A Certain Magical Index: 20 Years Later

[@AeonofHorus]

Watch this guide on how to start Toaru: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5Orq4FohMp0q8k

[@mattdguia4850]

Right now I feel so broken. I've liked A Certain Magical Index for years now. Not anymore It's not suppose to end like this. How will I get along without Touma Kamijou?!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4XOm5-PZ56UfdE. Just answer me one thing; Is Touma Kamijou alive or am I wrong? Please tell me

[@electroneurons]

As an 17 year old (turning 18 this year) i am genuinely suprised that toaru is 20 years old

[@AeonofHorus]

time flies!

[@Althedemonking1076]

Oh we might be the same age unless you ain't born in 06

[@plasmaguardian21]

Same here, I’m surprised too! I thought it was made in ‘05. So I’m just as surprised as you are!

[@timothytalley4630]

I'm also seventeen and I'm turning 18 this year too and I was born in 2006

[@stevendustinimmanuel3810]

Same here, I'm 19 years old and I'm genuinely surprised that toaru is 20 years old

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

It's been 20 years of Index, what a ride, here's to many more years to come .

[@AeonofHorus]

amen

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

16:22. Misaka (and MISA/MISA)... still equals bank.

[@anthonyguerrero4612]

I'm so amazed how well this series sells in Japan but outside of it I rarely hear people talking about Index unless they're steeped deep in the Otaku culture. Kind of crazy.

[@-lord1754]

Feel like its the same with monogatari its super weird

[@deathbeforedishonor6523]

I am truly blown away with the amount of writing and stories that encompass this world. How on earth has Kamachi been able to crank out so much story telling and different branching stories and not lost his mind due to overwork. Video like this really does showcase how grand of a world and how much work over the years has been put into this. It really is to bad that the anime series did not get more love. It really should be bigger then it is in the west, but back then anime was more popular then manga and LN stories. I firmly believe if this series was remade it would skyrocket in likeability and demand. It most certainly is not easy following everything especially for those of us who are unable to follow it with conventional means. That is why videos like this help tremendously to fill in the gaps or give solid recaps to info we may have missed. I would love a 4th season of Index, but to be fair, what we really need is a remake, with the series done proper and staying more true to the LN's. Aside from that, it really is mind bending how Kamachi is still a bit of a mystery. When taking his work into account, you would think we would have seen what he looks like by now and get some actually interviews of him. Since writing while in school till now you would have thought something would have slipped out by now. It is extremely difficult now a days to stay hidden away with so many people online and different types of social media. I know how to disappear and can live very well off the grid but Kamachi certainly has this down on a very respectable level. I hope the stories keep coming and we actually get a reveal in our lifetimes of this amazing artist / writer. On another note, keep these kick butt videos a coming, I learn so much from them all the time. The entertainment and comedy style is gold.

[@Sad1_SadoYasu]

Bro! Cosplaying Touma and someone ask you from what SLICE OF LIFE anime you came from is just unbelivable😭😭😭😭😭😭💀

[@AeonofHorus]

ouch, that must have been awkward... at least they didnt call u megumi from jjk lmao

[@Sad1_SadoYasu]

@@AeonofHorus lmao! bros don't know Kamijou Touma as he is such a high school student that he has no apparent abilities (so Kamachi insists for 20 years). The complicated thing is that I choose to cosplay characters like Subaru Natsuki for example, who is also just a random guy but who is the protagonist :V Touma and Subaru's clothes and appearances are completely normal...

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

Keep making videos 📹 Aeon......

[@nick_at_knight]

I just ordered the Old Testament "grimoire-style" omnibus based on your review and it gets here on Tuesday. I can't wait to get into this series 😁

[@AeonofHorus]

Awesome! Hope you like it!

[@joshuapatterson8269]

Happy 20th anniversary toaru 🎉

[@TK_depreciador_do_Volleyball.]

Happy 20th anniversary to the peak of fiction, in addition to being by far my favorite work in any media in general (including LNs), in addition to its extremely captivating and interesting characters being in my opinion, Accelerator, touMAN and Aleister. 🥳 Thanks for the amazing video Aeon. ;^)

[@AeonofHorus]

My pleasure!

[@callump1996]

The series that changed my whole life back in Dec 2013! Thank you Kamachi Kazuma and Miki Kazuma for creating by far my all-time favourite LN series and one of my favourite series of all time!" And thank you again Kamachi for creating my all-time favourite protagonist, Kamijou Touma!

[@RaykinaBreaker]

If Kamachi watch your video and he still not announce NT adaptations next day, I can only say he is heartless.

[@AeonofHorus]

lmao

[@danielgrezda3339]

This series is 20 years old and feels more relevant than most modern series. Also, i did not know how popular it was in china before I saw this video, crazy how such a big series is niche in the west.

[@kirbydirby2003]

Toaru still effects me till today. I named a group chat of some of my friends, Uiharu. It was the name of our guild in a game we used to play. Also one of my nicknames/alias is Biri Biri.

[@Althedemonking1076]

20 years of peak really

[@c52g71]

even if im a fairly new fan all things considered compared to the monolith 20 years this series has been around for, this video made me feel pretty nostalgic and sentimental for the series, its genuinely a franchise ill never forget, thank you kamachi for making this and thank you aeon for your commitment to giving us fans in the west something to be excited for from a fan perspective🙏

[@AeonofHorus]

aw I appreciate the kind words!

[@multiversl]

Just yesterday I GOT MY VERY FIRST TOARU BOOK, I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER GET ONE IN MY LIFE THANK GOD 🎉 😭

[@AeonofHorus]

That's great! the start of a future collection? :P

[@multiversl]

@@AeonofHorus yes siirrr, The first one I got was nt one

[@TheDragonfriday]

Nice you finally got the Bible of anime

[@JoshManson-sw2hn]

2:06 That's an incredible artistic move, holy shit.

[@imaginebreaker6360]

I also turned 20 this year

[@shironeko1843]

"While Touma appears weak on the outside, but has a willpower that surpasses logic itself". Yeah, it took millions of loops to break him. Good luck trying that without the ability to remake the universe itself (or "coat it" in a layer of paint, I should say).

[@Levo2007GN]

11:24 OK NOW IT'S GETTING PERSONAL

[@rooneysetiawan3302]

I'm truly happy I got in these series when I was young, this series was one of the things that got me into anime with the other being Ippo since my dad loved boxing

[@AeonofHorus]

nice!

[@zaiwex]

Toaru series will never truly die as long as fans are still out there. Could you take a look at Spice and Wolf now? It already has a reboot faithfully. True fans will continue to buy the copy. Yen Press is doing great work in spreading to Western fans. It is indeed overtaken by the Isekai genre these days. In terms of original genre concept & potential, Toaru series is the one that stands out when Isekai isn't introduced to the light novel industry. Basically, Toaru is already the king of the light novel for the original genre during the old golden era competing with the prime SAO.

[@xlycooper310]

Its crazy to think that we are at the 20th anniversary and for me almost 10 since i got into it (2014 the anime and 2016 the novels and manga), being a spanish fan i wish I could show this to my friends so they undertand the greatness of toaru as a whole. It's my favorite fictional universe and that doesn't seem to change any time soon. I actually don't care if it never reaches te popularity of other novels in the west, it makes this franchise one for those with taste and culture rather than the all time favorite full of people that just follow a trend. Still I want it to recieve the treatment it deserves, I've thought for a while the fact that the gatcha game has more care and quality than the whole index anime is not only sad but frustating. Nevertheless I'm so excited for everything that will be announced this year, having both GT and anbu no ITEM is making this year stacked with PEAK though.

[@AeonofHorus]

Very well said, I absolutely agree!

[@ryanrodriguez2498]

Accidentally learning about Toaru, got me invested to the story, characters, power system and eventually the LN. Can't wait for the future of Toaru and hope we get answers of Aiwass's existence, the origins of first Magic Gods, the secret chiefs, the resolution and existence of the other phases and what is Imagine Breaker's connection to the Invisible thing and the Dragons. I don't want the phases that exist in Toaru to just be referenced instead of traveling or looking into it more. I want the Index manga get to WW3 already.

[@Lupinemancer87]

Even crazier, the final novel was also released on the day, 20 years later, that the first novel was.

[@GabrielMayombe]

i love me some toaru started with the index anime, loved it so much that i wanted to read the LN, currently reading through NT1 W video as always, also inspired to be a author and adding a toaru reference in my story.

[@AeonofHorus]

that great! enjoy NT!

[@BlueJack222]

Index is a special kind of series to many people, it's niche but also very popular

[@thefozz_6639]

Every time i see your videos on my feed, i get hope for Toaru ♥

[@ellusiv5121]

20 years and 20 more to come!

[@VALE-kq2xu]

Great video

[@AeonofHorus]

Thank you!

[@aronassablinskas2808]

This is the real present of the anniversary

[@AeonofHorus]

aw thank you!

[@kjriwoutube]

I remember first hearing Psi missing around 2009

[@thinkiscrime]

I started reading The Old Testamanet Omnibus on April 6 this year. So far I'm on page 480/1640 (vol 7). It's pretty fun so far and I'm most looking forward to the original, uncompressed, version of season 3 after I read all of the character and world building source Accelerator's still my favorite character ♥

[@YasuNotFound]

32 episode split core season 3 remake would be better than a season 4, in my opinion, and with the 20-year anniversary here, maybe. Just maybe 🎉Happy 20th anniversary🎉

[@YasuNotFound]

It didn't happen 😕

[@AyeKenzen]

Damm me and this series are the same age now crazy how much time has passed and still no season 4 😔

[@eduardpeeterlemming]

My favourite power system to date

[@CJ-sj8nf]

One of my favourite franchises!!! I love reading the manga. Someday I will read the light novels.

[@AeonofHorus]

do itttt

[@Bankai16OFICIAL]

12:53 I love so much her and always gonna be one of my favorites of ALL time, in my opinion.

[@deltoralk]

Honestly, I expected you to do something like Ranking all the Story Arcs in Index, or add the Accelerator (Since there's only 2) & Railgun Arcs (maybe including the filler arcs) for the 20 Year Celebration. I don't think we'll get anything Index related this year, unless it's Accelerator Season 2.

[@AeonofHorus]

ive already done something similar where i ranked all index volumes

[@Your_friend1238]

20 years worth of best FICTION!

[@setarg5126]

The thing I don't see with other fandoms is that Index fandom usually can criticizes the series, while most other fandoms usually just pray their series without any thought and refuse to aknowledge any flaws the series they like has

[@AeonofHorus]

that's true from what I've noticed too

[@dpolaristar4634]

BTW not sure if your familiar with him, But Brandon Sanderson is basically the Western Writer counterpart to Kamachi, multiple magic systems in his work, expanded universe, his writing is often criticized for his lack of "prose," and he's also known for having the same consistency and borderline compulsion to write where its become a meme within the Western Fantasy Literature fandom.

[@clarkkentnaruto4322]

Hey Aeon. How are you doing? I had a thought about what I would really like to happen for this 20th anniversary. Season 4 of the anime would be fantastic, but I would be thrilled to get a full cast recording of the light novels. I heard that that is being done for the Harry Potter series and I can't help but wonder what that would be like for the Index series. It has been incredible listening to the audiobook versions of the Spice and Wolf series. Just a thought.

[@scharger100]

Shocking ending to the latest volume with Touma's *****

[@Kenhnau_reeves]

GT is on fire Can't wait for Volume 11

[@greengojira4722]

I need more index anime now. Please, I need it. Kamachi please, give me that shit

[@TheDarkSide1977]

Congratulations index

[@TheDarkSide1977]

Great vid 👍

[@Vesp3r1987]

Jesus i feel old just by reading the title of this video 😩

[@johndrake6148]

I have twenty years old april 6th so toaru as old as me and this is my favorite light novel franchise

[@kawaraianimeslayer4710]

If index returns, they better not fumble it as they did in the past and give us a season 4 part 1 and 2 to ease the pacing

[@Kuroko_Simp]

I feel honored that index was made the same year i was born

[@micahlindley7515]

I feel like my main complaint with the series is that there are too many characters and not enough characterization/development outside of Accelerator. Still, I have a huge amount of respect for the series.

[@Noname13550]

Can you do fate and index video loved the shirou and touma video .

[@otakunemesis34]

Here's to another 20, we are going to need it to get new and genesis translated.

[@Hehehahaartowo]

Bros first published work is successful. Man

[@matthieuaub.4256]

Toaru is part of my daily life

[@teobratuteodor1728]

If you think about it how simple is Toaru Proiect as a whole in some powers and effects it will be probably one of the easiest to adapt in live action when it will happen, One Piece got a live adaptation and with the little modifications its much better in many aspects than the anime.

[@bornanime3255]

Okay, so from what I am hearing. Watch S1 of Index, S1 and 2 of Railgun, then S2 of Index and S1 Accelerator, then S3 of Railgun and like...how do I continue Index from there since the 3rd season is shit? Do I read the manga or something?

[@mrdoodle8229]

Man index anime 2nd anime i watch after naruto and this age really well

[@shauqiharris2772]

Index and Fate are peak fiction.

[@astreakaito5625]

I'm getting old 😭

[@AeonofHorus]

same :(

[@zweiwing4435]

What do you think of Sekirei?

[@FangyBoi05]

20 years of Peak Fiction

[@CoffeeMuggee]

I thought bili-bili sounding like biri-biri was just a coincidence... whow...

[@rainxrainy]

railgun ftw

[@BakedBanana]

oh

[@AeonofHorus]

oh

[@Hachi-Roku86268]

I am waiting New testament anime adaption.

[@Kakashiffx]

Bro we a video on Toaru scaling people thinks toaruVerse is weak please make it 😭

[@prime6034]

I'm from India btw

[@Skyprison-nj8cr]

Hi

[@AeonofHorus]

hi

[@squidnugigaming525]

Damn, I'm the same age as this series

[@missskabls2247]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@leronelcock5765]

Index is great

[@AeonofHorus]

yes it is

[@TrainerRad164]

Man I want to read Index so badly but I'm ao lazy 😭😩

[@AeonofHorus]

dewit now

[@TrainerRad164]

@@AeonofHorus I wish it was that simple Mr. Aeon.

[@maramba32]

index will always be peak for me, i hope it never becomes mainstream in the west.

[@mrdeun3655]

AAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNND he's ded

[@dekumisaka]

Meanwhile,MHA is 10 years old ago with manga.

[@mapleplays6265]

Who cares about MHA? look at Hajime no Ippo and One piece. They are much older than MHA. We are celebrating the 20th anniversary of one of the MOST successful and long-running LNs out there, not MHA.

[@XOX174]

Toaru still better

[@henriquebecker4453]

To me what makes the Railgun series more popular than it's main source matheriar is that the SPR system is *WAY* better writen than the magic one, at least in the anime, instead of throwing off disconected religious beliefs the scietific side explore many conseps on a unic way and tie them up on a coesive scenario. Also, Mikasa actually got a fair amount of character development in both series while Index became an annoying mascot after her introduction arc was over, unsurprisingly making Mikasa the most popular heroine.

[@natanielflores8141]

Nah, everyone knows that it's popularity is thanks to the director adapting Railgun like it was a moeshit, cute girls doing cute things anime, and shitted in the source material.

[@jerrylin2044]

I would enjoy this series a hella lot more if Toe Sucking Touma wasn’t the main protagonist, his plot armor is full of his spiky a*s hair that any sort of challenges poses no threat whatsoever to him, that’s why I call him porcupine boy!

[@AeonofHorus]

he has the same amount of plot armour as the average action hero in movies or tv and yet you single him out. he loses fights and gets his ass kicked on multiple occasions

[@jerrylin2044]

@@AeonofHorus Spoiler! In case you haven’t seen it yet. Touma vs Accelerator should’ve been the most one sided fight in anime fights, I mean seriously! Dude can control vector, basically entire world is under his control yet he loses to someone with no powers! Sure you could say that Touma’s power cancels out other ESPERS’s abilities, but Accelerator could’ve literally toss a slab of concrete into Touma’s face and there you go! Time to go home a take a dump on the toilet and say what a waste of time and call it the day! Honestly I could go on and on about him but you get the point! (I hope) Usually, I can handle other protagonist that has thick plot armor, but this is something that is just mind blown!

[@AeonofHorus]

@@jerrylin2044 I've watched & read all of Index & Railgun so you're not spoiling anything. I recommend you watch this video if you'd like to know why Touma won the fight: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4nIpKRtYr1lfrs Ultimately it was Accelerator's overconfidence which was his greatest weakness.

[@stevieveringus3857]

​@@AeonofHorusthis is basically a troll that hangs around your posts. Pay them attention, and they'll get more motivation

[@shayoko6]

Putting the light novels aside, the railgun story is more interesting than index because imagine breaker takes away all interest in what's going on. You have all these cool powers and this character negates them is the epitome of boring. The only time I particularly hated the railgun anime,was during an arc where Misaka said " you shouldn't use violence against women" Which was a stupid and hypocritical statement. Between her personal actions, the kind of series it is. And saying don't hurt my friends made more sense...

[@AeonofHorus]

Imagine Breaker is way more interesting if you know the lore & its purpose

[@hassansonicxd2749]

soooooooooo any new announcement for anime

[@amaterasu1322]

People” One piece is to long, ain’t no way I’m watching this!!🤓 Toaru fans” Amateurs, Amateurs!!!🤫🧏🏻‍♂️🗿

[@Kenhnau_reeves]

You have Toaru, NT, GT and the spin-offs. Imagine the word count.

[@JalterIsSoFuckingHot]

aoen fate mention LFG anyways being a index fan for 6 years this is genuinely really cool looking back on the history of toaru