A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 16

とある魔術の禁書目録 [Toaru Majutsu no Index] (Novel) #16

by Kazuma Kamachi

A certain unlikely hero...Acqua of the Back, agent of the Roman Orthodox Church, has finallymade his move. The incredibly powerful saint and member of God's Right Seat is on the hunt for one thing: Touma Kamijou's right hand!
After receiving a warning letter from Acqua, the English Puritan Church dispatches Itsuwa to serve as Touma's bodyguard. But for some reason, the first thing she does after arriving in Academy City is show off her incredible cooking and housekeeping skills. It's enough to bring tears to Touma's eyes, but the freeloading Index only perceives a threat to her position...
The comfortable serenity is soon interrupted, though, when their worst enemy appears on the scene...!

Genres: Light Novel, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action, Fiction, Manga, Comedy

260 pages, Paperback

First published June 10, 2008

About the author

Kamachi 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.

Reviews

[Kristian Dobson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Action-heavy volume, but a pretty fun read. I like that Touma wasn’t at the forefront for a change, and it gave a chance for Itsuwa and Kanzaki to shine in battle, although I can do without the Touma simping in between.

[Abel Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Time - [01h 57m 52s]

[Lils · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another pretty average volume overall for me. Personally, I still find Itsuwa's interest in Touma rather lacklustre and honestly don't feel much connection between them, but she's definitely much better than Index lol. Anyway, even though I don't find the Itsuwa and Touma moments cute or anything, I do admire her strength and desire to protect Touma and the Amakusa. I think the best part of this volume was how thoroughly Touma was beaten for once, and I think it was really nice to see Itsuwa grow stronger in her will and determination because of Touma's actions. I personally thought that part where Touma helped her and she felt so helpless made me like her more and understand her feelings towards him better. I also really enjoy seeing the Amakusa as a whole since I've always thought that their desire to not be a burden to Kanzaki was sweet. Seeing Kanzaki ask them for help was definitely a highlight since it's so rare. However, even though I did enjoy the things that came out of this, I think the volume was still rather tedious and long for many moments.

[Alec Rebert · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.7