To Aru Kagaku no Railgun - Anime Spoilers & Speculation (for Railgun manga readers)

[Miraluka]

Better ask TJR for further info :P

[zaeraal]

We have preview for episode 21:
http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/709/709267/


Summary by js06

Originally Posted by 4chan

Someone is trying to retrieve Febli and the frog-faced doctor said Febli is a scientifically created artificial object. The situation around Febli only grows more suspicious.
Misaka tells Mikoto of the existence of Febli's "older sister" and the traces of the "Testament".
With hints the dark side is possibly involved, Mikoto decides she cannot tell Saten and the others, but an offhand comment from Kongou leads them all to decide to save Febli.
Not even Anti-Skill can touch the deep darkness of Academy City. Now that they know it exists, Saten and the others immediately beginning thinking up a plan to save Febli.

Please not again the "I do everything by myself", I already had enough from the Sister arc.. does she never learn?
PS: could Shinobu be the "Older Sister" ?

[Miraluka]

Originally Posted by zaeraal

We have preview for episode 21:
http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/709/709267/


Please not again the "I do everything by myself", I already had enough from the Sister arc.. does she never learn?
PS: could Shinobu be the "Older Sister" ?

Remnant arc is your answer, and Daihasesai along with Aqcua are the epithome of the irony about her character when demanding others(Misaki and Touma) to leave it to her but refusing to tell them when she is a similar situation.

[Chaos2Frozen]

If you ask me, "Team player" was never really part of the plan for Mikoto's character.

Remnants and all that were written before Railgun.

[Miraluka]

Railgun manga started about the time of vol.12-13 on 2007.

And still that doesn't show any improvement on her part anyway, thats what make her go through a trauma and still is what makes her get into problems.

[desrtsku]

Originally Posted by zaeraal

Please not again the "I do everything by myself", I already had enough from the Sister arc.. does she never learn?

Who do you think she is? She's one of the 7 blockheads of Academy city, a bunch of immature anti-social teenagers who stubbornly keeps on doing things they can't keep up with.

[Miraluka]

Accelerator, Kakine and Mugino have their teams because they're aware that there are things they can't accomplish as individuals so personal issues aside, even. Misaki has people working for her so I wouldn't put them all in the same bag .

[leukrota]

Yep, not on the same bag. Mikoto is not one to join others in order to use them for her own selfish purposes.

[Miraluka]

Originally Posted by leukrota

Yep, not on the same bag. Mikoto is not one to join others in order to use them for her own selfish purposes.

Everyone has their own interest and not everyone are absolutely selfish, thinking that way would be like saying Mikoto is selfish because she keeps all her problems to herself. Is selfish becaus affects people who worry about her even her purpose was to keep them away from danger.

Thats why I say irony.

[desrtsku]

Yep, not on the same bag. Mikoto is not one to join others in order to use them for her own selfish purposes.

You got 2 points for ironic posting and more 2 points for its actual veracity.

Originally Posted by Wilfriback

-I caught a cold from this-

Spoiler for Wilfri:

Originally Posted by Wilfriback

Accelerator

*cough*I want to be a hero syndrome*cough*get beaten 3 times as a consequence (Kihara/aiwass/Touma) until he learn his lesson*cough*ditches his team and go to Russia alone*cough*

Originally Posted by Wilfriback

Kakine

*cough*I want to be No.1*cough*fight Accel alone*cough*gets killed three times*cough*

Originally Posted by Wilfriback

and Mugino

*cough*I want to be the best*cough*tries to fight Mikoto alone*cough*loses*cough*killed Frenda*cough*tries to kill Hamazura*loses 3 times*cough*

Originally Posted by Wilfriback

have their teams because they're aware that there are things they can't accomplish as individuals so personal issues aside, even.

Pre-WWIII? I disagree, Accel has always been a lone wolf even inside GROUP ... actually GROUP is a band of tsundere jerks who have problems with saying "please help me". Damn, they only work together when they share common interest or when a girl is crying.
Kakine? damn if he cares about that. Girl in a dress might be the only SCHOOL team member he considers as an actual teamamte. But, he has no whatsoever problem doing things without her. As for the rest, he's completely indifferent to them ; more like they are utterly useless compared to him so it should be surprising if he actually do have any practical use for them.
Mugino, I can't believe you seriously posted that.

Originally Posted by Wilfriback

Misaki has people working for her so I wouldn't put them all in the same bag .

*cough*trust problem syndrome*cough*tries to fight Gensei by herself until Mikoto forced herself him*cough*it's Touma I believe him, all the others can go to hell though*cough*

Yeah, no. They're all blockheads.

[Miraluka]

Originally Posted by desrtsku

Does Mikoto always act alone the entire time, personal issues aside?

Just confirmed my point, they're all blockheads.

When is a problem she got into. Yes, she does.



1. Accelerator.

- Kihara: Everyone ko on the city, couldn't trust a suspicious sudden call form LO's phone who just got abducted.
- Aiwass. His team was ko again., whats your point here?
- Touma. Was mind broken thanks to MW.

2. Kakine. Implied he fell on darkness. Yeah, he failed and is a jerk but we never got to know his motivations.

4. Mugino, even with her selfishness she really needed Takitsubou. You are trying hard there desrtsku.

5. Misaki by herself? the guy who got controlled by Gensei before he could shoot is a nobody?

[desrtsku]

Originally Posted by Wilfriback

Do they acted alone the entire time? Thats why I said personal issues aside .

Does Mikoto always act alone the entire time, personal issues aside?

No.

Just confirmed my point, they're all blockheads.

[Miraluka]

Originally Posted by desrtsku

Does Mikoto always act alone the entire time, personal issues aside?

Just confirmed my point, they're all blockheads.

When is a problem she got into. Yes, she does.

Spoiler for derstsku00:

1. Accelerator.

- Kihara: Everyone ko on the city, couldn't trust a suspicious sudden call from LO's phone who just got abducted.
- Aiwass. His team was ko again., whats your point here?
- Touma. Was mind broken thanks to MW.

2. Kakine. Implied he fell on darkness. Yeah, he failed and is a jerk but we never got to know his motivations, he didn't ask that girl from his team any help because she would be of no use, they even doubt her power could work on him. He didn't care when his sniper got killed but he went all the way to find Item when the Goggles' boy got killed.

4. Mugino, even with her selfishness she really needed Takitsubou. You are trying hard there desrtsku.

5. Misaki by herself? the guy who got controlled by Gensei before he could shoot is a nobody? Oh, you brought Touma, this means she trusts someone at least and doesn't tries to make him go away from the place which means she can rely on others help.


Blockheads or not(I don't what are you trying to bring up here), they don't work alone.

[desrtsku]

Originally Posted by Wilfriback

When is a problem she got into. Yes, she does.

You already forgot the rule? "personal issues aside".
Did she works alone during Lever Upper, LAC, Shopping mall? no, no and no.

Spoiler for wilfri:

Why 00?

1. Accelerator.
- Kihara: Everyone ko on the city, couldn't trust a suspicious sudden call from LO's phone who just got abducted.
Still worked alone.
- Aiwass. His team was ko again., whats your point here?
- Touma. Was mind broken thanks to MW.

1. And Mikoto didn't have friends competent enough to beat a level 5, how does that work?
2. You forgot the part where he ditched his entire team after that
3. And? Mikoto had mind problem during sister arc as well.

Also, you got my post wrong. Those were the cures for his "I want to be a hero syndrome" which is one of the main reason why he prefers working alone, you read the context with "until he learned his lesson". He was a lone wolf all this time in-between those three events happened and only stopped after all three happened.

2. Kakine. Implied he fell on darkness. Yeah, he failed and is a jerk but we never got to know his motivations, he didn't ask that girl from his team any help because she would be of no use, they even doubt her power could work on him.

That's no excuse. Mikoto and Accel had a fair amount of guilt in them too.

4. Mugino, even with her selfishness she really needed Takitsubou. You are trying hard there desrtsku.

And? Mikoto acknowledged Kongou-san Dog's help during daihaseisai, what's so great about Mugino wanting Takitsubou's demise?

Jokes aside, did you forget that she completely dismissed takitsubou during the sister arc?
She needed her, you said? You mean vol 15? After she killed Frenda? No, she didn't, at least not in the way you think. Takitsubou was doomed to die the instant she would have used body clear ... and she (Mugino) knew it! She was just too batshit to give up and kept on doing something for the sake of doing it.
And nipticking won't erase the events of sister arc, vol 15, Vol 19 and WWIII where she acted all alone.

5. Misaki by herself? the guy who got controlled by Gensei before he could shoot is a nobody?

Yes he is, someone whose mind she has checked all the time? He's no different from the girls she manipulates all the time. Her problem, is that she has trust problem with people. Call me when she can ask someone's help that isn't Touma when her powers are dried up.

Originally Posted by Wilfriback

Blockheads or not(I don't what are you trying to bring up here), they don't work alone.

They do when something important to them is on the line.
Mikoto doesn't act alone either unless it's personal.
They're all the same.

[dniv]

Originally Posted by Wilfriback

Accelerator, Kakine and Mugino have their teams because they're aware that there are things they can't accomplish as individuals so personal issues aside, even. Misaki has people working for her so I wouldn't put them all in the same bag .

I'm not sure as to how much Mugino thinks she can't handle things alone, just saying. At this point at least, she showed she wanted to fight Mikoto alone, remember. While she was right in that situation... Mugino only really needs Takistubou and that is still just for convenience.

[Miraluka]

Originally Posted by dniv

I'm not sure as to how much Mugino thinks she can't handle things alone, just saying. At this point at least, she showed she wanted to fight Mikoto alone, remember. While she was right in that situation... Mugino only really needs Takistubou and that is still just for convenience.

Except Mugino herself said Misaka was tired, so she wanted the credit for helsef after Frenda and Takitsubo did their job tiring her.

[dniv]

Originally Posted by Wilfriback

Except Mugino herself said Misaka was tired, so she wanted the credit for helsef after Frenda and Takitsubo did their job tiring her.

True... but then assuming Mugino does realize she needs a group to survive, that's because she thrives in the darkness and after having to live in it, unless you are Accelerator (he doesn't need one at least at this point in the story), you eventually notice these things.

[rladls716]

So who is Febri's older sister? Thelestina?

[dniv]

Originally Posted by rladls716

So who is Febri's older sister? Thelestina?

Wait what? I thought it was Shinobu

[Flere821]

Originally Posted by rladls716

So who is Febri's older sister? Thelestina?

My WMG: Frenda. Febri, Frenda and Fremea are all likely to be from the same project.

Spoiler for NT spoilers:

This is probably the forerunner to creating Agitate Halation, and it's not like Railgun plot hasn't been a watered down version of the main plot before. (Level Upper prior to Level 6 Shift, for example)