Ok so another glimpse of when a new season might be coming out. So me being me I was again looking around for anime to watch again or see if their was a new series we'll I came across this bit of info for a renewal. Ok so Infinite Stratos being a 7 piece coming on 8 piece magna you no of corse theirs going to be more seasons mostly cause who in the actual fudge should cut of a anime when the story was just getting good well theirs probably anime a like that but everyone raged and broke their laptop they were watching it on. So the rumours and info I've been looking at says a new series will be premiering around the beginning of 2017 and so far is all I know but as usual to stay updated you can follow me and msg me if theirs anything you want me to research so ya that's pretty much it by.
Infinite Stratos is an anime series adapted from the light novels of the same title written by author Izuru Yumizuru and illustrator Okiura published by Media Factory. The anime is produced by 8-Bit, directed by Yasuhito Kikuchi, series composition by Fumihiko Shimo, character design by Tomoyasu Kurashima, art directed by Shunichiro Yoshihara and sound directed by Masafumi Mima and Toshihiko Nakajima.[1] Set in the near future, a powered exoskeleton called 'Infinite Stratos' (IS), which possesses advanced technology and combat capabilities, changes the world including a major effect on society, as only women can pilot IS. The story focuses on Ichika Orimura, discovered to be the first ever male IS pilot. He is enrolled to the prestigious Infinite Stratos Academy, an international academy where IS pilots from all over the world are trained. There he meets Houki Shinonono, who is his childhood friend and younger sister of the creator of the IS. Along with other IS students from different nations, Ichika and Houki's busy school life begins. The anime follows the first three volumes of the light novels.
The first season aired in Japan from January 7 to April 1, 2011 on TBS, with subsequent runs on Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting, Sun Television, Kyoto Broadcasting System and BS-i. The series is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks,[2] with Anime Network simulcasting the series on their video website.[3] Six DVD and Blu-ray volumes will be released by Media Factory between March 30 and September 21, 2011.[4] An original video animation, entitled IS <Infinite Stratos> Encore: A Sextet Yearns to Be in Love (IS<インフィニット・ストラトス>アンコール 『恋に焦がれる六重奏』IS <Infinitto Sutoratosu> Ankōru: Koi ni Kogareru Rokujūsō), was released in Japan on DVD and Blu-ray on December 7, 2011.[5]
The opening theme for the first season is 'Straight Jet', performed by Minami Kuribayashi.[6] The ending theme song is 'Super∞Stream', with the first episode version sung by Yōko Hikasa, the second and third episode version sung by Hikasa and Yukana, the fourth and fifth episode version sung by Hikasa, Yukana and Asami Shimoda, the sixth and seventh episode version sung by Hikasa, Yukana, Shimoda and Kana Hanazawa and the final version for the rest of episodes sung by Hikasa, Yukana, Shimoda, Hanazawa and Marina Inoue.[6] Each version of the song reflects the voice actresses' character who is running with Ichika in the episode's ending credits.
The second season aired in Japan from October 4 to December 20, 2013 on TBS, with subsequent runs on Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting, Sun Television, Kyoto Broadcasting System and BS-i. The opening theme, 'True Blue Traveler', is once again performed by Minami Kuribayashi. The ending theme song is 'Beautiful Sky' with the first version for episode 1 to 8 sung by Yōko Hikasa, Yukana, Asami Shimoda, Kana Hanazawa and Marina Inoue, the second version for episode 9 to 11 version sung by Hikasa, Yukana, Shimoda, Hanazawa, Inoue and Suzuko Mimori and the final version for episode 12 sung by Hikasa, Yukana, Shimoda, Hanazawa, Inoue, Mimori and Chiwa Saitō.
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Episode list[edit]
Infinite Stratos (2011)[edit]
No. in series | No. in season | Title | Original air date[7] | |
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1 | 1 | 'All My Classmates are Female' Transcription: 'Kurasumeito wa Zen'in Onna' (Japanese: クラスメイトは全員女) | January 7, 2011 | |
Ichika Orimura begins to attend the Infinite Stratos (IS) Academy. As the first male in the world to ever pilot an IS, he becomes an instant sensation among the all-female students of the academy. With his homeroom teacher being his older sister Chifuyu Orimura, assisted by substitute instructor Maya Yamada, Ichika is uneasy and unprepared as he tries to get used to the academy. He later learns that his dorm roommate is his childhood friend, kendo champion Houki Shinonono, whom he has not seen in six years. When his class decides to elect him as their class representative, Cecilia Alcott, a British IS pilot, objects and challenges him to a duel for the position. | ||||
2 | 2 | 'Class Representative Selection Match!' Transcription: 'Kurasu Daihyō Ketteisen!' (Japanese: クラス代表決定戦!) | January 14, 2011 | |
Chifuyu tells Ichika that he will be provided with his own personal IS for his match against Cecilia, a rarity since only 467 IS Cores were created by Tabane Shinonono, Houki's older sister, before she disappeared. To prepare, Houki agrees to train Ichika by practicing kendo brutally. On the day of the match, Ichika is given the Byakushiki to fight against Cecilia in the Blue Tears. At first, Cecilia has the advantage due to her sniper abilities. Ichika eventually manages to transform his IS into First Shift, pulling out his energy sword. However, using the energy sword quickly depletes his shield energy, and it runs out just as Ichika is about to land a strike on Cecilia. The match is declared over with Cecilia as the winner. After losing, Ichika agrees to train more with Houki. On the other hand, even though she technically won, Cecilia becomes unsure of herself. | ||||
3 | 3 | 'The Transfer Student is the Second Childhood Friend' Transcription: 'Tenkōsei wa Sekando Osananajimi' (Japanese: 転校生はセカンド幼なじみ) | January 21, 2011 | |
Cecilia takes a liking with Ichika and gives the position of class representative to him instead, much to Houki's dismay. The next day, Ichika meets Lingyin Huang, the new transfer student from China who also happens to be his childhood friend as well as the class representative of her class. After Ichika and Lingyin get reacquainted with each other, Houki and Cecilia get jealous. Upon learning that Houki is Ichika's roommate, Lingyin tries to get Houki to let her become his roommate instead, to which Houki refuses. Lingyin later leaves in anger after Ichika fails to figure out the childhood promise that they had made in the past, as she wants to settle it in a class league match of the IS tournament. With his match against Lingyin with her Shenlong soon approaching, Ichika prepares himself. | ||||
4 | 4 | 'The Class League Match' Transcription: 'Kessen! Kurasu Rīgu Matchi' (Japanese: 決戦! クラス | January 28, 2011 | |
Ichika and Lingyin battle in the class league match, but they are interrupted when a mysterious IS attacks the arena. As Ichika and Lingyin hold off the IS so the audience can escape, they soon realize that the IS is an unmanned drone called a Golem due to its mechanical behavior. Together with Cecilia, the three of them manage to defeat the Golem, but not before it injures Ichika. As Ichika recovers while Lingyin watches over him, Ichika wonders if the promise that he made with Lingyin had a different meaning, in which the latter quickly denies. Meanwhile, Chifuyu and Maya examine the defeated Golem and confirm that it is an unmanned drone with a unique IS Core apart from the other 467 IS Cores that the world actually has, leading them to question who would make such a thing. | ||||
5 | 5 | 'Boy Meets Boy' Transcription: 'Bōi Mītsu Bōi' (Japanese: ボーイ・ミーツ・ボーイ) | February 4, 2011 | |
Ichika acts dense when Houki is allowed the chance to have her own room. As she leaves in anger, she makes him promise to go out with her should she win the next tournament, which then spreads into a rumor that the winner of the tournament would score a date with Ichika. At the same time, a transfer student, who is a male French IS pilot named Charles Dunois, arrives and becomes Ichika's new roommate. During a training session, Chifuyu has Cecilia and Lingyin battle against Maya in the Rafale Revive Basic, though Cecilia and Lingyin are easily defeated despite them piloting the more advanced models. During lunch, as the girls share their food with Ichika, he declares that Houki's food tastes the best, much to the dismay of Cecilia and Lingyin. The next day, it is a surprise to the class when Laura Bodewig, who is a transfer student from Germany and an acquaintance of Chifuyu, arrives. Laura immediately walks up to Ichika, slaps him and says that she is unable to accept him as Chifuyu's brother. | ||||
6 | 6 | 'My Roommate is a Young, Blonde Nobleman' Transcription: 'Rūmumeito wa Burondo Jentoru' (Japanese: ルームメイトはブロンド | February 11, 2011 | |
As Ichika has a training session with Charles in the Rafale Revive Custom II, the former declines a fight challenged by Laura. On his way to his dorm room, Ichika spots Chifuyu refusing to comply with Laura, who begs Chifuyu to return Germany and says that the academy is unsuitable for her teaching status. It is revealed that when Ichika was kidnapped during the Second Mondo Grosso of the IS championship, Chifuyu forfeited the finals to rescue her brother. Ichika later walks in on Charles in the shower, discovering that Charles is actually a girl. Charles explains that her family corporation had entered a financial crisis due to the demand for the third generation models, and she was ordered to act as a boy to give the company publicity and eventually steal data from these models. Ichika decides to keep this a secret on behalf of her safety due to diplomatic immunity of the academy if Charles stays for a few more years. Meanwhile, Laura, who blames Ichika for blemishing his sister's record, removes her eyepatch to display her golden left eye as she swears revenge on him. | ||||
7 | 7 | 'Blue Days ~ Red Switch' Transcription: 'Burū Deizu/Reddo Suitchi' (Japanese: ブルー・デイズ/レッド・スイッチ) | February 18, 2011 | |
Houki becomes pressured to win the upcoming tournament after her attempt to ask Ichika out has escalated into a rumor that whoever wins the tournament would score a date with him. As Cecilia and Lingyin prepare to spar, Laura appears in the Schwarzer Regen and goads them into a two-on-one battle, effortlessly countering all their attacks. When she continues to beat the two at the risk of their lives, Ichika and Charles step in to the rescue before Chifuyu reveals that the duel will be settled in another tournament. It is soon announced that the tournament will be conducted in pairs, with Ichika choosing Charles as his partner. On the day of the tournament, it is decided via lottery that Houki is to be paired up with Laura in a class league match against Ichika and Charles. | ||||
8 | 8 | 'Find Out My Mind' Transcription: 'Faindo Auto Mai Maindo' (Japanese: ファインド・アウト・マイ・マインド) | February 25, 2011 | |
Laura focuses on fighting Ichika while she tosses aside Houki, who is then disabled by Charles. Ichika and Charles then take advantage of lowering Laura's shield energy to defeat her, despite Ichika depleting all of his. With her defeat imminent, Laura reminisce her past of being a failed genetically engineered soldier, until her first meeting with Chifuyu. However, Laura resents Ichika upon learning that Chifuyu has shown her softer side because of him. Refusing to lose, a berserk Laura transforms into a dark IS. Charles transfers her remaining shield energy to Ichika, allowing him to manifest his energy sword. He strikes the dark IS and frees Laura. After Laura recovers, Chifuyu explains what caused her IS to go berserk, then consoles her to choose her own path. Despite the tournament being canceled, Ichika decides to date Houki. Later at the newly opened male public bath, Charles tells Ichika that she will stay at the academy under her true name, Charlotte Dunois. When the class learns the truth about Charlotte, an angry Lingyin arrives to punish Ichika. However, Laura intervenes and kisses Ichika in front of the class, declaring him to be his wife, which leaves everyone else in shock. | ||||
9 | 9 | 'Ocean's Eleven!' Transcription: 'Ōshanzu Irebun!' (Japanese: | March 4, 2011 | |
Houki calls her sister Tabane, who reveals she has completed a personal IS called the Akatsubaki just for her. After being grappled by Laura and beaten up by Houki, Ichika goes with Charlotte to the mall to buy swimsuits for the upcoming beach study session while Cecilia, Lingyin and Laura stalks them. When Charlotte notices them following her, she hides with Ichika in the dressing room to show off her swimsuit, but they are eventually discovered by Chifuyu and Maya instead. During the beach study session, each of the girls tries to get close with Ichika, but their efforts somehow backfire. The students and staff then enjoy a game of beach volleyball. As sunset arrives, Chifuyu talks with Houki about Tabane and believes her sister will come with the Akatsubaki on the seventh day of July. | ||||
10 | 10 | 'Thin Red Line' Transcription: 'Shin Reddo Rain' (Japanese: | March 11, 2011 | |
After catching the girls listening at their room while Ichika is massaging her, Chifuyu has a talk with the girls about their feelings for her brother and gives them some advice. The next day, Tabane arrives to personally deliver the Akatsubaki, a fourth generation model with abilities far more advanced than the other models, and Houki gives it a test run. However, Chifuyu soon receives news from Maya that an unmanned IS called the Silver Gospel has gone out of control. After assessing the situation, Chifuyu orders the group to stop it, while Ichika and Houki will pursue it, as only they would be fast enough to catch up with the Silver Gospel. | ||||
11 | 11 | 'Get Ready' Transcription: 'Getto Redi' (Japanese: ゲット・レディ) | March 25, 2011[n 1] | |
As Ichika and Houki begin their operation, the others notice how happy Houki looks, which prompts Chifuyu to tell Ichika to watch over her carefully. As Ichika and Houki engage in battle with the Silver Gospel and are about to corner it, Ichika notices an illegal fishing ship in the area and breaks off formation to protect it. Houki is angry at Ichika for ruining the plan, but he scolds her for disregarding the safety of the ship, which is something she never does. However, the Silver Gospel launches a surprise attack on them, which forces Ichika to protect Houki by shielding her with himself. As the critically injured Ichika is admitted, Houki blames herself on what happened and wants to quit being an IS pilot. Cecilia, Lingyin, Charlotte and Laura manage to convince her otherwise. Together, they ignore Chifuyu's orders to stand by and go after the Silver Gospel themselves. | ||||
12 | 12 | 'Your Name Is' Transcription: 'Yua Nēmu Izu' (Japanese: | April 1, 2011 | |
As the girls fight the Silver Gospel, Ichika has a dream where he accepts power from a young girl and a warrior woman, driven from his desire to protect his comrades. Houki cuts one of the wings off the Silver Gospel as it falls into the ocean, but it reemerges with angel wings and takes down the girls. Houki is soon awakened by Ichika in the Byakushiki Setsura, its Second Shift, and he gives her a hair ribbon as a birthday gift. With their combined strength, Ichika and the girls finally destroy the Silver Gospel, with Ichika giving the finishing blow. As they return to their hotel, Chifuyu lectures them for defying orders, but allows them some rest and recuperation as a reward. At a seaside cliff before Tabane vanishes, Chifuyu realizes that Tabane not only coincidentally allowed Ichika to be the only male pilot in the academy, but Tabane also hacked the Silver Gospel to go berserk in order to debut the Akatsubaki. At the beach, Houki apologizes to Ichika for his injuries and admits her feelings for him. As Ichika attempts to kiss Houki, they are interrupted by the other girls, forcing Ichika to carry Houki to safety. | ||||
13 | OVA | 'A Sextet Yearns to Be in Love' Transcription: 'Koi ni Kogareru Rokujūsō' (Japanese: 恋に焦がれる六重奏) | December 7, 2011 | |
On a hot day of summer vacation, Charlotte's plan to spend time alone with Ichika at his house is somewhat ruined when Cecilia gets the same idea, later followed by Houki, Lingyin and Laura. They spend the afternoon playing games and cooking. The next day, Houki helps out at a summer festival being held at her family's shrine and is surprised when Ichika shows up. Her time alone with Ichika is soon ruined by the appearance of Ran Gotanda, who momentarily has been separated by her brother Dan Gotanda. Later, Houki attempts to confess her feelings to Ichika, but is instead drowned out by the fireworks. Houki holds Ichika's arm in a romantic moment. |
Infinite Stratos 2 (2013)[edit]
No. in series | No. in season | Title | Original air date[8] | |
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14 | 1 | 'The Memory of a Summer' Transcription: 'Hitonatsu no Omoide' (Japanese: | October 4, 2013 | |
Ichika Orimura is awaken by Laura Bodewig, who is wearing a one-piece swimsuit. After she suggests for the two of them to go a new water park, she storms out in anger when he plans to invite the other girls. Laura decides to go shopping with Charlotte Dunois at a mall, where they end up becoming models in a clothing store and heroines in a hostage situation while working at the maid cafe. Charlotte and Laura enjoy eating crêpes afterwards. Meanwhile, a female code-named 'M' infiltrates a heavily guarded facility in England to retrieve a confined IS using the Silent Zephyrs, an extremely powerful IS. Ichika and the girls have a fun time at the water park, despite him being blamed for presumably inviting each of them on a date. They go down on a couples water slide and participate in the summer festival. They close by lighting sparklers, which marks the end of summer vacation. At the same time, Chifuyu Orimura and Maya Yamada check on an incident involving a new IS. | ||||
15 | 2 | 'Heart Pain Killer' Transcription: 'Hāto Peinkirā' (Japanese: | October 11, 2013 | |
After sparring with Lingyin Huang, Ichika runs late to class, where Chifuyu commands Charlotte to shoot him indirectly as punishment. After Ichika officially meets student council president Tatenashi Sarashiki at the school assembly, Laura suggests that the class should do a maid cafe as a fundraiser for the upcoming school festival. Unwilling to receive Tatenashi as an instructor, Ichika challenges her to a match, only for him to be defeated. Dreaming upon the grasslands, Ichika appears to see Houki Shinonono before awaking in Tatenashi's lap and dodging Laura's surprise attack. Tatenashi takes Ichika to train in circle rondo formation with Cecilia Alcott and Charlotte. Later on, Tatenashi coaches Ichika to practice the circle rondo formation by flying around a red orb at high speeds, but he ends up crashing into the wall. While having dinner, Houki, Cecilia, Lingyin, Charlotte and Laura all try to comfort Ichika, but he falls asleep from exhaustion. | ||||
16 | 3 | 'Translucent Chord of Cinderella's Heel' Transcription: 'Shinderera Hīru no Sukiiro Waon' (Japanese: | October 18, 2013 | |
In the morning, Tatenashi extorts Ichika for a massage, much to his dismay. Later during the school festival, Lingyin stops by the maid cafe, where Ichika serves as the butler. She orders a wineglass filled with chocolate sticks which includes a special, wherein she gets to personally feed Ichika, but she slaps him and leaves in embarrassment after he says that she eats like a cute squirrel. An IS expansion saleswoman named Reiko Makigami makes Ichika uncomfortable when she asks him to try on her company's equipment. As Ichika goes on break, Cecilia takes him to the brass band exhibition, but Cecilia blows her chance of getting an indirect kiss with a French horn. Tatenashi forces Ichika into being the prince of the student council's rendition of Cinderella, but he is unaware that whoever gets his crown receives the right to live with him. Under constant fire against the girls, Ichika manages to survive the absurdity of a play, which involves running from booby traps set by Tatenashi, only to be pursued by the walk-in contestants. Ichika is dragged under stage in the locker room by Reiko, who desires to steal the Byakushiki. | ||||
17 | 4 | 'The Mysterious Lady' Transcription: 'Misuteriasu Reidi' (Japanese: ミステリアス・レイディ) | October 25, 2013 | |
Reiko unleashes the Arachne, revealing herself to be Autumn from the underground organization Phantom Task. After detaining Ichika, Autumn reveals that it was Phantom Task who abducted Ichika during the Second Mondo Grosso while she forcibly attempts to take the Byakushiki. Cecilia and Lingyin engage M using the Silent Zephyrs in the sky, while Tatenashi uses the Mysterious Lady, equipped with water manipulated by nanomachines, to engage Autumn in the locker room. As Ichika pursues Autumn outside, he is intercepted by M, who successfully deters him. M and Autumn retreat before Houki, Charlotte and Laura join in the fight. Maya briefs Chifuyu that the Silent Zephyrs was the second Blue Tears stolen from England, while Chifuyu states that Tatenashi's true objective was to train and safeguard Ichika. In an unknown location, Autumn berates M for her interference, but they are intervened by Squall Meusel, leader of Phantom Task. M awaits her revenge while staring at a locket containing a photo of Chifuyu. Tatenashi not only tells Ichika about her purpose of protecting him, but also the ulterior motive behind the prince's crown, which she now possesses. | ||||
18 | 5 | 'Lovely Style' Transcription: 'Raburī Sutairu' (Japanese: ラブリー・スタイル) | November 1, 2013 | |
By request of Maya, Ichika is lured to an event where each of the girls are allowed to provide service for him for a limited amount of time. Houki initially stumbles while performing a Japanese tea ceremony to him, then Cecilia plays nine-ball with him while wearing a Playboy Bunny costume. Charlotte serves Ichika some cookies while dressed as a French poodle, but she is disqualified for going overboard. Laura wears a Playboy Bunny costume as well and plays darts with him, but he ends up with her one-piece swimsuit as a prize. Tatenashi appears to join the party and teases Ichika wearing a cat suit, only turning into a brief fiasco with Lingyin. After Chifuyu serves him a sundae while dressed as a maid, it is revealed that all of this was part of a surprise birthday party prepared for him. When Maya asks Ichika to choose which girl provided the best service, he chooses Chifuyu instead, causing the girls to angrily attack him for his stupidity. Afterwards, Ichika is approached by M, who introduces herself as Madoka Orimura and shoots him off screen. | ||||
19 | 6 | 'The Secret Base' Transcription: 'Za Shīkuretto Bēsu' (Japanese: | November 8, 2013 | |
Laura arrives in time to protect Ichika, causing Madoka to flee in retaliation. Some time later, Ichika offers to assist Charlotte in escorting IS equipment at a port, but they are faced against two IS pilots armed with rifles. One of the IS pilots causes an explosion, wherein Ichika shields Charlotte from the blast. However, Ichika is advised to confiscate the Byakushiki back at the academy due to a detected abnormality. Charlotte finds herself in a predicament when her underwear vanishes mysteriously, thus she is forced to keep quiet and prevent Ichika from finding out. Houki, Cecilia and Lingyin manage to have Charlotte reveal the truth about the situation with the Byakushiki, resulting in the three of them fighting for the right to become Ichika's bodyguard. Tatenashi interrupts to reprimand the three for causing a commotion inside the school. Just when Charlotte decides to reveal her predicament to Ichika, Laura appears and confirms that Charlotte's underwear returned, as both detected abnormalities have now subsided. Back at their room, Laura points out to Charlotte that all her troubles could have been averted if she had worn bloomers instead of panties, much to her chagrin. | ||||
20 | 7 | 'Sisters' Transcription: 'Shisutāzu' (Japanese: シスターズ) | November 15, 2013 | |
Tatenashi watches over her younger sister, Kanzashi Sarashiki, who is feeling gloomy since her personal IS, the Uchigane Nishiki, was delayed due to the development company focusing on the Byakushiki. Ichika and Houki are invited by newspaper club vice president Kaoruko Mayuzumi to be put on exclusive magazines for personal IS pilots, using dinner tickets as bribery. The two then have an personal interview and an intimate photo shoot hosted by Kaoruko's older sister Nagisako Mayuzumi. Wondering about Madoka, Ichika later asks Chifuyu if they have any other sisters, but she says that he is her only family. With a tag match tournament coming up, Lingyin and Charlotte try to butter him up with food, figuring out what type of partner he would choose. Tatenashi entrusts Kanzashi to Ichika for the upcoming tag match tournament. He rejects Laura, which brings Houki and Cecilia to assume that he would partner with one of them. As Ichika tries to approach Kanzashi, she turns down the proposal in anger instead. | ||||
21 | 8 | 'Open Your Heart' Transcription: 'Ōpun Yua Hāto' (Japanese: オープン・ユア・ハート) | November 22, 2013 | |
Ichika is slapped by Kanzashi when he becomes persistent to be her partner. He later finds it difficult to look up on maintenance assistance for the Uchigane Nishiki because Kanzashi assembled it herself. Upon realizing that Ichika insists on pairing with Kanzashi for the tag match tournament, the girls take their time training more aggressively. As Tatenashi devises Houki to team up with her, she analyzes Houki's physical maneuver, surprisingly to learn that her aptitude is up to level S already. Kanzashi takes the Uchigane Nishiki for a test run, but it malfunctions. Ichika saves her before she crashes, giving her a change of heart towards Ichika as she indirectly agrees to be his partner. Ichika shares data from the Byakushiki to help improve the Uchigane Nishiki, and has the maintenance students gladly help. Returning to his dorm room, Tatenashi insists upon Ichika for another massage, telling him that Chifuyu is so strict on him because she cares about him. Hoping to give Ichika a bag of muffins as a gift, Kanzashi reaches his door only to overhear that Ichika's generous offer was Tatenashi's idea, leaving her heartbroken. | ||||
22 | 9 | 'The Requirements for a Hero' Transcription: 'Hiirou no Jōken' (Japanese: ヒーローの条件) | November 29, 2013 | |
Ichika searches for Kanzashi, who starts developing the fear of incompetence. Tatenashi announces the tag match tournament at the opening ceremony. However, the arena is suddenly raided by five advanced Golems. Ichika and Kanzashi take on a Golem, while Houki and Tatenashi charge against another Golem. Tatenashi fails to penetrate its armor, causing an explosion and rendering her weak. This enrages Kanzashi to fight the Golem until her weapon power is depleted. Kanzashi feels hopeless until she is then protected by Tatenashi, who ends up gravely injured. Deep within her subconsciousness, Kanzashi is encouraged by Ichika and Tatenashi to never run away and always accept her weaknesses. After Houki replenishes Ichika's shield energy, Kanzashi uses Tatenashi's aqua crystal as a good luck charm, allowing them to destroy all five Golems. Recuperating in the infirmary, Tatenashi contemplates how reliable Ichika can be, as she and Kanzashi have a friendly sister-to-sister talk. Meanwhile, Maya manages to recover two of the Golems, as Chifuyu plans to notify the government. Kanzashi gives Ichika an anime movie as a gift, and she confesses her love to him before running off. Kanzashi realizes that she misspoke by saying that she loves anime instead. | ||||
23 | 10 | 'Cooking My Way' Transcription: 'Kukkingu Mai Uei' (Japanese: クッキング・マイ・ウェイ) | December 6, 2013 | |
Houki, Cecilia, Lingyin, Charlotte and Laura are relieved when Kanzashi sees Ichika as just a friend. Meanwhile, Maya calls Ichika to the infirmary to have him take the body measurements for IS improvements, resulting in a shocking debacle. Hearing how Ichika loves the other girls' cooking, Cecilia later ask Houki to help her make fried chicken. When Houki steps out of the kitchen, Cecilia purposely adds perfume and hot mustard to the fried chicken for a sparkly appearance. Houki comes back to sample it, wherein Houki is shown absent during class the next day. Cecilia later meets up with Charlotte to cook pot-au-feu. When Charlotte goes to tuck Laura in bed, Cecilia adds perfume and hot mustard to the dish. Both Charlotte and Laura end up absent the following day. Cecilia asks Lingyin to help her cook sweet and sour pork. However, Cecilia deliberately blows up the kitchen pot after Lingyin mentions that her electric stove is a slow burner. After Cecilia feels disappointed in herself, Ichika brings Cecilia to his room, where they make rice balls together. At a fancy restaurant, Tabane Shinonono easily defeats Phantom Task, but she offers to make a personal IS for Madoka. | ||||
24 | 11 | 'Looking For Memories' Transcription: 'Rukkingu Fō Memorīzu' (Japanese: | December 13, 2013 | |
Ichika and his class go on a leisurely field trip to Kiyomizu Temple scheduled in the evening. When Cecilia stands near the autumn leaves, Ichika takes a picture of the autumn leaves, mistakenly not taking her into account. After Charlotte helps Ichika fish for his lens cover under the bridge, they head to the shrine, where Cecilia, Lingyin, Charlotte and Laura vie for his attention. While evading the four, Ichika crosses paths with Kanzashi and carries her, only to crash into Houki. Following a picnic with the girls, Ichika and Houki walk into a bamboo forest, where Squall appears and takes a picture for them. Ichika becomes curious after Squall departs with mentioning him by name. Later, Ichika drops his camera off the balcony of the temple. At the stairway, he encounters Madoka, who attacks him, piloting her personal IS, the Black Knight. On top of a tower, Tatenashi fights Squall, who is armed with the Golden Dawn. Houki and Cecilia look for Ichika at the temple, but the two are attacked by Autumn. The rest of the students and staff head back to the academy on the monorail, but it begins to malfunction. | ||||
25 | 12 | 'Girls Over' Transcription: 'Gåruzu Ōbā' (Japanese: | December 20, 2013 | |
While evading Squall, Tatenashi alerts Kanzashi that there is a bomb planted onboard the monorail. Ichika manages to prevent Madoka from blasting the monorail. Houki and Cecilia pin down Autumn and kill her in an explosion. However, the two later witness Madoka stabbing Ichika, just as the bomb explodes in the distance. Houki catches Ichika and cries for him to awaken. After the bomb was located, Lingyin, Charlotte, Laura and Kanzashi luckily disarmed it in time. In a vision, Ichika is seized by Madoka, but a young girl in white lends Ichika a helping hand. Lingyin, Charlotte, Laura and Kanzashi are thwarted by Squall after trying to disable Madoka. Tatenashi, who diverts Squall with a shot to break her barrier, signals Ichika to attack in White Knight form, but Madoka intercepts him. After Squall fires Ichika to the ground, Squall and Madoka withdraw, as they have collected enough data. In a hot springs bath, Ichika relaxes while thinking about Madoka's locket containing a photo of Chifuyu. He hides behind a rock when the girls enter the bath, since the owner mistakenly reversed the bath signs during his stay. Due to dizziness, Ichika faints and floats, causing the girls to scream. | ||||
26 | OVA | 'World Purge-hen' Transcription: 'Wārudo Pāji-hen' (Japanese: | November 26, 2014 | |
A program called 'World Purge' sends illusions to all the girls about their ideal fantasies. |
Notes[edit]
- ^Episode 11 was delayed due to 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
References[edit]
- General
- 'List of Infinite Stratos episode titles' (in Japanese).
- ^'Infinite Stratos Staff Cast' (in Japanese). TBS. Retrieved March 5, 2011.
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External links[edit]
- Official Anime website(in Japanese)
- Official Anime Twitter page(in Japanese)
Infinite Stratos Plot Bunnies Collection
Chapter 10: Infinite Stratos x To Aru Crossover Challenge
AN: To everyone who reads and has subscribed to my plot bunny collection by following &/or favoriting it, I thank you and wish you all Happy New Year. 2016 was one heck of a crazy year, but rejoice Fate fans it gave us one last parting gift that is Fate/Grand Order: First Order OVA. This chapter is for anyone who's interested in writing a IS x To Aru Verse (A Certain Magical Index/Scientific Railgun) fanfic. It's never been done before, so it's another niche you guys have a chance to fill in the IS fanfic community. It was difficult to write out this idea as I wanted to make Ichika a Magician-Esper hybrid. I'm not sure I mash his magician and esper abilities well, but oh well I done the best I could, and this is the extent of my imagination. Like always I write plot bunnies not in any particular order but with what comes to mind though I do try to organize my thoughts as I write these plot bunnies.
Writing this plot bunny out has inspired my new anime New Year's Resolution – to watch entire To Aru franchise on chronological order. I had been planning to do it a while as I was always interested in To Aru series, but I held off on the seemingly daunting task until today as I came across a Youtube video that help organize the chronology of both Index and Railgun anime by episode in the chronological order. Now my anime goal for the year is seems much easier to accomplish now.
Also tried to come up with a perfect title for my plot bunny but couldn't find the right one. Here's what I came up with for potential story titles.
A Certain Infinite Stratos
A Certain Infinite Scientists
A Certain Infinite Science
A Certain Indexing Scientist
A Certain Magical Scientist
A Certain Magician Scientist
Plot Summary:
The premise being that Chifuyu fails to rescue him from his kidnappers and he is presumed dead. However Ichika actually survives and is residing in Academy City. Ichika would be assigned the role of one of Academy City's unofficial IS pilot (the official policy of Academy City is they have no IS Core and thus no IS of their own). This is the result of an IS Core being implanted into his body to replace his heart that had been damaged when he had been kidnapped. There were multiple explosions during the battle between the kidnappers and unknown Academy City forces sent to get to him before anybody else including Chifuyu could rescue him. Ichika is an existence closer to the mythical 'supposed to be impossible' Magician-Espier hybrid because of the experiment surgery using an IS Core in place of a human heart to save his life. The miracle of Ichika being a Magician-Espier hybrid is his Esper ability 'Creation's Blueprint' (the Esper version of Shirou Emiya's Tracing and Projection abilities) complements Ichika's potential as a magician as his Magic alignments of his Element and Origin together translate to 'Denial of Nothingness' (to create something - like mana or other forms of energy - out of nothing). Ichika was able to realize his Magic potential as he had something of a magic equivalent of a nuclear reactor – similar to Arthuria Pendragon's Dragon Core - where he is constantly generating mana (to use To Aru meaning of 'mana'). That is why Ichika can power his creations with nearly limitless mana. The IS Core installed inside him works as a synergizing regulator so that Ichika would not have to suffer negative feedback from using both his Esper and Magician abilities in combination with each other. Despite being gifted with powers that spells unlimited potential for those with limitless imagination, Ichika mostly harnesses his power to try to recreate the NP abilities of Heroic Spirits and other Nasuverse characters from Type Moon. The fact that Ichika limits himself to Nasuverse-inspired abilities (though most of it is sword based) suggests that Ichika is a big fan of Type Moon and it shows in the many custom IS units he has over the years.
Story In-Depth Details:
After the IS Core implantation surgery, Ichika was given the option of accepting a magician's apprenticeship from Aleister Crowley, the founder, leader, and General Superintendent of Academy City and one who holds more power than the rest of Academy City's Board of Directors; the greatest magician in history and de facto leader of the Science side. Ichika accepts Aleister's offer as he was ashamed of himself, seeing his own kidnapping incident and the resulting fallout disaster as his own fault. He couldn't stand to see or be near Chifuyu again, not after he had cost her what seemed to be everything at the 2nd Mondo Gross event. Mentoring and teaching Ichika had been an experiment for Aleister to see if he could create another person similar to him who is part of both the Magic and Science world. It works well to the extent that Ichika became a magician prodigy in his own right his Magic Element and Origin together translating to 'Denial of Nothingness' which provides Ichika with enough mana to power his Wishcraft magic. Combine that with his Esper ability of 'Creation's Blueprint' which allows him to 'recreate' anything as long as the means and methods of an object's 'creation' is recognized by and accomplishable by science, Ichika had proven himself a worthy apprentice student and potential successor heir should anything happen to Aleister. It wasn't long before Ichika was shuffled through various organizations and placed in charge of various projects and programs that prove crucial to the continued success and survival of Academy City.
On the Science side, Ichika was a key figure in Academy City's own secret IS R&D program. Using Creation's Blueprint, Ichika was able to eventually recreate and develop his own IS Cores, using his own implanted IS Core as a template. It helped that the IS Core implanted inside Ichika that would be used as a template for Academy City's own manufactured IS Cores is not a numbered Core, but the Prototype Core (aka 'Holy Grail' Core) created by Tabane Shinonono prior to the creation of Core #000 to Core #467. As to how Aleister manage to acquire the Prototype Core to implant it into Ichika remains unknown. Soon Ichika was able to build functional IS Cores even though they were a lower in quality and power than the original 467 IS Cores and could not enter 2nd Shift. However, these 'lesser' IS GEN-2 'Mobile Suit' Cores (or MS Core) had the advantage of being cheaper and easier to be mass produced and be user-friendly, perfectly suiting the needs of Academy City. Academy City's first IS model were the 2nd Generation General Model (GM) and GINN series, Academy City's peer equals to Dunois Industry's Rafale-Revive IS series. Both GM and GINN series were more versatile and flexible IS model compared to the current Uchigane. Japan soon awarded Academy City with a contract worth in a range of multi billion US dollars for manufacturing rights to design their own GM series IS units that would gradually replace and phase out the more limited and soon outdated Uchiganes. Academy City profits off of royalties for each GM model produced by Japan while the GINN model would be retained by Academy City and used to develop the 2nd Generation IS units DINN and CGUE. In time Ichika was able to create the GEN-3 IS Cores known as the Gundam Cores which are said to be equal to the original 467 IS Cores; like the original IS Cores, the Gundam Cores is capable of allowing IS units to enter 2nd Shift. IS units equipped with these Gundam Cores typically have the title 'Gundam' in their names, like the 2nd Generations IS prototypes Duel Gundam, Buster Gundam, and numerous RX-78 and RX-79 'Gundam' models which were powerful prototype models for the GM series. Most of the Gundam Cores would be used in the later Infinite Striker Project, Academy City's Third Generation IS Project which includes multiple 3rd Generation IS models. The 3rd IS Generation IS units developed under the Infinite Striker Project are Blitz Gundam, the autonomous A.I. operated Aegis Gundam, the Gundam Astray Color Frame IS models, and the 3.5 Generation Strike Gundam and its sister unit Strike Rouge Gundam. Ichika would be reassigned by Aleister before the G-Project saw completion, with the recently promoted Major Froleytia Capistrano (AN: From Heavy Object series created by To Aru author) who had been the Captain of Academy City's IS Combat Company Corps taking over as head of the project. Furthermore, under his tenure leading Academy City's secret IS R&D Program, he developed a new training program dedicated to creating the very best IS pilots in the world Academy City could produce; they are called Elites (AN: A term from Heavy Object; an Elite is a pilot that controls the Object).
On the Magic side, Ichika was reassigned by Aleister to deal with the Magic side and its presence inside Academy City and maintain the truce where neither the Magic nor Science side shall interfere with each other's affairs. Since Academy City is seen as Science side territory, that meant Ichika would have to limit, contain, and remove the subversive influence and actions of those from the Magic side trespassing into Academy City borders and becoming either a general nuisance, or worst… a credible magical threat to the safety and security of Academy City. Ichika was given great liberties to pursue this task as he saw fit. Expanding his power base, Ichika had started off by forming a special unit within Anti-Skill that would handle anything related to the Magic side, the Magician Hunters. While the Magician Hunters perform their role stupendously in handling Magic related incidents and disasters within or targeting Academy City, Ichika saw the need for integration among various Academy City forces and tighter defense for Academy City, not just on the Magic side but also on the Science side as well.
Ichika's efforts would later lay the foundations for when he would be given yet a new assignment by Aleister of laying down the framework for Academy City's formal military organization and intelligence apparatus that would handle any threat or disaster from either Magic or Science side in defense of Academy City, following the main events and disasters that have occurred in Academy City in Index and Railgun. At some point, Ichika was made the Defense and Intelligence Director (D.I.D.) of Academy City, his post being one of twelve Directorships on Academy City's Board of Directors. One of the major projects created under his D.I.D. tenure was the creation of an clone military force whose sole purpose was to fight, protect, defend, and wage war on behalf of Academy City (AN: Basically the Index/Railgun version of the Clone Army from Star Wars). As Academy City had previously invested heavily in the Sisters (clones of Misaka Mikoto) from the Radio Noise Project and Level 6 Shift Project prior and still had dozens of backup related data on them, it was inevitable that the new Academy City clone army would be made up Sisters. More specifically a new breed of Sisters redesigned and tailored to the specifics needs of the clone army project such accelerated growth and reaching maturity much sooner. Plus, it would be far more cheaper, efficient, and practical to use an existing genetic material that has been tested and proven itself time and again, than risk using someone else's genetic material as the basis of the clone army. The new clone army project termed 'RAIL Soldier Program' was passed and approved of by a supermajority of the Board of Directors despite Ichika arguing against the creation of more Sisters as he himself was a friend of Misaka Mikoto. Ichika would never stop trying to find a suitable alternative candidate so that more Sisters would not have to be made to fight and die for Academy City even though his search has not yielded any results. Soon the formal official military organization, the Academy City Military Command Armed Defense Forces (ACMCADF), became fully operational and Anti-Skill was repurposed as Academy City's main police force and agency. However Anti-Skill and similarly Multi Active Rescue (MAR) would continue to maintain and use military grade weapons and equipment. Around the same time ACMCDF became operational, so to was Academy City's own network of intelligence agencies. The other major military project Ichika approved as the Defense and Intelligence Director was the Collective Solar-Energy Satellite Defense Systems, which included the defensive SLAMS (Space, Land, Air Missile Shield) Satellites used to intercept any ballistic missile strike against Academy City and the offensive Satellite-Based Laser Response Unit 'Etherion'; both satellite systems help contributed to Academy City's victory in WW3 against Russia as they rendered Russia's nuclear arsenal useless in the war and allowed Academy City to strike its enemies far and wide beyond City limits via the many Space Laser Strikes Ichika approved of against enemy targets.
Since Ichika grew up in Academy City most of his life he would get caught up in, play a role, or had a hand in some of the events of Index and Railgun. The IS crossover side would truly begin on the day when Ichika was taking his high school exams, preparing to go to school formally after years of 'homeschooling' under Aleister and various private tutors who taught at some of the best schools in Academy City, when Phantom Task (PT) and its PMC forces launches a surprise attack on Academy City. A PMC carrier fleet had taken over Tokyo Bay and with staunch support from one of PT's IS Squadrons neutralized the nearby military installations in the Tokyo Bay region - Yokota Air Base, Yokosuka Naval Facilities, Naval Air Facility Atsugi, and US Army Camp Zama. With local military forces neutralized, PT and its mercenary forces began their invasion of Tokyo and started pushing towards Academy City. Enemy air forces began their bombing runs on Academy unhindered as PT IS units kept much of Anti-Skill aircraft from intercepting the bombers. Many School Districts of Academy City were suffered the worst of the PMC bombing runs, especially District 2 which served as training areas for Judgment and Anti-Skill, and military-related facilities. Many Anti-Skill locations were hit hardest as the PT intended to eliminate any major Anti-Skill presence before they could have a chance to fully mobilize and counter PT's PMC invasion force. Phantom Task could field many IS units in the battle due to the IS technology Tabane had invented and shared with the world before disappearing, the Core Connection Network. With one CCN system a single 'Core' can operate multiple IS units at once within a network; the downside is that the CCN removes the uniqueness of IS, thus the IS units connected to the CCN cannot evolve or bond with the pilot and are rarely used outside of actual warfare. The maximum number of IS units that can run on the CCN is 24, the total number for a military aviation unit 'squadron'. Academy City forces placed the number of enemy IS units at a total of 48, two squadrons worth of 48 hostile IS units in addition to PT's PMC invasion force consisting of air and ground forces. With PT and its PMC forces quickly gaining ground, Ichika had little choice but to greenlight the deployment of Academy City's IS Combat Company Corps to counter the two PT IS Squadrons and to help Academy City regain control of its airspace.
List of some of Academy City's Combat Company Corps Pilots:
Major Froleytia Capistrano (Callsign: Object lead) – Aegis Gundam
Milinda Brantini (Callsign: Object 1) – Duel Gundam
Excelsyla (Callsign: Object 2) – Buster Gundam
Catherine Blueangel (Callsign: Object 2) - Strike Gundam
'Oh ho ho' (Callsign: Object 3) – Blitz Gundam
Putana Highball (Callsign: Object 4) - Strike Rouge Gundam
Skuld Silent-Third (Callsign: Object 5) – Gundam Astray Red Frame
Urd Silent-Third (Callsign: Object 6) – Gundam Astray Blue Frame
Verdandi Silent-Third (Callsign: Object 7) – Gundam Astray Gold Frame
At some point Ichika had to launch in his own custom IS unit [Heroic Spirit] when it became clear that no other nation is going to come help Academy City. The USA and Japan who were supposed to send their IS pilots and military forces to aid Academy City had not send anyone. The JSDF was still trying to regroup and reorganize to retake the Tokyo region after being hit hard by PT's two IS Squadrons. However, on the US side of things the American forces stationed on Okinawa were ordered to briefly stand-down because of secret deals and conspiracies involving shadowy factions within the highest levels of the US gov't (e.g. the CIA) and Phantom Task with regards who gets a share of the pie from the stolen loot that is precious advance tech from Academy City. While the main To Aru characters assisted Anti-Skill, Judgement, and ACMCDF soldiers and the newly RAIL Soldier Sisters in dealing with PT's PMC ground forces, Ichika had to contend with a team of three Phantom Task IS units on his own.
While Ichika's Creation's Blueprint esper ability allowed him to psychometrically read the IS units his enemies were using, just knowing what they're full capabilities were was not enough for him to achieve quick victory as the PT IS pilots he fought were extremely skilled and tough opponents. In the fight Ichika's mask helmet was damaged, thus it cracked and his face was revealed. His main opponent, Madoka Orimura, then took that moment to reveal herself to him for psychological warfare. Madoka got the upper hand while Ichika was still rattled with the shocking revelation of his twin sister. Ichika had being losing the battle steadily as Madoka and the two other Phantom Task IS pilots ganged up on him. But with the arrival of Misaka Mikoto and Accelerator, the battle starts to turn favorably for Ichika as the two of the most powerful Level 5 Espers in Academy City took on the other two Phantom Task IS units, freeing Ichika up to fight Madoka unhindered as he receives encouragement from them to keep fighting. Using the [Archer mode] of his IS, Ichika was able to defeat Madoka by projecting multiple magically enhanced swords and hurdling them at her, followed by some archery attacks, and initiating [Saber mode] to finish off Madoka with a single sword blast from Excalibur. Although the Excaliblast slightly grazed Madoka as she moved out of the way, its beam of light reached PT's PMC carrier group occupying Tokyo Bay and obliterated most of the carrier fleet. Such a frightful sight forced PT leaders to realize the futility of continuing the attack as their two IS Squadrons had been taken out by Academy City's IS Combat Company Corps and resulting on one CCN captured while their PMC armies fled the battlefield eager to get the hell out of Academy City. Not only that but the JSDF had now fully reorganized and regroup to commence their counterattack. PT leaders finally issued the order to retreat. Seeing one of her fellow IS pilot defeated by Misaka Mikoto's Railgun power and the other one killed by Accelerator, Madoka promptly withdraws and joins the rest of the retreating PT invasion force.
After a hard-fought battle the Academy City side prevailed and won out against Phantom Task. But Academy City still remained in bad shape. Leadership was hit hard as some Board of Directors had been killed or incapacitated in such a way that they cannot resume their duties. Anti-Skill had been hit hard in the initial bombing run and assault of the invasion force that they suffered heavy casualties; close to 60% of Anti-Skill were either killed, mortally wounded, or in critical condition. While Judgement didn't fare as bad as Anti-Skill, they still had a lot of casualties of their own, though miraculously they had fewer deaths compared to the high death rate Anti-Skill suffered from the invasion. Since Anti-Skill had suffered heavy casualties while there were plenty of Judgement members who had survive the PT invasion and their group remained intact, Ichika used his authority to deputize all members of Judgement on as temporary members of Anti-Skill for the duration of the emergency, granting them the same power and authority as actual Anti-Skill personnel. ACMCDF soldiers and RAIL Soldier Sisters were mobilized to assist Multi Active Rescue (MAR) and Judgment in providing emergency assistance and rescue operations while mopping up any enemy force still stubbornly resisting. However, the situation was far from over.
Many of the PMCs captured by Academy City forces were 'little green men' (i.e. alleged retired Russian Spetsnaz). One CCN captured during the battle was traced back to the Vladivostok, Russia, the port city and HQ of Russia's Pacific Fleet. Ichika accuses Russia of being in cohorts with Phantom Task to get revenge on Academy City for their humiliating loss on WW3, while Russia contends that the captured Russian CCN in Academy City hands had been stolen by PT. It didn't help that after PT's failed invasion of Academy City did Phantom Task attacked and seized a major Russian major submarine base located at Vilyuchinsk in in the Avacha Bay and launched submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) at Academy City the very same day Academy City made public its findings of Russia's alleged involvement in PT's attempt invasion of Academy City. SLAMS intercepted the SLBMs and Ichika pushed Aleister Crowley and the rest of the Board of Directors to authorize use of Satellite Space Laser Strikes from Etherion against Russia, more specifically against its Pacific Fleet and Russia's Pacific naval installations. Another World War almost happened again, however cooler heads prevailed and outside intervention from Tabane Shinonono herself helped to prevent further war against the wrong party. Tabane had leaked information and documents revealing the CIA and other shadowy groups and conspirators within the US gov't and military, their ties to PT and their involvement in PT's attempted invasion of Academy City, and their backup plan to set Russia up to take the blame to hide their actual involvement going as far as to hire PMCs from Russia and former Soviet bloc. The leak absolved Russia of the any blame for the PT incident and forced the US to commence a purge against those individuals inside its gov't and military who had any ties or connections whatsoever to PT. America's standing in the IS global community and international stage suffered greatly and it put a huge dent in the credibility and viability of the Alaska Treaty since the treaty itself had been pushed on Japan without its consent by the US gov't.
Both Academy City and Japan pressed the US for proper compensation to pay for the costs incurred from PT's latest attack such as reconstruction and to compensate the victims of the PT attack. At first America proved arrogantly stubborn and pigheaded, refuse to pay any compensation money whatsoever and continued to deny any connection or involvement with PT, even in the face of undeniable and overwhelming information and data leak from Tabane and further evidence collected by Academy City that cemented proof of America's involvement behind the PT attack on Japan and Academy City. When Ichika lead Academy City's IS forces to help the Russians retake the captured submarine base from Phantom Task, they were able to positive ID some American agents from the CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency among the enemy dead. Furthermore, America even had the galls to claim that Academy City violated the Alaska Treaty – which the City never signed and was never a signatory party to, as officially Academy City doesn't have IS Core(s) or IS unit(s) of their own. It was only when Japan threaten to pull out of the Alaska Treaty entirely, Ichika threatening retaliation against America with the full military might of Academy City (namely Space Laser Strikes from Etherion), along with rising international outrage and pressure from the global community finally forced the US gov't to admit its role in the PT invasion. The US had to make a sincere public apology to Japan and Academy City and pay a hefty sum of money in compensation to them worth in the trillions of US dollars. Realistically the US couldn't afford escalate further tensions as it would have led to a war too costly for them to wage and one they wouldn't win. SLAMS ensured that American nukes would never reach Academy City and Japan. Also, the rest of the world and their allies would not lift a finger or say a word if Ichika did initiated retaliatory Space Laser Strikes against the US if the Americans made any threatening moves against Academy City, as entire the world saw Academy City and Japan as victims and America as the reckless, negligent, irresponsible and unrepentant party who is equally guilty for their contribution in the PT attack against the victimized nations by furnishing support to PT to begin with.
It was possible that Russia and China would jump in and get involved if the US chose to escalate things militarily; it was highly likely with Russia as they had a justified cause to do so since the CIA had attempted to pin the blame of the PT invasion of Academy City on them. Even if war didn't happen, refusing to address the rising tensions and bitter feelings of Academy City and Japan in the aftermath of the PT invasion would also a bad move as it would have led to the rest of the world throwing the Alaska Treaty into a burning trash can. Since the treaty pushed onto Japan and the rest of the world by America, it would lose any credibility and standing if the US did not take proper action make correct their mistakes quickly, which in turn would destabilized world peace and stability as any and all IS Core, IS unit, and IS tech would then become fair game in a new IS arms race. America could not afford to have the Alaska Treaty be ignored and discarded and having the current status quo give way to a frightening future of a global IS arms race. Therefore, the US settled for Tabane's negotiated peace by agreeing to all the terms of the peace accords that would be largely favorable to Academy City and Japan. Part of the conditions of the new peace treaty stated that Japan would no longer be burden as the sole financier of IS Academy; every other nation had to pay in their fair share of funding ISA or they won't get any access to the pilots or IS data and information generated from ISA. Furthermore, US forces were evicted from Japan entirely, with Okinawa being under joint control of Academy City and Japan. In exchange, the US now owns numerous huge debts and favors to Tabane as Ichika had played hardball on peace negotiations. Ichika wanting to reap even harsher terms against the US and threatening to continue retaliatory IS and Space Laser Strikes against the US if the Americans refused. It was only with Aleister Crowley overriding Ichika and accepting Tabane's negotiated peace settlement, was peace quickly settled and achieved and the current status quo with regards to IS maintained.
Now after the negotiated peace treaty was signed and ratified, Academy City had other matters to attend to. Namely the huge sh**storm that was the world's reaction to the existence of a male IS pilot due to footage of Ichika's battle circulating worldwide on TV and internet despite the best efforts of Academy City's intelligence agencies to control and suppress all related data and information. The world had questions with regards to what Academy City plans to do with Ichika and what its role will be with regards to Infinite Stratos. Academy City's first response was to do nothing and just resume its sense of normalcy as much as possible while undergoing reconstruction to recover from the incident. Wrong answer as the IS global community insisted that Academy City sign onto the Alaska Treaty and have Ichika to be sent to IS Academy to prevent Academy City from hogging Ichika up. Ichika was strongly opposed to such international demands as he was considered a gov't official since he was the Defense and Intelligence Director of Academy City. In his mind, signing the Alaska Treaty would not benefit Academy City the slight bit, serving to only tie them down, and the benefits of ISA to Academy City was negligible. Academy City had gone on its own path with regards to the IS such as building and designing their own IS units and related tech and having their own IS related R&D and training facilities. Furthermore, thanks to his early involvement in their own IS R&D programs, Academy City could build their own IS Cores while the rest of the world had to cope with the limited number of 467 IS Cores out there, some of which that had fallen into Phantom Task hands. As far as Ichika was concerned, Academy City was doing just fine on its own with regards to the IS and was content with sending one of their Elite pilots to ISA just to shut everyone up in the IS global community for a while. Ichika had more important priorities to attend to, such as managing the ACMCDF and Academy City's intelligence agencies to come up with countermoves and countermeasures against future attacks from Phantom Task. And then there was his extensive search for Kamijou Touma and Index, both of whom were friends of his and Misaka Mikoto who disappeared after the Index/Railgun WW3 story arc.
However, Tabane got involved again as she had planned on using the negotiated peace to get Ichika into ISA so that Houki could see him again. Ichika was wrong if he thought he didn't have to deal with IS related issues for a while after the peace treaty was settled. Somehow Tabane worked out a deal with Aleister Crowley when he had been looking for to fill some seats on the Board of Directors. It turned out that Tabane had been an alumnus of Academy City, which got her some leverage to meet and talk with Aleister about Ichika and his future with the IS. Tabane got a seat on Academy City's Board of Directors and would work on various programs and projects for Academy City, in exchange Ichika would have to attend ISA. This resulted in Ichika's reassignment where he was made by Aleister to reluctantly resign his post as Defense and Intelligence Director, was made Academy City's IS Representative and sent to ISA to finish his 'high school education'. Ichika hated his reassignment as he basically have to repress his magical abilities for when he is attending ISA and wasn't allowed to use his custom [Heroic Spirit], one of the few IS units he that can work well with both his Esper and Magic abilities, out of concern it could leak the secrecy of Magic out to the world. Even though Tabane provided Ichika with the proto-4th Gen IS unit Byakushiki, upon looking at its specs and was dismayed at seeing one sword as its only weapon, Ichika decided to hand off Byakushiki to Academy City's IS R&D Program to examine it for its Fold-Out Armor, the one defining factor of a 4th Generation Infinite Stratos. Byakushiki's Fold-Out technology was used to develop Ichika eventual upgrade IS unit, the 4th Generation Unicorn Gundam (AN: It works really well since Ichika and Banagher Links share the same voice actor).
Instead Ichika opted to utilize a custom Strike Gundam IS unit of his own, the Build Strike Gundam. Ichika chose the Build Strike as it was the most advanced IS unit derived from the IS Strike Gundam - the other being Strike Noir Gundam. The Strike derived IS units were known for its versatility and reliability to adapt to any situation and the constant changing battlefield. The Strike Gundam series had an advantaged that other 3rd Generation IS models did not possess, the Instant Striker Pack Install System (ISPIS). It allowed the Strike Gundam IS unit to use and switch between the various Striker Packs which had already been installed into the Strike. Since each Striker Pack contains its own internal battery unit, a Strike Gundam can just simply switch out Striker Packs when the current one in use is running low on energy, allowing the Strike to remain and engage in a prolonged firefight with enemy IS units, who do not have the unique advantages the Strike has. Plus, this unique feature eliminates the need to reserve or contain numerous Equalizers for each weapon, since one Strike Pack contains numerous weapons and makes the time-consuming process of changing Equalizers outdated and inefficient. The ISPIS was Academy City's first attempt of overcoming the limitations of Equalizers before introduction of 'Fold-out armor' technology invented by Tabane Shinonono.
Ichika would arrive at ISA the same day Laura Bodewig enrolls in. Since this is an IS x To Aru crossover, expect some involvement from the To Aru side for the IS story arcs.
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AN: This is as far as I could come up with for my IS x To Aru plot bunny idea. Feel free to adapt and change it as you see fit and if you could improve upon it. I only ask that you make Ichika the main character or at least one of the main characters. Also don't forget to give me credit for the idea or for inspiring you to write this story.
Response to review from freeforall546:
I haven't really explored that far who Ichika should be paired with. In some story ideas I have, when I'm unsure who the official pairing of the story should be or what the romantic dynamic between characters would be like, I usually leave story idea open to many possible pairing routes as much as possible so that I don't accidentally limit my options and choices. I'm unsure which girl from To Aru I would pair Ichika up with, though I would not be lying if I say that Misaka Mikoto first comes to mind. She is my absolute favorite To Aru character and I enjoyed Railgun's story more than Index. Plus, Touma has Index so that is reasons enough though the story execution of pairing Ichika up with Mikoto would have to be done right that it doesn't feel forced. I just don't have that kind of skilled writing necessary to execute it well. In this story idea, I'm very much inclined to pair him up with a girl from To Aru because it would be a lot more original than pairing him up with an IS character just simply because there are already a lot of IS fanfic stories with possible canon pairing. Admittingly, my knowledge in To Aru is limited to Railgun manga, Index and Railgun anime, and whatever information I garnered off Toaru Majutsu no Index Wiki. Tried to watch both Index and Railgun anime in chronological order but kinda stopped for a while due to seasonal anime sort of having higher priority and because life in general. At least I was able to finish the first season of Railgun.