To Aru Majutsu no Index - Light Novel - New Testament Volume 8

[relentlessflame]

This is a thread to discuss the To Aru Majutsu no Index Light Novel New Testament Volume 8.

Please stay on-topic and discuss what happens in this volume.

• No shipping talk
• No pointless chatter
• No posting raws or novel illustrations
• No posting translations of the novels themselves
• No asking about when translations will be done
• No posts only to update people about translation status (or to just say that something's "out")
• No posts only to thank translators (please us PM or VM instead)

If you want to discuss a related topic, please feel free to request another thread be created about that topic.

[Sumeragi]

This will be interesting for sure.

[Ilidsor]

So is this spoiler free or what?

Either way that Misaki/Mikoto scene was just hilarious

[Requiem-x]

Finally, a proper thread.

Oh, haven't read the whole chapter already, Sumeragi? It's quite a treat.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Author/Kamachi Kazuma.
Illustrations/Haimura Kiyotaka.
Price: 683 Yen

>Gremlin has been manipulating the entire world from the shadows. That organization that brings together science and magic had caused several threats: the terror attacks in Hawaii, the experiment in Baggage City, stealing an immortal existence sleeping in Academy City. And all of that had a reason.

>Gungnir.

>To stop the creation of that divine spear which is the magic god Othinus’s ultimate objective, Ollerus, the man who missed out on becoming a magic god, has disguised himself as the lightning god Thor, has infiltrated Gremlin’s base in Sargasso, and has begun investigating.

>The countdown to the world’s destruction is drawing near.

>Meanwhile, Kamijou Touma wakes up at home to find a little girl (Leivinia) and an erotic girl (Lessar) have snuck in bed with him.

>Yes, of course! Of course that’s what happens to Kamijou-san as a crisis approaches the world!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
^
P.S - You know, just to make it look official

[Acer]

Spoiler for pitiless reality:

The self-criticism of Touma about impotence it almost made ​​me cry and say, "do not say that bro, you're awesome."

[cleed]

Originally Posted by Acer

Spoiler for pitiless reality:

The self-criticism of Touma about impotence it almost made ​​me cry and say, "do not say that bro, you're awesome."

where was this?

[cleed]

Spoiler for close to Touma:

Angeses foreshadowing makes it seems like someone well known and important is going to suffer in this arc. ;_;

[dniv]

Originally Posted by cleed

Spoiler for close to Touma:

Angeses foreshadowing makes it seems like someone well known and important is going to suffer in this arc. ;_;

Everyone's kind of been saying this... I don't think it's obvious though quite yet...

[mark1246]

OK, for all those who read chapter 1 for Vol 8, what did Misaka Mean by "Ventura, Ventura", i look it up an it a place, was it suppose to be the author joke or something?

[whitecloud]

oh yeah.....i just read it, did mikoto forget about lessar?

[dniv]

Originally Posted by whitecloud

oh yeah.....i just read it, did mikoto forget about lessar?

I'm guessing not. I'm sure it'll be addressed in the next chapter...

Anyway, I think I noticed something mentioned early in the volume that has been repeated for the last few volumes... and it is something I hadn't noticed before. I didn't think it was a big deal before, but recently Kamachi is making it into a bigger and bigger deal. I sense massive foreshadowing going on...

Spoiler for The massive foreshadowing:

Touma is only important because of his Imagine Breaker. Now not only his enemies, but his allies are starting to truly value him just because of Imagine Breaker. It was mentioned before that Touma was only a high school student... but now, it is kind of clear that Touma isn't even important at all... The fact that he doesn't have a series named after him... now I'm wondering if this is expressly on purpose... to make a point.

Also... why is a 50 page preview (or however long it was) only one chapter in BT...

[Goldzero]

Originally Posted by dniv

I'm guessing not. I'm sure it'll be addressed in the next chapter...

Anyway, I think I noticed something mentioned early in the volume that has been repeated for the last few volumes... and it is something I hadn't noticed before. I didn't think it was a big deal before, but recently Kamachi is making it into a bigger and bigger deal. I sense massive foreshadowing going on...

Spoiler for The massive foreshadowing:

Touma is only important because of his Imagine Breaker. Now not only his enemies, but his allies are starting to truly value him just because of Imagine Breaker. It was mentioned before that Touma was only a high school student... but now, it is kind of clear that Touma isn't even important at all... The fact that he doesn't have a series named after him... now I'm wondering if this is expressly on purpose... to make a point.

Also... why is a 50 page preview (or however long it was) only one chapter in BT...

i hope theres something speical about touma that is important because i would hate to see one of my fav character being useless and hes power is the one meant for the plot.

[Requiem-x]

Actually, in hindsight, that part is total BS from Birdy, because in NT 7, she explicitly said that IB by itself isn't really that much, and the reason Touma had managed to make it this far wasn't only because of it but because of who he is and how he acts. It seems that little comment in the preview only applies to this particular mission.

That or Kamachi started drinking bleach to keep himself running.

[ACertainStark]

It's been stated several times though by side characters that Imagine Breaker even from a fighting perspective would not be half as good if it were not for Touma the one with it. Some comments suggest otherwise by Aiwass regarding Aleister, as well.

[dniv]

Originally Posted by Requiem-x

Actually, in hindsight, that part is total BS from Birdy, because in NT 7, she explicitly said that IB by itself isn't really that much, and the reason Touma had managed to make it this far wasn't only because of it but because of who he is and how he acts. It seems that little comment in the preview only applies to this particular mission.

That or Kamachi started drinking bleach to keep himself running.

What I mean is that other people underestimate Touma and I think it will eventually lead to some drastic consequences. Like I think Aleister might underestimate Touma as well... though I'm not sure about that one... but I think Touma's allies might underestimate him... because Hamazura already could tell he was powerful after that war... Touma showed signs of it at the end of NT 1, and in NT 2... and now... but he still considers himself a regular high school boy.

I hope he eventually unlocks his powers.

[Cthaeh]

Originally Posted by mark1246

OK, for all those who read chapter 1 for Vol 8, what did Misaka Mean by "Ventura, Ventura", i look it up an it a place, was it suppose to be the author joke or something?

Someone asked js06 about that phrase at BT and this was his reply

Question:
And "Ventura, Ventura". I'm wondering if the original Japanese could also be read, "Bentora, Bentora". Using Google for the latter gets results, as it's part of some Japanese phrase related to UFOs.

js06 response:
"Ventura, Ventura" or "Bentora, Bentora" is an Urusei Yatsura reference and it can be written either way.

[ACertainStark]

Originally Posted by dniv

What I mean is that other people underestimate Touma and I think it will eventually lead to some drastic consequences. Like I think Aleister might underestimate Touma as well... though I'm not sure about that one... but I think Touma's allies might underestimate him... because Hamazura already could tell he was powerful after that war... Touma showed signs of it at the end of NT 1, and in NT 2... and now... but he still considers himself a regular high school boy.

I hope he eventually unlocks his powers.

That is something that's been hinted for a while though.

[Requiem-x]

Originally Posted by dniv

What I mean is that other people underestimate Touma and I think it will eventually lead to some drastic consequences. Like I think Aleister might underestimate Touma as well... though I'm not sure about that one... but I think Touma's allies might underestimate him... because Hamazura already could tell he was powerful after that war... Touma showed signs of it at the end of NT 1, and in NT 2... and now... but he still considers himself a regular high school boy.

I hope he eventually unlocks his powers.

For all we know, the fact Touma considers himself a regular guy might be part of what has gotten him this far.

At the very least, Accelerator and Shiage won't be underestimating him anytime soon.

The time something in Touma is unlocked is when things reach critical mass.

[ZerothBastion]

Originally Posted by cleed

Spoiler for close to Touma:

Angeses foreshadowing makes it seems like someone well known and important is going to suffer in this arc. ;_;

That and the Ollerus epilogue in NT6 suggest there will be a twist in the future.

Wonder if there will be a Loki character in the future.

If there was wonder which side he would be on