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Touma Kamijou is a student living in Academy City, a highly advanced place in terms of technology. Despite being gauged as a level zero esper (no powers), he possesses on his right hand the Imagine

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    A Certain Magical Index Season 2 Episode 15 - Queen's Fleet
    5.2/10(54 votes)

    #1 - Queen's Fleet

    S2:E15

    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:Unknown

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  2. A Certain Magical Index Season 2 Episode 2 - The Book of Law
    5.5/10(67 votes)

    #2 - The Book of Law

    S2:E2

    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:Unknown

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  3. A Certain Magical Index Season 1 Episode 17 - The Power of God (Archangel)
    6.0/10(85 votes)

    #3 - The Power of God (Archangel)

    S1:E17

    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:Unknown

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  4. A Certain Magical Index Season 2 Episode 14 - City of Water
    6.4/10(51 votes)

    #4 - City of Water

    S2:E14

    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:Unknown

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  5. A Certain Magical Index Season 2 Episode 16 - Rosary of the Appointed Time
    6.4/10(47 votes)

    #5 - Rosary of the Appointed Time

    S2:E16

    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:Unknown

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  6. A Certain Magical Index Season 1 Episode 15 - Angel Fall (Angel Fall)
    6.6/10(84 votes)

    #6 - Angel Fall (Angel Fall)

    S1:E15

    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:Tamaki Nakatsu
    Writer:Seishi Minakami

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  7. A Certain Magical Index Season 1 Episode 7 - The Science Cult (Misawa Cram School)
    6.7/10(88 votes)

    #7 - The Science Cult (Misawa Cram School)

    S1:E7

    Stiyl and Touma join forces to investigate the mysterious Misawa Cram School.

    Director:Hiroshi Nishikiori
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. A Certain Magical Index Season 1 Episode 14 - Weakest vs. Strongest (Strongest vs. Weakest)
    6.8/10(89 votes)

    #8 - Weakest vs. Strongest (Strongest vs. Weakest)

    S1:E14

    Touma faces off against Accelerator for the sake of Misaka and her 'sisters'.

    Director:Hiroshi Nishikiori
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. A Certain Magical Index Season 1 Episode 16 - Toya Kamijo (Father)
    6.8/10(83 votes)

    #9 - Toya Kamijo (Father)

    S1:E16

    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:Unknown

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  10. A Certain Magical Index Season 1 Episode 19 - Last Order (The End)
    6.8/10(85 votes)

    #10 - Last Order (The End)

    S1:E19

    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:Unknown

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  11. A Certain Magical Index Season 1 Episode 21 - Counter Stop (Identity Unknown)
    6.8/10(77 votes)

    #11 - Counter Stop (Identity Unknown)

    S1:E21

    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:Satoru Nishizono

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  12. A Certain Magical Index Season 2 Episode 10 - Shorthand (Stenographic Sourebook)
    6.8/10(51 votes)

    #12 - Shorthand (Stenographic Sourebook)

    S2:E10

    With the Shorthand cancelled, Stiyl uses his magic to locate Oriana, causing a fight to erupt. In London, Laura learns that Oriana’s deal might not be for the Stab Sword, but for something else entirely.

    Director:Hiroshi Nishikiori
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. A Certain Magical Index Season 2 Episode 12 - Belvedere (The Observatory)
    6.8/10(47 votes)

    #13 - Belvedere (The Observatory)

    S2:E12

    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:Unknown

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  14. A Certain Magical Index Season 1 Episode 10 - Mikoto Misaka (Sissy)
    6.9/10(92 votes)

    #14 - Mikoto Misaka (Sissy)

    S1:E10

    Touma spends some time with Misaka Mikoto and makes a strange discovery.

    Director:Hiroshi Nishikiori
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. A Certain Magical Index Season 1 Episode 13 - Accelerator (One Way)
    6.9/10(87 votes)

    #15 - Accelerator (One Way)

    S1:E13

    Misaka and Touma hatch a plan to defeat Accelerator and end the experiment.

    Director:Hiroshi Nishikiori
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. A Certain Magical Index Season 1 Episode 22 - Golem (Stone Figure)
    6.9/10(80 votes)

    #16 - Golem (Stone Figure)

    S1:E22

    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:Unknown

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  17. A Certain Magical Index Season 1 Episode 24 - Imaginary Number School District - Five-Element Agency
    6.9/10(84 votes)

    #17 - Imaginary Number School District - Five-Element Agency

    S1:E24

    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:Tamaki Nakatsu
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. A Certain Magical Index Season 2 Episode 3 - The Amakusa Church
    6.9/10(57 votes)

    #18 - The Amakusa Church

    S2:E3

    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:Unknown

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  19. A Certain Magical Index Season 2 Episode 4 - Sheol Fear (Voice of the Magicbane)
    6.9/10(57 votes)

    #19 - Sheol Fear (Voice of the Magicbane)

    S2:E4

    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:Unknown

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  20. A Certain Magical Index Season 2 Episode 8 - The Daihasei Festival
    6.9/10(55 votes)

    #20 - The Daihasei Festival

    S2:E8

    It’s the Daihasei Festival, and everyone’s parents are in town! As Toma and Mikoto compete against each other in various events, a Roman Orthodox magician and her assistant negotiate to purchase a powerful relic from the English Puritan Church.

    Director:Hiroshi Nishikiori
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. A Certain Magical Index Season 2 Episode 9 - Route Disturb (Pursuit Inhibited)
    6.9/10(54 votes)

    #21 - Route Disturb (Pursuit Inhibited)

    S2:E9

    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:Unknown

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  22. A Certain Magical Index Season 3 Episode 1 - Unrest
    6.9/10(58 votes)

    #22 - Unrest

    S3:E1

    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

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  23. A Certain Magical Index Season 1 Episode 1 - Academy City
    7.0/10(122 votes)

    #23 - Academy City

    S1:E1

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Masanao Akahoshi

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  24. A Certain Magical Index Season 1 Episode 4 - Perfect Memory Ability
    7.0/10(97 votes)

    #24 - Perfect Memory Ability

    S1:E4

    Touma learns the truth about Index's perfect memorization and her loss of memories.

    Director:Hiroshi Nishikiori
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. A Certain Magical Index Season 1 Episode 5 - Limit (12 o'clock)
    7.0/10(91 votes)

    #25 - Limit (12 o'clock)

    S1:E5

    Touma tries desperately to save Index's memories before it is too late.

    Director:Hiroshi Nishikiori
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Queen's Fleet" is the worst rated episode of "A Certain Magical Index". It scored 5.2/10 based on 54 votes. Directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/21/2011. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Book of Law".