Toaru Majutsu no Index

Description

From Yen Press:
Touma Kamijou just can't catch a break. He might live in Academy City, a place full of more super powered students than you can shake a stick at, but his only superpower is his supernatural lack of luck. He wants nothing more than to keep a low profile, but when a girl named Index comes into his life, it gets more complicated and dangerous than ever:

Type

Manga

Related Series

Toaru Majutsu no Index (Novel) (Adapted From)

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun (Adapted From)

Toaru Majutsu no Index - Endymion no Kiseki (Spin-Off)

Toaru Majutsu no Index Gaiden: Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator (Side Story)

Toaru Nichijou no Index-san (Alternate Version)

Toaru Majutsu no Heavy Zashiki Warashi ga Kantan na Satsujinhi no Konkatsu Jijou (Spin-Off)

Toaru Majutsu no Kinsho Mokuroku SS (Novel) (Side Story)

To aru Idol no Accelerator-sama (Spin-Off)

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Gaiden: Astral Body (Side Story)

Toaru Majutsu no Index Gaiden: Toaru Kagaku no Dark Matter (Side Story)

4-koma Koushiki Anthology: Toaru Kagaku no Railgun x Toaru Majutsu no Index (Spin-Off)

Toaru Anbu no ITEM (Spin-Off)

Toaru Majutsu no Indexchu (Spin-Off)

Associated Names

A Certain Magical Index

Cấm Thư Ma Thuật

Project Index

To Aru Majutsu no Index

To Aru Majutsu no Kinsho Mokuroku

To Aru Majutsu no Kinsho Mokuroku (Index)

To Aru no Index

Un cierto índice mágico

Индекс Волшебства

Некий магический индекс

อินเดกซ์ คัมภีร์คาถาต้องห้าม

とある魔術の禁書目録

魔法禁书目录

어떤 마술의 금서목록

Groups Scanlating

Latest Release(s)

c.203 by Zero Heroes 6 days ago

c.202 by Zero Heroes 1 month ago

c.201 by Zero Heroes 2 months ago

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Status in Country of Origin

31 Volumes (Ongoing)

Completely Scanlated?

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1 (S1) / Vol 9, Chap 45 (S2) / Vol 21, Chap 123 (S3)

Ends at Vol 8, Chap 44 (S1) / Vol 20, Chap 122 (S2) /Vol 29, Chap 187 "As of S3 EP 14 "

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User Rating

Average: 8.1 / 10.0 (426 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.98 / 10.0

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Last Updated

March 2nd, 2025 11:40pm PST - 2 months ago

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Genre

Action Comedy Drama Ecchi Harem Romance Sci-fi Shounen Supernatural
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Category Recommendations

Toaru Majutsu no Index (Novel)

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun

Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index (Novel)

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Artist(s)

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Original Publisher

Square Enix

Serialized In (magazine)

Shounen GanGan (Square Enix)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Yen Press (29 Vols - Ongoing)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

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Monthly Pos #914

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3 Month Pos #2176

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6 Month Pos #2662

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Year Pos #2975

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Toaru Majutsu no Kinsho Mokuroku translation

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To Aru Majutsu no Index Question

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Anime to manga

12 years ago

To aru Majutsu no Index Film Green-Lit

14 years ago

Accelerator...question

14 years ago

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Lame

by Meins
12 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

A little above average art with more background drawings than the average Shounen make not up for the missing story in this manga.
This manga is a monster-of-the-week mishmash in a made up setting. The best part is the main character isn't a wuss. He is very likeable character. But most of the action is illogical and right out stupid. Yes it is a Shounen. But it sometimes so stupid that it gets boring. And i don't mean the fact that the main character is always the only one to solve a difficult situation, it's Shounen so this is "normal". What i mean it's more like: There are almost no consequences of incidents in the foregone chapter in the next chapter. Apartment destroyed in one chapter, in the next chapter (even few hours later, in-story time) everything is OK. Hospitalized in one chapter, next chapter he is completely healed. And so on.
One exception are new side characters, once introduced they stay somehow (to be used with the next monster-of-the-week antagonist in some chapters later).

Conclusion: A lot of action against all odds, without any sense, with a very likeable boy and a quirky sidekick girl. If you like stories made by 6-years-old plus a little hint of a romance this a manga for you. Ah, there is also a little bit of fan-service in this manga.

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freeloading category

by greed2
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

I read of manga that has a female freeloader in it, could we add that to the category list, since it sounds interesting. Notable examples, A certain magical index, binbougami ga, and hinamatsuri.

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Strange but good

by satsujinken
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

Well it is infact a good read but it's also strange sometimes. I can't say I wasn't expecting this kind of thing since it's a series about magic (religion) and super powers (science) but up until now there was not a single "true evil" villain I mean everytime someone looks evil it turns out they aren't really evil at least in the manga it's like that.First came people fighting for a friend who has no idea who they are then a 10k victims serial-killer turned out to be a child guardian then a terrorist wanting to start a war turned out to be someone grieving over a lost friend, I'm not saying this is bad but I have to say it's incredibly strange xD

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nice one!

by lorgeinoh
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I already watched the anime
but it is not finished I believe since
there is still secrets left
but the manga version has
potential somehow and
there is new enemy I found out ^-^

well I hope this continues!

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Quick review

by ebisu
15 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I've just seen the anime and manga. Well the manga skips very good parts (entire archs) from the anime so I think for this one I'd recomend seeing the anime for a more complete enjoyment. Just to note, by the moment only chapters 25 and 26 have new story.
Apart, the manga is well done although Touma has a kind of different feeling with this drawing style. The mix of modern science, psychics and magic is really the best of the show.

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Nicely done

by itsjenyoumen
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

very nicely done indeed a manga worth reading story is very imaginative and concept very well dont following the novel i dont see what to hate except index is annoying =D

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good plot

by archrnos
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

i look forward to this series and perhaps in the future kamijou will discover his power more.
and...does the church really have forbidden text whatsoever? i think japanese have many weird conception on church...whatever.

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Good and Bad

by bajuwa
16 years ago

Rating: N/A

I haven't read the novels or seen the anime, so my opinions are strictly based upon the story as a manga series

At the beginning of the series it was really good. Lots of good action, and the basis of their world was really interesting (with magic, psychics, and the reasons explaining them) If i were to rate it just based on the action and fantasy portion of it, i would rate it 10/10
But I found the arcs were small and the was a lack of an underlying plot/story. I mean, it seemed almost too broken up in between the two arcs because of how the first arc ended. Also because of the end of the first arc, instead of seeing character development for the main character, it seemed like more of a setback =/
As far as rating goes, for me there were too many factors that varied in rating so im gonna leave this as unrated

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Very Good

by Tjaard
16 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

The anime follow the novels not the manga, so probably is better. For now i saw that the manga add and skip things, here they made Touma more "cool" and they skip totally the second novel.
Usually i saw people that prefer novels as Shana or Zero but for me To Aru is better, as for Mushiuta and Baccano novels.
I don't like the character "Index" because is the usually loli main chara clichè, but Mikoto is awesome for this i prefer the side story "To Aru Kagaku no Choudenjibou", where Mikoto is the main chara. Mikoto>Index
The story is very good and the magic<->science adaption is pretty cool, i like all character, except index, and the action part is awesome.

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Like to see where this goes...

by zultekmilennia
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

From the first 2 volumes, there are some potential here. And the anime is coming out, though they might alter the story (or make a 2nd season, if they wait for the manga).

The action is nice, and I'd like to see the hero develop from here. since he only have his right arm as a weapon (or shield), it'll be interesting to see how he uses it in more complicated battles.

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