Toaru Majutsu no Index III Episode 19

Misaka Worst is the nineteenth episode of the third season of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime series. It was broadcast on February 15th 2019, and was directed by Miyoshi Masato and Awai Shigeki, was storyboarded by Ochi Kojin, and the script written by Kingetsu Ryunosuke.

Synopsis
''The Third Season has been unleashed. An expression of 10,031 people's vengeance, condemnation, and hatred. Retribution arrives in the worst of forms.''

Adapted From

 * Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 20 Chapter 2 Parts 8-10 & Chapter 3 Parts 2 & 7

Major Events

 * Vento of the Front fights Fiamma of the Right using the modified La Regina del Mare Adriatico but is defeated. Fiamma captures Sasha and escapes.
 * Hamazura Shiage takes Takitsubo Rikou to Digurv's village, providing them with supplies in exchange for aid. Privateers begin to move in on the village.
 * Accelerator is attacked by Misaka Worst, a third-generation Sister clone, but he manages to defeat her.

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Accelerator
 * Last Order
 * Misaka Worst
 * Fiamma of the Right
 * Vento of the Front
 * Elizalina
 * Lessar
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Index Librorum Prohibitorum
 * Takitsubo Rikou
 * Digurv
 * Hamazura Shiage

Abilities

 * Accelerator (ability) - Accelerator, Level 5
 * Holy Right - Fiamma of the Right

New Abilities

 * Electromaster - Misaka Worst, Level 4
 * La Regina del Mare Adriatico - Vento of the Front

Locations

 * Elizalina Alliance of Independent Nations
 * Russia

New Locations

 * Russia
 * Digurv's village

Trivia

 * The voice actor of the unnamed magician is Akiba Tasuku.
 * The voice actress of the unnamed mother is Matsuda Risae.
 * The voice actress of the unnamed daughter is Nukui Yuka.

Referbacks

 * Vento makes use of La Regina del Mare Adriatico, previously used in Biagio Busoni's plot to destroy Academy City.
 * Touma's memory loss and his subsequent lie to Index are brought up again.
 * Fiamma and Vento talk about Angel Fall and the reason why such an event happened.

Cultural References

 * From the 16th to the 19th century, s were pirates authorized by a nation's government to attack foreign shipping, entitled by their state to attack and rob enemy vessels during wartime in order to cause economical damage as part of naval warfare.

Differences in Adaptation

 * In the novel, Fiamma explains that he can avoid the usage limits of the right arm thanks to the knowledge acquired with John's Pen Remote Control, and use the power of the right arm even though it's incomplete because of the Distortion of the Laws of the World.
 * When fighting the Russian magicians in the novels, Accelerator got the first strike in and afterwards reflected two water attacks from a female magician codenamed Vodyanoy, sending a wave of snow at the group after one of the fragments of the second shot nearly hits Last Order. In the anime, an unnamed male magician launches the first attack in place of Vodyanoy and after it reacts oddly, Accelerator attacks with the snow.
 * When using her ability while descending, Misaka Worst's electricity is the standard blue rather than purple as in the novel.

Animation Trivia

 * The animation used when Misaka Worst uses her railgun is similar to the one previously used for the original Misaka Mikoto.
 * In the broadcasted version of this episode, Sasha Kreutzev is shown to be wearing her red hood and cape. However, in the previous episode she wasn't wearing the hood or cape. This was later amended in Toaru Majutsu no Index III BD/DVD Vol. 6, changed so that Sasha is wearing her red hood and cape.

Unanswered Questions

 * How will Index react on learning how Touma lied to her about losing his memories?

Preview

 * "The Third Season has been unleashed. An expression of 10,031 people's vengeance, condemnation, and hatred. Retribution arrives in the worst of forms."