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A Certain Magical Index (Toaru Majutsu no Index) is a sci-fi light novel written by Kazuma Kamachi, with anime and manga adaptations. For the spinoff series Railgun, use [toaru-kagaku-no-railgun]

some major characters from Index

A Certain Magical Index (Toaru Majutsu no Index, とある魔術の​禁書目録【インデックス】) is a sci-fi light novel series written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura. It has also been adapted into a manga, two seasons of anime, and a movie.

For the spinoff series, see .

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How could Misaka 10032 be measuring Touma's life signals while holding his right hand

Index episode 14 around 14:00 minutes. Touma awakens to find his right hand on Misaka 10032's chest. 10032 then states that she placed his hand there herself, and that she was reading electrical currents to measure his life signs. Given that Imagine…
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What prizes are awarded during the Daihasei Festival?

During the Daihasei Sports Festival (or Daihaseisai), schools from Academy City compete in various competitions such as ball-tossing and bread-eating. I assume that the final ranking is determined based on which teams win the most events. What are…
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What is the name of Misaka 10032's cat?

In episode 10 (Misaka Mikoto) Misaka 10032 finds a black cat. Touma tells her to choose a name for the cat, since she was the one who found it. She says that the cat will be called dog, which Touma dismisses, proposing that she chooses a "more…
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Is Academy City really an educational city? What is its purpose?

Academy City seems like a really weird city to me. At first I thought it was some super advanced city that was created with the sole purpose of filling it out with educational institutions for science and research, but a lot of things don't seem to…
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Why is Index's full name "Index Librorum Prohibitorum"?

Index's full name is "Index Librorum Prohibitorum", based on a real book with the same name. It's a list of publications deemed heretical, anti-clerical or lascivious, and banned by the Catholic Church. Source Does this book also exist in Index's…
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What does being a saint mean?

In Toaru Majutsu no Index, there are currently about 20 saints as of before the Acqua of the Back-Arc. So far I've read until the arc named in the spoiler and I'm wondering, how you become a saint and what makes a saint? Kanzaki mentions that…
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Why was Misaka Mikoto chosen as the candidate for the Sister's project when she was just a normal child when they asked for her DNA map?

I recently finished all of Toaru Majutsu no Index, and have started watching Toaru Kagaku no Railgun. I'm currently in the second season of Railgun S, where we get more detail about the Sisters project than the first season of Index gave us. It is…
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Can Accelerator be harmed by space-time abilities (such as teleportation)?

Accelerator can control vectors with his ability "Vector Change" (sometimes also known as "Accelerator"). Is it possible for someone with a space-time ability to hurt him (e.g. by teleporting an object inside his body or moving his body parts to…
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What are the major factions and players on the Magic and the Science side?

There are various factions that exist on both the Magic and Science side, but what are the most prominent ones and who are their most well-known members?
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Why does Mikoto attack Touma?

In the first episode of To Aru Majutsu no Index, Misaka attacks Touma with her Railgun, but she deliberately misses him. After that she attacks him with her usual lighting attack but he nullifies it with his power. But why did Mikoto attack him?…
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Why didn't Accelerator get sunburned after losing his vector shield?

Why didn't Accelerator get sunburned after losing his vector shield? Albinos are very vulnerable to ultraviolet, so he must have been red all the time.
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Does Misaka's heart-flutter when Touma calls her by name also cause a nearby wind turbine to begin turning in the light novel and/or manga adaptation?

Caution: While the simple question asked here itself is ok, thanks to @ShayminGratitude's answer and some further research I did, I have found that the premises on which the deeper curiosities this question was prodding at were two wrong…
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Why is there a curfew for students in Academy City?

In A Certain Scientific Railgun, it's mentioned several times that there is a curfew for students in Academy City. Why is this so? Is this ever explained?
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Why Touma is considered only a level 0 esper when he's clearly so powerful and was able to defeat the most powerful level 5 esper?

Toma has the "imagine breaker" which is regarded by many as a very powerful hability, moreover he was able to defeat the most powerful esper and one of the most powerful magicians, one who was capable of turning into reality what he thought. Why…
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Why does Touma care if other people learn that magic exists?

There are multiple scenes in the Index movie (The Miracle of Endymion) where Touma cuts Index off when she's about to say something to Arisa about magic or magicians or whatnot. Why does Touma have an interest in preventing Arisa (or anyone) from…
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