The Tragic Downfall of Kamijou Touma

[@AeonofHorus]

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[@sparknarrater4821]

Aeon video idea a lot of people say that magic makes no since compared to Science and thare are a lot of videos explaining the powers of espers so what if to help change the narrative you did a few videos explaining the idol theory behind the powers of Magicians I looked at your powers explained list and the only videos you have like that are Accelerators wings and the Othinus video do what you like with the suggestion

[@acertainmysteriousvirtuoso6150]

Yeah I can definitely say, this is the best vol of index, and this is where Touma grows as a character.

[@RealZynexx]

Coronzon arc is better in my opinion

[@mattdguia4850]

Can somebody please tell me; Is Touma Kamijou still alive right now?!! All the way to A Certain Magical Index Genesis Testament

[@mattdguia4850]

@@acertainmysteriousvirtuoso6150 Can somebody please tell me; Is Touma Kamijou still alive right now?!! All the way to A Certain Magical Index Genesis Testament

[@acertainmysteriousvirtuoso6150]

These are Touma's darkest moments like he suffer countless of hells. Touma almost didn't care about himself but once he saw a perfect world where everyone is save even those who died. He chose to not be selfish, not wanted to destroy this world, Touma decided to end his life, for the sake of his friends' happiness.

[@scottvergin4732]

Suicide is the most selfish thing some one can do though...

[@acertainmysteriousvirtuoso6150]

@@scottvergin4732 Well he's being selfish to himself like Touma is going to do this for the sake of other people's happiness without thinking what he wanted.

[@mrroger-t6m]

@@scottvergin4732 man he saved everyone what asshole amirite

[@miscalotastuff733]

Only if your well enough to understand why. If your broken beyond compare then I disagree.

[@acertainmysteriousvirtuoso6150]

@@miscalotastuff733 With the context of the ln, you can understand on why Touma is doing it, he's a major threat to that world. However, taking your own life irl is STILL a selfish act.

[@Lelines0]

This is one of those scenes that is so hard to explain the significance because without context it comes out like "so the villain broke the hero by making all of his friends happy?" and then there is "but are they still be happy if they remembered what Touma did for them?"

[@AeonofHorus]

Exactly. And that's why the other volumes/stories before this one are so important.

[@grimmtherapist]

Itadori has better writing

[@awa5785]

@@grimmtherapistlmao

[@Beriririi]

@@grimmtherapist Oh hush with Naruto the second

[@grimmtherapist]

@@Beriririi Gotta love when Itadori came to Mahito and said "It's not late, you can still change" after he killed Nobara and Nanami, truly a Naruto 2nd

[@Exalter06]

I really find it heartbreaking when the hero doesn't let themselves be one of the people who need to be saved, and it's even more frustrating when my favorite examples of these in anime don't have a proper conclusion to their character (shirou, Subaru and touma), Amazing tribute video Aoen

[@AeonofHorus]

Thank you!

[@BygoneT]

Ayo? Shirou always gets a happy ending. He reunites with Saber in a very distant future, becoming worthy of Avalon. Subaru (Re:Zero I assume) always gets at least as much good from the bad he suffers. He gave up tentatively during the end of S1 and half of S2 but came back to his senses immediately.

[@icescorpion7050]

​@@BygoneTshirou has one okay ending with rin sakura and saber. There is hundreds of bad end for him. I mean look at his current alter form.... like shirou is spiderman of fate i swear. Nothing but suffering in that story

[@MrInuhanyou123]

But he has to go through countless hell to earn that

[@BygoneT]

@@icescorpion7050 Yes there are bad endings but given Shirou's personality they are extremely unlikely if not impossibl. For real though. Give up the command spells? Run away when heracles shows up? Let yourself be sucked up by Gilgamesh when he gets caught by angry mango? Ha you actually played them? The only real threats to his life are ones that are completely unpredictable, like saying yes to Ilya in fate because magic works like that, or not pulling out Rider's stake. It's really bad in stay night yes, but not unrecoverable.

[@refletainsworth9270]

A tragic downfall and yet, a shimmering rise of a character.

[@AeonofHorus]

Like many other great stories

[@DaArtsi]

@randomvideoboy1 someone hates the anime...

[@jkatt8918]

@randomvideoboy1 Damn didn't know the guy that asked himself which fist should he uses to punch a girl a generic one. And what are you even doing here if you hate it?

[@Traumglanz]

@randomvideoboy1 If you do not like the first season of the show ... it's not for you and that's fine. If you don't like the latest, garbage season of the show. Light Novels are there for sure, because they really dropped the ball at the adaption, which admittled becomes pretty hard to adapt on a limited budget and limited time because it is so backed with crazy stuff. Besides that, I really like what they did with the harem idea when they turned it up to 11 with Kamisato Kakeru.

[@Subh371-i8o]

​@randomvideoboy1Finally someone understands that this show is absolute generic garbage.

[@marcdanielmanalili336]

This is the reason why I hate the phrase "a hero will sacrifice you for the world but a villain will scrifice the world for you" but in reality a "hero would sacrifice himself to save both you, the villain, and the world"

[@sarthakarora3212]

Anyone who sacrifices you for the world is evil itself trying to act good.

[@thaison100]

I think the term you speak will work well with savior rather than hero. A hero would condemn the villain to protect the weak, to prioritize saving many than saving few. They can’t save everyone so they have to make the hard choice of saving the world then saving one person. Savior is different they hate the bad but they rather then condemn villain they would save them, try to make them good. Rather sacrifice anything they would use themselves instead. If given the wish for example the hero would wish for saving the world while the savior would wish for saving the people.

[@koathekid8255]

A hero would sacrifice one to save a world A villain would sacrifice the world to save one And a madman would sacrifice himself saving both

[@marcdanielmanalili336]

@koathekid8255 ok this one makes more sense, Amma steal it! 🤣🤣🤣

[@chilomine839]

And eventually Touma walked that off too. Will of the Misaka network best supporting character.

[@wawayoung290]

Did misaka help him in someway?

[@chilomine839]

@@wawayoung290 Did you read my comment? "Will of the Misaka Network" The collective thoughts and emotion of the clones. She appeared to Touma as the Sister 32001, the clone who was bad at playing catch with Accelerator.

[@ChanceGuevara]

Wait so touma didnt actually die😂 that takes away all that he went through

[@chilomine839]

@@ChanceGuevara He did actually countless times. Odin (Forget her in universe name) killed him countless times and reset his timeline each time after killing him. I might be misremembering ( its been a while since I read the LN) but eventually she stuck him in a world where everyone he knows solved their problems on their own or she helped them making him feel obsolete. He felt that the encounters he had with people ended up not meaning anything as it could have been anyone who was in his position so he tried to off himself. The Will of the Misaka Network stopped him but that was after he was basically demoralized and beaten having lost so many times. He body was rebuilt but he remembered each and every death. It became the basis for his later ability.

[@senauzunami3079]

will misaka is a BUG in the omega world system because in that phase there are only living and dead systems and will misaka be in between, so she will be eliminated soon and from that if she says to touma "help me, this world is trying to erase me "Touma will fight Othinus for the reason of protecting Misaka Will. But if Touma does that he/Touma will quickly fall apart, then from the counseling session all the arguments are discussed until finally he can be selfish and save himself (that bothers me).

[@Althedemonking1076]

When anybody asks, I just say "Of course it bothers me. Of course it bothers me!! What was I doing all that time? I didn’t want some huge sum of money and I didn’t want to make my own kingdom with a ridiculous amount of power. I just wanted to wake up in my dorm, make food for Index, go to school, and hang out with my friends after school. I just wanted that normal life back. So why do I have to be treated like an absolute evil!? That’s ridiculous. Othinus saved every last one of the six billion people on earth to make me suffer. There’s something seriously wrong with her sense of scale! Why the hell do I have to go through all this? What was I calling misfortune!? I had always managed to slip past all that and used every trick I had to reach a compromise. I had managed to strike a nice balance! But she destroyed it all. Of course it bothers me! Even if it’s meaningless and no one else cares who it is as long as they’re saved, it still bothers me!! I coughed up blood and shed tears to somehow make my way along that path, but Othinus easily did it like it was just a game! She stole everything from me!! She stole everything I had - even the path I walked down - and she did it so skillfully that I feel stupid complaining about it!! What the hell was that? If she could do that, why didn’t she save everyone in the first place!? If that was an option, why didn’t she use it more seriously!? And I doubt it will even last that long. Once Othinus gets bored, she’ll just destroy this world too. If you can easily create something, you have no problem with destroying it. But I can’t create anything better than this. It doesn’t matter what complaints I make when she can give everyone a smile with a wave of that lance. And this isn’t someone else deciding that it doesn’t matter. It’s me! Me!! She showed me it doesn’t matter if I oppose her!! It’s all a deception created to corner me, but it doesn’t matter to me if it’s all fake!! It’s almost like a game to her, but the smiles she’s given Index and the others are something I could never give them even after a century of hard work. I couldn’t do it without inventing a time machine, but she did it without even trying. Am I supposed to stand up to that!? Why did someone like her have to appear in front of me!? If she was going to do this, couldn’t she do it on the other side of the planet? No, why couldn’t she create this paradise on the moon or Mars and be happy there!? She could leave all the people here alone and create a new human race on a desert planet she made livable!! …I don’t want to fight anymore. I don’t want to oppose a monster like that. I was never fighting because I wanted to. It’s just that I always saw someone holding back tears in some horribly painful situation. Even if they cried and cried, no one would have complained, but they put up with it anyway. …And I couldn’t allow it to go on. I clenched my fist like an idiot, charged in, and somehow resolved the incident. I didn’t do it to be thanked. I didn’t do it because I wanted anything in return. But overcoming those things increased the number of people around me. I began to think those connections with people had some kind of meaning!! And this is where it got me. I had everything taken from me. As you said, someone might rush over for my sake if they knew. They might cast everything aside and join me even if it meant making an enemy of this entire world run by Othinus. But! That doesn’t matter!! It never mattered. That tiny illusion is not worth abandoning this miraculous situation where lost lives have returned. I wanted to have fun with everyone some more. I never bothered to realize how comfortable my position was. If nothing had happened yet and Othinus suggested bringing back all those lost lives, I would probably have rejected it based on some random ideal or another. I would say their deaths had meaning or that you can’t toy with people’s lives so easily! But she’s already done it. To ‘return things to normal’ now would be no different from killing those unknowing and smiling people with my own hand!! No matter how many excuses you make, that fact does not change. A decision that I make would kill every last one of them!! There’s…there’s nothing I can do. What good is it to take away this world without crime, debt, or broken hearts!? Even if I defeated Othinus, returned everything to normal, and justly slaughtered everyone who shouldn’t be alive, would I really return to the world I picture in my head? How would I ever face the people who are living their normal lives, ignorant of what had happened? Could I really just smile? Could I really smile like an ignorant fool when I really knew the truth!! Like hell I could!! Nothing would remain for me either way. Whether I defeat Othinus or not and whether I live or die, I can’t return to ‘normal’!! No matter what happens and no matter how this ends, there is no way for me to succeed. Even if I don’t ‘fail’ in whatever I choose to do, I will still have complaints and it will all fall apart in the end. In that case, there’s no reason to fight!! Why should I destroy this miraculous situation!? If every path leads to destruction, why not just accept Othinus’s victory? Why not let the number of people saved decide it!? Who saved more people, me or Othinus? The answer is obviously Othinus!! I knew from the beginning I couldn’t hold a candle to what she did!! What else can I do? After…after everything she’s done, there’s nowhere left for me to go!!!!!!”

[@xdomeman]

But did she do it as a genuine desire to save people or to see your suffer? The answer is obvious.

[@yuuhan_requiem]

What is blud babblin about

[@izeathenoellemain2733]

@@yuuhan_requiem11:01

[@alvinreinaldy5148]

@@yuuhan_requiem whole one touma quote. part where he just pour everything out to misaka network

[@tertene]

@@xdomemanwell... as Touma himself said "does it matter?" The point is that she simply did it, the reason doesn't matter, what matters is the end result.

[@HattaTHEZulZILLA86]

The more I think of Othinus, the more I HATE her. It made me so angry that I wanted to IGNORE HER COMPLETELY, ERASING any evidence that she exists in my head.

[@Rayanelba]

Mee too but I don’t see any one else say it. It’s like she’s been forgiven

[@DARLINGTON-dn6ex]

he should use his right hand on her

[@nqk_0662]

@@Rayanelbashe sounds like a certain white hair guy

[@florianneacosta987]

@@nqk_0662 GRIFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

[@c52g71]

A volume that will go down in history as one of the best LN volumes ever created, love this tribute video for it

[@AeonofHorus]

Thank you!

[@AbdullahAbdullah-nn8ul]

ok one question i finished the anime index railgun accelerator and from which chapter should i start reading the light novel @@AeonofHorus

[@free_instructions2259]

​@@AbdullahAbdullah-nn8ul imma be completely honest here you should probably just start at volume 1 of Old testament cause the anime skipped so much content and you'd probably just be completely confused if you started with volume 1 of new testament

[@vortolex]

Macho tears 😭 with full joy 🥹 I’m happy to be living in this era and version of this earth 🌎.

[@milord8005]

​@@AbdullahAbdullah-nn8ulI'll put it like this touma thought about killing someone in the second arc in the light novel so do what you want

[@zaiwex]

This volume literally pushed myself as a content creator in the past to spread awareness of this beautiful masterpiece that Kamachi ever created.

[@Mondy667]

Lmao I remember watching your posts 7-8 years ago. Sad that your last post is 3 years ago

[@zaiwex]

I still post stuff as an admin on Facebook. I just rarely make "actual" content these days. I was kinda demotivated to promote content due to how Index Season 3 anime was treated.

[@illpunchyouintheface9094]

What do you mean by content?

[@Mondy667]

@@zaiwex what group?

[@Subh371-i8o]

Masterpiece😂😂😂😂 lol...

[@Geokuzan]

Honestly, no matter how many times i hear this part of the arc summerized, it will never get old to me, and it just hits even harder after you read through multible times, and start to grasp more and more of the details that this arc has alone. I usually struggle pointing out things that are better than other things, and it might be because there is just a lot of "Mid, or relatively generic" content i indulge in, but whenever i read, or watch index, this series just screams undeniable "PEAK", like this is litterally what a good series looks like.

[@AeonofHorus]

It definitely has so many peak moments

[@Geokuzan]

@randomvideoboy1 npc actions right here

[@Seletus.]

After watching the whole video, I think this is definitely going to be the most emotional and exciting arc in Toaru and could become even better than the sisters arc! This story is definitely relatable especially for people who suffered from depression. I believe that people with a selfless and kind nature like Touma's can be akin to heroes. Although we don't have heroes like in fiction but we can be sympathetic and willing to help others like what heroes do. Touma's depression and his situation in the ideal world is also relatable because losing purpose of life can be damaging and lead to depression or even suicide like what Touma attempted to do. On a side note, you have a talent in story-telling! Thank you for the insightful explanation! The music and the way you narrate it made it even more immersive and resonating. 🙏

[@AeonofHorus]

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words!

[@ImminentSuccessful]

This is one amazing video detailing NT9, absolute masterpiece Aeon!

[@AeonofHorus]

Appreciate it! Thank you!

[@nagi8010]

I remember reading this volume when it came out years ago, I was still in college that time but it really made an impact on my everyday life for about a month. Even though many years had passed every time I stumble on posts or videos about this volume of index, the feelings floods my heart again and again.

[@AeonofHorus]

That I can understand ❤️

[@alberttong4456]

so that means Subaru from Re;zero can be Touma's friend

[@TheManUnderTheSun]

I would love to see a crossover between them

[@kaoru288]

would Imagine Breaker destroy Subarus Return from Death? does oaths to a witch count as a destroyable?

[@TheManUnderTheSun]

@@kaoru288 it wouldn't destroy it, it would negate it to where Subaru wouldn't RBD since it's still a supernatural power.

[@HighmageDerin]

What about tossing Asta into the mix here :)

[@Bigmantarnished]

They would start crying to each other 😭

[@piusengupta4445]

Touma is without doubt one of the best written mc ever in fictional serieses.

[@examoneslameraverga5074]

Low tier magic god othinus is crazy in the thumbnail is crazy 💀

[@AeonofHorus]

Lmao, might change it if this video underperforms

[@tjay6394]

0:12 “The boy could not bear, that the people he knew, no longer remembered him “ … This brings back to mind, the tale of the Hero’s Shade, who was saddened by the fact that no one remembered him for his heroics when he went back to his original time. I just hope his story doesn’t end like his though…😖

[@deltoralk]

As someone who has just started reading the A Certain Magical Index light Novels, I've only read the manga and I got that bible of the series and I've finally can start reading the NT series because I didn't know where people were reading them since they are Japanese Only right now. I don't have much to say, I'm just looking forward to NT 9. I've only hear people talk about it, but never could read it for myself.

[@pierocolombo2643]

U can read NT and GT online translated tho if u really want, u can still buy the books when they come out

[@ryanrodriguez2498]

Happy anniversary to NT 9. It’s easily the best volume/novel in Toaru history. I cannot wait for the future of GT. This arc is the reason why I started to finally get back into Toaru after Index anime fell apart. The novels were so much better. Touma initially was a decent character but with his backstory, he got me interested. But after Touma’s torture, suffering and beautiful speech on “ it bothers me “ his character absolutely skyrocketed and I loved it. Touma’s talk with Will made me emotional and sad for him. Touma deserves to be a hero of Academy City and for the world after he sacrificed himself for.

[@AeonofHorus]

For real. The novels are what made me a hardcore fanboy of Index.

[@hatlesszebra]

the anime fell apart?

[@Aki-kh2qe-StreetKidZZZ]

Oh girl. That was a mistake. You see when you take everything from someone and push him to despair there are no breaks to what he can do. That'll come back to bite her

[@absolstoryoffiction6615]

For a False God upon a Fake World... ... ... I am unimpressed by a 3rd Dimensional Reality Warper of a mortal.

[@pierocolombo2643]

Forgot to mention it earlier Aeon but congrats for another banger 100k+ views video (now 140+ of course) and thank you for presenting it this way. This whole arc was such a joy to read and continued to be 🙌 bless

[@ChesterCsquare]

I really like this format. 😀 It makes some parts for the novel that is somewhat confusing to me easy to understand. Thank you!

[@AeonofHorus]

Definitely doing some more story-based content like this so stay tuned!

[@GabrielMichaelDels]

So I guess, forcibly ripping out his arm or sweet talking him into helping her with said arm or something else weren't available options instead of mindbreaking?

[@AeonofHorus]

She had ulterior motives which I didn't talk about, as vid was focused on Touma's mental state rather than her. Reason why she did all that to him is cos she wanted him to go through similar pain to what she did, as Othinus could not return to her original world either.

[@GabrielMichaelDels]

@@AeonofHorus ngl. That's a real dick move. But Villains gotta villains so, what can ya do

[@disconnectsealed7702]

It's funny how Othinus tortured Touma for so long he's mentally older than the age of the universe yet for use LN readers it's the best ship (which is canonically also true) on average we ship them the most.

[@pierocolombo2643]

Lol its a common thing, the harder the girl tries to kill Touma the funnier the ship is gonna be when he "fixes" her.

[@AeonofHorus]

Everyone knows kamikuro is best ship

[@pierocolombo2643]

@@AeonofHorus cultured

[@ryuhayabusa2215]

​@AeonofHorus what ship is that one again

[@pierocolombo2643]

@@ryuhayabusa2215 Kuroko x Touma

[@gatekeeper684]

Dang, ever since Magical Index ended a couple years back, I pretty much just forgot about. Then I stumbled upon this amazing video. I hope it finishes getting adapted and if not, that’s a crying shame

[@cameraredeye3115]

When this volume gets printed in English and released to the states, don't be surprised if it sells out IMMEDIATELY. It is that good.

[@kleur3356]

when the twist at first him always losing memories over and over, now its them not losing memories but did not know him instead, which is more dark

[@sirjoker1267]

Definitely up there for scenes I’m excited to see animated.

[@lolibadass9567]

I like how the Othinus Arc makes reference to video games, not just the aspect of Touma "restarting" the level every time Othinus changed worlds and restarting several times until he memorized the Boss's attack pattern in the fight against Othinus herself. The concept of a perfect world seems very much like a reference to Shadow Of the Colossus, revealing Touma's human selfishness in refusing the perfect world and fighting for his original world, just as Wander fought against the colossus who only protected nature out of a simple selfish desire to resurrect the person he loved.

[@AeonofHorus]

Othinus was basically a dark souls final boss lmao

[@lolibadass9567]

@@AeonofHorus yeah lol

[@MrDibara]

​@@AeonofHorus Try Elden Ring boss with how much magic homegirl could use! 😆

[@pratheekshenoy9327]

What is the name of this anime? Where can I watch it??

[@AeonofHorus]

@@pratheekshenoy9327 The anime is A Certain Magical Index, but this part of the story hasn't been animated yet and its in the light novel

[@SergioBallZ]

11:00 it bothers me a lot... AND THAT ONE IS STILL GREEN

[@NamelessPassenger]

He, the one keep getting memories swipe...so consistently that i wonder who he really was before...each time his memories got swipe, be become more charming and better than his old self.

[@FentySeroquel]

Bad things happened to Touma? Damn I might have to get back into this series...

[@AeonofHorus]

I recommend the light novels as they are better written than the anime and they go way beyond season 3

[@FentySeroquel]

The anime is exactly why this video appealed to me for the wrong reason lmao. Dude just looks very rewarded and not tragic at ALL.@@AeonofHorus

[@AeonofHorus]

@@FentySeroquel Being exposed to infinite hells and driven to suicide is being 'rewarded'? Interesting take.

[@FentySeroquel]

@@AeonofHorus I didn't stick around to find all that out.

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

Since Touma survived I guess everything worked out in the end

[@real_GoopGames]

He died

[@MikYu-tw7pr]

Yes

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

Doesn't like Othinus eventually "join" the Touma Harem after this anyways.... 😂😂 it's like all the girls who have a run in with Touma ultimately fall for him or have a crush on him 😂😂....

[@technodude458]

yup she does

[@janelbbuck]

Wait she does? 😂 Damn guessing she’s not Toumas favourite of the harem.

[@technodude458]

@@janelbbucknah he kinda just forgives her I feel like you forget Touma has the patience and forgiveness of an actual saint I mean there comes a point where you could say his harem is composed more of former villains than people he met on good terms now if I had to describe a person who I know isn’t his favorite among the harem it would be a certain loli who well let’s just say she’s special

[@garytaylor8193]

Basically put she spent so much time trying to break him that she ended up understanding him because they're both broken

[@BoxCox]

​@@technodude458he has a patience and forgiveness of a wet towel.

[@dkknight1442]

I don't know why this tribute video brought tears to my eyes. I guess living a similar life of being nice to everyone instead of taking care of myself could be the reason. But If i had a Misaka character come to my rescue, I'd be grateful to keep on living and trying to make sure everyone was happy in their own lives. Keep up the good work! 🙏👍

[@AeonofHorus]

I think this arc shows that if you only think about others and disregard your own wellbeing, you suffer even more as a result. Otherwise, others may just take advantage of you. That's not to say be completely selfish and turn into a bad person tho, it's about being balanced. Touma had to stand up for his own beliefs and desires, even if that probably meant making others unhappy from his actions. Never give up.

[@Snailing_Suika]

you werent the only one that cried during this thoughtful display of compassion in this scene its way to rare in our world nowadays - so even if its fiction it touches my heart

[@absolstoryoffiction6615]

@@Snailing_Suika I remember this Arch. But for a child playing God... ... ... It is a shame that such power is still too weak, to me.

[@deathbeforedishonor6523]

I never knew the full extent of the story of what all happened to Touma and the how it ended. Just general knowledge of the ordeal. It really seems to me a lot of the problem and damage always stems from the fact Touma had lost his true memory and what his true self was so it makes it much harder in some ways for him to relate and have a real image of himself when he is challenged. It is much easier to manipulate and destroy someone when they don't know themselves or who they truly are. The ending with the Will of the Misaka network coming to Touma was very touching and emotional, it sure had me getting hit in the feels. Very interesting and entertaining story. Another solid video.

[@AeonofHorus]

Very true, and thanks

[@TheErisianMonk]

Well....damn. I'm tearing up. I was entertained. Until the Misaka clone spoke up. I don't get what part of this really did it, but it hurt.

[@AeonofHorus]

Stay strong like Touma!

[@crackedhelm4292]

there she is, saying anyone could replace him and yet his powerful will against adversity proves that almost no one could.

[@schwarzer2368]

Basically bro has become an ARCHER

[@Insanely42]

When I read Vol.9 I was like "Cool story bro, new harem member get?" Jokes aside, this Volume is my fav since I like arcs where the MC gets forgotten by everyone since there is something oddly cool about this arcs. On a side note, I felt that the one world where Touma was replaced by another is too on the nose on how much a reader can self insert as Touma. He was already an amnesiac, making him a blank state, then that one roll around and I was like "really?".

[@EchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEc]

While I think there's something to be said about the message of authenticity trumping a fake life, I want to focus on another thing I learned from this analysis. When Touma was shown the world where he was an NPC and someone else helped his friends, it struck a chord in me. Realizing that anyone could help anyone in that situation as Touma did, made me realize that what makes us human is our selfishness. Like shown, kindness or help can be shown to anyone at any time, regardless of who it is. It's the why that matters. Even with Touma Savoirs complex, that is something inherently selfish to him, he doesn't want to see others sad or heartbroken because it hurts him as well. While this might seem obvious or nothing special to some, I can relate to Touma's Selfless nature in a way. Not being a burden on someone, be nice, polite, helping when I can and feeling bad when being selfish, especially when it affects someone else. Realzing that being selfish is what makes us human makes feeling and being like that ok, something I've struggled with up until now. So while it might be insignfagent for some, it is major for me, especially with how radical it was to my prior stance. It's not exactly one I'd ever think I would hold. So thank you Aeon for making this video, it was great!

[@JarlQboyq]

Hey man, the best excuse he could argue is a burden to someone who will have to clean the mess he makes from the jump and opt out that way.

[@baibhavchakraborty8398]

Me watching it knowing that I have not started NT and also having a exam tomorrow: *Menacing heartbreak noises*

[@AeonofHorus]

Lmao good luck

[@ArcadiaOnline2301]

Cried twice watching this video Thank you

[@AeonofHorus]

Hope you're feeling okay!

[@ArcadiaOnline2301]

@@AeonofHorus oh I'm fine I just love this volume

[@Snailing_Suika]

thanks for making this I can finally rest and have an easy way to explain to my friends that dont even know toaru why Misaka Imouto, and collectively all sisters with Will Chan are the best waifu of all times without going into "you gotta read this trust me bro". And even after showing the video I will still be like "you gotta read this trust me bro."

[@AeonofHorus]

Lmao, happy to help

[@Legofan2676]

Having seen the video through i would like to imagine it having been like Misaka 10032 who came to him and brought him back to his senses.

[@Snailing_Suika]

though know the same individual, she is part of Will chan and the most influencial memories with touma come from her.

[@RAFAELZULZKE]

Othinus are a Monster on NT 09 but now is the one of Best Girls of ToAru... Kamachi literally cooked with character development

[@doomtitan1172]

Why say it like that, when Othinus is still a terrible person that deserves to pay.

[@tonywilliams6294]

It's amazing that I rarely see people comment on one of his constant phrases: "Not this Kamijou."

[@crystalking784]

The Spider-Man of the anime world. Truly a genuine hero

[@AeonofHorus]

For real. I can see the comparisons, as Peter Parker struggles with balancing his own identity with that of Spiderman.

[@shubhamsonsurkar3782]

@@AeonofHorus also the fact most if not all spiderman comics ends with him suffering

[@Kakashiffx]

This Arc was peak

[@obrians-brown1307]

You know its rough when you get broken by a world where everyone is happy and dont even know you exist over one where everyone you love wanna kill you.

[@ftkorra]

Omg. I love how Misaka and the clones care about him so much they transcended reality.

[@Doktah_Zari]

I need to get back into the Index and Railgun series!! 😮

[@AeonofHorus]

then you've come to the right place!

[@coz2154]

Thanks you I love these videos going over the light novels I love the toaru series but I hate reading so these videos are amazing and keep doing great work

[@AeonofHorus]

Appreciate the kind words! Thank you!

[@alter7806]

I have only watched s1 and other spin offs, but hearing what Othinus did too Touma was sickening, please spoil me that she fucking dies in the most gruesome way while she's forced too see her world get destroyed again

[@TheManUnderTheSun]

No she doesn't. Touma ends up saving her from the entire world because he refused to live in a world where someone has to suffer for everyone else to be happy. Sounds like a coincidence right?

[@moolcazy3805]

I've recently finished volume 9 of new testament and i can definitely understand why it's a fan favourite 🔥🔥 I cried a bit during toama's conversations with the will of the misaka network And I'm ngl that was shocked that toama basically lost and just told Othinus to do whatever she wanted with imagine breaker

[@onmywaytolife3660]

Characters that save everyone else but themselves are always my favorites

[@dragonarch0]

Need a what if story where touma becoming twisted and cruel after going through all the torture and decides to make othinus' life a hell after her losing her powers.

[@AeonofHorus]

I did do a what if vid of Touma becoming an evil Magic God: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l36tlqV3bbCAmposi=2R5KMzBG_VZOdHDk

[@dragonarch0]

@@AeonofHorus Sweet, gonna check that out.

[@TeslaEinstein-zz1tu]

Touma is the messiah in Toaru World, bro is made out of indomitable will.

[@gigglezz811]

She wanted his ability but couldn't kill him for it, so she did all that. Deny her selfishness with equal pettiness (no arm for u). If that becomes the rock you cling to, then all that psychological bs won't work because the goal is to keep away. Aww, you still can't get what you want despite destroying reality. Sucks to suck oh great god of magic. 😂

[@Zelgeist]

The only volume I read from start to finish in one day. It says a lot in my case

[@khheroxcn]

this series really puts touma through it you know

[@anghbalahr2971]

"Hey, I know i tortured you millions of times already, but please help me and be my friend...look, I have tits!" -every female omnipotent-villain in existance-

[@labbit35]

I like how the will manages to be outside of the range of control of a literal god and even manages to save Touma

[@AeonofHorus]

Yep, its because the Misaka Network is tied to Aiwass and the Pure World beyond phases :)

[@labbit35]

@@AeonofHorus oh

[@ducky9446]

Its breakdowns of this arc that really make me want to read the LN for index, just keep failing to get around to reading it cause life catches up everytime

[@AeonofHorus]

Reading Index is definitely a big commitment

[@Snailing_Suika]

its a huge commitment but it pays off in the end - its soo good at times.

[@bignice9050]

At 11:16 which manga, and which chapter does this picture happen? or is it just like light novel or manga only?

[@wingzer012]

Light novel of New Testament

[@brianlynch4801]

Wait, the sisters are alive? All of them? That's the reality I want

[@zaiwex]

However, that is not the main timeline from the original world. That is the harsh reality. However, their will is alive in spirit.

[@Aka-Boshi]

The build up in this arc to the next arc made me cry. When touma fight the whole world.

[@pierocolombo2643]

I love this series so much

[@devilshooter126m8]

Loli Teacher turned Murderer well Damn

[@TheDarkSide1977]

Powerful heartfelt moment love it

[@dangit]

Hoping we can get an Index Season 4 announcement this April! Do you think we can actually get it or some news

[@AeonofHorus]

It's possible

[@hollowficate]

0:33 ALMOST?

[@AeonofHorus]

Yeah, certain magic like Coronzon's Flaming_Sword can counter it

[@joshuapatterson8269]

​@@AeonofHorus Fun fact: That's because Coronzon had 2 souls in her so it was overlapping, so when her soul was torn out IB was able to negate it

[@AgentTex13]

I need to get back into this series.

[@AeonofHorus]

damn right

[@lunarshadow5584]

As always, best girl is the 20,000 clones that make up 99% of his harem

[@alvinreinaldy5148]

this have to be at least animated in 7 episodes just to have half of an impact the LN did

[@toumakamijou4878]

New Testament Volume 9 is the best VOLUME but in terms of best ARC, I would say MG Othinus Arc, Coronzon Arc, WWIII Arc, and Transcendant Arc.

[@jesusrodolforeinagagenesta1871]

This makes me remember the manga of wardian dog, were the mc basicaly is erased from the world so humanity can keep existing and he ends in semi void fighting against monsters to protect the word from all of eternity

[@eduardpeeterlemming]

Touma is mentally strong to survive that long.

[@AliOll-es6mh]

This man is my alter ego

[@SeroGrave]

I feel like I've missed some GREAT story details and plots as I can't even remember finishing the first series of this show. Last I recall was the Lv 5 or 6 Mikasa going ballistic and Touma stopping it with the help of someone else. How far back am I now? I loved this show growing up.

[@AeonofHorus]

That happened in Railgun, not Index (Index is the main story). But yeah, this arc is 9 volumes ahead of where Index season 3 finished.

[@azevedo1046]

See, the anime adaptations really don't give the impression that this would turn out to be such a cool and interesting concept with all these twists. Just sucks that despite being cool to get to know these stuff, I still lack the interest to read the novels or watching videos to get too much invested in the series ... damn xD

[@callump1996]

I could write a really long post about my thoughts on this volume but all I say is this volume truly bothers me.....

[@vpr-]

Once again Im shedding tears over this😢

[@AeonofHorus]

:(

[@jakeking974]

If you know Touma Kamijou, you know that it was never his past that made him who he is. Touma Kamijou is the same person on the outside as he is in his very soul. You could give him powers of BOTH kinds, and nothing about his personality would change (aside from eternally miserable about his current state of affairs) because that's just who "Touma Kamijou" is. And I used quotes because that's basically just what he knows to call himself, but even if nobody knows that name or identity, it doesn't change the fact that there's a sole, specific entity that fits the criteria to be "Touma Kamijou" given his literally ungodly nature.

[@deltalord6969]

What ost did you use for 7:50 and onwards? it sounds really nostalgic and insightful which really nailed this videos tone

[@AmigoRigo]

I wish you had more of these so I can catch up on the whole series, bc it takes me hours to read a single page with all the details lol

[@AeonofHorus]

Have you checked out my other index light novel summaries?

[@AmigoRigo]

i must find them @@AeonofHorus

[@grimmtherapist]

if it itadori got othinus treatment poor girl would die of boredom and wouldn't still get anything from him

[@nancylee8851]

Alpha Villain. Beta Replaced. Omega Utopia. His power of determination never ceases to amaze me. But everyone is bound to mind break. Misaka Network MVP !! Oh yeah! You forgot a phase. Sigma *CHAD* !!!📚⚡🔄

[@badprofilepic882]

Low tier Othinus

[@badprofilepic882]

Low tier (magic)god

[@absolstoryoffiction6615]

@@badprofilepic882 3rd Dimensional Reality Warper. lol

[@destroyercreater98]

Wait if she wanted I breaker gone cause it can break the layers. Why couldn’t she just have Touma help her go through the layers while Othinis makes sure to memorize his world to send him back?

[@Snailing_Suika]

my god this is truly the best part of toaru ever!

[@Callofreachyc]

I really want more seasons for the anime so badly not gonna lie. Do we even know if there is a possibility of new seasons?

[@Callofreachyc]

Please tell me if there will be more

[@AeonofHorus]

its the 20th anniversary of the franchise this year, so its possible

[@wildyato3737]

2:00 Just like Jason did to Kaneki😂 9:03 That's why you also need to kill this girl touma..no one will known anyone's pain ..either they will frame.you or use you 9:57 Is.she is last order herself..cuase she was the one who had human like emotions and she was the main captain of entire Misaka network. 10:10 Wonder Last order meet her again with a hug. as same as she was crying back to save accelerator 😅 -------------------------HEY SOMEONE TELL ME--------- ABOUT is their any anime of Toaru series came.out after Index and Railgun III and Accelarator I ? 11:55 Wow

[@user-iw8ub2gj5m]

There are two tragic anime hero’s I know, one is shiro emiya as how his life is changed multiple times by the will of the fake holy grail which gives different outcomes, and touma who sacrifices everything for for a 3rd choice in a world with both magic and scientific powers. Any other tragic hero’s to note?

[@Your_friend1238]

It....stills..bothers me...

[@AeonofHorus]

It bothers us all...

[@wildyato3737]

Cmon let him live.... If Karma. always pays back Please don't let him die..

[@Deadpool-zx3hy]

I love your content. . I am your brother 🇸🇦from Saudi Arabia

[@AeonofHorus]

Thank you brother 👍

[@godkekliveshere431]

damn dog this was fire 🔥

[@pkphantom]

...wait, someone wiped Index's memory? Can't he just reject whatever was done to her with a touch?

[@pierocolombo2643]

Doesnt work that way, imagine breaker cant undo what has already been done, same for his memory issues