To Aru Kagaku no Railgun SS Manga - Astral Buddy

[OH&S]

Originally Posted by ANN

Source: ANN
The June issue, which ships on April 27, includes a new manga spinoff of Kazuma Kamachi and Motoi Fuyukawa's A Certain Scientific Railgun manga. The spinoff is titled To Aru Kagaku no Railgun Gaiden: Astral Body (A Certain Scientific Railgun Side Story: Astral Body), and Yasuhito Nogi draws the manga. The manga focuses on a certain unnamed character (shown above) who appears throughout the story of A Certain Scientific Railgun and A Certain Magical Index, and whose name is revealed in this story set at Tokiwadai Middle School.

Originally Posted by Railgun Editor

Source: Twitter
>It says that its a Railgun spin-off but this will be a story dealing with another incident that occurred during the time of the Dream Ranker Arc.
>It would be greatly appreciated if you think of this as the Railgun "Astral Body" Arc.

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[itine]

What the **** ?????
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Astral Buddy*

*とある科学の超電磁砲外伝 アストラル・バディ
原作：鎌池和馬　作画：乃木康仁
キャラクターデザイン：はいむらきよたか
常盤台中学を舞台に描かれるとあるシリーズの
新たなスピンオフが登場！
主役はなんと縦ロールが印象的な常盤台中学三年生！
ついに明かされる彼女の名前。そして起こる事件とは!?
https://t.co/U2RVIhf9QY

Spoiler for Drill-chan Manga:

I not an expert on moon rune, but probably:
The right side is:
"Toaru Kagaku no Railgun 10th anniversary spin off"
Left side:
The beginning of Astral Buddy !!!

not Body?
(look on romaji there) *Chara behind Drill-chan & Kuroko!

[LevelSeven]

so this is about pink-haired girl, kuroko and a ghost??

seems to have more potential than accels current development so im all for it, YOU GO ASTRAL BUDDY!!!

[mark1246]

Spoiler out

Oh I thought it was gonna be a 4 koma panel comedy like the accelerator idol & index daily life manga. Imagine my surprise it an actual manga, now we got 3 main to aru spin off series each month thanks Kamachi

[Seafoam]

The art is actually pretty good. Drills' ability also has an interesting name.

[Marcus H.]

People were interpreting her name as "wet girl" due to the interpretation of the kanji as "be watered" as in a plant getting nourishment. But it's better interpreted as "blessed girl of the sail-winds". It ties more closely to her ability name.

[itine]

Full RAW out!

Finally Information about Drill-chan!!

Manga Debut Toaru Kagaku no Railgun (spinoff) of the
Toaru Majutsu no Index (spin-off)
so basically this Manga was a spin-off of the spin-off
(One and only Kamachi could do that)

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Gaiden - Astral Buddy

Spoiler for Her Name & Ability:

Her name was:
Hokaze Junko (帆風潤子)

Her Ability: Academy City Esper (Tokiwadai Middle School LEVEL 4)
know as Rampage Dress (天衣装着)

Hokaze can finely control the electric signals within her nervous system, allowing her to perform peak human physical feats

*She mention to being faster than Kuroko in sense something (sniffing stuff?)
*Seemly her power Level 4 similar to Level 5 number #7:
Sogiita Gunha?

Source: 4chan/raildex*

[Marcus H.]

Translator has confirmed that the debut chapter of Astral Buddy is 58 pages long.
That means a TON of things going on.

[Requiem-x]

Translation's out.

First of all is, of course...

Spoiler for Spoiler:

Poor Misaki

Good lord, Junko is pure! Which is amazing seeing how strongly the yuri flows in Tokiwadai, apparently Nice ability as well, simple and versatile.

Its also nice to see Kuroko doing stuff on her own, and she even was a bit cute, which is surprising.

Now to see how the innocent lady deals with the ghost girl.

[belatkuro]

Finally a name for her. And interesting power. Junko being the decoy in NT7 with carrying a gym bag that can fit a person now makes sense if she can augment her strength like that. Clever bait since Mikoto would know her power as well. The title now make sense with that ghost (?) in the end. An esper ability or an AIM being like Kazakiri?

[Wandering Soul]

There seems to be a case of wide spread Yuri going on at Tokiwadai.

Junko has a nice ability, though until we get more information on it, I'm skeptical as to whether or not it should really be a level 4 ability.

I'm guessing the ghost girl is actually some sort of AIM being.

[Marcus H.]

"Spooky noises in an empty classroom"
"A moving sculpture in the art room"
"A landing that gives you a chill and anemia when you stand on it"
"A will-o'-the-wisp wandering the rooftop"
"The courtyard that makes you sneeze until you have to be hospitalized"

Obligatory seven mysteries.

[LevelSeven]

ch1

nice chapter,

i dont think this story will have big events like railgun/accel but more focus on slice-of-life,mystery,comedy

the kuroko and drill-girl duo is also nice to watch, and yuri is nice too

[Gray Servant]

Originally Posted by Wandering Soul

Junko has a nice ability, though until we get more information on it, I'm skeptical as to whether or not it should really be a level 4 ability.

I thought the same thing, but it makes more sense once you notice some subtle stuff. There's a tiny crackle of electricity when she sniffs out that scent, hinting that she can also enhance her senses. And when the scene cuts to inside the school with the ghost, she's not wearing the sling anymore, so she appears to have some sort of healing factor.

By itself the strength would probably just be Level 3, but she seems to be able to do alot of different stuff with it.

[belatkuro]

She's still wearing the sling. You can still see the strap on that double spread page of the ghost's appearance at the end of the chapter. In the previous page it was just hard to see since it's being covered by her hair. And it just looked like she doesn't have it since her arm and legs are covering up the other arm.

[DragonXX]

Originally Posted by belatkuro

Finally a name for her. And interesting power. Junko being the decoy in NT7 with carrying a gym bag that can fit a person now makes sense if she can augment her strength like that. Clever bait since Mikoto would know her power as well. The title now make sense with that ghost (?) in the end. An esper ability or an AIM being like Kazakiri?

I don't think it will be an AIM Being like Kazakiri because Astral Projection is one of these thing that people believe can be done by Real Life Esper who there is no true solid prove they are real. Also if we are entering something to do which Astral Projection we will most likey get into stuff to do which the Astral Plane which will connect back to stuff which the real life Crowley and Golden Dawn. There a lots of plots that an Esper which Astral Projection could go.

Like trying to use her to take control of Esper AIM or the place that Kazakiri come from. Level Shift for Esper or trying to change her into an AIM being.

Also maybe we will learn what "That" which is under direct control of Tokiwadai Middle School's Student Council from the parody story.

[Gray Servant]

Originally Posted by belatkuro

She's still wearing the sling. You can still see the strap on that double spread page of the ghost's appearance at the end of the chapter. In the previous page it was just hard to see since it's being covered by her hair. And it just looked like she doesn't have it since her arm and legs are covering up the other arm.

She's wearing it, but it's not actually on her arm, she just has it slung over her shoulder.

[dniv]

That was a really good chapter 1. Amazing like always. This is why Kamachi continues to be my favorite author and To aru verse my favorite verse.

[MrTerrorist]

What a nice and shelter girl Junko (finally learn her name!) is.
And there is a ghost at the school.

[LazyHunter]

Nice and cute first chapter. Junko's ability is similar to Estelle's Houtou.