Review of A Certain Magical Index

I hate when a show is as down the middle as this one is. it has nice art, fun music that adds to the overall experience. the characters are mostly enjoyable, and there was only ever one that really got to me in a way that made me want to stop watching. however. i feel that this show could have done much better with its run time. maybe spend a little less time having two characters talk. i love plot heavy shows with a bunch of talking and crazy realisations, but it feels like that's all this show has to sustain a majority of its episodes. atthe end of one of the episodes, a character that we think is a main character, is killed.
this would be a gigantic moment for any other show, and while we get teased with the hope of a giant fight at the end of the episode, at the start of the next episode we get a one sided killing that also turns out to be a bait and switch.

its stuff like this that hurts the entire series, because it gives the viewer the impression that the characters are gonna talk each other to death. but other then that the characters are likeable, and i like how index herself, is a person labelled with so much power, yet she is helpless. that's an interesting dynamic.