とある魔術の禁書目録 14 [Toaru Majutsu no Index 14]

とある魔術の禁書目録 [Toaru Majutsu no Index] (Novel) #14

by Kazuma Kamachi, 鎌池和馬, Kiyotaka Haimura (Illustrator)

A certain unlikely hero...
Ever since the attack on Academy City, the disputes between the magic side and the science side have been getting worse day by day. Now protests have broken out in France, instigated by a sinister magical artifact, and world tensions are nearing their breaking point. Unable to just stand and watch, Touma Kamijou flies off to Avignon in order to use his trump card, Imagine Breaker, but he should be a little more wary of what could be waiting for him in the historic stronghold of the papacy...

Genres: Light Novel, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action, Fiction, Manga, Comedy

309 pages, Paperback

First published November 10, 2007

About the author

Kamachi 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.

Reviews

[Lils · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honestly, this volume was pretty interesting and fun especially when it started with Fukiyose and Touma and them having to do weeding as punishment for their "silly argument" causing trouble in the classroom. I loved it when they started playing baseball because they were so into it lol. I also really enjoyed the tonal shift with one of the 12 directors of Academy City appearing before Touma, just to try and get him to fix the problem with the C-Document that is controlling Roman Catholic believers into protesting and accelerating the war. I thought it really showed how serious the situation was, how much more there seems to be about Imagine Breaker (other than being a magic cancelling type of thing), and how much the higher ups seem to watch over Touma and what he's doing. Although it took a while for Itsuwa and Touma to move on with destroying the magical pipeline to stop the C-Document from being used properly, I did enjoy the concept of Terra of the Left's skills/magic. It was an interesting concept that definitely has more weaknesses than strengths but it was still pretty nice to see a bit more variation in magic. However, as usual, the volume itself wasn't too interesting overall since it lacks the "punch" to make it different from the others aside from more unravelling of mysteries of stuff like Imagine Breaker actually being more than it seems, and Misaka finding out that Touma had "lost" his memories.

[Kristian Dobson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was quite a fun volume despite its flaws. I love how this series goes into much more detail than the anime. The build up to the war, the magic system: everything feels more fleshed out. The only downside to this volume is the villain. He basically comes out of nowhere towards the end and is essentially just a reason for the MC to have a fight and to punch, as always. His motivation is boring and he has no depth. But that’s not enough to bring this volume down too much. Everything else was fun. And Misaka finally learning about Kamijou’s amnesia is spicy.

[Alec Rebert · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Abel Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Time - [01h 45m 36s]