Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S Episode 8 Discussion

NeoAnkara said:
You know I'm super thought that Kinuhita was super genki in LN. I'm super don't expected her to be super stoic since I was super don't read Railgun manga.

NeoAnkara said:
^Misaka is not some cold blooded character. She still held a moral about respecting other life.

SuperFunSize said:
I wish Misaka would stop being such a pussy and just kill her enemies...

Brotwo said:

Moe life that is, she doesn't give a shit about how many peoples' lives the cute little assassin would end. .

Cloudy-Sky said:

Tbh i didn't like how she blocked her kick at that moment since Misaka has no martial arts knowledge or experience in that matter and that was a really precise block. But oh well this is a small detail i think ^^

Zefyris said:

She's a 14 years old child for god"s sake... Do you often cross the path of a 14 years old girl who kill people just because they can? Misaka is supposed to be the only really sane character among the level 5, that's basically her trademark even more than her railgun move. Why do you want Misaka to be just a plain level 5 rather than someone who still have her complete sanity. We already have Accelerator for this as a main character (and he's awesome enough while being the only main character like that, thanks). There is no need for a second main character with exactly the same mentality, the two would overlap and Msiaka would be a mere female accelerator, talk about being boring.

You're basically suggesting that Misaka lose what makes her different from the other level 5, as well as a part of what makes her so awesome. Because it's so difficult to actually keep your sanity as a 14 year child with monstrous powers. If most of the level 5 were not able to bear it and have fallen, this should prove you how hard it is. Yet Misaka manages to stay on the right path, just like Kuroko who's bearing a really similar burden. If those two girls are awesome, that's also for this.

So in other words : hell no. Maybe near the end of the index series, why not; but definitely not before this.

Besides, if you want a version of Misaka who enjoy killing, we already have Misaka Worst who fils the bill...

ssjokg said:
Well there are another 2 Level 5's(), that are sane(but have some quirks like Misaka does) and we dont actually know anything about #6.
And we already have the

Zefyris said:

Spoiler railgun manga/

Spoiler first LN series-


For the second spoiler, I already edited my previous post with her though so yes x]

ssjokg said:
THeir middleman is the

-MgZ_ said:

So how can Misaka win against one level five and two level four? I hope Kuroko arrives.

Zefyris said:

Misaka is supposed to be the only really sane character among the level 5, that's basically her trademark even more than her railgun move.

Zefyris said:

You do realize that it's not up to normal citizen to decide of that kind of thing. If anything, stopping her without killing her and handing her to Antiskill would be the right path. Except that under those circumstances, Misaka can't really go explain what she was doing in the lab to antiskill, right. That's still not an excuse to become a killer.

Brotwo said:


Well if the only options are to let a murderer who is still murdering go lose or to kill that murderer, then there's no reason aside from personal feelings to let the murderer go unless you value the life of the murderer more than the life of their future victims or have the will/power/confidence/tenacity to prevent any future murders by said murderer.

Of course, as you said an alternative would be preferable in any case. Though aside from crippling the girl or turning herself in with her, I can't think of any. Both of which are still way better than just letting her walk though which is by far the most naive selfish and stupid thing one can do and isn't "level headed" at all for this case.

Zefyris said:
.Well, a few things
1) You're still asking a 14 years old girl to kill someone
2) She doesn't really know if Frenda killed someone in the past, nor if she'll kill again later . Heck, I don't think it was ever mentioned if Frenda killed someone before in the manga or the LN(although she probably did given her personality). Amongst ITEM members, I'm pertty sure that Takitsubo never directly killed anyone for example. Kinuhita is quite the fighter so she probably killed quite a good amount. The real mad killer among them is Mugino anyway, not Frenda.
3) Without Mugino's intervention here, this may have led to Misaka handing her over Antiskill by one way or another (she can hack into antiskill's systems if needed after all), but she never had a chance to choose properly, let alone to do it
4) That's still not her job and that would still make her a criminal by killing her. Well, you could say that she's already a criminal by destroying facilities, but between a terrorist just destroying things and someone who kill, there's quite a gap...

Zefyris said:
Sorryssjokg, but since I don't know if your spoiler is about the manga or the 7th LN of NT, I didn't dare to read it.

ssjokg said:
It's from the latest chapters of the manga.

Zefyris said:

ok thanks, I read your spoiler/

SuperFunSize said:
I wish Misaka would stop being such a pussy and just kill her enemies...

ainky said:
Now I have a question, Misaka is the third strongest level 5 and Accelerator is the first so who is the second ? Meltdowner ?

Mike_the_Great said:

Second is Dark Matter, Kakine Teitoku, and Meltdowner is fourth.
Little spoiler about level 5 ranks

ainky said:

Thanks, this is really interesting. So in theory, Misaka could be even the weakest.

Aerindel said:
CreationBreaker > Depend what you would call "powerfull". Actually I guess Misaki could hack every lvl5 minds, except Misaka, so...
And Gunha's the man, also :D.

CreationBreaker said:


Misaki would fail if she tried on Kakine (thanks to Dark Matter) or Accelerator (thanks to his passive vector reflection barrier). At the same time, I doubt (based on the similarity of Mikoto's and Mugino's powers at the fundamental level) she would be able to control Mugino either. Not to mention that Misaki's power is like Musujime Awaki's as they both have high degrees of freedom. At the same time, Misaki even told Touma flat out (in the most recent Index novel) what the limits of her power are.

Gunha is just awesomeness incarnate. I would love to see the day when he and Touma meet. :P

CreationBreaker said:


Misaki would fail if she tried on Kakine (thanks to Dark Matter) or Accelerator (thanks to his passive vector reflection barrier).

Mike_the_Great said:

Oh would i like to see Misaki vs either Accelerator or Dark Matter, it would be a good laugh.

dniv said:

They almost met :( Hope it will happen soon. But also, if you're asking about what they are doing. I will say Mugino's power as you saw at the end of the episode is easily stronger than Mikoto's. Don't forget that Mikoto is also tired now though. The most important fact to remember that Mikoto is "nice" while Mugino is not. Playing dirty makes you a lot stronger just naturally. Anyway, next two episodes will answer a lot of your guys's questions because they make a few of these points more clear.