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A Certain Magical Index

とある魔術の禁書目録

manga
Finished
2004
Action
Comedy
Fantasy

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Yes. Watch the adaptation A Certain Magical Index 24 episodes · on 6 platforms

Yes. Watch the adaptation A Certain Magical Index II 24 episodes · on 6 platforms

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The facts

Status: Finished
Chapters: 132
Volumes: 22
First released: 2004
Country: Japan
Format: manga
Author: Kazuma Kamachi
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What it is about

Set in a city of not only scientifically advanced superhuman students, but in a world where magic is also real. Kamijyo Touma's right hand, the Imagine Breaker, will negate all magic, psychic, or divine powers, as well as his own luck. One day he finds a young girl hanging on his balcony railing. She turns out to be a nun from the Church of England, and her mind has been implanted with the Index Librorum Prohibitorum—all the magical texts the Church has removed from circulation. (Source: Wikipedia) Note: Includes 16 prologues, 18 epilogues, and 6 extras.