Yen Press has announced that the fourth volume of A Certain Magical Index New Testament will receive its official Western English release on March 18, 2025.
A Certain Magical Index New Testament is written by author Kazuma Kamachi, illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura, and translated by Alice Prowse.
The synopsis of A Certain Magical Index New Testament Volume 4 is as follows:
In the fallout of the attack on Hawaii, the twenty-seven partner corporations that broke away from Academy City announce that they will be hosting “Natural Selector,” a combat tournament in Eastern Europe.
By holding the event, the Anti-Academy City faction hopes to prove the existence of powers that surpass psychic abilities, thereby destroying the identity of Academy City. With the help of Gremlin, an organization that merges magic and science, their scheme gets underway. Will Academy City be able to stop them before it’s too late?
A Certain Magical Index originated as a light novel series before expanding into several other media, such as video games and manga adaptations. In fact, entire spinoffs have been birthed from Magical Index, including the significantly more popular A Certain Scientific Railgun.
Regardless, the Magical Index light novel is still ongoing, as it’s in the midst of its third series, Genesis Testament. The three seasons of the anime have adapted the first light novel series, known as the Old Testament. As of now, the second light novel series taking place right after the first, New Testament, has yet to receive an anime adaption.
- The eleventh volume of A Certain Magical Index Genesis Testament is available in Japan.
- The second art book of A Certain Magical Index New Testament was announced.
While countless events and developments occur, A Certain Magical Index primarily follows protagonist Touma Kamijou, a high schooler residing in Academy City, a locale full of Espers. He is a Level 0, those whose Esper abilities are the lowest of the low.
However, Touma is different from the rest of the city since he seemingly has no latent Esper ability at all, instead possessing a mysterious power known as the Imagine Breaker in his right hand, which negates all supernatural phenomena. After meeting a young girl named Index, Touma ends up entangled in various plots involving the Science side and veiled Magic side of the world.
