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A Certain Magical Index (manga)

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Alternative title:
Toaru Majutsu no Index (Japanese)
とある魔術の禁書目録（インデックス） (Japanese)
魔法禁書目錄 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: wizards
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Kamijou Touma was an ordinary student living in Academy City, a place where technology is at least 30 years ahead of the outside world. There the students have been given powers through science. But one day a girl named Index appears on Touma's balcony, claiming to have memorised 103,000 magic books. As various magicians come looking for Index, Touma finds himself in the middle of a world of science and a world of magic.
Ratings: 38 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 12 votes (Eng:9, sub:3)
 Very good: 8 votes (Eng:4, sub:3, dub:1)
 Good: 9 votes (Eng:7, sub:1, raw:1)
 Decent: 4 votes (Eng:3, sub:1)
 So-so: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Not really good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 123 s, rank: #689 (of 6968)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.526 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.5515, rank: #2084 (of 7833)
Weighted mean: 7.542 (Very good−), rank: #2383 (of 7833) (seen all: 7.89 / seen some: 7.44 / won't finish: 7.23)
Bayesian estimate: 7.556 (Very good−), rank: #1377 (of 3540)
Chapter titles: We have 191
Vintage: 2007-04-12 (serialized in Monthly Shonen Gangan)
Release dates: We have 85
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Original creator: Kazuma Kamachi
Original Character Design: Kiyotaka Haimura
Art: Chūya Kogino
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Japanese companies
Publisher: Square Enix
English staff
English cast
Translation: Andrew Prowse

Lettering:
Lys Blakeslee
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Licensed by: Yen Press
French staff
French companies
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Publisher: Éditions Ki-oon
French cast
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Italian cast
Italian staff
Translation: YUPA

Lettering: Christian Biscaro
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Chinese (Taiwan) cast
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