6.8/10106 votes#1 - Academy City
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2008
Tōma Kamijō is chased by hooligans after he stops one of them from disturbing a girl. In reality he was trying save him as the girl is Level 5 Psychic Mikoto Misaka, who can control and generate electricity. After losing them, he meets Mikoto who wants a duel but he refuse citing he just a Level 0 psychic. Nevertheless, she "shoots" an electrical bolt at him but it is stop by Tōma right hand which has a power called Imagine Breaker. Angered, she attacks with a powerful lighting strike which only ends up causing a citywide blackout. The next morning, after lamenting his recent bad luck, he finds a young nun hanging outside of his veranda. After feeding her spoiled food, she introduces herself as Index, a nun from the Church of England and is being chase by magicians for she "possess" 103,000 grimoires. After both of them explain each other about their own worlds, Index doesn't believe that Tōma's right hand can nullify other powers while he doesn't believe magic exist. To test their proofs, Tōma use his powers on Index's magical garb which is unfortunately blown into pieces. After biting Tōma in revenge and fixing her garb, Index concludes that his powers are the cause of his bad luck, leaves and thanks him and he tells her to come again if she needs help. After coming back from summer classes, he meets Mikoto again who wants a rematch but when he refuse again, she stomps her foot in anger causing nearby electronics to go haywire including cleaning bots who sounds the alarm which forces both of them to quickly runaway. When he returns home, he finds Index laying on the ground bleeding and behind him a man who calls himself a magician.
Director: N/A
Writer: Masanao Akahoshi
6.8/1089 votes#2 - 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
Writer: N/A
6.8/1084 votes#3 - (Necessarius) The Church of Necessary Evil
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2008
While Komoe helps Index in healing her wounds using magic, Toma meets Stiyl's partner, Kaori Kanzaki and learns from her why they are hunting Index and the organization, Necessarius, The Church of Necessary Evil.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
6.7/1080 votes#4 - Perfect Memory Ability
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2008
Touma learns the truth about Index's perfect memorization and her loss of memories.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
6.9/1076 votes#5 - 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
6.9/1077 votes#6 - Imagine Breaker
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2008
Following the events of last episode and the activation of Index's defense mechanism Touma struggles to hide his amnesia from Index.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
6.6/1076 votes#7 - The Science Cult (Misawa Cram School)
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2008
Stiyl and Touma join forces to investigate the mysterious Misawa Cram School.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
6.7/1076 votes#8 - Ars Magna (Golden Transmutation)
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2008
Touma encounters Ars Magna the leader of Misawa Cram School and a man with his own connection to Index.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
6.8/1076 votes#9 - Deep Blood (Vampire Killer)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2008
Touma confronts Ars Magna in a dangerous battle to rescue both Index and Deep Blood.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
6.9/1079 votes#10 - Mikoto Misaka (Sissy)
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/2008
Touma spends some time with Misaka Mikoto and makes a strange discovery.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
6.9/1074 votes#11 - Sisters (Sisters)
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/2008
Touma goes in search of Misaka to investigate the clone experiment.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
6.9/1069 votes#12 - Level 6 (Absolute Ability)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/2008
Touma discovers the reason behind the experiment and appears to grow closer to Misaka.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
6.8/1073 votes#13 - Accelerator (One Way)
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/28/2008
Misaka and Touma hatch a plan to defeat Accelerator and end the experiment.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
6.8/1073 votes#14 - Weakest vs. Strongest (Strongest vs. Weakest)
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/2009
Touma faces off against Accelerator for the sake of Misaka and her 'sisters'.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
6.5/1071 votes#15 - Angel Fall (Angel Fall)
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/2009
Touma and Index head to the beach to avoid the fallout from Touma's fight with Accelerator. They also plan to meet Touma's Family but when they arrive they aren't quite what Touma was expecting.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
6.7/1069 votes#16 - Toya Kamijo (Father)
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/2009
The Angel Fall spell remains in effect with only Toma, Kanzaki, Misha and Tsuchimikado relatively unaffected. However, the person responsible for casting the spell remains a mystery. Misha quickly becomes the prime suspect after a strange conversation with Toma. But when Toma follows up on his hunch he discovers that the real culprit is not Misha but his own father. As such he hurries to reach his father before Misha and the other mages can confront him.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
5.7/1072 votes#17 - The Power of God (Archangel)
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/2009
After figuring out the truth of Misha’s real identity, Kanzaki sends Kamijo and Toya to destroy the ritual spot. When Tsuchimikado suggests that Toya must die for the spell to end, a violent – and seemingly fatal – encounter ensues.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
6.9/1066 votes#18 - Replica (Impostor)
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/2009
In order to shake off the unwanted attention she’s getting from Unabara, Misaka asks Kamijo to pretend to be her boyfriend. Things get complicated when the faux-couple discovers that Unabara is hiding a magical secret.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
6.7/1070 votes#19 - Last Order (The End)
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/2009
Accelerator meets the last of Misaka’s clones – Last Order – who explains the special role she played in the Sister experiment. Later, Accelerator learns what steps he’ll have to take to keep Last Order safe.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
6.8/1071 votes#20 - Virus Code (Final Signal)
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/19/2009
After Accelerator frees Last Order of the virus infecting her brain, he’s attacked by gun-wielding Amai. Just as all appears lost for Accelerator, Yoshikawa arrives to help – but Amai isn’t going down without a fight.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
6.9/1065 votes#21 - Counter Stop (Identity Unknown)
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/26/2009
School’s back in session and that means new transfer students – one of which is Index! In class, Komoe offers more insight into the realities of life as an esper – and a powerful new magical presence is detected in Academy City.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
6.9/1067 votes#22 - Golem (Stone Figure)
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/5/2009
Panic ensues in Academy City upon the arrival of the sorcerer Sherry Cromwell, who makes no secret of her plans to destroy Kazakiri! Kamijo steps up to ruin Sherry’s plot – but the situation is more complex than he knows.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
7.0/1066 votes#23 - 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
6.8/1071 votes#24 - Imaginary Number School District - Five-Element Agency
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/19/2009
Kamijo, Index and Kazakiri join forces to take on Ellis. When the battle ends, and with the support of Index, Kazakiri returns to the place of her origin. Later, Tsuchimikado ponders Aleister’s role in recent events.
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of A Certain Magical Index Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Academy City" is the best rated episode of "A Certain Magical Index" season 1. It scored 6.8/10 based on 106 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Masanao Akahoshi, it aired on 10/5/2008. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Innocentius (The Witch Hunter King)".