Title: **Illusion of Identity: A Tale of Misplaced Heroes**

Prompt: misaka Mikoto is Age 14[2] Mikoto's three sizes are B78 W56 H79. Misaka Mikoto (御坂 美琴 Misaka Mikoto?) (born May 2nd[1]) is one of the main heroines in Toaru Majutsu no Index and the main protagonist of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun. Introduced in the first volume of the light novels, her role in the story was later expanded in the third volume as well as the release of the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun manga, making her the main female character of the science side and the second main heroine of the entire series as a whole. She is the third ranked Level 5 esper in Academy City, and has been nicknamed Railgun due to her signature move. Kamijou Touma coined the nickname Biri-Biri (ビリビリ?) (a Japanese onomatopoeia imitating the sound of electricity), while in the English dub she is referred to as "Bug Zapper" (or more usually, simply "Zapper"), and whenever the two meet, he usually calls her that, even after his amnesia.[6][7][8] Mikoto has chestnut hair and is often seen wearing a small hair clip (firstly a rather simple one in the early stages of the story. It then was changed to one with two little flowers since the Tree Diagram Remnant Arc, specifically, from Toaru Majutsu no Index II Episode 06 in the anime, or Toaru Majutsu no Index Manga Chapter 058 in the manga). Her eyes are the same color as her hair. She is also shown to have a complex regarding her chest, feeling inferior when compared to girls with bigger bust sizes. She wears the Tokiwadai Middle School school uniform, sporting white loose/slouch socks and brown loafers with a light brown vest sweater over a white blouse and a grey skirt. She is also known to always wear shorts under every skirt and dress she wears, which surprises an amnesiac Kamijou Touma as she is the only girl who wears shorts over her panties. Mikoto is the daughter of Misaka Tabigake and Misaka Misuzu. She entered Academy City in elementary age,[9] and distinguished herself as a child prodigy, initially starting out as a Level 1 and climbing her way up to a Level 5 esper.[10][11][Notes 1] This made her a perfect candidate for the Sisters Project, which held the intent of cloning her for military use. Mikoto willingly gave a DNA sample to the researchers of the project after being told that it would help people who suffer from muscular dystrophy, a fatal disease. One year before the main story,[12] she enrolled in Tokiwadai Middle School at the age of 12,[13] apparently as a Level 3.[14][15] Possessing a high compatibility with Tokiwadai's curriculum, Mikoto quickly grew in power,[15] becoming a Level 5 that same April, albeit the lowest ranked at the time,[13][16][12] and achieved her current third ranking by August.[17] In her first year, she lost a 10,000 yen bill due to A Certain Vending Machine, probably explaining her propensity for kicking it.[18][12] On July 14th, she encountered and had a brief conversation with Ibotanokikouji Kaede, who had been falsely claiming to be the Number Six, with Mikoto not taking much notice of the claim or being bothered by it.[19] In one fateful event, she saved her future friend Shirai Kuroko from a robber by using her 'Railgun' ability.[20][21] Kuroko eventually enrolled at Tokiwadai as well and gained great affection for Mikoto. Mikoto later became roommates with Kuroko in Room 208 - despite Kuroko being her junior - after Kuroko 'legally' removes Mikoto's previous roommate who was supposedly ill-natured towards Mikoto. Being a Level 5 esper as well as a student with consistently high grades, Mikoto is known as Tokiwadai's Ace. Chronology Toaru Majutsu no Index Main article: Misaka Mikoto/Chronology (Toaru Majutsu no Index) Mikoto's role initially was that of a minor character known to Kamijou Touma before his memory loss. In her reappearance after Touma's memory loss, she acts as the main heroine along with her Sisters. Like with the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun side story the Sisters Arc marks a turning point for her character, which is later heavily explored in later appearances, far and few they may be, as a character that has a crush on Kamijou Touma but cannot properly express it. An example of this is her overhearing of Touma promising to Etzali that he will protect her and the world around her. Her role as such remained as is for her earlier appearances, with her getting involved little with Touma's adventures and even then completely unaware of what's truly behind the surface. It is not until her discovery with Touma's memory loss that she tries to become actively involved with Touma. Moreover, in spite of Touma's insistence on not getting her involved, Mikoto only persists. Her crush, furthermore, blossoms even more. Mikoto's character involvement in the plot was not of the more significant story unfolding but with her continual association with Kamijou Touma. This finally goes to head during the climactic ending of Toaru Majutsu no Index with World War III, where she goes out of her way to go to the battlefields of Russia to find Touma and bring him back. She later fails in her goal, as Touma refuses her rescue in order to save the world. Despite being a Level 5, she is powerless to save Touma and bring him back to Academy City, though she has not given up on him as shown in Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index. Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Main article: Misaka Mikoto/Chronology (Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index) As an extension to her role from Toaru Majusu no Index, Mikoto continues her similarly in Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index, with her constantly trying to aid Touma and the battles that he is in, making her an important supporting character. Touma eventually relents to her and brings her along for the invasion of Hawaii. She proves her mettle, and Touma comes to trust her during battle. Much later Touma would allow her to join him if she chooses to, though doesn’t actively seek out for help. It is not until the Gremlin invasion of Tokyo, that she and even Index finally achieve getting Touma to believe in them, with him asking them to help her save Freyja. Much later, similarly to the Will of the Whole Misaka Network, she becomes instrumental in helping Touma get rid of the emotional baggage he had felt towards the Perfect World, forcing him to look at the value of the world that they live in, the world he left behind another world for, and finally achieving bittersweet victory over him. Since most of her focus is on Touma, Mikoto doesn’t actively seek out information or knowledge regarding the magic side, simply taking Touma or the other’s word for the importance of the situation that they are in. However, in the recent arcs of the novel—Mikoto began to constantly search for knowledge of the world beyond Academy City. In New Testament Volume 15 she used the A.A.A despite her hesitations in order to save Touma from Kihara Yuuitsu. In fact, Mikoto having contact with the A.A.A was enough for Aleister to consider her a threat and cast a curse on her. After surviving the curse of Aleister, in the epilogue of New Testament Volume 17, it was revealed that Mikoto's story with the AAA will continue. Although instead of Military weapons, Mikoto will alter the A.A.A's weaponry by construction attachments. So far as the series progresses ever since New Testament Volume 13, Mikoto's character became more involved to the plot and is seen as the only heroine from the Old Testament to have constant importance and involvement in the recent arcs. Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Main article: Misaka Mikoto/Chronology (Toaru Kagaku no Railgun) Despite the highly different tones of the original manga and the anime adaptation, Mikoto's role in the story, as the protagonist of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun involves with her dealing with the darker elements of Academy City, sometimes with a little help from her friends. In spite of her power as the third-ranked Level 5 of Academy City, she is continually challenged by both situations and enemies that test the limits of her character. She first gets involved in an incident with people using the Level Upper, and though she helped in stopping the incident, it foreshadowed the darker side of Academy City. The turning point is, of course, the Sisters Arc, where she is shown to be utterly powerless against not only the first-ranked Level 5, Accelerator, but of the greater conspiracy that surrounds Academy City, her, and her clones, the Sisters. She experiences growth, humbled by her experience, that despite her power as a Level 5 there are things she cannot solve on her own and that she needs help. Kamijou Touma, who has recently lost his memories including of her, represents this character growth in the form of a crush on him. Even after the resolution of the Sisters, conspiracies from the Dark Side of Academy City are still brewing up to take her down. On a day in October, during the run-up to the Tokiwadai student council presidential election, two girls from opposing candidates tried to obtain Mikoto's support, and one of them ended up using their ability on the other, tearing Mikoto's Gekota strap from her bag and blowing it away.[22] The next day, the day before Shokuhou was challenged to compete in the election, she was in a depressed state at the loss, something which did not go unnoticed.[23][22] After a failed attempt by the Kamino Clique to recruit her with a counterfeit, Gaouin Tsukasa returned the lost strap to Mikoto after a search through the artificial forest, with Mikoto subsequently agreeing to support her in the election.[22] When this fact was broadcast schoolwide during a confrontation between Gaouin and Shokuhou Misaki's clique (whom she had challenged),[24] Mikoto was hunted by the clique on the orders of Shokuhou, who wanted to question her about why she was supporting Gaouin in the election. After evading capture for a while via her powers and Kuroko's interference, she was caught after they used Gekota merch to distract her while throwing a net on her. She ended up arguing with Shokuhou and refusing to admit to why she was helping Gaouin, as well as questioning why Shokuhou even wanted to be president since it wasn't her thing.[25] Maids seen by Mikoto, barred from the building Mikoto noticing the maids locked out of the building. Sometime later, Mikoto was reading news about alleged threats and rumors of an alliance between Shokuhou and Gaouin, beginning to regret cooperating and recalling how no good came from dealing with cliques. She then noticed a group of maids who had been locked out of a building they were supposed to clean, which had actually been sealed off as part of the rival candidates' ambush against Shokuhou and Gaouin.[26] Mikoto opening door for maids (Mental Out Ch13) Mikoto opening the electronic lock for the maids. Around the time that Shokuhou's preparations had turned the tide against the ambushers, Mikoto opened the electronic lock on the entrance to Building 2 for the maids, with her approach prompting the nearby Relic in Kokuchou Mayui's hands to activate Synthesize Grid.[27] Feeling a large amount of static electricity in the air as a result of the nanometal particles filling the building, after an initial discharge on reflex, Mikoto sensed and pushed the maids out of the way of an invisible attack. Figuring out the mechanism, she attempted to use a corona discharge to cause electro-precipitation of the metallic particles. The Relic-influenced Kokuchou then revealed herself, declaring it a mistake as the Synthesize Grid consumed the esper power she was exerting and materialized chunks of Shadow Metal. Reminded of the incident during the Daihaseisai, Mikoto increased her power, but briefly experienced a scene of her becoming impaled by spikes. This image was immediately by the arrival and deployment of the other Relic, in the hands of Kouzaku Mitori, in a manner that reminded her of Touma.[28] As the two Relics clashed, Mikoto witnessed space warping and caught glimpses of other places. With the risk of a local collapse from the escalating clash and the difficulties of escaping with the maids, Mikoto decided to break through the Synthesize Grid's consumption with a saturation attack, and as ice broke through the ceiling, fired several Railgun shots in quick succession, breaking through the ice and the barrier, and causing heavy damage to the building.[29] Kouzaku helped her escape the collapsing buillding and get the maids to the infirmary, after which the two went to the injured Shokuhou's side.[30] Other Appearances Side Stories Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS2 Main article: Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS2 The Third Friday of September Apparently wanting something from the Bank, Mikoto decides to use her powers to hack into it, bypassing the security measures and defenses that the Goalkeeper, Uiharu Kazari, has implemented to stop regular hackers, under the belief that those whose job it is to secure it won't cut access to the Bank as it would be too costly. She would be indeed proven right, as Kazari refuses to cut her access to the Bank.[31] Seeing that her enemy is an Electromaster, and that there was no way for her to prevent such a high-level intruder from accessing the Banks, and moreover with her keen desire to protect the peace of the city, Kazari proves Mikoto's predictions, as instead of cutting her access she instead decides to encrypt the entirety of the Bank, its server controls, and maintenance tools with the Omega Secret, virtually rendering the data she might get useless. Mikoto is shocked by the turn of events, and seeing that it would be too dangerous for her to access the back-ups for the Bank that she believes exists because she thinks no one would be crazy enough to encrypt the Bank using that method, Mikoto decides to withdraw, though believes that whoever encrypted the Bank would be in big trouble.[31] Mikoto meets up with the 7th level 5, Sogiita Gunha, and challenges him to a duel with stipulations. She uses a depowered Railgun on him, which is later caught by Gunha by the teeth. They later call it a draw, though both remarked that they would surely have lost if it was a true fight.[32] Toaru Majutsu no Index: Love Letter Competition Main article: Toaru Majutsu no Index: Love Letter Competition Bundled with Rainbow Spectrum Colors, the short story focuses on Kumokawa Seria's letter for Kamijou Touma, hither Mikoto eavesdrops on a conversation between Tsukuyomi Komoe and Yomikawa Aiho regarding Touma's love letter. Coincidentally, the letter blows away from Komoe's possession, to which Mikoto tries to grab hold it until she is interrupted by Misaka 10032, wanting the letter for herself. Temporarily disabling Kuroko to hide the existence of her clone, Misaka 10032 confronts Mikoto for the letter, and later argues, however, the clone later begins arguing with the other clones in the network, to which Mikoto could only look bemusement. All the while, the letter blows away from them. Toaru Majutsu no Index: Road to Endymion Main article: Toaru Majutsu no Index: Road to Endymion Mikoto appears sporadically, failing once again to get Touma's number. She becomes a key component for the mystery surrounding Ureapaddy Exica's actions, as after the effects of the Debris Storm, her call to Kuroko redirects to Touma, which she reveals how it is used by Academy City. Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index SS Main article: Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index SS Mikoto and Kuroko are in the shopping district that Index also goes to, leading to a bunch of misunderstandings thanks in part due to Touma’s advice to Index, with Index assuming Mikoto wants Touma’s money and Kuroko becoming suspicious with Mikoto for being violent in back alleys. In the end, a truck passes by before the girls creating a draft, leading to Mikoto and Kuroko’s skirts to be blown upwards.[33] Seeing this, and the fact that Index has seen the handiwork of a magician in play, Index offers the money to them, to “pay-off” trouble, as Touma advised, much to Mikoto’s chagrin. They of course later decline her offer.[34] Anime Appearances Toaru Majutsu no Index Movie: Miracle of Endymion Main article: Toaru Majutsu no Index Movie: Miracle of Endymion Using her meeting with her in Toaru Majutsu to Kagaku no Ensemble, Meigo Arisa calls for Mikoto to become her bodyguard as she goes to a photo-shoot at the behest of Touma. Mikoto later protects Arisa from debris as an Automaton bombs the mall they are in. She tries to aid the other people but is incapable of doing so. However, a miracle happens, and Mikoto is surprised by this. Later, Ruiko later calls her while she researches about the Orbit Portal Company, the company behind Endymion, that Arisa has been abducted. Mikoto later visits Touma in the hospital to relay to him that she couldn't find Arisa's whereabouts as well. She later leaves after Stiyl Magnus and Tsuchimikado Motoharu arrive. When she returns, she discovers that Touma has gone, much to her chagrin. She later arrives with Kuroko to break through Endymion that have been sealed by Ladylee Tangleroad and is later instructed by Uiharu Kazari to break one of the explosive bolts of the Endymion in order for it to be released and prevent its collapse. She later escapes as the Endymion begins breaking away. Toaru Kagaku no Railgun OVA Main article: Toaru Kagaku no Railgun OVA 01 In the OVA Mikoto is tormented by the dread of someone always watching her, pushed to the edge she decides to confront the feeling herself. With the help of her friends, Mikoto discovers that the culprit is an Anti-Skill member she frequently runs into, using a device that exploits the abilities of Electromasters, making them feel that they are being watched by someone. When the culprit flees using a motorboat, Mikoto uses her Railgun to stop her. Toaru Majutsu no Index-tan Mikoto makes regular appearances in the bundled comedy shorts. In the first episode, she appears in reused animation cells to viewers to conserve electricity and some such nonsense and then saying some for other of a Japanese onomatopoeia of electricity. In the second episode, Mikoto appears during the climactic scene of the Sisters Arc, asking Misaka 10032 for assistance to protect Touma's dream, however, she could only look in confusion, as Misaka 10032 could only blankly stare and giggle at her. In the penultimate sketch, Mikoto asks questions to a series of clones and slaps one of them when she disproves of their answers, later, they announce the making the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun anime, which she says to the audience to look forward to it. In the third episode, Mikoto is only briefly seen in the re-usage of the scenes in the Tree Diagram Remnant Arc, and interposed with Saten Ruiko doing something incredibly mundane. In the fourth episode. In a parody of her confrontation with Musujime Awaki, she attacks the people Awaki uses to shield herself, declaring them not innocent. Take note that the people are otaku. Kamijou Touma (上条 当麻 Kamijō Tōma?) is the main protagonist of the Toaru Majutsu no Index series and an important character in the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun series. As a Level 0 Academy City first-year high school student, his point-of-view allows the audience to become acquainted to the mysterious world of Toaru Majutsu no Index, and is mostly involved in the events of its Magic Side. He is a typical teenager with the usual angst and laid back attitude common for his age - this is apparent in the way he handles his guardianship of Index. In spite of being her guardian, albeit unofficially, he usually leaves Index to her own devices - often unprotected and often leaves her without an explanation which causes the latter to look for him and end up being in harm's way. He possesses the mysterious "Imagine Breaker" in his right hand, which is capable of negating all forms of magic, esper powers, and other divine abilities. This, according to Index, even includes his own good luck, as they are the blessings of God.[9] Because of his ability, he has been unwillingly dragged into a war between the several factions most notably between the two major churches. He lacks commitment to the role he has been thrust into and often lets his emotions get the best of him. This often results in someone close to him getting hurt first before he takes a decisive action. He has a very strong desire to aid all those who are in need even if it means putting his life on the line and will not hesitate to challenge an opponent who is several times more powerful than himself. In spite of this, and the obvious disadvantage he is at compared to his opponents, he never really bothered on learning any offensive or defensive skills and merely relied on brute strength and the ability contained in his right hand. Because of his willingness to help others unconditionally, he has attracted the affections of many characters in the series, which Himegami Aisa jokes about, stating that his life is like a dating simulation where he is bound to unlock more paths to more girls.[10] On its own, Touma's name spelled in kanji doesn't mean anything special. However, when other characters reference the pronunciation of "Kamijou," it takes on different and seemingly coincidental meanings. When Touma first meets Kanzaki Kaori, she believes his name means (神浄討魔) in kanji as opposed to (上条当麻). Kanzaki's interpretation translates to One who Purifies God and Slays Demons. (Yen Press: The Magic Slayer of God's Cleansing)[1] Later in Volume 14, Touma's family name "Kamijou" (上条) is mentioned to be homophonous to La Persona Superiore a Dio (神上) in Japanese. The author's Afterword section also mentions a tantalizing hint on what the difference is between these two possible alternative translations of Touma's name, though in-universe none of the characters have noted the similarity as it is obviously in a different language. Finally and possibly coincidentally, another interesting case is that Touma's given name is homophonous to 透魔, which can be translated as "Invisible Demon." This is interesting as Touma wields an incredibly powerful and invisible force in his right arm which is temporarily released if that arm is severed, one so powerful that even Fiamma of the Right feared it. Appearance Touma looks like an ordinary high school student except for his most striking feature, his spiky black hair. It's been mentioned that his spiky hair isn't natural, but he made it that way using hair gel after seeing it on a fashion magazine.[11] His father remarks that Touma looks just like his mother when he is worried about something or is thinking deeply.[citation needed] Because he resides in Academy City, Touma often wears his school uniform along with an orange T-shirt underneath.[citation needed] This applies to both the summer and winter versions of his uniform (though when wearing the winter version he doesn't button it).[citation needed] Around the winter season, he wears a white hoodie under his jacket.[citation needed] Because of his tendency to wear his uniform in such a manner and the fact that he seems to attract trouble, many people easily mistake him for a delinquent.[citation needed] On holidays and weekends, Touma generally wears a casual shirt and pants.[citation needed] Following the attack on the Queen Britannia and his temporary loss of Imagine Breaker, Touma briefly had a sky-blue arm in place of his normal right arm, which could unravel and surround his body in the form of a dragon - a sky-blue and lemon-yellow winged lizard with crocodilian jaws, giant bat-like wings and a thick tail.[12] Touma is the son of Kamijou Touya and Kamijou Shiina, who live outside of Academy City. During his childhood, he was often seen as a jinx because of the misfortune that his right hand creates and he was called "god of pestilence" by people around him. Once, a bankrupt and superstitious person blamed Touma for his own misfortunes and tried to stab him. A TV station heard about the incident and tried to make a supernatural show based on Touma, as well as releasing images of him without his family's consent. Because of this, Touma's father sent him to Academy City when Touma graduated from kindergarten, as it was a place where many unique and gifted people lived free from superstition and Touma could be free from the kind of things he had experienced back home.[2] This, however, was somehow a deliberate plot by Aleister Crowley to bring Touma into the City, and one of the most obvious effects of this is the birth of Kazakiri Hyouka out of fear of the Imagine Breaker.[13] Life in Academy City However, during his time in Academy City as a child, Touma wrote letters to his father; from there, he determined that even in the city of science, people still treated Touma differently due to his terrible luck.[2] According to Tsukuyomi Komoe, Touma used to be a "naughty boy" in the past.[14] It is also during this time that Touma discovered that his right hand can somehow dispel supernatural powers, specifically the psychic powers used by the students of Academy City. This power, named Imagine Breaker, was only known by a few of Academy city's high-ups, especially by Aleister Crowley and Heaven Canceller. Since then, Imagine Breaker was secretly held as a power of great importance, despite Touma himself being officially classified as a Level 0. Touma is treated as a precious person by his current high school classmates due to all their bad luck being attracted to him, as shown when they rejoiced upon hearing that Touma forgot his homework.[15] Because of him, they get off lightly from things such as the teachers being annoyed at them for not submitting homework. This is unlike how Touma's life was before he entered Academy City, raising the question of whether Imagine Breaker's power was sealed away sometime between him entering Academy City and the present day, seeing how the bad luck affects Touma alone instead of before when it also influenced the people around him. However, Touma's classmates, mainly the male students, do resent Touma for one thing – his impossibly good luck at getting girls' attention. This is due to many girls sympathizing with Touma's bad luck, and has gotten to the point where Fukiyose Seiri, the only one who is critical of Touma's lazy attitude to life, is called the 'Girl of Steel Walls' and 'the Girl who is completely wary of Touma'. Many of Touma's classmates say, "Though Touma keeps saying he's unlucky, he has the best position," and joke about if nobody can stop Touma, humanity will end due to him taking all the girls.[16] Surprisingly, Touma still hasn't gotten into a serious romantic relationship even with this kind of female attention. This is possibly due to his friendship with Tsuchimikado Motoharu and Aogami Pierce, the latter often joking of supporting Touma to build a harem that covers every type of fetish imaginable.[17] Touma said he'd break Aogami and Motoharu's fantasies on this topic using his Imagine Breaker. Motoharu has named Touma's 'ability' to get girls chasing after him without much effort as the Kami-yan disease, and applied this to Stiyl Magnus after hearing about how Stiyl got chased by Tsukuyomi Komoe and couldn't even throw her off easily using the 'Opila' runes. Komoe also once half-seriously said he might have an esper ability (AIM diffusion field) that causes girls to trickle down to him.[18] Most people around him, such as Index and Misaka Mikoto, consider it "normal" for him to have girls around him and are usually quick to jump to conclusions about what he's doing (or done). Due to Touma being a Level 0, he has to take even more make-up lessons than usual as he does not have the required academic achievements. This does not mean that Touma is unintelligent, as in many occasions he has shown quick thinking in combat. Lessar even outright stated that Touma is extremely smart in some aspects but not others.[19] It is also shown that Touma at least has a good grasp of physics, being able to calculate the flight path of an HsB-02. Even before the start of the series, Touma could not ignore someone in trouble and would help people regardless of who they are. Indeed, this is how his life is intertwined with Mitsuari Ayu and Shokuhou Misaki. Mitsuari is a girl who was at an impasse in her development as an esper and attempted to commit suicide in Ground Geo on the same day as Touma met Misaki.[20] He would've been able to save her if not for him dropping his cellphone when he ran into Misaki[20].[21] Touma would later visit Ground Geo as it was the sight of Mitsuari's suicide attempt and there he met Misaki again, inadvertently preventing her from erasing her own memories out of depression.[22] They would meet up several more times during the summer, with Touma giving her a cheap whistle.[23] Their relationship could be compared to that which later developed between Touma and Mikoto — acquaintances that often run into each other in the city.[24] Touma later protected Misaki from Deadlock by using his own body as a shield. The result of this encounter is also quite similar to that of Touma and Index, ending with Touma losing his memories of Misaki, though this case is different in that Touma also received anterograde amnesia specific to her (any new memories he forms of Misaki are soon forgotten).[25] As for Mikoto, Touma first meets her when she was being harassed by thugs. At first, she was impressed that he was the only one who was willing to come to her aid (even though she could have handled the thugs all by herself). She then became annoyed by him after he accidentally insulted her, resulting in her discharging a powerful amount of electricity at the thugs as well as Touma, though he was unaffected because he used his right hand.[26][27] This became the catalyst that made her consider him someone she must beat. For some time, Mikoto continually stalked Touma demanding him to fight her, even though she was still unaware of the power of his right hand. Touma lives on the seventh floor of his apartment building.[10] Regarding his memory loss So far, only a few people know the truth about Touma's memory loss. They are Heaven Canceller (who took care of Touma after the incident in which he suffered it), Terra of the Left (deduced it from Touma's lack of knowledge about Imagine Breaker), Misaka Mikoto (overheard the conversation between Touma and Terra), Fiamma of the Right, Index (from Fiamma telling her), Kumokawa Seria (she implies this in the Love Letter SS, but it's unclear how she learned of this) and Mitsuari Ayu (she tells Misaki that Touma's memories have been lost beyond their powers, but it's unclear how she learned of this).[28][29] Shokuhou Misaki also knows about Touma's memory loss, but only about the one he suffered after he saved her in the past. Whether she is aware of his last one or not is unknown. Academy City (学園都市 Gakuen Toshi?) is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within Western Tokyo. It is the primary setting of the Toaru Majutsu no Index series and its side stories. As the city's name suggests, it is a city of several schools and institutions of higher learning from kindergarten to university level that learn side-by-side along with the scientists who research on psychic powers and higher technology, the latter being one of the primary reasons for its establishment. It is the most advanced city in the world and its technology is said to be 20[1] or 30[2] years ahead of the world. Academy City is composed of 23 districts, called School Districts which are simply numbered from one to twenty-three and each of these districts have a specific purpose. In the novel series, there are only a handful of residents who know about magic, either due to encountering it or being part of the magic side themselves, such as Kamijou Touma, Index, Misaka Mikoto, Accelerator, and Hamazura Shiage. Located just west of Tokyo, it is apparently located in a region where there is a constant wind that flows within the city, allowing its wind turbines to generate power. Climate in Academy City is probably the same in Tokyo and other surrounding areas, though through its technological advances they are able to predict the weather much more accurately and can actually give schedules on when the weather might change. Academy City is roughly 1/3 the size of Tokyo.[7] As stated, Academy City is composed of 23 districts, which are simply called School Districts (学区 Gakku?) and are numbered from one to twenty-three. Each of these districts has a specific purpose; below lists all 23 School Districts of Academy City, including their functions and purposes: District Number Functions/Specializations/Noted Locations 1 Where most of the city's administration is located 2 Training areas for Judgment and Anti-Skill, military-related facilities 3 Accommodations for authorized outsiders (which also includes hotels, private pools, etc.) 4 Food-related facilities, including experimental crop growing 5 Mostly filled with universities and junior colleges 6 Recreational facilities, which also includes an amusement park 7 Middle and high schools, school dormitories, boarding houses, hospitals, the "Windowless Building" where Aleister Crowley is located 8 Mainly for the various teaching staff of the city 9 Industrial arts and fine arts schools 10 Reformatories, nuclear energy research facilities, the city's only cemetery 11 Goods transfer 12 Theology system schools 13 Kindergartens and primary schools 14 Accommodations and various other facilities for overseas students 15 A large district consisting of the city's major shopping district and mass communications facilities 16 Focuses on commerce 17 Railway cargo storage and organization, where Touma fought Accelerator to end the "Experiment". Location of a special prison for high profile criminals like Kiyama Harumi. 18 Kirigaoka Girls' Academy and Nagatenjouki Academy 19 Uncertain; has been in a decline recently 20 Schools focused on raising athletic students along with their esper abilities 21 Dams for water storage; observatory in the mountains. 22 The smallest district in terms of surface area; this district is mainly for developing technology for an underground town in the face of land shortages in major cities 23 Airline companies and aeronautics and space development Demographics Academy City's population has consistently been referred to having at least of 2.3 million figures. However what those figures consist of often varies. In the first volume, the city as having 2.3 million students, and states that not all of the students living in Academy City have "ceased to be human and became something like a manga protagonist," likely referring to their status as espers. Moreover, it states that just under 60% of the entire population are Level 0s, not stating what the whole demographic figure is.[7] Later in the same novel, it adds that 80% of the residents of the city are students.[1] However, in the ninth volume the population is referred to just being under 2.3 million [people] and 80% of them are students.[8] The first volume of Genesis Testament uses those numbers differently yet again, this time stating that children (most likely meaning minors) form 80% of the population and adults form the remaining 20%, while also implying all 80% of the city's minors have supernatural powers.[9] The 80% figure for students are also used differently in the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, referring to the 80% as the percentage of students in the city of 2.3 million people who are participating in the Power Curriculum Program,[2] though this is not backed up in the anime adaptation, mentioning only that 80% are students. In the anime adaptation of the light novels, it is stated that 80% of the 2.3 million population are students and most of them live in the city, implying that there are others who don't live there, assuming though that Touma is not referring to the district he is living in.[10] Regardless, though it is known that there are strange specialty schools in the city such as Ryouran Maid School, it is unknown if a student can pursue other subjects that do not have the Power Curriculum Program as part of it. Admission into the city is based on unknown criteria, aside from an unspecified the entry fee.[11] Some, like Kuriba Ryouko, were invited thanks to their intellectual achievements.[12] As seen with the Tobio sisters, it is also possible to have a chance to enter with all of one's family thanks to lotteries.[13] Child Errors appear to be undergoing the Power Curriculum Program even though they are no longer given any support from their guardians, as with Edasaki Banri and Haruue Erii. It is likely that nearly all inhabitants of the city are of Japanese descent, though there are some foreign inhabitants of the city such as the Seivelun siblings and Resanerié Sadis Dialine. Education As the name implies, Academy City boasts the largest collection of primary, secondary, tertiary educational facilities in a single city. It can aptly be described as a City of Schools.[14] Like most Japanese schools, Academy City follows a similar setup, with lessons on English, Japanese, history, maths, etc. However, some schools such as Tokiwadai Middle School may have somewhat different setup than regular schools. Similarly, the city follows a similar academic term to that outside of the city, with summer break beginning on the 20th of July up until the 1st of September,[15][16][17] and winter break beginning at some point in mid-late December and ending around January 8th-10th.[18][19] Additionally, the city boasts their own sports and cultural festivals similar to the outside, the Daihaseisai and Ichihanaransai respectively with its own unique touch that differentiates it from the outside. Unique to Academy City is the Power Curriculum Program, a program which through the use of drugs, training and tests allow students to gain Esper powers.[7] It begins at 5-years-old at the earliest,[20] and adults are unable to take part,[21] though it is not said exactly what age is the limit. Academy City is referred to as Experiment City (実験都市 Jikkentoshi?) as several experiments occur within the city established by numerous universities and research laboratories. These experiments range from vending machines to Security robots,[22] to scientifically grown animals and plants.[23] Academy City is among the increasing number of countries and organizations with a space program.[24] Foreign Relations Although Academy City is stated as the dominant faction on the Science side, there are still internal conflicts with the science side, not unlike what's happening in the magic side between the various churches. Because of their stance as the most advanced city in the world and having the capability of producing supernatural powers, they are both envied and feared by the factions on both sides. Even then before the start of the series, Academy City has remained neutral towards Magic side affairs in the city, allowing magicians to enter the city and not intervene with their business even at the cost of lives, and having other magicians deal with magicians without reporting to the magicians if there are third parties involved. As magic still remains hidden to the world thus, much like Oyafune Monaka, almost all of Academy City's residence are oblivious of such areas and would consider them to be another form of esper powers. Only a few, such as Kihara Noukan and Heaven Canceller, are aware of the existence of the magic side. However, even with this, before the start of the series, the Roman Catholic Church was already considering to take over Academy City.[25] Academy City is stated to follow international laws against cloning,[26] though with the existence of the Sister clones it is obvious they are secretly delving into illegal activity banned by international law not just cloning. Where the city's funds comes from is probably from different countries, particularly military organizations, that have high interest in psychic research.[citation needed] Also, the city has other bases of operations outside of Japan such as in Russia, demonstrated when all of the Sister clones left after the Level 6 Shift Project except 10[27] are sent outside Academy City for adjustments.[28][29][30][31][32] Specifically, they were sent to the various cooperative institutions located all over the world and affiliated with Academy City (including in the United Kingdom,[33] the United States of America,[32] Australia,[34][35] Denmark,[36] Antarctica,[37] etc.), that mainly deal with things such as allocating resources, obtaining various information, and legal issues.[38] This was the status quo until the events in Hawaii, which led the 27 remaining organizations (at least 2 cooperative institutions, in France and Russia respectively, were disbanded for subversive actions earlier in the year[33]) to break away[39] and form Science Guardian.[40] Many countries/factions found out the existence of Gemstones, natural born espers, and attempted to collect them to set up a esper research institutes independent of Academy City. There are up to 50 different factions/countries, all of which targeted one of the 50 gemstones outside Academy City. It was stated the CIA had 2 moles within each faction and tried to bring all of the gemstones together under their control.[41] Academy City's Board of Directors in the end made a deal with Heaven Canceller, and sent in the Sister clones to all 50 institutes around the world to retrieve the gemstones for their protection,[41] and also sent Kinuhata Saiai to assassinate the mastermind behind the plan of collecting the gemstones.[42] Academy City sometimes holds powers demonstrations from one of their espers in cooperative institutions outside the city, for the purpose of strengthening their connections, reducing friction between them due to their technological disparity, and in a show of transparency to show they are not hiding anything from their partners.[43] There is a demonstration for the press and a demonstration for the public.[44] Known exhibitions include the Level 5 Misaka Mikoto participating in one in Russia for the cooperative institution running the Russian Shopping Center,[45] and Hasekura Reiri participating in one in Paris, France.[46] From September 3 to September 10, students from Academy City are sent all over the world, and students from all over the world are invited to Academy City. The destinations tend to mostly be in the United States of America, because of their cooperative relationship when Academy City was founded.[47] Security and Military Domestic concerns Technology Academy City's technology is thirty years ahead of its time and thus, has accessibility to a more sophisticated array of measures to ensure security across the city. The city limits leading outside are lined with walls,[14] accessible only through entry points which require persons to have permission to enter or leave the premises. For vehicles, infrared seekers and MRI scanners a used to check vehicles.[48] Inside the city, hidden cameras are dotted along many roads and alleyways. Not only that Aleister Crowley uses small minuscule machines known as the UNDER_LINE to gather data around the entire city.[49] The image of safety and trustworthiness is the forefront of Academy City's concerns, but information was strictly monitored and controlled below the surface. Many systems were laid out throughout the city in the name of preventing the approach of any terrorists or spies, be they industrial or working for a nation’s government.[50] This control and manipulation of information is exemplified during Fräulein Kreutune's escape, where not only the messageboards and the local SNSs block and manipulate information regarding her,[51] the channels used by Anti-Skill are controlled as well.[52] In addition to the ground-level security protocols in Academy City, the satellite Orihime 1 (where the Tree Diagram supercomputer is located) and Hikoboshi II (a camera satellite and also a satellite laser-cannon) gathers detailed pictures of the area and relays it back to Earth. According to Kamijou Touma in the beginning of the series, there were three satellites that continually monitor the city.[53] Human factor People who want to register to be a denizen of the city, requires information regarding their fingerprints, voiceprints, and retinal patterns. Furthermore, a denizen of the city requires a pass if they wish to leave the city, these are countermeasures against the abduction of the students, by industrial spies and agents. To leave, a student must first write and turn in three written applications, after signing all of them, their blood has to be checked for authenticity of identity using a micro machine, and lastly, students need to have a guarantor to obtain a complete pass, such as parents or guardians. Students going out are later injected with a nanodevice that is a transmitter before allowed out of the city using a mosquito needle.[48] People who want to simply enter the City require a permit.[54] The primary peacekeeping forces in Academy City are Judgment and Anti-Skill; these two groups are composed of trained students and faculty respectively which deal with crimes and conflicts with security. They are authorized to retrieve Information from surveillance equipment within Academy City, to check if there are any crimes occurring, in addition to their constant patrol duties. Academy City also has a fire department as well as emergency response organization. Security flaws Unfortunately, security in Academy City is revealed to have severe flaws in it. Because of the destruction of Orihime 1, live feeds of satellite images are greatly reduced.[citation needed] Magicians can easily enter Academy City and, like Sherry Cromwell, can cause damage despite the presence of Judgment and Anti-Skill units.[55] It has also been revealed that parts of School District 10 of Academy City have been completely overrun by its inhabitants, unreachable by technology due to the Skill-Out members destroying the hidden cameras and Security robots throughout the area.[56] Groups like Member and Item are mostly politically motivated factions working for one of the 12 Board of Directors of Academy City or Aleister Crowley, and care less about security and more on furthering their (or their employer's) own interests. Network Terminal Security Rank Furthermore, the network terminals of Academy City are ranked, to which only a device or a person with at least the same rank as the terminal can access information therein. These networks are connected to each other. For example, a Rank D terminal cannot access Rank C information.[57] Rank D - Cellphones Rank C - Library and homes Rank B - Teachers Rank A - Research Laboratories Rank S - General Board of Directors Automatic Alert System Academy City has an automatic alert system that triggers colored codes depending on the situation. Code Red - Academy City's highest alert status, which indicates that a terrorist have been confirmed to have invaded Academy City.[58] Here, the city blocks traffic flow between the inside and the outside, as well as traffic between the districts are restricted.[59] Checkpoints are also set up on the roads, and Judgment members can request leave to help locate the terrorist and help crowd control and evacuate civilians while Anti-Skill handle the situation.[60] Code Orange - Academy City's second highest alert status, indicating the potential of an incoming terrorist threat on the city. All traffic between the inside and outside of the city is blocked.[58] Code Yellow - Unknown, but the city was under Code Yellow after the invasion of Vento of the Front. Presumably, the code is up when the city is under the presumption that attacks can still be possible.[61] Foreign concerns Main article: Academy City Military Anti-Skill is used as the formal military forces of Academy City. With their advanced technology, Academy City boasts technological superiority over most military of the world, with their several Powered Suits such as the HsPS-15. Other One effect of Academy City's summer is the Particle Belt (光点滅帯パーティクルベルト Hikari Tenmetsu-tai (Pātikuruberuto)?), the result of sunlight reflected from building windows combined with faint smoke from automatic factories, creating an irregular reflection effect and a belt of distorted light (the region 50m up from the ground is within it). It was discovered from research into complaints about airship displays looking distorted on particularly hot days, and has been exploited by the Dark Side of Academy City (namely Item), as the light distortion would obscure the identity of a person within it even if someone filmed from the ground with their phone.[62] Background Main article: Academy City/Chronology#Background In 1947, a heavily injured Aleister Crowley was found by the Heaven Canceller in a remote English countryside and nursed back to health by him. He later tells Aleister Crowley of the far away land of Japan.[63] Being impressed by the country after visiting it once, Aleister would later choose the country where he would make his comeback. Postwar Japan and the reconstruction was ripe for Aleister to create the city,[64] in the name of giving the country an educational and technological recovery. The nature of the Japanese people were more than willing to create the city cut off from the occult.[65] Some time later, a parcel of land to the west of Tokyo in slow development was bought for the development of Academy City.[1] The Five Elements Institution is the first research organization formed, though its exact location or existence has been in question.[55] However, this was merely a rumor, or more likely, a cover-up, as the Imaginary Number District–Five Elements Institution was another realm in the same location as Academy City. The United States of America fomented a cooperative relationship with Academy City at the time of its founding, but the exact details are unknown.[47] The city was founded by the magician Aleister Crowley to do studies and research on the development of preternatural abilities. More than half a century prior to the present, Academy City would produce its first esper using data on Meiji-era esper Mifune Chizuko, a young girl nicknamed "the Beginning Child". She would serve as the foundation of the quantum theory system used by Academy City and upon which it was built. The general public of the time did not believe she actually had powers, and, according to official records, she went missing due to the harassment she suffered at the hands of skeptics and newspapers.[66] But the system used for the Beginning Child would become the foundation for the Power Curriculum Program,[66] and by the story's first year half a century later, esper powers have existed for a few decades.[67] According to Therestina, the students in Academy City are just being used to further the research and development in the achievement of a Level 6.[68] How truthful her words are remains to be seen, however it is important to note that both Aleister Crowley and Board of Directors have allowed deaths of students, and have allowed and supported further experimentation and research at the expense of many lives. And it is true that espers are considered only a byproduct of the city's real objective.[7][69] It is eventually revealed that the entire city is an "alternatively-shaped temple", a reproduction of the Abbey of Thelema, Aleister's former spiritual centre founded in Sicily in the early 20th century, using the same methods of inducting the paranormal in adolescent minds using drugs.[70][71] October 9 is Academy City's Independence Day Holiday. The actual year of independence is unknown.[72] Kihara Gensei (木原幻生 Kihara Gensei?) is an enigmatic character appearing in Toaru Kagaku no Railgun. A member of the Kihara family that has a obsession with Level 6, and has made several attempts to achieve it. He is also the main Science side antagonist of the Daihasei Festival Arc in Railgun. As the creator of the Ability Body Crystal, his actions would influence the beginning of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, and several characters in the later part of Toaru Majutsu no Index. For those reasons, he can be arguably considered the main antagonist of the Railgun side story. His name (幻生) literally means "Illusory Life", and maybe a reference not appearing at all in the series in the story's first year. Using other characters (原生), it can be translated as "Primitive" or "Primeval", referring to his age. Furthermore, his name is used interchangeably with "Tensei", meaning Reincarnation. Appearance He is a man of advanced age. His height is quite average, though he seems to have a hunch. His most notable feature is that he often has his eyes closed, only rarely opening it when he is excited, as well as a birthmark that can be found on his right temple. Gensei might currently the oldest Kihara introduced in the series, if Kihara Noukan is not older. Due to his experiences in dangerous experiments, most of his body parts are actually made of mechanical prosthetics, making him a cyborg.[3][4][5] This allows him to walk onto the electric trap Shokuhou Misaki laid unscathed.[3] Personality Typical of a Kihara, Gensei is a sinister figure despite his usually smiling expression; he has no qualms in killing people for the success of his research (even himself, as it was revealed during his second attempt to Level up a Level 5 Esper), which brings him at odds with Heaven Canceller, whose belief in the Hippocratic Oath clashes with Gensei eagerness to push the boundaries of science.[6] He also admits that his eagerness has resulted in not seeing anything around him when something unexpected happens, and admits that this has caused accidents that have nearly killed him several times.[3] Perhaps because of this, and the fact that he fits the description the most that he is referred to as a "mad scientist".[6] An old man with an analytical mind, in the long time he has spent in the Dark Side of Academy City, he has become sensitive to people plotting something.[3] According to Therestina, Gensei is a famous and influential scientist who famous in different circles. His expertise is in the line of neuroscience, where he conducts experiments to improve the potential of the human mind, though in more sinister ways than most scientists.[6] His biggest research project yet is SYSTEM, which aims to explore the possibilities of humans to "reach the will of heaven" by creating a Level 6 Esper.[6] His methods are through "overloading espers" by destabilizing the brain and breaking its tolerable limits by the use of manipulation of the brain and subjecting it to extreme treatments involving overuse of chemicals.[6] This experiment was first done on his granddaughter, Therestina Kihara, as the First Sample, and have overloaded her abilities to extract the chemicals from her.[7] He later presents his findings to his peers, and piques the attention of the Heaven Canceller, who tells him of the human costs of his experiments and the victims it causes, though Gensei states that there are no victims in his experiments.[6] His experiments have apparently attracted some people, and formed a council to fund his work, with him as the supervisor. In the Advanced Education Department, he supervises the experiment, and has Kiyama Harumi, teach the Child Errors that will be used in the experiment. Predictably, the experiments goes awry for the children, though Gensei shows calmness throughout the ordeal even the children are in danger, and thanks Harumi for all her hard work. He later puts a gag order on the facility, and tells the researcher present that the experiment was completed without incident.[8] In the manga, it is shown that Gensei is later confronted by Harumi for this, though Gensei just tells her that nobody cares as they are getting rid of the problematic Child Errors.[9] It is unknown what he has done afterward. At some point in time he had a research facility built in School District 17 for unknown uses. Although presumably, he used to carry on his research on the Crystallized Esper Essence. He apparently later changes tactics in creating a Level 6, apparently abandoning the Ability Body Crystal and focusing his attention on leveling a Level 5. He is the primary proponent of the Level 6 Shift for Accelerator.[10] And later, after its failure, had his attention focus on the Misaka Network and Misaka Mikoto; it is noted that after the fiasco with the Level 6 Shift, for Accelerator, Gensei learned about the existence of Imagine Breaker, as well as its potential for negating the powers of people, and had calculated the possibility of it interfering with his second Level 6 Shift project should Kamijou Touma intervene again, which did occur later, due to his close relationship with Misaka Mikoto. Gensei also somehow learns of the Exterior Project and desires to use it as part of his plans. Ever eager for experiments, Gensei is often hoisted by own petard when it comes to them, necessitating for him to use prostheses. He even claims that his body is a fair trade for prosthetic technology. An example of this is his right hand.[3] He is apparently the one who gave instructions to Harumi for brainwave tuning, allowing her to create Level Upper, effectively being the man behind the creation of the Level Upper.[11] Although it is unknown if it is through his deliberate instruction or covert manipulation as part of his plans. KiharaGensei past Kihara Gensei smiles at the result of the experiments on Child Errors. When Misaka Mikoto gets a glimpse of Kiyama Harumi's memory after electrocuting her, he is first seen asking Harumi to become a teacher to the Child Errors as it was a request by the head council. He is later seen smiling with glee after the experiment, overloading the Child Error espers present and putting them in a coma, apparently getting the result he wanted. Poltergeist Arc Main article: Poltergeist Arc Kihara Gensei is referenced several times during the arc, after a string of Poltergeist earthquakes erupts all around Academy City, due to him being linked to Kiyama Harumi, who in their experiments have overloaded espers (overloaded espers causes the Poltergeist phenomenon). Further revelations shows Heaven Canceller's dealings with Gensei, which gives him a reason to intervene in the recent incidents. Toaru Kagaku no Railgun E24 00m 10s Gensei experimenting on his granddaughter, Therestina. In the final episode, it is revealed that he used his granddaughter, Therestina Kihara Lifeline, as the first sample of his Crystallized Esper Essence, telling her she will be Academy City's dream, in becoming Level 6.[7] Silent Party Arc Main article: Silent Party Arc Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S E23 04m 02s Gensei decline STUDY's offer to aid in their research. STUDY tried to find organizations or people, even with the Dark Side of Academy City to aid in their research, but they got refused. Even Kihara Gensei refused STUDY's offer and called the research a mere "summer break project".[12] Daihasei Festival Arc Main article: Daihasei Festival Arc (Railgun) Gensei becomes prominent during the arc, and is its main antagonist. Prior to the events of the arc, he releases Kouzaku Mitori to work for him, and by proxy allow him to use Member as she is a mediator for the group.[13] Moreover, not exactly knowing where Exterior, it is implied that he used or even instigated the Urban Legend website Auribus oculi fideliores sunt to look for its location. He has Kouzaku manipulate Member to find one of the Sisters so that he maybe able to access the Misaka Network after he takes over Exterior, as well as restrain Misaka Mikoto for him.[11] Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E09 20m 38s In a memories of stand-in,Kihara Gensei mocking Misaki for leaving Exterior. Wanting to lure away Misaki from Exterior, he has a stand-in to look like him for the International Esper Powers Research Conference in School District 9, and most likely leaked information of "his" whereabouts there.[10] Knowing that Misaki will eventually figure out his ruse, he sends a message to Misaki by talking to the stand-in in the event that Misaki reads the stand-in's memories. Here, he mocks Misaki for leaving Exterior.[14] Kihara Gensei (Railgun T) He told Kouzaku everthing is going as planned. As Misaki and Mikoto take down the conference, Kouzaku reports to Gensei himself, and shows the great foresight he had in Misaki being the one who raided their "villas" in order to find him in the conference. Gensei then tells her to prepare as he goes towards School District 2 where the Exterior is located.[11] Upon arriving there, he swiftly forces Keitz Nokleben, the security supervisor of the Level 6 Shift, and now under the employ of Misaki up on the roof in desperation with Misaka 10032 with his group of skilled special forces. He quickly takes over Exterior, going through its complex registration protocols for usage by aligning its brainwaves with his. He quickly stuns Keitz Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E10 19m 56s Gensei using Exterior to penetrate Misaka 10032's mind. with the power of Mental Out, and later taunts Misaki on the phone regarding one he easily took over, asking her if she heard that rumors, the Level Upper. He is ecstatic over Mikoto's arrival in the building, saying that it saved him the effort. With Misaki collapsing after Gensei took over her giant brain (Exterior), Gensei looks upon the still ailing Misaka 10032, and destroys the security that Misaki set-up for the Misaka Network using her powers by using her powers via Exterior. With that it shatters the security against electrical viruses, and all of the Sisters in the world are quickly infected by it.[11] Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E10 21m 48s Gensei is delighted to see who has arrived. Black electricity covers the sky as the power caused by the virus infecting the Misaka Network manifests itself through each Sister. Gensei is ecstatic of the results, but notes on how the energy is nothing more than show if it doesn't have any use. Mikoto finally arrives at the rooftop, and seeing a downed Misaka 10032, demands to know what Gensei done to her. However, Gensei can only smile at her arrival, referring to Aleister's favorite hidden in the shadows of the main plan, whose power he intends to awaken using Mikoto as a vessel. Suddenly, the black lightning gathering outside gathers and jumps into Mikoto. Lightning flashes on the roof as Misaka Mikoto form changes. Kihara Gensei smiles and says that the experiments will now begin, asking if Mikoto can become a Level 6.[11] Upon seeing Misaka's new form he orders her to attack the Windowless Building to test her power, her attack which is the largest lightning strike ever recorded dose not even scratch the building. He is not dismayed by the result and comments that she is still not a true level 6, only being 2% down the path to becoming one.[15] Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E12 09m 26s Gensei stated scientific advances always comes with sacrifices. Gensei easily bypasses the facilities defenses by the powers he gained by using Level Upper on an unknown number of espers for the purpose of giving himself Multi-Skill. As he makes his way deeper into Exterior he explains to Misaki that Accelerator is the only one who can achieve Level 6 and remain stable, as that his forced attempt in creating a level 6 by sending Misaka's powers out of control. At 53% of the theoretical limit her mind would transform into something from a different dimension, at 100% her mind and body would be destroyed having exceeded their limit. In the brief moment of reaching that transcended state she would melt down ether like the compression of a white dwarf or an exploding super nova, the resulting effect what ever it be would completely annihilate Academy City. Despite the fact that he would die in this result he believed that some form of progress would come from it.[16] After pinning her to a wall with his Ice Beam ability, he states that by incapacitating her he can bypass the mental blocks she placed on her self to prevent Mental Out being used on her. While doing this he becomes distracted not only by the arrival of Touma, but also the fact that Sogiita has shown up as well. As he is caught up in thinking about the effect the combination of the two will have on the experiment and recording the latest development, Misaki manages to escape.[3] As he catches up to her again he apologizes for becoming distracted earlier, he is then surprised to find that she is giving up on the game of cat and mouse. As Misaki makes a bluff against Gensei, who sees right through it and stops just before he can step on the trap. However, Misaki had already tricked him into a secondary trap, though using his Multi-Skill ability, specifically the Aero Shooter, allows him to escape the pit that Misaki hidden through the Exterior building's Graviton Panels. After being hit by and downed by Gensei, it is seemingly the end for Misaki. However, she once again uses the Graviton Panels to appear inexplicably at the hole Gensei was going through, trapping his hand.[3] However, Misaki's relief is only but a moment as he shows to her that his hand is merely a prosthetic. Gensei says that it is due to his experiments that lead to this state. Moreover, Misaki cannot fool him, for he knew that she still had hope when she was running away. With that Gensei used his Aero Shooter again to choke Misaki, making her pass out. He is then able to retrieve the release code. After retrieving his hand, he later senses Mikoto's transforming, something he claims as her "Opening Stage" and then uses the release code to fully open Exterior.[3] Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E13 16m 37s Exterior begins to crumble and as a result of this a backlash is afflicted on to Gensei, crippling him. However, unknown to Gensei, Misaki had previously considered how she was unlikely to be able to trap him with the Graviton Panels, whether she actually needed Exterior anymore, the need to heal the Sisters of the virus and that this was likely her last chance to capture Gensei. As such, she had taken a gamble by switching her own concepts of the limiter release code with the self-destruct code. Exterior begins to crumble and as a result of this a backlash is afflicted on to Gensei, crippling him in the process. As Gensei collapses he commends Misaki's plan having taken him in completely.[17] Misaki later reads his mind and discovers that Dolly, the prototype clone for the Sisters, had a little sister, where Dolly's memories and experiences have been transferred into her.[18] His fate is left unknown in the manga, but according Railgun's editor Ogino Kentarou, after being defeated, Misaki tried to use her power to make Gensei unable to concentrate or think ever again.[19] Gensei avoided Misaki's Mental Out, threw away his body including brain, and transferred his consciousness into residue left behind by the out-of-control Mikoto, becoming an energy-based thought being.[20] Ogino cited Yakumi Hisako and Hirohiko Araki's Deadman Q as examples.[21] Tokiwadai Middle School (常盤台中学 Tokiwadai Chūgaku?) is a prestigious girls’ middle school. Of the currently named schools in Academy City, it is the one containing the most characters in the series. It is one of the five most prestigious schools of Academy City and is said to be the most renowned girls’ school in the world. It is also mentioned that it had once sparked an international incident for refusing to admit a girl from a royal family because she wasn’t good enough.[1] Tokiwadai teaches its students more than the average middle school and gives lectures on a university level, as they want their students to stand on the front lines of their field when they graduate.[2] Currently, Unabara Mitsuki's grandmother is the director/administrator of the school.[3] Student Demographics The entry requirement is esper ability Level 3 or higher, and the school currently contains a total of around 180 students.[4] Of the 180 students, there are currently 2 Level 5 espers, 47 Level 4 espers, 1 Level 2 esper,[Notes 1] and the rest being Level 3 espers.[5] Uniform The uniforms worn by all Tokiwadai students seen so far have been comprised of a short-sleeved white dress shirt worn under a light brown vest with the school emblem on the left side. For bottoms, the girls wear dark tan pocketed skirts that reach halfway down their thighs. There seems to be no uniform requirement for socks or shoes and other additions in between, such as Mikoto's shorts. In Volume 12, it is mentioned like all other schools in Academy City, Tokiwadai has a separate set of uniform for winter time as opposed to summer. It comprises of a tan buttoned blazer (a shade darker than the summer vest), a checkered blue skirt with black and tan criss-crossing lines, as well as a red ribbon tie. Tokiwadai Middle School's rules state that students are not allowed to wear casual clothes inside the school or in the dormitory as it is still part of the entire school. Even on days off, students are still required to wear their uniforms.[6] However, students at work internships may ignore this rule if they so choose.[7] The marketing department of White Spring Holdings helped design Tokiwadai Middle School's uniform.[8] Tokiwadai is located in the School Garden, an area inside Academy City consisting of Tokiwadai and four other girl's schools, with a shopping area dedicated to the rich young girls. The school is fairly large, other than the main building which probably holds its classrooms and a library, it also holds a track and field area and also a large swimming pool (which is used by staff to measure Mikoto's power). The school also contains a showering area. Tokiwadai has two dormitories, one of them is outside of the School Garden and where Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko reside in, and the other one which is in the School Garden where Kongou Mitsuko takes residence. Judgment 003 Branch Office The school building has a room within the campus allocated to its own branch of Judgment, Judgment 003 Branch Office (風紀委員ジャッジメント 第〇〇三支部 Fūki I'in (Jajjimento) Dai Rei Rei San Shibu?).[9] Shirai Kuroko is a member and assists the office.[10][11][12] Returning Bath Facility Returning Bath Facility (帰様の浴院 Kaeri-sama no Yokuin?) is one of the three bathing facilities to be found in Tokiwadai Middle School. It is a subsidiary of the school, and is used exclusively for students to clean themselves up. It is as large as five classrooms, and there are close to 90 showerheads. Each of them is separated by white partition boards and a sliding door. The doors aren't as big as the boards, which only hide the chest down to the thigh of an averaged sized middle school student from Tokiwadai.[13] In the anime adaptations, the shower room seems to be smaller due to perspective restrictions, showing only the shower partitions near to the wall. However, it serves the same purpose as it is in the novels. It has advanced shower controls, lockers, tables for glasses and drinks, cabinets for various bathing implements, as well as ornamental plants, and seats for students to sit on.[14] Activities Other than the usual events the school participates in like the Daihaseisai. Tokiwadai seem to hold a Midsummer Festival which is held in the dormitory that is not in the School Garden, here the students are to wear maid ensembles and have them welcome and serve guests, they give and invite the guests in demonstrations like flower arrangement, sewing, etc., and at the end of the festival someone from the festival is to give a performance. In the current year, Misaka Mikoto was voted to give the performance.[15] It is not known exactly how many factions there are in Tokiwadai, however, it is known that a Faction (派閥 hapatsu?, lit. faction or clique) is an organization that functions like a scholar club.[1] Factions are outlets for a group of students with similar goals to gather in school, to request for facilities and funding from the school’s board of directors, and to finally strike it big in a national event. Just by this definition alone, maybe a faction isn’t that much different from a school’s social club. Larger factions will get more contacts, funding, and inside information, so most of these outstanding students in their areas of specialties have a faction backing them; the more accomplished the faction is, the better the reputation the faction holds, which means that they have a higher influence and can gather greater power than other factions, even to the point where the strongest factions can have power and influence outside the school.[1] Shirai Kuroko pointed out that factions "protect" their own positions and thus if a powerful individual outside the school starts gathering members for some purpose, it's likely that a faction or several of them will try to hamper such act. The largest faction in Tokiwadai currently belongs to Shokuhou Misaki, who is even known as "the Queen of Tokiwadai".[26] There is also an unwritten rule saying that students not in a clique cannot join a conflict between cliques.[27] At the start of Mikoto and Shokuhou's first year at Tokiwadai, the school was dominated by the three cliques, known as 'Tokiwadai's Big Three Cliques' (常盤台の三大派閥 Tokiwadai no Sandai Habatsu?). In order of descending size, they were the Sha Clique (沙派閥 Shia Habatsu?) (23%), the Mikagami Clique (水鏡派閥 Mikagami Habatsu?) (19%), and the Hasekura Clique (支倉派閥 Hasekura Habatsu?) (17%).[28][29] 16% of students belonged to the unnamed #4-#10 cliques and the others (25%) were unaffiliated.[29] The leader of the largest clique typically gets a nickname like "Queen" or "Empress".[26][28] One coveted title, given to the leader of a clique that remains the largest for over a year and until her graduation, is Majesty (永代姫君マジェスティ Eien Himegimi (Majesuti)?, lit. Eternal Princess). One who earns the title is said to be guaranteed a successful career,[28] including a spot on the city's Board of Directors.[28][30] The Majesty wears an emblem signifying the position, a brooch in the shape of an infinity symbol with a flower stem woven around the loop and two spherical gems in the holes.[31][32] At the time the two Level 5s entered the school, Sha Danshan was said to be closest to the title,[28] and later that year was tentatively awarded the Majesty emblem.[31][32] At least twelve students had worn the emblem beforehand.[33] Four years prior to the main story, Takebayashi Yayoi led the largest clique and was the closest to the title, as per the wishes of her adopted family, but lost her right to it after her arrest for the attack on Tanrei Chemicals and erasure from the school's records.[30] The exact time of Tokiwadai's founding is unknown, but the school has been around long enough for there to have been twelve holders of the Majesty title,[33][12] which requires one to have the largest clique for over a year and until their graduation.[28] The exact time of Tokiwadai's founding is unknown, but the school has been around long enough for there to have been twelve holders of the Majesty title,[33][12] which requires one to have the largest clique for over a year and until their graduation.[28] Four years prior to the main story and three years before the admission of the Level 5s, the leader of the school's largest clique and the top Majesty candidate (with her adopted family desiring its alleged promise of a place on the Board of Directors), Takebayashi Yayoi, attacked Tanrei Chemicals after obtaining information that abducted members of her clique were being held captive there, resulting in her arrest and two deaths, with abductees eventually being rescued elsewhere. Tokiwadai's chair covered up the scandal and erased Yayoi's presence from the school's record, with the girl supposedly committing suicide in prison and her family being bankrupted.[30] in this timeline misaka Mikoto was never born in realty what will become know as misaka Mikoto was a person made in the lab so that Kihara Gensei can escape all of his crimes in Academy City but thanks to Touma luck he was put into the body of misaka mikoto the way she acts in the time line abrove but did not Relly there it was mind control everyone in the city that the new touma must know live as mikoto who was described in the Background which was to help who every land in this new body for a teenage girl thank to it beening a guy and is different form Kihara Gensei way of act a perfect way to hind out but instead touma was put in there and he now has to live this false life and deal with gender dysphoria and not being able to tell anyone about what happen and his old body was stolen by Kihara Gensei. so touma point of view of him live her life and being treat like a girl and have to wear skirts and dress all of the time and a female swimsuit that a one price show a day life of him live her life make a fight scan with gensei about what he did and make it so that no one can stop it or notice it because of the mind control and what worse gensei is live his life and use his powers every if touma could do anything no one will believe him and his body make sure to act as feminine as possible his legs cross and rubbing togther why sit down or put his hand to his/her new hips but also to remain a tomboy type way he can fight this but and win but the next day anything he stop form happening will be force intill he stop fighting it. Not only that but gensei made it so that touma can never forget who he was he want him to struggle he enjoy watch him stuff so much and made it so that hi body act in love around his old body. the only thing tourma like about his new world is that at night going to bed his body puts on long pants and long selves shirt that are Gekota theme letting him some what relax at night but sometimes the world refuse to let tourma wear those pj and replaced them with sexy night ware that is good for a girl her age and is dress like. when he goes out at night, he wears short shorts that the same length as his skirts and a jacket one night he mange to break free his friends and family form the mind control and a little bit himself they try and get his body back but gensei has a plan for that by frozen everyone body beside the ability to talk. so they can't move and force there memory of that night out but tourma and he lock him back down and force him to watch him do it and tell everyone the turth only for it to be earsed.