Toaru Majutsu no Index II Episode 20

"Hound Dog" (猟犬部隊 (ハウンドドッグ) ) is the twentieth episode of the second season of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime adaption, and the forty-fourth episode overall. It was first aired on February 25, 2011.

Synopsis
Inside Judgment's headquarters in District 7, Kuroko and Uiharu eat their dinner at the office. While Kuroko is still immersed in the thought of missing Mikoto for the night, Uiharu is more preoccupied at what she just saw on the television: a footage of a woman clad in yellow marching alongside unconscious Anti-skill units. As Kuroko proceeds on eating, she notices that Uiharu has fallen unconscious.

Accelerator manages to douse enough detergent on himself to fool Hound Dog's Scent Sensor, but he finds a survivor amongst the ones he took care of. The Hound Dog unit member attempts to climb to safety and calls to an Anti-skill van for help. He then mocks Accelerator about his failure to rescue Last Order. Before the Anti-skill could react, a door came flying through their van, and all they saw of the Hound Dog operative is a pool of blood.

Meanwhile, Tsuchimikado discovers that there are traps prepared at where he treads, and nimbly passes through them with ease. As he understands how complicated things are, he looks at the mysterious bright spectre on the other side...

And Yoshikawa Kikyou manages to stumble upon an unconscious Aiho. She then hears a radio message stating Accelerator as a primary suspect for murder.

Adapted From
Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 13

Major events

 * Vento of the Front meets Kihara Amata.
 * Touma meets and battles with Vento of the Front, though she escapes.
 * The Imaginary Number District is activated
 * Tsuchimikado Motoharu battles with the Roman Catholic Church attack forces.
 * Accelerator becomes a wanted criminal.

Characters
By order of appearance
 * Index Librorum Prohibitorum
 * Sphynx
 * Kihara Amata
 * Hound Dog
 * Accelerator
 * Vento of the Front
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Last Order
 * Heaven Canceler
 * Tsuchimikado Motoharu
 * Anti-Skill
 * Yomikawa Aiho
 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Shirai Kuroko
 * Uiharu Kazari
 * Yoshikawa Kikyou

New Characters

 * Orson
 * Rod
 * Nancy
 * Vera
 * Saigou Ryouta
 * Sugiyama Edao

Abilities

 * Accelerator (Ability) - Accelerator, level 5
 * Electromaster - Last Order
 * Divine Punishment - Vento of the Front
 * Imagine Breaker - Kamijou Touma, level 0

New Abilities

 * Wind Hammer - Vento of the Front
 * Wooden Stake magic - Roman Catholic Invasionary Force

Locations

 * Academy City
 * The hospital the Heaven Canceler works in.
 * Green Mart
 * Judgment 177 Branch Office

New Locations

 * Olla Podrida
 * Third Resource Recycling Processing Facility
 * Academy City Outer Zone

Trivia

 * This episode marks the first time a recap section features the voice and sound effects of an actual scene it is recapping.
 * The scene where Accelerator fights the Hound Dog unit in the factory is extremely toned down from the Light Novels. Although the scene in which he shoots the hound dog member at point blank range in the jaw before kicking her down into a mechanical press is still present.
 * The design of the Scent Sensor is vastly different from how it was described in the light novel, where it was described more as a small, pistol-shaped device instead of the minesweeper-like design seen in the anime.
 * In the Light Novels, Accelerator takes a shotgun to use as a substitute crutch (his original cane was lost in the fight with Kihara) from the same equipment bag where he discovered the Scent Sensor in the van with Orson.

Referbacks

 * The location of Accelerator's battle against the Hound Dog is strikingly similar to the location of Misaka Mikoto's fight against Therestina Kihara Lifeline.

Cultural References

 * The missile launcher that Kihara Amata uses is similar to the Panzerfaust 3.
 * Index reads a corrupted version of the Ugly Duckling.
 * Accelerator uses a Remington 1100 Shotgun with a longer stock and attached scope.

Animation Trivia

 * Accelerator bends his neck in an unnatural way during his stay at the control center of the recyling facility.

Unanswered Questions

 * How does Kihara Amata stay conscious regardless of Divine Punishment?
 * What happened to Orson?
 * Why did Vento start coughing up blood?
 * Who was the figure that confronted Tsuchimikado Motoharu?

Quotes

 * Touma: "If we don't survive first, then we'll never save him. If you want to save him, make sure you don't die first." (to Last Order)
 * Nancy: "Don't, don't joke around!" (before having her jaw blown away by a shot gun).