Forum SettingsEpisode Information
Forums
Top
  >  
Anime
  >  
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S
  >  
Timeline?
Top
  >  
Forum
  >  
Anime Series Discussion
  >  
Title Discussion
  >  
Timeline?
RecentWatchedIgnoredSearch Forum

Timeline?

New
Apr 19, 2013 6:08 PM
#1
Electromistress

Offline
Jul 2009
417
Ok, I'm getting confused now. How does this season of Railgun relate to Index, chronologically?
First of all, it's established that it happens after the first season of Railgun, because we see those girls in the hospital in the first episode. Secondly, I believe I remember from the first season of Railgun, that somewhere halfway through, there was a radio report on that satellite that was shot down when Touma broke Index's curse in the first half of the first season of Index. So I thought Index 1 and Railgun 1 were happening roughly at the same time... But now in season 2 of Railgun, we see Misaka seamlessly clueless about the Sisters, while in Index 1 she already knew all about them... So what's the chronological order here? I'm so confused... :s

If someone would bother to draw a timeline it would be nice. :D
Apr 19, 2013 6:29 PM
#2
VioLink

Offline
Jan 2011
2858
Sister's arc takes place during episodes 10-15 in Index season 1. Railgun S shows scenes that where not covered then. Basically this all happens during Index season 1 shortly after Misaka meets Touma.
[center]
Apr 20, 2013 12:35 AM
#3
DenjaX

Offline
Nov 2008
8506
This is my take:

The destruction of the Satellite was on episode 6. Misaka wasn't involved on that of course. Sister's arc was on episode 10.

There is like weeks of time gap between the destruction of the satellite and the sister's arc: Touma was in the hospital to recover and then deal with the alchemist and hospitalized again. Around that time, Misaka finds out about her clones and about the experiment to make Accelerator become level 6. That's probably the first time Misaka first encountered Accelerator. She mentioned it in Index season 1.

So I'd say, the Sister's arc in Railgun started few more days earlier compared to the beginning of the Sister's arc in Index.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .anime . manga . updates . ♫♪ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Apr 20, 2013 3:22 AM
#4
ssjokg

Offline
Aug 2009
20098
Copy paste from the Timeline of Index Wikia.
  • July 19
    Uiharu Kazari becomes ill due to a cold. Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko conduct research into the Level Upper.
    Kamijou Touma accidentally interferes with Misaka Mikoto's attempt to extract information from Junta and his gang at Benny's (date based on the A Certain Scientific Railgun manga).
    The Index Arc begins.
    Kamijou Touma is confronted on a bridge by Misaka Mikoto after trying to protect the thugs from her wrath. Their meeting causes a city-wide blackout.
    With the blackout, Index slips into Academy City. While jumping from rooftop to rooftop in order to flee from Stiyl Magnus and Kanzaki Kaori, she eventually ends up on the balcony railing of Kamijou Touma's dorm.
  • July 20
    Summer break officially starts in Academy City.
    Kamijou Touma meets Index on his balcony. After Touma feeds her and learns of the existence of magicians, Index leaves.
    Kaitabi Hatsuya falls into a coma.
    Saten Ruiko finds the Level Upper.
    Misaka Mikoto, Shirai Kuroko, Uiharu Kazari and Saten Ruiko meet with Kiyama Harumi to discuss the existence and properties of the Level Upper.
    Misaka Mikoto meets Kamijou Touma and once again challanges him, but Touma dismisses her attempts. Mikoto loses confidence in her own abilities.
    Kuroko tracks down Junta and his gang from the botched investigation the day before, and enquiries about the Level Upper.
    Kamijou Touma returns home, and is attacked by Stiyl Magnus. After winning the fight, he takes an injured Index away.
    Index is taken to Tsukuyomi Komoe's house. Using magic, her severe wounds are healed.
  • July 21
    Kamijou Touma and Index are given refuge at Tsukuyomi Komoe's house for the next three days.
    Saten Ruiko defends Koujun Kikuhiko from Trick and his gang, who were charging money for a copy of the Level Upper.
    Shirai Kuroko destroys a building in order to defeat Trick and save Ruiko and Kikuhiko. Feeling powerless and scared, Ruiko shares the Level Upper with her school friends Akemi, Muu, and Mako.
  • July 24
    Misaka Mikoto regains her determination to defeat Kamijou Touma.
    Akemi falls into a coma due to her use of the Level Upper.
    Saten Ruiko falls into a coma due to her use of the Level Upper.
    With Heaven Canceler's help, the creator of the Level Upper is revealed to be Kiyama Harumi.
    Harumi takes Uiharu Kazari hostage to stall for time while she attempts to make calculations using the Level Upper network.
    Mikoto faces off against Harumi. Harumi's subsequent defeat spawns the AIM Burst.
    Mikoto defeats the AIM Burst.
    Harumi is taken into custody.
    Ruiko and the other victims of the Level Upper wake from their comas.
    The Level Upper Arc ends (date based on the A Certain Scientific Railgun manga).
    Kamijou Touma and Index head for a bathhouse.
    Kamijou Touma is attacked by Kanzaki Kaori. After learning of Index's memory erases and the relationship between her, Kaori, and Stiyl Magnus, Touma attempts to force Kanzaki to abandon her pursuit. He is defeated and falls unconscious for three days.
  • July 25
    Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko are forced to spend the day cleaning the pool after breaking curfew the previous night (date based on the A Certain Scientific Railgun manga).
  • July 27
    Kamijou Touma awakens after three days and affirms his desire to protect Index.
    Stiyl Magnus and Kanzaki Kaori arrive at Tsukuyomi Komoe's house to perform the memory-erasing ritual at midnight.
  • July 28
    Kamijou Touma accidentally awakens Index in John's Pen mode, causing her to go on a rampage.
    Kamijou Touma tells Stiyl Magnus and Kanzaki Kaori that they have been deceived by the Church. The three of them work together to restrain Index.
    12:22 AM: Tree Diagram is destroyed when Kamijou Touma deflects a powerful attack from Index.
    Kamijou Touma loses his memories after protecting Index from the fallout of one of her own attacks.
    As Kamijou Touma recovers in the hospital, he lies to Index about his memory loss to alleviate her pain.
    The Index Arc ends.
  • August
    One month before August 31st, Etzali infiltrates Academy City under the orders of his faction, the Return of the Winged One, to judge if the growing Kamijou Faction is dangerous, and dismantle it if so.
  • First Week
    The Big Spider Arc begins.
    The Big Spider Arc ends.
    Big Spider disbands after the capture of Kurozuma Wataru and Hebitani Tsuguo.
    The Poltergeist Arc begins.
    The Poltergeist Arc ends.
    Kiyama Harumi's students awaken from their comas.
    Therestina Kihara Lifeline is taken into custody.
  • August 1
    A terrorist attempts to attack a conference building in School District 3 where a meeting between the Board of Directors and several leaders of other nations are taking place, using a vehicle carrying the additional module of Hikoboshi II filled with the dangerous Hydrazine liquid fuel. The driver is ordered to drive the vehicle towards it lest he or she takes control of the vehicle remotely to cause an accident. With combined efforts of Uiharu Kazari, Yomikawa Aiho, Sangaku Youko, and Anti-Skill, the disaster was prevented. Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko would later go on to capture the perpetrator.
  • August 8
    The Deep Blood Arc begins.
    The Roman Catholic Church's Thirteen Knights and its long-range bombardment spell, the Gregorian Chant, are defeated after engaging Aureolus Izzard.
  • August 9
    The Deep Blood Arc ends.
    Aureolus Izzard is declared dead after the events of the arc, but the truth is that he had his memories and appearance changed after his ability to use magic was sealed as a consequence of his defeat.
  • August 10
    The Sisters Arc (Railgun) begins.
  • August 20
    The Sisters Arc (Index) begins.
  • August 22
    The Sisters Arc ends.
    The Level 6 Shift experiment is canceled.


http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Story_Timeline
ssjokgApr 20, 2013 3:27 AM
Read this if you want to start the Fate/ series but don't know from where.
Apr 20, 2013 12:07 PM
#5
DenjaX

Offline
Nov 2008
8506
Hmm... It seems it lacks a bit of information.

What was the day when Misaka had a violin concert?

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .anime . manga . updates . ♫♪ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Apr 20, 2013 12:22 PM
#6
ataraxial

Offline
Mar 2012
1255
The timeline ssjkog posted is based primarily on the lights novels and manga. The first season of the Railgun anime kind of changed things around, which is part of why things are a bit confusing.

To answer your question though, the idea is that Railgun season 1 happens during the first two arcs (Index and Deep Blood) of Index, while Railgun S starts a bit before Index's Sisters Arc.
Apr 20, 2013 1:31 PM
#7
Ajunky
Offline
Oct 2010
1291
DenjaX said:
Hmm... It seems it lacks a bit of information.

What was the day when Misaka had a violin concert?
Since it's anime original it is indeed somehow vague.

But if I had to fit it somewhere, I'd say:

(Speculation)
  • August 4
    Kamijou Touma is discharged from the hospital. After seeing Index throwing a tantrum for being "underfed" for a week, Tsukuyomi Komoe hands them an invitation she received for a Tokiwadai festival, saying there was a buffet in there.
    Misaka Mikoto performs with the violin and is unintentionally encouraged by a clueless Kamijou Touma.
"Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain"
Friedrich Schiller
Apr 20, 2013 1:50 PM
#8
DenjaX

Offline
Nov 2008
8506
Ajunky said:
DenjaX said:
Hmm... It seems it lacks a bit of information.

What was the day when Misaka had a violin concert?
Since it's anime original it is indeed somehow vague.

But if I had to fit it somewhere, I'd say:

(Speculation)
  • August 4
    Kamijou Touma is discharged from the hospital. After seeing Index throwing a tantrum for being "underfed" for a week, Tsukuyomi Komoe hands them an invitation she received for a Tokiwadai festival, saying there was a buffet in there.
    Misaka Mikoto performs with the violin and is unintentionally encouraged by a clueless Kamijou Touma.


That perfectly makes sense. Touma not recognizing Misaka demonstrates his loss of memories. Poltergeist arc happened around first week of August. So if I subtract the number of days from the end of the poltergeist arc and the concert, it would be on August 4. It fits well.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .anime . manga . updates . ♫♪ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Apr 20, 2013 4:23 PM
#9
ssjokg

Offline
Aug 2009
20098
DenjaX said:
Hmm... It seems it lacks a bit of information.

What was the day when Misaka had a violin concert?
Was that something really important?I dont remember it in the manga and my memories from the filler-turned-canon part of the second part of Railgun 1 is very vague...
Read this if you want to start the Fate/ series but don't know from where.
Apr 20, 2013 6:40 PM
#10
DenjaX

Offline
Nov 2008
8506
ssjokg said:
DenjaX said:
Hmm... It seems it lacks a bit of information.

What was the day when Misaka had a violin concert?
Was that something really important?I dont remember it in the manga and my memories from the filler-turned-canon part of the second part of Railgun 1 is very vague...
It is not really important because it is an anime original content. I am just concerned over Index cameo on that episode and made me wonder when is that. Most of the content in Railgun 1 occurred prior to Index arc so yeah.

If I remember correctly, the second half of Railgun 1 (Big spider, Poltergeist) is anime original content which the author also accepts it as canon.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .anime . manga . updates . ♫♪ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
See All Discussions

More topics from this board

Poll: » Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S Episode 24 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )

Stark700 - Sep 27, 2013

371 by Apu-Hasan »»
Oct 22, 3:03 AM

Poll: » Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S Episode 15 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )

Stark700 - Jul 19, 2013

322 by Apu-Hasan »»
Oct 19, 11:10 AM

Poll: » Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S Episode 12 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 )

Stark700 - Jun 28, 2013

158 by Apu-Hasan »»
Oct 19, 9:50 AM

Poll: » Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S Episode 11 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 )

Stark700 - Jun 21, 2013

189 by Apu-Hasan »»
Oct 19, 9:15 AM

Poll: » Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S Episode 10 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )

Stark700 - Jun 14, 2013

336 by Apu-Hasan »»
Oct 19, 8:46 AM

MoreTop Anime

  1. 1 Sousou no Frieren
  2. 2 Chainsaw Man Movie: Reze-hen
  3. 3 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
  4. 4 Steins;Gate
  5. 5 Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2

MoreTop Airing Anime

  1. 1 Kingdom 6th Season
  2. 2 Boku no Hero Academia: Final Season
  3. 3 One Piece
  4. 4 Tian Guan Cifu Short Film
  5. 5 Doupo Cangqiong: Nian Fan

MoreMost Popular Characters

  1. 1 Lamperouge, Lelouch
  2. 2 Monkey D., Luffy
  3. 3 Levi
  4. 4 Lawliet, L
  5. 5 Roronoa, Zoro
It’s time to ditch the text file.
Keep track of your anime easily by creating your own list.
Sign Up Login