Toaru Majutsu no Index II Episode 04

"Sheol Fear" is the fourth episode for the second season of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime adaption, and the twenty-eighth episode overall. It was first aired on October 29, 2010.

Adapted From

 * Chapter 3 Parts 2-5 and Between the Lines 2, & Chapter 4 Parts 1-3

Major Events

 * Kamijou Touma, Index and Stiyl Magnus join forces with the Amakusa-Style Remix of Church and battle against the Agnese Forces in an attempt to rescue Orsola Aquinas.

Characters

 * Kamijou Touma
 * Index Librorum Prohibitorum
 * Stiyl Magnus
 * Tatemiya Saiji
 * Orsola Aquinas
 * Agnese Sanctis
 * Agnese Forces
 * Itsuwa
 * Amakusa Christians
 * Kanzaki Kaori
 * Tsuchimikado Motoharu
 * Lucia
 * Angelene

New Characters

 * Ushibuka
 * Kouyagi
 * Isahaya
 * Nomozaki
 * Tsushima

Abilities

 * Imagine Breaker - Kamijou Touma
 * Fire magic - Stiyl Magnus

New Abilities

 * Magical Barrier - Agnese Forces
 * Sheol Fear - Index

Locations

 * Eastern Tokyo
 * Hakumeiza

New Locations

 * Church of Orsola

Trivia

 * Several members of the Amakusa Christians that will not appear until the 11th Volume of the Light Novels (including Itsuwa), appear during the battle of the Church of Orsola. As of this episode, Itsuwa is the only one who has a speaking role in the anime.

Referbacks

 * Stiyl references the cross necklace Touma gave Orsola as the reason why he - a representative of the Anglican Church - is intruding in the business of the Roman Catholics.

Cultural References

 * The weapon Itsuwa is carrying is called a Spear, though she carries a special type of three-pronged spear called a.
 * Index's Sheol Fear, is a reference to a early concept of the afterlife Jewish Scriptures. It is described as place of darkness to which all dead go regardless of lifestyle and where they are "removed from the light of God".

Animation Trivia

 * Approximately 1 minute of footage from the previous episode is reused in the opening scene right before the beginning of the opening theme.
 * The bandage applied to Touma's arm is on his right arm, though it is clearly shown that Touma was injured on his left arm during Lucia's assault on him. Though may have incurred other injuries on his right arm.
 * When Index enters the church, her headdress is missing the golden lines that are a part of it. This also occurs near the end of the of the episode.