Infinite Stratos Watch Order
Campione! – 02
OP Sequence
OP: 「Brave Blade!」 by 桜川めぐ (Sakuragawa Megu)
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「王様のいる風景」 (Osama no iru Fuke)
“A Day in the Life of a Lord”
This is actually getting pretty fun to follow. That is, if I tune my nitpicking mind out. I honestly expected better from the man who gave us the screenplays of Stein;Gate and Level E, because the pacing and writing of Campione! is quite simply a mess. Need an example? Let’s start with the opening of the show, right after that standard oh-so-mysterious dream sequence.
Infinite Stratos English Dub
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The Best Episodes of Infinite Stratos. Last Updated: Dec 8, 2018. Infinite Stratos (IS), a weaponized exoskeleton system, has become the dominant tool of warfare and conflict. Unfortunately for the men in society, only women are able to operate Infinite Stratos. With very few exceptions. Best Answer: After you watch Infinite Stratos the anime theirs a sequel OVA under the name of Infinite Stratos Encore: Koi ni Kogareru Sextet and a second season has been confirmed but theirs no official date for release yet.
“I defeated Verethragna, and became the god-slayer, the Campione.”
Infinite Stratos was easily the most successful winter 2011 ecchi anime. Kinda episode 7. These are actually from the “next episode” segment, which would mean episode 8 is the one to watch for. Correction: The. Eager IS fans will surely be following closely to find out exactly where they need to pre-order the first volume in order to.
“For no apparent reason, I became the center of attention, was forced to test my abilities against another Campione, and finally returned to Japan.”
……wait what. Yes, you read that right. To use Godou’s words, for no apparent reason, what seems to be a major plot point got shafted into a 5 seconds long monologue. The aftermath of him killing a god and becoming the center of attention, that’s gotta be pretty damn important, right? At least more so than 5 seconds? And I’m not even going to go into how the heck Godou came to get a hold of Verethragna’s 10 avatars by killing him, or the so-called conditions of his power that doesn’t seem to stop him from zipping around and destroying historical sites like a…well…god, or what exactly being a campione entails and why mage associations are seeking him, or even why Erica suddenly fell in love with him. Wait, in fact, let’s just scrape that last question. It’s an unquestionable rule that haremettes love the MC for reasons unknown. Campione!’s story, when held up to the light, just seems to fall completely apart. You can still feel the places where the invisible threads are suppose to tie these arbitrary details consistently together, but the threads are just not there for me to make sense of it all.
What irks me more so than this is that precious airtime is given to shown extremely unnecessary scenes. Try counting the number of times you’ve seen the “transfer student and class misunderstanding followed by a dash out of the room for some explanation” scene before. How is something like that a priority over some much needed exposition on the actual plot? Certainly, I do not expect an anime to explain everything to me, especially if it of little relevance to the story. You won’t find me harping endlessly on the irrelevant bits like how the heck they managed to get to Italy in a single night, because it’s not the main point of the story. The fact is that Campione! seems to be skirting around the bits that seem especially essential to its plot, rushing through a suite of developments that makes the whole episode feel like it was hastily patched together, and I can’t quite puzzle out what exactly the show wants to tell me as it throws out arbitrary terms like Authorities and Divine Instruments while expecting me to have some kind of understanding.
The thing is, if I can tune out all these plot holes and gaps in exposition, I can still make sense of the plot well enough to suffice. I get that killing gods somehow gives the victor their powers, I get that it’s due to this that Godou has become a central figure in the gods & magic world, and I get that Erica suddenly fell in love with him, even if there is a lack of proper explanations of all of these developments. Campione!’s story isn’t a hard one to follow or figure out, and if I can tune out all these inconsistencies and the erratic pacing, (which isn’t particularly hard) I can focus on the parts that Campione! does seem to get right.
Because for all the flaws I’ve mentioned, Campione! is still bizarrely entertaining to watch.
For one thing, it’s always hilariously fun when a girl is being so completely open with her unyielding love in a generic harem setup. Erica takes that up a notch and makes for a really entertaining heroine to watch, with a compelling number of facets to her character, going from manipulative to understanding, a temptress to knightly, as well as everything in between. With such a passive protagonist in Godou, Erica becomes the indisputable star of the show, and as they say, it’s the haremettes that make or break a harem show. With such an entertaining character to kick this harem off, I’m wondering this can be built upon with the other haremettes who seem equally open with their attraction, including Mariya Yuri (Hanazawa Kana) and Kraňčar Liliana (Kitamura Eri) who appeared this episode. And for all I complained about the uninspired plot and art, Studio Diomedea continues to deliver on the fights with the show, mixing up some brilliant choreography than conveys Godou’s amateurish experience surprisingly well, as he grasps with his newfound godly power.
Yes, I myself am torn on the show, because for all its inexcusable flaws and clichés, I find myself strangely entertained just by watching the silly harem antics and fights. I’ve likened it to Infinite Stratos before, and I do believe the comparison is apt, both being series I should be by all account hating, but end up looking upon them as guilty pleasures. Maybe I’m simple like that. Or maybe it’s because of summer. But even if I’m being entertained, I’m still hoping that the plot will formalize itself into something consistently sensible as we go forward with a story that seems to be dealing with another well-known mythological figure, Athena (Ogura Yui) from the Greek pantheon.
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ED Sequence
ED: 「Raise」 by 小倉唯 (Ogura Yui)
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July 15, 2012 at 10:16 amInfinite 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. Insidious 4 full movie. 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.
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.