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The Worst Episodes of A Certain Magical Index

Every episode of A Certain Magical Index ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of A Certain Magical Index!

Kamijo is a student in Academy City, where people use science to develop supernatural abilities. The guy’s got a lot of heart – luckily for...
Genres:AnimationSci-Fi & FantasyComedyMystery
Networks:MBSAT-X
Episodes
74
Avg. Rating
6.9
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Queen's Fleet" is the worst rated episode of "A Certain Magical Index". It scored 5.1/10 based on 45 votes. Directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori and written by N/A, it aired on 1/21/2011. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Book of Law".

  • Queen's Fleet
    5.1/10(45)
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    #1 - Queen's Fleet

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 1/21/2011

    Agnese makes a deal with Toma and Orsola that guarantees their safe escape from the Roman Orthodox ship—so long as they take Sisters Angelene and Lucia with them. As they search for the nuns, they uncover more about the ship’s terrible true purpose.

    Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori

    Writer: N/A

  • The Book of Law
    5.2/10(58)
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    #2 - The Book of Law

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 10/15/2010

    The Book of Law is an encrypted grimoire that only one nun has the skills to decipher—and it’s gone missing! If its magic is ever used, it will bring about all sorts of ruin. Now, the church just has to keep the gifted nun safe. How hard can that be?

    Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori

    Writer: N/A

  • The Power of God (Archangel)
    5.8/10(73)
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    #3 - 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

  • Rosary of the Appointed Time
    6.3/10(38)
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    #4 - Rosary of the Appointed Time

    Season 2 Episode 16

    Aired 1/28/2011

    Toma goes head-to-head with Bishop Biagio during an attempt to rescue Agnese. As the battle rages, the Queen of the Adriatic Sea is revealed to be a ship that can completely destroy Academy City.

    Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori

    Writer: N/A

  • Angel Fall (Angel Fall)
    6.5/10(72)
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    #5 - 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

  • The Amakusa Church
    6.5/10(48)
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    #6 - The Amakusa Church

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 10/22/2010

    The battle over Orsola, the only nun who can read the Book of Law, continues as Toma is forced to act as an unwitting decoy. The Amakusa clash with church representatives, but the real culprit behind the plot might not be who Toma expected.

    Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori

    Writer: N/A

  • City of Water
    6.5/10(41)
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    #7 - City of Water

    Season 2 Episode 14

    Aired 1/14/2011

    After winning a trip to Italy, Toma and Index run across a few old acquaintances. But wherever these two go, disaster is sure to follow—this time in the form of assassins!

    Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori

    Writer: N/A

  • The Science Cult (Misawa Cram School)
    6.7/10(77)
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    #8 - 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

  • Toya Kamijo (Father)
    6.7/10(70)
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    #9 - 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

  • (Necessarius) The Church of Necessary Evil
    6.8/10(84)
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    #10 - (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

  • Perfect Memory Ability
    6.8/10(80)
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    #11 - 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

  • Accelerator (One Way)
    6.8/10(74)
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    #12 - 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

  • Last Order (The End)
    6.8/10(71)
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    #13 - 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

  • Imaginary Number School District - Five-Element Agency
    6.8/10(72)
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    #14 - 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

  • Sheol Fear (Voice of the Magicbane)
    6.8/10(47)
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    #15 - Sheol Fear (Voice of the Magicbane)

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Aired 10/29/2010

    With Orsola taken hostage, Toma and his gang take the battle to the church. There, Index unleashes a mighty spell. Things look bleak for the Roman Orthodox, but their willingness to sacrifice themselves might just give them the upper hand.

    Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori

    Writer: N/A

  • Lotus Wand
    6.8/10(46)
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    #16 - Lotus Wand

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 11/5/2010

    The Roman Orthodox nuns continue their attack as Orsola risks everything to have Index decipher the Book of Law. The infamous grimoire could help them finally defeat their enemies—but that’s only if it works like it's supposed to.

    Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori

    Writer: N/A

  • Belvedere (The Observatory)
    6.8/10(38)
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    #17 - Belvedere (The Observatory)

    Season 2 Episode 12

    Aired 12/24/2010

    Toma and Tsuchimikado investigate the history of a sacred artifact as they try to figure out what Oriana’s plan is. When they discover they have only until nightfall to stop her from enacting an evil plot, the battle for the future of Academy City begins!

    Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori

    Writer: N/A

  • Croce di Pietro (Apostolic Cross)
    6.8/10(38)
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    #18 - Croce di Pietro (Apostolic Cross)

    Season 2 Episode 13

    Aired 1/7/2011

    As Toma and the others come close to beating Oriana, the motivations behind her actions are finally revealed. But taking out Oriana might not be enough to stop her plot from reaching a catastrophic completion!

    Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori

    Writer: N/A

  • Penalty Game
    6.8/10(39)
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    #19 - Penalty Game

    Season 2 Episode 17

    Aired 2/4/2011

    Mikoto convinces Toma to sign up for a couples cell phone contract with her so she can get an adorable promotional item—but how far are the two willing to take the ruse before they get, well, maybe a little too close.

    Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori

    Writer: N/A

  • Serial Number (Specimen Number)
    6.8/10(39)
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    #20 - 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

  • Prewar
    6.8/10(37)
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    #21 - Prewar

    Season 2 Episode 23

    Aired 3/25/2011

    Accelerator is injured, but even in that state he’s approached by a city-employed organization that wants to recruit him. As rumors of an impending war spread throughout Academy City, the students in Toma’s class decide to throw a party.

    Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori

    Writer: N/A

  • Unrest
    6.8/10(49)
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    #22 - Unrest

    Season 3 Episode 1

    Aired 10/5/2018

    Since the September 30 attack on Academy City by The Right Seat of God's Vento of the Front, tensions grows between the Catholic Church and Academy City, with the latter's tightening their security. Tōma has an unlucky day where he gets bitten by a hungry Index, hit by a ball on the head by Seiri, accidentally sees his teacher Suama Oyafune removing her skirt and gets attacked by Mikoto after the latter discovers a selfie of him and her mother Misuzu in his phone. As he heads home, Tōma is forced to follow an old woman named Monaka Oyafune, Suama's mother, to an empty park. Monaka reveals to Tōma that she is one of Academy City's Board of Directors and fears the upcoming war and wants him to investigate whether the recent world wide protest against Academy City are really the work of the Catholic Church. Tsuchimikado appears and shoots Monaka, which the latter explains she ordered the former to shoot her to protect her family and satisfy the rest of the Pro-War Board of Directors for talking with Tōma behind their backs. Agreeing to work with her, Tōma follows Tsuchimikado as they head to Avignon, France via a supersonic jet.

    Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori

    Writer: Hiroyuki Yoshino

  • Academy City
    6.9/10(106)
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    #23 - Academy City

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 10/5/2008

    Kamijo meets Index, who is on the run from a magic society that wants the library of forbidden knowledge stored in her memory. Later, Kamijo is shocked to find Index at his house – bleeding and accompanied by a strange man.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Masanao Akahoshi

  • Innocentius (The Witch Hunter King)
    6.9/10(89)
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    #24 - Innocentius (The Witch Hunter King)

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 10/12/2008

    Kamijo tangles with Stiyl, upset with the magician’s rough behavior toward Index. When quick thinking allows Kamijo and Index to escape, they head to the one person that might be able to help them.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Limit (12 o'clock)
    6.9/10(77)
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    #25 - 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