To Aru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Discussion (Archives)

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Breidaluk

Changing the topic about colors, who is exactly the enemy that mikoto has to fight against in railgun ss2?

As far as I know? Killer red ants... >.>

[Ilidsor]

She might fight New Light. (Rhyming bonus!)

[Miraluka]

Originally Posted by Okashira

Are you asking about Index wings? I checked it out and it only says 赤い翼 , So I really don't see the point of trying to fancing it up, specially with words that suggest other meanings.

I checked too, usually says red wings but others says red like blood .

Originally Posted by Breidaluk

Changing the topic about colors, who is exactly the enemy that mikoto has to fight against in railgun ss2?

Not clear yet, but so far I heard it was a random magician (from the ROC?) blowing things up for the lulz, of course needs confirmation first.

Railgun SS Chapter 1 almost complete...

The girl was shorter than Mikoto but actually had breasts, so she annoyed Mikoto.
“Are you a tourist, miss? Well, I guess everyone in this city is a tourist. Although it’s rare for a Japanese girl to come in after seeing that sign. Are you starving for some stimulation?”
“What about you?” Mikoto said as she poked at something that looked like a crystal packed in plastic. “With that name and this design, I thought someone Japanese was running the store, but I guess I was wrong.”
The girl at the register had white skin and long black hair with just the ends braided. However, her eyes were blue and her skin color was not that of a normal Japanese person. She had the characteristics of a European, of an Anglo-Saxon.
Mikoto looked at the nametag on the girl’s chest that had her name written in hiragana.
“Lessar?”
“Yup, I’m Lessar-chan. We have all sorts of souvenirs. And don’t worry. Everything we have here won’t get you caught up at customs. So just loosen the purse strings.”
“You say that, but…”

O_O;;;

[Sumeragi]

Originally Posted by Okashira

Are you asking about Index wings? I checked it out and it only says 赤い翼 , So I really don't see the point of trying to fancing it up, specially with words that suggest other meanings.

Originally Posted by leukrota

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If that's all it says about the wings then you're right, it's just red wings, we shouldn't use a more descriptive color if we don't know more about how Kazuma pictured those wings.

Actually, there is a subtle difference between the three major kanjis used for red: 朱, 赤, and 紅.

朱 is used for lighter shades of red, such as scarlet.
赤 is used for darker shades of red, closer to crimson.
紅 is closest to the color of blood, and has the most emotion in it.


So yes, there is a difference between the types of red, and I would say that crimson wings would be the closest to what Kazuma would have probably imagined.


This was Sumeragi's kanji color lesson. See you next time.

[Miraluka]

Originally Posted by Sumeragi

Actually, there is a subtle difference between the three major kanjis used for red: 朱, 赤, and 紅.

朱 is used for lighter shades of red, such as scarlet.
赤 is used for darker shades of red, closer to crimson.
紅 is closest to the color of blood, and has the most emotion in it.


So yes, there is a difference between the types of red, and I would say that crimson wings would be the closest to what Kazuma would have probably imagined.


This was Sumeragi's kanji color lesson. See you next time.

Nice marking, so it seems it goes to crimson...

[leukrota]

Originally Posted by Sumeragi

Actually, there is a subtle difference between the three major kanjis used for red: 朱, 赤, and 紅.

朱 is used for lighter shades of red, such as scarlet.
赤 is used for darker shades of red, closer to crimson.
紅 is closest to the color of blood, and has the most emotion in it.


So yes, there is a difference between the types of red, and I would say that crimson wings would be the closest to what Kazuma would have probably imagined.


This was Sumeragi's kanji color lesson. See you next time.

Ahh... that's very interesting. Thanks for the insight.

[Sumeragi]

Of course, I have to admit that nowadays, the distinction isn't strictly kept, but it is still a rule of thumb for any serious writers, since the various actual color words established (like scarlet, which is 朱紅) do match the differences.

[Amagetu]

This is going way off topic Sumeragi, but what is the anime from your signature from?

On topic - If the Misaka awakening happened around Novel 9 which is what I was told, how come she couldn't awaken from there on?

[I_am_Kami]

Originally Posted by Amagetu

This is going way off topic Sumeragi, but what is the anime from your signature from?

On topic - If the Misaka awakening happened around Novel 9 which is what I was told, how come she couldn't awaken from there on?

She never awakened. Novel 9 doesn't even have anyone awaken. Where do you get your info? Please tell me. She also most likely never will awaken. She is a minor side character so it's mainly going for the never gonna happen side.


Quick question. Is NT2 available for pre-order on amazon?

[Amagetu]

Originally Posted by I_am_Kami

She never awakened. Novel 9 doesn't even have anyone awaken. Where do you get your info? Please tell me. She also most likely never will awaken. She is a minor side character so it's mainly going for the never gonna happen side.


Quick question. Is NT2 available for pre-order on amazon?

In one of the SS's it describes Misaki utilising wings, and gliding or something, I asked where that SS chronologically fits in and was told Volume 9.

[Miraluka]

Originally Posted by Amagetu

In one of the SS's it describes Misaki utilising wings, and gliding or something, I asked where that SS chronologically fits in and was told Volume 9.

1. That SS you are talking about is a Railgun SS not an Index's.

2. The date is relatively after Sherry Cromwell's attack on Academy City so it was briefly after vol. 6.

3. Isn't awakening read it here:

Spoiler for space:

As previously stated, she was an esper that could manipulate electricity. As a side effect, she could also control things such as magnetism and the Lorentz force, but she could not interfere with any phenomenon that did not have its basis in electricity.

But for some reason, the range of what Mikoto could control spread by quite a bit. It was like she had stretched invisible sensing tentacles into the air around her. It was a very strange feeling like she could control every single thing stretching even beyond the horizon in every direction.

(This is…?)

Mikoto looked around.

More accurately, she looked at the air around her.

(Water vapor…? I see. Because such a large amount of seawater was evaporated all at once, the water molecules are floating in the air having been turned to particles!!)

And a faint force existed bridging the space between the tiny particles.

It was static electricity.

(The bonds between the tiny particles are being realized using electricity… The laws are a little different, but if I use my equations for gathering iron sand into a sword using magnetism…)

It would not have worked with mere water molecules.

Mikoto could not control water or mist.

However, the “proportions” of the water molecules drifting through the air may have been optimal or the sea wind mixing with the water vapor may have altered the electrical conductivity. Mikoto did not know the details herself, but she could probably manipulate the huge amounts of water molecules floating in the air around her.

(Once the water vapor cools, the water molecules will join together returning them to mere drops of water. And who knows how long the conductivity will remain at this perfect level. This is my only chance. But if I can acquire the output of a rocket even for a short period of time…!!)

It was an odd feeling like thinly, thinly stretching out.

Mikoto did not fight it.

“…!!”

She greatly switched out the direction her power was headed effectively “grabbing” the huge amount of water molecules drifting through the air. By taking her equations for creating the iron sand sword as a base and switching out some of the values and symbols, she newly built up equations to use static electricity to control the water molecules in the air. The water vapor in the 10 kilometer area the downpour of light had hit all compressed toward Misaka Mikoto.

That alone was not her fuel.

That aggregation of the water molecules in the air was nothing more than a catalyst connecting the electricity and seawater together.

After putting a large cushion between them, she sent her true order to the seawater spread out around her via the huge amount of water molecules. It was like creating a chain reaction from a single phenomenon.

She had everything she needed.

Mikoto looked up into the sky.

She then focused her power on her forehead and sent out the final instruction.

A tremendous roar rang out.

Bluish-white wings of burner-like light appeared from Mikoto’s back.

Technically, that was inaccurate.


What rose up from near Mikoto’s back were wings that looked like blades made of water. Also, bluish-white eruptions that looked like laser blades were being emitted from the side of the wings.

At the same time as the water wings gave Mikoto lift, they also took on the heat transferred from the burner. They would normally evaporate in a few seconds due to that, but seawater was spread out over the entire area. If she constantly replenished from there, it was no problem.

Carried by the two wings, Mikoto slowly left the ground while holding Shirai in both arms.


Mikoto was managing to float in the sky, but her balance must have been off because she started floating to the right. She immediately modified the equations she was using, added on four smaller wings, regulated her balance in the air and the output of the burners, and managed to come to a complete stop in midair.

[Amagetu]

Thanks for that, someone posted back a while and refused to give me a summary, so I just read the last few lines and got confused.

Gives a nice pseudo awakening feel to it though. ;p

[Miraluka]

Originally Posted by Amagetu

Thanks for that, someone posted back a while and refused to give me a summary, so I just read the last few lines and got confused.

Gives a nice pseudo awakening feel to it though. ;p

Oh, you are the same lazy person who refused to just click on the link to read the last lines of the text?
I see, I just copy/paste those lines.

[leukrota]

Originally Posted by Amagetu

In one of the SS's it describes Misaki utilising wings, and gliding or something, I asked where that SS chronologically fits in and was told Volume 9.

As a small reminder, write Misaka, not Misaki... normally it wouldn't matter much, but there's the fact that there is a Misaki in the Toaru verse (the 5th level 5.)

[Ilidsor]

In one of the SS's it describes Misaki utilising wings, and gliding or something, I asked where that SS chronologically fits in and was told Volume 9.

Misaka was a part of volume 9 (a small part but a part none the less) so it couldn't have been then.

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by Okashira

Aiwass deal it's not about disobeying God, but rather Aiwass escapes God's plan / the boundary of His laws.

There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that Kamijou nor anyone else but Aiwass to having achieved something like that, regardless of Dragon or not.

The latter maybe but there's no proof of the former.

[Inept Forum User]

Originally Posted by Vol22,Epilogue

An Angel that cannot be explained by holy books or theology. And at the same time, in this world which God has made it symbolises material beyond God’s control; breaking through the points which God has decreed for fate...

Is this where that particular speculation comes from?

Originally Posted by Amagetu

In one of the SS's it describes Misaki utilising wings, and gliding or something, I asked where that SS chronologically fits in and was told Volume 9.

Originally Posted by Ilidsor

Misaka was a part of volume 9 (a small part but a part none the less) so it couldn't have been then.

According to the page on the To Aru Wiki for Railgun SS1, it takes place somewhere between 3rd-10th September (between Volumes 6 and 7). However, there doesn't appear to be any citation, and mention of it has been removed from the Story Timeline entry.

[Miraluka]

Railgun SS 2 Chapter 2 parts 1 and 2 updated.

[Flere821]

Originally Posted by Wilfriback

Railgun SS 2 Chapter 2 parts 1 and 2 updated.

Wow. This must be one of the few times I see English translations go faster then Chinese ones. The Chinese one is still only at Ch1 Pt6 >.>

Oh, and Ch2 Pt3 updated on Bakatsuki.

[chrono9472]

that just shows how awesome the english translaters for to aru are