- 7.5/1031 votesLoading...
#1 - The Governing Board
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/25/2019
Hamazura desperately tries to rescue Takitsubo when the building she is in falls under terrorist attack. Stephanie hunts down Kinuhata to exact revenge for Sunazara. Accelerator seeks out assistance from an unlikely benefactor.
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- 7.4/1034 votesLoading...
#2 - Dark Matter
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2018
While Kazari takes a lost Last Order home, Accelerator arrives at his location and faces Saraku, a teleporter of MEMBER and defeats him after realizing Saraku can only teleport behind his opponents. Elsewhere, MEMBER's leader "The Professor" confronts Teitoku only to be killed by the latter after using his power, Dark Matter. Meanwhile, BLOCK starts their real goal, to shut down the city's surveillance system and help 5000 mercenaries invade the city. However, one of their members is actually Etzali in disguise, who alerts the city's drone helicopters to head to their location and stop the mercenaries. Despite their heavy loses, the remaining BLOCK members, Saku Tatsuhiko and Megumi Teshio, continues their next part of the plan, bringing the mercenaries to Academy City's detention facility and kidnap Awaki's gang to use as leverage to make her help them enter the Windowless building and kill Aleister. GROUP heads to the detention facility where Accelerator stays back to hold off the remaining mercenaries while Etzali faces off against Xochitl, a MEMBER agent and his colleague from the Aztec organization who has come to Academy City to kill Etzali for treason. Tsuchimikado and Awaki confronts Saku and Megumi trying to free Awaki's gang but Megumi kills Saku for endangering the hostages and decides to forcefully get the information from Awaki instead. Despite Megumi knocking out Tsuchimikado, Awaki is able to defeat Megumi after getting over her trauma of teleporting herself. With the hostages safe and Etzali saving Xochitl's life from the grimoire she was using, GROUP heads back home. However, Teitoku arrives at ITEM's apartment after torturing Frenda for information.
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- 7.3/1028 votesLoading...
#3 - Angel Power (Gabriel)
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 3/8/2019
Kamijo runs into Sasha Kruezhev, and he continues to formulate a plan to stop Fiamma. Hamazura and Takitsubo discover an imminent threat to Digurv's village. The archangel Gabriel rains havoc upon the Russian and Academy City forces.
Director: N/A
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- 7.2/1034 votesLoading...
#4 - Super-espers
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2018
While Hamazura is out running errands for Mugino, SCHOOL stages an attack on ITEM. When Mugino runs from Kakine, Takitsubo offers to protect Hamazura, but ends up needing his help instead. Kakine issues a challenge to Accelerator.
Director: N/A
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- 7.2/1029 votesLoading...
#5 - Curtana Original
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/28/2018
Acqua and Knight Leader continue their fateful showdown in the forest. Princess Carissa reveals a devastating new technique using Curtana Original. When Kamijo and Index's lives are endangered, an unexpected ally comes to their rescue.
Director: Yuki Morita
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1029 votesLoading...
#6 - Heroes
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/2019
Kamijo, Kanzaki, Index, and Vilian head toward Buckingham Palace to stop Carissa. The palace is bombarded from the floating fortress Coven Compass, and others join the battle when Carissa calls in her own cruise missile strike.
Director: Shigenori Awai
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1030 votesLoading...
#7 - Spark Signal
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/2019
Accelerator and the other members of GROUP are assigned to eliminate the members of Spark Signal, a terrorist group which has taken hostages. Hamazura and Kinuhata find themselves on the run when they defy the city's higher-ups.
Director: N/A
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- 7.2/1031 votesLoading...
#8 - DRAGON
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/1/2019
Técpatl and Unabara square off in Shiokishi's chambers, while Accelerator and Sugitani face each other in the hallway outside. Kinuhata discovers the true reason for the current assault against herself, Takitsubo, and Hamazura.
Director: N/A
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- 7.2/1030 votesLoading...
#9 - Misaka Worst
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/15/2019
After dealing with the sorcerers at the Russian airbase, Accelerator has a Misaka clone skydive down to confront him. Vento challenges Fiamma while Kamijo and the others watch on. Hamazura gets some disturbing news from Digurv.
Director: N/A
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- 7.2/1028 votesLoading...
#10 - Fuse=KAZAKIRI
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/15/2019
As Kamijo and Sasha look on, Hyoka rushes in to stop the archangel's rampage. Accelerator joins the battle as well, with a newfound purpose. Acqua has his own strategy to weaken the archangel's power, though at great cost to himself.
Director: N/A
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- 7.1/1040 votesLoading...
#11 - Stab Sword
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/2010
Tsuchimikado’s location spell backfires and leads Oriana straight to him, resulting an epic showdown. But he’s not the only one exposed to Oriana’s magic: Himegami feels the force of the spell caster’s power, and may not survive.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1037 votesLoading...
#12 - The Right Seat of God
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2018
Tōma is parachuted into a river and almost drowns but is saved by Itsuwa of the Amakusa Catholics. He explains to Itsuwa that he and Tsuchimikado are trying to find Constantine's Document, also known as the C Document, a magical item that was long ago given by Emperor Constantine to the Pope which allowed whatever the user believes, the people living on Papal Lands also believed it, which Tsuchimikado believes is responsible for the world wide anti-Academy City protest. Bringing him to a cafe, Itsuwa explains the C Document is in Avignon and not in Rome due to the events of the Avignon Papacy and the city's ley lines allows the document to spreads it's magic throughout Europe. However, Tōma and Itsuwa are forced to abandon the cafe after rioters reazlies Tōma is from Academy City. Meanwhile in London, Stiyl and Agnese interrogate Lidvia and Biagio over information on who God's Right Seat are and their goals which Lidvia reveals they are four special individuals who sacrificed their ability to use normal magic in exchange for divine powers so they can rid themselves of Original Sin and become closer with God. As they avoid the rioters, Tōma and Itsuwa gets a call from Tsuchimikado that they need to find one of the city's ley lines so Tōma's Imagine Breaker can destroy the effects of the C Document. Just before Tōma and Itsuwa disrupts one of the site of the ley lines, they are attacked by God's Right Seat, Terra of the Left.
Director: N/A
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- 7.1/1036 votesLoading...
#13 - The Third Level
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2018
Itsuwa reveals to Tōma she has come to Academy City as his bodyguard to protect him from Acqua, who is now targeting him for ruining God's Right Seat plans. While Itsuwa's Amakusa comrades watch from afar and plan to have she and Touma to get close and be a couple, Mikoto is still dealing with the revelation of Tōma's amnesia. Tōma brings Itsuwa to his home, where Index accidentally destroys the bathroom, which Itsuwa decides to bring Tōma and Index to a spa located in 22th District's underground city. After an awkward meeting between Itsuwa, Index and Mikoto in the spa, Tōma and Itsuwa takes a walk at a park. However, Acqua appears, having defeated the rest of the Amakusas, demands Tōma hand over his right arm which contains Imagine Breaker. Tōma and Itsuwa tries to fight back but are unable to hit him due to Acqua's Saint powers. After beating Tōma to a pulp, Acqua gives him one more day before he gets his right arm while Itsuwa feels guilty for failing her mission.
Director: N/A
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- 7.1/1032 votesLoading...
#14 - Saint Breakout
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2018
With Kamijo unconscious, Itsuwa is guilt-ridden, and receives a pep talk from Tatemiya. As Orsola researches Acqua's past, the Amakusa Church members make their stand against Acqua, at which Itsuwa reveals their new secret weapon.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1035 votesLoading...
#15 - Holy Mother Veneration
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2018
Kanzaki battles Acqua under Academy City, but finds herself overpowered by his might. Mikoto runs into Kamijo after he sneaks out of his hospital room. Kanzaki works with the Amakusa Church members to find a way to beat Acqua.
Director: N/A
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- 7.1/1029 votesLoading...
#16 - Mercenaries
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/2018
As the coup continues, even the sisters of the puritan church are targeted, while the queen and princesses find their lives in danger. Index analyzes the evidence of the Eurotunnel blast. Knight Leader is confronted by a former colleague.
Director: N/A
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- 7.1/1031 votesLoading...
#17 - A Reason to Protect
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/22/2019
Kamijo begins second-guessing himself after Fiamma's rebuke. Hamazura fights to protect the village from privateers. The fighting between Britain and France ramps up. Accelerator lashes out at Kamijo over Last Order's condition.
Director: N/A
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- 7.1/1029 votesLoading...
#18 - The Star of B'Tselem
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 3/1/2019
Accelerator begins finding clues about the parchment he is carrying. Hamazura and Digurv find an unexpected ally in Acqua. Takitsubo receives some welcome news from Elizalina. Kamijo and Lessar attempt to infiltrate Fiamma's base.
Director: N/A
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- 7.1/1031 votesLoading...
#19 - List of Prohibited Books (Index)
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/22/2019
Kazakiri advises Accelerator about the song Index once sang to treat Last Order. Hamazura has a surprise encounter. Lessar offers a proposition to Sasha. The long-awaited showdown between Kamijo and Fiamma takes a drastic turn.
Director: N/A
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- 7.0/1087 votesLoading...
#20 - Innocentius (The Witch Hunter King)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2008
The magician reveal himself as Stiyl Magnus and explain that his partner Kaori unintentionally hurt Index as her Magical garb was suppose to stop the blow and his mission to 'protect' Index or actually the Index-Librorum-Prohibitorum, the 103,000 books implanted in her mind as she possess photographic memory. Toma, angered by Stiyl's ill treatment of Index attacks him and he counterattack by using Fire magic but is surprised when Toma nullify s the spell. Styil then summons a fire creature named Innocentius which Toma can't stop as the creature keeps regenerating itself from his attacks. It is only when Index other personality, John's pen mode, reveals the creatures powers comes from Runes place around the building that Toma is able improvise and defeat Innocentius and Stiyl using the sprinklers to destroy the Runes as they were on paper and rescue Index.
Director: N/A
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- 7.0/1075 votesLoading...
#21 - Limit (12 o'clock)
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2008
Touma tries desperately to save Index's memories before it is too late.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1066 votesLoading...
#22 - Friends (Hyoka Kazakiri)
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/12/2009
Tōma stops and successfully destroys Sherry's golem with Imagine Breaker. When she summons another one,Tōma coordinates with the Anti-Skills to put her on the defensive. Sherry attempts a simultaneous summoning of Ellis, destroying the ground beneath her and escaping. Wondering why Sherry would turn to escape so quickly when her target, Hyōka, was right in front of her causes Tōma to realize that her true target was Index all along. Chasing after a runaway Sphinx, Index is attacked by Ellis. At first she is able to hold her own against the remote controlled Ellis by interfering with the control mechanism, when Ellis switches to automated control things turn worse. Index can only call Tōma's name as Ellis prepares to crush her.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1044 votesLoading...
#23 - Route Disturb (Pursuit Inhibited)
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/2010
As Toma and his group try to track down Oriana, they discover that a “Shorthand”—a specialized spell that operates on its own once being cast—is shorting out their magic. But before they can deactivate it, an incident happens at the middle school.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1038 votesLoading...
#24 - Serial Number (Specimen Number)
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/11/2011
Laura is confronted with a confidential memo during her bath time, Toma buys Mikasa 10032 a piece of jewelry, and many old enemies come together in the search for Last Order.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1039 votesLoading...
#25 - The Researcher (Amata Kihara)
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/18/2011
Accelerator attempts to make amends for his past by doing a few good deeds, but ends up attacked by a group led by someone from his past. Meanwhile, Toma discovers strange goings-ons in the police force and overhears talk of an intruder in Academy City.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of A Certain Magical Index
Every episode of A Certain Magical Index ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of A Certain Magical Index!
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Top Episode Ratings Summary
"The Governing Board" is the best rated episode of "A Certain Magical Index". It scored 7.5/10 based on 31 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/25/2019. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dark Matter".