Toaru Majutsu no Index III Episode 17

Toaru Majutsu no Index III Episode 17DRAGON
Aiwass, manifested before Accelerator.
Part of the DRAGON Arc
Kanji	怪物 (ドラゴン)
Rōmaji	Kaibutsu (Doragon)
Air date	February 1st 2019
Production Staff
Director	Nishikiori Hiroshi
Theme Songs
Ending	Owaranai Uta
Episode Navigation
← Previous	Board of Directors
Next →	Alliance of Independent Nations

DRAGON (怪物 (ドラゴン) , Kaibutsu (Doragon)^?, lit. "Monster") is the seventeenth episode of the third season of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime series. It was broadcast on February 1st 2019, and directed by Nishikiori Hiroshi.

Synopsis

It appears in the form of Fuse Kazakiri. The aeon passes from Osiris to Horus. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

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Adapted From

• Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 19 Chapter 3 Parts 8-13, Chapter 4 & Epilogue

Major Events

• Accelerator fights Shiokishi's bodyguard Sugitani, while Etzali faces Tecpatl from his previous organization. Despite some trouble, both ultimately emerge victorious.
• Kinuhata Saiai manages to defeat Stephanie Gorgeouspalace. Afterwards, Hamazura Shiage is pursued by assassins sent after him by Aleister and finds himself in a second confrontation with Mugino Shizuri.
• After GROUP press Shiokishi for DRAGON's identity, Accelerator finds himself in an encounter with DRAGON itself, the mysterious entity Aiwass. Hearing of the threat to Last Order posed by the plan focused around it, Accelerator attempts to destroy the entity but is utterly defeated by its built-in automatic defenses.
• Following Aiwass's advice, Accelerator slips out of Academy City to find a way to save Last Order. Hamazura Shiage also manage to escape the city in a Supersonic Passenger Plane with Takitsubo Rikou. Together with Kamijou Touma, all three are making their own way to Russia and the Elizalina Alliance of Independent Nations.

Characters

By order of appearance:

• Etzali (as Unabara Mitsuki and himself)
• Tecpatl
• Tochtli
• Shiokishi
• Tsuchimikado Motoharu
• Stephanie Gorgeouspalace
• Kinuhata Saiai
• Hamazura Shiage
• Takitsubo Rikou
• Musujime Awaki
• Accelerator
• Sugitani
• Girl in the Dress
• Mugino Shizuri
• Aleister Crowley
• Last Order
• Kamijou Touma

New Characters

• Aiwass

Abilities

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

New Abilities

• Moon Rabbit - Tecpatl
• Time related to Life and Death - Etzali

Locations

• Academy City
  • School District 2
    • Shiokishi's shelter
  • School District 7
    • Windowless Building
    • Family Side
  • School District 23

New Locations

• School District 23
  • Aircraft testing facility

Trivia

Referbacks

• Accelerator was previously seen modifying his crutch in Episode 15, at the start of the arc's events. Its true new function, to counter attempts to jam and disable Accelerator's choker, is revealed here, having obtained the necessary information to do so when his choker was remotely disabled in the previous episode.
• While explaining what it is, Aiwass refers to Fuse Kazakiri, revealing that the artificial angel formed from the aggregation of AIM Diffusion Fields was also something of a production line used to give it form and allow it to manifest.

Cultural References

• The basis of Tecpatl's grimoire is the Moon Rabbit, specifically the version from the story of the fifth sun's creation in Aztec Mythology, where the moon was created at the same time with an equal shine and the gods threw a rabbit at it to weaken its glow.
• Aiwass is a key figure in Thelema, being the entity who was said to have contacted Aleister Crowley in Egypt on April 8th-10th 1904, and dictated the contents of what would become the Book of the Law to him. Recorded in the book is the central tenet of Thelema; "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law".
• Though the terms are not mentioned in the episode itself, the preview for this episode refers to the Thelemic concept of Aeons, specifically the Aeon of Osiris and the Aeon of Horus which comes after it.

Soundtrack

#	Title	Time	Scene & Notes
1	M/A/D/N/E/S/S		Etzali VS Tecpatl, Tsuchimikado VS Guards Kinuhata VS Stephanie, Accelerator VS Sugitani
	Unverified Track		Accelerator VS Sugitani
	Unverified Track		Choker jammed, Kinuhata VS Stephanie, Etzali VS Tecpatl
	Unverified Track		Grimoire tendencies, Accelerator's counter-jamming Who sent the Six Wings and who was the target?
	Unverified Track		Hamazura is targeted
	Unverified Track		DRAGON's identity is revealed, Aiwass appears
	Unverified Track		Eyecatch
	Unverified Track		Hamazura and Takitsubo cornered, Mugino returns
	Unverified Track		Accelerator faces Aiwass
	Saikyō no Nanori		Hamazura running, resolve to fight Mugino again
	Unverified Track		Hamazura VS Mugino
	Unverified Track		Accelerator fails to crush Aiwass
	Unverified Track		Aiwass speaks to Aleister, Accelerator and Hamazura escape the city, the three head for Russia, No ED
	Unverified Track		Preview

Unanswered Questions

• What lies in the Elizalina Alliance of Independent Nations which is needed to save Last Order and what is its connection to Index Librorum Prohibitorum?
• What time in Aleister's past was Aiwass referring to while talking to him?

Quotes

• Aiwass: "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law" (汝の欲する所を為せ、それが汝の法とならん, Nanji no hossuru tokoro o nase, sore ga nanji no hō to naran^?)