Toaru Majutsu no Index II Episode 06

"Remnant" is the sixth episode of the second season of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime adaption, and the 30th episode overall. It was first aired on November 12, 2010.

Synopsis
Kuroko leaves the dormitory and opens a line with Uiharu; she contacts her about Musujime Awaki's involvement with an outside organization and requests a simulation of her eascape route. She has decided that she has to do something to end the nightmare that Mikoto has been hiding to her for a long time.

Soon, she hears an explosion from a distance. Kuroko sees in the middle of the wreckage her roommate and friend Misaka Mikoto fending off a group of men using her Railgun. As Kuroko closes in on the construction site where the fight is starting, Mikoto speaks to Musujime Awaki, who has the suitcase in her custody.

Awaki tells Mikoto to give up saving the ones involved in the experiment (the SISTERS) and accept the fact that they are intended to be destroyed. However, Mikoto remains adamant and admits that she has to put the responsibility to herself for what is going on.

Mikoto prepares to fire her electricity at Awaki, but the Teleporter confidently asks that she can escape her wrath unharmed. Awaki then prepares a human shield made up of civilians to make Mikoto hesitate attacking before escaping herself. Meanwhile, Kuroko realizes that it is now her turn to go into the deepest part of the battlefield.

Meanwhile, in a certain hospital room, a girl who looks exactly like Misaka Mikoto wakes up and, as her clothes fall to the ground, realizes that she is running out of time and she needs to make haste.

Adapted From

 * Chapter 1 (including Between the Lines 1), Chapter 2 (including Between the Lines 2), and Chapter 3 (including Between the Lines 3)

Major Events

 * Shirai Kuroko does battle with Musujime Awaki, and is left seriously injured in her hands.
 * Musujime Awaki retrieves the Tree Diagram Remnant.
 * Misaka Mikoto confronts Musujime Awaki and her cohorts.

Characters
By order of appearance
 * Sphynx
 * Index Librorum Prohibitorum
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Shirai Kuroko
 * Musujime Awaki
 * Last Order
 * Accelerator
 * Yomikawa Aiho
 * Yoshikawa Kikyou
 * Misaka 10032

New Characters

 * Uiharu Kazari

Abilities

 * Teleport - Shirai Kuroko, Level 4
 * Move Point - Musujime Awaki, Level 4
 * Electromaster (Railgun-variant) - Misaka Mikoto, Level 5

Locations

 * Academy City
 * District 7
 * Kamijou Residence
 * Tokiwadai Middle
 * Heaven Canceller's Hospital
 * Tokiwadai Dormitory
 * Windowless Building
 * District 17
 * Switchyard

New Locations

 * Garden
 * Judgment 177 Branch Office
 * District 23

Trivia

 * This episode features Mikoto wearing her floral hairpin.
 * This episode marks Uiharu Kazari's official debut in the main Toaru Majutsu no Index storyline.
 * Kuroko references Accelerator and Touma's battle back in episode 14.

Referbacks

 * The Destruction of Tree Diagram that occurred in the sixth episode of the first season, is referenced during this episode.
 * Kuroko references Mikoto's 'rendezvous' with Touma back in episode 18 during her shopping with Mikoto.
 * Awaki references the "end of Mikoto's nightmare" which is the suspension of the Sisters Project and the Level 6 Shift.

Cultural References

 * Index compares the weather forecast with Feng Shui during this episode.

Animation Trivia

 * The Mikoto and Kuroko shower scene shown in the episode, marks the third time the scene from 8th Light Novel Volume is animated. The scene was first seen the epilogue of the final episode of the first season of Toaru Majutsu no Index, and then later used in the first episode of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun anime. Though having slight differences, the scene ends with Mikoto being hurt by Kuroko after invading her shower stall.