Episode 48 - Eternal Party (Original Episode)

Major Event

1. STUDY's nefarious plot has been stopped and Janie and Febri are free of their bondage.

2. The Academy City Research Exhibition Assembly of the year begins.

3. Shinobu, Febri, and Janie leave Academy City.

Trivia

• This is the first actual time Aomi is shown to be on duty as Judgment.

• The full capabilities of Kongou's Aero Hand is shown for the first time.

• The mechas that uses Mugino's Meltdowner may be a reference to the FIVE_Over series.

• Aritomi is shown to be try and attempt suicide via a gun to the head. However, in the original manga, Kiyama Harumi was shown to do the exact same thing once her plans became unraveled and when the AIM Burst started its rampage. It is unknown why Harumi's attempted to suicide was taken out.

• Misaka 19090 is revealed to be the clone that was in the Testament machine as she tried to inject emotions into the Misaka Network.

• only my railgun is the only opening not used as an insert song this episode.

• Shinobu is shown wearing a gothic lolita outfit for the first time in the present day.

• The denouement scene shows that Mikoto has changed her hairpin (from the previously plain one to a floral one), implying that Janie, Febri and Shinobu's departure occurred after August.

• Accelerator and Last Order are shown with both of them conscious. These further supports that the end of the episode occurs way after August.

• Touma is shown to be doodling a drawing of Index on his notebook.

• After the departure of Febri, Janie, and Shinobu they mention that the Liberal Arts City trip is the next day, which suggests that their departure occurred during September 2, a day before the Mikoto and company arrive at Liberal Arts City.

• The scene where Saten is shown studying "something" related to Kongou Airlines is used as a flashback this episode.

• Scenes from episode 05, 14, and 15 are reused as a flashback regarding Accelerator.

• The explosion of the missile in the upper atmosphere/space is the exact animation used for sun-rising sequence in the second opening.

Episode 47 - Dawn of a Revolution (Silent Party) (Mainly Original Episode)

Major Event

1. STUDY initiates their city-wide "rebellion" called Silent Party.

Trivia

• The ED is replaced by Sachika Misawa's Infinia.

• Despite having no desire to actually leave Academy City, the nanodevices that are injected to the students who want to leave are referenced and used for the first time in this episode.

• Mii has a Musashino milk cover for her cellphone.

• The Endymion was shown on the computer console used by STUDY.

• The scene where Shinobu was captured by Saiai back in episode 9 is reused for a flashback.

• Several scenes from episode 3 is reused for a flashback during Shinobu's private talk with Mikoto.

• Scenes from episode 12 of the first season are used as a comparison to Janie's power.

• The scene where Touma gives his speech about his dream where everyone has a happy ending back in episode 14 is once again used for a flashback.

Episode 46 - STUDY (Original Episode)

Major Event

1. Febrie is revealed to be a Chemicaloid.

2. Shinobu reveals that she was the one who freed Febrie and gave Mikoto's name to her believing she could protect her.

3. Mikoto infiltrates STUDY's first base, discovers Shinobu's whereabouts and is captured by STUDY.

Trivia

• The ED is once again removed this episode.

• Scenes from episode 21, 22, 23, 24 from the previous season are reused for flashbacks regarding Therestina this episode.

• Scenes from episode 14 and 16 are reused this episode for flashbacks regarding Touma.

Episode 45 - Darkness (Original Episode)

Major Event

1. Febrie is discovered to be an artificial human that had knowledge inputted into her through Testament, and that her body produces toxins that could kill her. She later has 72 hours before her entire stock of lollipops that stay those toxins is depleted. Moreover, the hair that's inside a capsule is discovered to be from a being that is similar to that of Febrie.

2. Mikoto deliberately involves her friends in the dark side of Academy City.

3. Mikoto discovers that Shinobu has been expelled from Nagatenjouki Academy.

4. Mikoto meets Therestina Kihara Lifeline in a desperate attempt to find a lead.

Trivia

• Shinobu speaks for the first time since being reintroduced.

• The ending theme is removed to extend the content of the episode, though the track Tachi Tomare nai Riyuu from the second Toaru Kagaku no Railgun soundtrack is played over the credits.

• Scenes from 2, 5, and 6, are reused for flashbacks regarding the Sisters, moreover, of that Nunotaba Shinobu.

• Kuroko's face that was shown at the end of episode 7 is reused as a flashback just before Mikoto tries to involve her and the others against the dark side of Academy City.

• Scenes from episode 8, 9, and 10 are reused for Mikoto's flashbacks regarding the "dark side organization" she fought.

• The still of Febrie's bag and clothes on a table is reused later in the episode when Heaven Canceller talks about Febrie having only 72 hours before her lollipops run out.

Episode 44 - Febri (Original Episode)

Major Event

1. Febrie is revealed to be man-made.

Trivia

• The other students in STUDY are finally given voices.

• Shinobu's face is finally revealed.

• Saten hums A Certain Tune as she enters the bathhouse.

• Scenes from episodes 5 and 16 were reused for Mikoto's flashback sequence in the bathhouse.

• The frame of a fully white Kuroko sticking her tongue out while having her fist on her head and smiling from episode 1 of the very first season is reused again in this episode.

Episode 43 - Academic Research Assembly (Original Episode)

Major Event

1. Mikoto bonds with Febrie.

2. STUDY proceeds to test their research on Misaka Mikoto.

Trivia

• Despite what Mii says, Anti-Skill in the anime adaptations have been contacted at such late an hour, specifically when Kamijou Touma sees Misaka 10031's body in episode 13.

• Febrie refers to all her friends using their given names.

• This marks the first time Aogami Pierce debuts in a Railgun-related work.

• Erii's height fluctuates during this episode, specifically in the outside shot of the Judgment 177 Branch Office, she is shown to be taller than all of the girls present there, including Mii.

• The walking animation for the gang as they try to go to Asunaro Park is poorly animated, with the girls barely moving their bodies and the illusion of their legs moving faked by having them "moved" up and down, especially that of Febrie, whose legs aren't shown allowing for a easier way to hide her walking.

• During the scene where both Mikoto and Febrie are sitting on the same bench, the shadow for Mikoto's blouse goes over a line. This is quickly corrected after Mikoto flinches when Febrie doesn't respond to her.

Episode 42 - Moving (Original Episode)

Major Event

1. Edasaki Banri is discharged from the hospital.

2. Judgment prepares for the Academy City Research Exhibition Assembly.

3. Haruue Erii moves from the Uiharu Residence.

4. The girls meet Febrie.

Trivia

• STUDY is introduced.

• New Powered Suits that are not unlike that of the HsPS-15 is being tested by Haruki and his ilk.

• All the members of Haruki's group other than Shinobu wear glasses.

• Mikoto references to Saten a man stalking her that she shooed away. Since this is after the Sisters Arc and that Mikoto references to him being a stalker this indicates that Etzali has already abducted and taken the form of Unabara Mitsuki.

• When showing the profiles of the members of ITEM on STUDY's the computer screen, Frenda's power level is revealed to a Level 4 with her ability being "unknown".

• When Kuroko opens the door in her and Mikoto's room to take a shower, it is conspciously computer generated.

• During the traffic jam scene where the scene pans out to reveal cars being stuck in traffic, there are only a total four 3D vehicular models used on the road, with only 3 color schemes used: white, black, and gray.

Silent Party (Original Arc)

Episode 41 - Study Group (Mainly Original Episode)

Major Event

1. Mikoto discovers that the clones are being distributed to outside institutions.

2. Mikoto meets Mugino Shizuri and Frenda Seivelun again.

3. Kuroko meets Mugino and Frenda, arguing with the latter.

Trivia

• Konori Mii referenced Uiharu as the Goalkeeper during this episode.

• Kuroko replaces Mikoto as the one that accompanies Kongou to the Horus Pet Salon to buy some food for Ekaterina.

• The episode reveals that Misaka 10032's blood is type AB, indicating that her and even Mikoto are all type ABs, as they are clones of her.

• The segment where Kuroko and Frenda argue which of their Level 5 acquaintances is better is taken from an omake 4koma from the 5th Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Volume.

• Both the OP and ED, sister's noise and Grow Slowly respectively, are replaced by their new counterparts during this episode.

• In initial airings of the the TV version, the preview for the next episode is replaced by a preview for Toaru Majutsu no Index Movie: Miracle of Endymion, later airings have some stations use the proper preview episode preview instead.

• Animation in Saten's scene as she talks with Uiharu over the phone while cleaning is choppy.

• For the entirety of her appearance during this episode, Maika's face is obscured.

Episode 40 - Sisterhood

Major Event

1. With the aid of Mikoto and the clones, Touma is able to defeat Accelerator.

2. The Level 6 Shift experiment is suspended, and the clones are sent to facilities for readjustment on their bodies.

3. Touma refers to Mikoto by her family name for the first time.

Trivia

• With at least 15 episodes dedicated to the story, the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S version of the Sisters Arc is the longest story arc in both anime series.

• Index makes a cameo appearance for the first time in Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S.

• 1 minute and 30 seconds of content are reused from the previous one as the cold open for this episode.

• Scenes from episode 4 are used as a flashback for this episode.

Overall Trivia

• With 21 chapters published, this arc is the second longest one in the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun manga. Moreover, with 16 episodes in the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S anime adaptation, it is the longest story arc in the animated series.

• This is the first arc in the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun sidestory to intersect with the main story of Toaru Majutsu no Index.

Note:

1. In all versions of the story, a blimps appear to foreshadow Mikoto's involvment, the scene that plays out the most vital is the scene where Mikoto declares in front of Touma that she despises blimps. In the original novel, the Mizuho Organization is shown in the blimp to have withdrawn, during Touma and Mikoto's first meeting after his memory lost. In the scene where she meets Touma a second time after his memory lost, the narration references that three muscular dystrophy research institutes have withdrawn. This is carried over in the anime adaptation. In the manga adaptation, the scene in their first meeting is removed, though it is later shown in their second meeting, however, the Duchenne Dystrophy Research Center is the one that is referenced. This segment is removed in its entirety in the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun manga, as the audience is aware of that Mikoto is involved; although, the blimp can still be seen in some panels. Their second meeting, also redacts the blimp reporting about the research institutes, and instead focuses on the subject around Tree Diagram.

2. This scene is slightly modified in the Toaru Majutsu no Index manga adaptation Chapter 12. Tsuchimikado Maika does not appear in the scene, and since the Deep Blood Arc was not adapted into the manga, Aisa is not present, leaving only Index present for the scene.

3. The scene plays out somewhat differently in the original novels, as Touma realizes that he is unable to escape both the boxes and the oncoming Accelerator, Touma takes advantage of Accelerator's reflection and attacks him with gravel, which automatically counters Touma, ejecting gravel upon him and propelling Touma far enough to escape the falling containers.

4. The original novel has Touma blown away by Accelerator's use of the wind, and is later knocked unconscious as his body is thrown into a wind turbine's pillar. The anime plays this scene differently from the rest of the adaptations, hither, Accelerator already begins forming the plasma ball and actually attacks Touma with it and knocking down. Only the 37th Chapter of the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun manga keeps this scene intact, while the Toaru Majutsu no Index manga keeps the wind attack but has Touma fall down into several shipping containers instead.

5. It is noted that the researchers could have used Last Order to prevent the Sisters from gathering and manipulating the wind turbines, but stayed their hands as they might cause an irreversible damage to the experiment.

6. Chapter 21 of the Toaru Majutsu no Index manga adaptation completey redid the scene. Hither, Misaka 10032 and Misaka Mikoto meet just outside of Touma's ward, wherein Misaka 10032 later returns to the room to have Touma touch her breast again after referring to the reading of his bioelectricity. Needless to say, Mikoto becomes flustered because of this and later takes Misaka 10032 away.fter

The note section contains information from both Index Side and Railgun Side and it the only arc that crossover to the other series. As the next arc which both series had took after Index Side of the story with a couple of scenes being the same. That which be in Railgun Season 3 which is set to release somewhere this year.

Episode 39 - Tōma Kamijō

Major Event

1. Misaka 10032 battles Accelerator as part of the Level 6 Shift experiment.

2. Touma interrupts the battle between Misaka 10032 and Accelerator. Touma meets Accelerator for the first time and does battle with him.

3. The switchyard is destroyed, and a noticeable sudden storm appears over Academy City due to the ensuing battle.

Trivia

• Despite being the protagonist of Toaru Majutsu no Index, this marks the first time Touma's name is used as a title for an episode.

• Touma's phone is changed back to the regular fliphone he uses.

• The Imagine Breaker sound effect adds a new "glass breaking" sound after the initial high-pitch sound indicative of Touma negating something is played.

• Scenes from episode episode 5, episode 6, episode 12, episode 13, and episode 14 are reused for flashback sequences during this episode.

• After the dust explosion that Accelerator initiated during the fight, fires begin erupting in the switchyard. After regaining consciousness after being knocked out briefly by Touma's punch, the fires are completely gone. This may indicate that the fire has snuffed itself out after quickly consuming all the oxygen it could in the windless night.

• The second time Touma punches Accelerator resembles his Finishing Move animation sequence featured in Toaru Majutsu no Index (PSP game) barring the dragon.

Episode 38 - The Promise

Major Event

1. Touma discovers the Level 6 Shift Project and decides to help Mikoto end it.

Trivia

• stand still returns as the ending theme for the episode, though having notable difference is that Touma and Mikoto's positions are switched.

• Touma's fliphone from the Index anime adaptation is given a screen for when the phone is closed, allowing for Touma to view the time without opening the phone. This however, is changed into the standard fliphone that he uses the next episode.

• The episode preview shows Touma saying the classic line "I'll destroy that illusion of yours," for the first time in an animated adaptation of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun.

• The scene where the Tokiwadai Dorm Supervisor's feet is focused when she is walking towards Mikoto and Kuroko's room is completely identical to the same scene in episode 11 of the first season of Index.

• Scenes from episode 2, 4, 5, 11, 12, and 13 are reused for flashbacks during this episode.

• Several scenes with the black cat's movements are computer generated. The most blatant of this is when Mikoto beckons the black cat to her, the animation is computer generated.

Episode 37 - Accelerator

Major Event

1. Accelerator explains to MISAKA 10031 that his ability is the ability to transform any vector. The MISAKA network is now cognizant of this fact for all of the future battles with Accelerator.

2. Misaka 10031 dies at the hands of the Accelerator , and is witnessed by Misaka Mikoto .

3. Touma yells in shock upon the discovery of Misaka 10031's corpse and later learns that Misaka Mikoto has clones after he briefly doubted his own sanity and thinking that he had hallucinated Misaka 10031's death.

4. Mikoto reveals that she has figured out the perfect, final way to end the experiment after thinking about the fact that the Level 6 shift project scientists had conjectured that Accelerator only had to kill Railgun 128 times in order to induce a level 6 shift in the Accelerator.

5. Touma heads to Mikoto's room in the Tokiwadai dormitories located away from the main campus in an attempt to speak to her and approach her about the Level 6 Shift experiment.

Trivia

• Accelerator's flashback has him killing indirectly the first Misaka clone. The scene is taken from the tankobon version of the chapter instead of the magazine version, where it implies that Accelerator killed Misaka 1 instead of her own doing.

• The direction set up in a way to make it seem that Touma was close in discovering Misaka 10031 and Accelerator's battle, unlike that of the previous adaptation of the scene which shows that it has been quite a while since Misaka 10031's death and then Touma discovering the corpse.

• As a coup de grace to the Misaka 10031–10032 confusion, Misaka 10032 explains in detail her and Misaka 10031's role in the story.

• The flashback with Misaka 1 implies that Accelerator's battle with Mikoto in episode 6 was the first time he fought another level 5.

• The OST from episode 5 when Mikoto witnessed the death of Misaka 9982 was used here once again for when she witnessed the death of Misaka 10031.

• At least 20 seconds from the previous episode are reused for the cold opening of the episode.

• Scenes from episode 11 and 12 are reused for various flashbacks.

• In the beginning of this episode's ending (as the music was playing), the windmills near the bridge start to turn as Mikoto walks by hinting at the fact that Mikoto tends to give off electricity that makes windmills spin as a way of foreshadowing what will happen during the fight in episode 15.

Episode 36 - Tree Diagram

Major Event

1. Misaka 10031 and 10032 learn about experiencing the following emotions which are from then on permanently stored in the Radio Noise network: happiness, anger, frustration, irony, bewilderment, and sadness.

2. The 10031st Level 6 Shift experiment begins.

3. Mikoto discovers that Tree Diagram has already been destroyed.

Trivia

• Grow Slowly returns as the ending theme, replacing stand still from the previous episode.

• Misaka 10032 identifies herself as such only after seeing both Misaka 10031 and Accelerator together for the experiment. Here, the Misaka 10031–10032 confusion is finally cleared during this episode as Misaka 10032 meets up with Misaka 10031, a fact that is only slightly shown in the manga and revelead in an omake of the 6th Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Volume.

• Touma references both Index and Himegami Aisa in her conversation with Misaka 10032 regarding taking care of cats, specifically Sphynx.

• The Destruction of Tree Diagram and its Remnant is referenced during this episode.

• The anime makes it clear that Mikoto was planning to stop the Level 6 Shift experiment by having Tree Diagram explain that the fight between her and Accelerator permanently prevented Accelerator from becoming a level 6 esper. She then planned to destroy Tree Diagram.

• Animation from episodes 5 and 6 are reused as flashbacks for this episode. Moreover, as well as from the previous episode during Misaka 10031's recollection of Mikoto yelling at her.

Episode 35 - The Vending Machine

Major Event

1. Touma is officially reintroduced to Misaka Mikoto after losing his memories.

2. Shirai Kuroko meets Kamijou Touma.

3. Kamijou Touma and Misaka Mikoto meets Misaka 10031. Touma would later meet Misaka 10032 .

4. Misaka Mikoto discovers that the experiments persist.

5. Amai Ao angrily complains about the splitting of funds of the project.

6. Mikoto opts to do something that would be fundametally detrimental to Academy City.

Trivia

• Despite their meeting in episode 19 of the first season of Railgun, Touma does not remember Mikoto.

• The song, stand still by Iguchi Yuka , Index's seiyuu, replaces Grow Slowly as the ending theme during this episode.

• Misaka 10032 arriving to aid Kamijou Touma with the beverage can is taken from the 3rd light novel volume, likewise is Accelerator's chewing a clone's finger, though that one was taken just before his confrontation with Misaka 10032 in the switchyard. For coverage on the confusion between Misaka 10031 and Misaka 10032, please visit Misaka 10031–10032 confusion page.

• Nearly the entire flashback of Touma's first meeting with Mikoto in episode 04 of the first season of Railgun is reused in the beginning of the episode.

• After Accelerator spits the clone's finger on the ground, it is closed upon but it is censored in the television broadcast.

• Scenes from episode 5 and 6 are once again reused for this episode.

Episode 34 - Meltdowner

Major Event

1. The first actual single battle between Level 5s occur between Misaka Mikoto and Mugino Shizuri. Misaka Mikoto defeats Mugino Shizuri.

2. Misaka Mikoto successfully cripples the second to last laboratory connected to the Level 6 Shift experiments, and later discovers that the experiment can no longer be sustained.

Trivia

• This episode marks the first time two Level 5s do battle in single combat in an anime adapatation. This is unlike Mikoto and Accelerator's confrontation, where the latter didn't even get the opportunity to fight former.

• Touma does the preview narration for the next episode, the first time he does so in Toaru Kagaku no Railgun.

• Scenes from episode 5, 6, and 7 are reused as flashbacks in the episode.

• An animation error occurs when Mikoto tries to dodge Mugino's Meltdowner beams after finding out that she is somehow still conscious. Mikoto's head is cut-off, indicating that the frames were not aligned properly.

• The animation used for Touma giving his money to the vending machine is exactly the same one from the 10th episode of Toaru Majutsu no Index.

Episode 33 - AIM Stalker

Major Event

1. Mikoto confronts three members of ITEM.

2. Shinobu fails in her missions as a strange being prevents her from installing emotions on the clones, and is captured by Saiai.

Trivia

• The events of this episode differ from those of the Railgun S opening: In the opening, Touma and Kuroko were present in Mikoto's fight against ITEM, but in this episode Mikoto fights alone, without the help of either Touma or Kuroko.

• The sound effect used upon the bullet hitting Saiai's Offense Armor is similar to the one used for when Accelerator's reflection. This is a nod to the origin of Saiai's powers from the Dark May Project.

• Entire sequences from the previous episode are reused near the beginning of the episode, likely to stretch out the time.

• Scenes from episode 6 are reused for flashbacks.

• To show the passage of time between Mikoto's initial encounter with Frenda and the arrival of Mugino, the location where the ridiculously realistic fire animation was used had the fire gone out.

• When Mugino Shizuri fires Meltdowner for the first time, her pose mimics Mikoto's Railgun pose.

• The scene where Frenda peeks during the battle between Mikoto and Mugino, and right before Rikou consumes the Ability Body Crystal, Frenda's stockings have completely disappeared.

Episode 32 - ITEM

Major Event

1. Mikoto and Shinobu separately infiltrate two laboratories from S-Processor.

2. Mikoto fights and defeats Frenda.

3. Mikoto meets Takitsubo Rikou and the 4th Level 5 (without knowing her identity) Mugino Shizuri.

Trivia

• Ami Koshimizu retains her role as Mugino Shizuri. She first appeared in the Toaru Majutsu no Index (PSP game).

• Frenda stating that she nearly lost her pretty legs might be a reference to her terrible fate in the 15th volume of Index, where she is severed in her torso and killed by Mugino Shizuri after betraying ITEM to SCHOOL.

• Scenes from episode 5 and 6 are used for flashback.

• After Mikoto propels herself backwards using her magnetism to escape the bomb that Frenda planted inside the metal plating Mikoto was using, the fire is shown after the explosion looks so realistic that it is out place.

Episode 31 - I... I Want To Be of Help To You, Sister Dearest

Major Event

1. Misaka Mikoto begins her reign of terror against the research facilities involved with the Level 6 Shift.

Trivia

• The blond scientist that acts as the security supervisor for the Level 6 Shift in the original manga is finally named during this episode as Keitz Nokleben.

• The typing animation used for Konori Mii during the girls' investigation of the Level Upper back in episode 10 of the first season is reused for Kuroko here.

• The cleaning robot that sweeps the streets before the scene cuts into the recurring alleyway is reused three times in the episode.

• Scenes from episode 10, 16, 24 from the first season is used for Kuroko's flashback sequence.

Episode 30 - I... Can See All of You

Major Event

1. Misaka Mikoto fights Accelerator and is soundly beaten. She would have been eliminated by Accelerator if not for the timely efforts of the Sisters.

2. Mikoto prepares to take down the Level 6 Shift Project alone.

Trivia

• Misaka 8912 replaces Misaka 9982 as the first Sister to have tasted milk tea. Moreover, milk tea is a recurring theme between the Sisters, appearing in the ending sequence as well as the tea Misaka 9982 references when she is taken by Mikoto for a drink.

• Several scenes from the previous episode are reused as a flashback, specifically, that of Misaka 9982.

• The hospital flasback scene from episode 2 where Mikoto allows the scientist to use her DNA Map is reused for the nightmare sequence during this episode.

• Although the pose and the beginning is relatively the same, the episode introduces a new Railgun shooting sequence.

Episode 29 - Project Level 6 Shift

Major Event

1. Misaka Mikoto bonds with Misaka 9982 .

2. Misaka Mikoto learns the truth about the clones and the Level 6 Shift.

3. Misaka 9982 dies in her battle against Accelerator .

4. A Level 5 , Misaka Mikoto, attacks another one, Accelerator, for the first time.

Trivia

• The episode marks the first time a pantyshot actually appears on the Railgun adaptation.

• The scene where Misaka 9982 tries to save a baby from heatstroke completely removes Yomikawa Aiho's appearance.

• Misaka 9982 references the tea scene from the 20th chapter of Railgun despite the scene being absent in the anime.

• Misaka 9982 points out that the Japanese word for "young cat" (こねこ koneko?) is a palindrome. In one fan translation, the English palindrome "Was it a cat I saw?" is used.

• Endymion, along with Misawa Cram School can be seen from the distance in the bridge scene where Misaka 9982 says farewell to Mikoto. Moreover, this is the same bridge used when Kamijou Touma and Stiyl Magnus used to travel towards Misawa Cram School back in episode 7 of Toaru Majutsu no Index as well as the bridge used at the end of the first opening of Toaru Majutsu no Index II.

• In the code, each group of three letters happen to be the first three letters on each line of a keyboard.

• Furthermore, in the code each group of numbers happens to match up with the buttons of an atm machine going from bottom to top and left to right.

• Scenes of Misaka 9982 has her goggles drawn traditionally or of poorer quality.

• Compared to his original appearance in the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime, Accelerator has noticeably longer and wavier hair in his apperance here.

• When Misaka 9982 fires her Toy Soldier, the scene is computer generated, moreover, there is no rifling marks on the bullets.

• Despite the experiment being referred to by Misaka 9982 as the 9982nd experiment, the file that Mikoto reads regarding the experiment has it written as Misaka 9928.

• While Misaka 9982 crawls toward the Gekota badge after her legged ripped off, a scene where her entire body is shown along with her missing leg. However, the scene is censored in the television airing, with a black bar diagonally placed on screen to cover her leg.

• The ending theme is cut during this episode, an unprecedented move in the animated Toaru Majutsu no Index series. Moreover, the entire credits sequence is changed into a scrolling one in a black background.

Episode 28 - Sisters

Major Event

1. Misaka Mikoto meets a clone, Misaka 9982, for the first time and confirms her worst fears.

2. At the very end of the episode, after the ending sequence, Misaka 9982 is asked by the researchers to clean a blood-stained room full of dead clones who had fought in a test experiment against each other.

3. Accelerator is shown in the next episode preview and we see footage from the battle scene between Misaka 9982 and Accelerator in the next episode preview as well.

Trivia

• The "Large-scale field trip" is once again referenced during this episode.

• Level Upper and the brainwave network is referenced during this episode.

• Despite two seasons of Toaru Majutsu no Index the eyes of Misaka 9982 are different from the eyes of the clones that appeared in previous adaptations.

• Scenes from episode 6 of the first season are reused to reintroduce Kana to the audience.

Episode 27 - Project Radio Noise

Major Event

1. Misaka Mikoto confirms that an attempt at making clones of her is true, but is relieved that the project fell through before the start of production.

Trivia

• Magical Powered Kanamin appears for the first time in the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun anime adaptation. Here, she is voiced by Yuka Iguchi, Index's voice actress.

• The scene in the beginning of the episode where Tokiwadai girls are walking in the hall while one student is running is taken directly from the first episode of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun.

• The scenes that Mikoto and other Tokiwadai students arrives at the classroom are not in the manga, for in the manga timeline, they still enjoy their summer vacation at this timepoint.

• This episode rarely shows a scene that Misaka Mikoto takes a class (probably a recollection scene), in which she learns about DNA map is required for cloning, which is not in the manga..

• The montage of clone rumors in the episode are repeated in several times in the episode.

• The animation used for the Magical Powered Kanamin scene on the guard's television is taken directly from episode 18 of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime.

Sister Arc (Railgun Side)

Episode 26 - Critical

Major Event

1. Misaka Mikoto meets Nunotaba Shinobu.

Trivia

• The episode preview summary references the Large-scale field trip, the event that Mikoto and the gang partake in Toaru Kagaku no Railgun SS: Liberal Arts City.

• Shinobu's character design removes her trademark fisheyes.

• Shinobu references AIM Stalker when she makes her bluff of explaining her powers against the thugs.

• The entire flasback scene in the beginning is done with a fisheye lens effect.

• The document that Uiharu's phone is resting on as Saten calls refers to China and the United States' nuclear history and capabilities.

Railgun Season 2

Episode 25 - Railgun (Mainly Original Content)

Major Event

1. Edasaki Banri is confirmed to be enrolled in Sakugawa Middle School.

Trivia

• Despite the last episode of the first season ends with a date indicating that the day is before the first day of the Sisters Arc in the manga, the episode implies that a new day has started and that the Sisters Arc hasn't even begun yet and the timeline of the Sisters Arc is moved further in the anime.

• The railings that Mikoto waits on with her phone is similar to one that starts and ends the first season of the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun anime.

• A "blink and you will miss" scene occurs during the part where Mikoto tries to take an arcade coin from her skirt while falling in the sky. The space elevator Endymion, a very thin part of it, appears briefly.

• Touma referencing on how there is not a dull moment in the city mirrors Mikoto's first words from episode 1 and her last words from the final episode of the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun anime's first season.

• Saten Ruiko running in the alleyway with the point-of-view from below her is similar to the first episode of the first season of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, where the thug is running away from Kuroko.

• At the start of the librabry scene, the point-of-view pans downwards, one can see that doing so shows that the scene has jagged edges, indicating that the objects are not properly anti-aliased.

• A small picture of a young Kiyama Harumi shows up in Banri's stand.

• The scene where Mikoto raises her hand as she proceeds to explain what to do with the flowers from the gift shop for Banri's surprise, Mikoto momentarily gains six digits on her right hand.

• During the scene where Mikoto was sitting on a Wind turbine, the two turbines behind her was turning in an anti-clockwise direction while the turbine she was sitting on turns in a clockwise direction.

Episode 48 - Armed Gang (Skill-Out)

Major Event

1. Komaba Ritoku is killed during his battle against Accelerator, with GROUP fulfilling their mission.

2. Hamazura Shiage is promoted as the leader of Komaba Ritoku's Skill-Out, and is ordered by Academy City to kill Misaka Misuzu.

3. Accelerator and Kamijou Touma meet Misaka Misuzu.

4. With Accelerator unknowingly helping, Touma is able to save Misaka Misuzu from Skill-Out.

5. Kamijou Touma meets Hamazura Shiage and defeats him.

6. Misuzu opts not to take Mikoto away from Academy City.

Trivia

• The opening song is removed for the episode, as per tradition, the ending song is played over scenes near the end of the episode..

• Fremea Seivelun makes her anime appearance only a month from her debut and design being revealed in Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01 on March 10.

• The episode features the debut of Kanzaki Kaori's new outfit.

• Both Awaki's supposed crushing and Ritoku's bloody demise are censored.

• Kuroko and Uiharu's conversation featured in this episode is reused animation from the episode 20.

Overall Trivia

• With only 1 and half episodes dedicated to covering the event (as the other half was dedicated with still covering the epilogue of the invasion), the Skill-Out Uprising, or more specifically the Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS has the shortest adaptation of an event in the anime.

• There also one chapter that was not feature in the anime and as of Season 3 it was announced that the missing chapter that was not featured in the anime will get a CD Drama.

The last point in Overall Trivia was added in by myself as I heard that they had plans to release it as CD Drama but the site that I got this information did not state on their site or at least I don't remember seeing it.

Part Skill-Out Uprising Arc

Episode 47 - Prewar

This episode contains two different arc the previous arc ending part and the start of Skill-Out Uprising Ar, hence the overall trivia here is for the previous arc.

Major Event

1. The invasion of Academy City by the Roman Catholic Church ends.

2. Kazakiri Hyouka returns to normal.

3. Academy City and the Roman Catholic Church prepare for war.

4. Accelerator, Etzali, Tsuchimikado Motoharu, and Musujime Awaki are recruited into GROUP and are forced to defeat Komaba Ritoku's Skill-Out.

Trivia

• Pray ~Inori~ is used as an insert song during this episode.

• Ichihanaransai is referenced for the first time in the series.

• This episode would mark the second appearance of the spiky-haired girl with glasses and the girl with the headband since their debut back in episode 8.

• The fact that Tsuchimikado Motoharu drinks alcohol was not addressed in the episode, unlike the light novels.

• During the close-up of Index when she was worrying about Accelerator, one glass pane from the windows remains completely intact without a sign of damage despite the fact that the glass windows were destroyed during Accelerator's battle with Kihara Amata.

• Despite talking to Mikoto using a cellphone, Index shows no visible signs of currently having one.

• Several frames during Accelerator's conversation with the person who recruits him into GROUP, specifically when Accelerator is sitting up while looking towards him while the screen pans to the left is repeated in the same scene.

Overall Trivia

• With seven episodes used for the adaptation, this would make the Academy City Invasion arc the longest story arc in the anime adaptation of the Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novels to date.

• This is one of the few Toaru Majutsu no Index story arcs where Touma does not end in Heaven Canceller's Hospital.

Note:

1. 5:20 AM would be the time the first events of the volume and arc are featured. The actual invasion of the city does not occur until 6:33 PM.

2. Since the investigation requires 5 days before declaring Touma as an enemy of God, it would imply that the Pope signed the document approving investigation shortly after Vento of the Front handed the document to him. This would mean that the investigation began since September 26 up until the 30th where in Touma was officially declared an enemy of God as well as the start of the invasion.

3. Last Order refers to Accelerator to Touma as "that person" in all of their interactions during the arc.

4. In the original Light Novel, Accelerator throws a concrete wall towards the Windowless Building which borrowed five minutes off the Earth's rotational energy. However, in the anime adaptation, Accelerator instead rips an entire building from its foundation and seemingly drives it towards the Windowless Building using his powers.

5. There is seemingly no indication in the anime adaptation whether or not Accelerator used the rotational energy of the Earth to achieve the feat.

6. In the original light novel, Acqua of the Back contacts the outside forces to retreat and later mentions to Terra of the Left that he cannot contact them. Here, Terra of the Left states that they were annihilated.

7. In the anime version Acqua of the Back simply states that he contacted the outside forces to retreat, showing no indication that the outside forces have either received his order or are dead.

Episode 46 - The Divine Retribution Spell

Major Event

1. Touma defeats Vento of the Front

2. Accelerator awakens and kills Kihara Amata.

3. Touma meets Acqua of the Back who retrieves Vento of the Front.

4. The invasion of Academy City officially ends with the retreat of Acqua of the Back from Academy City.

Trivia

• Angel language is heard for the first time in the animated series.

• The scene where Touma meets Acqua of the Back is played after a regular showing of the ending theme, right before the next episode preview.

• This marks the first time that an "Awakening" is shown, though no information is provided about it.

• When Index intonated her song Accelerator moved his lips in sync, though it was to pronounce Kihara name. This may be a reference to the the event of World War III, when he truly sing a similar song.

• When the scene focuses on Vento of the Front during her correlation of Fuse KAZAKIRI to her bleeding, if the viewer watches carefully the viewer can see that the background has blocks of pixels as if poorly enlarged.

• There is a certain delay in Amata's reaction to Index moving closer to the table where Last Order is.

• Index can be clearly seen to have already arrived at the table Last Order is placed in, however, in the next scene after Amata's reaction, she is now farther away from Last Order.

• The stance where Amata spreads his arms downwards after beating Accelerator into the floor is reused later during Index's aria.

Episode 45 - Learning Device (Testament)

Major Event

1. Kihara Amata activates Kazakiri Hyouka's Fuse=KAZAKIRI form and freezes the Misaka clones in Academy City.

2. The Roman Catholic Invasion force is annihilated by Fuse=KAZAKIRI.

3. Accelerator begins his battle with Kihara Amata anew.

4. Kamijou Touma begins his battle with Vento of the Front anew.

Trivia

• The episode would mark the first time Touma and Accelerator would speak to each other since their confrontation in the 14th episode of the first season.

• Accelerators attack on the Windowless Building is depicted much weaker and slower then described in the light novels, where it is described as being much faster and also destroying several other structures on the way to its target.

• There are more than 10 Misaka clone in Academy City, furthermore, during the activation of the virus that would make Fuse=KAZAKIRI manifests, Misaka 10032 is the only clone apparently able to move and speak.

• When Accelerator launches his attack on the Windowless Building, the building he launches at it simply bounces off sustaining little damage before falling back and then collapsing. A building travelling at that speed should have completely shattered upon hitting the target.

• This episode would mark a new animation for Aleister Crowley's appearance.

• Misaka Mikoto firing her Railgun is a recycled animation from the first Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Episode.

Episode 44 - Hound Squad (Hound Dog)

Major Event

1. Vento of the Front meets Kihara Amata.

2. Touma meets and battles with Vento of the Front, though she escapes.

3. The Imaginary Number District is activated

4. Tsuchimikado Motoharu battles with the Roman Catholic Church attack forces.

5. Accelerator becomes a wanted criminal.

Trivia

• This episode marks the first time a recap section features the voice and sound effects of an actual scene it is recapping.

• The scene where Accelerator fights the Hound Dog unit in the factory is extremely toned down from the Light Novels. Although the scene in which he shoots the hound dog member at point blank range in the jaw before kicking her down into a mechanical press is still present.

• The design of the Scent Sensor is vastly different from how it was described in the light novel, where it was described more as a small, pistol-shaped device instead of the minesweeper-like design seen in the anime.

• In the Light Novels, Accelerator takes a shotgun to use as a substitute crutch (his original cane was lost in the fight with Kihara) from the same equipment bag where he discovered the Scent Sensor in the van with Orson.

• Accelerator bends his neck in an unnatural way during his stay at the control center of the recyling facility.

Episode 44 - Hound Squad (Hound Dog)

Major Event

1. Vento of the Front meets Kihara Amata.

2. Touma meets and battles with Vento of the Front, though she escapes.

3. The Imaginary Number District is activated

4. Tsuchimikado Motoharu battles with the Roman Catholic Church attack forces.

5. Accelerator becomes a wanted criminal.

Trivia

• This episode marks the first time a recap section features the voice and sound effects of an actual scene it is recapping.

• The scene where Accelerator fights the Hound Dog unit in the factory is extremely toned down from the Light Novels. Although the scene in which he shoots the hound dog member at point blank range in the jaw before kicking her down into a mechanical press is still present.

• The design of the Scent Sensor is vastly different from how it was described in the light novel, where it was described more as a small, pistol-shaped device instead of the minesweeper-like design seen in the anime.

• In the Light Novels, Accelerator takes a shotgun to use as a substitute crutch (his original cane was lost in the fight with Kihara) from the same equipment bag where he discovered the Scent Sensor in the van with Orson.

• Accelerator bends his neck in an unnatural way during his stay at the control center of the recyling facility.

Episode 43 - Amata Kihara (The Researcher)

Major Event

1. Vento of the Front invades Academy City, and serves Divine Punishment upon its citizens. Crippling the city's infrastructure.

2. Aleister Crowley orders Kihara Amata and the Hound Dogs to capture Last Order.

3. Accelerator reunites with Kihara Amata and Index.

4. Touma reunites with Last Order

Trivia

• This episode marks the debut of Hound Dog.

• The scenes where the Accelerator fights the Hound Dogs are within the bloodiest moments of the novels, in the anime he easily satisfy himself with just beating them up.

• During Accelerator's attempt to destroy Amata's gloves, the entire scene is filtered with the color blue, at the same time as this it takes several seconds for Accelerator to touch Amata's gloves while Amata was able to talk, move around Accelerator and deliver a punch to him in mere seconds.

• Just before Touma notices one of the Anti-Skill fall unconscious, the Anti-Skill member had comrades next to him, however, when Touma came close to the unconscious Anti-Skill member, none of the other Anti-Skill next to him appears.

• Vento does not push the transmit button on the hand-held radio she is using at any point during her conversation with Aleister, even though the radio is a type that can only transmit when the transmit button (The large, black, oval button on the left side of the radio) is pressed. It is possible, however, that Aleister was using some type of listening device or magic to listen in on the radio even though it wasn't transmitting.

Episode 42 - Specimen Number (Serial Number)

Major Event

1. Kamijou Touma buys Misaka 10032 a necklace.

2. Kazakiri Hyouka manifests herself.

3. Touma meets Last Order.

4. Mikoto, Misaka 10032 and Last Order meet together.

5. Accelerator meets Index.

Trivia

• A certain washing machine makes its first appearance.

• Despite appearing in this episode, Lucia and Agnese Sanctis did not have any speaking roles during their appearance.

• This episode marks the first time Last Order calls Accelerator by his name, as well as Accelerator calling Last Order by her name.

• Last Order refers to herself in the first person during this episode.

• The part where Touma and Last Order meet Tsuchimikado and Aogami is not included in this episode.

• Near the end of the episode, several background characters featured before and after Index and Last Order's exchange, change positions a few times, particularly a group of background characters that were in front of Accelerator are later seen behind him.

Episode 41 - Penalty Game

Major Event

1. Touma begins to fulfill his promise to Mikoto for the Punishment Game.

2. Accelerator is released from a certain hospital.

3. Accelerator meets Tsukuyomi Komoe.

Trivia

• The episode features a new opening theme, replacing the old one.

• The episode marks the debut of A Certain High School and Tokiwadai Middle School's winter uniforms in the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime adaptation.

• Yoshikawa Kikyou is driving Accelerator and Last Order to A Certain High School in a car (in the light novel, the three of them take a taxi).

• The episode references Komoe's age and looks for the first time in the anime adaptation.

• The episode marks the official debut of Maika's long sleeved maid uniform, which hitherto has been only been featured in PSI-Missing and Masterpiece.

• This is the 2nd animated appearance of Mikoto's violin, the first being from episode 19 of the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun anime.

• The effects that the Accelerator suffers from logging out of the Misaka network are different in the novel and in the anime: in the novel he can't understand what is being said to him, he isn't smart enough to recognize the numbers in a watch and he can't move his body sans his arms (and even then he has trouble coordinating them). In the anime he only has problem hearing words.

Episode 40 - Rosary of the Appointed Time

Major Event

1. La Regina del Mare Adriatico and the Queen's Fleet is destroyed.

2. Agnese Forces joins the Anglican Church.

3. Kamijou Touma becomes a target of God's Right Seat's member Vento of the Front.

Trivia

• The episode replays the final moments of the previous episode, however, it immediately seques into the content of the episode as the opening theme is removed, though the series title card is still present.

• Uragami returns during this episode.

• This episode uses the ending theme as an insert song during the closing credits.

• During the first fight between Touma and Biagio, there are several times were Touma's right hand touched the ground, however only during the first contact his right hand broke the floor as it should.

• Several crosses that Biagio used on Orsola disappear in the next scene.

Overall Trivia

• None Listed. I will add in when the site that I got this information updates it may take a long time for it to happen or it may not happen.

Episode 39 - Queen's Fleet

Major Event

1. The Queen of the Adriatic Sea and it's fleet continue their mobilization.

2. Amakusa begin their attack on the the Queen's Fleet.

Trivia

• This episode would mark the fourth time Touma destroyed girls' clothes using the Imagine Breaker. The first time would be that of Index in the first episode of the first season and Agnese, Lucia and Angelene during this episode. As the result of Touma destroying their restrictive robes, Lucia and Angelene are forced to use pins to hold their clothes together, similar to that of Index.

• Like the ice ships, the magic boats created by Saiji are CG rendered.

La Regina del Mare Adriatico Arc

Episode 38 - City of Water

Major Event

1. The Daihasei Sports Festival has been concluded.

2. Touma wins a trip to Chioggia, Italy, and brings Index along.

3. Touma, Index and the Amakusa Christians help Orsola pack and move her possession.

4. An assassination was attempted on Orsola, though it was thwarted; she is later dragged into an ice ship along with Touma.

5. Ice Ships start to appear from the sea and mobilize.

6. Touma meets Agnese Sanctis again.

Trivia

• A girl from Kirigaoka Girls' Academy is featured during this episode.

• This marks the first time Touma and Index is outside of both Academy City and Japan since the timeline of the story began.

• Japanese subtitles were featured in this episode for the Italian dialogue.

• The italian dialogue was grammatically wrong in some parts.

• When a magician is trying to attack Orsola with the spear and Index commands him to "stab yourself", in the novel he loses control of the weapon and tries to commit suicide, only to be stopped by Touma's punches. This little tidbit was removed from the anime, surely on the case that suicide themes are handled very delicately by the organisms that regulate censorship. Despise removing the suicide sequence, Index still commands the mage to stab himself, through the result is completely different and doesn't match her words.

• A new ED song is featured in the episode, replacing the old one; it also features Touma's winter uniform.

• The entire fleet of ice ships are CG rendered.

Episode 37 - Apostolic Cross (Croce di Pietro)

Major Event

1. With the efforts of Stiyl Magnus, Touma is able to defeat Oriana Thomson.

2. Daihasei Festival's Night Parade illuminates Academy City skies and foils Oriana and Lidvia's plans on activating the Croce di Pietro and taking over Academy City for the Roman Catholic Church.

3. Lidvia falls into Laura Stuart's trap.

4. Touma loses the bet with Mikoto.

Trivia

• This episode marks the first appearance of Aleister Crowley's Blasting Rod.

• Kuroko is shown that she has fully recover different from the light novel.

• Aleister Crowley's smile is stock footage which was first used in episode 6 of the first season.

Overall Trivia

• This arc would mark the first time an arc covers two novels.

Episode 36 - The Observatory (Belvedere)

Major Event

1. Lidvia Lorenzetti and Oriana Thomson begin their final preparations for the activation of St. Peter's Cross.

2. Kamijou Touma, Tsuchimikado Motoharu and Stiyl Magnus discover how St. Peter's Cross is activated, and continues their pursuit of Oriana Thomson, with Motoharu getting injured by Oriana in the process.

3. Kamijou Touma and Stiyl Magnus engage in combat against Oriana Thomson.

Trivia

• In the Novels, Tsuchimikado Motoharu was taken out of the fight against Oriana by his hands and legs being burned by the fence, not being blasted by electricity. Other differences include the mention of the 'Kami-yan disease', and Misuzu making fun of Mikoto's relationship with Touma being omitted.

• Motoharu called General Superintendent Aleister on his cellphone to help them infiltrate School District 23, but this episode did not mention Aleister's involvement when it was mentioned in the novels.

• When Touma takes out the brochure to tell Motoharu that the bus Oriana took moves around district 7, right after the scene uses another bus to cut to a close up of Touma, the brochure disappears completely as well as Touma's posture changes.

• The scenery that was shown in the ending song, Magic∞World where Touma, Index and Mikoto cross paths after walking is featured in this episode.

• The large aeroplane featured during this episode seemed to dive down towards the ground, however, a scene immediately after shows that the aeroplane is ascending upwards.

Episode 35 - Stab Sword

Major Event

1. Touma, Motoharu and Stiyl continue their pursuit of Oriana, with Motoharu incurring injuries from an encounter with Oriana.

2. Aisa becomes the second civilian injured during Oriana's operation.

Trivia

• This episode marks Lidvia's first actual on-screen appearance since her introduction in the 8th episode.

• In the Light Novels, Touma was the one that stared at Misuzu's chest, not Touya.

• Misaka's electric punch on Touma may be the first shown successful attack on Touma, not being countered by his right hand.

• Despite using magic on his own, Motoharu did not incur any noticeable injuries before Oriana's arrival.

• Even though Touma kneeled on the pool of Aisa's blood, when he stood up, there is no hint that he has been kneeling on blood.

Episode 34 - Stenographic Sourcebook (Shorthand)

Major Event

1. Touma and Motoharu confront Oriana Thomson, with successfully engaging her in combat long enough for her to abandon her package, the Stab Sword, which is fake.

2. The Stab Sword is revealed to be non-existent, to cover the identity of St. Peter's Cross.

3. Lidvia's true plans are revealed; which is to use St. Peter's Cross to take control of Academy City.

4. Touma meets Misaka Misuzu, while Mikoto meets Touma's parents.

Trivia

• Oriana wears her signature clothes for the first time in this episode.

• Oriana cannot use the same spell twice in her lifetime, due to the nature of her Shorthand grimoires. This explanation was excluded in the anime adaption but was included in the Light Novels.

• Touma's cut on his face, changes size, position as well as angle, several times during the course of the episode.

• The scene where Stiyl is walking and talking to Touma for the first time, after acquiring the covered-up billboard from Oriana, has the phone that Stiyl is supposedly using during that scene is clearly missing.

• During the scene where Stiyl, Touma and Motoharu are resting at a cafe, there is a sign written in english on a chalkboard, though the last word is misspelled.

• During the scenes of jealousy for both, Index and Shiina, a dark aura animation effect is used on them.

• The scene where Touma meets up with his parents in the restaurant, Touya and Shiina's legs are notably missing under the table. Another scene where Mikoto argues with Touma, a female background character can be seen sporting a sports uniform, however, when the scene is revisited where Index argues with Mikoto, the girl sports a totally different attire altogether; in fact, it was the original attire worn by the girl when Touma entered the restaurant.

Episode 33 - Pursuit Inhibited (Route Disturb)

Major Event

1. Touma, Motoharu and Stiyl begin their pursuit of Oriana, with Stiyl and Motoharu incurring considerable damage in their pursuit.

2. Seiri becomes the first civilian victim of Oriana's operations.

Trivia

• This episode marks Kongou Mitsuko's debut in the main Toaru Majutsu no Index anime storyline.

• The number of both school participants have been divided by 10 where there are supposed 200 student for Tokidawai in the novel but there is only 20 student in the anime.

• Touma actually refers to Mikoto by name in this episode rather than by saying "you" or "Biri Biri."

• During the scene where Motoharu's back is focused when he was trying to bandage his injuries, the blood that came out of his left temple is missing.

• Touma and Motoharu somehow switched positions right after Tokiwadai assault the Minamizawa students during the ball tossing competition.

• When the paramedics are taking Seiri away, before a close-up to her face, one can see that the stretcher is missing Seiri's body.

• This episode features a slight animation change to the ending theme, Magic∞World.

Daihasei Festival Arc (Index Side)

Episode 32 - The Daihasei Festival

Major Event

1. The first day of Daihasei Sports Festival begins.

2. Touma and Mikoto decide to play a punishment game, in which the loser has to do everything what the winner says.

3. Oriana Thomson infiltrates Academy City.

4. Touma meets Oriana Thomson.

Trivia

• The Tokiwadai Middle School and A Certain High School sports attire make their debut in the Toaru Majutsu no Index storyline during this episode.

• Shirai Kuroko is seen on a wheelchair, despite being able to stand perfectly without trouble in the previous episode.

• Though accidentally, Index is the first girl to have ever kissed Touma.

• Though both members of Necessarius, as well as Stiyl referring to Motoharu back in the 2nd episode, this episode marks the first time both Stiyl Magnus and Tsuchimikado Motoharu appear onscreen.

• When Laura holds up the Stab Sword to show it to Aleister, several scenes show that the handles of the sword is either touching Laura's hair or missing them all entirely.

• The episode marks the first onscreen appearance of the "Spiky-haired girl with glasses" and "Girl with the headband" in the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime adaptation. Originally appearing in the background of some of the Light Novel artwork, they later appear in the manga adaptation as well.

• When Aisa and Maika where in the same scene, Maika has noticeably thinner lines than Aisa, which may be due to her being rendered in CG.

• A visual pun is presented by Sphynx trying to get away during the scene where Index tries to bite Touma while not wearing her panties.

• The flashcard that Oriana holds to communicate with Lidvia disappears just before Touma is seen following Oriana.

Episode 31 - Coordinate Relocation (Move Point)

Major Event

1. Touma rescues Kuroko after her defeat against Awaki.

2. Awaki is defeated by Accelerator, destroying the Remnant in the process.

Trivia

• The anime adaptation removes Touma and Kuroko's conversation after he rescues her, where he references Etzali.

• Touma calls Mikoto Biribiri once again during this episode.

• Instead of Mikoto slapping Touma it is Kuroko who slaps him.

• The Mikoto's flashback scene with the clones from the 12th episode of the first season of the anime adaptation is reused during this episode.

• When Kuroko tried tried to hit Awaki with the lamp, she runs for a few seconds towards her. However, it is shown that there is only a short distance between them, and there is no need for Kuroko to actually run as there is no room.

Overall Trivia

• This marks the first story arc where nearly the entire narration is not in Touma's perspective, the first arc that featured this was with Accelerator in the 5th Light Novel Volume story arc where he shares the narration with Touma. Accelerator would not get an entire story arc centered around his perspective nearly entirely until the 15th Light Novel's story arc.

Tree Diagram Remnant Arc

Episode 30 - Wreckage (Remnant)

Major Event

1. Shirai Kuroko does battle with Musujime Awaki, and is left seriously injured in her hands.

2. Musujime Awaki retrieves the Tree Diagram Remnant.

3. Misaka Mikoto confronts Musujime Awaki and her cohorts.

Trivia

• This episode features Mikoto wearing her floral hairpin.

• This episode marks Uiharu Kazari's official debut in the main Toaru Majutsu no Index storyline.

• Kuroko references Accelerator and Touma's battle back in episode 14.

• The Mikoto and Kuroko shower scene shown in the episode, marks the third time the scene from 8th Light Novel Volume is animated. The scene was first seen the epilogue of the final episode of the first season of Toaru Majutsu no Index, and then later used in the first episode of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun anime. Though having slight differences, the scene ends with Mikoto being hurt by Kuroko after invading her shower stall.

Episode 29 - Lotus Wand

Major Event

1. With the help of Stiyl Magnus, Index, Tatemiya Saiji and the Amakusa Christians, Touma is able to defeat Agnese Sanctis and end the battle at the Church of Orsola.

2. Orsola Aquinas method in deciphering The Book of the Law is found incorrect.

3. Orsola Aquinas defects to Anglican Church, while the Amakusa Christians join the church as well.

Trivia

• This episode marks the return of the recap sections that occur just before the start of an episode.

• Agnese Sanctis would be the 2nd woman to be punched by Touma, the first being Sherry Cromwell.

• Though Uragami's is present during this episode, her face is never seen.

• The episode reuses the ear stabbing scene from the previous episode. This also includes the error of having Index's hood lacking its golden linings.

• A section of Laura's hair is missing during her walk with Stiyl near the end of the episode.

Overall Trivia

• None Listed. I will add in when the site that I got this information updates it may take a long time for it to happen or it may not happen.

Episode 28 - Voice of the Magicbane (Sheol Fear)

Major Event

1. Kamijou Touma, Index and Stiyl Magnus join forces with the Amakusa-Style Remix of Church and battle against the Agnese Forces in an attempt to rescue Orsola Aquinas.

Trivia

• Several members of the Amakusa Christians that will not appear until the 11th Volume of the Light Novels (including Itsuwa), appear during the battle of the Church of Orsola. As of this episode, Itsuwa is the only one who has a speaking role in the anime.

• Approximately 1 minute of footage from the previous episode is reused in the opening scene right before the beginning of the opening theme.

• The bandage applied to Touma's arm is on his right arm, though it is clearly shown that Touma was injured on his left arm during Lucia's assault on him. Though may have incurred other injuries on his right arm.

• When Index enters the church, her headdress is missing the golden lines that are a part of it. This also occurs near the end of the of the episode.

Episode 27 - The Amakusa Church

Major Event

1. Agnese's forces successfully manage to defeat the Amakusa Christians and retrieve Orsola Aquinas.

2. Touma battles Uragami and defeats her.

3. Touma hands over the cross necklace that was given by Laura Stuart to Stiyl Magnus, to Orsola Aquinas

4. Stiyl and Touma battle Tatemiya Saiji and defeat him.

5. Index and Touma discover Agnese's deception after being covinced by Saiji, as well as being attacked by both Lucia and Angelene.

Trivia

• Uragami is featured in this episode, ending the long-held fan speculation that Itsuwa is Uragami.

• Touma complaining on how Stiyl used him as a decoy again maybe a reference to a scene in episode 8 of the first season.

• This would mark the first time Index used Spell Intercept since episode 23 of the first season.

• The injuries that Touma had received from Lucia seemingly disappears immediately after she and Angelene were forced to retreat.

Index Season 2

Orsola Aquinas Rescue Arc

Episode 26 - The Book of the Law

Major Event

1. Touma, Index, and Stiyl meet Orsola Aquinas, Agnese Sanctis and her forces, as well as the Amakusa Christians.

2. Orsola Aquinas is abducted by the Amakusa Christians

Trivia

• This marks the 2nd time in the series we see Touma outside of Academy City, the last time being in episode 15 at the start of the Angel Fall Arc. Touma also went outside of Academy City in the last episode, though this was not shown.

• The scene where Laura is eating and conversing with Stiyl in the cathedral regarding Kanzaki, is resembles the scene from the final episode of the previous season.

Episode 24 - Dear My Friends (Original Episode)

Major Event

1. Uiharu Kazari is introduced to the effects of Capacity Down.

2. Therestina reveals her plan to create a Level 6 esper.

3. With the aid of her friends, Mikoto is able to defeat Therestina who is later taken into custody.

4. With the use of the First Sample, Kiyama Harumi is able to revive her students and meet them for the first time since being comatosed.

5. Edasaki Banri meets Haruue Erii again since moving out of their Child Error facility.

6. Harumi's students meet Mikoto, Kuroko, Uiharu and Kuroko.

7. The Poltergeist earthquakes happening all around the city ends.

Trivia

• The previous opening song, only my railgun, is used as an insert song during Mikoto's battle with Therestina in the highway.

• The episode is named after Dear My Friend -Mada Minu Mirai he-, the previous ending theme for the anime. It is used as an insert song during the epilogue of the anime.

• Therestina refers Academy City as an experiment and students as guinea pigs, which is technically correct if one has been keeping up with Aleister Crowley's plans in the light novels.

• In the prologue, we see that Mikoto, Kuroko, Uiharu and Saten, in that order - are running towards the hospital the Child Errors were in. During that sequence we can see the background that was used in the promotional image for the anime; the background is also wraparound, as such the background repeats while they are running.

• Several frames where Konori Mii was wearing her helmet, had her, either having her hair coming out of her helmet or none at all.

• The scene where Mikoto falls to the ground after destroying one of the mechanical mobile suit's clamps, as well Kuroko teleporting after Mikoto summoned her, is a recycled animation from the opening, LEVEL 5-judgelight-.

• Despite Therestina being protected with armor, she was the only one with notable injuries during the fight

Overall Trivia

• It is unclear whether or not the Poltergeist Arc should be considered canon. In favor of its inclusion is the existence of Haruue Erii and Therestina Kihara Lifeline elsewhere in the Index universe.

1. Haruue Erii appears in a picture on Misaka Mikoto's phone in the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun manga.

2. Haruue Erii also appears in a colored illustration in the first Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index novel.

3. Therestina Kihara Lifeline and her schemes (regarding the Ability Body Crystal) during the arc are refered to in the 22nd Toaru Majutsu no Index novel.

4. Kihara Enshuu mentions Therestina Kihara Lifeline by name in the 4th Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index novel.

5. In favor of its exclusion is the presence of Kongou Mitsuko and the continued absence of Kiyama Harumi and her students.

6. Kongou Mitsuko does not tranfer to Academy City until about August 27th in the manga, and would not have been present before August 10th when the Poltergeist Arc takes place.

7. Kiyama Harumi does not appear again in either the Index novels or Railgun manga after her defeat and arrest in the Level Upper Arc.

• But whatever the canonical status of the Poltergeist Arc may be, the Railgun manga and anime do not appear to be consistent regarding presence (or absence) of Kongou Mitsuko in Academy City before August 10th.

Episode 23 - What Is It You See In Your Eyes Right Now? (Original Episode)

Major Event

• None Listed. I will add in when the site that I got this information updates it may take a long time for it to happen or it may not happen.

Trivia

• None Listed. I will add in when the site that I got this information updates it may take a long time for it to happen or it may not happen.

Episode 22 - Level 6 (The One Who Obtains the Power of God Whilst Still Possessing a Mortal Body) (Original Episode)

Major Event

• None Listed. I will add in when the site that I got this information updates it may take a long time for it to happen or it may not happen.

Trivia

• None Listed. I will add in when the site that I got this information updates it may take a long time for it to happen or it may not happen.

Episode 21 - Voices (Original Episode)

Major Event

• None Listed. I will add in when the site that I got this information updates it may take a long time for it to happen or it may not happen.

Trivia

• None Listed. I will add in when the site that I got this information updates it may take a long time for it to happen or it may not happen.

Episode 20 - Poltergeist (Original Episode)

Major Event

• None Listed. I will add in when the site that I got this information updates it may take a long time for it to happen or it may not happen.

Trivia

• "RSPK Syndrome" and "Poltergeist" are introduced into Toaru Kagaku no Railgun storyline in this episode. Before this, these two terms have been briefly mentioned in the 3rd light novel volume's 2nd chapter during Tsukuyomi Komoe's talk about espers with Index and Himegami Aisa in the bathhouse.

Episode 19 - Midsummer Festival (Original Episode)

Major Event

• None Listed. I will add in when the site that I got this information updates it may take a long time for it to happen or it may not happen.

Trivia

• In this episode, Uiharu Kazari very rarely addresses Saten Ruiko with her given name ("Ruiko-san") instead the family name that she usually uses ("Saten-san").

• Index makes her second cameo in the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun anime.

Episode 18 - Asunaro Park (Original Episode)

Major Event

• None Listed. I will add in when the site that I got this information updates it may take a long time for it to happen or it may not happen.

Trivia

• None Listed. I will add in when the site that I got this information updates it may take a long time for it to happen or it may not happen.

Poltergeist Arc (Original Story Arc)

Episode 17 - Tsuzuri's Summer Vacation (Original Episode)

Major Event

1. None Listed. I will add in when the site that I got this information updates it may take a long time for it to happen or it may not happen.

Trivia

• The title of this episode is a pun on the name of the featured character, Tessou Tsuzuri. Likewise, the title of this episode can be read as "Tsuzuri (Tessou) of the Summer Vacation".

• The appearance of Himegami Aisa is not to be confused with her first appearance in Episode 7 of Toaru Majutsu no Index because she already wears the cross necklace that protects her from her own power; note that she receives this after the Ars Magna arc. (However, Aisa's statement about being enrolled in Kirigaoka Girls' Academy and the appearance of Haruue Erii, coupled with the tremor in Erii's scene, contradict this info, as the source of the tremor is addressed on August 8, the exact day the Ars Magna arc takes place- thus, before Aisa acquires the cross necklace and is subsequently expelled from Kirigaoka Girls' Academy.)

• The girl in the locket appears to match the girl in the episode 11 flashback scene.

Episode 16 - Academy City (Original Episode)

Major Event

• None Listed. I will add in when the site that I got this information updates it may take a long time for it to happen or it may not happen.

Trivia

• None Listed. I will add in when the site that I got this information updates it may take a long time for it to happen or it may not happen.

Big Spider Arc (Original Story Arc)

Episode 15 - Skill Out (Original Episode)

Major Event

• None Listed. I will add in when the site that I got this information updates it may take a long time for it to happen or it may not happen.

Trivia

• None Listed. I will add in when the site that I got this information updates it may take a long time for it to happen or it may not happen.

Episode 14 - Special Workshop (Original Episode)

Major Event

1. Kushiro Katabira, the girl with the Synchrotron ability is present in the Special Training class.

Overall Trivia

• In the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun manga, the blackout caused by Mikoto due to fighting Touma on a bridge after failing to get information on the Level Upper is the same event that appears in the beginning of the Index Arc in Toaru Majutsu no Index. This event was completely changed in the anime adaptation as Mikoto caused the blackout while fighting Elder Sister, the anime still indicates that Mikoto fought Touma on a bridge which implies that in the anime's timeline, there were two blackouts that were caused by Mikoto.

Episode 13 - A Bikini Divides the Eyeline Between Top and Bottom, but a One-Piece Shows Off the Figure so They Only Flatter the Slender (Original Episode)

Major Event

1. Kongou Mitsuko forms friends with Wannai Kinuho, Awatsuki Maaya, and becomes acquainted with Misaka Mikoto.

Trivia

• A short OAD is later released along with the official visual book of the anime, featuring a story that is supposed to happen during the episode.

• Apart from Saten with her sarong, the swimsuits of Mikoto, Kuroko, and Uiharu, are fundamentally similar to the ones they were in Toaru Kagaku no Railgun SS: Liberal Arts City.

• The scene before the eyecatch of the episode, where all the girls are lined up together shows the extent on how the girls' heights, and most notably, their bust sizes differ drastically from previous episodes. Here, Saten is as tall as Mikoto despite being as tall as Kuroko in the ending sequence. Her bust size is as large as Mii despite being depicted as flat in both manga and novels, and even several times in past episodes. Even in this episode before donning the swimsuit, she appears flat. Mikoto also gains a considerable bust size despite her complaints regarding it as well. Only Kongou and Mii seem to be depicted being in front of the group but it does not explain her being taller than Mii, as the former was shown at least to be only slightly taller than Kuroko. The height difference can be handwaved due to the "sand" that have been put there, but there is no indication that it wasn't a flat surface in the first place.

Episode 12 - AIM Burst

Major Event

1. The AIM Burst is destroyed and all the unconscious Level Upper users regain consciousness.

2. Harumi is arrested on several charges by Anti-Skill, including assault and destruction of public property.

Trivia

• All references of Harumi attempting suicide from the original manga are removed.

• The scene where ITEM is shown, removes their conversation about wanting find a pool from the original manga.

• The soundtrack, Gensou Koroshi, Kamijou Touma's theme song, is played during Uiharu's attempts to get up the stairwell.

• The opening theme only my railgun is used as an insert song during Mikoto's final attack against the AIM Burst.

• This marks the first actual appearance of HsPS-15 (Large Weapon) in the anime series, as well as MAR.

• All references of Harumi getting the idea of the Brainwave network from Radio Noise are removed.

• The song SMILE -You & Me- plays as the ending theme for this episode.

• At least 30 seconds of footage from the final moments of the previous episode are used as the cold opening during this episode.

• Stills from episode 1, 9, 7, and 10 of music players are used during Harumi's explanation on how the AIM Burst works.

• The scene from the previous episode where Banri says she trusts in Harumi is used briefly as a flashback.

Episode 11 - Dr. Kiyama

Major Event

1. Anti-Skill attempts to arrest Kiyama Harumi but is defeated dismally.

2. Mikoto defeats Kiyama Harumi, but witnesses the birth of the AIM Burst.

3. The first Artificial Angel is born to the physical world, unprecedentedly.

Trivia

• The Destruction of Tree Diagram is not at all connected with Harumi being rejected for its use, even in the original manga, as the date has yet to reach July 28. It can be presumed that Harumi was rejected due to bureaucratic reasons.

• The concept of Child Errors are introduced during this episode.

• The concept of overloading espers, a phenomenon that leads to the Recurrent Psychokinetic Syndrome is first introduced.

• The beginning of the soundtrack AIM Burst, during the aforementioned being's birth.

• In the original manga, both of Harumi's eyes turn red, seemingly a referenced to the red-eyed AIM Burst. It is unknown why only a single eye of Harumi is colored in this adaptation.

• The animation of Harumi having her left palm open as she uses her powers are reused during her confrontation with Mikoto on top of the freeway.

• Scenes from episode 6 and episode 1, are used as short examples of students undergoing the Power Curriculum Program.

• Scenes from episode 7 are used when Mikoto recalls the power of Synchrotron.

Episode 10 - Silent Majority

Major Event

1. Kiyama Harumi is declared as the main suspect for the creation of Level Upper .

2. Kiyama Harumi tries to escape, with Uiharu Kazari as hostage.

Trivia

• Testament is referenced during this episode, which was first mentioned in episode 19 of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime adaptation.

• Tree Diagram, Academy City's foremost supercomputer, though its abilities mentioned only in passing back in episode 3, is referenced during this episode.

• A brainwave network is mentioned for the first time.

• Several scenes from the previous episode are used for flashback.

• A still from episode 8, the shaved ice Mikoto is eating, is used as a flashback.

• Several scenes from previous episodes featuring Saten and Uiharu are used for a recollection during this episode, notably, episode 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9.

• During the scene where Konori Mii accesses the databanks, not only are esper powers listed, but as well as magic terms such as the kanji translation for Innocentius, King of Witch Hunting, as well as that for Deep Blood. Furthermore, after Mii discovers the 99 match, Harumi is designated as a telepath, despite never undergoing the Power Curriculum Program. Another error is the word Pyrokinesis being separated into "Pyrokin" and "esis" rows.

• Harumi's "Ability is experimental data" is the same one used for Kushiro Katabira back in episode 6.

Episode 9 - Majority Report

Major Event

1. Mikoto is reintroduced to Harumi, while Kuroko, Uiharu, and Saten meet her for the first time.

Trivia

• Due to the fact that the previous episode removed Mikoto and Touma's meeting before he meets Index, this episode is forced to remove their meeting after Touma leaves after his remedial classes, as well as his recent meeting with Index in the morning. This would imply that summer vacation has not even started yet, and that their meeting is pushed back for much later in the altered anime timeline.

• Despite Saten telling her mother that Academy City will not tamper with her head, one does not become an esper without the brain being altered in some form or other, using hypnosis, drugs, etc.

• Despite Saten not believing that charms such as the one the one given to her by her mother could work. The existence of magic and the principles of Idol Theory however, allows the charm to work, though in a limited way.

• This marks the first time Kuroko attempts to teleport an object directly into someone's body. This would not happen again until episode 7 of Toaru Majutsu no Index II, against fellow teleporter, Musujime Awaki.

• The animation of Saten's running in the street after seeing the gang beat up Kikuhiko is reused after Kuroko's victory over Trick.

• A still of Trick's face that is seen during his kick successful kick on Kuroko, is reused immediately after Kuroko lands inside the abandoned building.

• Despite throwing the spike, the "teleport" sound effect is still used.

• Focus on Saten's feet are given attention during this episode, as a still of it that was used during her confrontation with the gang is later reused after she runs away after Kuroko's victory over Trick.

Episode 8 - Level Upper

Major Event

1. Academy City receives its first major outage in summer.

2. Level Upper users start falling unconscious all over the city.

3. Saten Ruiko discovers the Level Upper.

Trivia

• Personal Reality, a concept that was explained by Tsukuyomi Komoe back in episode 12 of the Index anime.

• Assuming that the Railgun and Index anime adaptations are of the same timeline, we can presume that Mikoto would meet Touma again much later that would kick off the story of Toaru Majutsu no Index. Meaning, Mikoto would again, cause another power outage in the city.

• Scenes from the previous episode is used as flashbacks for this episode.

Episode 7 - Abilities and Power

Major Event

1. The Graviton bombings end with the capture of Kaitabi Hatsuya.

Trivia

• The soundtrack Level Upper is played several times during the episode.

• Touma hums a certain tune.

• Scenes from the previous episode are used to reintroduced the bag girl this episode.

• The Chaser Kick from episode 10 of Index, as was used also in episode 1 of Railgun is reused again during the final scene.

Episode 6 - Everyone is Proactive When It Comes to This

Major Event

1. Misaka Mikoto meets Konori Mii.

2. The girls meet Hazamaya Kana.

3. The graviton bomber continues with his bombing spree.

Trivia

• Uiharu's love affair with parfaits is shown for the first time.

• Uiharu title drops the name of the episode.

• The soundtrack known as Anti-Skill is played during Judgment's entering of Green Mart.

• In the original manga, Konori Mii is the one who enters the store, and protects the manager, while the unnamed Judgment girl is the one who shows Mikoto the ropes in Judgment.

• The Judgment boy and the girl will not appear again in the anime, but they later reappear in the manga later into the Sisters Arc, apparently going in a date.

• Mikoto is physically shorter than Mii, but during the store scene, they are both shown to be of the same height. The heights of several characters, most specifically that Saten Ruiko would fluctuate several times during the course of the series.

• This is the first episode where an episode content still occurs after the end of the ED.

Episode 5 - A Certain Pair of New Trainees

Major Event

1. Uiharu Kazari and Shirai Kuroko's partnership remains strong.

Trivia

• Episode marks the first appearance of the Tokiwadai winter uniform.

• This marks the first time the security robot are capable of taking down a grown man, though it is not shown.

• Yanagisako Aomi's role as a member of Judgment, and the one who later treats Mii is replaced by Tssou Tsuzuri in this episode, she will not appear until the 15th episode of Railgun.

• When Clairvoyance is used and is seen in Mii's perspective, the central colors are inverted.

• Amour de Pierres, a sign that appears in School Garden in the 3rd episode during Mikoto sneezing after being badmouthed by Kuroko.

Episode 4 - Urban Legends

Major Event

1. Mikoto meets Kiyama Harumi.

2. Mikoto does battle with Kamijou Touma, and would've soundly been beaten if not for Touma forfeiting.

Trivia

• Though not Harumi's propensity for undressing is still retained, it is not originally an urban legend in the original manga. The episode shows for the first time the use of urban legends as a plot device, something that would form nearly the entirety of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun's plot.

• Touma, in the original manga, has never met Kiyama Harumi.

• The cover on the urban legends magazine depicts the outside Tokiwadai Dormitory in false color.

Episode 3 - Tokiwadai is Targeted (Original Episode)

Major Event

1. Mikoto, Kuroko, Uiharu, and Saten, stops Jufuku Miho's eyebrow scribbling reign of terror in School Garden.

Trivia

• The episode shows for the first time, the weather predicting powers of Tree Diagram, the sattelite that would be destroyed in the near future by Index, as show in episode 6 of the Index anime.

• Despite Tokiwadai Middle School being featured in the past several times both in Index and in Railgun, this would be the first time that the surrounding premises, School Garden, is shown.

• Despite Pasticceria Manicagni being Italian, everything else in the School Garden is French.

• When Uiharu and the rest were checking out the Bank listing of esper powers, both Psychokinesis and Attention Power are listed, despite being both actually Telekinesis. Attention Power is the direct translation of Telekinesis' kanji (念動力).

• Despite saying not noticing the pigeon, Kuroko is the first one to turn her head towards the window before Uiharu, though it could mean that Kuroko was only looking at another part of the sky where her gaze could not catch the pigeon.

Episode 2 - When Working Under a Hot Sun, Rehydration is Essential

Major Event

1. Mikoto meets Wannai Kinuho and Awatsuki Maaya

2. Kuroko and Mikoto celebrate their one month of being roommates.

Trivia

• This is the first time Touma appears, still retaining his memories before meeting Index, though he is not referred to by name. Mikoto will not refer to Touma's name until the Toaru Majutsu no Index PSP game, during a partial retelling of the events of the Toaru Majutsu no Index storyline, specifically, the prologue of the first episode of Index.

• The sound that Imagine Breaker produces whenever Touma negates something is replaced during this episode, and would be standard for the rest of the anime adaptation. It would only return during the second season of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime.

• Despite Kuroko saying it their anniversary after she and Mikoto became roommates, only a month has passed, making this occassion technically a mensiversary. The term is abused several times in the episode.

• Kuroko's album's name is called "Kuroko no (hi)Album Oneesama no HIMITSU". This would later be used as the title for a Toaru Kagaku no Railgun artbook featuring artwork of Mikoto by several artists, aptly called Kuroko no (hi)Album Oneesama no HIMITSU Kaizokuban, released on December 31, 2010.

• Mikoto makes a pun on Kuroko's name, which can be translated as "Black child".

• The episode reveals a much different Dorm Supervisor to the one that was introduced in the 18th episode of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime adaptation, complete with a different voice actress.

• The track "Skill-Out" from the second Toaru Kagaku no Railgun soundtrack, is played the during the Dorm Supervisor's appearance, despite the lack of presence of any Skill-Out.

• Kuroko title drops the episode's name during the latter half of the episode.

• Mikoto says "Zutto issho ni" after giving the shirt to Kuroko, which can either mean "always together" or "together forever", of course, Kuroko confuses what Mikoto meant with the phrase.

• The ending theme, Dear My Friend -Mada_Minu Mirai_he- is finally used in the episode.

• The animation where Mikoto pulls on Kuroko's cheeks is reused several times in the episode.

Railgun Season 1

Level Upper Arc

Episode 1 - Electromaster

Major Event

1. Uiharu Kazari and Saten Ruiko meet Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko.

2. Okahara Ryouta and his gang are caught.

Trivia

• The vending machine, a recurring location in the Toaru Majutsu no Index universe, is given a name, referred as Vending Machine #7116.

• This is the first time the System Scan is shown in the anime continuity.

• Watanabe appears in this episode but will not be named until the 44th Chapter of the Railgun manga.

• The scene where Kongou brags about her abilities is taken directly from the Prologue of 8th Index Light Novel Volume. Here, the scene is used to introduce Kongou as part of the cast, despite not appearing in the Railgun manga until the 40th chapter. The scene is also redone in the manga as well, as part of her introduction in the manga continuity.

• In the episode, the shower scene after the System Scan is also based from the 8th Index Light Novel, and was also done at the last episode of the first season of Toaru Majutsu no Index anime adaptation, as well as the 6th episode of the second season. This has Kuroko in the anime continuity invade Mikoto's shower stall three times.

• Saten is introduced earlier in the anime than in the manga, to complete the four girl ensemble theme going for the show. Her appearance in the manga regarding her opinion on Mikoto is different to that in the anime, which is that in the manga, she too shares Uiharu's awe of Mikoto.

• Although her obsession with Gekota is downplayed in the first season of Index, it takes a prominent role in the anime, which is exemplified by Mikoto's actions during the episode. Furthemore, mooing sounds can be heard when Gekotas are focused in a scene.

• It should be improbable for the car to flip and tumble several times in the air front first if the car wasn't running upon an incline, or Mikoto's Railgun to hit at a certain angle. The scene is less dramatic in the original manga.

• Mikoto kicking the vending machine is reused animation from the 10th episode of the Toaru Majutsu no Index animation.

• Two boys in the background pass by Uiharu and Saten with notable blushes after Saten flips up Uiharu's skirt.

• After Uiharu sighs after having her skirt flipped up, you can see a man in the foreground walking to the right side. However, there is an animation error, as the man does not transition smoothly out of the scene and instead looks like he disappeared.

• Background scenery features several banners with Happy Anniversary. This refers to the Golden Jubilee of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko's marriage, that occurred on April 10, 2009.

• only my railgun, the first opening theme of the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun anime adaptation is played at the end of the episode in place of the ending theme.

Episode 24 - Imaginary Number School District - Five-Element Agency

Major Event

1. Kamijou Touma ends Sherry Cromwell's short reign of terror.

2. Aleister Crowley's plans in controlling the Imaginary Number District becomes one step closer.

3. Kazakiri Hyouka disappears from the physical world temporarily.

Trivia

• The opening theme is removed during this episode, while the ending theme and credits are played over scenes.

• The first bits of Aleister Crowley's plans is first revealed during the episode.

• Although featured in the ending theme, this would mark the first time Accelerator is seen wearing his collar. This goes for Last Order as well, as she wears her dress that is featured in the opening for the first time.

• Nearly all scenes shown in the epilogue are reanimated for the second season.

• The Daihaseisai is first mentioned in this episode.

• A promotional image of the anime adaptation of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun is tacked in at the end of the episode.

• Several scenes of the previous episode, as well in episode 22, and episode 21 are used in flashbacks. However, scenes from Index's confrontation with the golem are reused and are later accompanied by the scene where Hyouka saves Index.

• Index's "common sense" lecture to Touma regarding standard magic rituals back in Episode 21, is used as a flashback during Touma's final confrontation with Sherry.

• During the scaffolding to scene, immediately after Touma tells Hyouka that her illusion is not over yet, and after they turn to look at Index arriving there, one can see that the color used to paint Touma's skin is not colored underneath his hair, making him look headless.

• The final scene with Index biting Touma, has Komoe and Aisa in the background.

Overall Trivia

• The identity of Komoe's friend who was researching into AIM diffusion fields is never revealed.

Note:

1. Since the story of Yamisaka Ouma was adapted for later in the second season, there is no indication that Touma broke into Academy City after returning.

2. This event does not occur in the anime adaptation, and can be assumed that Index peacefully returned to wait for Touma back in his dormitory, or followed Touma and Ouma to the outside.

3. Despite Touma actually forgetting to finish his homework in the anime adaptation, it is not brought up as he returns for school.

4. Since Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 02 was not adapted into the manga, Himegami Aisa is introduced for the first time during this story arc in the manga adaptation. And for reasons unknown, despite her powers not being sealed by the Walking Church, was tranferred from Kirigaoka Girls' Academy.

5. Sherry Cromwell did not use Automatic Writing in the anime adaptation, which can be assumed that she already knows who the Key of the Imaginary Number District is.

6. The food eating scene is completely removed from the anime adaptation. Moreover, all references to Hyouka's reasoning for being timid around Touma is missing.

7. Due to Himegami Aisa being introduced in this arc first, Komoe is the one who tries to contact Touma in the Underground Mall.

8. Due to Himegami Aisa not knowing Touma in the manga adaptation, Touma is contacted by Komoe instead for the first time.

9. In the original novel, a rifle bullet that were fired by the Anti-Skill, ricochets off the golem and hits Hyouka in the face. In both anime and manga adaptations, Hyouka is instead hit by the debris from the golem's attacks. Moreover, in the anime adaptation, Touma loses the Anti-Skill and is the only one who meets Sherry Crowell.

10. An important discussion between Touma and Komoe continues after this, regarding Komoe's unnamed university friend, who could see Kazakiri Hyouka as an important research material in the field of AIM diffusion fields. Both Touma and Komoe decide not to confide the truth about Kazakiri Hyouka to Komoe's friend. All adaptations remove this reference.

11. In both anime and manga adaptations, Kuroko and Mikoto does not take Index away, but has Mikoto come towards Touma alone, but is later teleported away by a jealous Kuroko, warning of Anti-Skill. Touma later leaves Index, who is looking at the wreckage of the golem, to go to Hyouka.