A third season of the anime adaptation of "A Certain Magical Index" has been confirmed. Fiamma, the right-hand man of the leader of the Right Seat of God, is expected to be the final boss of the third season. The keyword "right" is a character who is associated with Fiamma, and the right hand man is Kamijou's. This makes him likely to be an important character in the story. In this article, we will summarize the appeal and thoughts about Fiamma.
Profile of Fiamma of the Right
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A magician who belongs to the forbidden Roman Orthodox organization "God's Right Seat." He wears a red-based outfit, doesn't appear to be particularly well-trained, and has semi-long hair. His nickname is "Fiamma of the Right." His corresponding angel is "Michael (the God-Like One)." He uses "oresama" as his first-person pronoun. He has an arrogant personality and doesn't care about the lives of others when it comes to achieving his goals. He is a man with an "other right hand" that was born with the "power to save the world" within his body.
Leader of the Most Powerful Organization, "God's Right Seat"
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He is the leader of the "God's Right Seat," and the other three members apparently leave final decisions to him. As he controls the "Right Seat," he wields the greatest power among the "Right Seat of God." He possesses the power to easily defeat the Vatican, which functions as a gigantic spiritual outfit, and even the Pope, supported by St. Peter's Basilica.
He will use any means to achieve his goals
Although he may be the darkest of the dark, and despite being a simple Roman Orthodox Christian, he has often demonstrated disregard for the Christian guiding principle of "saving all people equally." He prioritizes his own goals above all else, regardless of the human and material damage they cause to both friend and foe.
A character that highlights only the negative aspects of Kamijou
He himself has stated that his actions "signal that someone had to do it" and "signify the arrival of absolute good," but his behavior clearly sets him apart from Christians. Even the Pope has questioned whether he's truly a Christian, and even Vento has criticized him, saying, "He has a twisted understanding of malice." In the sense that "he wields great power, yet remains loyal to himself and disregards others, and his actions ultimately result in good deeds," he shares some similarities with Kamijou. Overall, he can be said to highlight only the negative aspects of Kamijou.
Fiamma's Most Powerful Ability
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As the "Right Seat of God," he wields the angelic power of the "Holy Right," a symbol of the miracles possessed by "God-like beings." Also known as the "Third Arm," it manifests from Fiamma's right shoulder as a distorted, sinister mass of light resembling a giant's arm, moving at his will. It symbolizes the power of Michael's right hand, which once slayed the "Light Bearer (Lucifer)." This arm automatically optimizes output to match the level of the enemy, challenge, or difficulty to be defeated. As a result, Fiamma does not need the usual combat requirements of speed, hardness, intelligence, strength, range, numbers, or weapons. He is able to "win" against any enemy simply by wielding this arm. The defining characteristic of this arm can be summed up in one word: "omnipotence."
Even This Strength Is Incomplete
Its power is overwhelming, easily destroying numerous Vatican buildings and magical defenses, including St. Peter's Basilica, and its aftermath alone is powerful enough to reduce the city to rubble for hundreds of meters. However, despite his overwhelming power, Fiamma, as a human, is unable to fully harness the power of his "Right Arm." His power is insignificant compared to his original strength, unstable and incomplete enough that it could disintegrate in mid-air with a single swing. While it's often mistaken for a "third arm"—a misshapen form—that emerges from Fiamma's right shoulder, it's actually the disintegrated form of his Holy Right Arm.
Immense Power
Furthermore, by selectively discarding and diluting the original sin, he retains a certain amount of the "Fruit of Wisdom." In addition to his power as God's Right Seat, he also appears to be able to use "human magic," though limited to the fire attribute. Furthermore, based on the theory that "controlling one attribute broadly means influencing other attributes,"
by manipulating other attributes through the fire attribute, he can essentially wield magic of any attribute. However, this technique is apparently imperfect due to distortions in the four elements. He is the one who caused World War III by secretly manipulating not only France and the Roman Orthodox Church, but even the Russian Orthodox Church, and his power is so great that the name of an individual, "Fiamma of the Right," appears in the power map of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Roman Orthodox Church, the British Puritan Church, and Academy City.
Fiamma's True Intentions
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Fiamma's "original power" lies dormant within him. It seems that this state is the result of unleashing the full power of the "Sacred Right," and in order to achieve this state, Fiamma sought to [use Kamijou Touma's Imagine Breaker as a medium], [use the Star of Bethlehem to cause World War III and create a better global environment], [use the 103,000 volumes of the Index to gain knowledge of control], and [the existence of Sasha Kreutzev, the body from which a true angel was summoned]. By obtaining all of these, Fiamma would attain the status known as "Kamijou," and for him the world would transform into "Heaven" itself.
What is the "Kamijou" that Fiamma was aiming for?!
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When one reaches the "Kamijo" level, their power easily surpasses the destructive power contained within 103,000 volumes, and they are even capable of reducing planets to dust. Fiamma has indeed reached this level. Furthermore, if the "Third Arm" properly identifies its "enemy"—"World War III and the nightmare it lurks in the minds of all people worldwide"—its destructive power is so great that it could sink a continent with a single swing and dry up an ocean with a single thrust.
In Christianity, it's called "Divine Purification"
Aleister Crowley states that if the "Age of Horus" had been adopted in a "new format" rather than the "Age of Osiris" (the laws governing Christianity's sole rule), it would have reached a realm nearly identical to what Aleister was striving for. This is based on the concept of "The Calamity of Horus" in Aleister's "Book of the Law." It also suggests that if this concept of "beyond Christianity" had been adopted, it could have come into contact with an entity known as "Divine Purification."
Fiamma's Right Arm vs. Kamijo's Right Arm
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After reaching "Kamijo," Fiamma unleashes his power on Kamijo, who is no longer of any use after amputating and absorbing his Imagine Breaker (right arm). However, his power is cut away by a mysterious force that emerges from Kamijo's severed arm. The force he unleashed on Kamijou was enough to reduce a planet to dust, but the mysterious power that emerged from within him overwhelmed even Fiamma, who had reached the rank of "God." Kamijou's arm regenerated in an instant, once again harboring the Imagine Breaker. At the same time, the right arm he had acquired rapidly deteriorated, losing its function as an Imagine Breaker. Furthermore, the people around the world whom he had intended to "save" were not weak-hearted, and as various factors came together, the "malice of the people around the world," whom he had designated as his "enemies to be defeated," dramatically weakened.
For the World Kamijou Saved
After losing his battle with Kamijou and losing his power, Kamijou put him in a container and, as the Star of Bethlehem fell, he escaped. Fiamma told him to see for himself the world that he had tried to save. He was touched by the humanity of Kamijou Touma, who had saved him, an enemy whom no one would blame even if he had abandoned him and who would have been praised. Fiamma fought Aleister, knowing that the world he risked his life to save was beyond his control, believing that he could not defeat him. However, he was defeated.
Fiamma's Famous Quotes
So, what will you do? Give up and survive, or try a little harder and die?
This line is what Fiamma says the first time he faces the enemy forces. It's a line only the strong can afford. It's truly an attitude worthy of a final boss.
I'll think about that after I save the world.
This is what Kamijou and Fiamma say when he hears that Fiamma's goal is to "save the world" during their desperate battle. Kamijou asks, "Is that your conclusion after traveling the world?"
I'm honored, meatball. The value of your life has been safely harvested.
The "lump of flesh" refers to Kamijou. In other words, Kamijou's only value is his right arm, and this is the comment Fiamma uttered upon harvesting it. Isn't this a compliment only a villain could deliver?
Summary
A Certain Magical Index III is expected to feature the fight with Fiamma, making him the anime's final boss. The battle between Kamijou and Fiamma is a right-arm vs. right-arm battle, and it also reveals the secret behind Kamijou's Imagine Breaker. There are so many highlights in the fight between Fiamma and Kamijou that it's impossible to list them all, so be sure to check out the anime and the original manga.
