To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S - Episode 6 Discussion / Poll

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by Kanon

Forgot to mention. It only costs 180,000 yens to make a Misaka clone? That's damn cheap. I'll take two.

I assume that's "at cost." The pure price of the biological materials necessary to grow a physically 14-year-old girl from scratch. After all, the scientists aren't going to charge themselves anything more. Market price would be higher, since there would be a need to make a profit, plus shipping charges and such.

[whitecloud]

Shipping charge? One way ticket from Japan to your home...other? Clothes? Underwear? Testament using price...

[Birdway]

Originally Posted by sikvod00

It had to be stronger because Misaka was in berserker rage mode this episode. She definitely had the intent to kill and wasn't holding back, unlike with Preacher Boy. I don't know if she ever had wanted to kill someone with her powers before, but it seemed pretty clear this time around.

She shot a railgun at those 2 robbers on a car just because one of them make her crepe fall on the floor during the first season.

[sikvod00]

I barely remember what happened in S1, so I'll take your word for it. But you know what I mean; she didn't actually want to kill those dudes. That seems like more of a comedic scene which shows how hot-tempered Misaka can be.

[Haak]

Originally Posted by Kanon

Forgot to mention. It only costs 180,000 yens to make a Misaka clone? That's damn cheap. I'll take two.

The MISAKA clone neglected to mention the cost of your soul...

Originally Posted by sikvod00

EDIT: Saten and gang are crazy enough to openly oppose Accel simply because he hurt their friend (and none of them are even lvl 5), so that may be a reason Misaka kept the truth from them.

Wait, when did this happen? Whilst i don't doubt that Misaka's friends probably would be endanger themselves to get involved in this situation, the way you say it makes it sound like it's already happened. Are you talking about another incident?

[sikvod00]

Nah. I just phrased it weird I guess.

[CJ_Walker]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

The toaru fanbase and 'overplaying' goes hand in hand quite often...

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I just skip all the scenes with the girls(including that last scene, I just turned off the stream then.), Saten and Uiharu are waaaay too nosy, and get on my damn nerves, ffs at least give them some kind of power, otherwise I just skip all of their scenes.

[Sackett]

Originally Posted by Ilidsor

Spoiler for Comparison to Manga:

Seriously? That's actually really aggravating. Mikoto is not supposed to be "cheered up" during this part. Pretty much the entire thing is about how hopeless she feels. Not to mention how ridiculous it is to have a conversation with friends cheer you up from watching your clone (that you just bonded with) die right in front of you, while knowing it is going to happen again very soon.

I guess I should hold my judgment until I see it for myself since the last episode surprised me with how dark it was, but this really doesn't sound good.

I saw the scene with Mikoto and her friends as rather realistic actually.

Mikoto is trying to hide everything and pretend to her friends that she is okay. She is also extravagantly treating them to sugary dishes, and talking in a wistful melancholy tone about the stars. If she wasn't the main character those would all be deadly death flags.

Still Mikoto can't keep it together and starts to partially breakdown. Saten realizes that something bad happened, but that Mikoto doesn't want to share it with them. So like a good friend she suggests going to the arcade and distracting Mikoto from her worries, which also changes the subject and allows Mikoto to get out of having to explain her breakdown right then. She also tell Mikoto that whatever is happening if Mikoto can't handle it on her own to remember she has friends.

That's like basic realistic depiction of a friendship. I didn't take it as Mikoto suddenly being all happy and better. Just that it gave Mikoto time to regain her composure, and put her happy mask back on. I'm sure Mikoto is still very shook up and depressed. No doubt the future episodes are bound for more darkness.

Originally Posted by Marina2

I have been wondering since in the manga, did Accelerator intentionally let Mikoto survive by not reflecting her railgun back at her directly?

Possibly. However Mikoto might have deflected the coin enough to avoid being hit. It's not outside her ability.

[kache]

I'm actually surprised: despite having already read/seen this story so many times, this anime is actually pulling me in emotionally. Nice job from the studio.

[Destined_Fate]

Originally Posted by Dark Faith

I really don't care about his personality. I focused on the fact that we got to see two Level 5's fighting...and it was incredibly unbalanced. Misaka didn't get a scratch on him.

That's what I loved. For all her "Who do I think I am?" or "I am a level 5" boasting, she couldn't even land a blow on a fellow level 5.





Especially when he finally gets a new toy after putting up with a couple thousand clones who can do little more than running for their lives.
Guy wanted some quality entertainment from Misaka. Unfortunately she failed to deliver.

Eh. It's because of Accelerators broken ability. Accelerator himself isn't strong, it's his ability to manipulate stuff and re-direct attacks made against him that makes him such a hassle. I'm sure physically he couldn't even stand up to the very athletic Misaka who could kick him to the curb in a straight no powers brawl.

[Birdway]

Originally Posted by Destined_Fate

Eh. It's because of Accelerators broken ability. Accelerator himself isn't strong, it's his ability to manipulate stuff and re-direct attacks made against him that makes him such a hassle. I'm sure physically he couldn't even stand up to the very athletic Misaka who could kick him to the curb in a straight no powers brawl.

Ok, he isn't that good regarding physical abilities but I'm sure he would pose a serious problem on a fist fight.

[Random Wanderer]

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Ok, he isn't that good regarding physical abilities but I'm sure he would pose a serious problem on a fist fight.

With his powers, sure. Fists can't hit him any more than anything else can, and he can break anybody with a twitch of his finger.

[Birdway]

Originally Posted by Random Wanderer

With his powers, sure. Fists can't hit him any more than anything else can, and he can break anybody with a twitch of his finger.

Look to who am I talking to and you will notice that I'm talking about Accelerator without his power.

[leukrota]

Originally Posted by Marina2

I have been wondering since in the manga, did Accelerator intentionally let Mikoto survive by not reflecting her railgun back at her directly?

Not necessarily. Ranged attacks on him, even bullets, do not return with the exact same path as they were shot at him.

I have two theories about that. If the auto-reflection works like a mirror, then there are many possible angles for the return fire (since Accelerator is not a flat and ever perpendicular surface)

The other could be taking wind and friction into consideration. A sniper has to adjust for that, but Accelerator wouldn't care. So with the distance being essentially double, the reflected attack will have double the natural deviation.

In either case, I would bet it was more luck what saved Mikoto, not a conscious effort from Accelerator to miss her.

Originally Posted by Birdway

Ok, he isn't that good regarding physical abilities but I'm sure he would pose a serious problem on a fist fight.

What make you think that?

[Sackett]

Originally Posted by Haak

She also made the tornado then. My theory was this one was maybe stronger because she practised or was holding back at Touma or something or another.

Well, just by looking at the depictions, against Touma she used the tornado to blind him so he couldn't see her approach to prepare for it. She was careful to keep a big eye in the tornado so that Touma would not be seriously injured.

Against Accelerator she tried to use the iron dust tornado as an actual weapon, with the eye shrinking to nothing the iron dust should have ripped his skin open. Leading to injury and high blood loss at least. Not sure if it would be a lethal weapon- assuming Accelerator got swift medical attention - but it would at minimum disable him. It could also be lethal if intense enough, and Mikoto was not holding back.

[Rising Dragon]

Are y'all forgetting about her use of the iron sand tornado against AIM Burst from season 1?

[Haak]

Originally Posted by Sackett

Well, just by looking at the depictions, against Touma she used the tornado to blind him so he couldn't see her approach to prepare for it. She was careful to keep a big eye in the tornado so that Touma would not be seriously injured.

She attacked him with the tornado sand and used it as an opportunity to distract him but I don't recall her specifically trying to an eye on it to make sure it didn't injure him.

[Destined_Fate]

Originally Posted by Birdway

Ok, he isn't that good regarding physical abilities but I'm sure he would pose a serious problem on a fist fight.

Not against Misaka whose very athletic and had done quite a bit of athletic stuff in the Anime, S1 and S2. Misaka is also more inventive with her abilities while Accelerator just stands there letting his natural defenses do everything for him.

Accelerator is only powerful because of his broken ability, without it he really can't do much of anything while Misaka at least is very intelligent, inventive, and athletic in comparison.

[Sumeragi]

Originally Posted by Destined_Fate

very intelligent

Controlling vectors in itself requires high intelligence.

[Primary Consult]

Originally Posted by Sackett

Well, just by looking at the depictions, against Touma she used the tornado to blind him so he couldn't see her approach to prepare for it. She was careful to keep a big eye in the tornado so that Touma would not be seriously injured.

Against Accelerator she tried to use the iron dust tornado as an actual weapon, with the eye shrinking to nothing the iron dust should have ripped his skin open. Leading to injury and high blood loss at least. Not sure if it would be a lethal weapon- assuming Accelerator got swift medical attention - but it would at minimum disable him. It could also be lethal if intense enough, and Mikoto was not holding back.

Originally Posted by Rising Dragon

Are y'all forgetting about her use of the iron sand tornado against AIM Burst from season 1?

She cut through that AIM burst with arms as thick as trees effortlessly with the iron sand. The way she hit accelerator with it, he would have been a pile of blocks the size of sugar cubes had he not had a defense for it.