{"id":331,"date":"2009-03-22T15:58:44","date_gmt":"2009-03-22T22:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikoto.wordpress.com\/?p=331"},"modified":"2009-03-22T15:58:44","modified_gmt":"2009-03-22T22:58:44","slug":"to-aru-majutsu-no-index-24-final-verdict-on-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/to-aru-majutsu-no-index-24-final-verdict-on-index\/","title":{"rendered":"To Aru Majutsu no Index 24: Final Verdict on Index"},"content":{"rendered":"

FAIL-O-METER<\/span><\/strong>
\nPretty bad. \u00a0The fail here is the size of my house (which, by the way, isn’t really that big T_T)<\/p>\n

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\nEvil woman: Don’t you think it’s bizarre that I know of such things?
\nTouma: *bored expression* aka “You kidding me?”<\/p>\n

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You said it, Touma!
\nThis episode was filled with boring speeches and crap like that.<\/p>\n

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At least J.C.Staff had the good sense to tell us when a speech was coming with music!
\nSeriously, isn’t there always some sort of “speech music” that always pops up when Touma gives a speech about the importance of friendship, etc.?<\/p>\n

Touma’s speeches were once cool (prompt reference to arc #1, Touma’s speech to Stiyl and Kaori during Index’s attack), but now, after 24 episodes of him saying essentially the same things over and over again, it’s become boring and redundant, to say the least.<\/p>\n

It’s all “friends r cools” and “frend plox” and et cetera.<\/p>\n

I bite my thumb at you, sir.<\/p>\n

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All right, all right! \u00a0I won’t, just SHUT UP!<\/p>\n

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OH NOES!<\/p>\n

Sudden plot injection in the last episode<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

We want a conclusion, not more plot!<\/p>\n

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Chotto matte!<\/p>\n

Who the hell is Mace? \u00a0Isn’t that what you spray bears with?
\nI’m not sure if this is J.C.Staff’s fault or AoShen’s fault, but I have no idea what this is supposed to mean!<\/p>\n

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Woah, since when could Touma hit that hard?! \u00a0I thought all he had \u00a0going for him was his canceling ability!<\/p>\n

So now he, an ordinary human, can hit somebody so hard that they make a crater in a stone pillar?<\/p>\n

Holy shi-<\/p>\n

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\nOh jesus, I smell stereotypical Touma (with a speech) to the rescue!<\/p>\n

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\nRight on cue!<\/p>\n

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\nIt seems to me that deus ex machina endings are quite the rage nowadays.<\/p>\n

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YAY, MIKOTO!!!
\nShe gets… what, 1 minute of screentime and then she leaves? \u00a0BAH<\/p>\n

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Woah, when did Hyoka get up there… wait.
\nMore importantly, when did Touma get up there?<\/p>\n

Hold on, why are they even up there in the first place!?<\/p>\n

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NOT THIS AGAIN<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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\nk. \u00a0More predictable dialogue… ZZZzzzz<\/p>\n

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\nWHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD<\/strong> is Touma’s hand doing!?!??<\/p>\n

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Sure is!<\/p>\n

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\nYeah, who’d’ve thought?<\/p>\n

It’s not like we even understand a word in this conversation… >__>;<\/p>\n

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\nThis was actually pretty funny, really… o_o;<\/p>\n

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\nVery epic last scene, but still couldn’t make up for the failure that preceded it.<\/p>\n

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\nNAGI SANZENIN?!<\/p>\n

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\nThe last few scenes (especially this one ^) were the best part of this episode.<\/p>\n

So all in all, this episode failed. \u00a0Serious fail.
\nIt was a bunch of stereotypical speeches followed by more speeches, then Touma saving the day in somewhat of a deus ex machina ending, followed by even more speeches, an epic last scene, lots of plot confusion, and Mikoto fanservice <3.<\/p>\n

Questions raised:<\/p>\n