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The cafe scenes were far less boring than Stiyl droning on for 15 minutes about backstory crap that never becomes important because it always gets solved by the Imagine Breaker Fist of Justice anyway.

That's the real failure of Index. It has tons of background and exposition but the main character makes it all irrelevant.

I dont think thats the real failure of index and, which backstory become irrelevant due Imagine Breaker?

Index has been a bit of a disappointment for me.

From the 1st OP and ED of the 1st season, I was promised drama and action.

The drama part has been sub-standard, after the 1st arc Touma's and Index's character development effectively creased.

While Accelerator picked up the next arc, he disappeared after that. Leaving us with "monster of the week" fillers with little to no character development at all.

And frankly, Touma is quite boring... I don't feel interested in finding out what will happen to him next.
His archetype is over-used, and his fight scenes consist of 2 moves (IB + 1 punch KO).

@21:52

It trivializes things.

Stiyl can explain about how insane powerful something is.
In the end it doesn't matter because Imagine Breaker, which is all powerful against any form of magic or esper abilities, will render it useless.

Index has been a bit of a disappointment for me.

From the 1st seasons 1st OP and ED, I was promised drama and action.

The drama has so far been subpar. Touma's and Index's (our leads) character development effectively ceased after the 1st arc.

While Accelerator did pick up the slack, he disappeared after that. Leaving us with "monster of the week" episodes with little to no character development.

At least in Railgun we had some drama with regards to Saten and Dr. Stripper - not that it mattered as much, since the show was basically sold as slice-of-life with action sequences.

That and I finding Touma fairly boring ... I find myself uninterested in what will happen to him next.
His archetype is over used, and in his fight scenes he basically has 2 moves (IB + 1 punch KO).

@21:52

It trivalizes things.

Styl will go on about how powerful something is, but in the end it doesn't matter when IB gets involved and renders it completely useless.

I dont think Touma is a generic heroes in shounen anime. To me this guy is like solid snake or kurono from gantz. Always overpowered by the enemy but still manage to win by using their wits. I know he got IM as a trump card, but I still think the enemy have better advantages.

Most shounen heroes i've seen, is like whenever they meet stronger enemy, they suddenly become stonger.

I'm not realy sure in what way that character from Railgun are more interesting. I like misaka, but i dislike the rest of the cast. For index series, i only dislike index char eventhough she is the main heroine.

@21:41

Attitude-wise he is basically is the generic shounen hero - idealistic and optimistic.

The typical shounen hero believes one can win via the power of stubborness, and suicidally jumps into action when the odds are ridiculously tipped against him - normally winning by some miracle of plot armour.

This archetype has been brutally deconstructed in Code Geass and Fate/stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works in the form of Suzaku and Shiro.

And I wouldn't compare him to Snake.
Solid Snake is a cynical battle worn guy, who has seen the worse the world has to offer.

Dude, Shiro was a total jerk and boring "hero", I find Touma more interesting because he really is aware that people will be hurt so he jumps to be the only one to be hurt and thinks first before running into the enemy.

-Shiage Hamazura(3rd male lead of the series) is mor like Solid Snake, not Touma.

@03:35

Wow, don't know which Shiro you are talking about, but Shiro (Unlimited Blade Works movie) has more depth than Touma from my perspective.

We actually know why he does what he does. A flaw character no doubt, but that makes him interesting.

The problem with Touma and other shounen heros that follow the archetype is that we are just told that they are "just like that".

No sane person will impulsively jump into danger just to be a sacrificial meat shield.

For Sazuku and Shiro we are shown their motives... broken people they are indeed.

Over-use of Touma's archetype also partially contributed to his boringness and I think I have lived too long and become too cynical to be able to accept the "rightous" idealistic monologues such characters tend to give. xD

PS: god I hate the comment system, lose my post more.

"Touma is about as boring as you can get."

True. Yet ironically, Touma, in the whole show (I have seen Index, Railgun and few eps of the IndexII) is the ONLY fully developed character: a character viewers know sufficient background and affections of to actually like him or not.

Rest of the cast are like lego puzzle pieces, coming in all colors and shapes, called in by writer(s) at any given moment of show to cause any desired effect. They come and go so fast, return as suddenly as they depart, one can barely follow them.

Oops, forgot the Accelerator. He's also fully developed character in the show.

@Dummy00001

To be honest, I rather Accelerator lead the show then Touma.

He seems way more interesting.