Toaru Majutsu no Index III Episode 24

Index (禁書目録 (インデックス) ) is the twenty-fourth episode of the third season of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime series. It was broadcast on March 22nd 2019, and was directed by Nogami Yoshiyuki and Suzuki Kentarou, was storyboarded by Suzuki Kentarou, and the script written by Yoshino Hiroyuki.

Synopsis
''Right arm power and List of Forbidden Books knowledge -- after Fiamma masters both, his attacks won't allow me to strike back. Is the power to save the world what he is really after?''

Adapted From

 * Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 22 Chapter 9 & Chapter 10

Major Events

 * Hamazura fights Mugino for the third time and doesn't have the upper hand this time. Realizing that their actions were controlled by the higher-ups of Academy City, Hamazura decides to reconcile himself with Mugino and wants to reform ITEM.
 * Fiamma completes his right arm by absorbing Touma's Imagine Breaker and was about to complete the Project Bethlehem, but he is stopped in its tracks by the Invisible thing inside Touma, who later recovered his Imagine Breaker.

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Accelerator
 * Last Order
 * Misaka Worst
 * Kazakiri Hyouka
 * Hamazura Shiage
 * Mugino Shizuri
 * Index Librorum Prohibitorum
 * Stiyl Magnus
 * Laura Stuart
 * Sasha Kreutzev
 * Lessar
 * Fiamma of the Right
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Himegami Aisa (flashback)
 * Misaka 10032 (flashback)
 * Sphynx (flashback)
 * Yamisaka Ouma (flashback)
 * Orsola Aquinas (flashback)
 * Tatemiya Saiji (flashback)
 * Shirai Kuroko (flashback)
 * Misaka 10777
 * Misaka Mikoto

Abilities

 * Fuse Kazakiri - Kazakiri Hyouka
 * Meltdowner - Mugino Shizuri, Level 5
 * John's Pen Mode - Index Librorum Prohibitorum
 * Innocentius - Stiyl Magnus
 * Imagine Breaker - Kamijou Touma
 * Third Arm - Fiamma of the Right

Locations

 * Russia
 * Star of Bethlehem

Trivia

 * Fiamma is the second person who has managed to completely sever Touma's Imagine Breaker from his body.

Referbacks

 * Kazakiri refers to the events of September 30th, when Index saved Last Order with a song.
 * Hamazura and Mugino previous fights are referred, along with Frenda's death.

Differences in Adaptation

 * In the novel, the number of Mugino's Meltdowner lasers firing is stated to be 20,000 at once.
 * In the novel, it's explained that Fiamma was so shocked because the invisible thing negated instantly his light attack which has the power to blow away a planet, while Imagine Breaker couldn't completely negate his previous attacks which were much weaker.
 * In the novel, the power which crushed the invisible thing, which is said to be more powerful than Fiamma's complete third arm, looks like a large mouth.

Unanswered Questions

 * What is this "Invisible thing" ?

Preview

 * "Right arm power and List of Forbidden Books knowledge -- after Fiamma masters both, his attacks won't allow me to strike back. Is the power to save the world what he is really after?"