Toaru Kagaku no Railgun

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Alternative titles:
とある科学の超電磁砲（レールガン） (Japanese)
科學超電磁砲 (Chinese (Taiwan))
어떤 과학의 초전자포 (Korean)
A Certain Scientific Railgun (English)

Type: TV
Episodes: 24
Producers: J.C. Staff
Genres: Action, Comedy, SciFi, Seinen, Super Power
Duration: 24 min. per episode

Summary: The To Aru Kagaku no Railgun side story is based on Kamachi's original story set in Academy City, a city where about 80% of its 230,000 citizens are students. The story deals with the adventures of Misaka Mikoto, one of the Level 5 psychics in the To Aru Majutsu no Index light novels.

Links: Official Website | Anime News Network | Anime DB | MyAnimeList

TV Releases by Mazui:

Episode 01 - HD | SD
Episode​ 02 - ​HD | SD
Episode 03​ - HD | SD
Episode 04 - HD | SD
Episode 05 - HD | SD
Episode 06 - HD | SD
Episode 07 - HD | SD
Episode 08 - HD | SD
Episode 09 - HD | SD
Episode 10 - HD | SD
Episode 11 - HD | SD
Episode 12 - HD | SD
Episode 13 - HD | SD
Episode 14 - HD | SD
Episode 15 - HD | SD
Episode 16 - HD | SD
Episode 17 - HD | SD
Episode 18 - HD | SD
Episode 19 - HD | SD

It's here?! Nice, but I'll try to hold out a little while longer in case Eclipse pops out a HD version.

After all the hype the series has been given, I can't hold out, and in terms of translation, Ayako is more than adequate for viewing. The video quality was sub-par, and if I'm not mistaken that was an Olympics message shrinking the screen.

I do like that the series has more of a focus on the espers, and even goes into detail about some of the rubrics they are tested by, instead of more of the outsider looking in viewpoint that Index had with the protagonists being either magical or from the general administration's viewpoint , completely "worthless" (Touma). Seeing the variety of tests they take was interesting given the total esper abilities out there.

Of course, the real star is Kuroko. Between her absolute obsession with making Mikoto her love-slave, and her 180 personality switch when it comes to Judgment work, I think she outshines the title star. Kuroko might not win in terms of destructive power, but she is definitely the one to watch out for, given her demeanor. She is not afraid to use her power, and integrates it seamlessly into her physical prowess.

I do wonder how Saten-san will play into the story.

I loved seeing Kuroko shocked at the end when Mikoto's patience finally ran out.

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Originally Posted by Buffalobiian

It's here?! Nice, but I'll try to hold out a little while longer in case Eclipse pops out a HD version.

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Agreed. Low quality simply fails.
But I guess someone just had to post the thread.
I'll too shall wait for Eclipse to release a better version.
Heck, even Ayako themselves state a better version will be aired in two days. The only available versions where crap.

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A Certain Scientific Railgun – 01 – released!
Posted on October 3rd, 2009 by SpiegelEiXXL

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“There was this… quality control thing… wasn’t there?”

Yes dear fags and watchers!

This season we gonna do Railgun! Thanks to our inability to get a raw .ts provider any time soon we have to use some shitty 2nd hand raw. We gonna release a v2 with MBS, prolly, since the MX one contains a olympic info blendin, so… well, it airs 2 days later, so we gotta have to live with it.

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The video quality didn't matter to me as much. The audio was more than adequate, and Satomi Arai's (Kuroko) performance was lovely in every way possible. Well over half the humor in the episode is all her anyway.

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Originally Posted by Ryllharu

The video quality didn't matter to me as much. The audio was more than adequate, and Satomi Arai's (Kuroko) performance was lovely in every way possible. Well over half the humor in the episode is all her anyway.

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While I completely trust on your judgement Ryll... this series is just one I can't watch unless its in HD... yes... Im spoiled... but I guess I'll do anything for Mikoto.

Yes... I'm screwed.

I watched Mazui's version and the video quality was decent enough. If it was an upscale, it certainly wasn't from a bad source.

The first funny scene was the not overly subtle suggestion that fans buy CDs even if they downloaded (legally) the music first. Must certainly be desperate times for the studios when they sacrifice artistic values for scenes like that. Not that I particularly minded, though, as I considered it only funny.

Not such an amazing episode otherwise. It gives me an impression this series might not possess an exceelingly deep larger plot at all. But then again, even the Magical Index didn't really have one either. Maybe this will be a slice-of-life show, who knows. I liked To Aru Majutsu no Index so much because of Touma's interaction with the other characters so I'll have to see how much I can like this show without Touma being there (other than in the background doing nothing). Since I have little interest in yuri, Kuroko's antics aren't that interesting for me personally.

We're sure that eclipse is picking this up right?

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Originally Posted by Kraco

Since I have little interest in yuri, Kuroko's antics aren't that interesting for me personally.

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It is the dichotomy between her antics and the cold, confident, authoritative, and strategic side that make her so amusing.

I wouldn't really categorize them as yuri either, since Kuroko pushes it way too far. She planned to drug Mikoto with aphrodisiacs and take her to a love hotel after all. Even Kanako in Maria+Holic wasn't that bad.

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Originally Posted by Ryllharu

She planned to drug Mikoto with aphrodisiacs and take her to a love hotel after all. Even Kanako in Maria+Holic wasn't that bad.

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Haha, I loved that part. The way she had everything planned out in her notebook was just great.

I enjoyed the episode as a whole, but I really can't stand Kuroko's voice. She kind of sounds like a old hag instead of a young female student and I can't help thinking of Peke every time she speaks.

This first ep didn't pull me in as much as I thought it would, I think that like Kraco I was missing Touma's presence as well as a sense of a larger plot. While I am certainly a fan of yuri the idea of Kuroko x Mikoto doesn't do much for me either. For one I tended to see Mikoto as a gender-neutral character, which is to say if the character was exactly the same but male and I don't think it would affect my feelings or impression of the character that much. Additionally, I pretty much got used to Kuroko's genki/obsessive personality back in Index and it seems somewhere between neutral and annoying to me at this point. I'm much more interested in Kuroko when she gets serious against her enemies, I love her ruthlessness as well as her powers and how she uses them. The jury's still out for me on the two new girls but their first impressions didn't leave much of an impression at all.

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Originally Posted by Archangel

We're sure that eclipse is picking this up right?

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Eclipse has been removed from the fansub wikia regarding Railgun. And from lurking in the chat room it seems they lost several translators.

Thus, I went for Mazui's version. Don't know about the translation, since I don't know Japanese, but it didn't read wrong. The video quality was great as well. As Kraco already mentioned, it was good enough to watch.


I like the small changes done from the manga to this adaptation. Im still a Mikoto-tard... but I think I'll soon become a Kuroko-tard as well.

Saten and Uiharu were already on Index opening videos. Funny enough, thats their only appearences at Index. Im glad to finally see them interacting in the story.

Anyone knows how long this will be? I hope for 26 episodes.

BTW...
Am I imagining things... or was Shakugan no Shana there at 15:00?

I also love the fact that the opening had an inverted scene from Index's opening. Touma passing besides Mikoto, who is giving her back to us, before Kuroko jumps on her. The scene is replicated from Mikoto's perspective this time around.

No you weren't imagining things, think there's suppose to be characters from Toradora in the line as well when Mikoto falls to the ground. If I'm not completely off Touma is suppose to make a couple of appearances, not sure if it's suppose to be him before the mind thingie or after though.

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Originally Posted by RyougaZell

I like the small changes done from the manga to this adaptation. Im still a Mikoto-tard... but I think I'll soon become a Kuroko-tard as well.

BTW...
Am I imagining things... or was Shakugan no Shana there at 15:00?

I also love the fact that the opening had an inverted scene from Index's opening. Touma passing besides Mikoto, who is giving her back to us, before Kuroko jumps on her. The scene is replicated from Mikoto's perspective this time around.

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Yeah, those changes make it alot more entertaining for those of us who have already read a bit of the manga

... how the hell did you catch that? It's half of her and she's backwards! Did you analyze every render of the episode? :p

That wasn't the opening it was the ending, and a damn good ending too.


I've only read like 5 chapters but i think Touma does make at least 1 appearance. Personally i hope it's more than that, i know that this is supposed to be all about Misaka but without her tsunderism she's just not as entertaining

I was re-watching the scene because I wanted to see Mikoto despair over not getting the frog keychain when Shana catched my eye. And the girl besides her is the big breasted girl that is the rival of Shana, whatever her name was.

I don't see anybody from Toradora though, as fireheart pointed out.


The sequence was indeed at the ending, but it will be the opening song following next week's episode. 'only my railgun'

While I like that Mikoto got mad because the guy kicked Saten... there is just something I miss from having Mikoto zap the guy just because he dropped her crepe on her clothes.

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Originally Posted by RyougaZell

I was re-watching the scene because I wanted to see Mikoto despair over not getting the frog keychain when Shana catched my eye. And the girl besides her is the big breasted girl that is the rival of Shana, whatever her name was.

I don't see anybody from Toradora though, as fireheart pointed out.


The sequence was indeed at the ending, but it will be the opening song following next week's episode. 'only my railgun'

While I like that Mikoto got mad because the guy kicked Saten... there is just something I miss from having Mikoto zap the guy just because he dropped her crepe on her clothes.

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Haha yeah, she blasted him to kingdom kong while saying it was self defense

At 15:17, i think the 2 first guys on the row are from ToraDora

I think i'll enjoy watching this, but i'm hoping it ends asap so the studio can get cracking on that Index sequel

I watched Mazui's release and it was pretty bad. I really hope there will be some better group for this series. It would be a travesty for Mazui and Ayako to be the only choices.

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Originally Posted by Board of Command

I watched Mazui's release and it was pretty bad. I really hope there will be some better group for this series. It would be a travesty for Mazui and Ayako to be the only choices.

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Their raws are always shit but the Tl isn't half bad

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Originally Posted by Archangel

That wasn't the opening it was the ending, and a damn good ending too.

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As RZ pointed out, it will indeed be the OP, and while I read it somewhere else first, I definitely recognized Sugoi Sugoi-chan from CANAAN as the singer.

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Originally Posted by Archangel

Their raws are always shit but the Tl isn't half bad

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I thought the video was fine. It was the lack of editing/qc that really bugged me. Grammar mistakes galore.

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Originally Posted by Board of Command

I thought the video was fine. It was the lack of editing/qc that really bugged me. Grammar mistakes galore.

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Perhaps you can convince SFW to pick this up. ;)

Believe me, I tried. The guys would rather compete with gg on Kampfer...

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In a separate development, the first episode of the To Aru Kagaku no Railgun anime series included a shower scene that ran this past week in several different versions throughout Japan. Several stations showed the scene with added "steam" to conceal the characters' bodies during the shower scene — with some stations showing more steam, and others using less steam or none at all. The anime adapts Motoi Fuyukawa's To Aru Kagaku no Railgun (A Certain Scientific Railgun) manga, which is itself a spinoff from Kazuma Kamachi's To Aru Majutsu no Index (A Certain Magical Index) light novels. Other television anime series in the past have been shown with levels of editing that varied with each local station.

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From ANN

I LOLed

Yeah, I saw it on Sankaku where the article contained a collection of pics of the scene from different raws. Some were truly ridiculous showing little but white. Fortunately there still are less hypocritical TV stations supplying the subber groups with material like the studio intended.

Well i kind of understand, there was some massive groping going on in there haha

isn't there supposted to be a HQ version out now.. I want to start watching this too :(

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Originally Posted by KrayZ33

isn't there supposted to be a HQ version out now.. I want to start watching this too :(

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Eclipse isn't picking this up so i would go with Mazui for now if i was you

A Certain Scientific Railgun?

I vote for A Certain Predatory Siscon!

Kuroko outshone Misaka as a character. Though techinically she "compliments" the protagonist Misaka, you can just as easily say Misaka provides a target for all of Kuroko's fantasies.

Her powers are amazing too. Even if she doesn't reach Level 5 with ultimate precision and range, all she has to do is master some dart-throwing techniques and increase her teleportation speed. Imagine her rapidly teleport around the battlefield letting off projectiles while simultaneously dropping some from above. You'd have your hands full dodging them already, let alone looking out for her sweeping kicks from below.

Her only problem is the lack of lethality in her attacks, which explains why she has to pin them down first.

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Originally Posted by Zell

I was re-watching the scene because I wanted to see Mikoto despair over not getting the frog keychain when Shana catched my eye. And the girl besides her is the big breasted girl that is the rival of Shana, whatever her name was.

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The hair colour was off, but otherwise it could have been her.

PS: The OP is pretty catchy. I was afraid they'd use another Kawada Mami song. Index's OPs by her weren't good at all.

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Originally Posted by Buffalobiian

The hair colour was off, but otherwise it could have been her.

PS: The OP is pretty catchy. I was afraid they'd use another Kawada Mami song. Index's OPs by her weren't good at all.

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It is her Bill, in her school uniform

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/749...noshanaova.jpg

Perhaps I should have specified then.

"The shade of hair colour was off."

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/3315/grab21608.jpg

You can almost say that (^) brown looks slightly red.

Lol, don't be picky :p

It's still obviously her with that hairstyle and hairpiece

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Originally Posted by Buffalobiian

[Kuroko's] only problem is the lack of lethality in her attacks, which explains why she has to pin them down first.

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I don't think that is a problem at all. She is just too disciplined and proud of being on the side of good and order to do otherwise. She even said that she would teleport a needle into the guy if he didn't behave. She can transport herself anywhere, and objects at about the size of an air conditioner 78 meters with pretty good accuracy when she's, "not her best." So, if she's 50 meters away, suddenly her opponent has a large metal box where their torso is supposed to be.

I don't think Misaka is the one everyone should be afraid of, deep down Mikoto is a really good person. Kuroko doesn't kill because as a member of Judgment, just like any constable, she is not supposed to.

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Originally Posted by Ryllharu

I don't think that is a problem at all. She is just too disciplined and proud of being on the side of good and order to do otherwise. She even said that she would teleport a needle into the guy if he didn't behave. She can transport herself anywhere, and objects at about the size of an air conditioner 78 meters with pretty good accuracy when she's, "not her best." So, if she's 50 meters away, suddenly her opponent has a large metal box where their torso is supposed to be.

I don't think Misaka is the one everyone should be afraid of. She doesn't kill because as a member of Judgment, just like any constable, she is not supposed to.

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But there are limits to her ability such as only being able to teleport 2 people at once, so although teleportation seems like one hell of an ability we have to remember that she is still binded by certain rules.

That said, if she did manage to become a level 5 i think she would be up there with accelerator in terms of lethal power

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Originally Posted by Ryllharu

She even said that she would teleport a needle into the guy if he didn't behave. She can transport herself anywhere, and objects at about the size of an air conditioner 78 meters with pretty good accuracy when she's, "not her best." So, if she's 50 meters away, suddenly her opponent has a large metal box where their torso is supposed to be.

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Her teleportation accuracy test was at a still target. I'm not sure how much time or concentration it would take her to perform at that level of accuracy, so I didn't count 78 meters as the practical range just yet.

While Kuroko is much more scheming than Misaka, and probably darker at heart too, she's relatively composed and bound by her status as Judgement, like you mentioned before. Misaka, on the other hand, doesn't have to answer to all those other limitations, and, while she's good at heart, gets pissed much more easily than Kuroko.

She mightn't kill you, but an insult deemed tolerable by Kuroko may earn you a painful and/or shocking experience brought to you by Academy City's third strongest esper.

PS: Also, Misaka's ability is more suited for attacking multiple enemies than Kuroko's is right now.

Didn't we already have this discussion in the Index thread?

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Originally Posted by Archangel

Didn't we already have this discussion in the Index thread?

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If we did, was a conclusion reached? (no sarcasm intended)

I remember we having discussed about her teleportation powers before at least, about how she added speed to the pins

Then people wondered off about how awesome teleportation powers are and listed a bunch of possibilities, which is why i said that if she's still a level 4 is because there must be some limits to her abilities

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Originally Posted by Archangel

I remember we having discussed about her teleportation powers before at least, about how she added speed to the pins

Then people wondered off about how awesome teleportation powers are and listed a bunch of possibilities, which is why i said that if she's still a level 4 is because there must be some limits to her abilities

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From the testing done, I came to the conclusion that your level is how well you can exercise your powers.

The example we were given had their Levels decided using quantitative measurements:

e.g.:

Reading cards of varying materials and thickness
Max range/mass and accuracy of teleporting objects
Initial velocity of projectile

Everybody has "limits" to their abilities, which stops them being all-powerful. Even Accelerator's limited by his computation ability (which would rarely come into play unless he had to do something obscure).

These "limits" could also be arbitrary rules like what's suggested regarding Kuroko. I actually wonder if the 2-people-max could be changed so easily. (The three things that she seems to be able to improve on are range/mass/accuracy. )

I think computation comes into play more often than one thinks. I think that Kuroko does not merely think of teleporting something somewhere, but also has to consider the mass, complexity (like humans), exact location of origin, and exact location of destination. This makes it extremely difficult to attack moving targets.

For Accelerator, I think he computed practically everything he programmed his power to do, including how much force he wants to add/subtract and what exact direction the vector should go.

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Originally Posted by Archangel

That said, if she did manage to become a level 5 i think she would be up there with accelerator in terms of lethal power

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I wouldn't go that far. Accelerator can still create his own power, based on grand calculations for which he has the brain it seems... whereas Kuroko still depends on what is around her to act. She needs to touch the object/person to teleport... so if the rival doesn't allowed her to touch she could not teleport him/her.

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Originally Posted by RyougaZell

I wouldn't go that far. Accelerator can still create his own power, based on grand calculations for which he has the brain it seems... whereas Kuroko still depends on what is around her to act. She needs to touch the object/person to teleport... so if the rival doesn't allowed her to touch she could not teleport him/her.

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Doesn't that go for accelerator as well? He can't manipulate a vector that is not there, meaning that his only choice for attacking are either projectiles or physical contact ( well, that and the plasma )

Same deal with her, should she be have objects to project or is able to make physical contact she pretty much has the fight wrapped up. Not only that, by being able to choose the direction from which to strike she can pretty much guarantee at least 1 critical hit against any opponent who doesn't know about her skills, Touma style

Obviously this is all hypothetical, should she be level 5

[Mazui]​ To​ Aru​ Kagaku​ no​ Railgun​ - 01v2​ - mkv | avi

v2 released, albeit rather late, but it's got a bunch of fixes and little less harsh styling so go get. No patch because a different raw was used.

321 megas? Fuck yeah!!

Hope they keep this up, this is not a show i'll want to watch with speedsubs and bad raws

Holy. Im getting this version when I go home for lunch... hopefully I'll watch it tonight.

For 3rd time...

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Originally Posted by Archangel

I remember we having discussed about her teleportation powers before at least, about how she added speed to the pins

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I don't recall what conclusions we drew, but Kuroko gave us an enormous hint in the extent of her powers reach in this episode.

Mazui v1, 5:10-17. "I don't want you comparing your ability to mine. After all, 10 dimensions are a whole different story from 3."

If Kuroko can truly transport across 10 dimensions, that means she can affect time, physics, and states of matter when she becomes strong enough, by sending objects through dimensions that operate with different sets of laws than our own.

Once she can actually achieve that, I think she'll be quite near Level 5. She seems to be training for reliability rather than her true potential, which is smart considering she teleports herself and people all the time, and you wouldn't want anything going wrong, would you? Maybe that is why she is stuck at Level 4. She's also a first year.

How do you she was referring to her own abilities and not the ojou-sama's powers?

@below: Makes sense, i'll roll with it

Because Kuroko was saying it with pride, as a way to strike back at the insult that the ojou gave her about how she is horribly inaccurate. She was giving an excuse for why what she does is so much more difficult, and therefore why she might not appear as skilled.

[Ayako] A Certain Scientific Railgun - 02 [HQ] [H264] [6A47877A].mkv

A very Kuroko heavy episode. I loved it, because she is completely insane, but consider this a warning if you're not a big fan of Kuroko.

Ayako is better than Mazui right?

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Originally Posted by Archangel

Ayako is better than Mazui right?

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I honestly don't find Mazui bad, but if Ayako releases HD from now on, I'll follow them.

I had never heard of Ayako fansubs but I will give them a shot especially since it looks like the 2nd episode is out in HQ from them.

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Originally Posted by digitalrurouni

I had never heard of Ayako fansubs but I will give them a shot especially since it looks like the 2nd episode is out in HQ from them.

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I'm surprised you haven't. They've got a fairly big list of works.

http://www.baka-updates.com/groups/info/name/Ayako

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Ayako is better than Mazui right?

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Main problem with Ayako is they abandon projects halfway.

I was downloading Valkyria Chronciles from them and they abandoned it after half the series.

Also the fact that their first episode was released only in SD. Or at least I didn't see an HD version from them.

I'll wait for Mazui.

Indeed i'll be archiving Mazui as well. Even with my rudimentary knowledge on the Japanese language i managed to find some mistakes with ayako's release anyway and if what you say is true i hate to switch subbers halfway anyway

By the way they're not following the manga are they, Zell?

I thought Mazui kind of fudged the translation in the OP, some of the Engrish is definitely more correct in Ayako, and it's not like Yoshino Nanjou mangles both languages the way singers like MELL do (MELL's arrangements are awesome though). Some of the words are pretty clear, "shoot" being one of them. I'll stick with Ayako if they keep up with the HD releases here on out.

Speaking of the OP, I realized how much Mikoto reminds me of Lina Inverse during the 7 or so seconds when they dramatically show her shoot the railgun. Similar expressions, similar power output, same flat chest. :D

[Mazui]​ To​ Aru​ Kagaku​ no​ Railgun​ -​ 02​ [D61697C9].mkv

Yay! Episode 2.
Downloading :D

Archie:
Episode one had slight differences from the manga. I don't to point them out though. I learnt my lesson from the Index thread. Want to discuss differenes, feel free to pm me.

EDIT AFTER WATCHING EP 2:

Great episode. I kinda like this pace better than Index's, where shit went down the drain without reason very fast. It felt more like slice of life.

Loved the scene with Touma at the beginning, although a bit random.

I was pretty much smiling, if not laughing, from start to finish, save for when Kuroko really got depressed after the girl introduced her water ability. I actually felt kind of sad for her, which really should be hard given how difficult it is to take her seriously at times.

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Right on! Kuroko twitching in ecstasy at Misaka's "love beating" resembled Liang Qi (CANAAN) so much, right down to their taste for revealing underwear. I can't help but like it.

Harrumph. Is this series really going to be only Kuroko lusting after Misaka and nothing else? The beginning was nice, though so short and detached, with Misaka and Touma but the rest was very... Well, meaningless. Unless you only want to see Kuroko's antics that won't progress any story or anything else at all. We don't even get any fight scenes with the focus being on that one-sided love affair all the time.

I guess my expectations of this series were simply 95% off. Man, I still don't want to drop the series because scenes like the beginning of this ep keep the flame of hope flickering, no matter how small the flame might be.

I'm guessing that things will become very serious in short order, enough that we might complain the transition was too quick. It's only been a month since Kuroko and Mikoto met. I don't think the Sisters have even been made yet, and if they have, Mikoto is doing a very good job of not showing how much it concerns her.

They will probably sneak in some more Judgment work as well.

I made quick calculations based on the test data we got from ep one, and it seems that for a 7 grams coin, the explosion caused by the impact if still at initial velocity would be around that of 1 gram of TNT.
I made the assumption the coin does not decelerate because I think Mikoto is able to extend her electrical field enough that the coin still is under its influence when impacting.

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Originally Posted by Ryllharu

I'm guessing that things will become very serious in short order, enough that we might complain the transition was too quick. It's only been a month since Kuroko and Mikoto met. I don't think the Sisters have even been made yet, and if they have, Mikoto is doing a very good job of not showing how much it concerns her.

They will probably sneak in some more Judgment work as well.

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According to the opening and the fact that we only have 12 episodes i think they're only gonna use 1 arc from the manga and will filler the rest.

That shouldn't be much of a problem though, if i'm not mistaken this ep was mostly filler too and i enjoyed it greatly

And by the way i can't believe nobody has mentioned this already but chibi Misaka was just too adorable for words

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Originally Posted by Archangel

According to the opening and the fact that we only have 12 episodes i think they're only gonna use 1 arc from the manga and will filler the rest.

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Railgun is 24 eps.

http://www.mahou.org/Showtime

I had no problems with this pacing, since I thought it was obvious that we won't have an episode like this for a long time, if ever again. It basically served as a hilarious introduction of how Misaka and Kuroko met.

I can't remember how old Misaka was when those doctors approached her regarding the experiment. From memory, they asked for her DNA for medical research at first, in order to learn about how one can control electrical impulses in one's body.

From the OP, I'm willing to be that the evil looking scientist broke the "Patient Information Privacy" agreement and cloned the MISAKAs.

I'm pretty sure that's why Last Order was in chibi-form as well.

Zell you douchebag, you told me there were 12 eps! :mad:

And here i was hoping this was gonna end quickly so i could have my Index sequel asap...

Then i have no idea what they're gonna do with the other 12 episodes, i've only read part of the manga

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Zell you douchebag, you told me there were 12 eps! :mad:

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I believe 12/13 was the original plan, but they decided animate it into a longer (and better) double-season schedule.

As for Index, I don't really care for that. I know it's most likely coming, but Railgun is much more promising right now. I'd have more Railgun than a quicker Index S2 any day.

This OP is even catchier than what I initially thought. I've had the same 1:30 track looped for who-knows-how-many repeats now. Guess the TV-cut will have to do until Nov 4th.

Bill's source is the only one I've seen that says 24 episodes. ANN and WIki (albeit not that trustable...) both say 12 episodes. AniDB, which is listed as a souce on Bill's page, says unknown number of episodes.

I can't read Japanese to understand the Project Railgun page and see if they say anything either.

And man... I'll spoilerfy it if no one wants to read it... don't worry. Im not revealing plot or upcoming events.

SPOILER

Many seem to believe this episode was mostly filler. But heck... it happens in the manga... the thing is that the studio changed the pace. This episode wasn't supposed to happen for a while...

END OF SPOILER

ANN is a pretty bad source in my experience. They slap 12 episodes onto nearly every series because they know most are going to be at least that long, and they can estimate what days they will air on.

They had Seakitties listed as 12 up through episode 13, and now it is listed at 24. I find it hard to trust episode counts until moonphase lists another series with the same time and day of the week.

Mahou's Showtime! is usually pretty good as well.

Ah believe me, I would be the most interested that this series is indeed 24 episodes, but I won't keep my hopes up for now, only for them to crash at the end. I did remark ANN and Wiki are not good sources. I didn't knew of Showtime's reputation though. I'll probably bookmark it for future references.

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I believe 12/13 was the original plan, but they decided animate it into a longer (and better) double-season schedule.

As for Index, I don't really care for that. I know it's most likely coming, but Railgun is much more promising right now. I'd have more Railgun than a quicker Index S2 any day.

This OP is even catchier than what I initially thought. I've had the same 1:30 track looped for who-knows-how-many repeats now. Guess the TV-cut will have to do until Nov 4th.

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Meh, this is nice and all but it's mostly Kuroko and Misaka fanservice without any real character development

What i really want is that budokai ornament with all the espers like they showed on the last episode

The second episode was horrible. And also it seemed like Ayako's HQ release was really not worth it and Mazui's release was better though I think i am going to have to see if there is a v2 that is going to be released. You could see visually the quality of the vid for Mazui was much better than Ayako.

well mazuis is hq too and I wouldn't be too suprised if they were using the same source.

btw this episode was very funny, I like it much more than the first one... especially the end when she drank her "special" drink.

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well mazuis is hq too and I wouldn't be too suprised if they were using the same source.

btw this episode was very funny, I like it much more than the first one... especially the end when she drank her "special" drink.

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Despite that...the Ayako episode had a bunch of aliasing...around the borders of the characters...that was absent in the Mazui version. And if I am not mistaken I think they were captured from 2 different channels...

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And if I am not mistaken I think they were captured from 2 different channels...

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They're both captured from TokyoMX. See the watermark on the top-right.

Whether they were captured by two different people is another matter.

Overall, Mazui's video looks better, but it has some chugging problems in the OP that Ayako's doesn't. It's as if the vid freezes for a fraction of a second.

Some examples are:

1:08 - lightning in the OP. The lightning patterns are meant to slow down, but not stop like Mazui's does. All these examples you can compare with Ayako's.

1:45 - the two teachers(?) walking down the hall, right before the sprint in police gear.

2:17 - close-up of Misaka after she fired the railgun. Mazui's freezes again.

There are probably a few more that I simply didn't jot down, but that's about it.

[Mazui]​ To​ Aru​ Kagaku​ no​ Railgun​ -​ 02v2​ [C1073458].mkv

New raw again so no patch.

I thought the first one was fine but what the hell

Edit: Is it me or was the other raw better than this one?

Ayako - Episode 3

PS: Who else gets the lag I mentioned in Mazui's OP?

[Mazui]​ To​ Aru​ Kagaku​ no​ Railgun​ -​ 03​ - HD | SD

-Mikoto's role in negating the stun gun attack could be seen a mile away.

-Of course, this was an easy rat to corner for Uiharu, but she seems to be pretty competent at intel and backup operations. Should be fun to see what she can do in a real Judgement mission.

-I couldn't take her seriously when the ssuspect started talking about her past. Not when the same piano piece was used in Kuroko's anniversary preparation scene.

-Some people might be disappointed about the lack of action this week, but I didn't mind. It all wasn't completely pointless. Plot-wise, the last line hinting at possible corruption in the higher-ups was the single important thing here.

WTF? Lee and Gai have a female friend here.

And what? Must all episodes end with something yuri? LOL.

While indeed obvious, as Bill pointed out, I still loled when the girl was shocked by Mikoto.

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Plot-wise, the last line hinting at possible corruption in the higher-ups was the single important thing here.

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My first thought was that somebody's artificially boosting up easy subjects as an experiment. Kind of like this crazy girl seeking for revenge. She wouldn't have hesitated for a second if somebody had asked if she wanted a litle bit of extra power (even if there was a risk or illegal means involved). But who knows. I don't see why any corrupted higher-up would have altered the files of a nutcase like her. Where's the profit?

Nice girl's school with an almost parisian looking district.

Regarding the database, they directly think there's a mistake, sure. But it's not necessarily a corruption.
A database is at best, as good as what you input.

So if for example for the last test that eyebrow girl was purposedly (or for any reason) not at full power, they would not be able to tell she shifted to level 3.

But I guess that as judgment, they have to think of the worst case scenario.

The later would be cool, only if there are a lot more level 5 than expected, and some of them near the level of Mikoto, or even a bit superior so that she gets to progress.

I meant corruption to simply mean someone's doing something they're not supposed to (unauthorized experimentation perhaps? Or secretly training espers?). Probably the wrong word to use then.

Oh the main plot is coming up already, good

Well this was cute and all but i would think they'd save these kinds of eps after building up the story a bit more. I think they're playing on the fact that Index already gave them a solid fan base they can work on

Is this worth watching if you haven't seen Index?

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I find it hard to say it's "not worth it" if you haven't, but I would certainly recommend you watch Index first. It covers all the background information, and gives a better introduction to two of the main characters in Railgun than this does.

Actually you probably don't even need to watch Index. So far it's easily a stand alone title, with no real connection to Index yet (besides seeing Touma for like 2 seconds).

My impressions so far are rather dismal. Not much plot, way too much forced fan service, and no real sense of direction to me at this point. Can someone who has read the manga at least reassure me that it does indeed get better? If it's just gonna be a different sidestory every episode, I'd probably drop it.

Is this even related to the storyline of Index? It's set long before the events of Index (Misaka is only lvl 5 here) but she already met Touma. In Index, she supposedly met him for the first time as a lvl 7.

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Is this even related to the storyline of Index? It's set long before the events of Index (Misaka is only lvl 5 here) but she already met Touma. In Index, she supposedly met him for the first time as a lvl 7.

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Pretty sure she was still lvl 5 in Index dude. Otherwise there's no point in Accelerator trying to become the first lvl 6 esper.

Misaka is a level 5 in Index.
but there are *7* lvl 5s...

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Is this even related to the storyline of Index? It's set long before the events of Index (Misaka is only lvl 5 here) but she already met Touma. In Index, she supposedly met him for the first time as a lvl 7.

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... wut? She's been a level 5 throughout the whole series, both Index and Railgun

Anyway the story for now actually takes places slightly before Index, and will eventually start happening during the same time frame as the original, always through the eyes of Misaka

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Actually you probably don't even need to watch Index. So far it's easily a stand alone title, with no real connection to Index yet (besides seeing Touma for like 2 seconds).

My impressions so far are rather dismal. Not much plot, way too much forced fan service, and no real sense of direction to me at this point. Can someone who has read the manga at least reassure me that it does indeed get better? If it's just gonna be a different sidestory every episode, I'd probably drop it.

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I could answer that... but I would be accussed of spoiling.
Just keep watching. Its going there.

The only recent series that had Level 7 Espers was Zettai Karen Children... I *did* make that mistake once during Index, naming Mikoto a Level 7... whereas Level 5 is the top Level on this universe.

Index's timeline can't be that far away, seeing as we've seen Touma already. Even if it was just a few seconds.

From what I understand, Mikoto is currently ranked number 3 amongst level 5s

If my memory is fine, she was ranked number 1 amongst level 5s, hence why she was the primary subject for the experiment enabling accelerator to access the level 6 graal.

Is that ok?

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From what I understand, Mikoto is currently ranked number 3 amongst level 5s

If my memory is fine, she was ranked number 1 amongst level 5s, hence why she was the primary subject for the experiment enabling accelerator to access the level 6 graal.

Is that ok?

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Not really, the whole purpose behind the sisters was so accelerator could become a level 6, because apparently this is an rpg and he needed to grind the xp points O_o

She might have been the strongest at some point in time, but that has never been mentioned before

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From what I understand, Mikoto is currently ranked number 3 amongst level 5s

If my memory is fine, she was ranked number 1 amongst level 5s, hence why she was the primary subject for the experiment enabling accelerator to access the level 6 graal.

Is that ok?

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No. In Index it was mentioned Accelerator was the number 1 Level 5, that is why he was the one that was killing the sisters in order to reach level 6.

I wonder if we'll ever learn who number 2 is.

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I wonder if we'll ever learn who number 2 is.

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Like i said, i bet he'll be making his appearance in the budokai tournament

He's probably not number 2 anymore either, i don't think accelerator got out of that last fight without some major damage

I wonder how strong Touma actually is. He takes some damage from Mikoto's better attacks and the spells of the magicians, so I suppose it's safe to say he isn't -5. Maybe at least -4 seeing he can neutralize a lot?

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I wonder how strong Touma actually is. He takes some damage from Mikoto's better attacks and the spells of the magicians, so I suppose it's safe to say he isn't -5. Maybe at least -4 seeing he can neutralize a lot?

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Hmmm? Damage? So far the only spell powerful enough to get in the way of his Imagine Breaker was Index's magical laser, and that thing was even able to take out a satellite !!!

I assume that the computer in her head deducted that a continuous and concentrated attack to a small area would have more of a chance to pass through his defense than anything else.

Direct esper and magical attacks don't cause damage to Touma, but physical ones that alter or affect the environment around him do. That's why the overwhelming majority of Steyr and Misaka's attacks have little effect, but Kanzaki and Accelerator's do.