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EP. REVIEW: A Certain Magical Index III

The shift of his black wings to angelic ones may be a little over-the-top in its symbolism, but it's also a reflection of his change in mindset

who are those two at the end who find Fiamma?

I feel like I also should recognize the blonde girl who fishes Touma out of the sea at the very end, but I am having trouble placing her

uhhhhhhh.... you do know that their on a 26 ep limit right!?

i am not making excuses for them but if they had done what you did and completely adapted every single part of the light novel arcs for this season, the damn thing would be at least 50 eps ala SAO 3!

they are not studio pierot who is able to fiancially do eps over 25-50 and more ala one piece, boruto and black clover after all!

Either way 'someone' , and I'm not quite sure who (Dengeki or JC Staff), decided that they must adapt all of the remaining Old Testament novels in one season; a foolish decision.

But pacing is only the first layer of problems that the anime has. Even if pacing and plot comprehension were sacrificed, there were some just baffling things that occurred in this season in terms of what was chosen to be adapted from the novels, how those scenes were adapted or modified, what was chosen to be omitted, and what anime-only scenes were added. In the context of limited episodes to work with, the screenwriters would have needed a super tight script for every episode. And yet, all you have to do is watch episode 1 and compare it to the light novel (volume 14) to realise that something was seriously wrong behind the scenes in terms of animation quality, production and the directors' interpretation of some fairly simple and straightforward scenes. It felt like no one gave critical thought about about how precious little episode time they had to work with and decided to waste a good portion of the episode with sub-par anime only scenes with Index).

Black to white is fine by me, but they didn't have to go with giving it actual feathers if they're going for the 'dirty wind' look on the black ones.

amma's ultimate fate, being struck down by Aleister Crowley in person with the strong suggestion that what's inside Touma is part of Crowley's bigger scheme, was another highlight scene, but who are those two at the end who find Fiamma? I feel like I also should recognize the blonde girl who fishes Touma out of the sea at the very end, but I am having trouble placing her.

What has always bothered me about index is that their fans always cling to the original material to defend it and not listen to anyone who points out their shortcomings, because it is not right to motivate bad work, JC staff did a bad anime that's a fact, supporting these works simply perpetuates mediocrity.

Yeah, and I'm afraid this would just happen again if they did NT forcing them to adapt the entire Othinus arc in 26 episodes. Forcing that kind of pace is just such a big starting deficit, and they'd need some truly talented individuals on board to get a good final product out.

And that is the really disappointing thing. It was obvious going in that they'd be at break neck pace to finish the rest of OT, but we still could have ended up with something so much better.

Fiamma's ultimate fate, being struck down by Aleister Crowley in person with the strong suggestion that what's inside Touma is part of Crowley's bigger scheme, was another highlight scene, but who are those two at the end who find Fiamma? I feel like I also should recognize the blonde girl who fishes Touma out of the sea at the very end, but I am having trouble placing her.

jr240483 wrote:

uhhhhhhh.... you do know that their on a 26 ep limit right!? i am not making excuses for them but if they had done what you did and completely adapted every single part of the light novel arcs for this season, the damn thing would be at least 50 eps ala SAO 3! they are not studio pierot who is able to fiancially do eps over 25-50 and more ala one piece, boruto and black clover after all!

Not necessarily. As others have said, 26 episodes would have been perfect for just (Volumes 14 - 19) that would also roughly be in line with the pacing for Seasons 1 and 2. Then, a simple 1 cour (12-13 maybe an extra ep?) could have adapt World War Three. There's also the volume SS2 short side stories which they could have adapted one at a time maybe as a web short or something; but less priority on that.

Either way 'someone' , and I'm not quite sure who (Dengeki or JC Staff), decided that they must adapt all of the remaining Old Testament novels in one season; a foolish decision.

But pacing is only the first layer of problems that the anime has. Even if pacing and plot comprehension were sacrificed, there were some just baffling things that occurred in this season in terms of what was chosen to be adapted from the novels, how those scenes were adapted or modified, what was chosen to be omitted, and what anime-only scenes were added. In the context of limited episodes to work with, the screenwriters would have needed a super tight script for every episode. And yet, all you have to do is watch episode 1 and compare it to the light novel (volume 14) to realise that something was seriously wrong behind the scenes in terms of animation quality, production and the directors' interpretation of some fairly simple and straightforward scenes. It felt like no one gave critical thought about about how precious little episode time they had to work with and decided to waste a good portion of the episode with sub-par anime only scenes with Index).

JC Staff can be blamed for overloading their animators with too many bloody projects and not focusing on making a select few quality adaptations that they are more than capable of doing. But Nishikiori and the Project Index management staff can be blamed for the horrendous adaptation choices and vision for the series in spite of that. I don't want Nishikiori touching this series again.

What has always bothered me about index is that their fans always cling to the original material to defend it and not listen to anyone who points out their shortcomings, because it is not right to motivate bad work, JC staff did a bad anime that's a fact, supporting these works simply perpetuates mediocrity.