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新約 とある魔術の禁書目録 [Shin'yaku Toaru Majutsu no Index] #14
新約 とある魔術の禁書目録 14 [Shin'yaku Toaru Majutsu no Index 14]
異能の力を全て打ち消す右手『幻想殺し(イマジンブレイカー)』
VS負の想念で全てを消し去る『理想送り(ワールドリジェクター)』!
「やあ、幻想殺し」
「だとすると、アンタは理想送りか?」
世界を意のままに、何万回でも塵にすることができる真性の『魔神』達。そんな無敵の存在らを、一瞬で消し去る少年がいた。
少年は『どこにでもいる平凡な高校生』にして、しかし同時に最大最悪の『理想送り』を右手に宿す存在。それは『新たな天地を望むもの』を全て消し去る、恐るべき力だった。そして、もう一人の『どこにでもいる平凡な男子高校生』上条当麻の右手に宿る『幻想殺し』と、表裏一体の存在でもあった。
「幻想殺し。ぼくは『魔神』に用がある。ぼくをこんな風にした『魔神』達に」
「それはお前の事情だろ。俺達には関係ない」
少年二人は、学園都市の暗闇で対峙した。
互いに譲ることができないもののために。
この勝負の鍵を握るのは、レイヴィニアとパトリシア、二人のバードウェイ姉妹で……!?
極大のイレギュラー同士が、ついに激突する……!
VS負の想念で全てを消し去る『理想送り(ワールドリジェクター)』!
「やあ、幻想殺し」
「だとすると、アンタは理想送りか?」
世界を意のままに、何万回でも塵にすることができる真性の『魔神』達。そんな無敵の存在らを、一瞬で消し去る少年がいた。
少年は『どこにでもいる平凡な高校生』にして、しかし同時に最大最悪の『理想送り』を右手に宿す存在。それは『新たな天地を望むもの』を全て消し去る、恐るべき力だった。そして、もう一人の『どこにでもいる平凡な男子高校生』上条当麻の右手に宿る『幻想殺し』と、表裏一体の存在でもあった。
「幻想殺し。ぼくは『魔神』に用がある。ぼくをこんな風にした『魔神』達に」
「それはお前の事情だろ。俺達には関係ない」
少年二人は、学園都市の暗闇で対峙した。
互いに譲ることができないもののために。
この勝負の鍵を握るのは、レイヴィニアとパトリシア、二人のバードウェイ姉妹で……!?
極大のイレギュラー同士が、ついに激突する……!
- GenresLight Novel
360 pages, Paperback
First published November 10, 2015
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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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March 7, 2022
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8/10
November 15, 2021
First of all, I like how a work processes two similar characters, so at the peak of development, a great conflict between powers and ideals is reached. Maybe it's already becoming a cliché, but the concept is still interesting, obviously, if done well.
With that, we arrive at Index ...... The phrase that really sticks here is "equal, but different". Superfluously, we can characterize Kamisato Kakeru as a more immature Kamijou Touma, who has not yet undergone God's approval, only divine miracles. Yes, Kamisato is perhaps right, in the matter that everything that is too much becomes bad, even too much bonding.
“Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their way to salvation. Once they are separated from everyone else, they become evil. history and you will understand. What's the difference between an assassin who kills a single person and a great hero who kills a million? It has nothing to do with the person himself. It all comes down to whether everyone else accepts him. It's a question of majority rule." By Othinus
Sure, the narrative exchange here correlates to two comic and silly factions, but that will clash and create great depth, while something in the "between the lines" seems to form, obviously excluding the other comic narrative that plays with poor life of Touman.
It was a very interesting and fun volume, playing a lot with conspiracy theories. Something a little boring here was the somewhat boring explanations about tarot cards and the Aeons (in a way, they explain Fiamma's goals and about the closing sentences Aleister had said at the end of the third world war), but still digestible, since the author uses Touma's ignorance to bring the reader closer to the text, consequently giving simpler explanations.
Some narrative secrets here seem scattered, but as always, Index comes back with a vengeance to solve this mystery..... Well, sometimes with some sort of Ex-Macchina God, which, at least in this volume, wasn't so. nice, but I'll disregard it because of all the construction so far
Even though the introduction of new characters is a little longer than usual, it is still completely possible to understand who is speaking, as the author makes their personalities and speech ways clear, which really helps the reader not to get distracted in the reading .
What I really like about Index is how the vast majority of the characters introduced are distinct from each other and manage to have something original, even if slightly. It really helps me to think that it's not just moving papers... I find this quite intriguing.
Don't really expect something extremely deep, as, at least on Kamijou's part, it will quickly switch to some comic part (which was generally good), but some well-configured dialogue can still be found on either side, whether in depth or comic, also giving some space to certain plot twists related to the motivations and confused actions of certain characters.
I think the message here is about the strength of the weak and the great double-edged sword that is that weakness. It was interesting to follow this and see thoughts related to the human complexity of selfishness and mockery.
Just in addition, the conditions around the "world rejector" were very interesting, and, ironically, conflicting.
The philosophy around it was beautiful, and by intertwining with Imagine Breaker, it really turned out to be a very good thing, even so a little silly.
This reminds me that even if you take a unique part of a person, and that is an extremely enviable trait, it doesn't mean that this part will mean that the person lives an enviable life. As privileged as certain people are, everyone has their own circumstances and baggage to carry... I found this very interesting.
Still, it's undeniable that each bag has its own weight, even if they're just grams of difference, they're probably not going to be the same. If one day you can really identify the weight of this baggage, then yes, distance yourself from hypocrisy and judge as much as you like. I think that's why Kamijou tried to break Kamisato's illusion, while Kakeru tried to reject this twisted world of Touma.
Look, talking about Kamisato, I realized that I didn't comment deeply on him, did I? He's interesting. It seems like the serious accumulation of all clichés, but with its certain charm. At first I believed that it didn't look as well crafted, but later on it shows its depth and originality.
What will be contained next is my analysis of Kamisato Kakeru so far, so please don't read if you haven't finished reading NT14...
SMALL SPOILER: I really liked the configuration of this volume. He takes a slightly hidden malice put into NT13 and works with it, as something Kamisato could understand, probably because of his ordinary complex of seeing people much more as itinerant jobs than complex people (something obviously demonstrated, like the part of your person who likes to see the individualities of each). Another configuration that I found appreciable is how the script slightly manipulates the reader to show that Kamijou and Kamisato are very similar characters, until it's revealed that they're quite different, which obviously leads to conflict.
.......Kamijou Touma sees himself as pessimistic and the people around him as optimistic, something resulting from his past and background as a person. Meanwhile, Kamisato seems to see himself in a pessimistic way, while he also sees others in a pessimistic way. I found this very interesting and it really takes the past of each one.
In the end, the friction between selfishness and hypocrisy gave rise to conflict... Damn, that did sound beautiful, didn't it?
Finally, some issues turned out to be a little weird... Of course, Index really takes good care of the script, so it doesn't create discrepancies, but some things related to a bigger mind could be explained further, besides how the Kamisato Faction himself and about the short time frame in relation to the World Rejector and how Kamisato took it over so quickly (Well, he's a talented monster in a way). I guess I'll have to wait as World Rejector is a pretty big arc (about 4 volumes and 1650 pages).
"The real essence of this series is not convincing someone with a logical argument, but taking it to the next step and using the power of emotion to destroy a fully constructed dead end." By Kamachii Kazuma
(I feel that Index is getting even more obsolete......)
With that, we arrive at Index ...... The phrase that really sticks here is "equal, but different". Superfluously, we can characterize Kamisato Kakeru as a more immature Kamijou Touma, who has not yet undergone God's approval, only divine miracles. Yes, Kamisato is perhaps right, in the matter that everything that is too much becomes bad, even too much bonding.
“Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their way to salvation. Once they are separated from everyone else, they become evil. history and you will understand. What's the difference between an assassin who kills a single person and a great hero who kills a million? It has nothing to do with the person himself. It all comes down to whether everyone else accepts him. It's a question of majority rule." By Othinus
Sure, the narrative exchange here correlates to two comic and silly factions, but that will clash and create great depth, while something in the "between the lines" seems to form, obviously excluding the other comic narrative that plays with poor life of Touman.
It was a very interesting and fun volume, playing a lot with conspiracy theories. Something a little boring here was the somewhat boring explanations about tarot cards and the Aeons (in a way, they explain Fiamma's goals and about the closing sentences Aleister had said at the end of the third world war), but still digestible, since the author uses Touma's ignorance to bring the reader closer to the text, consequently giving simpler explanations.
Some narrative secrets here seem scattered, but as always, Index comes back with a vengeance to solve this mystery..... Well, sometimes with some sort of Ex-Macchina God, which, at least in this volume, wasn't so. nice, but I'll disregard it because of all the construction so far
Even though the introduction of new characters is a little longer than usual, it is still completely possible to understand who is speaking, as the author makes their personalities and speech ways clear, which really helps the reader not to get distracted in the reading .
What I really like about Index is how the vast majority of the characters introduced are distinct from each other and manage to have something original, even if slightly. It really helps me to think that it's not just moving papers... I find this quite intriguing.
Don't really expect something extremely deep, as, at least on Kamijou's part, it will quickly switch to some comic part (which was generally good), but some well-configured dialogue can still be found on either side, whether in depth or comic, also giving some space to certain plot twists related to the motivations and confused actions of certain characters.
I think the message here is about the strength of the weak and the great double-edged sword that is that weakness. It was interesting to follow this and see thoughts related to the human complexity of selfishness and mockery.
Just in addition, the conditions around the "world rejector" were very interesting, and, ironically, conflicting.
The philosophy around it was beautiful, and by intertwining with Imagine Breaker, it really turned out to be a very good thing, even so a little silly.
This reminds me that even if you take a unique part of a person, and that is an extremely enviable trait, it doesn't mean that this part will mean that the person lives an enviable life. As privileged as certain people are, everyone has their own circumstances and baggage to carry... I found this very interesting.
Still, it's undeniable that each bag has its own weight, even if they're just grams of difference, they're probably not going to be the same. If one day you can really identify the weight of this baggage, then yes, distance yourself from hypocrisy and judge as much as you like. I think that's why Kamijou tried to break Kamisato's illusion, while Kakeru tried to reject this twisted world of Touma.
Look, talking about Kamisato, I realized that I didn't comment deeply on him, did I? He's interesting. It seems like the serious accumulation of all clichés, but with its certain charm. At first I believed that it didn't look as well crafted, but later on it shows its depth and originality.
What will be contained next is my analysis of Kamisato Kakeru so far, so please don't read if you haven't finished reading NT14...
SMALL SPOILER: I really liked the configuration of this volume. He takes a slightly hidden malice put into NT13 and works with it, as something Kamisato could understand, probably because of his ordinary complex of seeing people much more as itinerant jobs than complex people (something obviously demonstrated, like the part of your person who likes to see the individualities of each). Another configuration that I found appreciable is how the script slightly manipulates the reader to show that Kamijou and Kamisato are very similar characters, until it's revealed that they're quite different, which obviously leads to conflict.
.......Kamijou Touma sees himself as pessimistic and the people around him as optimistic, something resulting from his past and background as a person. Meanwhile, Kamisato seems to see himself in a pessimistic way, while he also sees others in a pessimistic way. I found this very interesting and it really takes the past of each one.
In the end, the friction between selfishness and hypocrisy gave rise to conflict... Damn, that did sound beautiful, didn't it?
Finally, some issues turned out to be a little weird... Of course, Index really takes good care of the script, so it doesn't create discrepancies, but some things related to a bigger mind could be explained further, besides how the Kamisato Faction himself and about the short time frame in relation to the World Rejector and how Kamisato took it over so quickly (Well, he's a talented monster in a way). I guess I'll have to wait as World Rejector is a pretty big arc (about 4 volumes and 1650 pages).
"The real essence of this series is not convincing someone with a logical argument, but taking it to the next step and using the power of emotion to destroy a fully constructed dead end." By Kamachii Kazuma
(I feel that Index is getting even more obsolete......)
January 31, 2021
It's alright, World Rejecter and the Sample Shoggoth are pretty cool, not much to stand out in this one
July 24, 2022
Othinus is cool early on in the book, but other than that, it's a pretty weak/boring entry with not many interesting ideas presented.
August 31, 2025
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