History Recap / ACertainMagicalIndexArc4AngelFall

They arrive at the hotel and are the only guests. His parents and young cousin will arrive tomorrow morning. Touma and Index play at the beach. Index picks up a washed up jellyfish and drops it on him, not knowing what it was and thinking it was some kind of toy. Touma curses his bad luck and treats his stings with a cream. Later, they take a bath at the onsen, which is separated by a wall, and she asks him what his parents are like. To cover the fact that he has no memory of them, he tells her to treat it as a surprise. They go to their room and turn on the TV, but it plays a porno, leading her to call him a pervert and bite him, ignoring his protests of innocence. Touma muses that tomorrow, he will finally meet his parents for the "first" time, and goes to sleep.

The family decides to spend time at the beach. Otohime jumps in the water and asks Touma to join her, but he declines, still weirded out. Then Shina comes out wearing an incredibly revealing swimsuit, and Toya's eyes light up in delight. Touma, still seeing her as Index and thinking this is some kind of prank, angrily strangles his father and accuses him of being a pedophile. Then Index comes out wearing her swimsuit, and Touma can barely stop from throwing up upon seeing the horror of Pierce Aogami in a swimsuit. He buries "Pierce" in the sand and runs away.

Touma walks around, wondering how everyone switched bodies and why he's the only one who notices. He notices a girl wearing sexy bondage gear with a red nun's habit over it, and tries to walk around her, thinking she's just another switched person, but she suddenly holds a saw to his throat and demands to know if he is the one who caused this. Kaori Kanzaki and Motoharu Tsuchimikado run up and ask her to stand down. Touma asks what is going on, but the three ignore him and talk amongst themselves. Motoharu notes that Touma sees him and Kaori as themselves and not as other people. Kaori introduces herself to the girl as a member of Necessarius. The girl introduces herself as Misha Croitsef, a member of Annihilatus, a magic organization that works for the Russian Orthodox Church, and says she is trying to determine if Touma is the culprit. Kaori says it is unreasonable to accuse him and says that though their organizations don't normally interact, they should work together, and Misha agrees. Touma has enough and demands to know what is going on. Kaori says his attitude hasn't changed. He inwardly realizes she's an old acquaintance of his, and is glad that she hasn't noticed that he doesn't remember her.

Kaori and the others explain that someone has cast a spell called Angel Fall, which quite literally caused an angel to fall out of Heaven and to Earth. This has caused great disturbances, including everyone in the world switching bodies. They don't know who the caster was, but all signs indicate he or she is somewhere in this town, and they were trying to find this person to reverse the spell and return everything back to normal. They suspect that the caster did this in an attempt to take the angel's place in Heaven, citing how according to {{Kabbalah}}, the ranks in Heaven are full, and humans can only ascend by taking the original inhabitant's places. Since Touma wasn't affected, Misha pegged him as the most likely suspect. Kaori points out Touma has no knowledge of how to use magic and has no injuries that an esper would have from using magic. Motoharu adds that the reason Touma wasn't affected is because of his Imagine Breaker, and he briefly explains Imagine Breaker to Misha. Touma is shocked that he knows about it. Misha suddenly blasts Touma with a massive column of water. Touma blocks it with his right hand, and it splatters apart without harming him. Misha says she was testing if Imagine Breaker was real, and she now believes Touma is innocent, apologizing for attacking him earlier. Touma incredulously asks Motoharu how he knows about Imagine Breaker and what he is doing with Kaori, and he reveals he is a member of Necessarius too.

Kaori and Misha decide to join Touma for dinner with his family and Index, introducing themselves as friends of Touma, while Motoharu stays hidden. The others apparently see Misha as a cute girl. Kaori gets annoyed that the others keep addressing her as a guy. Later, Touma meets Motoharu, who opens his shirt to show several injuries, and warns that the spell he cast to protect him from Angel Fall took a lot out of him, and he might die if he uses magic again so soon. He also warns Touma to not complain about his bad luck around Kaori. He explains that Kaori is a Saint, a person born with a physically perfect body similar to the Son of God. This gives her incredible strength, speed, toughness, and magical potential, as well as overwhelming good luck. However, Kaori hates her good luck because it only protects her and not the people around her. She's had to watch many people suffer and die while she was unharmed. As result, talking about luck is a really touchy subject for her.

Touma and his father stop to catch their breath, and Toya is confused why that "guy" got so embarrassed about being seen by them, and concludes that "he" was gay. Touma suddenly realizes that because of Angel Fall, this person before him isn't what his father actually looks like. While he's thinking, Toya says fondly that his expression makes him resemble his mother. They look up and see Misha standing alone. Toya encourages his son to talk to her, joking that if he plays his cards right, he might even get her to go out with him.

After Touma defeated Accelerator, several people start challenging him to fights, thinking if they can beat him, they can claim Accelerator's title of the #1 esper. Komoe tells him to leave the city for a while until Academy City's higher ups pull enough strings to make the heat die down. Touma agrees and decides to go to a hotel near the beach and meet up with his parents. Index wants to go too. He reminds her that she's supposed to keep a low profile because she's technically an illegal immigrant, but she insists. They take a taxi and he's nervous as they are stopped at the city gates, but to his surprise, Index is in the database (which confirms "Index Librorum Prohibitorum" is her legal name) and they are waved on.

Kaori and the others explain that someone has cast a spell called Angel Fall, which quite literally caused an angel to fall out of Heaven and to Earth. This has caused great disturbances, including everyone switching bodies. They don't know who the caster was, but all signs indicate he or she is somewhere in this town, and they were trying to find this person to reverse the spell and return everything back to normal. Since Touma wasn't affected, Misha pegged him as the most likely suspect. Kaori points out Touma has no knowledge of how to use magic and has no injuries that an esper would have from using magic. Motoharu adds that the reason Touma wasn't affected is because of his Imagine Breaker, and he briefly explains Imagine Breaker to Misha. Touma is shocked that he knows about it. Misha suddenly blasts Touma with a massive column of water. Touma blocks it with his right hand, and it splatters apart without harming him. Misha says she was testing if Imagine Breaker was real, and she now believes Touma is innocent, apologizing for attacking him earlier. Touma incredulously asks Motoharu how he knows about Imagine Breaker and what he is doing with Kaori, and he reveals he is a member of Necessarius too.

Kaori meets Touma and says she wants to take a bath. Since everyone else thinks she is a guy, she can't use the girl's bath, so she's using the men's bath and orders him to guard the door. After a few minutes, Toya walks up and asks him to take a bath with him as father and son like old times. Touma says it is occupied, but Toya says that doesn't matter, they're all guys here. Touma tries to tell him it's not a good idea, but his father grabs him and drags him in. Touma gawks as he sees Kaori's perfect body in its full glory, but to Toya, its a man's body so its nothing special to him. Enraged, she pulls out her sword and attacks them, forcing them to run away. She angrily gets dressed and tells Motoharu that Touma is useless. However, Motoharu scolds her and says she owes Touma everything for saving Index, yet she never did anything to repay him, so in his opinion, Touma ''deserved'' to see her naked.

Kaori and Misha decide to join Touma for dinner with his family and Index, while Motoharu stays hidden. The others apparently see Misha as a cute girl. Kaori gets annoyed that the others keep addressing her as a guy. Later, Touma meets Motoharu, who opens his shirt to show several injuries, and warns that the spell he cast to protect him from Angel Fall took a lot out of him, and he might die if he uses magic again so soon. He also warns Touma to not complain about his bad luck around Kaori. He explains that Kaori is a Saint, a person born with a physically perfect body similar to the Son of God. This gives her incredible strength, speed, toughness, and magical potential, as well as overwhelming good luck. However, Kaori hates her good luck because it only protects her and not the people around her. She's had to watch many people suffer and die while she was unharmed. As result, talking about luck is a really touchy subject for her.

Kaori meets Touma and says she wants to take a bath. Since everyone else thinks she is a guy, she can't use the girl's bath, so she's using the men's bath and orders him to guard the door. After a few minutes, Toya walks up and asks him to take a bath with him as father and son like old times. Touma says it is occupied, but Toya says that doesn't matter, they're all guys here. Touma tries to tell him it's not a good idea, but his father grabs him and drags him in. Touma gawks as he sees Kaori's perfect body in its full glory, but to Toya, its a man's body so its nothing special to him. Enraged, she pulls out her sword and attacks them, forcing them to run away. She angrily gets dressed and says Touma is useless.

They arrive at the hotel and are the only guests. His parents and young cousin will arrive tomorrow morning. Touma and Index play at the beach. Index picks up a jellyfish and drops it on him, not knowing what it was and thinking it was some kind of toy. Touma curses his bad luck and treats his stings with a cream. Later, they take a bath at the onsen, which is separated by a wall, and she asks him what his parents are like. To cover the fact that he has no memory of them, he tells her to treat it as a surprise. They go to their room and turn on the TV, but it plays a porno, leading her to call him a pervert and bite him, ignoring his protests of innocence. Touma muses that tomorrow, he will finally meet his parents for the "first" time, and goes to sleep.

Kaori and Misha decide to join Touma for dinner with his family and Index, while Motoharu stays hidden. The others apparently see Misha as a cute girl. Kaori gets annoyed that the others keep addressing her as a guy. Later, Touma meets Motoharu, who opens his shirt to show several injuries, and warns that the spell he cast to protect him from Angel Fall took a lot out of him, and he might die if he uses magic again so soon. He also warns Touma to not complain about his bad luck around Kaori. He explains that Kaori is a Saint, a person born with a physically perfect body similar to the Son of God. This gives her incredible strength, speed, toughness, and magical potential, as well as overwhelming good luck. However, Kaori hates her good luck because it only protects her and not the people around her. She's had to watch many people suffer and die while she was unharmed.

Motoharu says he was originally from the Magic Side, but he was assigned a few years ago to go undercover in Academy City as a student. As a result, he knows a lot about what goes on there, including about Touma's adventures. He adds that he went through the Power Curriculum and gained an esper power from it, so he can no longer use his magic like he used to without taking damage. He explains how magic works, a principle that is opposite how esper powers work. While espers use their Personal Reality to change the world, magicians borrow power by emulating various magical beings like angels or mythological figures, which is called Idol Theory. The more perfect the emulation, the more power you can borrow. Getting back to the present, Motoharu, Kaori, and Misha explain that they detected Angel Fall going off and took steps to protect themselves, which is why Touma sees them as themselves and they see each other as themselves. However, the protect wasn't perfect, so everybody else sees them as someone else.

Touma walks around, wondering how everyone switched bodies and why he's the only one who notices. He notices a girl wearing sexy bondage gear with a red nun's habit over it, and tries to walk around her, thinking she's just another switched person, but she suddenly holds a saw to his throat and demands to know if he is the one who caused this. Kaori Kanzaki and Motoharu Tsuchimikado run up and ask her to stand down. Touma asks what is going on, but the three ignore him and talk amongst themselves. Motoharu notes that Touma sees him and Kaori as themselves and not as other people. Kaori introduces herself to the girl as a member of Necessarius. The girl introduces herself as Misha Croitsef, a member of Annihilatus, a magic organization that works for the Russian Orthodox Church, and says she is trying to determine if Touma is the culprit. Kaori says it is unreasonable to accuse him. Touma has enough and demands to know what is going on. Kaori says his attitude hasn't changed. He inwardly realizes she's an old acquaintance of his, and is glad that she hasn't noticed that he doesn't remember her.

Kaori and the others explain that someone has cast a spell called Angel Fall, which quite literally caused an angel to fall out of Heaven and to Earth. This has caused great disturbances, including everyone switching bodies. They don't know who the caster was, but all signs indicate he or she is somewhere in this town, and they were trying to find this person to reverse the spell and return everything back to normal. Since Touma wasn't affected, Misha pegged him as the most likely suspect. Kaori points out Touma has no knowledge of how to use magic and has no injuries that an esper would have from using magic. Motoharu adds that the reason Touma wasn't affected is because of his Imagine Breaker, and he briefly explains Imagine Breaker. Touma is shocked that he knows about it. Misha suddenly blasts Touma with a massive column of water. Touma blocks it with his right hand, and it splatters apart without harming him. Misha says she was testing if Imagine Breaker was real, and says she now believes Touma is innocent, apologizing for attacking him earlier. Touma incredulously asks Motoharu how he knows about Imagine Breaker and what he is doing with Kaori, and he reveals he is a member of Necessarius too.

Motoharu says he was originally from the Magic Side, but he was assigned a few years ago to go undercover in Academy City as a student. As a result, he knows a lot about what goes on there, including about Touma. He adds that he went through the Power Curriculum and gained an esper power from it, so he can no longer use his magic like he used to without taking damage. He explains how magic works, a principle that is opposite how esper powers work. While espers use their Personal Reality to change the world, magicians borrow power by emulating various magical beings like angels or mythological figures, which is called Idol Theory. Getting back to the present,

Touma walks around, wondering how everyone switched bodies and why he's the only one who notices. He notices a girl wearing bondage gear with a red nun's habit over it, and tries to walk around her, thinking she's just another switched person, but she suddenly holds a saw to his throat and demands to know if he is the one who caused this. Kaori Kanzaki and Motoharu Tsuchimikado run up and ask her to stand down.

Note: In the light novel, Touma meets Otohime before his father, and he sees the news before they go to the beach.

Touma goes back in the hotel and is flabbergasted to see on the news that Heaven Canceler and Komoe have replaced two reporters, and that Kuroko Shirai has replaced '''UsefulNotes/BarackObama''' (she even says, "Yes. We. Can!"). Realizing this is too elaborate to be a mere prank, he runs into town and finds seemingly everybody has swapped roles (highlights include a little boy as a police officer, an old man reading a ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' manga and acting like a child, and several people of various ages wearing school uniforms). Otohime catches up to him, shows a picture of the two of them at a New Year's party from her cellphone, and asks if he remembers her now. Of course he doesn't, but he finally sees that she sincerely thinks she is Otohime, and that she doesn't notice that she looks like Mikoto and not like her picture.

Touma goes back in the hotel and is flabbergasted to see on the news that Heaven Canceler and Komoe have replaced two reporters, and that Kuroko Shirai has replaced '''UsefulNotes/BarackObama''' (she even says, "Yes. We. Can!"). Realizing this is too elaborate to be a mere prank, he runs into town and finds seemingly everybody has swapped roles (highlights include a little boy as a police officer, an old man reading a ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' manga and acting like a child, and several people of various ages wearing school uniforms). Otohime catches up to him, shows him a picture of the two of them at a New Year's party, and asks if he remembers. Of course he doesn't, but he finally sees that she sincerely thinks she is Otohime, and that she doesn't notice that she looks like Mikoto and not like her picture.

[[caption-width-right:250:What Otohime really looks like.]]

Touma goes back in the hotel and is flabbergasted to see on the news that Heaven Canceler and Komoe have replaced two reporters, and that Kuroko Shirai has replaced '''UsefulNotes/BarackObama''' (she even says, "Yes. We. Can!"). Realizing this is too elaborate to be a mere prank, he runs into town and finds seemingly everybody has swapped roles (highlights include a little boy as a police officer, an old man reading a ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' manga and acting like a child, and several people of various ages wearing school uniforms). Otohime catches up to him shows him a picture of the two of them at a New Year's party and asks if he remembers. Of course he doesn't, but he finally sees that she sincerely thinks she is Otohime, and that she doesn't notice that she looks like Mikoto and not like her picture.

Touma goes back in the hotel and is flabbergasted to see on the news that Heaven Canceler and Komoe have replaced two reporters, and that Kuroko Shirai has replaced '''UsefulNotes/BarackObama''' (she even says, "Yes. We. Can!"). Realizing this is too elaborate to be a mere prank, he runs into town and finds seemingly everybody has swapped roles (the highlight being an old man reading a ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' manga and acting like a child). Otohime catches up to him shows him a picture of the two of them at a New Year's party and asks if he remembers. Of course he doesn't, but he finally sees that she sincerely thinks she is Otohime, and that she doesn't notice that she looks like Mikoto and not like her picture.

Touma goes back in the hotel and is flabbergasted to see on the news that Heaven Canceler and Komoe have replaced two reporters, and that Kuroko Shirai has replaced '''UsefulNotes/BarackObama''' (she even says, "Yes. We. Can!"). Realizing this is too elaborate to be a mere prank, he runs into town and finds seemingly everybody has swapped roles (the highlight being an old man reading a ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' manga and acting like a child).

The family decides to spend time at the beach. Otohime jumps in the water and asks Touma to join her, but he declines, still weirded out. Then Shina comes out wearing an incredibly revealing swimsuit, and Toya's eyes light up in delight. Touma, still seeing her as Index and thinking this is some kind of prank, angrily strangles his father and accuses him of being a pedophile.

The next morning Touma wakes up and goes outside. He meets a man who introduces himself as Toya Kamijou, his father. Toya asks him why he's acting like he didn't recognize him, and Touma covers up by saying he hasn't seen him in so long. Toya says Touma's mother and cousin are coming up, but Touma is shocked when Mikoto Misaka walks up, wearing a dress and sandals instead of her regular outfit. He asks her what she is doing here, but she gets confused and claims she is Otohime Tatsugami, his cousin. Touma asks his father how he knows Mikoto, but Toya doesn't know what he is talking about and says she is Otohime. Then Index walks up, wearing a dress and hat. Touma asks her how she got there when he left her in their room, but she gets confused and Toya tells him to stop disrespecting his mother, Shina Kamijou.

The next morning Touma wakes up and goes outside. He meets a man who introduces himself as Toya Kamijou, his father. Toya asks him why he's acting like he didn't recognize him, and Touma covers up by saying he hasn't seen him in so long.

They arrive at the hotel and are the only guests. His parents and young cousin will arrive tomorrow morning. Touma and Index play at the beach. Index picks up a jellyfish and drops it on him, not knowing what it was and thinking it was some kind of toy. Touma curses his bad luck and treats his stings with a cream. Later, they take a bath at the onsen, which is separated by a wall, and she asks him what his parents are like. To cover the fact that he has no memory of them, he tells her to treat it as a surprise.

The fourth arc of ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'', consisting of volume 4 of the light novel and episodes 15-17 of the anime. This story arc was omitted from the manga for some reason, even through some important plot points happen here.

Note: This story arc was omitted from the manga for some reason, even through some important plot points happen here.

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