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The eponymous heroines and the heroes of ''[[
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=== Tropes shared between the two
* [[A-Cup Angst]]
* [[Badass Adorable]]
** [[Little Miss Badass]]
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: With Touma, obviously.
* [[Blush Sticker]]: On occasion.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]
* [[Cry Cute]]
** [[Tender Tears]]
* [[High-Pressure Emotion]]
* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]: Even though
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Mikoto all the time, Index on rare occasions.
* [[Teen Genius]]: Between the two of them, they have an extensive knowledge of both magic and science.
* [[Tsundere]]
=== Index Librorum Prohibitorum ===
[[File:300px-Dedicatus 7506.jpg|frame|[[Big Eater|Feed her]] or [[Running Gag|she will eat]] ''[[Running Gag|you]]''.]]
'''[[Pretentious Latin Motto|Dedicatus545]] -- ''[[The Messiah|The Lamb is Devoted to Protecting the Wisdom of the Strongest]]'''''
The eponymous character of ''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Index include:}}
* [[A-Cup Angst]]: [[Berserk Button|As long as you don't say it to her face]], although she "improves" in Volume 16.
* [[Accidental Kiss]]: While trying to bite Touma, Index misses and kisses his cheek.
* [[Artifact of Doom]]: Has the Index-Librorum-Prohibitorum, 103,000 books of forbidden spells, inside her head.
* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: When she’s using the knowledge the grimoires give her such as in Episode 23 of season 1, in which she {{spoiler|holds her own against a giant golem with a few quick phrases and ''safety pins''. If Touma hadn't knocked out the caster, she would have ''won''.}} All this to a [[Theme Music Power-Up]], too. And later in the novels using her Spell Intercept, {{spoiler|1=she hijacks the control over the Fuze=Kazakiri, canceling it and saving Last Order in the process during the attack by Vento of the Front in Academy City.}}
*
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: With Touma.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Two actually: Denying her access to food and mentioning her [[Pettanko|horizontally challenged figure.]]{{verify|reason=Is it 'short' or 'flat-chested' that annoys her?}}
* [[Big Eater]]
* [[Blood Magic]]: In order to heal herself, she used her blood as a catalyst for a healing spell.
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* [[Brown Note]]: When she uses the Spell Intercept Song or Sheol Fear.
* [[Cat Smile]]: Pratically her default smile.
* [[Character-Magnetic Team]]: With Touma.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: You know those safety pins that keep her nun robes together after Touma's first [[Accidental Pervert]] moment with Index? Well, she
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Really doesn't want to see Touma hanging out with other girls.
* [[Clothing Damage]]: [[Hilarity Ensues]].
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* [[Cosplay]]: Seen in Episode 22 cosplaying as [[Mahou Shoujo|Magical Powered Kanamin]].
* [[Cool Sword]]: The [[Famed in Story|Sword of God Frey]]. Why? Because it fights on its own!!
* [[Cry Cute]]: When she thought
* [[Cute Little Fangs|Cute Fang]]
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Considering that she is the title-giving character, her screen time and importance in many arcs of ''
* [[Drama-Preserving Handicap]]: Index's "Walking Church" robe provides her with amazing defensive capabilities... which Touma inadvertently destroys in the first episode to prove the existence of his Imagine Breaker. Index patches it back together, but it's lost its defensive powers. [[Call Back|This comes back a few times]], as the few people who do directly attack Index still believe her Walking Church’s active. This means that attacks that they are expecting her to simply shrug off are potentially fatal. This is especially bad considering that most people want Index for her knowledge, and killing her wouldn't exactly progress that goal.
* [[Cute Kitten]]: Sphinx.
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{{quote|'''Touma''': So... the English way of wearing a robe is such that the below (body) is not covered by any other clothes besides the robe itself. I didn't know that!"}}
* [[Heroic Safe Mode]]: John's Pen mode, installed by the Archbishop on her as an insurance to keep the Index of Prohibited books under control.
* [[Holding Back the Phlebotinum]]: Index has complete knowledge of ''all'' magic, but
* [[Honor Before Reason]]
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: She says she's a religious nun in training, but she does things nuns aren't suppose to do like being a glutton or a lying thief or... [[Captain Obvious|well you get the picture]].
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* [[The Messiah]]: Never puts herself first. Never. Unless it concerns food.
* [[Mission Control]]/[[Mr. Exposition]]: As she contains the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, she's usually the one who explains what to do when Touma is confronted with magical items.
* [[Naughty Nuns]]: More like Freeloader Nun.
* [[Never Got to Say Goodbye]]: To Touma in the beginning of the series.
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* [[Nuns Are Mikos]]
* [[Nun-Too-Holy]]
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Actually, Index is 14 or 15,
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Averted. Her legal name really is "Index Librorum Prohibitorum". Her Academy City I.D. and passport both say as much.
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* [[Photographic Memory]]: It's why she's the Index.
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* [[Power Limiter]]: The "collar" and the remote control spiritual item.
* [[Pretentious Latin Motto]]: "The devoted lamb protects the knowledge of the strong".
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* [[Tranquil Fury]]: {{spoiler|When she finds out the truth about Touma from Fiamma.}}
* [[Wetware Body]]: Index's body is possessed by an AI of sorts some of the time. It's pretty competent really.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: She has silvery-blue hair.
* [[Your Secrets Safe With Me Superman]]: Seems to think her favorite show, Magical Powered Kanamin, is real.
=== Mikoto Misaka ===
[[File:300px-Mikoto misaka 9554.jpg|frame|'''[[Little Miss Badass|DANGER]]''': '''[[Shock and Awe|HIGH VOLTAGE]]'''.]]
'''[[Sobriquet]]s: Railgun ; [[The Ace|The Ace of Tokiwadai]] ; [[Shock and Awe|The Electric Princess]]'''
{{quote|''"Do you know what a railgun is?"''}}
Mikoto Misaka is the protagonist (in the dictionary definition sense, not the "redefine words we don't understand" Tropes sense) of the ''[[A Certain Scientific Railgun]]'' side-stories and a major recurring character in the ''A Certain Magical Index'' stories.
Nicknamed [[In-Series Nickname|Biri-Biri]] by Touma Kamijo, her power is [[Shock and Awe|Electromaster]], and with it she is the third most powerful Level 5 (the highest rank attainable for an Esper). She has [[Unresolved Sexual Tension|a love/hate relationship]] with Touma.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Railgun include:}}
* [[A-Cup Angst]]: It does ''not'' help that some of Academy City's ''younger'' girls are ''more'' endowed than she is. And it's hinted that her [[Hot Mom]] (who's really well endowed herself, also to Mikoto's chagrin) wants to rectify this fast (through food). Considering she's no more than fourteen you have to wonder why she's so bothered about it. This is again [[Played for Laughs]] during her first meeting with Misaka Worst.
* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Zig-zagged
* [[Action Girl]]: She has slightly violent tendencies, and is ranked third among the Level 5 Espers.
* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]: Subverted. Try as she might, Mikoto just cannot get a hit in.
* [[Ascended to A Higher Plane of Existence]]: {{spoiler|Suffers from an involuntary version of this in the Daihaseisai arc of Railgun. The villains forcefully link her to the Misaka Network, causing her to gradually shift to a Level 6. In this state, she goes through several transformations and her power grows rapidly, eventually being capable of overpowering both Touma's Imagine Breaker and Gunha's power. She's eventually forced out of it when dragons emerge from the severed stump of Touma's arm and devour her power.}}
* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: At the climax of the Dream Ranker arc, {{spoiler|she creates a massive humanoid puppet out of iron sand to fight against the Doppelganger's similarly-gigantic construct. The puppet is relatively weak and fragile for its size, due to its composition. However, it's capable of shapeshifting and entering openings in its opponent to destroy them from the inside. The iron sand constantly rubs together and builds up electricity, which Mikoto can use to fire a powerful Railgun.}}
* [[Ax Crazy]]: In Episode 4 of ''Railgun'', fighting Touma.
* [[Badass Adorable]]
** [[Little Miss Badass]]
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: With Touma.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: To Lessar, twice, in the second Railgun SS.
* [[Big Brother Instinct|Big Sister Instinct]]: Though not her sisters ''per se'', she really loves her clones as if they were and would go to hell and back to protect them.
* [[Blood Knight]]: Though more from her inability to forgive slights than any actual bloodlust: she will forgive you ''after'' shes pounded the snerd out of you.
* [[Blush Sticker]]: At times, especially as a child.<ref>Last Order is proof</ref>
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]
{{quote|If she let him get away, things would get very bad.
To put it in concrete terms, it was possible that she would end up with no scenes for three whole volumes.
Wait! Wait just a second!! This is my scene! If you’re going to do this, do it later!! Dammit, the guy-to-girl ratio here is completely out of balance. And is that group of huge breasts specifically targeted at me!? A-at this rate, I’ll be lost in the background…!! Did they create a forest to hide a leaf!?
* [[Breakout Character]]: Got [[A Certain Scientific Railgun|her own spin-off series]] for a reason.
*
* [[Code Name]] / [[Badass Nickname]]: The Railgun, The Ace of Tokiwadai, The Electric Princess, The Electromaster. Take your pick.
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* [[Combination Attack]]: In NT Volume 18, {{spoiler|she combines her power with Misaki's to fire the Liquid-Proof Railgun, an enhanced version of her Railgun that uses Misaki's moisture manipulation to prevent it being destroyed by air resistance, allowing it to achieve greater speeds.}}
* [[Combining Mecha]]: {{spoiler|She gains a copy of the Anti-Art Attachment at the end of NT Volume 15, and modifies it for her own use. It allows her to fly and has a range of powerful weapons that can easily destroy Elements.}}
* [[Cry Cute]]: When she cradles a hideously injured Touma in her lap. {{spoiler|After all, she was the one who injured him.}}
* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: Frogs. More specifically, she has a serious weakness in the form of the frog mascot "Gekota", so much so that she sees a real-life version of it [[Squick|in “Heaven Canceller”, of all people]].
* [[Death Seeker]]: For causing the suffering of her clone "sisters". Touma snaps her out of it.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: She comes dangerously close to this during the Sisters Arc, becoming a [[Evil Laugh|little]] [[Inner Dialogue|bit]] unstable towards the end.
* [[Electric Torture]]: How she usually rewards [[Psycho Lesbian|Kuroko's]] attempts to [[Lovable Sex Maniac|have sex with her]], and is always [[Played for Laughs]].
* [[Elegant Classical Musician]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eldA_IhSIYc Yup.]
* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: Touma used to call her "Biri-Biri" (translated in the anime as "Zapper"), a name she doesn't like.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: She's forced to work with Misaki several times in both ''Index'' and ''Railgun''.
* [[Erotic Dream]]: Has one of Touma in the beginning of Season II Episode 17. Sadly we don't get to see it, just her writhing and moaning in her bed while sleep-talking about what she will do to him.
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Much to her chagrin.
*
* [[Fan Nickname]]:
** "{{spoiler|Terrorist}} Biri-Biri" because of the Railgun manga.
** '''The''' [[Tsundere|Thundere]].
* [[Foil]]: To Misaki. Both are Level 5s who are students of Tokiwadai, and are in the same year. Mikoto has a small band of friends who she has close relationships with, while Misaki has a large clique whom she often mind-controls. Mikoto's power is extremely versatile and is particularly effective against machines, while Misaki's is limited to the human brain (though it's still very versatile within that domain) and is useless against machines. {{spoiler|Both of them know about Touma's amnesia, but Misaki is implied to have figured it out much earlier and is also one of the few people to know about his second case of amnesia. Both of them fell in love with Touma after he saved them, but Mikoto doesn't know this about Misaki until NT Volume 18.}}
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]
* [[High-Pressure Emotion]]
* [[Goofy Print Underwear]]: Kuroko finds out, much to her delight, that Mikoto's underpants share the same "thumbs-up bunny" that the T-shirt she was given as a present has... unfortunately she then just ''had'' to skip and sing [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"Matches! Matches! It matches with Onee-sama's!"]], which equates to [[What an Idiot!|repeatedly jumping up and down on]] Mikoto's biggest [[Berserk Button]]...
** Perhaps that reason why she wears [[
* [[Hair Flip]]: On
* [[Hard Work Hardly Works]]: Subverted, as her quick rise from
* [[The Hero]]: Shares this trope with Touma in her own series.
** Though he still upstages her whenever he appears in ''Railgun''.
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* [[Hero with Bad Publicity]]: A plot point during the Shopping Mall Demonstration SS.
* [[Hey, You]]: She has yet to call Touma by his name.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Especially during the SISTERS arc. Note that "honor" and "obeying the law" are two completely different things.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: More so than the comparatively laid-back Touma.
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|I Am Not His Girlfriend]]: She gets put into this situation by Index, and in front of Touma and their parents too (cue [[Luminescent Blush|massive blushing]]).
** Then it gets hilariously played with along with drops of [[Les Yay]] when Kuroko arrives to meet the Misakas, acting her usual perverted self towards Misuzu (who thinks it's towards Mikoto), with the latter lampshading the [[Les Yay]] part.
{{quote|'''Misuzu''': Mikoto, I didn't know you swung that way.
'''Mikoto''': NO I DON'T!
* [[I Am Not Left-Handed]]: She usually holds back her power to avoid killing people or causing unneeded destruction. When she cuts loose, it's clear why she's ranked as the third-best esper. One example of this is when she {{spoiler|creates an enormous iron sand puppet to fight the Doppelganger in the Dream Ranker arc.}}
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Last-Name Basis]]: Virtually everyone refers her as Misaka.
* [[Megaton Punch]]: The most common method to stop a clingy Kuroko.
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* [[Modesty Shorts]]: Trope Picture. Much to [[Psycho Lesbian|Kuroko Shirai's]] dismay.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: She's call the Railgun and is a Level 5. What did you expect?
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* [[Red Oni]]: To Touma.
* [[Self-Made Man|Self Made Girl:]] Mikoto climbed all the way from Level 1 to level 5 through hard work, but...
** Subverted when it was revealed that {{spoiler|the researchers of Academy City already
* [[Shock and Awe]]: The nature of her abilities. She's called "Railgun" for a reason.
** [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: Averted in Episode 12 of ''Railgun'' where, against an opponent deploying a barrier that insulates against electric shock, Misaka uses the massive amounts of heat generated by her lightning to ''[[Nightmare Fuel|melt the damn thing]]''.
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*** [[Hollywood Hacking]] / [[Technopath]]
*** [[Selective Magnetism]]
*** [[Vibroweapon]]: Her iron sand swords.
** [[One-Man Army|One Girl Army]]: Something made very clear in World War III. Taken [[Up to Eleven]] when she {{spoiler|gains the Anti-Art Attachment]].
** [[Person of Mass Destruction]]
** [[Required Secondary Powers]]: She's explicitly noted to be immune to electrical attacks when a girl tries using a taser on her. If she doesn't fry herself, what good is a taser going to do?
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*** [[Money to Throw Away]]: Her Railgun uses coins which she can launch at three times the speed of sound using her electricity.
*** [[Weapon of Choice]]
** [[Won't Work On Me]]: An electric field around her prevents telepaths from tampering with her mind.
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Delivered to {{spoiler|[[Complete Monster|Therestina]]}} via railgun.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: She looks like a younger version of her mother.
* [[The Rival]]:
** Supposedly has a rivalry with Misaki, the other Level 5 of Tokiwadai. In a subversion, neither of them are interested of being either rivals or friends with each other. The real rivalry is between their followers and their fanbases, which makes this an in-universe example of [[Fandom Rivalry]]. However, in later volumes, they're rivals {{spoiler|in love for Touma}}.
** The girl she really sees as a rival is {{spoiler|Index, because she's often with Touma.}}
* [[Shorttank]]: And one who is quite embarrassed to show any sort of girlish behavior at that.
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Although at that point the crush part was debatable, Mikoto did follow Touma quite excessively (including once chasing him around for a whole night).
* [[Tender Tears]]
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]:
* [[Took A Level In Badass]]: {{spoiler|After gaining the Anti-Art Attachment.}}
* [[Tsundere]]: Again with Touma.
** [[Lampshaded]] by [[Cloudcuckoolander|Kiyama]] of all people.
* [[Unknown Rival]]: For Touma.
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* [[Weirdness Censor]]: With magic. She's met several magicians and seen magic preformed on a few occasions, but every time she either attributes it to Esper powers or some other scientific explanation. This is justified due to the city where she lives being full of supernatural powers and no one ever trying to explain it to her properly. The one time someone did, they gave up before they even got to the point because Misaka asked a question while still trying to frame it from a scientific point of view.
** May also cross with [[Genre Blindness]] considering she is a prominent character in a show centered around the conflict between Science and Magic.
* [[The Worf Effect]]: Versus Touma.
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: One of her methods to stop with a clingly [[Psycho Lesbian|Kuroko]].
* [[You Are Not Alone]]:
=== Touma Kamijou ===
[[File:toma 598 6327.jpg|frame|[[Unlucky Everydude|Such misfortune]], indeed.]]
{{quote|''"I don't need a reason to save someone."''}}
Touma Kamijou is the
He is a Level 0 Academy City high school student in his first year and possesses the mysterious [[Anti-Magic|Imagine]] [[Power Nullifier|Breaker]], which cancels any magical, Esper-related, or divine power his right hand comes into contact with, but also brings him [[Blessed with Suck|incredibly bad luck]]. Possessing a strong sense of justice, he helps anyone who is in need and will not hesitate to challenge anyone who is several times more powerful than himself. This willingness to help those in need has resulted in him [[Harem Show|receiving the affection of many females]].
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Touma include:}}
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* [[Above Good and Evil]]: According to Aiwass, Touma is this, someone who doesn't care about labels such as good and evil, but just doing what he considers to be the right thing to do. That would explain at least, why in one minute he can beat the crap out of someone, and in the next, risk his life to protect the same person. Heck, Touma even says something to that effect, when he gets out his funk, after Fiamma said that he isn't such a good person, because he lied to Index about his memory loss.
* [[Accidental Pervert]]:
* [[Almost Kiss]]: Itsuwa almost kisses Touma when he is lying in his bed in Volume 16.
** Touma and Fukiyose nearly have one in Episode 8 of season two.
* '''[[Almighty Janitor]]''': Justified in that he's not really
* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Touma is frequently more concerned with the individuals than the long term consequences.
* [[Anime Hair]]: It's actually {{spoiler|invoked! You find out that Touma once saw someone with hair like that in a magazine and started to treat it to look like that.}}
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** [[Born Unlucky]]: [[Anti-Magic|Imagine Breaker]] gives him bad luck but on the other hand gives him a great advantage against supernatural foes. However, before he entered Academy City, {{spoiler|he caused misfortune to people around him as well, but that stopped at one point, hinting something caused the misfortune to not spill out onto the world.}}
** [[Born Winner]]: He's had Imagine Breaker since the beginning of his life, with all its benefits and drawbacks.
** [[Catch and Return]]: He learns to do this to attacks that are too strong for him to negate instantly.
** [[Chick Magnet]]: Index and Komoe theorize that this is another side effect of his Imagine Breaker, both from a magical and scientific perspective.
**
** [[MacGuffin]]: Imagine Breaker becomes this for {{spoiler|Fiamma, and we learn Aleister plans to use it for his plan, albeit in a far different way.}}
** [[Power Incontinence]]: Imagine Breaker is ''always'' on. Which sucks because he could accidentally negate and destroy something he doesn't want to just by touching it, like someone's magical outfit. {{spoiler|Kazakiri is made of AIM, so he can never touch her with his right hand or she may be erased.}}
** [[The Nudifier]]: '''WARNING''': Don't touch Touma's right hand if you're wearing magical clothes.
**
**
** [[Story-Breaker Power]]: {{spoiler|The "Invisible Thing" that made someone as Fiamma of the Right think that everything he has isn't enough to defeat it.}} The Imagine Breaker is a borderline case as it can counter any power but in turn it can be countered if the opponent [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?|uses a gun]] or [[My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours|has superior physical abilities]].
** [[Superpower Lottery]]: First is Imagine Breaker, which makes most Esper powers and magics useless against him. {{spoiler|Then he develops his [[Spider Sense]], which means that he can see an attack coming and react accordingly, although he does it subconsciously. This combined with his Imagine Breaker means [[Nigh Invulnerable|it's very hard to get under his guard and attack him fatally with any kind of supernatural attack]]. Finally, when his right arm is chopped off, he unleashes a power that makes everything Fiamma of the Right have pale in comparison. However, he's reluctant to use the last of these, due to knowing basically nothing about it.}}
* [[Alternate Character Reading]]: His name, Kamijou Touma, is written as (上条 當麻). Kanzaki re-interprets this name in Volume 1 as (神浄 討魔), which is his epithet, "The One Who Purifies Gods and Slays Demons". In the afterword to Volume 14, Kamachi gives an alternate reading to his last name: (神上), which means "The One Above God.", or ''La Persona Superiore a Dio''. His first name can also be read as (透魔), meaning "Invisible Demon", {{spoiler|which may be a reference to the being sealed inside him}}.
* [[Anime Hair]]: Invoked. He deliberately styled his hair in this manner after seeing it in a magazine.
* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: Mostly shown in Vol. 20 — He was able to determine the location of an enemy camp by using a simple map he bought from a local Russian Store.
* [[Badass]]: Very much so.
* [[The Beard]]: Mikoto tries to get Touma to pretend to be her boyfriend to discourage another guy who keeps following her around—the grandson of her school's superintendent, so she can't just blow him off [[Shock and Awe|the usual way]].
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: With the [[tsundere]]s in his harem.
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* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: He's a normal human except for his Imagine Breaker, but he can take '''far''' more punishment than the average guy. He has also demonstrated some impressive feats of strength, including blocking a massive concrete golem's punch with one hand and not budging an inch, and later punching another concrete golem hard enough to shatter it.
* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: And HOW!
**
* [[Clueless Chick Magnet]]: He has possibly more people interested in him than any other fictional character, yet remains entirely oblivious to all of them. Best illustrated by a scene in NT Volume 13 where he receives what looks like a love letter, and jumps for joy at "finally getting attention from a girl". This is right next to Seria and Mikoto, both of whom are already interested. Seria even does everything short of explicitly saying "I love you", but he doesn't notice and runs off.
* [[Code Name]]: On the Magic side, he's known as "Imagine Breaker".
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: He's not above splashing ''boiling coffee'' to a terrorist's face to blind him.
* [[Crippling Overspecialization]]: Imagine Breaker makes him great at fighting a single supernatural opponent at a time. Against multiple opponents, or opponents who don't rely on supernatural powers, he's at a disadvantage.
* [[Cursed with Awesome]]: Wanna know why so many women fall for him? Index theorizes that his Imagine Breaker even cancels out the ''[[Red String of Fate]]'', effectively making almost every woman fall for him instead of just a few that he's "fated to connect with."
* [[Dare to Be Badass]]:
{{quote|"Just answer me one question, Magician: Don't you want to save Index?! You guys have been waiting for this haven't you?! A method where you don't need to take away Index's memories... a method where you don't need to be Index's enemies... a method where everyone is smiling and that everyone wants... ...that leads to the ultimate happy ending?! You've been waiting forever for this haven't you?! For this development? What have you guys been clenching your teeth all this time for?! Didn't you swear you'd save this one girl with your own hands?! You'd like to be the main characters of the story too, right?! Quit being content staying a side character! Didn't you put your lives on the line to protect this one girl?! Then it's not over yet! It hasn't even begun! Quit getting depressed in this kinda long prologue! You can reach her if you stretch your hand out! Let's get this thing started already, Magician!"}}
* [[Dating Sim]]: According to Aisa, his life is a [[Dating Sim]].
* [[David Versus Goliath]]: All of his fights, but especially the ones against {{spoiler|Accelerator
* [[Defeating the Undefeatable]]: He's made an art of it.
* [[Delinquent]]: Touma's not really a delinquent, but to most outsiders he probably seems like one. It's not like he's ''not trying'' to do well in school, but it's pretty much gotten to the point where the forces of karma are against it.
* [[Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life]]: Touma saw his right hand as a useless bother, and couldn't find a reason for it. Then he meets Index, and realizes that his useless right hand is the only thing that can save her, and with a glorious rant as narration does so,
* [[Determinator]]: Without a doubt. This is best shown in NT Volume 9, where he {{spoiler|persists through countless hells, any one of which would break most people, and only succumbs in a perfect world where everyone has been saved without his intervention. And once he regains hope (thanks to a little outside intervention), he fights a true goddess, dying countless times, and eventually manages to convince her to restore his world.}}
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: He literally punched out: Innocentius (a 3000 degree fire demon), Accelerator, Ellis (a massive concrete golem), {{spoiler|Fiamma of the Right, and '''[[Archangel Gabriel]]'''.}}
* [[The Dreaded]]:
** Although most of the science side have no clue who he is, most of the magic side is utterly terrified of him (or to be more precise, Imagine Breaker). It gets to the point that {{spoiler|GREMLIN is perfectly willing to destroy the world, if it means they will be absolutely sure they'll be killing him.}}
** In New Testament Volume 4, there's {{spoiler|Byouri Kihara, an absolute sociopath who goes up against GREMLIN with a cheerful (if not disturbing) smile on her face. The one time she ever shows fear in that entire volume is when Touma's name is brought up. The narrative itself seems to imply that Kamijou Touma is the worst possible opponent for a Kihara to face. For comparison, the previous noteworthy Kihara of the series, Amata, showed absolutely no fear whatsoever when facing Accelerator, the most powerful Esper in Academy City.}}
** [[Played For Laughs]] in NT Volume 12, where Shinka Kanou is immediately terrified of Touma upon hearing his name. He thinks of Touma as a legendary fighter who can knock out anyone with a single punch and seduce any girl he comes across. Touma is mortified at this.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: He [[Invoked Trope|invokes]] this during his battle against Aureolus, with a [[Slasher Smile]] for additional bonus points.
* [[Famous-Named Foreigner]]: To the Magic side.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: ''Tou'''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|MAN]].'''''
* [[Fastball Special]]:
** Performs a variation of one where {{spoiler|[[Badass|Acqua]] launches Touma using [[BFS|Ascalon]] straight at [[Badass Princess|Carissa]] to destroy Curtana Original.}} It earns extra points due to Touma and {{spoiler|Aqcua}} doing it wordlessly in true [[Bash Brothers]] fashion, and to the ridiculous bullet-like speed Touma is sent flying.
** The Railgun manga has an example that (chronologically) occurred before the previous one. This time, Gunha throws him at {{spoiler|a rampaging Mikoto.}}
* [[Fetish]]: For [[Cool Big Sis]] type girls.
* [[Fighter, Mage, Thief]]: [[Stone Wall|The Fighter]].
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* [[First Episode Spoiler]]: He loses his memories irrevocably. This goes on to have '''massive''' implications for the rest of the series. Pre-memory loss Touma however was a very different person, and is treated as a [[Posthumous Character]].
* [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]: His general fighting style.
* [[The Greatest Story Never Told]]: Despite all his incredible heroic deeds, most of Academy City is completely oblivious to his existence. Not that he's interested in becoming famous. This is taken to its logical extreme in NT Volume 9, where he {{spoiler|fights a Magic God singlehandedly to restore his world, knowing that no one would ever know about this (save the Will of the Misaka Network).}}
* [[Harem Hero]]: A definite Type 2B.
* [[Healing Factor]]: Not stated explicitly, but considering all the punishment he tends to receive in incredibly short periods of time, there's no way he could function otherwise. {{spoiler|It is very explicit whenever his right hand/arm is cut off, which causes it regenerate rapidly in order to reseal the "Invisible Thing".}}
* [[The Hero]]
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Suffers a heart-breaking example in NT Volume 9. {{spoiler|After withstanding countless hells, he's faced with the opposite - a world where absolutely everyone is safe and content, without him ever needing to intervene. Everything he ever accomplished, all rendered meaningless before a god's power. And Othinus claims that, if he wants to preserve this world, he has to die. It takes the intervention of the Will of the Misaka Network to snap him out of it.}}
* [[Heroic Resolve]]: After getting beaten by Accelerator he stands up after Mikoto shows up. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110423033505/http://www.mangafox.com/manga/to_aru_kagaku_no_railgun/v06/c038/19.html Asswhupping ensues].
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: To the ''severe'' detriment of his own health.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Very much so.
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* [[Implacable Man]]: Get your arm chopped off? Keep going. Have a car dropped on you? Walk it off. Get hit with a massive bolt of electricity? ''Twice''? Gonna have to do better than that.
* [[Innocent Cohabitation]]: Living with Index and later {{spoiler|Itsuwa}}. And thanks to {{spoiler|his memory loss}}, he doesn't even know why.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: Called "Kamiyan" by Tsuchimikado and Aogami Pierce.
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* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: Switches between ''ore'' and ''watakushi''.
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: In a sense. Touma's memories are completely gone, period, essentially meaning the person he was before is dead.
* [[Laser Guided Amnesia]]: Loses all his memories at the end of Volume 1, never getting them back. He manages to hide this rather well - it helps that most people wouldn't suspect someone they knew to just lose all their memories like that. {{spoiler|NT Volume 11 reveals that, even before this, he had a very specific case of amnesia. Due to brain damage, he can't remember or form new memories of Misaki.}}
* [[Made of Iron]]: Say, how the hell does he have enough stamina for all of these:
** Survived his encounter against Kanzaki and managed to throw a punch in her face before he got his ass handed over to him;
** Challenged '''
** Chased
** Defeated several Skill-Outs and Shiage Hamazura in combat shortly after getting shot in the side;
** Got beaten within an inch of his life by {{spoiler|Acqua of the Back}} but survives. Then he goes to {{spoiler|the Amakusa}}'s rescue and managed to buy them some time for {{spoiler|their "Saint Destroyer" spell}} even when he ''still'' hasn't recovered from his injuries from his encounter with {{spoiler|Acqua}};
** {{spoiler|Defeated Accelerator '''''for the second time''''' after he "awakened" and went berserk}}!
** {{spoiler|Heck, it's pretty much implied that the reason he's developed the ability to sense AIM fields and intercept incoming attacks is that he's simply gotten the shit kicked out of him by supernatural powers so many times that he's developed an affinity for sensing them.}}
* [[Mage Killer]]: His specialty, obviously minus the "killer" part.
* [[Magnetic Hero]]: A definite example. It's to the point where his collection of allies is officially recognized in-universe as a significant force, the "Kamijou Faction". This was lampshaded as early as Volume 5, where Etzali noted that his ability to gather allies from both the science and magic sides was incredibly dangerous.
* [[Manly Tears]]
* [[Martial Pacifist]]: He always tries to talk things out with his opponents before resorting to kicking their ass.
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** [[Technical Pacifist]]: Although Touma normally can't bring himself to kill anyone. This is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by {{spoiler|Heaven Canceller}} when he compared Touma to Accelerator in regards to how [[Not So Different|both protect the people they care about]].
* [[Martyr Without a Cause]]: He always says "I don't need a reason to save people", but always ends up badly injured.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: His surname (Kamijou) is translated as "
* [[Never Got to Say Goodbye]]: To Index in the beginning of the series, and {{spoiler|again in the ending of Volume 22}}.
* [[Nice Guy]]: ''Even to his enemies''.
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** Depending on the situation, he's capable of completely ignoring a female's state of undress. Piss him off enough and he'll punch you in the face no matter how much of your cleavage is visible.
{{quote|'''Kazakiri''': "He's also the kind of guy who speaks to you with a straight face even when you're naked..."}}
* [[Not So Different]]:
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Touma, are you faking you're obliviousness to how many girls worship the ground you walk on or are you really that big of a bloody tool?
** In Volume 18 we get "Itsuwa’s face was all red and the others were physically holding her back from going with me. [[Comically Missing the Point|She must have really wanted to save Index]]. I guess the two of them must have become friends during all that Acqua of the Back stuff." when he's recalling meeting the Amasuka's on his way to help Index.
* [[Ordinary High School Student]]:
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* [[The Paragon]]: If you get preached to or punched out by him, chances are high you'll become quite heroic somewhere down the road.
* [[Mook Horror Show|Power User Horror Show]]: When Touma fights, we see a [[Badass]] highschooler struggling to fight with opponents who are objectively much more powerful than him, and winning thanks to his [[Determinator|tenacity]], hard earned [[Badass Normal|street fighting skills]], and a [[Power Nullifier]] right arm. But that isn't what his opponents see. What they see, is something that can [[Anti-Magic|utterly nullify their powers]], no matter how deadly they should normally be, and [[Implacable Man|something that just won't go down]] no matter what they do, and it is terrifying. It's good to remember that the thing Accelerator fears the most is Touma.
* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|Pre-Asskicking One Liner]]: Every time he utters his [[Catch Phrase]] or a variation of it: "I'll kill that illusion of yours!"
* [[Properly Paranoid]]: Touma is extremely suspicious of a generous bounty of good luck, believing that in the end, he will only somehow get screwed over. When he
* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]: "God, if the world really goes by your rules then I'm gonna smash that illusion apart!"
* [[Relationship Voice Actor]]: With [[Nobuhiko Okamoto|Accelerator]] as his more gifted rival on two [[Kaichou wa Maid-sama|different]] [[Bakuman｡|occasions]]. Also he interacted with [[Ayumi Fujimura|Seiri Fukuyose]] in said series.
* [[Running Gag]]: Whenever he gets injured he always ends up in the same hospital, in the same room, treated by the same doctor.
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'''Heaven Canceler:''' That's not something most people would be proud of... }}
** If there is a girl in a closed room, and Touma does not open the door and walk in, is she ''still'' naked?
* [[Save Scumming]]: {{spoiler|This is how he gains the experience needed to dodge Othinus' attacks, without even needing to think.}}
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: Never mind Imagine Breaker's theorized ability to attract women. Touma's a genuinely [[Nice Guy]], and that turns women on (especially after he rescues them).
* [[Sobriquet]]: "Imagine Breaker" from the Magic side and "The Boy Who {{spoiler|Defeated Accelerator}}" from the Science side.
* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Not in ''Index'' where he's the main character. However, in ''Railgun'', where Misaka Mikoto is the protagonist, Touma essentially becomes this. This is particularly obvious in {{spoiler|the SISTERS arc, where Touma essentially takes on the [[Big Bad]] all on his own while Misaka can do little more than watch}}. Since the two stories happen in the same city and often overlap, this can't really be avoided.
* [[Spanner in the Works]]: While he's not as good at this as Shiage, he can derail villain's complex plans by simply showing up and punching the crap out of anybody he sees threatening others.
* [[Spider Sense]]: {{spoiler|He has always had this power (or at least has been slowly developing it) but its only recently been pointed out. He can sense changes in AIM Fields (Espers) and, although not outright stated, it is also been hinted he can do the same with Mana (Magicians). This allows him to react before the attack has even been properly launched.}}
* [[Star-Making Role]]: Earned [[Atsushi Abe]] the ''Best Rookie Actor of 2010''.
* [[Stone Wall]]: Touma is a fairly average street fighter, but his [[Anti-Magic|Imagine Breaker]] combined with [[Spider Sense]] makes him [[Nigh Invulnerable]] against superpowered foes.
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* [[Unlucky Everydude]]
* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: Unlike most characters, Touma relies on the simple yet powerful effect of his right hand to combat complex spells and esper abilities. He's also a tough and experienced street fighter, though Kaori and Motoharu have beaten him.
** Basically, his power means he's a holy terror to people who rely on supernatural abilities like magic or esper powers, but in terms of hand-to-hand combat, whenever Touma runs into someone who knows what they're doing (official assessments state that he's fairly competent as a street fighter but that's about it) he gets schooled. He also tends to get his ass whupped if the opponent just plain outclasses him in physical ability, meaning he has a hard time against Saints like Kaori and
* [[Unwanted Harem]]: You lucky bastard. Even lampshaded by Aisa.
** The guys in his class hate him because '''all''' of their female classmates crush on him, and his whole class got pissed at him when a busty waitress showed him sympathy. That class is incredibly [[Genre Savvy]] to his charms.
** It seems to be genetic. When his father first meets Mikoto's mother, she immediately starts getting
** He pretty much shatters whatever the previous record was when he beats Accelerator in Book 3, his heroic rescue prompting ''every single one'' of Misaka's Sisters to fall in love with him. That's right, as of book 3, Touma has a harem count that is literally ''[[Over Nine Thousand]]''! And as a run of some nineteen books later will demonstrate, ''he's just getting warmed up''.
** Alcohol apparently dials Touma's harem making ability [[Up to Eleven]]. As in, when Touma walks home drunk one night, ''about a dozen girls come with him''. One of whom he only met a few minutes ago.
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: He's always someone's pawn without realizing it until it is too late, {{spoiler|which winds up crippling Academy City because of his involvement with GREMLIN. It later turns out that he's been a pawn to both the true GREMLIN and to Aleister for the entire series.}}
* [[Warrior Therapist]]: In some ways, it's his ''modus operandi''. Notable victims include Misaka, {{spoiler|Accelerator (twice:The first time began the conversion from [[Ax Crazy]] to [[Byronic Hero]], the second seems to have finished the job), and Unabara.}}
** Upon learning of {{spoiler|the impending World War}}, Touma's first impulse is [[Up to Eleven|to learn English so that he'll be able to talk down his opponents!]]
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]
* [[Wife-Basher Basher]]: Even though he's more than willing to [[Would Hit a Girl|hit a woman]] if she tries to cause the deaths of millions to further her own selfish agenda, he ''will'' hunt you down like a dog and kick you into the middle of next week if you harm helpless and nice girls.
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* [[You Leave Him Alone|You Leave Her Alone!]] His challenge to stop Accelerator from murdering Misaka 10032, armed with nothing but bravery, kindness and a mean right jab.
=== Accelerator ===
[[File:300px-Accelerator profile 3780.jpg|frame|Let's not get him [[Ax Crazy|too excited]]...]]
{{quote|''"They may all look the same to you, but there are different kinds and different levels of evil. A first-class villain doesn't target honest lives."''}}
See this scrawny albino kid? If you do, be afraid. Be very afraid. You can run, but you'll only die tired. Accelerator is the most powerful Level 5 Esper in Academy City. His power is called [[Game Breaker|Redirection]], which is a type of telekinesis where the vector direction of anything, '''''anything''''' that acts upon his body can be controlled. [[Power Incontinence|His powers are also automatic]], so '''''anything''''' that tries to hit him, regardless of whether he's aware of it or not, gets sent back where it came from -- '''hard'''.
He was part of an experiment called the "Level 6 Shift", the goal of which was to make him the first Level 6 by
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Accelerator include:}}
* [[A God Am I]]: Accelerator's ambition,
* [[Accidental Pervert]]/[[Ignore the Fanservice]]: When he enters the bathroom to take a shower and finds Yoshikawa, Yomikawa, and Last Order naked inside, he just gets pissed that they didn't close the door.
* [[The Ace]]: He is pretty much good at everything he does. He even displayed a perfect control at a sub-atomic level.
** [[Broken Ace]]: But considering the childhood and the torture he's endured to attain his powers, he's this. {{spoiler|At least until Volume 22, where he turns over a new leaf.}}
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* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Well let's name a few. Last Order, Index, Misaka WORST, Fremea, Birdway (almost in NT volume 3), Yomikawa, Yoshikawa, etc. At this rate, he will end up with a [[Unwanted Harem]].
* [[All Guys Want Sorority Women]]: Played for laughs, but seriously, It's a wonder why he puts up with Misaka WORST.
* [[Alternate Character Reading]]: The name "Accelerator" is spelled in kanji as '''一方通行''' (one-way road).
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** [[Mind Over Matter]]: His power, Redirection.
** [[Offhand Backhand]]: His power will automatically activate and defend him from any attack, even attacks he's unaware of, like sniper rifles.
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** [[Superpower Lottery]]: A prime example of this, to the point where Accelerator is one of the first people think of when they think of a hax character.
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* [[Ax Crazy]]: Much throughout the first series of novels. {{spoiler|But as demonstrated by the New Testament series, after ascending to the Age of Horus, he shows a composed and cool attitude towards his opponents and refrains from killing them. For example, Umidori.}}
* [[Badass]]
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{{quote|'''Accelerator''': "I strive for something [[Up to Eleven|beyond the strongest, that challenging me would be the most ridiculous thought ever]], [[A God Am I|that fighting me would be an unforgivable sin!"]]<br />
'''Accelerator''': "This is not a negotiation, a suggestion, a deal, an entreaty, an agreement, a compromise, or a capitulation. It’s my triumphant return, [[Precision F-Strike|you fuckers]]." }}
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* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: With Musujime Awaki (they even mockingly call one another husband and wife), and later on, Misaka Worst.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't even think about harming Last Order, or the [[Clones Are People, Too|Sisters]], or [[Tomboy|Yomikawa]] [[Hot Mom|and]] [[Motherly Scientist|Yoshikawa]], or [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Misaka Worst]], or [[Lolicon|any little girls]]
* [[Big Bad]]: Of the Sisters Arc.
* [[Black and White Insanity]]: Suffers from this for quite a while, {{spoiler|until Touma tells him it's a load of crap.}}
* [[Blood Knight]]
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Blue Oni]]: To Misaka Worst's and Touma's red.
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* [[Brought Down to Normal]]: Played with. After Volume 5 he could only use his powers for 15 minutes at a time, but thanks to GROUP technicians that limit was increased to 30 minutes. Still, because the Sisters can't match him in processing power he’s weaker than before. His calculations become quite unstable if he's underground because the Sisters' signal gets distorted. Also, GROUP's employer and the higher-ups put a kill switch in his choker — probably when they tweaked it so he got 30 minutes of esper mode — to disable it, and outright block the basic calculations needed so he can walk and speak. Accelerator recovers his choker's plans from Heaven Canceller to attempt to build a new one, only to see it is nearly impossible. {{spoiler|He instead uses his custom built cane in Volume 19 to discover what frequency is used to mess with his choker, and blocks it out using a sort of jammer installed in his cane.}}
** [[Brought Down to Badass]]: On two separate occasions (in the warehouse against the Hound Dogs during the September 30 incident and during the Skill-Out uprising shortly afterward) he has found himself facing a large number of armed opponents without the use of his powers, and only possessing a gun to fight with. He still manages to take down all his foes and accomplish his objectives.
* [[Byronic Hero]]
** Furthermore, he sometimes tries to invoke [[Even Evil Has Standards]] when he decides to do something heroic, with lines like "A high-class villain doesn't target honest civilians." And then there's the time when he decided to rescue {{spoiler|Misuzu}} from assassination, but since he's a "villain," he decides to do so in ''the most traumatizing way possible'' in order to make up for it.
* [[Character Development]]: He's introduced as an [[Ax Crazy]] (very close to being a [[Complete Monster]]) antagonist in Volume 3
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* [[Death Glare]]: His ''default'' expression.
** Though it is noted he has developed a softer expression and voice around small girls, like Last Order and Birdway, which the latter lampshades.
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* [[The Dreaded]]: Everyone in Academy City fears
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* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Doubles as his [[
* [[Evil Albino]]
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Touma.
* [[Evil Laugh]]
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* [[Has Two Mommies]]: After he and Last Order are adopted by Yomikawa Aiho and Yoshikawa Kikyou.
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* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: He wanted to become stronger so that no one could challenge him, and so no one would get hurt by his power. But in the process, he willingly killed over ten thousand people.
* [[Hidden Heart of Gold]]: {{spoiler|Tried to keep the Elizalinian people safe by getting away from their country so they wouldn't get involved in his battles... only to be discovered by Misaka WORST to his great embarrassment.}}
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: {{spoiler|With a shotgun and even without his powers!}}
* [[I Just Want to Be Special|I Just Want To Be A Hero]]: Since his [[Heel Face Turn]] he wants to be a hero like Touma, to the point he imitates him by using only his right hand. In Volume 20, he comments that using the right hand doesn't suit him.
* [[I Let You Win]]: In NT Volume 10, {{spoiler|he fights and deliberately loses to Touma. This didn't just allow Touma and Othinus to move on - the fact that such a powerful esper lost also made others reluctant to pursue them.}}
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Once he threw a building.
** {{spoiler|The original attack was even more [[Badass]]: He took five minutes-worth of energy from the Earth's rotation and '''fired''' it. An anonymous poster did the math and found that the sheer amount of force involved was enough to shatter the planet several times over.}}
* [[Incoming Ham]]: All the damn time, but ''especially'' around Kihara.
{{quote|'''Accelerator:''' KIIIIIHAAAAARAAAAAAAAAAAA-KUUUUUUUUUUUUN!!}}
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* [[Lack of Empathy]]:
* [[Lolicon]]: Not in-universe, but is widely regarded as one jokingly.
** Misaka Worst even highlights this when he wants to save {{spoiler|Fremea.}}
** Birdway also points this out in NT volume 3.
* [[Lonely at the Top]]: As a kid, which was what convinced him to accept the experiment at first. He thought if he could achieve ultimate power no one would try to fight him and he would be accepted.
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* [[Mook Horror Show]]: Big time.
* [[Morality Pet]]: The most important people in his life:
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]:
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Though there are [[Idiot Ball|people who still think he can be defeated]].
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** {{spoiler|Start to pray if you [[Too Dumb to Live|do hurt one and let him know about it]]... Hell no! Just run away!!!}}
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** [[Determinator]]
** [[Glass Cannon]]: His powers usually make him a [[Lightning Bruiser]] but if you have a way to get past his Redirection he can be taken down with only a few punches.
** [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: The administer of them.
** [[Made of Iron]]:
** [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: He’s the strongest of the seven Level 5s and was able to ''{{spoiler|slow down the Earth's rotation for 5 minutes}}''! It's also not just that he's able to. He did that "casually" to {{spoiler|use the absorbed energy to launch an attack at Crowley's 'fortress' to no effect.}}
* [[Odd Friendship]]: Him and Birdway in New Testament 3.
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* [[Parental Substitute]]: What he basically is to Last Order. In New Testament, he even pulls this on Misaka Worst. Funnily enough, Kamachi [[Lampshade Hanging|mentions]] this in his author's notes and says that it’s unknown whether Accelerator is the father or mother figure to Last Order.
* [[Photographic Memory]]: He comments after looking at a page of computer code once that memorizing it is easy.
* [[Physical God]]: He has the epithet "The One Who Wields The Power of God", and it definitely fits. With his power active, he's essentially untouchable and can literally destroy the world. {{spoiler|When awakened, he can match an archangel.}}
* [[Punny Name]]: Accelerator's name in kanji means "one-way street", referring to his personality.
{{quote|'''Accelerator''': I'm sorry, from here on the path is only a "one-way street"! You can't advance, just hide your tail and cry your way to home!}}
* [[Put the Laughter In Slaughter]]: And you thought [[Dragonball Z|Freeza]] was fucking creepy!!
* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: "Now then. I’ll teach you one thing about the aesthetics you lack... This is what a truly first-class villain is, you fucker.” Among others.
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* [[Relationship Voice Actor]]: With [[Atsushi Abe|Touma]] on two [[Kaichou wa Maid-sama|different]] [[Bakuman｡|occasions]].
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* [[Screaming Warrior]]: Especially noticeable when he's up against Kihara.
** One Youtube commenter even pointed out how Okamoto must have super-strong vocal chords to perform Accelerator's role without going mute.
* [[Sincerest Form of Flattery]]: For quite a while he tries to copy Touma, such as using only his right hand to fight, or finishing up by punching the enemy in the face. However, he quickly realiszs just how difficult this is, causing his inferiority complex to grow even larger.
* [[Sir Swearsalot]]: This boy's ''normal everyday vocabulary'' would make [[Samuel L. Jackson]] blush in embarrassment.
** He very rarely even calls Last Order by name, preferring "kusogaki" (lit. "shitty brat") instead.
* [[Slasher Smile]]: If you see one of these on him, you are ''fucked''...
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: Does this ''a lot''.
* [[Spell My Name with a "The"]]: He's often refered to as 'The' Accelerator.
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* [[Star-Making Role]]: Landed [[Nobuhiko Okamoto]] the ''Best New Voice Actor of 2009'' Trophy for his blood-chillingly evil performance, as a matter of fact.
** Also one of three role that landed him ''Best Supporting Actor of 2010''. The other two are [[Kaichou wa Maid-sama|Takumi Usui]] and [[Bakuman｡|Nizuma Eiji]].
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* [['Tis Only a Bullet in the Brain]]: And he ''[[HSQ|survives it!!]]''
* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdAg0mttwZk Ippou Tsuukou (One-Way Road)] in the first season. Doubles as [[Hell Is That Noise]] and as his [[Leitmotif]]. This is your cue to run.
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* [[Tsundere]]: The general consensus within fandom on what exactly he is.
** Misaka Worst apparently agrees.
** A non-romantic variation comes up in NT Volume 10. {{spoiler|He tells Touma, while seemingly fighting him seriously, that he'll only bother fighting for those in his cell phone's memory. ''He and Touma have traded phone numbers''.}}
* [[Tragic Villain]]: Because of his life from his childhood until he meets Last Order.
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: While they usually move in different circles, he has this to Touma. Best illustrated in NT Volume 10, {{spoiler|where he (and the rest of the Level 5s) are ordered to assassinate Touma and Othinus. Despite only knowing that Touma has sided with the leader of the terrorist organization threatening the world, he immediately sides with him, deliberately losing a fight to him to discourage other Level 5s being sent out. Note that, while other opponents in the volume sided with Touma after he explained the situation to them, Accelerator did so right from the start.}}
* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: In his first fight with Touma, Accelerator finds himself at a bit of a loss when he can't just [[Curb Stomp Battle|curbstomp]] Touma like his previous enemies.
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* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: {{spoiler|Thanks to his [[Training from Hell]] by Amata Kihara.}}
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=== Shiage Hamazura ===
''[[Spanner in the Works|He Who Defies Finality]]''
[[File:300px-Snapshot20110402133827 4008.jpg|frame|[[Blessed with Suck|Another unfortunate man...]]]]
{{quote|''“Everyone has things I don’t. No matter how much I struggle, I just can’t obtain them and yet I still have a final goal that I want to grab no matter what.”''}}
A Level 0 and former Skill-Out gangster. As a former lacky, grunt, chaffeur, and informant of
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Hamazura-san include:}}
* [[AI]]: Aneri, the AI in the Dragon Rider, who becomes attached to Shiage. {{spoiler|It turns out that it's a weaker version of the Reading Thoth 78, Aleister's personal AI.}}
* [[Always Someone Better]]: Poor guy feels this way about both Accelerator ''and '' Touma.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type III.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Unlike Touma, he's a true Level 0 with ''absolutely no powers or abilities'', yet still he manages to
** [[Badass Biker]]: Hopping onto the [[Cool Bike|Dragon Rider]] qualifies him. But, that thing is so technologically advanced that [[All There in the Manual|just about anyone can kick ass with it...]]
** [[Badass Driver]]: Most of what he does when with allied with high level espers. Its one of his few real skills and since he is very good at stealing cars as well he is able to employ his driving talents quite often.
* [[Because You Were Nice to Me]]: Implied to be the reason he decided to save
* [[Beware the Honest Ones]]
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: One could argue that his luck is [[Up to Eleven|even worse than]] ''Touma's''.
* [[Book Dumb]]: He’s a Level 0 drop out, but that doesn't mean he's stupid in fights.
* [[Butt Monkey]]:
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* [[Defeating the Undefeatable]]: He can't claim to win against someone with a [[Superpower Lottery]] like Touma, but he still beat a Level 5, who are said to only to be capable of being defeated by other Level 5s, ''twice''.
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* [[The Gunslinger]]: He isn't just [[Improbable Aiming Skills|skilled]] in the use of pistols, but is also quite proficient in high-power automatic rifles and spaz-shotguns.
** [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: He shot down ''three people'' whilst ''falling out of a helicopter''.
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* [[Hilarity Ensues]]: Admit it:
* [[Homage]]: To ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' in Volume 1 of ''New Testament''.
* [[Hollywood Hacking]]: He can break into a full-on Academy City security system with nothing but a cellphone. A system which, no doubt, [[Hilarious in Hindsight|Aleister had a hand in creating.]]
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* [[Hot-Blooded]]
* [[Improv Fu]]: His usual method of fighting higher level opponents, which works surprisingly often.
* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]: Mess with
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Last-Episode New Character]]: Of Index II.
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* [[Love Redeems]]: Used to be a criminal delinquent while in Skill-Out before meeting Rikou.
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* [[Mini-Mecha]]: Uses one in NT Volume 12, called a Power Lifter.
* [[Nice Guy]]: Even if his bosses are bitchy, demanding girls.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: [[Sarcasm Mode|Jeez thanks]], you just made [[Yandere|Shizuri]] even more unstable, and for that Aleister and his goons want you and everyone you care about dead.
* [[Odd Friendship|Odd]] [[Action Duo]]: With {{spoiler|Acqua of the Back}} in Volume 21. Yes, you read that right.
** Shiage and Misaka Worst in NT volume 3.
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* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]: In comparison to the other protagonists. While Mikoto and Accelerator are clear winners of the [[Superpower Lottery]] and Touma's power lets him fight powerful opponents head-on, Shiage is a genuine normal person who simply can't fight in the same manner. It doesn't help that he has much less screentime, being the last protagonist introduced and lacking a series of his own.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: If you think you can get away with even taking Fremea away without him hot on your trails, then good luck.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: {{spoiler|NT seems to be heavily hinting at this for Fremea. He even makes a vow towards her, a bit similar like Accelerator is for Last Order.}}
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* [[Psychotic Love Triangle]]: Played for laughs, with {{spoiler|Misaka Worst and Umidori, in NT volume 3}}
* [[Rebellious Spirit]]
* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: At the beginning of NT Volume 3 when [[Dark Action Girl|
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* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: His name is officially Hama''d''ura, but is pronounced Hama''z''ura. Fans much prefer the phonic spelling, something that's compounded by the fact that in the original kanji, either could be used.
* [[Deuteragonist|Tritagonist]]
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* [[Weak but Skilled]]: While he has no supernatural power, he knows how to use a gun and is actually quite intelligent.
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