Toaru Majutsu no Index III Episode 05

Toaru Majutsu no Index III Episode 5Dark Matter
Kakine reveal his wings made of Dark Matter.
Part of the Battle Royale Arc
Kanji	未元物質 (ダークマター)
Rōmaji	Dāku Matā
Air date	November 3rd, 2018
Production Staff
Writer	Kingetsu Ryunosuke
Director	Kobayashi Takashi
Theme Songs
Opening	Gravitation
Ending	Kakumei Zen'ya
Episode Navigation
← Previous	The Dark Side of Academy City
Next →	People With Super Powers

"Dark Matter" (未元物質 (ダークマター) , Dāku Matā^?, lit. "Unknown Matter") is the fifth episode of the third season of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime series. It was broadcast on November 3rd 2018, and was directed by Kobayashi Takashi, was storyboard by Ochi Kojin, and the script written by Kingetsu Ryunosuke.

Adapted From

• Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 15 Chapter 2 Parts 10, 12, & 14, Between the Lines 2 & Chapter 3

Major Events

• Operatives of MEMBER clash with Accelerator and Kakine Teitoku, and are quickly defeated.
• BLOCK attempt to take advantage of the loss of communications with the Hikoboshi II and a security rotation interval to get 5000 external mercenaries into the city. Due to the intervention of Etzali, the alarm is raised and the majority of their mercenaries are decimated by a trio of HsAFH-11s.
• The survivors attempt a raid on the Reformatory, targeting Move Point's associates to gain leverage against her, in order to sneak explosives into the Windowless Building to destroy it and assassinate Aleister. They are defeated by GROUP. During this time, Etzali faces Xochitl, a magician from his cabal who infiltrated MEMBER in order to find and eliminate Etzali for his betrayal.

Characters

By order of appearance:

• Last Order
• Uiharu Kazari
• Accelerator
• Kakine Teitoku
• Etzali (as Yamate and Unabara Mitsuki)
• Tsuchimikado Motoharu
• Musujime Awaki
• Frenda Seivelun
• Takitsubo Rikou
• Kinuhata Saiai
• Mugino Shizuri

New Characters

• Saraku
• Baba Yoshio
• Professor
• Saku Tatsuhiko
• Teshio Megumi
• Tetsumou
• Xochitl

Abilities

• Accelerator (ability) - Accelerator, Level 5
• Spear of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli - Etzali
• Move Point - Musujime Awaki, Level 4

New Abilities

• Dark Matter - Kakine Teitoku, Level 5
• Kill Point - Saraku, Level 3
• Macuahuitl - Xochitl
• Time related to Life and Death - Xochitl

Locations

• Academy City
  • School District 23

New Locations

• School District 10
  • Reformatory
• School District 22
  • Summer Resort
• School District 23
  • Air Superiority Preservation Control Center

Trivia

• The voice actor of unnamed taxi driver is Sahara Makoto.
• Etzali's real name is finally revealed.

Referbacks

• Musujime Awaki's previous role as guide to the Windowless Building is referred to, being a key part of BLOCK's plan to assassinate Aleister, with her allies from the Tree Diagram Remnant Arc, imprisoned in the Reformatory, being targeted by BLOCK in an attempt to force her to cooperate.

Differences in Adaptation

• Because the scene where Tetsumou is tasked in rooting out the traitors in BLOCK was cut, Tetsumou's Skill Polygraph is never featured. Instead of having her fingers blown off as the result of Etzali's actions, she is instead caught in the Six Wings attack. Her fate is unknown.
• An original scene is added in the episode where Frenda is shown being beaten up by Kakine.

Soundtrack

#	Title	Time	Scene & Notes
1	Gravitation		Opening
2	Uchidome to Ippō Tsukō		Last Order
3	Hell Factor		MEMBER
4	Unverified Track		BLOCK makes its move
5	Bang on it!		Six Wings attack
6	Unverified Track		Eyecatch
7	AIM Stalker		BLOCK's plan, Xochitl's appearance
	Majutsu no Heiki		Cell blocks
	Panic Attack		Etzali VS Xochitl
	Overdrive		Musujime Awaki VS Teshio Megumi
	M/A/D/N/E/S/S		Grimoire
	Deep Snow		Aftermath
	Jinmon		Interrogation
	Kakumei Zen'ya		Ending
	Gravitation (Preview Version)		Preview

Unanswered Questions

• What is the organization mentioned by Xochitl?