A rather big disappointment that I would argue is just as bad as Index III. As far as the story is concerned, if I'm going to be freak, the story here is rather convoluted, as it goes from being a forced internal power conflict revolving around Academy City's dark-side and Antiskill into a really bizarre and boring story about some guy in a necromancer's family who basically wants to use the memories of the Misaka sisters to create a golem. Speaking of necromancers, the new characters introduced for this show are hardly anything to write home about. Most of them have hardly any real characterization and feel rather forced onto the story to help it progress. This is also the fault of the writing, as a lot of times the show kind of has characters standing around to create forced melodrama. The only group of characters I honestly had an interest in was the Scavenger Group, who had some interesting abilities going for them, and Accelerator himself (Funnily enough, this group would later show up in Railgun in a much more significant role than in this show). Speaking of which, Accelerator surprisingly doesn't even get that much screentime in this show, especially as it too focused on Esther and the other side characters that I frankly could have cared less about.

Animation-wise it's pretty underwhelming, as the character animation feels rather clunky and rough around the edges. Often, I genuinely felt like I was looking at moving manga panels drawn onto the screen. It also doesn't help that this show loves to use CGI for all of its robots, and it honestly looks like doodoo butter.

Audio-wise, the music is fine, I suppose. However, it never reaches the heights of the excellent soundtrack quality in either Index or Railgun. However, the sound mixing is kind of bad. There were many instances where some soundwave or explosive sound effect sounded like it was bass-boosted too much or something like that. It also doesn't help that literal punches sound like bricks being hit at a wall.

Ultimately, this show was quite honestly a very underwhelming experience, and I now know why I had put it on hold for months after watching a mere three episodes. The only real excuse as to why this show (or the manga for the matter) even exists is for people who want more Toaru content to consume after finishing the anime adaptations for Index or Railgun. However, I honestly think it fails to even remotely reach the levels of quality and enjoyment that you can find in even Index I (which I don't even think is that good to begin with). If anything else, if you want more Toaru content, then just go read the Index light novels or even the Railgun manga for the matter.

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