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Short Stories

 * Struggle Battle-related:
 * Midsummer Legend?
 * Misaki Figure SS

V3
Design Art:

V6
4Komas:

V7
4Komas:

V9
4Komas:
 * Don't Underestimate Such Things
 * I Got Some Special Training
 * Think Of The Targets
 * A Level 5 Challenge

V10
Design Art:
 * Dragons
 * Dolly

Ch1

 * Index's Daily Life : Alone in Touma's apartment, Index is happily helping herself to a pudding. She then notices something written on the side - 'Do Not Eat'.


 * I'll make him pay : Index thinks to herself about how Touma is always going off and leaving her alone. Annoyed, Index decides to make him pay when he gets back. At that moment, Touma returns and Index greets him with a smile.

Such misfortune, (つい乙ないんだよ?, Tsui otsu nai nda yo, ): As Index welcomes Touma back, she notices he's hurt. Touma says its just a scratch but reveals something which concerns Index even more - he wasn't able to get any ingredients for dinner.


 * The original intent is important : After biting Touma, Index complains that he's changed, saying that he used to prepare delicious food when they met. She tells him to remember the time when they met, to which Touma asks why she's talking like they are a couple. Index then assumes the position she was in on the railings when they met, saying that he shouldn't forget the original intent.


 * Perfect Memory : In response to Index's complaints of hunger, Touma decides to go to the convenience store. Index asks if she can come along but Touma says he's going alone to her disappointment. Index says that if she goes they won't forget anything because of her perfect memory.


 * Moment of Doubt : At the store, Index can't decide between Omusoba and Omuyashi. Touma picks the Omuyashi and says he'll share the Omusoba with her. Index then asks if he'll forgive her if she eats it all.


 * Exactly the same! (もつくり!?): Index brings Touma a yakisoba-pan, the same food from when they first met. Thinking that it wasn't quite the same as the one then, Index steps on it.


 * For testing purposes (ためしに, Tameshi ni): As Touma thinks about his ever-decreasing funds, he wonders if Index is actually a goddess of poverty and touches her forehead to see if his Imagine Breaker can dispel it.

Imagine Breaker (イマジンブレイカー): With Index full and content, Touma remembers the pudding he had left in the fridge and looks for it. Index chooses this moment to confess, saying that Touma thought he'd put it in the fridge but she'd dispelled that thought with her spoon, to his annoyance.

Ch2

 * The Usual Index-san : Index greets Maika, lively as usual, trying to escape from the cleaning robots as usual


 * It's a Good Plan : After being saved (killing time at Touma isn't home) Index tells Maika she's going out to buy a replacement pudding, Maika supposes Touma worked hard to buy it but Index was impatient and ate it, Index praises her supposition with a smile


 * Kanzaki Kaori's Daily Life : While walking about Kanzaki spots Index, watching from behind a corner Kanzaki wonders what she's doing walking round when she's a target, thinks about how adorable she looks as always while Kuroko and Uiharu whisper to each other behind her


 * Trial : Wondering where she is going, Kanzaki thinks it might be a chance to get along with her again, tries to approach but Index starts talking to Maika, Maika gets a chill from Kanzaki's stare


 * Fair Exchange : Maika asks where Index intends to buy it from and asks how she plans to pay for it, Index holds up Sphinx (and it salutes - OK with it?)


 * Trial 2 : Seeing Index's problem Kanzaki plans to offer her purse, as she goes to offer it Maika offers to pay and have Touma pay her back later, Kanzaki curls up upset


 * Trial 3 : As Index asks Maika how to enter the bakery's door (automatic), Kanzaki seizes a chance and uses Nanansen to cut down the door, Maika in shock while Index and Kanzaki pleased (awesome/alright)


 * I did my best : Seeing Index walk away with her pudding, Kanzaki prepares to get going pleased at having done her part, thinking of Stiyl when he pops up behind her asking what she's doing there


 * Like Attracts Like : Kanzaki asks what he's doing, he says he's on an important job as always, taking care of Index (same), decides to buy same pudding (good idea)


 * Chew on happiness, Touma : Touma returns, Index gives him the replacement pudding, his happiness disappears when he learns Maika will be charging him for it.

Ch3

 * Misaka Mikoto's Daily Life : Mikoto reading magazine for no reason, horoscopes section, thinking about only love fortunes, stupid and untrue but ends up buying it anyway


 * Preemptive Attack : Thinking about what to do with it, bumps into Index, thinking she's the little girl following Touma around but before she can say it Index calls her the short-haired girl following Touma around (rude)


 * That Idiot: Tells Index to stop calling her by a weird nickname, saying it's bad enough with that idiot, Index asks if it is OK to call someone "that idiot", Mikoto protests that it isn't what she meant


 * Index-san's Fortune for Today: Mikoto treats Index to a meal in exchange for not telling Touma what they talked about earlier, Index comments her food fortune is good today


 * A Lady's Shyness : Index supposes Mikoto doesn't want anyone knowing about the book behind her back, Mikoto says it's a book on horoscopes but says about how she shouldn't say seeing as it's embarrassing/maiden in love stuff, Index is reading regardless and not paying attention


 * A Fantasy for Good Luck : Index enthusiastic, going on about astrology and lucky charms, Mikoto thinks about Touma's reaction if he knew she was doing lucky charms, Out-loud reaction to fantasy


 * Index-san's Fantasy : Index doing a lucky charm, tells Mikoto they can't talking while doing it, Index thinking about wanting to say stuff to Touma but her thoughts drift towards today's meal


 * Any Place, Any Time : Mikoto lets Index keep the book since she likes it, says she doesn't know what Kuroko would do if she saw her with it, startled to find that Kuroko has sat down next to her


 * I Understand It : Mikoto asks Kuroko how she knew how she was there (scent), Index gets it (not), says book was unnecessary and is rooting for them, the two are confused, Index thinks the two are going out


 * No And No : Mikoto protests and tries to tell Index she's made a mistake, Index says about same-gender relationships being accepted in England and she isn't prejudiced against them (Virgin Mary), Mikoto asks Kuroko for help but she's not listening either (partners)


 * Fortune : Kuroko tries to drag Mikoto away to love nest, Mikoto asks for help from Index since it was her fault, Index instead wishes for them to have a good time with a smile

Ch5
(Kotatsu)

Ch6
(Christmas Gift Exchange)
 * Saten-san and Uiharu-san's Daily Life

Ch17

 * Accelerator, Last Order, Yomikawa Aiho etc

References to other media in the Toaru series
Note: As Magic within the Toaru series makes extensive use of symbolism with many religions, mythologies and folklore, they are excluded from this list and covered on their respective articles.

Character designs

 * Oumi Shuri - Based on child ninja from Dororo/The Legend of Kamui.

Anime
Index
 * Boku Wa Tomodachi Ga Sukunai (Index, seiyuu, sister, Maria, similar outfit, Ep5 debut)
 * Mayoi Neko Overrun!, Umenomori Chise (same seiyuu as Index), comments Takumi born with misfortune, Fumio possesses right hand negating luck (Index-like voice)
 * Zero no Tsuhaima, Louise, outfit similar to Index, similar traits (chest complex, short, long hair, harm Saito when angry)
 * Kamijou Touma/Misc. Extracts: Being the main character of Toaru Majutsu no Index, allows Touma to be referenced by other works in media, although to a somewhat lesser extent than Misaka Mikoto. Most notably he is often referred to in works where his "Break your illusions" is satirized.
 * An eyecatch at episode 11 of the anime Nyan_Koi! features the main protagonist asking the viewer who is the person that looks like him – as he has similar features to Touma, and states that it is just the viewer's imagination and almost says that he will use his Imagine Breaker before being cut-off.
 * In the final episode of the flash anime Haiyore Nyaruko-san, Nyaruko tells the main male character that she used to blow-up the make-believe games of her fellow playmates when she attended space kindergarten; she later utters a similar phrase to Touma's "break that illusion" and later references Touma's Imagine Breaker, with Touma's silhouette as well as a red logo similar to Toaru Majutsu no Index title's style appearing on screen. ◾Touma is referenced once more in the second season of the anime series, Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W in the sixth episode when Kuune, the elder cousin of Cthugian Kuuko attempts to woo her younger sister into incestuous marriage. She declares that she will "destroy that illusion" of her cousin's due to her (fake) engagement to the protagonist, Mahiro. A similar red magical circle appears on the screen when she delivers her strike. Kuune is voiced by Ryoka Yuzuki who also voiced Oriana Thomson in Toaru Majutsu no Index II.
 * In the third episode of Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko, the main character Makoto Niwa recites Touma's infamous line, although he clenches his left fist.
 * In the Drama CD of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, the voice actress who does Index, Yuka Iguchi who there plays a Character named Maria references Index several times while Maria herself is supposed to be working as a voice actress; eventually coming to the point where she uses the "I'll destroy that illusion of yours" line.
 * In the 13th episode of Mayoi Neko Overrun!, as the heroines are reflecting on the events during the series, when talking about the main characters misfortune the Imagine Breaker is referenced when one of them says, "Your right hand is probably nullifying something like the power of good luck".

Shokuhou Misaki

 * Misaki doesn't trust anyone whose mind she cannot read, with only one known exception.
 * Misaki doesn't trust people whose mind she cannot read, with one exception.

On a couple of occasions, when embarrassed, Misaki has shown to give an explanation as an excuse, but start ranting when pressed further.

Vase

 * Attaching to car door to deal with potential witnesses.
 * Many groups at once, magicians mixed in such that crushing one would give one away
 * Use means of using Stonehenge not known to slip past Anglican's radar.
 * Once witnesseses sealed, crush Anglicans - method
 * Flings jewel into Anglican's gut, focus on next target
 * Not a chance head on - all sorts of people mixed around Stonehenge
 * Magician assume team notice if something happened to other team. That team cause commotion.
 * Attacker cause common symptom in everyone - immediately detectable
 * Not one of those two - can slip past surveillance, e.g. method to ensure no one else notice someone collapsing (appropriate for type of person putting civilians in danger to use them in place of sensors) - why stop sealing off witnesses before done
 * Could have been handled more easily - Stonehenge related to course of sun through sky - if relic box and trapezohedron in centre, summon Nyarlathotep with high quality, risk danger but slaughter all enemies. Meaningless as if simply core of Cthulhu Mythos spell wouldn't be able to reach the lost system.
 * Attacked two or three more groups, Anglicans not knowing what was happening, isolated/picked off one by one, gather in centre of circle of stones
 * Interfere with Stonehenge with experimental data (no hint of history, tradition, style or magic)
 * Existence of lost system proper system - correcting from incorrect state, loss in confusion something created by mistake, don't hesitate over destruction
 * Paused, subordinate asks what it is, leaves it to him, assuming enemy will soon arrive, Amakusa arrive
 * Sent up flare when scouts detected, Amakusa park some distance away and walk, run up hill towards Stonehenge, alerting other groups
 * Battle between Dusk/Amakusa, group focus and charge at Vase from different directions, Itsuwa following moment later (magicians charge to cut off path)
 * Invoke the trapezohedron, Amakusas try to shift to defensive stances, struck by lightning from black cloud, others except Itsuwa collapse
 * Itsuwa prepares to throw spear, bit thumb and draw X on handle with blood, symbol of past saint, St. Andrew's lightning accurately striking, throws spear (attacked by lightning), increased accuracy and lighting absorbed, strikes Vase's hand holding the jewel
 * Instinctively held hands to cover face when saw spear, stabbed right hand holding jewel, light ends ceremony, smoke disperses, jewel flies in air, Itsuwa runs forward but sees Vase bend back looking at jewel and open mouth wide, Itsuwa realizes but couldn't reach spear in time, catches jewel in mouth and swallows, summon begins again, stares at Itsuwa gaving a thin mocking smile like the evil god
 * Roar exploding like lighting due to Freadia's attack, knocked out

Principles

 * Various different methods used around Stonehenge as actual reason for existing not known (opening to take advantage of).
 * May have been originally a single proper way to use it - not cared about now. Different theories like different functions of Swiss Army knife, one chooses the most convenient interpretation, not hard to use hundred distinct types of magic with single symbol (like trick art), Anglicans using it but no guarantee found every last interpretation (changing depending on beholder, possibilities endless), can find a use not expected and slip past eyes of guards like a new computer virus
 * Potential use - related to course of sun, relic viewed as box, trapezohedron in centre, summon Nyarlathotep with high quality, risk exposing group to danger but violence slaughters whole defending force
 * Input data without religious basis

Abilities

 * Curses

Equipment
Wanting to get back at the Amakusa for deceiving her, Freadia takes a set of armor from the Sword Sanctuary


 * Deceiving body to maximize power - potentially fatal


 * Sword Sanctuary - weapons storehouse with dangerous tools and tricky spiritual items, none with normal design and destruction along with success (like gun with risk of exploding, plane at risk of crashing)
 * Spiritual item designed like western armour, customization worker expert but can't handle internal structure without eliminating reason it is useful
 * Prototype for special type of surgical armour, based on official model used by knights, normally magic power passed to armour to increase mobility, based on opposite concept, doubles wearer's magic power up to absolute limit
 * Magic about knowledge/skill, creativity matters most while inherent talent and potential less important, magic power acts as foundational driving force, if total amount increased options increased e.g. Saints drawing out portion of Son of God's power
 * Freadia - didn't need to go that far, only needed to become joker which could singlehandedly defeat everyone else on battlefield
 * Magic power obtained by converting life force, armour messes with magic power directly so risk of interfering with life force too (life), knights refused to make it standard equipment
 * Cold, mechanical like movements, no expression
 * Run close to 50m in single breath, shortest/quickest/best route, loud sound of footsteps seem to arrive moment after she does
 * Eerie black-purple smoke compressed into claw extending from fingers of gauntlet, claws metre-long and look more like swords, no blood produced from slice wound (2x3), strength leave core of body/legs, (rapier grabbed) no pursuit, swinging claw downwards extending to 10 times previous length, high-pitched noise as clash, strength/pressure causing creaking from back pressed against ground.
 * Claws burst, sizzling sound, smoke-like substance towards boy, insides wriggle like worm beneath flesh/skin, blood from mouth/nose - same as crystal radio using curse of jewel bringing death to owner, density different, cuts straight through defensive magical symbols, seems like ignoring potential, armour connects to wearer and doubles power? messes with route of life force as it circulates body through blood vessels, new path by sending life force from body into armour and armour into body, method of converting life force impossible with single body
 * Different from using leverage/pulleys to move large weight with small force, more like short selling, using something one doesn't actually possess to earn a lot in return, by sending life force through armour - creates illusion that have same special constitution as Saint, makes forget fact not another stronger person, limit to convertion, if all converted - death, falsifying number - convert large amounts that brings user into danger area, while deceiving self - fine, continue while numbers don't add up (goldfish flash frozen by liq nitrogen forget died and live on?), deceit comes to an end - user immediately dies, like if someone with 100 LP make deal assuming they have 2000 or 3000, instant comes to light assaulted by debt, sucked dry (even if goldfish preserved in ice, die if forced to thaw too quickly?)
 * Cthulhu Mythos spells based on assumption humans can't handle them, gained great power by falsifying normal hierarchy, armour more direct and riskier (is there a safe method of thawing a frozen goldfish?)
 * Face with no expression may be due to interference of life force, cold movements - reasoning not getting through

Background

 * Becoming a Majin
 * Changing the world and losing track of her original one
 * Her search for that original world, and someone who could understand her and ease her pain
 * Setting aside her powers then attempting to reclaim them in the current world

Current Text: An unknown number of years and Phases ago, Othinus, though she may have had a different name back then, became a Magic God, and many tales from many cultures told about her power, though some would make her seem like an old man or a vicious god of war,(cite) there were implications that she herself would deliberately took forms that would now be recorded in mythology.(cite) Othinus later used her power to change the world, starting a new Phase. However, she later yearned for her original world, and despite the fact that she could have used the Imagine Breaker to change the world back, her hesitations prevented her from doing so. For there was hope that she could make the world into her original world as she saw in her mind. Moreover, there was a hope for her that she could just bring the world into a new Phase and just settle there. Regardless, she suffered for it, and for countless Phases she was worn down by the suffering that she felt in each of them, something she would later visit upon Touma. Due to being worn down and the impermanence of the world, she began looking for something that would not change. Specifically, she was looking for someone who can understand her, the only one seemingly constant in the world. Though she didn't know what she wanted herself—that changing the world was but a means to an end. In the end, she settled in the current world, and somehow relinquished her title as Magic God.(cite)

During Thor and Touma's battle at the end of the Ichihanaran Festival Arc, Thor mentions Othinus taking extreme measures to gain knowledge such as pulling out one of her eyes, and hanging herself on a tree. It is a reference to the Odin of Norse mythology, who sacrificed his eye at 's Well of Wisdom in order to gain the Wisdom of Ages, as well as hanged himself on the world tree for nine days and nights, in order to learn the wisdom that would give him power in the nine worlds. Also it was said that long before, belief was initially centered on a hammer-wielding lightning god but at some point it shifted to a lance-wielding god of war. It turns out that Othinus might be the actual Odin in the legends since she posseses both the power and nature to accomplish those things.

Revisions:
 * An unknown number of years and Phases ago, Othinus, though she may have had a different name back then, became a Magic God and used her power to change the world, creating new Phases.
 * However after changing the world, she later turned back and sought her original world but found she couldn't remember it and didn't know where to return to. As a result, she changed the world and its Phases many times in a desperate attempt to recreate that original world, but even though her attempts may have been perfect to human eyes, she could still see differences and was tormented by them.
 * Though she didn't realize it, what Othinus was looking for in returning to her original world was someone who understood her and would be able to help soothe the pain she felt.
 * According to Thor, she took extreme measures to gain knowledge such as pulling out one of her eyes, and hanging herself on a tree
 * She eventually settled down in the current world and relinquished her position as a Magic God. However her unease returned and she took back the power she had set aside, earning the ire of Ollerus in the process and forming an adversarial relationship with the man. Spurned on further by World War III, she formed GREMLIN for the purpose of constructing Gungnir and uniting her infinite possibilities.

(Chronology)
 * SS2: The first implication of Othinus' existence in the series is when Ollerus uses the queer magic, Hliðskjálf, upon Sogiita Gunha. This magic, of course, is named after the high seat of Odin, which allows him to see into all realms. In the , Odin was exiled and Ollerus was chosen to take his place. This can be presumed why Ollerus currently has the Hliðskjálf.
 * WWIII

Valkyrie

 * Saints/Valkyries - The path they walk down (Kanzaki SS Ch8)
 * Valkyries given special power to carry out gods' orders, held such strong emotion that they'd fall in love and even turn backs on gods. Even if had to drive sword through own chest, would unhesitatingly give their life for one they loved.
 * Occasionally fight for sake of humans sometimes to point of destruction.
 * Differs from the angels who are mechanical messenger following programming. Fall in love with people on Earth, despair at being unable to be with them, take personal revenge for sake of one they love.

Level 6 Shift Attempt

 * Raijin-like.
 * Consciousness smothered. Directed by suggestion.

Principles, Dispute
Given the origin of the term within the Toaru fandom, there are disputes over what it means and what falls under it.


 * Whether the form resulting from the Level 6 Shift attempt on Misaka Mikoto could be classed as an Awakening is disputed, as although it shares some of the traits from the examples considered to be 'awakenings', it also has some major differences (e.g. it was executed forcibly using an external source).

Phases

 * Needs revising as it has been messed up a bit in the process of an addition
 * Reattach cleanup tag?
 * Current text below
 * Sub-sections - Pure World, Effects (exclusions)

Principles (Current)
The world was originally pure and untouched before various layers and filters began affecting how it appears. This "Pure World" is a world of science that is unaffected by religion, which the man known as the Silver Star is apparently trying to be tamper directly beyond all the filters.

However, the many religions (Christian, Buddhist, Celtic, Indian, Shinto, Incan, Aztec, Greek, Roman, Norse etc) which have arisen throughout history have had the effect of applying various phases to the world. Powerful beings such as Majins are also able to apply new phases.

If the layers of these various religions are real, then it can be assumed that properties present in a Phase of the world would not necessarily mean that it would be erased when a new layer is applied. Due to the Imaginary Number District being described as existing at the same place as Academy City, it is likely that it too is a layer applied to the world to create a new Phase.

The effect of a new Phase of the world varies from being similar to the previous one, like the Omega World being recreated by Othinus each time Touma is near death, to radically different, like the Omega World being different from Touma's original world, where people's various traumas and tragedies have not come to pass unlike in Touma's world. A more obvious difference here is that in the Omega World Sherry Cromwell has an age of a child despite everybody else being the same age as that of Touma's original world.

When the world enters a new Phase, its inhabitants have no idea that the world has been changed, truly believing that the world is the same as always. However, if the Will of the Whole Misaka Network saying that Othinus "cheated" can be believed, it can be assumed that Othinus can assure that people would have memories of the previous world. Regardless, the only people that have continuous memories of all the various Phases of the world are beings like Magic Gods, and to a limited extent, likely the living bearers of the Imagine Breaker, such as Touma. Beings such as the thought entity known as the Will of the Whole Misaka Network, who cannot be directly influenced by the changing Phases of the world, and is referred to as beyond the living and the dead, likely applies as well.

As the Imagine Breaker is the reference and restoration point of the world, it can be used to restore the world back to a previous Phase of the world. This later proved problematic to Touma as though he knew its purpose, he didn't know how he could use it to restore the world back to his original world other than Othinus, forcing him to cast his "hesitations" in a fight with Othinus, believing that he could "reach her".

Background
Throughout history, the various religions which have arisen have had the effect of applying phases to the world.

After Othinus became a Majin, she used her power to apply new phases and change the world, however as she did, she forgot how her original world was and as such couldn't go back once she wished to, leading her to recreate the world many times attempting to reach it. Her hesitations prevented from using the Imagine Breaker to return the world back to her own original world. These hesitations and uncertainties would later build up inside of her, and she had hoped to find someone to understand her, and she believed that person could be found in her original world.

She would later settle in the current world —the world where Kamijou Touma would be born as a bearer of the Imagine Breaker.

Meanwhile, a man calling himself as the Silver Star is attempting to tamper with the Pure World beyond all the filters.

Translation Guide
This is a guide to the various terms, translations, transliterations etc, used by different groups, both official and unofficial, translating the Toaru series.

Alternative titles: Translations

Key:
 * Wiki: This is either the current title of the wiki article on the relevant subject or if it doesn't have an article, the name by which it is most commonly referred to by on the wiki.
 * Japanese: The name or title of the subject in Japanese.
 * Romaji: The romaji version of the subject's name/title in Japanese.
 * Lit: Short for literally, regarding literal translations.
 * Trans: Translations of the subject into English.
 * Funi: The English translation of the subject's name/title used in Funimation translations
 * Seven Seas: The English translation of the subject's name/title used in Seven Seas translations
 * YP: The English translation of the subject's name/title used in Yen Press translations

N/A = Not available/applicable

(Anti-quarrel notice required?)

Magic-Science Treaty

 * Enforcement

Magical-Scientific Methods

 * Amakusa (Hiding meaning in everyday items/trinket)
 * Liberal Arts City (Attempt to reverse-engineer Mixcoatl)
 * RARO (Attempt to switch sides)

Background
It is unknown when exactly the treaty came into being, however most likely occurred at a point sometime after the foundation of Academy City.

NT10-related

 * Not intending to do the new Christian spells and US character articles unless not done by time the other stuff is done.
 * Intending to first focus on general chapter summaries, characters/abilities etc related to Ch12, Ch13, Ch17, Ch18, Ch19, Ep.
 * Unneeded tense shifting, messy additions, raw and unrefined, nearly copying directly

@wiki Glossary of terms

Etymology
Hikoboshi is the Japanese name for Altair, the twelfth brightest star in the night sky and a part of the Summer Triangle together with Vega and Deneb. It and the Orihime 1 (Japanese name for Vega) satellite, which carries the Tree Diagram, may be a reference to Tanabata.


 * Note Altair, Vega, Deneb naming theme (Summer Triangle/Lovers story)
 * Tanabata festival - meeting of Orihime and Hikoboshi (Vega and Altair), Milky Way separating lovers and only allowed to meet once a year on seventh day of seventh lunar month

Thor
Chronology

God
(Ch20/Epilogue information)

Denmark
Chronology/Locations

Phase

 * Clean-up

Gungnir

 * Check for errors and stuff.

Kanzaki Kaori

 * Shift back from 125's edit from Kaori to Kanzaki (case by case assessment, in this case, there are no other Kanzakis in the series and Kanzaki is the name she is most often referred to, Silent Psycho Gamer agrees).

Side-Stories

 * Norse mythology expansion
 * Parody story role

Abilities
Idol Theory: Kanzaki is capable of making use of Idol Theory in her spells and against foe's spells, both pre-planned and improvised. An example of the latter would be when she used skiis, Ullr's association with them and his position as one of the Aesir who survived the flood of Ymir's blood, to avoid being drowned by Ymir's Ocean.

Abilities
After being hit with the Fairy spell, Ollerus lost the special powers that he possessed from being a near-Majin, being reduced to the level of a regular Magician.


 * Loss of arms and Majin special powers, didn't experience as great destruction from Fairy spell as Othinus (as imperfect Majin) but reduced to level of ordinary Magician.

Egeskov Castle

 * Chronology section.(Ch19/20)

Necessarius Special Admission Test SS
(No mention in 6)

Necessarius Special Admission Test SS
. . . ..

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After Emilie falls due to Freadia's gambit with the trapezohedron, Isahaya approaches Itsuwa and lets her lean on his shoulder for support. He tells her that the others are looking through the destroyed trucks.

Necessarius Special Admission Test SS
(No mention at all)

Acqua of the Back Arc

 * Blending in with surroundings around Touma and Itsuwa with the other Amakusa
 * Asks Tatemiya what he thinks, about Acqua
 * Listens to Tatemiya, security holes, plans for Touma - why
 * People cleared, signal to draw hidden weapons

Necessarius Special Admission Test SS
. . . . ..

After Freadia's gambit with the trapezohedron succeeds in bringing Emilie down, Ushibuka comes over to where Itsuwa and Freadia are, and carries the wounded Freadia away. He later lowers her down when she is asked a question regarding the attacker's identity.

Trivia Counts
(Fukou da! Count) (Bite Count)

Magical Life Forms
Magical life forms (魔術生命体, Majutsu Seimei-tai) are living beings which have been created through the use of magic.

Principles
Despite the fact that modern magic revolves around refining life force into magic power, few magicians have a clear answer as to what the soul actually is. There are a few prominent theories but there is little proof as to which is correct. However despite not understanding the mechanisms of the soul, there are methods to duplicate it (like with cloning or transplanting on the science side), and magicians can create a physical body to act as a container for the soul even without properly understanding it.

The product of this process is a magical life form. They are not life forms in the same way as angels and demons which are energy masses present in different Phases - they are either subspecies created by applying processes to organic material or new species produced from inorganic material, and can be made in an unending variety of forms.

In the case of Alfar, the material used to create her was a fossil, though she doesn't possess the same soul as the fossilized creature.

Magical life forms are not popular among magicians nowadays as the creation cost for one is too high and their lifespan tends to be unstable, so it isn't unusual for it to die straight after it was created. They also have problems interacting properly with the natural world and can often only live in the flask, test tube or artificial environment they were created in.

Magical life forms all have one thing in common - they are capable of original thought. As there are various complex processes which go into a spell and changing any portion could cause it to backfire and put the user's life at risk, rather than focusing on unstable magical life forms, magicians find it better and more convenient to put the same amount of effort into a spiritual item to reinforce their own abilities.

In modern times, magicians who seriously work on creating magical life forms are themselves an endangered species. The lack of creators also means there are few magical life forms and likely none outside the specialized ceremonial grounds and temples where they are created as they have trouble interacting with the natural world and perish.


 * P4.
 * Devices in Brick Wharf - spherical glass container 1m across (uncertain how placed inside) with emulated environment (forest, desert, ice, ocean) and artificially created phenomena to create life form
 * Most magical life forms there have features more dangerous than any in natural world (fangs/claws) but all they have, likely normal cats/dogs stronger, life forms twisted and easily killed by problem so nothing in natural world would have an issue with it
 * P11.
 * Lake District Necessarius research facility (in castle ruins), records of magical life forms created up to start of 20th century, Alfar isolation

Known Examples

 * Alfar

Golden-style Magic

 * Many different variations.
 * Large-scale ceremonies for calling in Telesma.
 * Four elements and symbolic weapons.

Tarot
Tarot (タロット) refers to a group of playing cards which were used in Europe from the mid-15th century onwards, for both games and divinatory purposes. Different variations have been created by certain people, including Aleister Crowley.

In Toaru Majutsu no Index, Tarot cards are used as the basis for certain forms of Magic, in particular that of Golden-style Magic.

Principles
When the cards are being used for divination, depending on the type of spread being used, the positions of the cards in the spread and in relation to one another, and the orientation of the cards, upright or reversed, the cards present different meanings.

A deck of Tarot cards consists of 78 cards divided into two categories, the Major Arcana of 22 cards and the Minor Arcana of 56.

Major Arcana
The Major Arcana is the first category of cards in a Tarot Deck, consisting of 22 trump cards numbered from 0 to 21. Each of the 22 Major Arcana is associated with one of the pathways connecting a sephira on the Tree of Sephirot.

Of the Major Arcana, only 'The Hanged Man' has been seen used in Toaru Majutsu no Index as of yet, used by Leivinia Birdway. A combination of the Major Arcana from the Fool through to the World is apparently capable of greatly increasing the user's parameters temporarily, enabling them to execute supersonic movements.

S1: Keter-"Crown" (1, 2, 4) Chokhmah-"Wisdom" (4, 3, 9, 6) Binah-"Understanding" (2, 3, 7, 8) Da'at (none) Chesed-"Kindness" (6, 5, 10, 15) Gevurah-"Severity" (8, 5, 12, 13) Tiferet-"Beauty" (12, 16, 10, 14) Netzach-"Eternity" (14, 15, 17, 18, 19) Hod-"Splendour" (13, 16, 11, 20, 21) Yesod-"Foundation" (10, 18, 22) Malkuth-"Kingship" (19, 21, 22)

Alef, Bet, Gimel, Dalet, Hei, Vav, Zayin, Het, Tet, Yud, Kaf, Lamed, Mem, Nun, Samech, Ayin, Pei, Tsadi, Kuf, Reish, Shin, Thav (22=0)

S2: Alef (0), Bet, Gimel, Dalet, Hei, Vav, Zayin, Het, Tet, Yud, Kaf, Lamed, Mem, Nun, Samech, Ayin, Pei, Tsadi, Kuf, Reish, Shin, Thav (21) (differences between versions)

Minor Arcana
The Minor Arcana is the second category of cards found in a Tarot deck, comprised of 56 cards divided in four suits; Cups, Swords, Wand and Coins. Each suit is comprised of 4 court cards; a King, a Queen, a Knight, and a Page, as well as number cards from Ace (1) to 10. The suits also have a specific element and colour associated with them. Rather than connecting directly to a sephira like the Major Arcana, the Minor Arcana are used to produce symbolic weapons of their element.

Golden-style organizations make use of the Minor Arcana cards which have been optimized to be used as symbolic weapons that activating a spell associated with their element. Though they share the same attribute, these symbolic weapons are not all equal. The ones with greater numbers aren't necessarily stronger than the ones with lesser numbers - the number changes the power that manifests, meaning each card activates a different spell.

These cards are generally instead to be used in large-scale ceremonies rather than in battle. However by activating the cards reactively in order within an area, as though one were randomly flipping them up on a table, a "table" dyed in the attributes of a suit can be prepared for such a ceremony. With a chain of multiple cards complete, a Golden-style ceremony can be carried out to draw in Telesma and summon the power of an Archangel.

With the use of the cards, the number cards indicate the type of phenomenon which is to occur, while the court cards indicate who or what the phenomenon is to occur to, and store the Telesma which has been gathered.

Out of the suit cards, only the wind-aligned Sword cards have appeared in Toaru Majutsu no Index as of yet, used by Mark Space. Aside from the cards themselves, Leivinia Birdway makes use of the aspects of the four suits with her symbolic weapon, a wooden wand capable of changing forms from a wand to a cup, sword and disc to use elemental magic corresponding to the respective suits.

Suit of Swords

 * Sword: Leivinia can transform her weapon into a sword, which represents wind. When swung down, a wind sword appears and can apparently even sever a human arm from the body. If needs be, Leivinia can amplify the wind sword with powerful magic. Also, she was able to compress the blazing wind created by the Muspell around her sword and neutralize it by using the following chant: "The color is yellow, the shape is a dagger. With the action of defense and the symbol of flow and change, one of the five great internal symbols of my temple shall be contained in my hand!!".

Mark Space Article Extract:

The minor arcana has 56 cards divided into the four suits of wands, cups, swords, and coins, which can be used to create symbolic weapons of fire, water, wind, and earth respectively. Of the four suits of the minor arcana, Mark specializes in the 14 sword cards that correspond to wind. That includes the number cards from ace to 10 and the court cards which were the Page, the Knight, the Queen, and the King. Also, the tarot cards Mark uses are special cards that were optimized to be used as symbolic weapons that activated the spells used by Golden-style organizations.

The sword card symbolic weapons are not all equal, and the ones with greater numbers aren't stronger than the ones with lesser numbers. Even though they all have the attribute of yellow, the number changes the power that manifests itself in the real world, so the spell activated by each card is different. He doesn't have 14 of a single spell, but 14 different spells.

Tarot cards are generally intended to be used for large scale ceremonies and not for a battle with quick actions. However, by scattering the cards in order, he can prepare the "table" for such a ceremony. Using tarot cards as immediate attacks is the proper course of action, as one simply flips tarot cards without thinking. But tarot cards are not discarded. The true essence of tarot does not lie in each individual card. The table on which multiple cards are lined up is what is important. By chaining a combo, Mark can arrange a Golden-style ceremony to summon the power of an archangel.

Suit of Cups

 * Cup: Leivinia can change the weapon into a cup in order to use water magic. Also representing one of the suits in the minor arcana of tarot, Leivinia can summon a wall of swirling water that stretches upward. Once it reaches a set height, it stretches out in an even disk, which can look like an umbrella or a tree. There, it then shoots out water daggers that fall in every direction around Leivinia.

Suit of Wands

 * Wand: It is the initial form of her symbolic weapon. Spinning the wand once allows for flames to be shot out along a path, which will then grow into a giant wall of fire. It was in this form, as well as having a pocket watch coiled around it that allowed Leivinia to defeat Cendrillon using fire to represent dawn.

Suit of Coins

 * Disc: Leivinia can presumably change her weapon into a disc, as she was able to summon a stone pillar from the ground, as well as stone daggers, an attack where she blend a real knife into, in order to catch her opponent off guard.

Other Uses of Tarot in the Toaru series

 * Reading Thoth

Spiritual Item
A Spiritual Item (霊装) is a special tool which is used by Magicians to aid in the use of Magic.

People-Clearing Field
A People-Clearing Field (人払い) is a special field created by Magic, used to keep people away from a certain area. They are commonly used by Magicians to conceal their activities from non-magical people.

Principles
(Creation) There are various methods through which a People-Clearing Field may be produced:
 * Ophila runes (Stiyl)
 * Boundary of Forbidden Wires (Kanzaki)
 * Oriana Thomson's Silent Coin spell is based on the same principle as a People-Clearing Field, though developed further.
 * NT2

(Basic Principles)

(Effects)

Kongou Airlines
Kongou Airlines (婚后航空)

Principles/Background
In order to prevent enemies from figuring out the principles of their Magic and finding a way to counter it, Magicians sometimes employ deception, using false information and decoys to mislead foes away from the truth.

Sometimes due to a lack of viable information, inaccuracies, rumors and false information can also develop, much like Urban Legends. These can be left alone or deliberately spread, in order to hide the truth.

In some cases, what might have originally been a falsity may be taken as truth and developed so far that it becomes far more than just a mere falsity (as was the case with Rosenkreuz).
 * Falseness becoming truth (Rosenkreuz)

Theoretical Magic

 * 3D Zero Magic Circles? (MarkSpaceSS)

Kihara Family
Unseen Kihara name meanings/References:
 * Konshou: (混晶) Mixed crystal(?), referred to as onee-chan ("sister").
 * Sokuryou: (測量) Surveying, referred to as Sokuryou-kun ("male").
 * Kaihou: (解法) Solution, referred to as oba-san ("aunt").
 * Jouryuu: (蒸留) Distillation, referred to as onii-chan ("brother").
 * Chokuryuu: (直流) DC, referred to as Chokuryuu-kun ("male").
 * Doutai: (導体) Conductor, referred to as oji-san ("uncle").
 * Bunri: (分離) Separation/Isolation(?), referred to as onii-chan ("brother").
 * Sousai: (相殺) Offset, referred to as Sousai-chan ("female").
 * Kenbi: (顕微) Microscopic/Microscopy(?), referred to as oba-san ("aunt").
 * Bunshi: (分子) Molecule, referred to as onii-chan ("brother").
 * Kouten: (公転) Revolution, referred to as onee-chan ("sister").

Others

 * Novel section summaries
 * Fiamma - Red
 * Check Liquid Metal Factory name (currently Shinohara, 7S has Suzuhara, which one has made a mistake?)
 * Kanzaki background, saint-based healing magic (KanzakiSSCh8)
 * Rosicrucian - origin with a fake book (NecSSCh2)

Toaru characters and the Major Arcana
The Fool, The Magician, The High Priestess, The Empress, The Emperor, The Hierophant, The Lovers, The Chariot, Justice, The Hermit, Wheel of Fortune, Strength, The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, The Devil, The Tower, The Star, The Moon, The Sun, Judgement, The World

Scary Stuff
(creepy, horrifying, terrifying, unsettling - anything from the continuum/spectrum)

Different people find different things scary and at different levels.

My question is this:

Is there anything in the Toaru series that you consider creepy, scary, horrifying, unsettling or anything else from that spectrum?


 * Mostly conceptual fear?

The Toaru series: Magic

 * A guide to magic in the Toaru series (User, Faction, Base Format, Type, Class etc)
 * Spiritual Items/Spells/Conditions/Theories/Principles

Game Quotes

 * Suppose there was an Index fighting game with an extended cast, what quotes would you use for the various situations?

Funny Moments & Scenes

 * User blog:Inept Wiki User/Funny Moments & Scenes
 * Find many scenes amusing or funny - though difficult to choose favourites

Character Select

 * User blog:Inept Wiki User/Suppose you had to choose 50 characters for a game...

Future Anime

 * User blog:Inept Wiki User/Index III, IV etc - which stuff where?

Unanimated Volumes:
 * Index: 14, 15, 16, SS2, 17-18, 19, 20, 21, 22
 * Shinyaku: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-6, 7, 8-9-10
 * SS: Stiyl, Kanzaki, Liberal Arts City, Shopping Mall Demonstration, Amakusa

Index III Possibilities:
 * Volumes 14, 15, 16, 17-18, 19
 * Volumes 14, 15, 16, SS2, 17-18
 * Volumes 14, 15, ?, SS2, 16

Unvoiced Characters & Candidates

 * User blog:Inept Wiki User/Who should voice the unvoiced characters?
 * Kihara Byouri/Yuuitsu consideration

Existing Cast

 * List of voice actors
 * Video Game/Railgun/Audio-only

Other
=Other stuff=

Regarding Communication Problems and Frustrations

 * Communication problems - have had these for most of my life, recently however they have been getting worse.
 * Can't properly get thoughts into words. Can't convey everything I want to say properly - misunderstanding, others twisting etc
 * Hesitation and anxiety
 * Take a long time putting together posts/messages - trying to avoid mistakes, hesitating and worrying, often post (sometimes because I'd be hesitating forever otherwise) and it's still not done properly
 * Vagueness - perhaps out of encompassing more and covering the right one than focusing and getting the wrong one completely
 * When people are making mistakes, messing things up or doing wrong, can't point it out as can't properly describe what they are doing wrong - dismissal, twisting, ignoring etc, frustration as they continue to do wrong while can't do anything to stop it
 * Recent actions by certain others and the creeping corruption/conceit - upset/sad/angry because of it, communication problems added, produces negative feedback cycle & downward spiral, leading to depression
 * Need to have a description ready in advance rather than have to produce one at short notice

Regarding Miscategorisation

 * Magic Formats: For base formats, not types. Base Formats = Folklore, Mythology, Religion etc. Different from types (Healing, Bells, Fire, Wax) (difficult to properly describe).
 * Space: Some stuff which is not truly space-related - E-II mech was not designed for space and only launched into upper atmosphere
 * Events: Event redirects and main pages have been put in Events (only one)

Other

 * Name usage on articles, most common or given (thoughts: should be assessed case by case rather than all in one, generally the name most used unless family name most often used when there are more than one individual with family name) (e.g. Kanzaki, Saten, Mikoto, Seria etc) (Check KL's claim (history logs and users) - may be an example of that annoying tendency)
 * Naming Order - does not need changing from current way
 * Over-Q/S for certain images (KL), missing FURs - this might be a problem later on?
 * That, A certain creeping, corroding, corrupting movement - quite difficult to describe, but cause for depression and concern
 * Encroachment
 * Ask for advice on wiki depression.
 * Double-edged nature - output of many, both good and bad, bright or dim
 * Claiming something is true and editing to provide own justification
 * Underminers
 * Following under assumption, sheep
 * Overextension/Stretching

Index PSP

 * If health to 0, Overdrive Bar can be carried over as health (Caution), Bar can break/level up mid-fight
 * At the start of the match, option to block or launch attack?

Controls

 * Start: Pause
 * Select: Taunt
 * Analog stick/D-Pad: Movement/Directional command
 * X Button: Block/Dodge (direction)
 * Circle Button: Overdrive
 * Triangle Button: Heavy Attack
 * Square Button: Light Attack
 * L Button: L-support
 * R Button: R-support
 * L + R Buttons: Unison Raid

Translation/Naming Difference List

 * France's largest magical cabal (not covered): Orleans Knights, Knights of Orleans
 * Russian shopping centre's AR system: Semi-Open AR (Old/Wiki), Semipublic AR (BTNT)
 * Russian cabal saved by William Orwell: Divination Operation Brigade, Astrological Surgical Brigade
 * Joan of Arc, Jeanne d'Arc, St. Joan - similar power possessing individual: Oracle d'Arc, Oracle of d'Arc
 * The Tour Guide from Kanzaki SS: Tour Guide, Tour Guide Lady, Miss Tour Guide (Wiki-only)
 * The boy claiming to possess Absolute Fortune (Archives 2 Drama CD): Green-haired boy (Drama CD credits), Absolute Fortune Boy (Wiki)?
 * Acqua's Magic: Divine Mother's Mercy, Virgin Mary Worship

Other

 * Problem due to users, lazily and carelessly, directly copying and pasting content, mostly from around the wiki or from the translations of the books, sometimes from Wikipedia and forum posts.
 * No effort made to make it fit properly into the article (doubts that they even properly read it through).
 * Sometimes they just dump it over content which has had effort put into it and works much better than the new stuff.
 * Often it's quite a mess.
 * Shifting of names unnecessarily (most used/given - e.g. Kanzaki), Signs of the Creeping?
 * Carrying mistakes forward and perpetuating.
 * Country pages, Staff Profiles.
 * Stuff being categorized where it shouldn't. Refine descriptions to prevent it. (SPG, Formats)
 * Trouble being incited
 * Polarization
 * Pole (Changed) playing victim to get away with their actions when they are just a bad if not worse than the other (Origin)

Wiki Notes

 * Manual of Style gives an example but doesn't strictly say that a specific reference name structure (not the reference itself by the ref-name), optimum balance between space and description.
 * When switching round articles between two different names, categories included, the counter adds them as though they were entirely new.
 * Instances of giving quotes to ref names (unnecessary) - due to visual editor?
 * Consider the possibility of an offshoot project, in case the worst comes to the worst