Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 19/Chapter 1

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Hamazura Shiage
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Aleister Crowley
 * Accelerator
 * Hattori Hanzou
 * Kuruwa
 * Takitsubo Rikou
 * Mina Mathers (Reading Thoth 78)
 * Mugino Shizuri
 * Kinuhata Saiai
 * Aiwass
 * Coronzon
 * A. O. Francisca

New Characters

 * Lilith Crowley

Abilities

 * Accelerator (ability) - Accelerator, Level 5
 * Meltdowner - Mugino Shizuri, Level 5
 * Offense Armor - Kinuhata Saiai, Level 4

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 7
 * District 7 Southern Station
 * District 7 Central Anti-Skill Station
 * Windowless Building

Cultural References

 * Several of Kamachi Kazuma's other series are referenced during the chapter:
 * The online game which Hattori Hanzou is playing, with the old-bearded geezer and Thousand Dragon, is likely a reference to The Weakness of Beatrice the Level Cap Holy Swordswoman.
 * When Shiage uses the payphone, the screen displays a deformed pixel art Brother Santa being chased by Queen Reindeer near the paid amount and being caught when it runs out, a reference to Mitou Shoukan: //Blood Sign.
 * One of an electronic store's top products is mentioned to be an action game where the player controls a small boy to manipulate Waltraute, 4th of the nine Valkyrie sisters, a reference to The Circumstances of Waltraute's Marriage.
 * One of the fighting games at the arcade where Accelerator and Mina go is said to be a Youkai battle game, where a Zashiki Warashi, Yuki Onna and other characters fight one another (either by punching or grabbing the other's hair), a reference to The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village.
 * A recruitment poster in the District 7 Central Anti-Skill Station is mentioned to be a likely anime/manga collaboration, with teenage soldiers in front of a 50m colossal weapon, a reference to Heavy Object.
 * Shiage compares the step-based way of performing techniques with the Processor Suit to inputting a command in a, and after being smashed through a water tank after being struck by Accelerator, it is mentioned the effect seemed like it would fit in one.


 * The Anti-Skill officer conducting Shiage's interrogation refers to and, two legendary thieves in Japanese folklore.