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新約 とある魔術の禁書目録 [Shin'yaku Toaru Majutsu no Index] #13
新約 とある魔術の禁書目録 13 [Shin'yaku Toaru Majutsu no Index 13]
地球滅亡をかけた、上条当麻と御坂美琴のチェイスバトルが幕を開ける――！
上条当麻は、疾走していた。
ハイテク自転車『アクロバイク』で、学園都市を逃げ回る。背中には、彼の腰にしっかりと手を回し、振り落とされないようにしがみつく御坂美琴の姿があった。
――二人の背後から、『巨大な闇』が迫る。
その『闇』は、次元すら超越するほどの圧倒的な破壊の力で、上条を追う。
今度はオティヌスのように和解はできない。
サンジェルマンのような『紛い物』でもない。真の魔神、真のグレムリンが迫り来る。
もはや上条や美琴では太刀打ちできない。万策尽きた二人だが、しかしそこに意外な人物が救いの手を差し伸べ……！
同じ時。背中を預けながら戦う美琴の胸中にはどこか穏やかでない『上条への想い』がくすぶり始めていた……。
地球滅亡をかけたチェイスバトル！ 『グレムリン：魔神襲来』編、登場！
科学と魔術が交差するとき、物語は始まる！
上条当麻は、疾走していた。
ハイテク自転車『アクロバイク』で、学園都市を逃げ回る。背中には、彼の腰にしっかりと手を回し、振り落とされないようにしがみつく御坂美琴の姿があった。
――二人の背後から、『巨大な闇』が迫る。
その『闇』は、次元すら超越するほどの圧倒的な破壊の力で、上条を追う。
今度はオティヌスのように和解はできない。
サンジェルマンのような『紛い物』でもない。真の魔神、真のグレムリンが迫り来る。
もはや上条や美琴では太刀打ちできない。万策尽きた二人だが、しかしそこに意外な人物が救いの手を差し伸べ……！
同じ時。背中を預けながら戦う美琴の胸中にはどこか穏やかでない『上条への想い』がくすぶり始めていた……。
地球滅亡をかけたチェイスバトル！ 『グレムリン：魔神襲来』編、登場！
科学と魔術が交差するとき、物語は始まる！
- GenresLight Novel
360 pages, Paperback
First published July 10, 2015
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Kazuma Kamachi
240 books153 followersKamachi Kazuma (鎌池和馬) is a Japanese-born light novel author and the original creator of the Toaru Majutsu no Index light novel series and Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, its spin-off manga series.
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November 7, 2021
Wow! It was certainly an insane volume and one that had many things to complete.......
I expected an insane battle of powers (even if diluted) and conflicts between magical Gods, but that's not exactly what I got, but I'm not disappointed in the least.
I really could only laugh at the comical placement and all the initial events taking place. (Kamijou Touma transvestite... I will hold you in my heart, just like drunken Touma).
The comic take on seriously was insane... NT2 do the same, but it didn't achieve success
And after all, who would have expected that Kamachii E Haimura actually had any idea for that toaru meme that has been going around since volume 6 ...... This volume caused me a lot of strangeness brought on by the bizarreness of the events, but it didn't miss the essence of the Index, so i'm fine to be taken into this sea of madness.
Again creative uses are put of the "omnipotence paradox" and the "infinity complex" to explain the absurdities of the world (beyond conspiracy theory) and its powers. It's a pretty cool use of theories rarely inserted in fiction.
Well, this volume is much deeper and more complex than it seems, after all, some silly scenes and exchange of narratives seem to impede this understanding a little, but......
First, how about, without spoilers (what I'll talk about here will only be things expected to happen in this volume), let's talk about the configuration of the philosophical dialogue between the magical gods and a human? I won't lie here, it's probably a skewed setting, mainly because of Kamijou Touma's idealism (Still, fully understandable from the problems he went through) and his lies to achieve his selfish and altruistic desires.
The configuration of the dialogue here is really confusing, but it hides an almost unimaginable beauty... What seems to be forming here is a complex critique of Christianity and the gigantic utopia of the divine realm. It will by no means belittle the religion of others, but it serves much more as a strong reflection on religious dogmas.
After all, in a perfect realm that eliminates what it is to be a human being, consequently, its imperfections for the creation of a perfect being...... How long would it take for us to forget what a real human being is? How long would it take for us to forget who we are, our origins, our ancestors and those close to us? As Touma himself said to Othinus in NT9: "As comfortable as a world with servants who just follow your orders, no matter how you look at it, it's an empty world, a world that can never feel warmth or salvation" . This can rightly be put here with Kamijou Touma reaching the peak of power and controlling destiny
The narrative, the writing and the configuration itself resemble perfection in the face of the philosophical connectivity placed here... Maybe it could be repetitive? I agree, but it's a good conclusion to what was said in NT9 and NT10
If we really dig deeper, I believe that the setting between an average high school kid talking to a magical God would be something like a real conversation between an imperfect human being who has gone through several approvals and a God, the one who gave him those ordeals.
This is beautiful, and as Kamijou Touma states in this volume (What will be said may contain a bit of spoilers, as it's one of Touman's quotes): "I never clenched my teeth and fists to change anything... I just wanted to move on to preserve those unchanging days. I don't want anything unnecessary, I would be satisfied getting along with everyone as long as smiling is the norm and nothing is taken away for some absurd reason. I don't want to turn anyone into decorative fish, I I don't need to wish to get a wish or pray to trust a God, after all, there are other ways to protect what's important to me, and I've already proven that.” (Yes, I changed a few things here and there, but the meaning and the strength remain the same, you just need text interpretation to understand it)
Expanding even further, we come here, NT13, one of the best volumes in the series
...... Honestly, I can't understand............ Index should be appreciated more, it has everything a great light novel would have, but for some strange reason, light novels not so Impressive ones seem to be in front of you according to publicly exercised democracy (In goodreads and some other sites). This is nothing but weird, and I wonder if the wrong thing here is me, if it's other people who don't understand what a really great light novel is, or, if there's just no right or wrong here, it's just a difference of opinion
..... Well, the third option seems the most viable
I think it's as if Kamachii's explanatory writing is some kind of blinding light, and with the reader just paying attention to that strong light, he will never be able to understand what that glow hides behind, which would be Index's complexity.
Other plot configurations that involve a much larger number of individuals are also situated here. In a way, it may remind you a little of the OT10, where the real protagonists were others, but some changes in the gears of destiny make the configuration different, keeping its original part... It's probably these changes that make the book keep it fun to read
This volume also has a good role in announcing Touma's amorality, which as a principle, escapes logic and detaches itself from various precepts
From Aiwass announcing this to one who has mastered magic, a Magical God realizes this... Seriously, what a selfish and selfless high school kid, isn't it?
Just as a caveat... I like how each epilogue has a powerful amount of information swirling around, and coupled with Kamachii's beautiful writing, it turns out to contain a wonderful depth as well as a weight to the script. This reminds me of the "prelude to war" in the previous book, which predicted the third world war. In contrast, so far this new book has used it in ALL volumes, claiming that something gigantic is lurking behind the scenes.... This fits very well with the conspiracy theory inspiration that Toaru had been working on from the beginning. It's a great technique that keeps the reader excited for the next volume.
"If a mage is created to grant a wish, then a magical god is what is left after the wish is granted."-Kamachii Kazuma
I expected an insane battle of powers (even if diluted) and conflicts between magical Gods, but that's not exactly what I got, but I'm not disappointed in the least.
I really could only laugh at the comical placement and all the initial events taking place. (Kamijou Touma transvestite... I will hold you in my heart, just like drunken Touma).
The comic take on seriously was insane... NT2 do the same, but it didn't achieve success
And after all, who would have expected that Kamachii E Haimura actually had any idea for that toaru meme that has been going around since volume 6 ...... This volume caused me a lot of strangeness brought on by the bizarreness of the events, but it didn't miss the essence of the Index, so i'm fine to be taken into this sea of madness.
Again creative uses are put of the "omnipotence paradox" and the "infinity complex" to explain the absurdities of the world (beyond conspiracy theory) and its powers. It's a pretty cool use of theories rarely inserted in fiction.
Well, this volume is much deeper and more complex than it seems, after all, some silly scenes and exchange of narratives seem to impede this understanding a little, but......
First, how about, without spoilers (what I'll talk about here will only be things expected to happen in this volume), let's talk about the configuration of the philosophical dialogue between the magical gods and a human? I won't lie here, it's probably a skewed setting, mainly because of Kamijou Touma's idealism (Still, fully understandable from the problems he went through) and his lies to achieve his selfish and altruistic desires.
The configuration of the dialogue here is really confusing, but it hides an almost unimaginable beauty... What seems to be forming here is a complex critique of Christianity and the gigantic utopia of the divine realm. It will by no means belittle the religion of others, but it serves much more as a strong reflection on religious dogmas.
After all, in a perfect realm that eliminates what it is to be a human being, consequently, its imperfections for the creation of a perfect being...... How long would it take for us to forget what a real human being is? How long would it take for us to forget who we are, our origins, our ancestors and those close to us? As Touma himself said to Othinus in NT9: "As comfortable as a world with servants who just follow your orders, no matter how you look at it, it's an empty world, a world that can never feel warmth or salvation" . This can rightly be put here with Kamijou Touma reaching the peak of power and controlling destiny
The narrative, the writing and the configuration itself resemble perfection in the face of the philosophical connectivity placed here... Maybe it could be repetitive? I agree, but it's a good conclusion to what was said in NT9 and NT10
If we really dig deeper, I believe that the setting between an average high school kid talking to a magical God would be something like a real conversation between an imperfect human being who has gone through several approvals and a God, the one who gave him those ordeals.
This is beautiful, and as Kamijou Touma states in this volume (What will be said may contain a bit of spoilers, as it's one of Touman's quotes): "I never clenched my teeth and fists to change anything... I just wanted to move on to preserve those unchanging days. I don't want anything unnecessary, I would be satisfied getting along with everyone as long as smiling is the norm and nothing is taken away for some absurd reason. I don't want to turn anyone into decorative fish, I I don't need to wish to get a wish or pray to trust a God, after all, there are other ways to protect what's important to me, and I've already proven that.” (Yes, I changed a few things here and there, but the meaning and the strength remain the same, you just need text interpretation to understand it)
Expanding even further, we come here, NT13, one of the best volumes in the series
...... Honestly, I can't understand............ Index should be appreciated more, it has everything a great light novel would have, but for some strange reason, light novels not so Impressive ones seem to be in front of you according to publicly exercised democracy (In goodreads and some other sites). This is nothing but weird, and I wonder if the wrong thing here is me, if it's other people who don't understand what a really great light novel is, or, if there's just no right or wrong here, it's just a difference of opinion
..... Well, the third option seems the most viable
I think it's as if Kamachii's explanatory writing is some kind of blinding light, and with the reader just paying attention to that strong light, he will never be able to understand what that glow hides behind, which would be Index's complexity.
Other plot configurations that involve a much larger number of individuals are also situated here. In a way, it may remind you a little of the OT10, where the real protagonists were others, but some changes in the gears of destiny make the configuration different, keeping its original part... It's probably these changes that make the book keep it fun to read
This volume also has a good role in announcing Touma's amorality, which as a principle, escapes logic and detaches itself from various precepts
From Aiwass announcing this to one who has mastered magic, a Magical God realizes this... Seriously, what a selfish and selfless high school kid, isn't it?
Just as a caveat... I like how each epilogue has a powerful amount of information swirling around, and coupled with Kamachii's beautiful writing, it turns out to contain a wonderful depth as well as a weight to the script. This reminds me of the "prelude to war" in the previous book, which predicted the third world war. In contrast, so far this new book has used it in ALL volumes, claiming that something gigantic is lurking behind the scenes.... This fits very well with the conspiracy theory inspiration that Toaru had been working on from the beginning. It's a great technique that keeps the reader excited for the next volume.
"If a mage is created to grant a wish, then a magical god is what is left after the wish is granted."-Kamachii Kazuma
January 31, 2021
This was a very fun novel, but ultimately after the show of power by Aleister in NT12, nothing in this novel came close to that. It solidified the Railgun as useless and started a character arc for Misaka that Kamachi never really followed through on. But it did properly give us Kihara Noukan, the best Kihara.
March 7, 2022
high priest carries this really hard
7/10
7/10
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