Toaru Majutsu no Index III Episode 23

Fuse Kazakiri (ヒューズ＝カザキリ) is the twenty-third episode of the third season of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime series. It was broadcast on March 15th 2019, and was directed by Awai Shigeki, was storyboarded by Ochi Kojin, Kaiho Kojo, and Nishikiori Hiroshi, and the script written by Tamai☆Tsuyoshi.

Synopsis
''Kazakiri and Accelerator face off against the archangel. But not even they can stop her. At that moment, he steps forward, ready to do or die.''

Adapted From

 * Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 21 Chapter 8 Parts 4-9

Major Events

 * Fuse Kazakiri and Accelerator fight Misha Kreutzev. The archangel is eventually defeated after Acqua of the Back drains half of its Telesma, ravaging his body in the process, and Kamijou Touma damages the altar anchoring it.
 * Having obtained the knowledge he needed, Fiamma of the Right resets the four elements and prepares to take Touma's right hand.
 * Hamazura Shiage and Takitsubo Rikou try to stop the deployment of the Kremlin Report's bacteriological weapon.

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Index Librorum Prohibitorum
 * Stiyl Magnus
 * Laura Stuart
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Sasha Kreutzev
 * Archangel Gabriel
 * Kazakiri Hyouka
 * Accelerator
 * Misaka Worst
 * Last Order
 * Hamazura Shiage
 * Takitsubo Rikou
 * Digurv
 * Fiamma of the Right
 * Acqua of the Back
 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Misaka 10777

New Characters

 * Kameyama Ryuuta (voice-only)

Abilities

 * John's Pen Mode - Index Librorum Prohibitorum
 * Innocentius - Stiyl Magnus
 * Fuse Kazakiri - Kazakiri Hyouka
 * Water Wing - Archangel Gabriel
 * Accelerator (ability) - Accelerator, Level 5
 * Imagine Breaker - Kamijou Touma, Level 0
 * Third Arm - Fiamma of the Right

New Abilities

 * Sweep - Archangel Gabriel

Locations

 * United Kingdom
 * London
 * St. George's Cathedral
 * Star of Bethlehem
 * Russia
 * Digurv's village

Trivia

 * The voice actress of unnamed girl is Nukui Yuka.

Cultural References

 * During her fight against Stiyl, Index uses a red light sword known as the sword of Freyr in Norse mythology, which never lost a fight.

Differences in Adaptation

 * Rather than saving Glickin and telling him about the Kremlin Report, Hamazura instead encounters and informs Digurv and several other villagers.