I didn’t really like that they blew up Touma’s memory either. I felt like it was a cheap hat trick for sympathy and just blatantly tried to hit us over the head with “there are some things more instinctual than memory” (like protecting cute girls from pain). I definitely agree that it destroyed a lot of the character development. I believe that a lot of the dullness that continued until Misaka’s arc was brought about by the dead ending of the Index relationship. He did all of his fun character developments in their first interactions, killed them, then cheeseballed around until they were close enough that he could do his jokes again. Disheartening to say the least.

The love triangle is kind of an interesting angle but I’m more interested in the Kamijou clout that the Aztec guy was afraid of. I also really want to know what Touma said to that guy about Misaka (that made her blush profusely).

I feel like only Touma and Misaka are three dimensional in this anime though. Index still seems somewhat two dimensional and stereotypical. Maybe this was just a bad interpretation by JC Staff but it almost felt like the author lost interest in her which is really too bad. Misaka is just more rich and the vector enemy was just more interesting. Actually I would say that almost all of Misaka’s enemies are more interesting then Touma’s. Maybe because they have interesting reasons for committing crimes. We’ll see how JC Staff handles the rest of the level upper arc (I haven’t been impressed so far).

There should be way more Mikoto-Touma interaction. I really think it’s what makes the show fun to watch.

Thanks again for the comment.

I also thought that the Touma-Mikoto interaction was very interesting, since Touma is Mikoto’s kink in her worldview. On the other hand, I also thought that the Touma-Index interaction was also very interesting until it blew up along with Touma’s memory.. It was a good twist, but it ended a lot of character change in Touma which I thought was interesting.. and they never picked it up with Index undergoing change since she never finds out that Touma lost his memory.

Which reminds me, they could really have done a lot more with the Touma losing his memory bit. I mean, it could have been the central story on Index side with the magicians serving as a catalyst to drive the story forward as well as lead to the revelation that he lost his memory! Surely this would have repercussions between Touma and Index, which could then be resolved somehow. Course then they could use the opportunity to introduce the Mikoto/Index/Touma Love Triangle. I haven’t read the manga, so I can’t say it’s the author’s fault, that’s just what crossed my mind as I progresed through the story.

So now, the Mikoto-Touma relationship is one of the few things holding my interest, as well as the world itself.

Anyway I really like this show (Railgun), and I’m surprised that I do considering I dropped Index halfway through out of boredom. Somehow although I cannot quite pinpoint something that they do really well, I really like the overall presentation. Everything seems to fit and complement each other nicely, the overall mood of the show, the reasonably light plot, the music and pretty good-looking art, the likeable (albeit Yuri-tastic) characters and their interactions, and even the OP and ED, which I adore. Everything feels just right somehow, and I end up really looking forward to the new ep every week.

Oh, and you might want to know, a couple of my friends had blood-spurts when I showed them your last Misaka pic :mrgreen: