To Aru Kagaku no Railgun - Q & A

[White Manju Bun]

This thread is for those of you with questions about the To Aru Kagaku no Railgun anime or manga. There are many questions that don't need a whole thread to discuss them. A simple practical answer straight from the anime or manga without any speculation can solve these connundrums. If someone has such a question about To Aru Majutsu no Index which can be solved by answering with facts from an official source, then please ask that question here.

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[Zwei]

The anime is gonna follow the novels or will this be some kind of alternative universe/anime-original?

[serenade_beta]

The anime is gonna follow the novels or will this be some kind of alternative universe/anime-original?

The anime is going to follow the manga, which is the spin-off of the novel focusing on Mikoto. The story is based off the novels a bit, but there is a lot of original material.

[Ottocycle]

So presuming that the show is going to follow the manga, will a potential viewer need to know stuff from Index to follow Railgun?

[Tamad]

Reading Index can get you familiar with Mikoto, her science side of the city, and a few other characters; however, it's not necessary to read Index just to fully understand Railgun.

[Keroko]

Really? I don't think you'll need to have read any Index at all to understand Mikoto... now Touma, on the other hand, may have some things happening which might be slightly confusing for those who haven't watched Index.

[velvet nightmare]

just wondering what the word biri biri means in japanese

im under the impression it means shock(er), but is it an actual noun kind of deal? or like how people go 'moo' for a cow kind of deal (forgot what this type of word is called when it mimics a sound)

[Keroko]

It's not really a word per se, its more of a sound effect for electricity. So it's kind of like our 'bzzt.' Though since 'That bzzt bzzt girl' sounds silly, the subbers and scanlators take a bit of liberty with the translation.

[velvet nightmare]

ah that makes sense thanks

also, just wondering how imagine breaker is able to stop a rail-gun type attack:

firstly touma has to be able to see and react to the attack to counter it right? (else would lose his arm like with the alchemist dude) so how is he able to defend against an attack that moves at the speed of light. i guess he can guess to trajectory but i mean, misaka could like pretend to aim for his face, then aim at his foot or something

second, i get that touma is able to counter anything magic and scientific, but the 'scientific' part of railgun's attack is the actual acceleration, so him being able to stop an attack is no more different than stopping a bullet from a gun (which i think he can't do). can someone explain this? iirc railgun likes to accelerate coins as an attack too

[Keroko]

firstly touma has to be able to see and react to the attack to counter it right? (else would lose his arm like with the alchemist dude) so how is he able to defend against an attack that moves at the speed of light. i guess he can guess to trajectory but i mean, misaka could like pretend to aim for his face, then aim at his foot or something


Realistically? Impossible. But laws of anime don't work the same way as the laws of physics do. It's like how Mikoto manages to fire a railgun blast completely ignoring the heat and recoil produced, it's cooler just to ignore these little details.

second, i get that touma is able to counter anything magic and scientific, but the 'scientific' part of railgun's attack is the actual acceleration, so him being able to stop an attack is no more different than stopping a bullet from a gun (which i think he can't do). can someone explain this? iirc railgun likes to accelerate coins as an attack too


The occurrence of Touma blocking a railgun is actually a heated debate that never really reached a conclusion, as some consider the Railgun manga event to be a non-canon occurrence. Regardless on the canonical possibility, we don't know exactly how it works.

However, we've never really reached a conclusive decision on this. Should the anime have Touma do the same, I'd say that would make it more likely to be true.
If you are willing to spend a bit of time reading, this thread (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?p=2342979#post2342979) has a rather lengthy debate on it.

[BlueDo]

^ Spoiler
That needs to go in the Index Q&A.
You can also read the discussion http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=80605

Edit: Keroko beat me to it...
Spoiler regardless

[Keroko]

Tagged for spoilers, thanks Blue.

[velvet nightmare]

ah that's cool, never noticed that thread, thanks for the help

[MrTerrorist]

Ah yes i remember that debate.
There were a lot of Bad memories & arguments that i just want to forget.....Let's us never mention this again.



But the bigger question is if Railgun will animate that scene just like it was in Index or in the Railgun manga.

Whatever happens, there's going to be a huge debate on how they animate that particular scene in Railgun.

[Keroko]

My opinion is going to be quite simple: If they animate that scene, then obviously it wasn't a 'mistake' and the author of Index agrees its possible.

[DJ Trouble]

So this isn't the beginning of the series, but a spinoff? Ok, then, what's the beginning, or, where should I start with this series?

[Tamad]

Yeah it's a "spin-off", but it's completely independent from the original Index, meaning you don't really need to watch anything prior to this one to enjoy or understand it. This show is connected with Index only via the characters and settings, but there are no real plot points tying the two together; however, if you really want to start from the beginning, then you can start with To Aru Majutsu no Index..

[Clarste]

There are some bits that won't make sense (mostly Touma wandering around talking about what's going on with him at the time), but they won't make sense to Mikoto either so it's not really relevant to the plot.

[Keroko]

And it's only one or two scenes anyway, so there really is no 'right' series to begin with.

[miroku2192]

Alrighty...i remember watching like 3 episodes of to aru majutsu no index...and then i stopepd watching. People said it kept getting worse and worse?

Anyway, how is this new season/how is it connected to the previous one? And do i need to watch the first one to watch this one? Was the first one even enjoyable?

[serenade_beta]

Anyway, how is this new season/how is it connected to the previous one? And do i need to watch the first one to watch this one? Was the first one even enjoyable?

At the most, it might share the same timeline or characters, but it is just a spinoff. Even the same events happen differently. You don't really need to watch the first season, but it helps to know the characters beforehand, I guess. The first one was... somewhat enjoyable.

[Tamad]

I'm wondering why three people had to ask basically the same question on the first page alone. :heh:

[MrTerrorist]

They never bothered to read before asking.

[spawnofthejudge]

They never bothered to read before asking.Or they're not asking what they actually want to know.

[Wilfriback]

http://www.project-railgun.net/core_sys/images/contents/00000022/block/00000046/00000012.jpg?1254744313
Judging from the the railgun web... will be a time skip in the series??

[Keroko]

Probably more like events will be shifted around a bit. Just like how Saten meets Kuroko Mikoto in the first episode.

[velvet nightmare]

just wondering why kuroko's ability doesn't classify as a level 5 one. i'm under the impression that she can teleport objects into other ones from episode 1? what i get from what she said was that she could teleport her metal sticks into other people which would kill them instantly (probably). doesn't that make her really overpowered?

oh and will touma show up in the railgun series at all? and where do these events take place in relation to the first index series?

[Clarste]

Do we have any idea what the standard is? I'd imagine that she's only ranked 4 because of range and precision limitations. There's nothing that says low ranked psychics can't kill people.

Also, Touma will probably show up (he does in the manga). He's a side character, but tends to get chapters devoted to him every so often. Chronologically, Railgun starts about a week before Index starts, and will catch up in a few episodes.We'll likely see the bridge scene from Index episode 1, for example.

[MeisterBabylon]

Indeed, it's probably Kuroko's range, time taken to teleport something, accuracy and "group size" of teleported projectiles at the intended point of landing that is keeping her at level 4.

[MrTerrorist]

There's also another reason for her being a Level 4.
Touching.

[velvet nightmare]

Indeed, it's probably Kuroko's range, time taken to teleport something, accuracy and "group size" of teleported projectiles at the intended point of landing that is keeping her at level 4.

to me she teleported those metal sticks pretty accurately to immobilize the guy and pin him down. and her cooldown between ports if anything is negligible so range really isnt an issue



There's also another reason for her being a Level 4.
Touching.

what do you mean by touching? like to teleport something inside another object she has to be touching both?

[Wilfriback]

to me she teleported those metal sticks pretty accurately to immobilize the guy and pin him down. and her cooldown between ports if anything is negligible so range really isnt an issue





what do you mean by touching? like to teleport something inside another object she has to be touching both?

He means that Kuroko need to touch the object in order to teleport it.

[velvet nightmare]

so what's stopping her from teleporting something inside accelerator's head for example

[Clarste]

Well, teleportation could involve a vector. We don't know. Even if she could though, that doesn't mean that she's level 5, just that Accelerator has a weakness to teleportation. I don't think he actually does though.

[MrTerrorist]

@velvet nightmare
The drawbacks of Kuroko powers is that there are certain limits of what she can teleport. She can only teleport anything that weighs around 130-137 kilograms, to anywhere in an radius of around 81-85 meters. Furthermore she has to calculate the accuracy to teleport the object to it's destination as a slight miscalculation may teleport the objects slightly or farther away from it's intended destination. Another drawback is that she has to touch the object first before teleporting it which can leave her at a disadvantage if the object she wants to teleport is beyond her reach and is heavily guarded.
But this is nothing compare to another teleporter that will be introduced later. This telepoter is more dangerous since that Teleporter doesn't have to touch the objects to teleport but thinks about it as long the teleporter knows where the object is even if it's isn't in the teleporter's sights.

[DJ Trouble]

So basically she isn't Level 5 because she hasn't mastered her ability.

[BlueDo]

I doubt touching is what is keeping her from going onto lv 5...

Non-touch teleport is a different ability, and not a more advanced form of the same thing.

As someone pointed out, there is also a weight range of her teleports.

[klare]

Also, Touma will probably show up (he does in the manga). He's a side character, but tends to get chapters devoted to him every so often. Chronologically, Railgun starts about a week before Index starts, and will catch up in a few episodes.We'll likely see the bridge scene from Index episode 1, for example.

thx for the timeline, i was searching for it

then my question is why Mikoto does not use the coin to attack Touma in the Index series?

[Keroko]

You mean at the start? She does, but instead of Touma blocking it Mikoto shoots the coin past him to intimidate him. It's a spinoff after all, certain elements are going to be slightly different from Index.

[klare]

no i meant their face off on the bridge at the middle of the series

but now u mentioned it, she did use a coin at the start

[Nayrael]

then my question is why Mikoto does not use the coin to attack Touma in the Index series?

Because her goal is not to kill him, just beat him.

[Clarste]

It was mentioned even in the Index anime that she's pretty afraid of killing people with her power and never goes all-out.

[SoldierOfDarkness]

Going through the image thread something just occurred to me.

How old is the cast?

14-16?

[Shinji103]

Going through the image thread something just occurred to me.

How old is the cast?

14-16?Something like that; I'm not entirely sure about the year/level system in Japanese schools, but I believe that first year high school is age 15, so Touma, being that, would be 15 by that system, Mikoto 13, Kuroko 12, and so on. (then again, these ages sound a bit low.... :heh:)

[MeisterBabylon]

Yeah... Kuroko... 12... [DOES NOT COMPUTE] :eyespin:

[Shinji103]

Well we know that Touma is a 1st-year high schooler, Mikoto is 2nd year middle, and Kuroko being one grade lower than Mikoto is 1st year. So whatever ages go with those Japanese grades is how old the characters are.

[MeisterBabylon]

I'll just file it under "Precocious Anime Tween" and leave it at that... :heh:

[klare]

Yeah... Kuroko... 12... [DOES NOT COMPUTE] :eyespin:

agreed... never seen a 12 year old like her

[Tamad]

Just the thought of any twelve year old wearing the things that Kuroko wears is... unpleasant. Then again, kids are trying a little too hard to "grow up" these days, so maybe the representation for that age isn't so far off after all. :uhoh:

[Keroko]

Well, that might help to explain why Uihara and Saten were so downright shocked by Kuroko's choice of underwear.

[Shinji103]

Uh-oh.......

A little research turned up this (http://educationjapan.org/jguide/school_system.html) and this (http://www.tokyo-icc.jp/guide_eng/educ/01.html), which confirms my idea that Mikoto, being second year middle/junior high school, would be 13.....and Kuroko being a year/grade younger/below is.........12.

My eyes might bleed the next time I see her. :eek:

Maybe Toaru uses a special and unique age-to-grade system different from the standard Japanese system? :heh: I guess this could make sense actually, since it's Academy City, the school capital of the world.

[Nayrael]

I am probably remembering wrong, but wasn't it mentioned somewhere that Touma is 17 and Mikoto 14?

[Shinji103]

I am probably remembering wrong, but wasn't it mentioned somewhere that Touma is 17 and Mikoto 14?I never saw anything like that, but they did say in the Index manga that Touma is high schol year one and Mikoto middle year 2, which is where I got my age estimates from.

[dahak]

Something like that; I'm not entirely sure about the year/level system in Japanese schools, but I believe that first year high school is age 15, so Touma, being that, would be 15 by that system, Mikoto 13, Kuroko 12, and so on. (then again, these ages sound a bit low.... :heh:)

They might be a year older if their birthday dates fell appropriately. Indeed since the school year starts in April and the Pyrokinetic at the Bank was July 16th, I'd expect some of them to have had a birthday this year.

Somehow it makes me feel better to think everyone except Touma has had thier birthday this school year and that his is on the last day before the cut off for the next year. [Making him the youngest in his year, so unfortunate.;)]

Thus Touma 15, Styl and Mikoto 14, Kuroko, Saten, Uiharu 13.

[Shinji103]

They might be a year older if their birthday dates fell appropriately. Indeed since the school year starts in April and the Pyrokinetic at the Bank was July 16th, I'd expect some of them to have had a birthday this year.I know what you mean, but I thought that worked the other way around; i.e. you'd be in the grade of the age that you turn to this year. For example here in the states you'd be in 7th grade even if your 13th birthday was halfway through the school year. (as it was for me) So in Japan, that would mean that Mikoto for example would be in middle year 2 even if she only turned 13 partway through the school term.

Hey, I wouldn't mind if they were older than I thought too, but it doesn't look to be that way, lol. If I'm wrong that's fine though. But it would still mean Kuroko is only 13......... :heh:

Meh, she doesn't look that young (except, maybe by her chest size :heh:), so I guess it's all good. :eyespin:

[MeisterBabylon]

I'm fine with everyone's ages, except Kuroko! Kids these days!!! :frustrated:

Ah well, precocious anime tween is precocious. :heh:

[MrTerrorist]

I always thought that Toma was 17, Mikoto 15 and Kuroko 14 since i think i remember reading it somewhere.

[MeisterBabylon]

Probably their mental ages, accelerated in maturity due to Curriculum.

[JMvS]

I always thought that Toma was 17, Mikoto 15 and Kuroko 14 since i think i remember reading it somewhere.

Well, don't forget that quite some time pass during Index, so of course they all age as time flow.
IIRC the events of Railgun are set before the Index arc.
Anyone with a better knowledge of the timeline to confirm?

[dahak]

Well, don't forget that quite some time pass during Index, so of course they all age as time flow.
IIRC the events of Railgun are set before the Index arc.
Anyone with a better knowledge of the timeline to confirm?



The bankrobbery with the Pyrokinetic was 16 July. Mikoto and Uiharu meet for the first time.

Mikoto meets Saten on the 18 July. They and Uihara go Shopping. Carnage ensues.

Touma trying to rescue the thugs from Mikoto was 19th July. Index shows up on his balcony the next day. Touma fights Style.

Akemi uses Level Upper on the 21 July.

Saten falls unconscious on 24 July. Much carnage ensues. Touma fights Kanzaki. Less carnage ensues.
Mikoto and Kuroko have to clean the swimming pool 25 July.
Touma awakens in hospital 28 July with no memories.

[Wilfriback]

The bankrobbery with the Pyrokinetic was 16 July. Mikoto and Uiharu meet for the first time.

Mikoto meets Saten on the 18 July. They and Uihara go Shopping. Carnage ensues.

Touma trying to rescue the thugs from Mikoto was 19th July. Index shows up on his balcony the next day. Touma fights Style.

Akemi uses Level Upper on the 21 July.

Saten falls unconscious on 24 July. Much carnage ensues. Touma fights Kanzaki. Less carnage ensues.
Mikoto and Kuroko have to clean the swimming pool 25 July.
Touma awakens in hospital 28 July with no memories.
Nice info, Dahak can you make a timeline about all events in Index 1st season???

[dahak]

Nice info, Dahak can you make a timeline about all events in Index 1st season???


July two years previously Index forgets Aureolus Izzard.

Previous July Index forgets Style and Kanzaki.

Uihara and Kuroko meet in Judgement Training.

January

Bank Robbery with the Equal Speed. Kuroko can't teleport herself. Mikoto is Level 5. Carnage ensues.

April Uihara and Saten join their nameless High School. Kuroko joins Tokiwadi.

June Mikoto and Kuroko become room mates? Mikoto and Touma first meet. Probably in that order.

16 July The bankrobbery with the Pyrokinetic. Mikoto and Uiharu meet for the first time.

18 July Mikoto meets Saten. They and Uihara go Shopping. Carnage ensues.

19 July Touma trying to rescue the thugs from Mikoto. Last day of term.
20 July Index shows up on his balcony. Touma fights Style.

21 July Akemi uses Level Upper.

24 July Saten falls unconscious. Much carnage ensues. Touma fights Kanzaki. Less carnage ensues.
25 July Mikoto and Kuroko have to clean the swimming pool.
28 July Touma awakens in hospital with no memories.

Two Weeks Later. Crowley lends Touma to Style. Touma meets Aisa. Carnage ensues.

A Misaka <10031 attempts to snipe Accelerator with an AMR

20 August. Touma meets Mikoto for the first time since 28 July and Mikasa 10032.
21 August. Misaka 10032 names a cat. Carnage and Realisations ensue. Kuroko hides Touma under a bed. Carnage ensues. More carnage would require a Nuclear Munition.
22 August Misaka 10032 claims to calculate Touma's heartbeat and brainwaves by dubious means.

28 August Touma is on holiday at Wadatsumi. His mom looks like Index. Obama looks like Kuroko. Carnage is almost global.

30 August Accelerator meets Last Order.
31 August Last day of summer holiday. Accelerator and Yoshikawa get shot. Mikoto is asked on a date by Mitsuki Unabara. Mikoto and Touma swap indirect kisses. Carnage is inevitable.
1 September Hyoka joins Touma's school as a transfer student. Index does not. Kuroko encounters Shelly Cromwell. Almost everyone has a moment of awsome. Mass Property Damage is inevitable.

19-25 September The Daihasei Festival. Seven Days of Esper Sport.

30 September Mandatory change to Winter Uniforms. Misaka 10032 discovers Misaka 19090 is on a diet. Accelerator and Last Order leave hospital.

[SoggySoyBean]

July two years previously Index forgets Aureolus Izzard.

Previous July Index forgets Style and Kanzaki.

Uihara and Kuroko meet in Judgement Training.

January

Bank Robbery with the Equal Speed. Kuroko can't teleport herself. Mikoto is Level 5. Carnage ensues.

April Uihara and Saten join their nameless High School. Kuroko joins Tokiwadi.

June Mikoto and Kuroko become room mates? Mikoto and Touma first meet. Probably in that order.

16 July The bankrobbery with the Pyrokinetic. Mikoto and Uiharu meet for the first time.

18 July Mikoto meets Saten. They and Uihara go Shopping. Carnage ensues.

19 July Touma trying to rescue the thugs from Mikoto. Last day of term.
20 July Index shows up on his balcony. Touma fights Style.

21 July Akemi uses Level Upper.

24 July Saten falls unconscious. Much carnage ensues. Touma fights Kanzaki. Less carnage ensues.
25 July Mikoto and Kuroko have to clean the swimming pool.
28 July Touma awakens in hospital with no memories.

Two Weeks Later. Crowley lends Touma to Style. Touma meets Aisa. Carnage ensues.

A Misaka <10031 attempts to snipe Accelerator with an AMR

20 August. Touma meets Mikoto for the first time since 28 July and Mikasa 10032.
21 August. Misaka 10032 names a cat. Carnage and Realisations ensue. Kuroko hides Touma under a bed. Carnage ensues. More carnage would require a Nuclear Munition.
22 August Misaka 10032 claims to calculate Touma's heartbeat and brainwaves by dubious means.

28 August Touma is on holiday at Wadatsumi. His mom looks like Index. Obama looks like Kuroko. Carnage is almost global.

30 August Accelerator meets Last Order.
31 August Last day of summer holiday. Accelerator and Yoshikawa get shot. Mikoto is asked on a date by Mitsuki Unabara. Mikoto and Touma swap indirect kisses. Carnage is inevitable.
1 September Hyoka joins Touma's school as a transfer student. Index does not. Kuroko encounters Shelly Cromwell. Almost everyone has a moment of awsome. Mass Property Damage is inevitable.

19-25 September The Daihasei Festival. Seven Days of Esper Sport.

30 September Mandatory change to Winter Uniforms. Misaka 10032 discovers Misaka 19090 is on a diet. Accelerator and Last Order leave hospital.

That's really cool, thanks dahak! Also I think they mentioned Ruiko & Kazari go to Sakugawa Middle School in ep 1...or 2... pretty sure it wasn't the latter

[Xacual]

That's because the anime Railgun is usually a changed and adapted timeline compared to the manga and novels. It basically had Mikoto and Kuroko meet Uiharu and Saten sooner than previously.

[Wilfriback]

July two years previously Index forgets Aureolus Izzard.

Previous July Index forgets Style and Kanzaki.

Uihara and Kuroko meet in Judgement Training.

January

Bank Robbery with the Equal Speed. Kuroko can't teleport herself. Mikoto is Level 5. Carnage ensues.

April Uihara and Saten join their nameless High School. Kuroko joins Tokiwadi.

June Mikoto and Kuroko become room mates? Mikoto and Touma first meet. Probably in that order.

16 July The bankrobbery with the Pyrokinetic. Mikoto and Uiharu meet for the first time.

18 July Mikoto meets Saten. They and Uihara go Shopping. Carnage ensues.

19 July Touma trying to rescue the thugs from Mikoto. Last day of term.
20 July Index shows up on his balcony. Touma fights Style.

21 July Akemi uses Level Upper.

24 July Saten falls unconscious. Much carnage ensues. Touma fights Kanzaki. Less carnage ensues.
25 July Mikoto and Kuroko have to clean the swimming pool.
27/28 July Index destroys Tree Diagram satellite
28 July Touma awakens in hospital with no memories.

Two Weeks Later. Crowley lends Touma to Style. Touma meets Aisa. Carnage ensues.

A Misaka <10031 attempts to snipe Accelerator with an AMR

20 August. Touma meets Mikoto for the first time since 28 July and Mikasa 10032.
21 August. Misaka 10032 names a cat. Carnage and Realisations ensue. Kuroko hides Touma under a bed. Carnage ensues. More carnage would require a Nuclear Munition.
22 August Misaka 10032 claims to calculate Touma's heartbeat and brainwaves by dubious means.

27/28 August Touma is on holiday at Wadatsumi.
28 August Touma parents casts the Angel Fall. His mom looks like Index. Obama looks like Kuroko. Touma meets Kanzaki since 28 July
29 August Carnage is almost global.
30 August Accelerator meets Last Order.
31 August Last day of summer holiday. Accelerator and Yoshikawa get shot. Mikoto is asked on a date by Mitsuki Unabara. Mikoto and Touma swap indirect kisses. Carnage is inevitable.
1 September Hyoka joins Touma's school as a transfer student. Index does not. Kuroko encounters Shelly Cromwell. Almost everyone has a moment of awsome. Mass Property Damage is inevitable.

19-25 September The Daihasei Festival. Seven Days of Esper Sport.

30 September Mandatory change to Winter Uniforms. Misaka 10032 discovers Misaka 19090 is on a diet. Accelerator and Last Order leave hospital.
Oh! thanks dahak n_n.
I added 2 more to the timeline and changed some dates, I'll be grateful if others users help to make a time line.

[Proto]

I haven't checked news related to this show lately. Has the number of cours this show will run for been confirmed?

[Shinji103]

I haven't checked news related to this show lately. Has the number of cours this show will run for been confirmed?According to the DVD release schedule reviewed by relentlessflame, the show will indeed go for 24 episodes.

[Wilfriback]

Maybe 24 episodes splitted in two cores like Slayers-R & Slayers-R.

[spawnofthejudge]

Maybe 24 episodes splitted in two cores like Slayers-R & Slayers-R.The release schedule apparently implies back-to-back cours.

[SoldierOfDarkness]

I'm not 100% on this whole thing.

So this "city" is highly advance and most people there have esper powers and are registered into a database. They also seem to have a relatively high standard of living with no protests or problems from the government yet....

1. They still got powerless thugs who go around preying on little girls

2. Crminals who use their powers for other purposes, wouldn't it make sense to rob in another city where they don't have "Esper police?"

3. Terrorist attacks....I mean I'm a little confused there.

[Avegaille]

I'm not 100% on this whole thing.

So this "city" is highly advance and most people there have esper powers and are registered into a database. They also seem to have a relatively high standard of living with no protests or problems from the government yet....

1. They still got powerless thugs who go around preying on little girls

2. Crminals who use their powers for other purposes, wouldn't it make sense to rob in another city where they don't have "Esper police?"

3. Terrorist attacks....I mean I'm a little confused there.

Because... it's fiction? xP Besides without the thugs, criminals, and terrorist attacks, I'd probably be throwing off this series away seeing as there's nothing that will make the characters interesting. Even though the characters have cool powers, but if there's no one to use it on, what the point?

I recall something that espers can't use their abilities outside of Academy City, but even if that's case, that will make you wonder why, in or out of the city, you'll still be considered a criminal if you use your esper powers for bank robberies... xP

As for number 3, it's still being developed, if you're watching the anime, just be patient. xD

[SoldierOfDarkness]

Because... it's fiction? xP Besides without the thugs, criminals, and terrorist attacks, I'd probably be throwing off this series away seeing as there's nothing that will make the characters interesting. Even though the characters have cool powers, but if there's no one to use it on, what the point?

Yeah but aside from the "eyebrow" girl and the "bomb" boy there's nothing that interesting yet. Though the bomber is interesting but I'm finding it a chore to keep watching this series to where it's going.

As for number 3, it's still being developed, if you're watching the anime, just be patient. xD

Well they better start picking up the pace.

[Avegaille]

Yeah but aside from the "eyebrow" girl and the "bomb" boy there's nothing that interesting yet. Though the bomber is interesting but I'm finding it a chore to keep watching this series to where it's going.



Well they better start picking up the pace.

I dunno if I should suggest to you the Railgun manga, but if you're really impatient, this is the road where people usually go for... You can also take note of what are the changes between both if you ever decide to read the manga... :heh:

[coffeebreak]

Railgun anime is moving slowly, but, according to the manga, it will get better.

I'm expecting a deeper perspective about the Accelerator's project. I'm sure it will bring a gloomy aura and will get benefits from Misaka's feelings.

So I think it's the calm before the storm.

[ReddyRedWolf]

I recall something that espers can't use their abilities outside of Academy City, but even if that's case, that will make you wonder why, in or out of the city, you'll still be considered a criminal if you use your esper powers for bank robberies... xP


Getting in or out of the City is a bother because of the heavy surveilance and check points.

Not that it stopped magicians before.

Espers can certainly use their powers outside the city. Or the Misaka network wouldn't be spread around the world.

[Ashaman]

I'm pretty sure i read somewhere that use of powers out side of acadamy city is prohibited. it's not that they are unable to, it is just that they shouldn't.

[Chaos2Frozen]

I'm not 100% on this whole thing.

So this "city" is highly advance and most people there have esper powers and are registered into a database. They also seem to have a relatively high standard of living with no protests or problems from the government yet....

1. They still got powerless thugs who go around preying on little girls


well, what city doesn't have it's own fair share of scumbags?

Powerless thugs exist everywhere, no matter how 'advance' a city is, crime never dies.


2. Crminals who use their powers for other purposes, wouldn't it make sense to rob in another city where they don't have "Esper police?"

Not so easy to get out of the city once you're in the system.

Security is pretty strict about it.


3. Terrorist attacks....I mean I'm a little confused there.

I mean, why not?

[Soul Assassin]

... I'm currently in need of help for a somewhat trivial matter here. :heh:

Let's get down to the specifics of this little help request of mine: Can anyone list down on how Touma addresses everyone he knows (not counting his memory loss) also how do they address him. For example:

- Touma and Index: "Index" for Touma and "Touma" for Index

- Touma and Stiyl: "Stiyl" for Touma, don't know/can't recall what Stiyl calls him.

- Touma and Kaori: "Kanzaki" for Touma, "Kamijou Touma" for Kaori.

- Touma and Tsuchimikado: "Tsuchimikado" for Touma, "Kami-yan" for Tsuchimikado

Help will be much appreciated.

[LockeManuel]

Uhm...

Touma and Mikoto: "Misaka/Biribiri" for Touma, "ANTA" for Mikoto

Komoe-sensei - Kamijou-chan

Himegami for Touma - ???

Stiyl -> hisashi buri dana, Kamijou Touma. (episode 7)
Touma -> Temme...! (episode 2), later Styil

[Soul Assassin]

Nevermind, scrap that question. I just figured out I was asking in the wrong Q&A thread.

I'll carry my question over to the other thread instead.

[Full Metal Coast]

was just wondering if in Railgun about does Touma have a part to play at al in the series and if so is he a main or supporting character?

[Shinji103]

was just wondering if in Railgun about does Touma have a part to play at al in the series and if so is he a main or supporting character?So far he's made 2 appearances and that's it. It's highly unlikely that he'll be appearing at all for a while at least.

[Wilfriback]

Welll Touma is only a side character in Railgun and has 2 appearances left to the next arc in the later parts.

[Full Metal Coast]

cheers for that guys

[HyperCube]

I have a question:

What are the names of the 5 Elite schools in Academy City?

[General_Asakura]

So there's seven level fives, we've met Misaka and accelerator, will we ever meet the others?

[BlueDo]

We will possibly meet one more and see a glance of another.
By the next episode, if you see random girls introduced, then that's a confirmation.

[HyperCube]

umm,i didn't say the 5 elite espers,i said elite schools (like Tokiwadai)

I heard there is 5 (including Tokiwadai) so i want to know the 4 others :)

[MrTerrorist]

@HyperCube
BlueDo wasn't answering your question, it was General Asakura question.

As for your answer for your question:
I only know 3 of the 5 elite schools of Academy City. They are Tokiwadai, Kirigaoka Academy for Girls and Nagatenjouki Academy.

[Apache Thunder]

You know what I want to know?

1. What's the maximum size of the object that Mikoto can use in a railgun attack?

She is shown to only use coins from what I know. Is this just a personal preference? Easy access to said object? Or a limit with her power? I would think that she could use ball bearings which tend to be of higher densities then coins and thus would be more destructive. I've watched a few videos of real Rail guns. Full size military prototype rail guns are shown to fire much much larger things. On par with brick sized objects. Also, spherical objects are more aero dynamic and less drag. It would also be easier to toss said object into air and flick it properly in the way that she does it. The coins are narrow in width and if she doesn't catch the coin in the right position, there's a chance of a misfire.

2. Is the cool coin flip she does before the attack just for show or does it have any functional purpose to her attack?

The coin flip did prove to be a fail point in her attempt to stop the frog toy from exploding in the episode with the graviton case. Altered gravity near the object cause the coin to fall towards the object and thus Mikoto did not expect this. (and hence the failed attack). Though if she was good with physics she should have known that graviton induced implosion of a stuffed toy might produce an gravitational field in excess to that of Earth's natural field. Thus she could have corrected for it. But yet she didn't.....

It begs to question why she needs to do it in a emergency situation like with the frog toy incident. It leads me to believe she has to do something like that for the attack to work. From what I know about real rail guns, the object has to have a starting velocity before launched. But this is because the object would cause damage to the rails (the part that gives rail guns their name) and in some cases even get welded to the rails if not already moving.

Obvoisely the actual "rail" for Mikoto is either her hand and/or arm. Thus the projectile does not need a initial starting velocity as there is no solid surface guiding it. The coin never makes contact with anything except her fingers during the attack. There is nothing to produce friction or weld the projectile to during the launch. :P

3. How many consecutive shots can she take in a certain time frame?


That is all! :D

[Marcus H.]

Hmm, I'll try to answer this.

1. For one, this was not entirely explored upon in the series. I have a hunch she can go for much larger items, but just as long as it doesn't exceed the size of her hand. For much larger ones than that, she might need to exceed Level 5.

2. Flipping the coin gives it a spin (centrifugal force) which amplifies the attack. It also makes the timing to activate the "railgun" at the precise moment so that she keeps her hands from the trajectory. What happened in the Graviton Incident was that she lost the timing to fire the Railgun when the Gravity Nerd's power began to act on her projectile.

3. That's a tough one. @_@ By my estimates, she can fire one at least every 10-20 minutes. Don't take my word for it though.

[stillmissing]

Mikoto uses arcade tokens specifically to limit the damage. The low mass minimizes damage, and of course as the token is melted by the friction, this limits the range to 50m, further limiting the destruction.

Mikoto does not need to flip the coin. This is just the animators making it look cool.

The last question has a clear canonical answer. She can fire 8 rounds per minute, or once every 7.5 seconds.

[Marcus H.]

Oh crap, I forgot about Episode 1 of Railgun. D:

[Ice Block]

Obvoisely the actual "rail" for Mikoto is either her hand and/or arm. Thus the projectile does not need a initial starting velocity as there is no solid surface guiding it. The coin never makes contact with anything except her fingers during the attack. There is nothing to produce friction or weld the projectile to during the launch. :P
Actually, I believe this is how Mikoto's railgun is set up (quoting my post from the Touma's Power: What can he block ? (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=80605) thread):
...
This "recoil" force felt by the wielder actually comes from the original [recoil] force caused by the rails pushing on the support material (which happen to be the breech in traditional railguns) in a direction opposite that of the projectile's. Now, how is Mikoto's railgun set up?
The projectile is the coin, obviously. As it is made of conductive material, then it also serves as the armature.
She is the power source.
The rails are not really rails. Instead, she summons two (four even) parallel electrical currents going in opposite directions.
Somehow she is able to control these currents perfectly such that they are traveling along the same length and are able to stay on their initial positions. No wonder she's a Level 5 -- if maintaining such conditions are easy enough, then we would be seeing at least Level 3 electromasters shooting high-velocity railguns.
Now, what happens when the circuit is closed (when the coin is tossed into the system)? The Lorentz force created by the current accelerates the armature away from the power supply. In traditional rail guns, the recoil effect is in the form of the rails pushing at the breech, as said above. Here, the resulting recoil force accelerates air occupying the area where the current is flowing (which is accounted for in all illustrations so far), causing a gust of wind flowing towards Mikoto (and continuing behind her, etc.). Reasons why this is not dangerous to her (as someone who has complete control over the system) should be obvious.
...

[Apache Thunder]

Just started reading the manga for it. The abiltiy power measurement she had said she could fire 8 a minute. So that answers that. :P

I recall it saying that in the anime too. But I guess I forgot. :(

[Haruyasha]

Loli-sensei, next episode..

Does any part of To Aru series ever state what Komoe's power is?

[shitashii]

she doesnt have any power

[Wilfriback]

But since she is not a esper, she was able to use magic.

[Marcus H.]

So wait, since she did perform magic with Index, does that make her vulnerable to a one-hit kill if she decides to pursue being a psychic?

[Apache Thunder]

Magic isn't something like with esper powers that is always active to some degree. She used magic before she was an esper so no harm was done. No harm will be done if she then becomes an esper. Espers have the "AIM Field". However there isn't an equivalent of that in magic.

It's just from that moment on she can't use magic again without getting injured from it.

[ellifeedn]

How does using magic hurt an esper?

[shitashii]

well magic was created for people who dont have esper powers so yeah. the only 1 who can use both is Motoharu Tsuchimikado

[ellifeedn]

What is the reason for one to be unable to have both types of power? Would it put too much power in a person that it overloads the body and destroys them?

[Wilfriback]

No, the magic have a mecanism to restrict espers to use magic.

[dahak]

So there's seven level fives, we've met Misaka and accelerator, will we ever meet the others?

At least one has been seen in the Anime so far.

#4 Mugino Shizuri is the girl in the pink dress at Josephs in Episode 12
#5 "The Queen" goes to Tokiwadi. So she might have been in the testing montage in Episode 1

There is a good chance either or both might show.

One goes to school with two of our heroines and the other frequents their favourite cafe and has been on screen. Both have potential plotlines that could have them speaking.

There is one [#6] who hasn't shown in the novels or manga and might get used for an anime only episode.

[tsunade666]

The seventh one has a chance that should have revealed already in the level upper ark but they removed it so its safe to say we wouldn't be seeing him.

No one can use both esper and magic. Tsuchimikado can do it because his level 0 ability is self regeneration. Which is reviving himself after exploding with the side effect of magic.

[Apache Thunder]

Wouldn't that be a level 1 ability? Level 0 would basically mean he would have no power, thus no regeneration.....

[Marcus H.]

That makes the Tree Diagram flawed to start. It can't detect passive abilities.
Or it's just that there are powers from certain espers which activate within a strict condition.

Level 0, Kamijou Touma. His powers only work when magic or psychic abilities are acted upon him (Level 0 Imagine Breaker).
Another one, Tsuchimikado Motoharu. His powers only work when he dies (Level 0 Auto Rebirth). No one would possibly take the chance to test his powers by killing him. :heh:

Testing procedure/s and power detection for unusual powers like these might not be included within Tree Diagram's classification system and Academy System's methods of testing esper powers.

Gunha Suugita's ability could be an active and measurable one that's why he was able to ascend to Level 5. Seeing that Saten Ruiko has developed a power under the effects of Level Upper (presumably Level 1), she might fall under the category of "the promising ones*".

* - those who have the likelihood of developing a power in the future.

[tsunade666]

I think the test of tree diagram is based on how well an esper can alter the real world. Like the test their doing in the tokiwadai. The test with telepathy, clairvoyance and telekinesis. Plus the test that mikoto and some special students do. The test mikoto do are firing her railgun in the pool which can clearly be seen.

Then how will you test touma's ability? did it change the real world? and also motoharu. Did their reality become the reality of others? well the answer is no. That's why they are level 0.

[shitashii]

will railgun go onto the sisters arc now? i hope so

[tsunade666]

we are not sure because based on the spoilers its no where near the sister arc yet.

[shitashii]

ahhhhh danggg

[dahak]

Wouldn't that be a level 1 ability? Level 0 would basically mean he would have no power, thus no regeneration.....

Level 0 includes people with no concious control over their ability.

Level 1 requires that you can consciously do something with an ability. Higher levels require ever more control and power.

[MeisterBabylon]

So a Level 0 ESPer is not a normal mundane human still?

Also, do we have dates to work around? I see things like July 31st being thrown around, but no year? Has it been stated?

[tsunade666]

I'm not sure about the railgun timeline anymore. In the manga it's safe to assume the time because it coexist with index but in the anime. I'm not sure anymore.

I think if I add up all that happen 3 months most. That's from the start of the novel up to the present.

[dahak]

I'm not sure about the railgun timeline anymore. In the manga it's safe to assume the time because it coexist with index but in the anime. I'm not sure anymore.


The Railgun anime doesn't match the timeline for the Index LNs/Anime/Manga and the Railgun Manga.

IIRC all the dates given have been day and month only. It appears to be a rolling This Year [Obama is US president.]

[babohtea]

If you look only at the two animes though, the timelines don't seem that far off. If they gave incorrect dates then I guess it was their fail but just looking at the events it doesn't seem too far off. Some of these arcs in Railgun might only be 5 hours long in one Index day.

[tsunade666]

But in railgun anime removes stuff that happen in the railgun manga which is directly connected to the index manga and novel.

Unless it all happen within few minutes in that day its almost impossible specially the blackout. Because that last a day or rather a night.

[babohtea]

I assume that Mikoto causes a lot of blackouts, not just one. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if only Touma (who is poor) was really significantly affected by the blackout. Miss Rich Misaka probably still has power in her private school. She probably has her own generator. And no, not herself, but a generator for the building.

[tsunade666]

Yap most likely she do it a lot of ruckus. But that date will be different if or overlapping or even miss. And in the novel their are times where even time has been mentioned in it. So chances that it's happening in the same time is huge.

The tokiwadai is one of the prestigious top 3 (btw what are the other top schools_school in academy city. And its dorm should have a generator for itself compare to a small apartment rented by touma.

[babohtea]

What I'm saying is that the animes have very little consistencies between themselves, even if they contradict the manga and LN a lot more.

The school part is a good question. What are the other schools?

No, the magic have a mecanism to restrict espers to use magic.

So far this seems to be a bit wrong. Its actually the esper's AIM that restricts magic, not the "coding" in the spells themselves.

[Wilfriback]

Well, I based my opinion in the style of the Amakusa Catholic Church which is incomprehensible to others.

[Chaos2Frozen]

The school part is a good question. What are the other schools?


Well, there's this maid school... >.>


So far this seems to be a bit wrong. Its actually the esper's AIM that restricts magic, not the "coding" in the spells themselves.

At that time, none of us knew :heh:

[MeisterBabylon]

Does that fatso in Railgun 14 have a name? I feel a fic idea coming...

...and no it does not involve Saten! :eyespin:

[dahak]

So a Level 0 ESPer is not a normal mundane human still?


Some level 0's are not normal Humans

As a non Touma example:

Motoharu Tsuchimikado has the Level 0 Ability Regeneration. He can recover from Cerebral hemorrhages due to this ability.

And he gets them when he uses his Onmyōji magics due to being a psyker who uses magic.

[Chaos2Frozen]

The moment you get involved with the Power Curriculum Program, you're given a Level and from that point on, considered an Esper. If you can't do anything special yet, either you're not doing it right, or your powers are still too weak to be detected.

So no, Level 0s and 'normal' humans aren't the same.

[tsunade666]

But level 0 and normal humans are considered the same. Just like what Aleister commented when styl ask if its safe to leave it to that boy and aleister said its alright his a level 0 just a normal human.

[Nya~n]

i believe that Aleister was relying on plausible deniability. If a Level 0 defeated a mage, he can say that it technically wasn't an ESPer who trashed a mage(and probably starting a mage vs AC war), and that it was a Level 0 - people who have been labelled as "no ability".

[tsunade666]

For me its almost the same. But I think because its a level 0 a normal human being then his not part of the science side even if his send by the academy. And it wouldn't make more ruckus than sending a real esper in battle.

[Marcus H.]

I know this one's out of the current topic you're discussing, but I need to ask this question:

What are the names of the following people and the name of their esper ability or any Academy City-related term to their power?

> the fire-throwing guy from episode 1
> the Synchrotron girl (I just need to confirm if her name is really Ishi Kushiro)
> the girl with the asphalt-ability Flux-Coat

I can't translate their names (except for Ishi, which I managed to translate but with no confirmations on it) and/or they weren't spoken in the anime.

[tsunade666]

I don't know remember them or rather the names........... bunch of side characters... its to many to remember them all.

[shitashii]

looks like chances of a sisters arc is pretty slim:(

[tsunade666]

More like it will never get aired. They should have show it in the op or even a hint in the op but what do we get.

I just saw a divine buster their by nanohachan ( wheres' fate ) and a lady that has glasses and licks yellow pill drug.

[Marcus H.]

Railgun's gonna air for 24 eps.

There is a 16-day lapse between the Level Upper Incident and the Sisters Arc. (from the other thread). Anime-original stuff goes between.

Seeing how this goes, this will be a mini-arc or two, then the second major story arc (regarding that Margery Daw look-alike). Then the Sisters Arc will be the major story arc for the 2nd season of Railgun, if ever.

[Cipher]

Will Touma still make an appearance at episode 15+? He's basically my main motivation for watching. :) Oh and what's his esp level? 1?

[dahak]

Will Touma still make an appearance at episode 15+? He's basically my main motivation for watching. :) Oh and what's his esp level? 1?

He's a Level 0. The tests can't detect Imagine Breaker.

[stillmissing]

There is a 16-day lapse between the Level Upper Incident and the Sisters Arc.

That gap isn't completely clear. The events of the Railgun SS from the appendix book occur on the 1st of the month.

[SoldierOfDarkness]

I have a question, what power does Konori senpai have?

[Chaos2Frozen]

I have a question, what power does Konori senpai have?

Easiest thing to call it is X-ray vision.

[Cipher]

Easiest thing to call it is X-ray vision.

Level 1 or 0?

[tsunade666]

Not sure about the level but I differ. I prefer the PEEPING TOM ABILITY

[Chaos2Frozen]

Level 1 or 0?

Possibly level 1. Since it can be easily tested.

[Cipher]

What's the ability of the Level 0 main character? The girl. Saten.

[Haak]

What's the ability of the Level 0 main character? The girl. Saten.

We don't know since it wasn't actually shown in the manga. She was just looking at her hands when she got an ability, but the anime shows her using wind power.

[Avegaille]

I have a question, what power does Konori senpai have?

Easiest thing to call it is X-ray vision.

Though what you actually call it is "Clairvoyance". (You can check Project Railgun and look up Konori's profile there, if you can read one of the the katakana words there as kureaboiasosu, there you have it.)

kureaboiasosu = クレアボイアソス

(I actually had a conversation between two of my friends just trying to figure out what that katakana is... we even got "clear vision" out of it... the hell.)

Level 1 or 0?

Still haven't revealed, though it's quite impossible for her to be a Level 1... we still have to see what this "Clairvoyance" does aside from the already seen X-ray vision (I think that's just part of her ability? :twitch: )

@ tsunade666: LOL, Peeping tom ability... count me in on that (though I am curious what it is in Japanese)... ;)

[Cipher]

Will Touma still make an appearance in the coming episodes?

[Chaos2Frozen]

Will Touma still make an appearance in the coming episodes?

Uncertain.

[Haak]

Will Touma still make an appearance in the coming episodes?

This arc is anime-original so there's no way of knowing.

[MeisterBabylon]

Looks like the studio is sick of us second guessing them during the Level Upper arc. :p

[tsunade666]

Do they even bother? they only care for the ratings and sales. As long as biribiri and kuroko madness gives yen to them its fine for them even if the story suffers.

[Marcus H.]

Well, this is better than to have a completely rushed Sisters Arc.

[shitashii]

i disagree!

[tsunade666]

disagree with what? disagree on not airing the sister arc?

If they airing it. It should take at least 9 episode if you ask me. First the meeting of biribiri and imouto plus the attacks plus the trauma plus touma meeting imouto then finding the secret plus confrontation finally smacking accelerator down.

I just had an idea for an ending in railgun.

If its time line is 1 month before index. I hope they show the characters that will show up in 2nd season of index in the nearing end. Specially the top espers of academy city. Specializing that railgun are PURE science.

[Haak]

i disagree!

Lol. What a persuasive argument...

Just out of curiosity, How many manga chapters of the Sisters arc are there?

[shitashii]

i wonder when the new manga will come out.................. also i stand by my previous statement

[tsunade666]

Like I said disagree with what?

And the sister arc is still ongoing.

[Cipher]

I just had an idea for an ending in railgun.
and a great idea it is.:)

If its time line is 1 month before index. I hope they show the characters that will show up in 2nd season of index in the nearing end. Specially the top espers of academy city. Specializing that railgun are PURE science.

Is there really a 2nd season of index!?

[tsunade666]

theirs a hint in the end of first season. They show the beginning of the school festival arc.

And knowing railgun that sides with science I think they wouldn't show the badarse magician but they will show the psychopath espers and the other top ranking ones. Plus the group involve in them.

[Haak]

Is there really a 2nd season of index!?

Not now, but since the Light Novels aren't finished and the first season only covered, like, a third of the novels so far, there's bound to be a second season. Especially since Railgun is so popular.

[Wilfriback]

Not now, but since the Light Novels aren't finished and the first season only covered, like, a third of the novels so far, there's bound to be a second season. Especially since Railgun is so popular.

Index season covered six novels and the begining of the Daihaiseri sports festival.

[Click This]

I don't think this really warrants a spoiler.
In Index, Touma was shown walking past Mikoto and Kuroko's dorm. In Railgun, Uiharu and Saten had to get permission to enter the Gardens of Education, where Mikoto's dorm is located. How the hell was Touma able to get in there?

[tsunade666]

touma get in their through bus.

Uiharu and Saten get permission to enter inside but touma ask for mikoto but she's not their then kuroko let's him enter. But I think its secretly because if the dorm manager knows it who knows what will happen. Boys are forbidden their to begin with.

[MrTerrorist]

Tokiwadai Middle school is actually located within School Garden while the Tokwadai Dorms are not & is located somewhere further away.

[Van-kun]

i wonder when it would reach the Philippines..

i just can't wait..

i'm expecting To Aru Kagaku no Railgun to be alot better than To Aru Majutsu no Index..

[tsunade666]

huh philippines?

what? for it to reach my country or maybe your from it too. It will take ages. But what do you mean does index invade our country already?

What the I don't know that.

[Marcus H.]

Shakugan no Shana Second was aired in the Philippines and it was the first country in SEA to do that lol.
I'm not hoping too hard though, 'coz I know it's hard to get licenses to dub and show recent anime.

[tsunade666]

ah. about that. well that's also surprising and they also got code geass to be dub and some others that was really surprising to me because they only been aired what like a year. They even tried to air full metal alchemist brotherhood.

Oh well if its channel 5 I hope they will do index I kinda like their seiyu.

[Avegaille]

^ Lol, so you live in the Philippines too. And I don't think he mentioned anything about Index invading our country... not yet anyway.

I have a feeling that it won't even reach it here. I have some "society" related reasons why. This is what I've observed on how our media functions today (please, I am a Journalism student for those wondering, I should know at least "some" of these things).

1. Our country is religious, therefore, just seeing this anime that deals with Religion (and majority of it has Catholic related terms), they can possibly ban it from airing in our country due to the "false" usage of the religious terms, even if it's fictional. o_O The network doesn't want to get in trouble with the MTBRC due to the "not so safe" material in the Raildex anime.

2. Our country is still conservative when it comes to certain things (especially at what Kuroko does to Mikoto over at the shower stall and Touma breaking Index's Walking Church.) Oh sure, it doesn't show the nipples and the vagina, but still that scene is not suitable at this point in time in our country. Sure they can cut that scene out but it's going to get fans ranting about it. Oh, let's not forget Harumi... she blatantly strips in public due to her lack of common sense (blame her research work for robbing her of her common sense). Cable channels like Animax might pick it up but not local channels such as TV 5, GMA 7 and even Hero. Animax is a waiting game, it reduces the time you have to wait for the Raildex series to arrive here but it's not really dependable.

3. It's rare that anime is targeted towards the much older audience in our country. The usual age range is as young as a kid could understand what they're saying up to 16 years old (mostly, it's just for the children). TAMNI and Railgun isn't kid friendly, and you know these local channels want to make moolah by bombarding us with advertisements in between these anime they're airing, so why bother if kids won't watch it...?

4. The series is still on-going, hence another reason not to pick it up at this point in time. Though we had cases where we get anime first before the US, this one is just simply because not yet finished... and because of the reasons above, local viewers and even the networks who have no true appreciation for stuff like this.

So, it's best to depend on the net and any imports those bookstores get when it comes to Raildex (also the Japanese Foundation in Makati, recently they've imported some Japanese anime magazines which have the Railgun and Index pages but it's for viewing purposes only). And oh, don't forget the pirated/bootleg DVDs... yes, a pirated DVD of Index exists in Quiapo (actually any anime you could think of is there)...

But that will take quite a while for the official stuff seeing as these manga importing stores wait for the US to translate these things and they import from there.

As of now, the only way I could think of making TAMNI/Railgun have some appreciation here is through anime conventions. Cosplayers help sometimes (I'm getting sick and tried of seeing Hetalia, BLEACH, Naruto, Suzumiya and even Reborn cosplayers in the cons honestly. I'm glad the Death Note cosplayers died due to the series ending... and rarely PoT ones too).

/rant

On the other note, I could just imagine little girls here trying to be like Kuroko. Ohshi- more reasons not to air it "locally" because the series can corrupt little kids' minds... 8D

EDIT: Oh, and this is just what I think and what I've observed so far, I can be proven wrong in the near future, but that's just the same as waiting for years to get TAMNI/Railgun aired locally here.

[shitashii]

is this arc going to finish railgun? or will there be another arc. still got a little hope for sisters arc looking pretty grim though

[Avegaille]

^ As long as Railgun along with Index, is popularity in Japan, it'll still have its Sister arc in the next season (there should be a lot of Railgun material by the time Season 2 of Railgun is in production). So don't worry about too much if you don't get it this season... Sister arc is still on-going in the manga, I guess they all want that to finish first before animating it... ;x

[shitashii]

well as long as its certain they are guna do it that's good but the waiting ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Marcus H.]

I'm expecting Railgun to become darker by the next season.

[shitashii]

it cant all be laughing and smiles

[Tabasco]

It can't get too dark, I would think. Fundamentally this is a show about a group of preteen/teenage girls in school and their adventures, not a gritty crime or war drama.

This might've been mentioned earlier, but what's the prevailing opinion on the best translation group? I'm using Mazui right now, which seems to work well, but given the selection available I'm curious.

[Marcus H.]

If it will not get too dark, then JC Staff or Kamachi himself must tweak some details so that we would get into all those gritty details in Railgun manga.

[shitashii]

i use mazui

[tsunade666]

1. Our country is religious, therefore, just seeing this anime that deals with Religion (and majority of it has Catholic related terms), they can possibly ban it from airing in our country due to the "false" usage of the religious terms, even if it's fictional. o_O The network doesn't want to get in trouble with the MTBRC due to the "not so safe" material in the Raildex anime.

2. Our country is still conservative when it comes to certain things (especially at what Kuroko does to Mikoto over at the shower stall and Touma breaking Index's Walking Church.) Oh sure, it doesn't show the nipples and the vagina, but still that scene is not suitable at this point in time in our country. Sure they can cut that scene out but it's going to get fans ranting about it. Oh, let's not forget Harumi... she blatantly strips in public due to her lack of common sense (blame her research work for robbing her of her common sense). Cable channels like Animax might pick it up but not local channels such as TV 5, GMA 7 and even Hero. Animax is a waiting game, it reduces the time you have to wait for the Raildex series to arrive here but it's not really dependable.

3. It's rare that anime is targeted towards the much older audience in our country. The usual age range is as young as a kid could understand what they're saying up to 16 years old (mostly, it's just for the children). TAMNI and Railgun isn't kid friendly, and you know these local channels want to make moolah by bombarding us with advertisements in between these anime they're airing, so why bother if kids won't watch it...?

4. The series is still on-going, hence another reason not to pick it up at this point in time. Though we had cases where we get anime first before the US, this one is just simply because not yet finished... and because of the reasons above, local viewers and even the networks who have no true appreciation for stuff like this.

So, it's best to depend on the net and any imports those bookstores get when it comes to Raildex (also the Japanese Foundation in Makati, recently they've imported some Japanese anime magazines which have the Railgun and Index pages but it's for viewing purposes only). And oh, don't forget the pirated/bootleg DVDs... yes, a pirated DVD of Index exists in Quiapo (actually any anime you could think of is there)...



Conservative? oh don't joke my friend :D Its like trend to teenagers now to have babies even before marriage though I don't plan one plus I'm the type to get on the bad terms with girls ( always )

Plus I'm always in quiapo being its walking distance from intramuros :D :D :D

Religious yeh right! Its always in news to have endless rant with things that goes against religion.

So having them as excuse doesn't necessary count.


Back to topic. I get what comes first either its raw or translated. And if translation comes first come first serve too. I will just get the dvd if its available so I don't care much.

[Avegaille]

Conservative? oh don't joke my friend :D Its like trend to teenagers now to have babies even before marriage though I don't plan one plus I'm the type to get on the bad terms with girls ( always )

Plus I'm always in quiapo being its walking distance from intramuros :D :D :D

Religious yeh right! Its always in news to have endless rant with things that goes against religion.

So having them as excuse doesn't necessary count.


Back to topic. I get what comes first either its raw or translated. And if translation comes first come first serve too. I will just get the dvd if its available so I don't care much.

Well, just to add to that, I'm talking about the media, not the people you see around you. There are a quite some restrictions when it comes to airing a certain material that usually goes against the morals of the society we are in even if you say it's accepted, there are still other majority who can protest.

Oh, that's news, you can't blame people if they go against the religion, because religion itself is too strict, and if the religion does see a series such as this being aired in local channels, you know what happens, they'll make a fuss about it.

Eh, it's confusing now, but yeah, it's a waiting game for now (ayoko ng debate dude)... what you live near Quiapo... interesting... heh.

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As for translation group, I just grab whatever comes out first, Ayako had quite a lot of typos in their subs compared to Mazui... and since Ayako went on a hiatus or something, I am forced to grab the Mazui subs... oh well, it doesn't really matter as long as I understand what the hell they're saying.

[tsunade666]

I don't live near quiapo its just the plm is near quiapo being its a college school in intramuros.

For translation. I like the speed subs of both mazui or ayako. Though I prefer a decent karaoke. Due to I like singing it :D But if its a decent dvd one I will wait for chihiro. Also I prefer having a bigger size than the normal 700 x 400. I prefer the HD than SD subs.

Though for railgun.......... I just don't like railgun that much instead of index.

[Avegaille]

Ah, I see... that's good to know...

I just grab the mkvs even if they lag shit my computer (I can always convert it for my slower computer).

Also, I need kanji help with Aomi's last name... apparently it's in the credits but I have no clue what it reads as (http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/9682/castlist.jpg)...

I'm guessing that because she's somewhat given a last name, she'll appear in yet another episode... soon.

[Yufankun]

Yanagisako?　Gah, I've always been terrible with names

[Avegaille]

Yanagisako?　Gah, I've always been terrible with names

Wow, first long last name in the Raildex fandom... not... forgot there's Tsukimikado... I think I spelled it wrong.

But anyways, I also did a search after obtaining the digital c/p version of the kanji thanks to a friend and I got these:

柳迫【やぎさこ】 (kanji info) name
Yagisako (s)

柳迫【やなぎさこ】 (kanji info) name
Yanagisako (s)

柳迫満【やなぎさこみつる】 (kanji info) name
Yanagisako Mitsuru (h) (1975.4.6-)

柳迫【やなはく】 (kanji info) name
Yanahaku (s)

柳迫【やなさこ】 (kanji info) name
Yanasako (s)

柳迫【やなせこ】 (kanji info) name
Yanaseko (s)

I'm guessing we'll have to wait for Project Railgun to officially release the romaji of Aomi's name in their character profiles... OTL

[shotgunsuzie]

is there a sequel or an off-shoot of the railgun series coming?

[Claies]

is there a sequel or an off-shoot of the railgun series coming?

Do you mean an offshoot of Index? Because the former sounds plausible, while an offshoot of an offshoot doesn't. :heh:

[shotgunsuzie]

i am interested to see if there was going to be a sequel as to the off-shoot, i found the info i needed
*Toaru Majutsu no Index (とある魔術の禁書目録（インデックス）, lit. Toaru Majutsu no Kinshomokuroku (Indekkusu)?, translated as A Certain Magical Index of Prohibited Books (shortened to A Certain Magical Index) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura; the series is published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. The series was made into a manga, beginning serialization in May 2007, and an anime[1] which aired between October 2008 and March 2009, containing twenty-four episodes. A side story manga series, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun (とある科学の超電磁砲（レールガン）, Toaru Kagaku no Rērugan?, lit. A Certain Scientific Railgun), began serialisation in March 2007 and was later adapted into an anime, which began airing in October 2009* gotta love wiki;)

[Marcus H.]

Guys, are there mentions of the names of the following characters in Toaru Kagaku no Railgun?
> the Pyrokinesist in Episode 1
> the Equal Speed guy in Episode 5
> the Flux Coat girl in Episode 8

[Avegaille]

^ Nope, no mentions of them... not sure if the credits help, but if you can read the kanji there as well as knowing their seiyuus, it might give you a hint.

[Marcus H.]

Deym, then I'm forced to refer to them as those on my last post then. D:
As of now, there are still NO updates on Project Railgun and on Haimura's site.

[Avegaille]

I'm guessing Project Railgun will update their character list after the last episode airs or something... I'm checking constantly to see if they update it somehow. =/

(also, makes me wonder why they gave Aomi a last name that is kinda hard to figure out in romanized form)