Toaru Majutsu no Index
Volume 20, Afterword

Volume 20, Afterword

To those who have continued reading from Volume 1: welcome back.

To those who bought the 22 books all at once: welcome.

This is Kamachi Kazuma.

The war between science and magic is finally here! Previously, it was a war within a single country, but this time the scale of the fight has been increased even further.

Kamijou Touma, Accelerator, and Hamazura Shiage are looking at a single war from their different viewpoints. And the world is full of other people who are less recognized but who are also risking their lives in the fight. I changed the construction of the story a bit from the usual focus on a single protagonist to show that stories of dangerous fights can be found anywhere you look during a war on a worldwide scale.

As the story came to its end, the hearts of all the people slowly started to come together in a single direction. That flow will not be exterminated. In a large fight, do not make “excuses” and do not stray from your path. That is most likely the most important thing needed for all the protagonists to have victory in the large flow that is a war.

Whether they succeed or not, watching over their actions is quite moving.

I give my thanks to my illustrator Haimura-san and my editors Miki-san and Fujiwara-san. Things have gotten even more complicated in this story. With science, magic, good, and evil all mixing together, I’m guessing it was difficult to decide what overall direction to take the illustrations in. I am truly thankful that they have gone along with my ridiculous requests every single time.

And I give my thanks to the readers. To be honest, I doubt I would have been allowed to write a story like this in the very first volume. I truly thank you for supporting this environment that lets me do whatever I want.

Now it is time to close the pages for now while praying that the pages of the next book will be opened.

And I lay my pen down for now.

How many protagonists are there going to be?

-Kamachi Kazuma