Aug 19, 2019
Academy City.
The city which presents itself as a place which will lead countless esper youths into a better tomorrow, as well as give them a proper environment to develop their abilities, both academic & PSI.
However, as night falls upon the city, its true nature slowly begins to unravel itself. This "true nature" is one filled with a large quantity of crime, crime rings, rebellious drop-outs turned criminal after being rejected by the world of science, and above all...
...experimentation.
What kind of experimentation you may ask? Cloning. Specifically, mass-produced clones, all made for the single purpose of being killed off by one man, so that a team
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of sleazy scientists could play God as they saw fit.
And at the source of this mass-production is just an ordinary, plain, 14 year old girl. Not acting as one who controls the project, but as one who is used as a reference model, from which uncountable numbers of clones are produced, only to be tragically murdered just mere hours later.
So tell me... What happens when the source of these mass-produced clones finds out she is being used for such an act without any of her consent or knowledge?
Well... The answer to that question is something you will have to figure yourself, by doing yourself a favor and watching this magnificent show.
Now, on to the technical side of things!
To start this off, the pacing in this show (compared to any Raildex installment that came before it), is marvelous... just simply marvelous.
It is never too fast... nor does it ever feel like the show's just being dragged on to fill in time...
The pacing just feels... right, like really right. Feels just like it should. 10/10
The animation has seen an ever so slight downgrade when compared to previous installments in this franchise, however... Every other aspect makes up for it drastically. New beautiful character designs, vastly improved background art, color work that has been improved ten fold, color-correction which does everything in its power to set the intense atmosphere just right, and oh man... the list just goes on and on!
Basically, an almost full-on upgrade from the last season! 9/10
The sound-design and soundtracks are unchanging, staying as great as they were before.
Many new tracks have been composed (which I find myself listening to even to this day!), and old sound-effects have been remastered.
I think the team behind these two aspects has managed to deliver a splendid performance one again, so in regards to that... 10/10
And finally the enjoyment....
What do I even need to say here? 11/10* (with a slight exception)
Everything about the sister's arc came to life in the way it should have, it really feels like this was one of J.C. Staff's best works, if not the very best they have ever made. The very proof of that are my many, many, MANY re-watches of Railgun S... that all exclude the last 8 episodes.* (the exception)
Yeah, unfortunately, as great as everything else is in this series, I feel like the final 8 episodes only really get interesting at the very end, which is unsurprising considering they are pure filler.
But I do think that, if you can look past those episodes, you are in for a fantastic time, especially if you are a hardcore fan of the Raildex universe.
That's all from me, thank you for reading.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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