Toaru Majutsu no Index

Volume 13, Afterword

To those who were reading one book at a time, thank you very much.

To those who definitely finished reading the twelve books at once, I truly thank you so much.

This is Kamachi Kazuma.

With this, the changes (TL: implied but not stated 'in appearances') is complete! Besides, this time around was nothing but battles. No heartwarming scenes at all. Over there is bad luck and even here one sees nothing but fights; and I believe there is the occasional brutal atmosphere.

I wrote in such way that the protagonists and the antagonists respectively went through paths completely different from the other. However, I believe when the protagonists were to change places this time, the interactions with the enemy characters might change. Of course, there's the possibility of a fight not happening since then.

The occult keyword this time is [Angel]. However, there are no precise meanings up to this point for [Magic's story] and [Science's story]. It's simply that points of view and incidents simply do not branch into two, but in the first place obscured the barriers delimiting each other's domains.

It might be also interesting to examine where in the world and what's the extent for these barriers, and how much of those barriers have been obscured. With the number of barriers being expressible as the number of walls between organizations, truth is I think I can grasp the [on this work, great change worldwide] which I don't mention much.

Thank you also to my illustrator Haimura-san and in-charge Miki-san. I think a devotion to comedies and battles for the composition of this series is a big adventure, and I thank you both for staying with me.

And thank you, too, for all the readers. I'm no match for those expecting for a comedy, but I truly thank you so much for staying on this book's adventure.

And so, now we close the pages here,

And as I think of only giving out the next pages as soon as possible,

Today, I'll leave the pen aside.

One of these days their paths will cross again.

—Kamachi Kazuma