History Awesome / ACertainMagicalIndex

* Mr. Misaka's phone call in the end of [=SS2=], asking someone at Academy City why girls who look exactly like his daughter have been attacking military and research targets (in an attempt to rescue the [[PsychicPowers gemstones]]). He makes remarks about what he'd do to anyone hurting his daughter, and then the truly awesome part hits: He's talking directly to Aleister. Yes, that's right. A [[WalkingTheEarth wandering consultant]] is threatening [[EvilOverlord possibly the most powerful man on the planet]].
* During the Gemstone incident, Academy City cannot deploy fast enough to rescue them from the CIA or rely on their cooperative institutions, leaving them out of options. Well, mostly out of options.
-->'''Kumokawa Seria:'''I don't like owing people favors, but we should just bow down and ask that frog to help us.\\
"Galashiels, UK, Higher Contact Society. Misaka has suppressed the fourth, eighth, and thirteenth domes,' reports Misaka #17000." "Lausanne, Switzerland, World Intellectual Club. Misaka has taken out an armed guard,' says Misaka #18022 as she provides her confirmation." "Guadalajara, Mexico, Sixth Sense Headquarters. Misaka has blown up the main entrance to the research building,' says Misaka #14333 as she heads further in." "Deseado, Argentina, Human Sports Analysis Center. Misaka has finished taking control of the secure electronic lock,' says Misaka #15110 as she opens the route to the secret area." "Davao, Philippines, Humanity's Wisdom Headquarters. Misaka discovered an escape boat and is going to take care of it beforehand,' says Misaka #10090 as she begins her attack."
* Volume 14: After Acqua of the Back learns that Terra of the Left [[MoralEventHorizon slaughtered a bunch of tourists, even the children]], Acqua punches Terra so hard he breaks in half at the waist. Acqua leaves Terra to bleed out, and tells him to go to Hell.
* Volume 15:
** Accelerator utterly wtfpwning Kakine Teitoku, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard by taking control of his powers, nontheless.]] '''[[LudicrousGibs FATALITY]]''', indeed.

* Volume 16: Touma showing up to [[BigDamnHeroes save]] [[KungFuJesus Kanzaki]] and the rest of the Amakusa Catholics from [[ImplacableMan Acqua of the Back]] when he is already heavily injured from a [[CurbstompBattle fight]] with the same person. Not only that but this gave the Amakusa Church a chance to take down Acqua with a HeroicRROD-inducing spell.
* Touma proves in Volume 17 that despite his label as one of the idiot trio, he's much smarter than he lets on. He pulls one over a terrorist by pouring boiling tea into a narrow air vent and causing it to expand, making the terrorist on the other side think that there's someone inside the air vents. The terrorist decides to check the air vent... and gets boiling hot tea poured on his face. This, by the way, was meant to distract the terrorist so Touma could enter the cargo hold through the door safely. Also, he ends the fight by giving the terrorist ''a lesson on thermodynamics''.

* Volume 18: After Fiamma steals Index's remote control, Touma simply says: "Stiyl," Kamijou called out to the red-haired magician. "I'm gonna go punch [[PhysicalGod Fiamma]]. While I'm gone, you take care of Index." BADASS!

* Volume 21: The combined efforts of Accelerator, Hyouka Kazakiri, and Acqua of the Back weaken and drive off ArchangelGabriel.
* Volume 22: Touma drops the [[ColonyDrop "Star of Bethlehem" on an Archangel.]] And because this was not enough, he runs through the entire thing at the same time, so HE COULD PUNCH THE ARCHANGEL PERSONALLY!

** Touma calls out Kaori's speech about how she hates having to hurt Index with, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "Poor you, never once in your speech did I hear about Index or her feelings,"]] and then proceeds to continue about how they try to help Index but instead only cause more pain for her. Kaori still gets angry and proceeds to attack him but there is just one little moment where you see her face, frozen with the fear that [[HeelRealization that maybe Touma might be right.]]

** : Accelerator outwitting the leader of Skill-Out and defeating him. Touma vs Hamazura, a few minutes after Touma had been ''shot in the side''.

-->'''Touma''': What should I do? WHAT NONSENSE, OF COURSE I SHOULD SAVE HER!

* Touma knocking Biagio Busoni's giant cross away with his ''left'' hand.
* Accelerator, pissed off after a call from [[MadScientist Kihara Amata]] who tells him that he holds [[MoralityPet Last Order]] captive and threatens to kill her, activates his remaining esper power, shoves his arm in the wall of the building besides him and '''THEN PROCEEDS TO THROW THE WHOLE BUILDING AGAINST ALEISTER'S FORTRESS'''. Just wow...
-->'''[[TheStoic Aleister]]:''' Seems like there's some commotion outside...
** In the novels, although he doesn't throw a building, he borrows a '''huge''' amount of energy from the planet's rotational vectors to fuel his attack - ''enough to slow it down by 5 minutes''.
** And as a testament to how [[NighInvulnerable invulnerable]] Aleister's fortress is, ''[[ShockingMoments the building remains unharmed.]]'' To hammer in the point, Accelerator's attack used enough energy to slow down the Earth's rotation for ''five minutes''! (For reference, that amount of kinetic energy would be more than enough to shatter planet Earth several times over.)
* Accelerator awakening for the first time and reducing Kihara to plasma. SoundtrackDissonance that could put Evangelion to shame? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUJ1CZR0e-Y You bet!]]
** Even the beginning of said fight was awesome. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQJQs8ZfXtU In order]]: DynamicEntry, SurprisinglySuddenDeath, OneHitKill, OneHitPolykill via PineappleSurprise, HumanShield [[NoSell interrupted]] by ''PistolWhipping''. All in the space of about 30 seconds. Kihara's reaction? "'' Kakko ii!!''"
* The ''Academy City Invasion'' arc as a whole can be considered a single SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for anyone involved. '''Especially''' for Accelerator.
* Accelerator outwitting the leader of Skill-Out and defeating him. Touma vs Hamazura, a few minutes after Touma had been ''shot in the side''.

* Volume 7: Touma finds out he's been tricked into handing a woman over for execution to the [[CorruptChurch Roman Catholic Church]] and charges into their local HQ, alone, to declare war on an army of 250 [[KnightTemplar killer]] [[ChurchMilitant nuns]] while they're [[KickTheDog kicking the dog]]. GoodIsDumb, but that doesn't make it any less badass!

** That final fight against Sister Agnese. She has a staff that can make cuts at a distance. He only has his hands. He proceeds to tank all of her attacks, break the barrier separating them and [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom send her flying with one punch]].

* Touma saving Kuroko by [[SteppingStonesInTheSky leaping up using furniture thrown up]] by Mikoto was epic. Finishing it by punching a partially teleported object backwards through dimensions. There are no words.
** Kuroko gets one for the fight prior to that happening. She was severely outclassed by another teleporter in all categories (including being able to teleport objects without touching them) except for speed. Had she not been wounded by her opponent's surprise attack the fight before, it's entirely possible she could have won. Even when she's pinned down she delivers a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, causing her foe to drop over 4000kg of weight on Kuroko in rage.
* Immediately after above scene, Awaki was seen escaping. Cue Accelerator, of all people, showing up to ''wreck'' Awaki in the face. The fight itself only lasts a minute, perhaps even less, it was that big of a CurbStompBattle.
** Bonus points for the conversation before the fight, when Awaki assumes she has the upper hand because Accelerator lost his powers. He corrects her, saying he may have gotten weaker, but that doesn't mean she has gotten stronger... while his voice goes from calm to unhinged and he stomps the ground to create a massive shockwave that shatters all the windows in the nearby buildings.

* The first real fight in ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'', the one between Stiyl and Touma, is pretty cool in the anime and manga. But in the light novels it's narrated from Stiyl's point of view, and we see how a magician views [[AntiMagic Touma]] and why he becomes TheDreaded. At one point, Stiyl seriously thinks he might be fighting ''God''.

* Touma calls out Kaori's speech about how she hates having to hurt Index with, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "Poor you, never once in your speech did I hear about Index or her feelings,"]] and then proceeds to continue about how they try to help Index but instead only cause more pain for her. Kaori still gets angry and proceeds to attack him but there is just one little moment where you see her face, frozen with the fear that [[HeelRealization that maybe Touma might be right.]]
* When [[AntiMagic Touma]] and [[PlayingWithFire Stiyl]] face off against Aureolus Izzard, a RealityWarper. After immobilizing and toying with them, he instantly '''completely removes all of Stiyl's skin''' and severs Touma's right arm, the source of his power. Touma cuts off Aureolus's subsequent EvilLaugh ''with an EvilLaugh of his own'', walking steadily towards him--blood squirting out of his stump--with an insane smirk on his face and mocking Aureolus's frantic attacks as they pass right through him or are otherwise negated. Turns out that Aureolus's power was controlled by his thoughts, and Touma's insane behavior so terrified Aureolus that he started believing that his incredible powers had been rendered completely ineffective. By the time Touma reaches him, his imagination has granted Touma a huge dragon head in the place of his missing limb. Even after seeing his companion's skin ripped off and getting his special arm chopped off, Touma was still able to bluff his way to victory with a SlasherSmile on his face.

* Misaka Imouto using her powers to make ozone in an attempt to suffocate Accelerator. He saw through the tactic and attacked her, but he complimented her on finally figuring out a way to hurt him.
* During Touma's fight with Accelerator when he starts making plasma, the Sisters make good use of their [[ShockAndAwe powers]] by activating wind turbines, dissolving Accelerator's plasma in the process. Complete with ThemeMusicPowerUp!
* [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann "Clench your teeth, strongest.]] [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Because a punch from someone weak]] [[CaptainObvious is gonna hurt."]]
* Touma's fight with the Unabara impostor in the construction site.
* Despite having just been ''shot in the head'', Accelerator deflects a bullet meant for Last Order--and even ''unconscious'', he controls Yoshikawa's blood flow to keep her from dying of a destroyed coronary artery.
* Touma blocking the giant stone golem Ellis' punch with one hand.
* Index herself gets one when, after discovering her Sherry Cromwell decides to use her golem to attack Index and get the 103,000 grimoires that she has memorized Index then shows even without going into her emergency survival mode she has complete control over those grimores and uses them to show that the giant golem she is fighting and that Sherry's abilities ''aren't even on her level'' as she proceeds to methodically destroy the golem all while the song [[ThemeMusicPowerup Jellyfish]] plays in the background.
* Touma's BigDamnHeroes moment in episode 24 of Index, when he comes out of no where and defeats the enemy with a single punch, all while reassuring a friend. Nice.

* Touma saving Kuroko by [[SteppingStonesInTheSky leaping up using furniture thrown up]] by Mikoto was epic. Finishing it by punching a partially teleported object backwards through dimensions. There are no words.
** Kuroko gets one for the fight prior to that happening. She was severely outclassed by another teleporter in all categories (including being able to teleport objects without touching them) except for speed. Had she not been wounded by her opponent's surprise attack the fight before, it's entirely possible she could have won. Even when she's pinned down she delivers a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, causing her foe to drop over 4000kg of weight on Kuroko in rage.
* Immediately after above scene, Awaki was seen escaping. Cue Accelerator, of all people, showing up to ''wreck'' Awaki in the face. The fight itself only lasts a minute, perhaps even less, it was that big of a CurbStompBattle.
** Bonus points for the conversation before the fight, when Awaki assumes she has the upper hand because Accelerator lost his powers. He corrects her, saying he may have gotten weaker, but that doesn't mean she has gotten stronger... while his voice goes from calm to unhinged and he stomps the ground to create a massive shockwave that shatters all the windows in the nearby buildings.

** Bonus points for the conversation before the fight, when Awaki assumes she has the upper hand because Accelerator lost his powers. He corrects her, saying he may have gotten weaker, but that doesn't mean she has gotten stronger... while his voice goes from calm to unhinged and he stomps the ground to create a massive shockwave that shatters all the windows in the nearby buildings. [[SociopathicHero Insanity]] can be so awesome when it's used to KickTheSonOfABitch...

* The first real fight in ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'', the one between Stiyl and Touma, is pretty cool in the anime and manga. But in the light novels it's narrated from Stiyl's point of view, and we see how a magician views [[AntiMagic Touma]] and why he becomes TheDreaded. At one point, Stiyl seriously thinks he might be fighting ''God''.

** After Mina Mathers (actually a recreation created by Aleister's AI Reading Thoth 78) spent all novel showing him his past and the reason he wants to end all magic, Touma finally faces and fights Aleister Crowley, the mastermind behind Academy City and many of the series' events. Aleister shows off a variety of magic spells worthy of his position as the greates magician in history, while Touma does what he does best; point out the flaws in the enemy's plan and bring them down to earth with help of Imagine Breaker and support from his allies.

** As he walks away wounded from the clash with Touma, Kakeru is faced with Noukan Kihara and the AAA. Kakeru calls him and Aleister out on their manipulations of Patricia Birdway, an innocent girl, to try and set a trap for him. As the narration notes, Kakeru holds the essence of a hero despite not realizing it nor considering himself to be one; instead calling himself [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent just a normal highschool student]], [[NotSoDifferent just like Touma]].

** What about Hyouka who pulls of her own BigDamnHeroes. As Index is about to get squashed by the golem she jumps at it and not only topples it but even caves in its chest. And then proceeds to stop it's fist and even pushes it back.

* The first real fight, the one between Stiyl and Touma, is pretty cool in the anime and manga. But in the light novels it's narrated from Stiyl's point of view, and we see how a magician views [[AntiMagic Touma]] and why he becomes TheDreaded. At one point, Stiyl seriously thinks he might be fighting ''God''.

** This is just after Touma dealt the final blow to Princess Carrissa, wielding the Curtana Original by jumping onto [[{{BFS}} Ascalon]] and having Aqua of the Back ''[[FastballSpecial launch him at her']]'! The resulting [[MegatonPunch punch]] [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom sent her flying at least three or four kilometers]]!

** That final fight against Sister Agnese. She has a staff that can make cuts at a distance. He only has his hands. He proceeds to tank all of her attacks, break the barrier separating them and PunchHerAcrossTheRoom.

* ''The Miracle of Endymion'' movie:
** Kaori (somehow able to breath in space) protecting Touma and Index's shuttle from incoming missiles and returns to Earth by falling into the ocean.
** Touma's allies are tasked with destroy three explosive bolts in order to purge Endymion from the ground. Misaka's goes after one, Anti-Skill another and Stiyl the last one (replacing Saten due to the difficulty of the tasks for a Level 0). However, Anti-Skill are pinned down by powerful automated defenses so Accelerator takes over for them.
** The Sisters come to Mikoto's aid, one of them armed with a large Railgun.
** At the count of three, Touma's allies unleash their full power to destroy their respective bolts: Mikoto with her Railgun, Stiyl summoning Innocentius that destroys one of the Big Bad's bodyguards along the way, and Accelerator simply punches the ground, ripping the entire structure off the ground.

* Volume 7: Touma finds out he's been tricked into handing a woman over for execution to the [[CorruptChurch Roman Catholic Church]] and charges into their local HQ, alone, to declare war on an army of 250 [[KnightTemplar killer]] [[ChurchMilitant nuns]] while they're [[KickTheDog kicking the dog]].]] GoodIsDumb, but that doesn't make it any less badass!

-->'''Kumokawa Seria:'''I don’t like owing people favors, but we should just bow down and ask that frog to help us.
-->“Galashiels, UK, Higher Contact Society. Misaka has suppressed the fourth, eighth, and thirteenth domes,' reports Misaka #17000.” “Lausanne, Switzerland, World Intellectual Club. Misaka has taken out an armed guard,' says Misaka #18022 as she provides her confirmation.” “Guadalajara, Mexico, Sixth Sense Headquarters. Misaka has blown up the main entrance to the research building,' says Misaka #14333 as she heads further in.” “Deseado, Argentina, Human Sports Analysis Center. Misaka has finished taking control of the secure electronic lock,' says Misaka #15110 as she opens the route to the secret area.” “Davao, Philippines, Humanity’s Wisdom Headquarters. Misaka discovered an escape boat and is going to take care of it beforehand,' says Misaka #10090 as she begins her attack.”

** This might have more repercussions than you would think. By New Testament 2, Aleister is backed into a corner so deep, he took '''NO''' actions out of fear of disrupting his plans further, even when AC was about to be destroyed.

--> "'Roberto:'" I'm the goddamn president.

** Though it was undone by the Will of the Misaka Network, Othinus did what no other antagonist did before. She made Touma give up hope.

** Touma's allies are task to destroy three explosive bolts in order to purge Endymion from the ground. Misaka's goes after one, Anti-Skill another and Stiyl the last one (replacing Saten due to the difficulty of the tasks for a Level 0). However, Anti-Skill are pinned down by powerful automated defenses so Accelerator takes over for them.

** At the count of three, Touma's allies unleash their full power to destroy their respective bolts: Mikoto with her Railgun, Stiyl summoning Innocentius that destroy one of the Big Bad's bodyguards along the way, and Accelerator simply punches the ground, ripping the entire structure off the ground.

** This is just after Touma dealt the final blow to Princess Carrissa, wielding the Curtana Original by jumping onto [[{{BFS}} Ascalon]] and having Aqua of the Back ''launch him at her''! The resulting [[FastballSpecial punch]] [[MegatonPunch sent her flying at least three or four kilometers]].

** Even the beginning of said fight was awesome. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQJQs8ZfXtU In order]]: DynamicEntry, SurprisinglySuddenDeath, OneHitKill, OneHitPolykill via PineappleSurprise, HumanShield [[NoSell interrupted]] by ''PistolWhipping''. All in the space of about 30 seconds. Kihara's reaction? "''[[{{HSQ}} Kakko ii!!]]''"

** And as a testament to how [[NighInvulnerable invulnerable]] Aleister's fortress is, ''[[HolyShitQuotient the building remains unharmed.]]'' To hammer in the point, Accelerator's attack used enough energy to slow down the Earth's rotation for ''five minutes''! (For reference, that amount of kinetic energy would be more than enough to shatter planet Earth several times over.)

* Immediately after above scene, Awaki was seen escaping Cue Accelerator, of all people, showing up to ''wreck'' Awaki in the face. The fight itself only lasts a minute, perhaps even less, it was that big of a CurbStompBattle.

** Of all the people fighting them, the one to defeat the most St. Germains is not Touma with his IB, Hamazura with his Power Lifter or Mugino and Saiai with their respective esper powers. No, it's [[BadassNormal Stephanie Gorgeouspalace]], using a handmade firearm to non-lethally disable the people that are being used as puppetts.

* NT Vol 17: Touma is faced with some of the most overwhelmingly negative odds in the series. Having to achieve the impossibility of bringing Kamisato back, while escaping the Kamisator Faction, 100 unique superpower users who could all be a [[FinalBoss]] of a volume, if given the opportunity too. Not to mention the rioters and Useful Spider, who want to restore order to Academy City after the Element Invasion/Heat Wave incident.

** After Aleister is punched by Touma, he was lying on the floor of his tower when suddenly Lola Stuart appears and staps Crowley with a sword to kill him. While Crowley lies there dying Lola then suddenly revealed that she was Coronzon, the demon of Thelema, all the time and has now succeeded in defeating Aleister's plan. This is then topped by Crowley himself, as shortly after he died, numerous Crowleys appear, each of them having one of the many attributes Crowley was described of and declaring Lola that his failure was part of the plan all along and says that Lola can have Academy City while is going to take the whole of Britain including the entire British Commonwealth with his army of 1,083,092,867 Crowleys.

** The first encounter between Touma and Kakeru, where the two seemignly attack each other, only to reveal [[StabTheScorpion they were both aiming at a completely different attacker behind the other boy]]. The two end up fighting togteher to escape the situation.

--->'''Touma:''' Let’s do this.
--->'''Aleister:''' No words are necessary. We know each other better than that.