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| − | {{Nihongo|'''Kamijou Touma'''|上条 当麻|Kamijō Tōma}} is the main protagonist of the ''[[Toaru Majutsu no Index]]'' series and an important character in the ''[[Toaru Kagaku no Railgun]]'' |
+ | {{Nihongo|'''Kamijou Touma'''|上条 当麻|Kamijō Tōma}} is the main protagonist of the ''[[Toaru Majutsu no Index]]'' series and an important character in the ''[[Toaru Kagaku no Railgun]]'' series. As a Level 0 [[Academy City]] first-year high school student, his point-of-view allows the audience to become acquainted to the mysterious world of ''Toaru Majutsu no Index'', and is mostly involved in the events of its Magic Side. |
He possesses the mysterious "Imagine Breaker" in his right hand, which is capable of negating all forms of magic, esper powers, and other divine abilities. This, according to Index, even includes his own good luck, as they are the blessings of God.<ref name=IndexV1Ch1Pt4>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01]] Chapter 1 Part 4</ref> |
He possesses the mysterious "Imagine Breaker" in his right hand, which is capable of negating all forms of magic, esper powers, and other divine abilities. This, according to Index, even includes his own good luck, as they are the blessings of God.<ref name=IndexV1Ch1Pt4>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01]] Chapter 1 Part 4</ref> |
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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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| − | On its own, Touma's name spelled in kanji doesn't mean anything special. However, when other characters reference the pronunciation of "Kamijou," it takes on different seemingly coincidental meanings. When Touma first meets [[Kanzaki Kaori]] she believes his name means (神浄討魔) in kanji as opposed to (上条当麻). |
+ | On its own, Touma's name spelled in kanji doesn't mean anything special. However, when other characters reference the pronunciation of "Kamijou," it takes on different and seemingly coincidental meanings. When Touma first meets [[Kanzaki Kaori]], she believes his name means (神浄討魔) in kanji as opposed to (上条当麻). Kanzaki's interpretation translates to ''One who Purifies [[God]] and Slays [[Demon]]s.'' ([[Yen Press]]: ''The Magic Slayer of God's Cleansing'')<ref name=IndexV1Ch2Pt4/> |
| − | Later in [[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 14| |
+ | Later in [[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 14|Volume 14]], Touma's family name "Kamijou" (上条) is mentioned to be homophonous to [[La Persona Superiore a Dio]] (神上) in Japanese. The author's Afterword section also mentions a tantalizing hint on what the difference is between these two possible alternative translations of Touma's name, though in-universe none of the characters have noted the similarity as it is obviously in a different language. |
Finally and possibly coincidentally, another interesting case is that Touma's given name is homophonous to 透魔, which can be translated as "Invisible Demon." This is interesting as Touma wields an incredibly powerful and invisible force in his right arm which is temporarily released if that arm is severed, one so powerful that even [[Fiamma of the Right]] feared it. |
Finally and possibly coincidentally, another interesting case is that Touma's given name is homophonous to 透魔, which can be translated as "Invisible Demon." This is interesting as Touma wields an incredibly powerful and invisible force in his right arm which is temporarily released if that arm is severed, one so powerful that even [[Fiamma of the Right]] feared it. |
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==Appearance== |
==Appearance== |
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| − | His most striking feature is his spiky black hair, apart from which he looks like an ordinary high school student. It's been mentioned that his spiky hair isn't natural, but was made that way using hair gel after seeing it on a fashion magazine a while back. He also has black eyes (dark blue eyes in the anime and some promotional material). |
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| + | Touma looks like an ordinary high school student except for his most striking feature, his spiky black hair. It's been mentioned that his spiky hair isn't natural, but he made it that way using hair gel after seeing it on a fashion magazine.<ref name=IndexV12Ch1Pt1>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 12]] Chapter 1 Part 1</ref> He also has black eyes. |
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| − | His father remarks that Touma looks just like his mother when he is worried about something or is thinking deeply. |
+ | His father remarks that Touma looks just like his mother when he is worried about something or is thinking deeply.{{Cite}} |
| − | Because he resides in Academy City, Touma |
+ | Because he resides in Academy City, Touma often wears his school uniform along with an orange T-shirt underneath.{{Cite}} This applies to both the summer and winter versions of his uniform (though when wearing the winter version he doesn't button it).{{Cite}} Around the winter season, he wears a white hoodie under his jacket.{{Cite}} Because of his tendency to wear his uniform in such a manner and the fact that he seems to attract trouble, many people easily mistake him for a delinquent.{{Cite}} On holidays and weekends, Touma generally wears a casual shirt and pants.{{Cite}} |
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| + | Following the [[attack on the Queen Britannia]] and his temporary loss of [[Imagine Breaker]], Touma briefly had a sky-blue arm in place of his normal right arm, which could unravel and surround his body in the form of a [[dragon]] - a sky-blue and lemon-yellow winged lizard with crocodilian jaws, giant bat-like wings and a thick tail.<ref name=ShinyakuV22R>[[Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 22 Reverse]]</ref><!--check specific references--> |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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===Childhood=== |
===Childhood=== |
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[[File:Infant_Touma.png|thumb|left|250px|Touya and Shiina with Touma as an infant in their arms.]] |
[[File:Infant_Touma.png|thumb|left|250px|Touya and Shiina with Touma as an infant in their arms.]] |
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| − | Touma is the son of [[Kamijou Touya]] and [[Kamijou |
+ | Touma is the son of [[Kamijou Touya]] and [[Kamijou Shiina]], who live outside of Academy City. During his childhood, he was often seen as a jinx because of the misfortune that his right hand creates and he was called "god of pestilence" by people around him. Once, a bankrupt and superstitious person blamed Touma for his own misfortunes and tried to stab him. A TV station heard about the incident and tried to make a supernatural show based on Touma, as well as releasing images of him without his family's consent. Because of this, Touma's father sent him to Academy City when Touma graduated from kindergarten, as it was a place where many unique and gifted people lived free from superstition and Touma could be free from the kind of things he had experienced back home.<ref name=IndexV4Ch3Pt2 /> This, however, was somehow a deliberate plot by Aleister Crowley to bring Touma into the City, and one of the most obvious effects of this is the birth of [[Kazakiri Hyouka]] out of fear of the Imagine Breaker.<ref name=IndexV6Ch4Pt3>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 06]] Chapter 4 Part 3</ref> |
===Life in Academy City=== |
===Life in Academy City=== |
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However, during his time in Academy City as a child, Touma wrote letters to his father; from there, he determined that even in the city of science, people still treated Touma differently due to his terrible luck.<ref name=IndexV4Ch3Pt2 /> |
However, during his time in Academy City as a child, Touma wrote letters to his father; from there, he determined that even in the city of science, people still treated Touma differently due to his terrible luck.<ref name=IndexV4Ch3Pt2 /> |
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| − | + | According to [[Tsukuyomi Komoe]], Touma used to be a "naughty boy" in the past.<ref name=IndexV3Ch2Pt8>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03]] Chapter 2 Part 8</ref> It is also during this time that Touma discovered that his right hand can somehow dispel supernatural powers, specifically the psychic powers used by the students of Academy City. This power, named Imagine Breaker, was only known by a few of Academy city's high-ups, especially by Aleister Crowley and [[Heaven Canceller]]. Since then, Imagine Breaker was secretly held as a power of great importance, despite Touma himself being officially classified as a Level 0. |
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| ⚫ | Touma is treated as a precious person by his current high school classmates due to all their bad luck being attracted to him, as shown when they rejoiced upon hearing that Touma forgot his homework.<ref name=IndexV6Ch1Pt4>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 07]] Chapter 1 Part 4</ref> Because of him, they get off lightly from things such as the teachers being annoyed at them for not submitting homework. This is unlike how Touma's life was before he entered Academy City, raising the question of whether Imagine Breaker's power was sealed away sometime between him entering Academy City and the present day, seeing how the bad luck affects Touma alone instead of before when it also influenced the people around him. |
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| ⚫ | However, Touma's classmates, mainly the male students, ''do'' resent Touma for one thing – his impossibly good luck at getting girls' attention. This is due to many girls sympathizing with Touma's bad luck, and has gotten to the point where [[Fukiyose Seiri]], the only one who is critical of Touma's lazy attitude to life, is called the 'Girl of Steel Walls' and 'the Girl who is completely wary of Touma'. Many of Touma's classmates say, "Though Touma keeps saying he's unlucky, he has the best position," and joke about if nobody can stop Touma, humanity will end due to him taking all the girls<ref name=IndexV9Ch1Pt2>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 09]] Chapter 1 Part 2</ref>. Surprisingly, Touma still hasn't gotten into a serious romantic relationship even with this kind of female attention. This is possibly due to his friendship with Tsuchimikado Motoharu and Aogami Pierce, the latter often joking of supporting Touma to build a harem that covers every type of fetish imaginable<ref name=IndexV12Ch4Pt5>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 12]] Chapter 4 Part 5</ref>. Touma said he'd break Aogami and Motoharu's fantasies on this topic using his Imagine Breaker. Motoharu has named Touma's 'ability' to get girls chasing after him without much effort as the ''Kami-yan disease'', and applied this to Stiyl Magnus after hearing about how Stiyl got chased by Tsukuyomi Komoe and couldn't even throw her off easily using the 'Opila' [[Rune card|runes]]. Komoe also once half-seriously said he might have an esper ability ([[AIM]] diffusion field) that causes girls to trickle down to him.<ref name=IndexV6Ch1Pt7>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 07]] Chapter 1 Part 7</ref> Most people around him, such as Index and Misaka Mikoto, consider it "normal" for him to have girls around him and are usually quick to jump to conclusions about what he's doing (or done). |
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| ⚫ | However, Touma's classmates, mainly the male students, ''do'' resent Touma for one thing – his impossibly good luck at getting girls' attention. This is due to many girls sympathizing with Touma's bad luck, and has gotten to the point where [[Fukiyose Seiri]], the only one who is critical of Touma's lazy attitude to life, is called the 'Girl of Steel Walls' and 'the Girl who is completely wary of Touma'. Many of Touma's classmates say, "Though Touma keeps saying he's unlucky, he has the best position," and joke about if nobody can stop Touma, humanity will end due to him taking all the girls<ref name=IndexV9Ch1Pt2>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 09]] Chapter 1 Part 2</ref>. Surprisingly, Touma still hasn't gotten into a serious romantic relationship even with this kind of female |
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| − | Due to Touma being a Level 0, he has to take even more make-up lessons than usual as he does not have the required academic achievements. |
+ | Due to Touma being a Level 0, he has to take even more make-up lessons than usual as he does not have the required academic achievements. This does not mean that Touma is unintelligent, as in many occasions he has shown quick thinking in combat. Lessar even outright stated that Touma is extremely smart in some aspects but not others.<ref name=IndexV20Ch1Pt5>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 20]] Chapter 1 Part 5</ref> It is also shown that Touma at least has a good grasp of physics, being able to calculate the flight path of an [[HsB-02]]. |
[[File:Toaru_Majutsu_no_Index_E01_00m_15s.jpg|thumb|250px|A common occurrence a day in the life of an unfortunate Touma.]] |
[[File:Toaru_Majutsu_no_Index_E01_00m_15s.jpg|thumb|250px|A common occurrence a day in the life of an unfortunate Touma.]] |
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| − | Even before the start of the series, Touma could not ignore someone in trouble and |
+ | Even before the start of the series, Touma could not ignore someone in trouble and would help people regardless of who they are. Indeed, this is how his life is intertwined with [[Mitsuari Ayu]] and [[Shokuhou Misaki]]. Ayu is a girl who was at an impasse in her development as an esper and attempted to commit suicide in [[Ground Geo]] on the same day as Touma met Misaki.<ref name=ShinyakuV11Ch4Pt2>[[Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 11]] Chaper 4 Part 2</ref> He would've been able to save her if not for him dropping his cellphone when he ran into Misaki<ref name=ShinyakuV11Ch4Pt2/>.<ref name=ShinyakuV11Ch1Pt1>[[Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 11]] Chaper 1 Part 1</ref> Touma would later visit Ground Geo as it was the sight of Ayu's suicide attempt and there he met Misaki again, inadvertently preventing her from erasing her own memories out of depression.<ref name=ShinyakuV11Ch1Pt2>[[Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 11]] Chapter 1 Part 2</ref> They would later meet up several times, with Touma giving her a cheap whistle.<ref name=ShinyakuV11Ch1Pt8>[[Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 11]] Chapter 1 Part 8</ref> Their relationship could be compared to that which later developed between Touma and Mikoto — acquaintances that often run into each other in the city.<ref name=ShinyakuV11Ch1Pt9>[[Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 11]] Chapter 1 Part 9</ref> Touma later protected Misaki from [[Deadlock]] by using his own body as a shield. The result of this encounter is also quite similar to that of Touma and Index, ending with Touma losing his memories of Misaki, though this case is different in that Touma also received anterograde amnesia specific to her (any new memories he forms of Misaki are soon forgotten).<ref name=ShinyakuV11Ep>[[Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 11]] Epilogue</ref> |
| − | As for Mikoto, Touma first meets her when she was being harassed by thugs. At first, she was impressed that he was the only one who was willing to come to her aid (even though she could have handled the thugs all by herself). She then became annoyed by him after he accidentally insulted her, resulting in her discharging a powerful amount of electricity |
+ | As for Mikoto, Touma first meets her when she was being harassed by thugs. At first, she was impressed that he was the only one who was willing to come to her aid (even though she could have handled the thugs all by herself). She then became annoyed by him after he accidentally insulted her, resulting in her discharging a powerful amount of electricity at the thugs as well as Touma, though he was unaffected because he used his right hand<ref name=RailgunEp4>[[Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Episode 04]]</ref><ref name=RailgunCh3>[[Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 003]]</ref>. This became the catalyst that made her consider him someone she must beat. For some time, Mikoto continually stalked Touma demanding him to fight her, even though she was still unaware of the power of his right hand. |
| − | Touma lives on the |
+ | Touma lives on the seventh floor of his apartment building.<ref name=IndexV3Ch1Pt3>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03]] Chapter 1 Part 3</ref> |
===Regarding his memory loss=== |
===Regarding his memory loss=== |
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| − | So far, only a few people know the truth about Touma's memory loss. They are |
+ | So far, only a few people know the truth about Touma's memory loss. They are Heaven Canceller (who took care of Touma after the incident in which he suffered it), Terra of the Left (deduced it from Touma's lack of knowledge about Imagine Breaker), Misaka Mikoto (overheard the conversation between Touma and Terra), Fiamma of the Right, Index (from Fiamma telling her), Kumokawa Seria (she implies this in the Love Letter SS, but it's unclear how she learned of this) and Mitsuari Ayu (she tells Misaki that Touma's memories have been lost beyond their powers, but it's unclear how she learned of this).<ref name=IndexV14Ch4Pt8>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 14]] Chapter 4 Part 8</ref><ref name=IndexV20Ch2Pt8>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 20]] Chapter 2 Part 8</ref> Shokuhou Misaki also knows about Touma's memory loss, but only about the one he suffered after he saved her in the past. Whether she is aware of his last one or not is unknown. |
==Character Art Designs== |
==Character Art Designs== |
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| − | The preliminary design for Touma had looked more adult but was changed later on to fit the story |
+ | The preliminary design for Touma had looked more adult, but was changed later on to fit the story and because his size would not fit the light novel illustrations. This would be a common problem for Haimura, who redrew Touma several times to change his head-size ratio<ref name=RS1>[http://r-s.sakura.ne.jp/w/i01.htm Rainbow Spectrum]: notes on Volume 1, [https://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=4164911&postcount=18430 translated] by js06 and posted on Animesuki by user hao-sama</ref>. Even until volume 2 he was still not satisfied with the design<ref name=RS2>[http://r-s.sakura.ne.jp/w/i01.htm Rainbow Spectrum]: notes on Volume 2, [https://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=4166125&postcount=18437 translated] by js06 and posted on Animesuki by user hao-sama</ref> and kept changing Touma's design to a more deformed look that would be apparent in the later novels. |
| − | By volume 12, with the |
+ | By volume 12, with the change of the season in the setting, as well as the change of clothes, the shift in style has become more apparent, with characters getting even more deformed, having bigger heads and shorter limbs.<ref name=RS3>[http://r-s.sakura.ne.jp/w/i11.htm Rainbow Spectrum]: notes on Volume 12, [https://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=4179191&postcount=18504 translated] by js06 and posted on Animesuki by user hao-sama</ref> |
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Touma art1.jpg|Character design by [[Haimura Kiyotaka]] for [[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01|Volume 1]]. |
Touma art1.jpg|Character design by [[Haimura Kiyotaka]] for [[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01|Volume 1]]. |
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Touma art2.jpg|Face and shoe design for Volume 1. |
Touma art2.jpg|Face and shoe design for Volume 1. |
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| − | Ilp08touma.png|This is a modified image that included a [[Stiyl Magnus |
+ | Ilp08touma.png|This is a modified image that included a [[Stiyl Magnus]]'s face design for Volume 1. |
Touma Index art1.jpg|Character design for Volume 1. |
Touma Index art1.jpg|Character design for Volume 1. |
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Touma art3.jpg|Character design with height by Haimura Kiyotaka for [[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 02|Volume 2]]. |
Touma art3.jpg|Character design with height by Haimura Kiyotaka for [[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 02|Volume 2]]. |
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Touma Mikoto art1.jpg|Design of Touma with winter uniform for [[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 12|Volume 12]]. |
Touma Mikoto art1.jpg|Design of Touma with winter uniform for [[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 12|Volume 12]]. |
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toumanewdesign10166812.jpg|Design by Haimura Kiyotaka, later debuting in the ''[[Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 06|6th Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index]]'' light novel. |
toumanewdesign10166812.jpg|Design by Haimura Kiyotaka, later debuting in the ''[[Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 06|6th Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index]]'' light novel. |
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| + | KamijouDragon.jpg|Touma's dragon arm and dragon form by [[Haimura Kiyotaka]] for ''[[Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 22 Reverse]]''. |
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c1.png|''Toaru Majutsu no Index'' anime design. |
c1.png|''Toaru Majutsu no Index'' anime design. |
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RailgunTouma.gif|''Toaru Kagaku no Railgun'' anime design. |
RailgunTouma.gif|''Toaru Kagaku no Railgun'' anime design. |
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touma.jpg|''Toaru Kagaku no Railgun'' anime design as seen in the DVD/BD Booklets. |
touma.jpg|''Toaru Kagaku no Railgun'' anime design as seen in the DVD/BD Booklets. |
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IndexPSPtouma.png|''[[Toaru Majutsu no Index (PSP game)]]'' profile. |
IndexPSPtouma.png|''[[Toaru Majutsu no Index (PSP game)]]'' profile. |
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| − | Ensemble kamijo index.jpg|''[[Toaru Majutsu to Kagaku no Ensemble]]'' profile with |
+ | Ensemble kamijo index.jpg|''[[Toaru Majutsu to Kagaku no Ensemble]]'' profile with Index. |
Touma_BUNKOYOMI_design.jpg|Haimura's design for a third-year Touma's outfit in his graduation for the [[Toaru Sangatsu no Zouyo Koukan & Toaru Sangatsu no Ni Rei Ichikan|parody short story]] in ''Dengeki BUNKOYOMI''. |
Touma_BUNKOYOMI_design.jpg|Haimura's design for a third-year Touma's outfit in his graduation for the [[Toaru Sangatsu no Zouyo Koukan & Toaru Sangatsu no Ni Rei Ichikan|parody short story]] in ''Dengeki BUNKOYOMI''. |
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KamijouTouma-RailgunSBooklet.png|Kamijou Touma's character profile for the Railgun S anime from the fifth BD/DVD booklet. |
KamijouTouma-RailgunSBooklet.png|Kamijou Touma's character profile for the Railgun S anime from the fifth BD/DVD booklet. |
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DengekiBunkoFightingClimax_Touma.png|''[[Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax]]'' profile. |
DengekiBunkoFightingClimax_Touma.png|''[[Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax]]'' profile. |
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Kamijou Touma & Temjin 707 (Virtual-On game).jpg|Kamijou Touma, as he appears in ''[[Toaru Majutsu no Virtual-On (game)|Toaru Majutsu no Virtual-On]]'', with Temjin 707 |
Kamijou Touma & Temjin 707 (Virtual-On game).jpg|Kamijou Touma, as he appears in ''[[Toaru Majutsu no Virtual-On (game)|Toaru Majutsu no Virtual-On]]'', with Temjin 707 |
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| − | Kamijou Touma Index III |
+ | Kamijou Touma (Index III Anime Design).png|Toaru Majutsu no Index III anime design. |
| + | ToumaT body.png|''Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T'' anime design (Body) |
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| + | ToumaT face.png|''Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T'' anime design (Face) |
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Kamijou Touma (上条 当麻 Kamijō Tōma?) is the main protagonist of the Toaru Majutsu no Index series and an important character in the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun series. As a Level 0 Academy City first-year high school student, his point-of-view allows the audience to become acquainted to the mysterious world of Toaru Majutsu no Index, and is mostly involved in the events of its Magic Side.
He possesses the mysterious "Imagine Breaker" in his right hand, which is capable of negating all forms of magic, esper powers, and other divine abilities. This, according to Index, even includes his own good luck, as they are the blessings of God.[8]
He has a very strong desire to aid all those who are in need even if it means putting his life on the line and will not hesitate to challenge an opponent who is several times more powerful than himself. Because of his willingness to help others unconditionally, he has attracted the affections of many characters in the series, which Himegami Aisa jokes about, stating that his life is like a dating simulation where he is bound to unlock more paths to more girls.[9]
Etymology
On its own, Touma's name spelled in kanji doesn't mean anything special. However, when other characters reference the pronunciation of "Kamijou," it takes on different and seemingly coincidental meanings. When Touma first meets Kanzaki Kaori, she believes his name means (神浄討魔) in kanji as opposed to (上条当麻). Kanzaki's interpretation translates to One who Purifies God and Slays Demons. (Yen Press: The Magic Slayer of God's Cleansing)[1]
Later in Volume 14, Touma's family name "Kamijou" (上条) is mentioned to be homophonous to La Persona Superiore a Dio (神上) in Japanese. The author's Afterword section also mentions a tantalizing hint on what the difference is between these two possible alternative translations of Touma's name, though in-universe none of the characters have noted the similarity as it is obviously in a different language.
Finally and possibly coincidentally, another interesting case is that Touma's given name is homophonous to 透魔, which can be translated as "Invisible Demon." This is interesting as Touma wields an incredibly powerful and invisible force in his right arm which is temporarily released if that arm is severed, one so powerful that even Fiamma of the Right feared it.
Appearance
Touma looks like an ordinary high school student except for his most striking feature, his spiky black hair. It's been mentioned that his spiky hair isn't natural, but he made it that way using hair gel after seeing it on a fashion magazine.[10] He also has black eyes.
His father remarks that Touma looks just like his mother when he is worried about something or is thinking deeply.[citation needed]
Because he resides in Academy City, Touma often wears his school uniform along with an orange T-shirt underneath.[citation needed] This applies to both the summer and winter versions of his uniform (though when wearing the winter version he doesn't button it).[citation needed] Around the winter season, he wears a white hoodie under his jacket.[citation needed] Because of his tendency to wear his uniform in such a manner and the fact that he seems to attract trouble, many people easily mistake him for a delinquent.[citation needed] On holidays and weekends, Touma generally wears a casual shirt and pants.[citation needed]
Following the attack on the Queen Britannia and his temporary loss of Imagine Breaker, Touma briefly had a sky-blue arm in place of his normal right arm, which could unravel and surround his body in the form of a dragon - a sky-blue and lemon-yellow winged lizard with crocodilian jaws, giant bat-like wings and a thick tail.[11]
Background
Childhood
Touya and Shiina with Touma as an infant in their arms.
Touma is the son of Kamijou Touya and Kamijou Shiina, who live outside of Academy City. During his childhood, he was often seen as a jinx because of the misfortune that his right hand creates and he was called "god of pestilence" by people around him. Once, a bankrupt and superstitious person blamed Touma for his own misfortunes and tried to stab him. A TV station heard about the incident and tried to make a supernatural show based on Touma, as well as releasing images of him without his family's consent. Because of this, Touma's father sent him to Academy City when Touma graduated from kindergarten, as it was a place where many unique and gifted people lived free from superstition and Touma could be free from the kind of things he had experienced back home.[2] This, however, was somehow a deliberate plot by Aleister Crowley to bring Touma into the City, and one of the most obvious effects of this is the birth of Kazakiri Hyouka out of fear of the Imagine Breaker.[12]
Life in Academy City
However, during his time in Academy City as a child, Touma wrote letters to his father; from there, he determined that even in the city of science, people still treated Touma differently due to his terrible luck.[2]
According to Tsukuyomi Komoe, Touma used to be a "naughty boy" in the past.[13] It is also during this time that Touma discovered that his right hand can somehow dispel supernatural powers, specifically the psychic powers used by the students of Academy City. This power, named Imagine Breaker, was only known by a few of Academy city's high-ups, especially by Aleister Crowley and Heaven Canceller. Since then, Imagine Breaker was secretly held as a power of great importance, despite Touma himself being officially classified as a Level 0.
Touma is treated as a precious person by his current high school classmates due to all their bad luck being attracted to him, as shown when they rejoiced upon hearing that Touma forgot his homework.[14] Because of him, they get off lightly from things such as the teachers being annoyed at them for not submitting homework. This is unlike how Touma's life was before he entered Academy City, raising the question of whether Imagine Breaker's power was sealed away sometime between him entering Academy City and the present day, seeing how the bad luck affects Touma alone instead of before when it also influenced the people around him.
However, Touma's classmates, mainly the male students, do resent Touma for one thing – his impossibly good luck at getting girls' attention. This is due to many girls sympathizing with Touma's bad luck, and has gotten to the point where Fukiyose Seiri, the only one who is critical of Touma's lazy attitude to life, is called the 'Girl of Steel Walls' and 'the Girl who is completely wary of Touma'. Many of Touma's classmates say, "Though Touma keeps saying he's unlucky, he has the best position," and joke about if nobody can stop Touma, humanity will end due to him taking all the girls[15]. Surprisingly, Touma still hasn't gotten into a serious romantic relationship even with this kind of female attention. This is possibly due to his friendship with Tsuchimikado Motoharu and Aogami Pierce, the latter often joking of supporting Touma to build a harem that covers every type of fetish imaginable[16]. Touma said he'd break Aogami and Motoharu's fantasies on this topic using his Imagine Breaker. Motoharu has named Touma's 'ability' to get girls chasing after him without much effort as the Kami-yan disease, and applied this to Stiyl Magnus after hearing about how Stiyl got chased by Tsukuyomi Komoe and couldn't even throw her off easily using the 'Opila' runes. Komoe also once half-seriously said he might have an esper ability (AIM diffusion field) that causes girls to trickle down to him.[17] Most people around him, such as Index and Misaka Mikoto, consider it "normal" for him to have girls around him and are usually quick to jump to conclusions about what he's doing (or done).
Due to Touma being a Level 0, he has to take even more make-up lessons than usual as he does not have the required academic achievements. This does not mean that Touma is unintelligent, as in many occasions he has shown quick thinking in combat. Lessar even outright stated that Touma is extremely smart in some aspects but not others.[18] It is also shown that Touma at least has a good grasp of physics, being able to calculate the flight path of an HsB-02.
A common occurrence a day in the life of an unfortunate Touma.
Even before the start of the series, Touma could not ignore someone in trouble and would help people regardless of who they are. Indeed, this is how his life is intertwined with Mitsuari Ayu and Shokuhou Misaki. Ayu is a girl who was at an impasse in her development as an esper and attempted to commit suicide in Ground Geo on the same day as Touma met Misaki.[19] He would've been able to save her if not for him dropping his cellphone when he ran into Misaki[19].[20] Touma would later visit Ground Geo as it was the sight of Ayu's suicide attempt and there he met Misaki again, inadvertently preventing her from erasing her own memories out of depression.[21] They would later meet up several times, with Touma giving her a cheap whistle.[22] Their relationship could be compared to that which later developed between Touma and Mikoto — acquaintances that often run into each other in the city.[23] Touma later protected Misaki from Deadlock by using his own body as a shield. The result of this encounter is also quite similar to that of Touma and Index, ending with Touma losing his memories of Misaki, though this case is different in that Touma also received anterograde amnesia specific to her (any new memories he forms of Misaki are soon forgotten).[24]
As for Mikoto, Touma first meets her when she was being harassed by thugs. At first, she was impressed that he was the only one who was willing to come to her aid (even though she could have handled the thugs all by herself). She then became annoyed by him after he accidentally insulted her, resulting in her discharging a powerful amount of electricity at the thugs as well as Touma, though he was unaffected because he used his right hand[25][26]. This became the catalyst that made her consider him someone she must beat. For some time, Mikoto continually stalked Touma demanding him to fight her, even though she was still unaware of the power of his right hand.
Touma lives on the seventh floor of his apartment building.[9]
Regarding his memory loss
So far, only a few people know the truth about Touma's memory loss. They are Heaven Canceller (who took care of Touma after the incident in which he suffered it), Terra of the Left (deduced it from Touma's lack of knowledge about Imagine Breaker), Misaka Mikoto (overheard the conversation between Touma and Terra), Fiamma of the Right, Index (from Fiamma telling her), Kumokawa Seria (she implies this in the Love Letter SS, but it's unclear how she learned of this) and Mitsuari Ayu (she tells Misaki that Touma's memories have been lost beyond their powers, but it's unclear how she learned of this).[27][28] Shokuhou Misaki also knows about Touma's memory loss, but only about the one he suffered after he saved her in the past. Whether she is aware of his last one or not is unknown.
Character Art Designs
Design Evolution
The preliminary design for Touma had looked more adult, but was changed later on to fit the story and because his size would not fit the light novel illustrations. This would be a common problem for Haimura, who redrew Touma several times to change his head-size ratio[29]. Even until volume 2 he was still not satisfied with the design[30] and kept changing Touma's design to a more deformed look that would be apparent in the later novels.
By volume 12, with the change of the season in the setting, as well as the change of clothes, the shift in style has become more apparent, with characters getting even more deformed, having bigger heads and shorter limbs.[31]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01 Chapter 2 Part 4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 04 Chapter 3 Part 2
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03 Chapter 1 Part 2
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 13
- ↑ Kamijou Touma Visits Another World
- ↑ Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01 Chapter 3 Part 6
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index Episode 18
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01 Chapter 1 Part 4
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03 Chapter 1 Part 3
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 12 Chapter 1 Part 1
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 22 Reverse
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 06 Chapter 4 Part 3
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 03 Chapter 2 Part 8
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 07 Chapter 1 Part 4
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 09 Chapter 1 Part 2
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 12 Chapter 4 Part 5
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 07 Chapter 1 Part 7
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 20 Chapter 1 Part 5
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 11 Chaper 4 Part 2
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 11 Chaper 1 Part 1
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 11 Chapter 1 Part 2
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 11 Chapter 1 Part 8
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 11 Chapter 1 Part 9
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 11 Epilogue
- ↑ Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Episode 04
- ↑ Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 003
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 14 Chapter 4 Part 8
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 20 Chapter 2 Part 8
- ↑ Rainbow Spectrum: notes on Volume 1, translated by js06 and posted on Animesuki by user hao-sama
- ↑ Rainbow Spectrum: notes on Volume 2, translated by js06 and posted on Animesuki by user hao-sama
- ↑ Rainbow Spectrum: notes on Volume 12, translated by js06 and posted on Animesuki by user hao-sama
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