reference to The Weakness of Beatrice the Level Cap Holy Swordswoman That Made Being the Strongest Even More Trouble – His Name? Boo Boo.
 * When Shiage uses the payphone, the screen displays a deformed pixel art Brother Santa being chased by Queen Reindeer near the paid amount and being caught when it runs out, a reference to The Unexplored Summon://Blood Sign.
 * One of an electronic store's top products is mentioned to be an action game where the player controls a small boy to manipulate Waltraute, 4th of the nine Valkyrie sisters, a reference to The Circumstances Leading to Waltraute's Marriage.
 * One of the fighting games at the arcade where Accelerator and Mina go is said to be a Youkai battle game, where a Zashiki Warashi, Yuki Onna and other characters fight one another (either by punching or grabbing the other's hair), a reference to The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village.
 * A recruitment poster in the District 7 Central Anti-Skill Station is mentioned to be a likely anime/manga collaboration, with teenage soldiers in front of a 50m colossal weapon, a reference to Heavy Object.
 * Shiage compares the step-based way of performing techniques with the Processor Suit to inputting a command in a, and after being smashed through a water tank after being struck by Accelerator, it is mentioned the effect seemed like it would fit in one.


 * The Anti-Skill officer conducting Shiage's interrogation refers to and, two legendary thieves in Japanese folklore.