Toaru Majutsu no Index Wiki:Featured articles/This month's featured article/2014

Openers for articles that have been featured monthly in 2014.

January
With all this commotion regarding GREMLIN and Othinus, let us not forget the ill-fated antagonist of one of the rare science side stories of Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index.

Yakumi Hisako is an aged member of the Academy City Board of Directors who kickstarted the events of the Agitate Halation Arc, through the use of Fremea Seivelun. Manipulative and conniving, she was inputted by Kihara Yuiitsu with her own thought patterns, leading to Hisako to formulate a complex plan in becoming an AIM thought being and beyond.

She is thwarted by the efforts of the one person she thought she controlled, the benign Fremea Seivelun, who took control of her own powers, and led her directly into the path of Kamijou Touma's right hand who may have doomed her if not for the efforts of her loyal minion, Rensa. Her fate at the end of the storyline has her being punished for manipulations, already a non-human, she is put into a state where she cannot advance nor completely disappear by Fräulein Kreutune...(Learn more...)

Recently featured: Lance of Gungnir Arc

February
Known as the greatest magician in history, and for better or for worse, influenced magicians to the point that he is referred to as the master of modern Western magic. In spite of the greatness he has made for himself, he later quits magic to analyze and technology, leading to the magic side hunting him down. Eventually he is found by the Heaven Canceller and with him founds Academy City. He is Aleister Crowley, the enigmatic founder and ruler of Academy City hidden away in his ivory tower, the equally enigmatic Windowless Building.

Ever the secretive creature, Aleister Crowley rarely appears in-story, but his influence is still felt by often being mentioned by other characters, the very existence of Academy City, as well as the implication that he manipulates the events of the story for the purpose of advancing his plans. Still a powerful and knowledgeable magician in his own right, he seemingly has all the answers to many questions surrounding the series, including the truth behind Kamijou Touma and the mysterious Imagine Breaker...(Learn more...)

Recently featured: Yakumi Hisako