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To Aru Majutsu no Index - Light Novel - Future Volume Speculation/Theories

Important Announcement Regarding Translation Project on Baka-Tsuki

Alright folks, we need to have a brief but serious talk.

I\'m speaking here as the Project Manager of Toaru Majutsu no Index over at Baka Tsuki.

If any of you have checked Baka Tsuki recently, you would have realized that the Toaru Majutsu no Index page has been split. The new pages are as follows:

Toaru Majutsu no Index which contains Volumes 1 - 22 and SS Volumes 1 - 2.

Toaru Majutsu no Index: New Testament which contains NT Volumes 1 - 10+ and ALL of the Side Stories and Parodies.

A: Most of you people should remember that on the 20th of April,

Yen Press announced that they acquired the A Certain Magical Index Light Novel license for their Yen On imprint.

In fact, if one checks the Series Overview Section on both of the project pages, they will see that the release dates for Volumes 1 - 3 have been listed. It looks like they are going to be released at a rate of 4 per year.

Baka-Tsuki\'s policy is to remove any licensed series. However Toaru Majutsu no Index fell into a unique category compared to previous series:

1. Its size. The project was easily the biggest and longest ongoing project on BT.

2. It was made up of more than one separate series and Yen Press has only licensed the first series.

In order to avoid leaving the project in an ambiguous position the project was split into a page that volumes would be removed from (Toaru Majutsu no Index) and a new page that would keep the unlicensed volumes and continue with future translations (Toaru Majutsu no Index: New Testament).

Q: When will the volumes from the First Series be removed?

A: Originally, they would be removed one volume at a time starting from September. And as far as I have seen, this seems to be the information being spread around the To Aru Universe Facebook Fanpage, Animesuki, MAL, etc.

I don\'t think many of you guys realize just how close the entire Old Testament is to being removed.

Have any of you guys taken the time to read the updated Baka-Tsuki Abandonment Policy yet?

Read it. It\'ll give you the facts straight. I\'m not really allowed to say anything beyond that.

Q: When the first series is removed, does that mean that I won\'t be able to read them ever again?

A: On Baka-Tsuki, probably not. The future is vague regarding this. If Yen Press is successful and Index ends up selling well, then no.

But buying the Index volumes in English should be encouraged anyway as they should at least be better than the current translations for the first 10 or so volumes.

Q: What if, for some reason or another, I am unable to purchase the volumes or want to quickly read ahead?

A: Fear not. Just because they will be gone from Baka-Tsuki doesn\'t mean they will disappear from the internet. PDFs of the volumes have been consistently made and will continue to exist on the internet.

Of course I\'m not about to tell you where to find these PDFs and there are no links available on the project page. But they DO exist and people KNOW where they are.

It would also be preferable to download the latest editions of the PDFs for at least the First Series as they have undergone some major revisions within the past 2 weeks.

A: The translations for the first half of the first series were not up to scratch in terms of terminology and consistency.

Volume 2\'s translation so that it should read much easier. All of these edits were made via direct consultation with Series translator: js06.

Here are some of the more important changes to note that should probably also change on the Index Wiki at a later date (pending approval):

This was my long term goal in joining Baka-Tsuki and I\'m glad to say that I\'ve accomplished it.

I would feel like I didn\'t waste my time if you would read through the corrected volumes. At least reread Volume 2 which is, contrary to a certain facebook post on the fan page, magnitudes better than the Silent Party Arc.

Q: What will happen to the translation project on Baka-Tsuki?

A: As long as js06 continues what he was doing before, translations should continue as per normal on the new project page, with

We are in a privileged position compared to other series like Hidan no Aria which was removed on short notice as well as other series on Baka-Tsuki which have or will be completely abandoned (SAO, NGNL, LH, AW, etc).

A: Wait until October 5th. If nothing is announced, then go vent your rage in the corner of your room. Though I suggest to follow my example:

Q: What do you want those who read this post to do?

A: Spread the word. If possible, directly link to this post. I want the fanbase to be clear on what is happening.

Last edited by OH&S; Today at 20:59. Reason: Small updates and revisions

At least reread Volume 2 which is, contrary to a certain facebook post on the fan page, magnitudes better than the Silent Party Arc.

I thought this was already established. Anyone who says Volume 2 is a filler has not read Volume 2 with the reading comprehension skills of someone who is at least in the 4th grade.

I wonder how people feels now that Haruhi got a 3rd season and Index still is waiting. <---fake

Whatever, I don\'t see a way to be the "star of the season" if Index III(if there is) airs at the same time... lol.

Now, seriously talking, I would be very pissed off.

question: What will happen to the version of the volumes that are or on Baka-Tsuki\'s App like the android, I hope they won\'t release an update that will erase it, if they do, i\'ll get pissed, just in case I\'ll make my own pdfs right now before they get taken down.

no need to vent my rage, i\'m already pissed that its being taken down since the news of it being licensed.

well i just want to entertain you with the idea of putting Himegami Aisa in Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei and have her say what she told Touma the first time she met up with him at her school with Aurelorus Izzard. I\'m a Spellcaster and pulls out her (what she calls) magic stick.

Last edited by Kamijou_Touma; Today at 20:54. Reason: Amusement

The app relies on the main website and you have to redownload things with every update anyway. You can connect the dots there.

Also you don\'t need to make your own PDFs. I guarantee that someone else is making a better looking one that you can download.

Location: The Moon that Wizard came from

I would love to have a fake season announcement too...

True but there is a risk i rather not take, which is that they can edit the pdf to which it doesn\'t match up with the one on Baka-Tsuki, assuming they edit out all the notes, pictures... etc.

So its safer if i just copy and paste the original from Baka-Tsuki while its still up and I know it hasn\'t been tampered with.

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