Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01/Prologue

Synopsis
On the eve of July 19, after a series of normal events, a boy named Kamijou Touma finds himself running for his life as a group of thugs chase him for a few kilometers into the streets of Academy City. What became a gentlemanly gesture towards a seemingly helpless middle-school girl ends up with him getting rescued by said girl, named Misaka Mikoto, a Level 5 esper with the ability to control electricity.

Touma's accidentally mocking words force an encounter between a "worthless" Level 0 and one of the few Level 5 espers in Academy City. However, due to a power that resides in his right hand, the Imagine Breaker, he was able to withstand Mikoto's abilities.

Despite this, however, he considers himself truly unlucky.

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Major Events

 * Kamijou Touma, in an encounter with Misaka Mikoto, demonstrated his ability for the first time in the series.

New Characters

 * Kamijou Touma
 * Misaka Mikoto

New Abilities

 * Imagine Breaker - Kamijou Touma
 * Railgun - Misaka Mikoto

New Locations

 * A Certain Iron Railway Bridge

Quotes

 * "If I’m a one in 328,571 genius, then you’re a one in 2,300,000 disaster.” — Mikoto, commenting on the rarity of her and Touma's powers