Not as explosive as our first introduction to the anime back then, but it did the job, and my god, Celty is as adorable as always. Miyuki Sawashiro is still one of the best.
The parts with good ol' Mikado and Anri were slow as hell, but that's the idea. It's basically Mikado's way of going "everything is ok and will stay that way... right?" Now to see how big the NOPE the world slaps him with will be (Not spoiling anything, it's just the impression I got).
Also, I must mention:
-Loli! With the most yakuza looking dude I've ever seen! Oh boy, can't wait for people to start hating the series for this one reason only.
-Goddammit, Miyuki. What are you doing in the cool crew's van?
-Kadota summarizes the viewpoint of all Index fans in a single sentence.
-New Index comes out in two months? ...whoa
Now, that's meta. I think?
-HOLY...! It's two months exact!
-While watching the episode, I failed to notice the thing in Emilia's head was a mask like Shingen's. I feel dumb.
-On a related subject, we got a whole crazy family now! And the parents love to tease Celty. Beautiful
-That preview. Kururi and Maiko will be something to look our for, I know it.