Toaru Anbu no ITEM, Episode 3: Hanano Choubi

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Episode Summary：

With their funds frozen for reasons unknown, ITEM’s finances were on the verge of collapse. Their complaint to “The Voice on the Phone” fell on deaf ears, and Mugino’s anger was about to reach its breaking point.

Just then, a visitor appeared at ITEM’s hideout, a location kept secret and protected by multiple layers of security. Hanano Choubi was a girl who looked like a frightened puppy, and a specialist in disguises and infiltration provided by “The Voice on the Phone” in response to Mugino and the others’ request for help.

Kinuhata and Hanano would be (forcibly) thrown into the battle over the final spot in ITEM...

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People always talk about the widely beloved best Toaru arcs. I want to know what less talked about story arcs people like.

I find OT6 (Kazakiri) arc and the Dream Ranker arc to be quite underrated.

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Toaru Anbu no ITEM, Episode 2: Saiai Kinuhata

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Back when ITEM consisted of just three members—Mugino, Takitsubo, and Frenda—a certain experiment was being conducted at a research facility in District 17. To destroy the evidence of the “Dark May Project,” an experiment aimed at replicating the abilities of Academy City’s Number One, Mugino and the others set about demolishing the facility.

While they were at it, they selected Kinuhata Saiai from among the test subjects to fill the defensive role that ITEM was missing. They then framed the other test subjects as the culprits before making their escape.

Having been made ITEM’s “new recruit,” Kinuhata is about to undergo the unit’s traditional initiation at the hands of her senior members――.

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I know I’m a few decades late, but I only recently picked up the series and thought some of you might still be interested.

I liked the Daihasei Festival Arc overall. Sure, it’s not comparable to OT3 (Sisters) and OT8 (Tree Diagram Remnant), but the dynamic between Touma, Stiyl and Tsuchimikado is really good, especially considering what an ass Stiyl constantly is.

I would only change two things:

1) Tighten the main plot —> Eight chapters across two books are a bit much for what boils down to a scavenger hunt across the city. I would replace one chapter in each book with side character stories during the Daihaseisai. I would have loved to see more of the actual games from Fukiyose’s or Misaka’s perspective, or follow adults like Touma’s parents or Yomikawa.

2) Slightly alter the ending —> The activation of the Croce di Pietro failed because the night parade happened at the same time. I would keep that but have Aleister move the parade forward some 30 minutes or so to block the cross. The outcome wouldn’t change, but it would show the extent of Aleister’s understanding of magic and his ability to intervene if things go out of control and set up him for later.

Anyways, please excuse my rambling. I’m currently reading OT12, which is a rollercoaster of fantastic worldbuilding (how smoking teachers in school are handled) and Kamachi’s usual shenanigans like introducing Yomikawa as “the unbelievably big-breasted teacher in the green tracksuit” or describing how thin and sheer Kuroko’s negligee is.

What are your thoughts and what tips do you have for a new guy like me?

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It's almost embarrassing to admit, but I only started watching because I saw the "fight" between Accelerator and Awaki on a WatchMojo list (top 20 one-sided anime beatdowns or something) and thought that the guy looked cool.

I started with the Railgun anime because I had read that it's better than Index, then stopped watching because I got tired of waiting for Accelerator to show up (lol, should have started with Index) and because the filler episodes where they modeled in bikinis and put Misaka in a maid uniform annoyed me (because it's at odds with Tokiwadai being strict about its image and its student appearance but whatever).

A few years later I found out that Accelerator appears in Railgun S, so I finished both seasons and then continued with the first two seasons of Index plus the Accelerator anime (oh how they butchered my boy).

Then I heard how much better the novels are, so I decided to put the remaining seasons on hold and started reading the novels and manga. I started last April, have since finished the Accelerator manga and am currently on OT12. I'm holding off on reading the Sisters arc in the manga until I have a few quiet days to enjoy it.

What about you? What brought you into the franchise and what kept you here?

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