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新約 とある魔術の禁書目録 [Shin'yaku Toaru Majutsu no Index] #15
新約 とある魔術の禁書目録 15 [Shin'yaku Toaru Majutsu no Index 15]
「ぼくの『理想送り（ワールドリジェクター）』ときみの『幻想殺し（イマジンブレイカー）』。ぶつかったらどっちが勝つのかな？」
神をも凌駕する右手を持つ少年二人の激突から一夜明け。
上条当麻と上里翔流は、譲れない想いを胸に、学校の食堂で献立片手に睨み合う!?
説明しよう。魔神・僧正の暴走により学校を破壊された上条は、留年阻止のため別の学校に通うことに。そこには非常に頼りないミニマム生徒会長女子・ビクビクウサギさんと、因縁の相手である上里がいて……!?
世界を賭けた戦いよりも留年の脅威を感じ、それどころではない上条。一方の上里も、なぜかフレンドリーに接してくる。これは意外にも熱き友情路線にルート変更か？ と感じた刹那。
街に半裸レインコートの少女が現れた。
少女は、圧倒的な力で学園都市の超能力者（レベル５）たちを手玉に取っていく……！
その半裸少女の正体は、謎の第三勢力……ではなく、あの上里さえも畏怖する妹・去鳴（サロメ）で――!?
神をも凌駕する右手を持つ少年二人の激突から一夜明け。
上条当麻と上里翔流は、譲れない想いを胸に、学校の食堂で献立片手に睨み合う!?
説明しよう。魔神・僧正の暴走により学校を破壊された上条は、留年阻止のため別の学校に通うことに。そこには非常に頼りないミニマム生徒会長女子・ビクビクウサギさんと、因縁の相手である上里がいて……!?
世界を賭けた戦いよりも留年の脅威を感じ、それどころではない上条。一方の上里も、なぜかフレンドリーに接してくる。これは意外にも熱き友情路線にルート変更か？ と感じた刹那。
街に半裸レインコートの少女が現れた。
少女は、圧倒的な力で学園都市の超能力者（レベル５）たちを手玉に取っていく……！
その半裸少女の正体は、謎の第三勢力……ではなく、あの上里さえも畏怖する妹・去鳴（サロメ）で――!?
- GenresLight NovelFantasy
440 pages, Paperback
First published April 9, 2016
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Kazuma Kamachi
240 books152 followersKamachi Kazuma (鎌池和馬) is a Japanese-born light novel author and the original creator of the Toaru Majutsu no Index light novel series and Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, its spin-off manga series.
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November 18, 2021
Alright ..... This was definitely the volume that changed my mind the most in the middle of the reading.
I really appreciate how Index can easily change a reader's opinion of some volume, whether for good or for bad...
Remember how some schools adopted a generalized configuration of putting several areas together and averaging between them? As "science", which includes biology, chemistry and physics. So, this technique can actually be interpreted as good for both sides... For the work of some lazy professors, which turned out to be easier to coordinate with a general mass of subjects than individual ones. On the other hand, we have students, who have less chance of failing if their qualities manage to alleviate their negative points.
With that, imagine yourself as a student who has just received your report card. You slowly open the report card, find yourself excited by the good grades you got in the visible part of the report... You go further down and see that your grades have increased and now they were amazing and you feel insurmountable. Of course, at least you kept it that way, until the real bomb arrived.
Finally excited, you open the entire newsletter and see the rest of your notes .... They were terrible
and still persisting in hope, you finally decided to add your strengths to your minuses, and in the end, becoming mediocre.....You won't be flunked, but at the same time, you won't be praised.
I think that defines well what this volume was...... It was really fun to go through the "slice of lifes" with no depth, just a good light comedy. As a few more pages go by, the quality increases, with some very well structured dialogues between Kamijou and Kamisato, with the addition of a good monologue by Misaka Mikoto.
Of course, it would be a very good volume, at least until the bomb arrives... Salome
Like a bomb, it is not content to take just its objective with it, but all the terrain, small particles and living beings without any involvement in the real fight. When it arrives, it seems that all the characters' perception disappears, they don't think straight anymore, the narrative becomes rushed and not as conclusive, leaving many parts cut off. Furthermore, action scenes look poorly coordinated and their presence makes the environment completely distorted and ugly.
Later on, this distorted environment proves to be a deliberate technique by the author and serves as a great plot twist, but.... In the end the environment was so distorted that even if the author tries to clean it, the landscape will never return to that beauty before.
The problems continue to arise.... Some monologues here in Touma become quite boring and only serve to fill the script with content, almost like a person who forgot his shopping list at home and decides to fill his cart with random items. The author is not content to force Touma like an idiot to make comedy, but he also does the same for serious parts of the script, which are hard to digest and seem like amateur tactics that distort the true professionalism of the script and writing (Some people say that Index has always been like that, but they will be definitely stupid statements... The Deus Ex Macchina of Index is very well done, as the world projects itself for the functioning of this Ex Macchina, without creating discrepancies. Furthermore, it will rarely be really forced, like in parts where the timing seems pretty convenient.). In fact, Kamisato's harem becomes even less explored and functions more as a symbol of his existence and as a point of salvation for Kamisato. To end the freak show, the fights end up taking too long, and what should be short and thick fights are forced to be longer while the lines take over the volume..
In the end, when comparing the strengths and the negatives, it becomes a volume that I wouldn't be proud to have read, but also, I wouldn't belittle myself for wasting my time. It's an OK volume, no biggie. He has enough good points not to become bad, but he also has enough bad points that he can't be good.
EXTRA NOTE 1: Well, at least that's my opinion.... Incidentally, Salome had an interesting concept of criticizing society for having already gone too deep into its rotten parts. It's interesting, but poorly explored because of the chief position the character assumes (About her being a ######) and as much as the author tries to make her less evil because her works aren't really THAT evil , her other selfish acts and yanderes don't fit in well with the statement...... She's a cute yandere loli, who shouldn't have the "cute" part built in.
EXTRA NOTE 2: I'll really be stunned if the next volumes are any worse than this... I mean, Kamisato arc (Volume 14-17) is known as a great descending quality slide and I hope that's not true. Well, at least after Kamisato Arc, we will have Corozon (Volume 18-22R), which is said to be one of the best, IF NOT the best, arcs so far.
EXTRA NOTE 3: Now, for the character list that Kamijou Touma won't remember... Besides Shokuhou Misaki, now we have Akinawa Mitch- Wait, what was her name again?
EXTRA NOTE 4: HImegami Aisa, where are you!? ; (
I really appreciate how Index can easily change a reader's opinion of some volume, whether for good or for bad...
Remember how some schools adopted a generalized configuration of putting several areas together and averaging between them? As "science", which includes biology, chemistry and physics. So, this technique can actually be interpreted as good for both sides... For the work of some lazy professors, which turned out to be easier to coordinate with a general mass of subjects than individual ones. On the other hand, we have students, who have less chance of failing if their qualities manage to alleviate their negative points.
With that, imagine yourself as a student who has just received your report card. You slowly open the report card, find yourself excited by the good grades you got in the visible part of the report... You go further down and see that your grades have increased and now they were amazing and you feel insurmountable. Of course, at least you kept it that way, until the real bomb arrived.
Finally excited, you open the entire newsletter and see the rest of your notes .... They were terrible
and still persisting in hope, you finally decided to add your strengths to your minuses, and in the end, becoming mediocre.....You won't be flunked, but at the same time, you won't be praised.
I think that defines well what this volume was...... It was really fun to go through the "slice of lifes" with no depth, just a good light comedy. As a few more pages go by, the quality increases, with some very well structured dialogues between Kamijou and Kamisato, with the addition of a good monologue by Misaka Mikoto.
Of course, it would be a very good volume, at least until the bomb arrives... Salome
Like a bomb, it is not content to take just its objective with it, but all the terrain, small particles and living beings without any involvement in the real fight. When it arrives, it seems that all the characters' perception disappears, they don't think straight anymore, the narrative becomes rushed and not as conclusive, leaving many parts cut off. Furthermore, action scenes look poorly coordinated and their presence makes the environment completely distorted and ugly.
Later on, this distorted environment proves to be a deliberate technique by the author and serves as a great plot twist, but.... In the end the environment was so distorted that even if the author tries to clean it, the landscape will never return to that beauty before.
The problems continue to arise.... Some monologues here in Touma become quite boring and only serve to fill the script with content, almost like a person who forgot his shopping list at home and decides to fill his cart with random items. The author is not content to force Touma like an idiot to make comedy, but he also does the same for serious parts of the script, which are hard to digest and seem like amateur tactics that distort the true professionalism of the script and writing (Some people say that Index has always been like that, but they will be definitely stupid statements... The Deus Ex Macchina of Index is very well done, as the world projects itself for the functioning of this Ex Macchina, without creating discrepancies. Furthermore, it will rarely be really forced, like in parts where the timing seems pretty convenient.). In fact, Kamisato's harem becomes even less explored and functions more as a symbol of his existence and as a point of salvation for Kamisato. To end the freak show, the fights end up taking too long, and what should be short and thick fights are forced to be longer while the lines take over the volume..
In the end, when comparing the strengths and the negatives, it becomes a volume that I wouldn't be proud to have read, but also, I wouldn't belittle myself for wasting my time. It's an OK volume, no biggie. He has enough good points not to become bad, but he also has enough bad points that he can't be good.
EXTRA NOTE 1: Well, at least that's my opinion.... Incidentally, Salome had an interesting concept of criticizing society for having already gone too deep into its rotten parts. It's interesting, but poorly explored because of the chief position the character assumes (About her being a ######) and as much as the author tries to make her less evil because her works aren't really THAT evil , her other selfish acts and yanderes don't fit in well with the statement...... She's a cute yandere loli, who shouldn't have the "cute" part built in.
EXTRA NOTE 2: I'll really be stunned if the next volumes are any worse than this... I mean, Kamisato arc (Volume 14-17) is known as a great descending quality slide and I hope that's not true. Well, at least after Kamisato Arc, we will have Corozon (Volume 18-22R), which is said to be one of the best, IF NOT the best, arcs so far.
EXTRA NOTE 3: Now, for the character list that Kamijou Touma won't remember... Besides Shokuhou Misaki, now we have Akinawa Mitch- Wait, what was her name again?
EXTRA NOTE 4: HImegami Aisa, where are you!? ; (
May 11, 2023
This vol gives some interesting foreshadowing for Mikoto future development. But as far as I've heard, the development hasn't happened yet, even though it's been 10 whole new vols since this one
Disappointed but not surprised :D
Side note, Aleister's appearance in the streets is kinda cool. Good to know he can walk normally and not have ti move around in a fish tank with wheels
Disappointed but not surprised :D
Side note, Aleister's appearance in the streets is kinda cool. Good to know he can walk normally and not have ti move around in a fish tank with wheels
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January 31, 2021
Salome is cool but she sure doesn't kill much for someone labelled as a mass murderer.
Seeing Touma and Kamisato interact without trying to kill each other is very fun.
Seeing Touma and Kamisato interact without trying to kill each other is very fun.
March 7, 2022
my best 7/10
September 7, 2025
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