To Aru Majutsu no Index LN - New Testament Volume 22 Discussion / Poll

[Kairin]

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Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index 22
Author: Kamachi Kazuma
Illustrator: Haimura Kiyotaka
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Pages: 536
ISBN　978-4-04-912385-2

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[Kuroageha]

Spoiler for preview:

When you abuse "death" it loses the impact and value it's supposed to carry.
Now let's wait and see what will Kamachi use to surprise the reader and bring him back.

[Doe, John]

I personally suspect that:

Spoiler:

This is an illusion of some sort. After all, Coronzon has repeatedly been shown to be a liar.

[DragonXX]

Originally Posted by Kuroageha

Spoiler for preview:

When you abuse "death" it loses the impact and value it's supposed to carry.
Now let's wait and see what will Kamachi use to surprise the reader and bring him back.

Spoiler for spoiler:

The different is that Touma really did die but there at least 3 Magic Gods, even if there power is Nerf that could work together to revive him.

[devil_slayer]

Touma died!

Again...

Getting tired of all those Touma deaths, and the fact that Othinus was with him should mean she was obliterated as well. Now we wait for what BS they will pull to bring Touma back.

[Wandering Soul]

I'm more surprised that Kamachi pretty much debunked those Nuit and Hadit theory with just one line in the beginning of the volume.

[Keila]

Originally Posted by devil_slayer

Now we wait for what BS they will pull to bring Touma back.

Speculation: 7 magical orbs, each inscribed with their own unique symbols that need to be gathered from various places around the world, which will result in a DRAGON summoning, 1-upping Coronzon and resulting in the manifestation of 3 physical bodies.

[rladls2121]

Shiage, i wonder if Acqua of the Back will meet him again?

[Chosen_Hero]

So basically Kamachi had to remove Touma for the time being so Accelerator and Hamazura had some of the spotlight for a bit, like he has done a few times by now.

Originally Posted by Keila

Speculation: 7 magical orbs, each inscribed with their own unique symbols that need to be gathered from various places around the world, which will result in a DRAGON summoning, 1-upping Coronzon and resulting in the manifestation of 3 physical bodies.

Or maybe a golden lamp with a genie inside of it, or Kamachi could just get Fairy Tails' mangaka to write the volume.

[Hiss13]

That's definitely a way to start the book off. I went from having no idea where this was going to go to having even less of an idea.

Originally Posted by Wandering Soul

I'm more surprised that Kamachi pretty much debunked those Nuit and Hadit theory with just one line in the beginning of the volume.

Tougal and Lolonzon will fuse. Qliphah agrees with me. Fake News.

[Requiem-x]

Yeah, that's some start, I'd say!

Guess I'm not quite as jaded with Index since that was a genuine shock to me.

[KiharaRonin]

I've been a fan for awhile now and this was a genuine shock to me. Kamachi has had characters fake death before, but this was quite shocking indeed.

To be honest, I don't mind if Touma comes back (Hell, I'd want him to, I've come to more than love his character at some point), because not only will a "coming back to life" story be unique for Index, but it'll hopefully have a great impact on him as a character and I wanna see how that goes down. So while I don't like the meaning of death being abused, but if the way he returns is interesting, I'll still enjoy it.

Can't wait to see how our heroes beat Coronzon and what exactly will happen to her by the end, besides Hama forcing her to fix his harem.

[Callum18]

Originally Posted by KiharaRonin

I've been a fan for awhile now and this was a genuine shock to me. Kamachi has had characters fake death before, but this was quite shocking indeed.

To be honest, I don't mind if Touma comes back (Hell, I'd want him to, I've come to more than love his character at some point), because not only will a "coming back to life" story be unique for Index, but it'll hopefully have a great impact on him as a character and I wanna see how that goes down. So while I don't like the meaning of death being abused, but if the way he returns is interesting, I'll still enjoy it.

Can't wait to see how our heroes beat Coronzon and what exactly will happen to her by the end, besides Hama forcing her to fix his harem.

I'm kind of hoping NT does not have the bad end with Coronzon winning. After the long and crazy ride NT has been. Ending NT on a lost would be upsetting to see.

Wonder if Touma really is Shugal or Hadit with him getting sent to the Abyss? Won't shock me if Touma rises from the Abyss on Christmas Day.

[Keila]

Originally Posted by KiharaRonin

To be honest, I don't mind if Touma comes back (Hell, I'd want him to, I've come to more than love his character at some point), because not only will a "coming back to life" story be unique for Index, but it'll hopefully have a great impact on him as a character and I wanna see how that goes down. So while I don't like the meaning of death being abused, but if the way he returns is interesting, I'll still enjoy it.

I may have a faulty memory here, but did he not 'die' (repeatedly) when Othinus was messing with him? I know he suffered greatly, horribly, at least 10,031 times (which, is how many Misaka clones died isn't it?). I mean, he says " I’ve been analyzing you all this time. While you killed me again and again" so I can only assume he actually dies.



I wonder if we're going to be stuck with a mini Coronzon as a counter-part to Othinus, sitting on Touma's shoulder.

[dniv]

Pretty sure this is the first time Touma died completely and was removed from existence along with IB in this series. Like, when Touma dies, IB is supposed to switch its partner to someone else. So this is new. Very new. I'm curious to see where he's going with this lol.

Obviously, it's temporary, but I'm enjoying it nonetheless. This was really awesome and I can't wait for the rest of it.

My real question is the following: Is this the last volume of NT? The summary sorta made it sound like it was. Is this the end of the series? The end of NT? It would make sense for it to be the end of NT since it IS volume 22. But, obviously, I would hope for more afterward.

The best part of this though isn't about him dying--it's the fact that Misaka and Misaki were there to see it. That's new. Best girl will be decided based on their reactions.

[Requiem-x]

Originally Posted by dniv

The best part of this though isn't about him dying--it's the fact that Misaka and Misaki were there to see it. That's new. Best girl will be decided based on their reactions.

Yeah, that was my first thought. That's gonna get ugly

[Router25]

They're benching Touma to let Accelerator and Hamazura do the work.
In a sense, Touma's been "sent to a different dimension".

[Chosen_Hero]

This is about as close to a vacation that Touma is ever going to get.

[Marina2]

Heh...

[Kuroageha]

If It was an arm it would have a different shape.