A Certain Magical Index/Characters/ITEM

Similar to GROUP, ITEM is an organization formed by the dark side of the Academy City to monitor Academy City's elites and keep them under control. Unlike the other organizations, however, the source of their name is clear: Each of their members have an "item" that they use to complement their combat abilities. They have a rivalry against SCHOOL. -

ITEM
Tropes that apply to ITEM as a whole. -
 * Anti-Villain
 * Applied Phlebotinum / Weapon of Choice: Each member gets one, hence the name "ITEM".
 * Meaningful Name
 * Brick Joke: Twice over the course of the Railgun manga(Chapters 12 and 25), the scene cuts to the members of ITEM talking in the background about going to a pool. Much later (chapter 43) they finally do.
 * Four-Girl Ensemble
 * Punch Clock Villain: They're decent people outside of battles. Mostly.
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad

Shizuri Mugino
"See To Aru Majutsu no Index"

Saiai Kinuhata


Second in command of ITEM. Her ability, Offense Armor, allows her to compress and solidify nitrogen in the atmosphere to act as a barrier, and is ranked at Level 4.


 * Applied Phlebotinum: Her ability requires the use of nitrogen to activate, thus she carries a packet of the stuff at all times.
 * Barrier Warrior: Her ability, Offense Armor, is mostly defensive.
 * Beware the Nice Ones / Let's Get Dangerous: DO NOT underestimate her. She's a Level 4 for a reason.
 * Buffy-Speak
 * Cute Bruiser: It is Offense Armor after all. Her fighting style involves tanking hits, punching people and throwing cars.
 * Enfante Terrible / Tyke Bomb: She's twelve years old, and a remnant of the Dark May Project designed to replicate Accelerator's powers.
 * Evil Counterpart: She has one in, who first appears in New Testament 1.
 * She's Got Legs: She doesn't wear anything to cover her legs.
 * Sweater Girl
 * There's No B in Movie
 * The Tease
 * Verbal Tic: Super!
 * The Tease
 * Verbal Tic: Super!

Rikou Takitsubo


A member of ITEM, and. Her ability, ranked at Level 4, is AIM Stalker, which allows her to trace the AIM fields of other Espers.


 * Applied Phlebotinum: Body Crystal, a powdery substance that temporarily amplifies the user's abilities.
 * Amplifier Artifact
 * Phlebotinum Overdose: Overuse of Body Crystal causes ill effects on the user's abilities, which forces them to use even more of the substance in order to use their powers properly.
 * Heroic RROD: The end result of the above.
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: Has been developing this as of New Testament.
 * Damsel in Distress: Thanks to the damage to her body by Body Crystal, this is basically her entire role in the plot.
 * Ill Girl: As a result of the Applied Phlebotinum.
 * Kuudere
 * Official Couple: Her and
 * Rescue Romance
 * Sensor Character: The primary use of her power.
 * Power Incontinence: Her power's weakness is that she has to let it go berserk on its own through the Applied Phlebotinum for it to be useful.
 * Power Incontinence: Her power's weakness is that she has to let it go berserk on its own through the Applied Phlebotinum for it to be useful.

Frenda Seivelun


One of the main combatants of ITEM, she has exceptional hand-to-hand capabilities.


 * Adaptation Expansion: Receives almost no development in the Index storyline, but Volume 5 of the Railgun manga rectifies this.
 * Badass Normal: The only one of the four who hasn't shown actual esper abilities, she instead uses a combination of explosives and hand-to-hand combat to fight.
 * Blood Knight: A mild example.
 * Call Forward: With Nightmare Fuel involved. When fighting against after nearly getting her legs blown off, she notes that they are her best feature.
 * Foreign Fanservice: One of the only non-Japanese characters from the Science Side.
 * Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Her bombs take the form of stuffed animals.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Princess Curls
 * Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Although she did rather well in her fight against
 * Mad Bomber: Minus the mad part. Mostly.
 * Trap Master:
 * Verbal Tic: Basically!
 * Trap Master:
 * Verbal Tic: Basically!
 * Verbal Tic: Basically!

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