A Certain Magical Index (light novel)
| heres the actual watch order a certain scientific railgun a certain scientific railgun S a certain magical index a certain scientific accelerator a certain magical index II a certain magical index the movie a certain scientific railgun T a certain magical index III  |
| If you ask me you should always watch the broadcast order Index Railgun Index II Railgun S Endymion Index III Accelerator Railgun T Index is the parent story so you should start with that. Railgun is a spin-off designed to expand upon concepts, characters, and events introduced in Index |
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SawsyMikey said: heres the actual watch order a certain scientific railgun a certain scientific railgun S a certain magical index a certain scientific accelerator a certain magical index II a certain magical index the movie a certain scientific railgun T a certain magical index III I second this order, do not start with index, it's ruins it. |
Call me Ren  |
How is that ruining anything? Railgun does not even touch on half of the series' universe, if he wants to understand more about the plot and lore he should start with Index first |
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Dariat said: How is that ruining anything? Railgun does not even touch on half of the series' universe, if he wants to understand more about the plot and lore he should start with Index first it puts a lot more detail into the repeated arcs and is a much better experience for those arcs, and it won't spoil index, so you can still enjoy the other more important arcs in index afterwards, but that doesn't work the other way round since you know the main arcs in railgun if you watch index first |
Call me Ren |
| A lot of people likes to recommend to watch in chronological order (Railgun S > Index). DO NOT DO THIS. RAILGUN IS NOT A PREQUEL TO INDEX. Railgun is a side story to index, just like Dark Matter, Accelerator, Mental Out (Shoukuhou as a side story too). You will not fully understand Touma’s actions in Railgun if you do this. I am aware the Railgun handled Sisters arc better than Index. Well, JC Staff totally mishandled Index. My advice is to read Index LNs until NT Vol 11 to fully understand Touma and Shokuhou. Here is what happens if you watch Railgun if you don’t read Index LNs until NT Vol 11: 1) You don’t understand why Touma reacts differently to Misaka when Misaka plays the violin in her dorm. 2) You don’t understand why Misaka is obsessed with fighting Touma. 3) You won’t know why Shirai is injured at the start of Railgun T. 4) You won’t know why Misaka is obsessed with winning Daiheisei. 5) You won’t know why Shokuhou react differently to Touma as compared to other characters, this is only explained in NT Vol 11. 6) You won’t know why Frenda stopped replying to Saten. Remember to look into Accelerator before starting Railgun T, to understand the scavengers, and why they are so afraid of Level 5s. My advice is only start Railgun if you have read until Index NT Vol 11. After Railgun T, there are no more overlaps in Index and Railgun, you can choose to continue with either Railgun manga or Index NT. I enjoyed Index NT LNs more than Railgun manga. Index NT will focus more on Kamisato and Aleister, which includes the reason of creating Academy City. Railgun will focus on “breaking into prisons”, which will include characters from Index NT Vol 4. And then Misaka and Shokuhou’s background in Tokiwadai first year. |
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