Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 07/Chapter 1

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Index Librorum Prohibitorum
 * Othinus
 * Aradia
 * Sphynx
 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Shirai Kuroko
 * Shokuhou Misaki
 * Hokaze Junko
 * Misaka 19090
 * Misaka 10777
 * Misaka 18000
 * Last Order
 * Accelerator
 * Yomikawa Aiho
 * Yoshikawa Kikyou
 * Anna Kingsford
 * Kihara Noukan
 * Aleister Crowley
 * Anna Sprengel
 * Alice Anotherbible

New Characters

 * Misaka 10998
 * Misaka 14979
 * Misaka 15850
 * Misaka 15009
 * Misaka 19518

Abilities

 * Imagine Breaker - Kamijou Touma
 * Electromaster (Railgun-variant) - Misaka Mikoto, Level 5
 * Teleport - Shirai Kuroko, Level 4

Locations

 * Academy City
 * District 7
 * Kamijou Residence
 * District 10
 * Special Criminal Adult Correctional Facility
 * District 12

Trivia

 * Regarding the English letter portion of the chapter title, a transcription of the term "コタツ", Kotatu is Kunrei-shiki romanization and  is Hepburn romanization. Both are correct, with Kamachi using the former one for this particular case.

Referbacks

 * The Kotatsu Syndrome is an evolution of the Winter Cleaning, arising from the trial of Accelerator and the actions of R&C Occultics - instigated by Anna Sprengel, which was occurring in the background during Touma's last encounter with Alice.
 * Touma recalls and was about to activate the GPS tracker that Kumokawa Seria slipped onto the Bologna Succubus.

Cultural References

 * Numerous religious, historical and mythological aspects were present with the locations shown or referenced in District 12.
 * The are giant masonry structures built during the time of ancient Egypt, many of which act as tombs for pharaohs and consorts of the Old and Middle Kingdoms. The largest among them is the  (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu), the oldest and last surviving wonder of the
 * The projections on the Greek-style temple reconstructions are said to be testing the theory that the was not originally white. Although the notion was long-held that the famous Athenian temple and its sculptures were originally just the color of the stone, archaeologists in more recent years have found traces of pigment on certain surfaces and sculptures, suggesting that they were originally painted in bright colors, dulled and lost over time.
 * A (derived from ancient Greek, "mega" for great and "lithos" for stone) is a large stone used alone or with other stones to construct a prehistoric structure or monument. Most of the known existing megaliths were erected between the Neolithic period and the Bronze Age, with over 35,00 in Europe. The word was first used in 1849 by antiquarian Algernon Herbert when referring to Stonehenge.
 * refers to the veneration or mythologization of trees, present in various cultures. Trees have often been seen as a symbols of growth, death and rebirth, from observations of their seasonal cycles. Various religious and mythologies around the world include the concepts of s, a or a.
 * A (derived from the Latin relevolo (to raise)) is sculptural method where sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background, both of the same material, giving the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane. Alternatively, when carved into a surface of stone or wood, the field is lowered, leaving the unsculpted areas seeming higher. Many cathedrals and churches of Medieval Europe have reliefs.
 * The is the largest  within the Roman Catholic Church.
 * A is a territorial and administrative division within ancient Egypt.
 * The, Africa's longest river and Egypt's primary water source, played a key role in the development of the ancient Egyptian civilization, with most of its cultural and historical sites found along its river banks. The river was a source of water and a means o transportation, and the silt deposited by the annual floods made the surrounding land fertile and cultivable. The rivers was an important part of daily and spiritual life, and as such, the ancient calendar was based on the cycles of the Nile.
 * The liquid pet treat Muru (ミュール), which Anna Kingsford gives to Kihara Noukan, is a parody of the brand Churu (ちゅ～る).