[Discussion] A Certain Book Club - Week 39: Toaru Majutsu no Index: New Testament volume 07

Reactions while reading

  • A lot of characters making re-appearances for an allied gathering. Was hoping Stiyl would accompany England's representatives too :(.

  • This time Touma has a harem of three english girls.

  • Mark is always tired of Birdway's shit lol.

  • Q: The french representative in the allied meeting was the Holy Woman of Versailles right?

  • I can't wait to see what the three children's picture books will do against Othinus.

  • Daaamn, England just got played by Loki.

  • Yay, Stiyl finally appears in New Testament. Let's hope his battle will be a good one.

  • The way Gremlin has all of it's magicians named after Norse myth characters, it reminds me of JoJo where the enemy stand users stands are named after tarots, egyptian gods or western music.

  • I'll bet money on that Kagun will bump into Maria now that he's going to intercept enemies.

  • It's nice to see Tabigake enter the main story novels too.

  • Did not expect to see Oriana, completely forgot about her. So many battles are starting in numerous places.

  • YES! Touma finally accepted the help of others! You don't have to do everything always alone you big idiot!

  • Freyja's mother with the magic charm reminded me of Touya with his charms in the Angel Fall incident.

  • Cool, Fiamma finally got his spotlight on the good guys' side.

  • Othinus: "Hahaha, you have activated my trap card!"

  • What the hell?! She did not actually destroy the world right? That black screen at the end is worrisome. What a cocktease ending.

Thoughts about the volume

A decent volume, but as I expected, it's mainly setup for the actual stuff to happen next. The only lenghty was Touma and friends vs Freja which was an alright encounter. I liked that the stage was in the roof of a moving train and that Index and Mikoto finally gave a helping hand to Touma. Also we can see once again that Gremlin members are not necessarily evil, they just joined a necessary evil for a personal goal.

Even though it was just mainly planning I liked the politics between the allied nations' in America. Reading about all the leaders going through their respective plans and disucussing on how to deal with Othinus was goof filler for the start of the volume. Also it was nice to see Vasilisa and Sasha-chan in their usual habitat again.

Hoping all the other fights develop into something awesome. I almost wanna jump straight into the next volume after writing this because of that damn cliffhanger..

PS I recently bought Stardew Valley from the Steam Sale and it's starting to consume my life. Hopefully I remember to read next week too!

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