Toaru Majutsu no Index II Episode 19

"Researcher" is the nineteenth episode of the second season of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime adaption, and the forty-third episode overall. It was first aired on February 18, 2011.

Synopsis
The intruder, none other than Vento of the Front, walks towards her next destination. She uses Anti-Skill's radio to contact the Superintendent of Academy City, and tells him that she has singlehandedly destroyed three members of the Board Directors. Calm as always, Aleister tells her that they are disposable and has many replacements waiting to be appointed.

Aleister continues to comment on Vento's naivete, calling her advance as insufficient to be called as penetrating Academy City's defenses. Nonetheless, Vento declares her plans to destroy the enemies of the Roman Catholic Church... "You (Aleister Crowley), Academy City, Imagine Breaker, Index, everything!"

As Vento destroys her link with Aleister Crowley, he decides that, although earlier than expected, he shall activate one of his plans... using Last Order and Fuse Kazakiri to destroy Vento of the Front.

"The long-awaited fun, fun showtime begins."

Adapted From

 * Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 12 Chapter 5 & Between the Lines 5

Major Events

 * Vento of the Front invades Academy City, and serves Divine Punishment upon its citizens. Crippling the city's infrastructure.
 * Aleister Crowley orders Kihara Amata and the Hound Dogs to capture Last Order.
 * Accelerator reunites with Kihara Amata and Index.
 * Touma reunites with Last Order

Characters
By order of appearance
 * Sasha Kreutzev
 * Archangel Gabriel (flashback-only)
 * Kanzaki Kaori (flashback-only)
 * Accelerator
 * Last Order
 * Kihara Amata
 * Misaka Mikoto (referenced-only)
 * Misaka clones (referenced-only)
 * Index Librorum Prohibitorum
 * Sphynx
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Anti-Skill
 * Vento of the Front
 * Aleister Crowley
 * Kazakiri Hyouka (referenced-only)

New Characters

 * Vasilisa
 * Kihara Amata
 * Hound Dog

Abilities

 * Angel Fall (flashback-only)
 * Astro in Hand (flashback-only)- Misha Kreutzev
 * The Sweep (flashback-only)- Misha Kreutzev
 * Water Wing (flashback-only)- Misha Kreutzev
 * Accelerator - Accelerator, level 5

New Abilities

 * Divine Punishment - Vento of the Front

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 7 Underground Shopping Center

New Locations

 * Phenomena Control and Reduction Reproduction Facility

Trivia

 * This episode marks the debut of Hound Dog.
 * The scenes where the Accelerator fights the Hound Dogs are within the bloodiest moments of the novels, in the anime he easily satisfy himself with just beating them up.

Referbacks

 * Vasilisa references Sasha having her form taken by Gabriel, from episode 17 of the first season.

Cultural References

 * The is referenced during this episode by Vasilisa.
 * A picture of is featured during Vasilisa's talk with Sasha.
 * Hound Dog members are seen wielding an bullpup assault rifle.

Animation Trivia

 * During Accelerator's attempt to destroy Amata's gloves, the entire scene is filtered with the color blue, at the same time as this it takes several seconds for Accelerator to touch Amata's gloves while Amata was able to talk, move around Accelerator and deliver a punch to him in mere seconds.
 * Just before Touma notices one of the Anti-Skill fall unconscious, the Anti-Skill member had comrades next to him, however, when Touma came close to the unconscious Anti-Skill member, none of the other Anti-Skill next to him appears.
 * Vento does not push the transmit button on the hand-held radio she is using at any point during her conversation with Aleister, even though the radio is a type that can only transmit when the transmit button (The large, black, oval button on the left side of the radio) is pressed. It is possible, however, that Aleister was using some type of listening device or magic to listen in on the radio even though it wasn't transmitting.

Unanswered Questions

 * What is the true purpose of cloning Mikoto?
 * Why did Anti-Skill started fainting?
 * How can Aleister spy on Academy City's communication systems?
 * What did Aleister exactly refer to when he mentions Kazakiri Hyouka?

Quotes

 * Last Order: "'Save him! Please save him!' says MISAKA as MISAKA tries desperately begging!"