The 6th episode of To Aru Majutsu no Index II abandons the nun service pre-eminent in earlier episodes, instead adopting Railgun-esque saucy Mikoto/Kuroko bathing scenes thanks to the onset of an arc starring Tokiwadai Middle School’s Mikoto and Kuroko.
Six episodes in, the show has now roughly hit the full-quarter mark of the expected 2 cour-length season, and with that much time left a reasonable expectation for future episodes would be something about four episodes for this new arc, followed by some of To Aru Majutsu’s plentiful filler-ish minor side plots before returning to another major arc.
Sphinx in the above shot displays a facial expression close to what a real-life staredown from a hungry pet cat happens to look like.
Touma and Index take a rest from most of this episode.
Tokiwadai’s luxurious student bathing facilities.
Mikoto:
Unfortunately, the fog runs thick in the TV broadcast version.
Kuroko:
A handy Japanese word to know: 谷間 / tanima, meaning “valley”, “ravine” or even “cleavage”, referring specifically to the valley-like depths so integral to much late-night anime.
Mikoto and Kuroko probably aren’t the ideal models to show off the “valley,” but they still make for a interesting example:
Kuroko almost looks too big from this side angle…
Several of these shots could’ve easily been fogged to be reserved for the eventual home releases, so it’s a good thing that Index II’s censorship has been as lax as it has been so far.
“U.S. Space Shuttle Launch Successful”
The use of the kanji 米 / bei, or “rice”, for the Untied States above has an interesting concept behind it; the Japanese system of ateji, the use of kanji purely for their sounds rather than what the character actually means, assigned many foreign countries’ names haphazard kanji prior to the 20th century.
As odd as an Oriental country naming any Western country after “rice” is, there are even odder ones – the kanji for France is 仏, or “Buddha.”
Kuroko shopping for for even more lingerie.
Awaki Musujime, the show’s appealingly attired latest introduction.
Awaki is voiced by 櫻井浩美 / Harumi Sakurai, a relative rookie seiyuu with a very sparse history, but with the distinction of having done the significant role of Angel Beat’s SSS-dan chief, Yuri (aka Yurippe).
Last Order makes an appearance too, accompanied in the same bathroom by her guardian Accelerator:
This bathroom scene (the episode’s third so far by the 14:00 mark) goes on for a huge amount of screentime (over three minutes!), so there’s literally several dozen shots of charmingly flat Kuroko lovingly depicted.
The railgun effects are a step-up from most of To Aru Kagaku’s, and certainly the first Index season’s, and are animated quite beautifully.
The above pose had a blurry/glare effect running down the screen, so this is actually one of the clearest views of the electro effects available with just a screenshot.
As is typical for the first episode of a new arc in this series, this episode actually had a relatively small amount of action.
An imouto appears!
Luckily, the imouto seem to provide service much more readily than their primogenitor:
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Studio FOW Short Totally Tentacular
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Skimpy Elf Bikini Cosplay by Saku Supremely Sexy
Gothic Lolita Hatsune Miku Cosplay Busts Out
Delectable Dizzy Cosplay by Lechat
Dark Elf Cosplay by Non Very Dark Indeed
Titillating Tamako Cosplay Perfectly Pink
Goddess of 2ch: “Full of Lust & Urges (& Also Videos)!”
Raunchy Reisen Inaba Cosplay by Tsuyato
Haruhi Bunny Girl Cosplay Rocks Out
Youmu Ero-Cosplay by Madoka Adachi Deadly Sexy
Comiket 89 Cosplay Sickeningly Sweet
Despite the fanservice this episode delivered plenty of plot and action.
like always.
Yes. No sarcasm there either. Funny how it could do it with all that deliciousness contained therein! ^_^
An Imouto appears.
Imouto uses Disrobe.
It's super effective!
Gotta catch them all! :3
Uiharu! <3
Throughout this episode, I kept wondering, "Why does Kuroko have boobs now?" I liked her better when she was ultra flat. D:
Railgun > Index
I like both, but, yeah, I have to agree. Railgun is better.
Its all about character chemistry my friend. Touma and Index can't beat the Mikoto and Kuroko pair. From a Type B anime fan, if the characters are enjoyable then the story will work out fine.
Agreed, this is the first episode so far that I really liked.
First episode that I really enjoyed, and of course Kuroko and Misaka were the main leads...
Superior characters and none of that cliche Touma is our hero bullshit. Railgun is what should have got that 2nd season.
Aiwaki >> Kuroko
Accelerator >> Mikoto
Plot >> Fanservice
For this episode:
Awaki >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kuroko
/runs.
never watched index, i feel ashamed but i will soon.
love the bathroom scene. delicous skin yummmy :)
In my opinion, Index and Railgun are not different from others J.C. Staff works based on Light Novels.
Pic #10 - My Kuroko can't be this big! ^_^
Pretty sure the big part is her elbow. The rest of it is as expected.
I'm not fan of such skinny bodies but the bondage gear as quite appeal.
her DFC is a lie!
girl is still growing...
Just happy to see them again ^^
I bet that creepy otaku that destroyed his Index collection has gone to hang himself or something =)
Heheh. Naked Kuroko, Biribiri, Imouto and Last Order all in one glorious episode. :3
Too bad it's (a bit) censored. I wonder, is it a new fad in Japan to enter the bath tub with a towel?
Don't forget naked Accelerator... oh wait...
i wonder why people rated that girl down now. just because she stated that. at leats it didnt fail like kuroshitsuji II. in order to include fanservice for male audience like me, they totally overused that especially with hannah, she got so dammn annoying with that and it felt so unnaturally. also if they wanted to bring fanservice for us male audience there why only one charactre for that, alos with thta ridicilously big boobs? shouldve included a loli for that at least.
at least us girls get some fan service in normal non-bishounen anime lol not that it really matters
@Yoshii-kun He'll be trying to stick the DVDs back together.
I'll watch this episode just for them.
Bring back Railgun II and forget that Index crap.
Same here, I just like the science side. FOR SCIENCE!!! You monster.
i feel ashamed i missed rail gun and started in index i need to start from rail gun... someone smack me
eh you actually did it right.. its true thta railgun starts before index in the timeline, but its a mere side story so theres really no probloem with watching them in this order, like i also did. railgun alos has a lot of stuff that leaves an impression when you watched index I , like index's and toumas random appearances or that you know how touma and mikotos story is going to be and that he los his memory at some point and stuff
Glad we get to see Kuroko again! Gotta love her DFC and Mikoto's hot ass!
I can't get enough of Kuroko, Mikoto, and her DFC clones...
Kuroko is one lucky person to have so much Biribiris~
A Certain Kinky Lesbian Teleporter?
needs more yuri dammit
Got to see pussy in 2 of the pics.
Yes Anon got to love Pussy *cat*.
It's a banquet of DFC...
Is it wrong for me to follow the legendary "Internet is for porn" theme? Because if it is... too late.
Quen's in-depth articles explaining textual things in anime that would be impossible to notice for me otherwise will keep me tied to this site for as long as they keep appearing.
Thank you for the vote of confidence!
I never expect more than a handful of readers to actually read my silly tangents, so it's nice to hear from one of the few of you. ^^
I read them all but usually don't have much to say - but this time I agree with Nin - they're pretty insightful and more than a bit apt. ^^
tits on my kuroko,she certainly was a true flat chested princess but now she seemed to grow some tits.
I guess, Touma probably gonna appear and save the day as usual....
Someone just shoot him... pretty please?
Well, the main character of this particular anime is him, even though it's got Index's name in the title...but I don't mind his part in it, as long as he isn't stupid like most guys in harem anime. Which he generally isn't.
JUDGEMENT DESU NO
I guess Mikoto and Kuroko only got a breast upgrade for the TV version.
They will be flat for the BluRay version again.
We'd appreciate it.
HEY! Its Ika Musume and Takeru!! They get a job as extras in Railgun? Good for them!
I'm trying to work out whether the "Untied States" above is a typo or not...
I'll assume it was another typo of mine, and I will not scroll up to check out of shame!
I like the "Untied States". ^_^
The Untied States are really coming apart these days...
So what happened? U.S. Civil War part II? ^_^
It is not a typo because those States are no longer tied together!
Also work on if his 'voiced by 櫻井浩美 / Harumi Sakurai, a relative rookie seiyuu' is sarcasm or not...
風音, a rookie???
Not a typo. Japanese people use that "kome" symbol to represent America because America is written as "beikoku" which can be literally seen as "rice country" in English (though I don't see much rice here >.> <.<). So it's correct in saying "American Spaceshuttle launches".
I was aware of her substantial game roles, but I did mean to say she was fairly inexperienced in TV/Movie/non-ero OVA roles.
I should've been clearer.
Sakurai Harumi A.K.A. Kazane is not a rookie,although the scarce line-up of her anime roles make her seem like one,try checking out her hentai/eroge roles...
Exactly what I was gonna post. 櫻井浩美 / Harumi Sakurai is rookie ANIME seiyuu, but she is NOT a rookie seiyuu at all.
She as 風音/kazane is a VERY well-known and experienced seiyuu...just not in the anime industry...
i think you missed his point. :)
but here's more random facts related to the topic:
most kanji country names are derived phonetically, though the choice of the specific characters might be distinctly related. another example: portugal - 葡 - ブ - wild grape
here are a few more (in their complete forms): http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/countrynames.html
Well, if it was Artefact posting, I would have concluded that fact was left out intentionally.
But since the author of this post is Quen, and considering his/her scratched record of having less-than-sufficient knowledge in this field...
...Kazane is NOT a rookie seiyuu...
If it is a typo it is on JCStaff's end, the translation is correct. I could see the US getting commissioned to repair/replace a weather satellite.