Tsushima

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**Tsushima** (対馬, *Tsushima*?) is a character introduced in *Toaru Majutsu no Index*. She is a female member of the Amakusa-Style Remix of Church.

## Etymology

She is likely named after Tsushima, an island and city found in the Nagasaki Prefecture of Japan.

## Appearance

Tsushima is a young woman with blue eyes and long blond hair, which is described as fluffy. According to the Amakusa Christian men, Tsushima's body height was disproportionate to her bust size, as they believe tall people like Tsushima should have large breasts. Tatemiya Saiji however praises Tsushima for having beautiful legs.

In her cameo appearance in the *Toaru Majutsu no Index* anime, Tsushima wore a black top with a low neckline, though supported by straps. She also wore a white pleated skirt and sandals. In her appearance as a background character in a colored illustration in the 11th *Toaru Majutsu no Index* light novel volume, Tsushima wore a white top with a black undershirt, as well as a necklace. She wore a belt to hold up her shorts. She seems to have worn a sandal along with shoe ribbons. Tsushima wore these clothes in her first appearance in the *Toaru Majutsu no Index Manga*.

Finally, when her design is later recycled by the artist, Tsushima's clothes are changed once again. She now wears a long black top with a frilled peplum over a grey undershirt. Once again, she wears a necklace as well. She wears pink stockings under her dark shirts. She wears brown boots.

## Personality

Serious in missions, Tsushima is a rather stern woman who doesn't tolerate foolishness, even from her Substitute Pope, Tatemiya Saiji, kicking him in the groin if necessary. Even out of missions, she acts as the straight man to her faction. She doesn't like the perverted actions or any ridiculous actions of the male members of the Amakusa Christians, and will often immediately resort to berating them or attacking them unlike her fellow female colleagues like Itsuwa and Kanzaki Kaori.

## Chronology

### Toaru Majutsu no Index

#### Orsola Aquinas Rescue Arc

*Main article: Orsola Aquinas Rescue Arc*
She is present in the battle against the Agnese Forces both in the manga and anime adaptations of the 7th *Toaru Majutsu no Index* light novel.

In the anime adaptation, it was only a brief cameo of her appearing alongside the named members of the Amakusa Christians when Saiji shows up to aid Kamijou Touma and Orsola Aquinas. She isn't shown to do any fighting. In the manga adaptation, she has a much bigger role, she and the other Amakusa Christians use wires to restrain the members of the Agnese Forces before they overwhelmed by their sheer numbers. He and the other Amakusa Christians later follow the plan concocted by Stiyl Magnus, Tatemiya Saiji, and Kamijou Touma, act as decoys while they distribute Stiyl's rune cards to create a large magic circle and the pretend to be defeated by the Agnese Forces.

When they show their ruse, Tsushima and Itsuwa shows to the nuns that they used a secret Amakusa Christian technique of transferring damage to their clothes instead of their bodies. Tsushima comments to the nuns that what they saw was a bit embarrassing.

#### Acqua of the Back Arc

*Main article: Acqua of the Back Arc*
Tsushima is one of the named Amakusa Christians in the novel. In the story arc, the Amakusa Christians are sent out by the Anglican Church to protect Touma from Acqua of the Back.

There are a few notable scenes with her. She first appears with the rest Amakusa Christians spy on Itsuwa and Touma from behind a nearby building. She is present when the male members of the Amakusa Christian gather around Saiji as he describes Itsuwa's greatest weapon to getting Touma which has yet to use, her breasts. After the males gave their reactions, Tsushima tells them to go back in focusing in their mission, to which the males then comment on her disproportionate bust to body height ratio. Saiji however praises Tsushima's beautiful legs, leading her to kick him in the groin, shutting him up.

In spite of her urging, the men continue on with their plans. She likely witnesses Saiji taking out a soccer ball and kicking it towards Touma's head in order for his face to land on Itsuwa's breast. He is successful, but he manages to catch the attention of Misaka Mikoto, irate on what had happened to Touma. Saiji and the other later leave quickly without a trace.

Tsushima is likely present during Acqua of the Back's first appearing before them and defeating them all. She is present in a School District 22 hospital after their and Touma's defeat at the hands of Acqua of the Back. She is present in the illustration with Isahaya and Kouyagi next to her when Saiji forces Itsuwa, who was depressed after failing to protect Touma from Acqua of the Back, to stand up to her despair and repay Touma after protecting her from being attacked by Acqua of the Back.

Later, when Ushibuka and Saiji are in contact with Orsola Aquinas for her report on new information that was discovered about Acqua of the Back. Tsushima is with Itsuwa as she obsessively prepares her spear for their assault on Acqua of the Back. She glares at them when they talk about how Itsuwa is apparently being scary.

She and the other Amakusa Christians partake in the battle against Acqua of the Back. As the fight goes on, Acqua of the Back makes a reversal against Itsuwa. He knocks her back with his large mace despite blocking it with her spear. Still worn from the first strike, Isahaya manages to knock Acqua of the Back's second strike on Itsuwa off course, allowing Tsushima to get Itsuwa out of the way.

Before Itsuwa could prepare the Saint Destroyer, she, Isahaya, and many other Amakusa Christians support her by attacking Acqua of the Back from all angles. However, he easily blocks them with the swing of his mace. They later probably witness Itsuwa using Saint Destroyer on Acqua of the Back and its failure against him.

Tsushima and the other Amakusa Christians later rally to Kanzaki Kaori's sides after she asks for her help in defeating Acqua of the Back.

#### British Royal Family Arc

*Main article: British Royal Family Arc*
Tsushima first appears during Itsuwa's bout of depression after the mix-up in the airport where instead of receiving Touma and Index, she instead receives Sphynx instead. Here, she and Kouyagi are shown to be shocked at Itsuwa's predicament. She is present after Isahaya says that the "spiky-haired boy" is coming to London, where in panic, Itsuwa spills Ushibuka's Potato Baron, an alcoholic drink he kept hidden. As he rants about his Potato Baron, Tsushima gives a hand chop on Ushibuka's neck, quieting him down. She is likely also present later, when Itsuwa becomes enraged that she was tricked by Isahaya and Saiji, the latter showing himself as the "spiky-haired boy" as a prank, leading to Itsuwa flipping the table where she was the drinking and throwing Saiji into the air in a bout alcohol-fueled rage.

She and the others likely continue to participate in the missions that were given to the Amakusa Christians of the British Halloween.

##### English Civil War

*Main article: English Civil War*
Tsushima and the other Amakusa Christians appears right after Touma, Index, and Princess Villian's successful Overloading of the Curtana Original mission. It was a calm before the storm, and the members of the Anglican Church, including the Amakusa Christians and the Agnese Forces, have gathered in the verdant outskirts of London. Tsushima later notices the Amakusa Christian boys talk about the recent incident in London while observing Itsuwa wearing her apron, forcing her to chastise them to do their jobs properly.

During the calm before the storm, the Amakusa and the rest eat to restore the stamina they lost from the fleeing and battling. Itsuwa is busy with the orders with the food from the people that gathered there, wondering how she would come close to Touma. Tsushima later comes to her to take her place, telling her that Touma wasn't able to get any food because of the nuns, suggesting that if she brought her food it may give her points to Touma. While Itsuwa is flustered on what she should do with getting close to Touma, Saiji appears having apparently gotten the Great Spirit Revealing Maid outfit. Saiji reveals that the designer was from London, as such he picked one up just after the coup d’état started, to which Itsuwa just freaks out. Seeing this, Kanzaki lets out a sigh of relief, believing that her own maid outfit was lost back in the ensuing chaos of evacuating the Necessarius Women's Dormitory. But Saiji reveals that he also picked up both the Fallen Angel Maid and the Fallen Angel Ero Maid from the dormitory, much to Kanzaki's befuddlement. The Amakusa men then started talking about Kanzaki having other more erotic maid outfits, infuriating her even more. This was apparently because they have never seen their Priestess in a Fallen Angel Ero Maid outfit. All the discussion about maid outfits reached the ears of the Agnese Forces and even Sherry Cromwell and Orsola Aquinas.

Tsushima is likely present during the Battle of Buckingham Palace. However, she is clearly present in the aftermath, where the Amakusa Christians treat the wounded after then coup d’état. When the conversation shifts from Kanzaki getting more debt from Touma after his assistance in beating Carissa and ending the coup to Kanzaki wearing the Fallen Angel Ero Maid as repayment, Isahaya and Nomozaki join in the conversation. Kanzaki then scolds them for joining in the conversation in spite of their age. Itsuwa overhears this conversation as well, where she believes that since Touma fought for everyone this time, that would mean she too is indebted to him, giving her the right to do what Kanzaki should be doing. Tsushima sees this mutters to herself that the pure-looking Itsuwa's lust is now finally surfacing.

She and the others may have also gathered around Index after Fiamma of the Right took away the external controller for her John's Pen Mode, as well as Touma declaring to hunt down Fiamma of the Right.

## Abilities

*Main article: Amakusa-Style Remix of Church#Abilities*
Like the rest of the Amakusa Christians, Tsushima is trained in their style of combat and magic, inherited from generations of secrecy, and is effective in working with the others as a team. Like the other Amakusas, Tsushima uses a Western weapon. Her weapon is described as a rapier. However, an illustration in the 16th light novel volume of *Toaru Majutsu no Index*, shows her with a regular-looking Western sword with the standard cross-guard instead of the complex protective hilt that characterizes a rapier.

She also has a number of silver accessories, cheap products which could be bought in any sightseeing area, with certain hidden magical meanings which can be used.

### Known Spells

* By stabbing her rapier into the deck of a small ship and muttering a short incantation, Tsushima is able to momentarily heighten the waves crashing into the ship, using the waves as makeshift brakes. This spells makes use of certain Christian traditions relating to water and ships, such as the Son of God instantly calming a stormy sea or how an honest man was able to walk on a lake but an evil man drowned when attempting to follow.

## Character Art Designs

### Gallery

Character design by Haimura Kiyotaka for Tsushima (second from left) and other Amakusa members
## Quotes

* (To Agnese Forces nun, from Index Chapter 56): *"Well, what you saw was a bit embarrassing."*
* (To the Amakusa Christian men, from Index volume 16): *"…Stop talking about such useless things; keep your eyes on the one being guarded."*
* (Regarding Itsuwa, from Index volume 18): *"Wait. Is this pure-looking girl’s lust coming to the surface now?"*