To Aru Majutsu no Index Full of Win!

I’ll be up front and say I despise a lot of anime series where the main protagonist is as weak as hell. I’m pretty sure it’s a reaction from watching Love Hina years ago. Watching Keitaro getting beat up episode after episode by Narusegawa just gets to you after awhile. And then came Shakugan no Shana, Shana II, Zero no Tsukaima, Rosario+Vampire and a host of other shows that I currently don’t recall. Enough with the tsundere women and weak male leads!

Going into this series, I never thought I’d still be watching up to this point. Yet Touma, the male lead, is refreshingly different. Yes, he’s weak but his Imagine Breaker, the power in his right hand that let’s him negate almost any other power, lets him go toe to toe with the toughest adversaries.  Also, unlike alot of other weak male leads, he’s not a coward or intentionally a pervert. He’s loyal and willing to stick around, getting terribly beat up in the process.  When it comes right down to it, it’s Touma’s personality and his willingness to stand up for his convictions and friends that makes him so appealing.

This gets me to episode 14 where you see all of Touma’s positive attributes magnified. In the previous episode, Touma was facing off against Accelerator, the most powerful level 5 esper in Academy City.

That's quite a kick!

Accelerator is trying to become the first level 6 esper in Academy City’s history. Unfortunately, the process in which he can ‘level’ himself up to that point is by killing 20,000 level 3 clones of Mikoto Mikasa. To Accelerator, the clones are expendable dummy targets. Yeah, Accelerator is a real *sshole. To Touma, the clones are as human as the original Mikoto.

Accelerator proves to be a fearsome opponent. Fast and with the power to reflect and change the direction of any vector value. This means Accelerator can defy gravity, greatly amplify his physical attack and can cause explosions by manipulating the vectors in the air. Yet we find out in this episode that he’s surprisingly weak to physical attacks, especially when Touma’s Imagine Breaker comes into play. I replayed some of the scenes a few times because it was just sweet watching that arrogant punk getting pwned.

Surprise punk! I can hit ya!

Eventually, Accelerator had to rely on an ultimate move a la Dragon Ball Z.

Accelerator going 'Super Saiyan'

Yet like any real hero, Touma proves his metal by getting up and fighting back…

Blocked!

Touma hits for 64 points of damage. Accelerator is stunned. Accelerator is knocked down.

And stay down!

After the battle, Touma finds himself in the hospital (yet again!) and is visited by the growing number of women in his life…

Mikoto clone wants you to cup her breast <_< >_>

The real Mikoto's present isn't nearly as good :(

Index questions Touma's faithfulness

Index doing what Index always does when Touma misbehaves

A moment of moe at the end

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