Toaru Majutsu no Index III Episode 04

"The Dark Side of Academy City" (学園都市暗部) is the fourth episode of the third season of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime series. It was first broadcast on October 26th 2018, and was directed by Nishikiori Hiroshi.

Adapted From

 * Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 15 Prologue, Chapter 1 & Chapter 2 Parts 1-6

Major Events

 * After capturing Management, GROUP learn of and foil an assassination attempt on Oyafune Monaka.
 * Making use of disruption from the assassination attempt, SCHOOL attack the Elementary Particle Engineering Laboratory for the Tweezers and come into conflict with members of ITEM.
 * GROUP learns of a cracking attempt on the Virus Isolation Center and assume a decoy. Having infiltrated BLOCK, Etzali informs them that the real target is the Hikoboshi II's satellite control center.

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Tsuchimikado Motoharu
 * Musujime Awaki
 * Etzali (as Unabara Mitsuki & Yamate)
 * Accelerator
 * Heaven Canceller
 * Last Order
 * Oyafune Monaka
 * Hamazura Shiage
 * Yomikawa Aiho

New Characters

 * Management
 * Yobou Banka
 * Yamate
 * Sunazara Chimitsu
 * Kakine Teitoku
 * Girl in the dress
 * Mugino Shizuri
 * Frenda Seivelun
 * Takitsubo Rikou
 * Kinuhata Saiai

Abilities

 * Accelerator (ability) - Accelerator, Level 5
 * Appearance Borrowing - Etzali
 * Meltdowner - Mugino Shizuri, Level 5

New Abilities

 * Psychokinesis - Yobou Banka, Level 4

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 7
 * Heaven Canceller's Hospital
 * Joseph's Coffee and Restaurant

New Locations

 * School District 7
 * Management's residence
 * Concert Hall Front Plaza
 * School District 5
 * Virus Isolation Center (referenced)
 * School District 3
 * North External Connection Terminal (referenced)
 * School District 2
 * South External Connection Terminal (referenced)
 * School District 12
 * East External Connection Terminal (referenced)
 * School District 13
 * West External Connection Terminal (referenced)
 * School District 18
 * Elementary Particle Engineering Laboratory

Referbacks

 * Events involving Accelerator from Episodes 22 to 24 of Toaru Majutsu no Index II are shown during a brief recap of Accelerator's situation before the opening credits.