05-07-2013, 11:42 AM
Okay, so. It kinda hurts me how excessively shonen A Certain Magical Index is at times and just how incredibly weird it is at other times.
The main character is a mid-class pervert yet acts all oblivious when a female shows interest. Speaking of, for some reason chicks dig him. A lot. He is ready to throw away his life for people he once saw walk over the road two blocks from where he lives (not something that actually happened but you get the picture). Oh, and the teacher... The hell is that character about? A midget that is portrayed as a child who is into alcohol? Throw that in the loli basket this series seems to be drawing from. Don't even get me started on the "tense" scenes that have a character running through a single room for about 5 damn minutes. That for the shonen, then for the weird.
Apparently people he used to know back when he was a kid were incredibly scared of his misfortune and thus his parents sent him away and his dad suffered some kind of mental breakdown (don't worry, not a spoiler as it was only briefly mentioned and doesn't really matter anyway). Honestly, if this was the case in everyday life, I would have been sent away too. Seriously, my luck is that bad and I'm well known for it. Then there's all the science and magic talk, most of which I understand none of and makes most of the "explanations" pointless, at least for me. Speaking of magic, the whole Chritsian church thing is just ridiculous and stupid. I'm no religious fanatic, far from it, but they could have just replaced it with any made-up cult and nothing would have changed. The only reason they used Christianity is to explain a brief appearance of an angel. Who is a little girl in a skimpy outfit, of course. But this is anime so don't worry, she's totally legal.
Btw, on the Christianity... It has been used so well in other manga/anime, like Hellsing or Chrono Crusade. In here, not so much and is just a throwaway they use to explain anything occult (most of which being something that the actual religion would outright ban anyway).
There's my rant and still I keep watching this. Why? I have no idea. Oh, and Index is a total asshole.
The main character is a mid-class pervert yet acts all oblivious when a female shows interest. Speaking of, for some reason chicks dig him. A lot. He is ready to throw away his life for people he once saw walk over the road two blocks from where he lives (not something that actually happened but you get the picture). Oh, and the teacher... The hell is that character about? A midget that is portrayed as a child who is into alcohol? Throw that in the loli basket this series seems to be drawing from. Don't even get me started on the "tense" scenes that have a character running through a single room for about 5 damn minutes. That for the shonen, then for the weird.
Apparently people he used to know back when he was a kid were incredibly scared of his misfortune and thus his parents sent him away and his dad suffered some kind of mental breakdown (don't worry, not a spoiler as it was only briefly mentioned and doesn't really matter anyway). Honestly, if this was the case in everyday life, I would have been sent away too. Seriously, my luck is that bad and I'm well known for it. Then there's all the science and magic talk, most of which I understand none of and makes most of the "explanations" pointless, at least for me. Speaking of magic, the whole Chritsian church thing is just ridiculous and stupid. I'm no religious fanatic, far from it, but they could have just replaced it with any made-up cult and nothing would have changed. The only reason they used Christianity is to explain a brief appearance of an angel. Who is a little girl in a skimpy outfit, of course. But this is anime so don't worry, she's totally legal.
Btw, on the Christianity... It has been used so well in other manga/anime, like Hellsing or Chrono Crusade. In here, not so much and is just a throwaway they use to explain anything occult (most of which being something that the actual religion would outright ban anyway).
There's my rant and still I keep watching this. Why? I have no idea. Oh, and Index is a total asshole.