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1[[center:[[WMG:''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' / ''[[Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun Scientific Railgun]]'' / ''[[Manga/ACertainScientificAccelerator Scientific Accelerator]]'' '''[[Characters/ACertainMagicalIndex character index]]'''\
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3[[Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexToumaKamijou Touma Kamijou]] | [[Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexAccelerator Accelerator]] | '''Railgun's Main Cast''' ([[Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexMikotoMisaka Mikoto Misaka]])\
4'''Science Side'''\
5[[Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexSchools The Teachers and Students of Academy City]] | [[Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexAcademyCityLeadership Academy City Founders, Researchers and Law Enforcement]]\
6[[Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexDarkSide Academy City's Dark Side]] | [[Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexSisters The Sisters]] | [[Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexAcademyOther Other Science Side Characters]]\
7'''Magic Side'''\
8[[Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexEngland England and its Allies]] | [[Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexRomanCatholicChurch The Roman Catholic Church]] | [[Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexGremlin GREMLIN]] | [[Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexTrueGREMLIN True GREMLIN]] | [[Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexMagicOther Other Magic Side Characters]]\
9'''Other Characters'''\
10[[Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexOther Other Light Novel, Manga, and Anime Characters]] | [[Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexExtra Audio Drama, Video Game, and Movie Characters]]-]]]]]
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14This is the page for the primary four characters of the ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' spinoff ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun''.
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20* ActionGirl: [[TheEveryman Saten]] and [[MissionControl Uiharu]] less so, especially compared to [[ShockAndAwe Misaka]] and [[PsychicTeleportation Shirai]], but to degrees, all of them fit this trope.
21* FourGirlEnsemble:
22** Mikoto Misaka: {{Tsundere}} {{Tomboy}}
23** Kuroko Shirai: [[SingleTargetSexuality Misakasexual]] {{Ojou}}
24** Ruiko Saten: GenkiGirl with a ''lot'' of [[StepfordSmiler personal issues and insecurities]]
25** Kazari Uiharu: PlayfulHacker
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29[[folder:Mikoto Misaka]]
30-->See her page [[Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexMikotoMisaka here]]
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33[[folder:Kuroko Shirai]]
34!!Kuroko Shirai
35[[quoteright:193:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kurokoshirai_if.png]]
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37->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatomiArai (Japanese) and Creator/AlisonViktorin (English)
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39Mikoto's underclassman and roommate in Tokiwadai Middle School, a Level 4 Esper, and a member of Judgment. She has an obsessive crush on Mikoto, who she calls "OneeSama" ("Sissy" in the dub), and is on the constant lookout for a chance to... get close to her (which Mikoto rarely allows, let alone appreciates).
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42* AbhorrentAdmirer: Mikoto gets pissed when Kuroko sexually harasses her, which is nearly every single moment they're together. If she's lucky, she gets electrocuted. If she's unlucky, she gets ignored in favor of Touma.
43* AmusingInjuries: It seems [[Manga/CityHunter Ryo Saeba's]] problem also applies to ''female'' perverts.
44* ArbitrarySkepticism: Does not believe things that contradict Academy City's Power Curriculum, like Gemstone espers, Imagine Breaker, or Level Upper; she eventually learns Level Upper is real.
45* AwesomenessByAnalysis: To teleport, she has to make calculations on factors like mass, volume, vector, etc. Also her fight against the thug that could create illusions.
46%%* BackToBackBadasses: With Mikoto ''and'' [[spoiler:[[RivalsTeamUp Mitsuko]].]]
47* BadassAdorable: Besides her power, she also knows martial arts like aikido and can easily take down grownup thugs. This extends to when she was in ''elementary school''.
48* BarelyThereSwimwear: Her outfit in ''Railgun'' Episode 13 shocked everyone by how ridiculously small it was.
49* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: In the ''Railgun S'' season finale, she and Mikoto were launched to the edge of the atmosphere without suits. While seemingly unaffected by the vacuum, [[DownplayedTrope they were visibly choking before they made it back to Earth.]]
50* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted in that Kuroko's job involves going up against thugs with no qualms about hitting her full on, and whenever they do manage to land a punch the damage stays. During the climax of the Level Upper arc she's too injured to participate in the fight and is shown to be in pain when she moves. She also winds up in a wheelchair for a while after a particularly brutal fight with Awaki.
51* BitchSlap: She slaps Touma when he walks in on her changing clothes in the hospital.
52* BorrowedCatchphrase: During the last episode of ''Railgun S'', [[spoiler:every single member of Judgment]] uses her CatchPhrase.
53-->'''Konori:''' [[LampshadeHanging We're gonna do this Shirai's way]].\
54'''Everyone:''' WE'RE FROM JUDGMENT (DESU NO)!\
55'''Kuroko:''' ''Hey!''
56* BunnyEarsLawyer: She is completely obsessed with Mikoto, but she's also an experienced fighter who is skilled in the detective/law enforcement required for her job.
57* CatchPhrase
58-->"I'm/We're from Judgment(DESU NO)!"\
59"'''OneeSama'''!"[[note]] "Sissy" in the English dub [[/note]]
60* TheCavalryArrivesLate: Whenever she scolds Mikoto for interfering with Judgment business, Mikoto will retort that if she and her Judgment colleagues would show up to a crime scene on time for a change, she wouldn't have to. How ironic that she's almost always late even though she can teleport.
61* CharacterExaggeration: In the Railgun manga, Kuroko annoys Mikoto sometimes, acts somewhat perverted and quite clingy, but is often shown to be hard working, professional and rather concerned for her. In the anime, she tries to rape her on occasion and almost every conversation includes attempts at groping her or other forms of sexual harassment.
62* ChewingTheScenery: Creator/SatomiArai is having a ''whale'' of a time playing this lovable psycho.
63* ClingyJealousGirl: She absolutely hates it when Mikoto is spending time with Touma. She doesn't take it too well either when she learns that Mikoto does in fact like him. She also freaks out when she [[spoiler: [[MistakenForGay mistakenly thinks that Mikoto and Mikasa are getting intimate with each other.]]]]
64* CuteButCacophonic: Her voice runs the whole gamut between cutesy and shrieking.
65* ADayInTheLimelight: The Remnant arc in the ''Index'' series (Volume 8 in the novels / Season 2 Episodes 6-7 in the anime).
66* DeliberateInjuryGambit: In her fight with [[spoiler:Mitori, she intentionally lets herself get stabbed in the hand by the latter's thrown knife rather than teleport like expected, as Mitori gambled on using the restrictions of the sewer space to kill Kuroko with her hidden second knife the instant she reappeared with no way to dodge. Instead, her shock at Kuroko going against expectations leaves her too slow on the draw and lets Kuroko pummel her up close.]]
67* DemotedToExtra: In the ''Index'' series. While she was never that prominent in the first place, Kuroko's role has been reduced to occasional cameos, and once went an entire 15 volumes between appearances.
68* {{Determinator}}: Overlooked a lot, but her actions in the Tree Diagram Remnant arc more or less confirm her as one.
69* {{Deuteragonist}}: Kuroko is the second most important character after Mikoto in the ''Railgun'' spin-off.
70* DoesNotLikeMen: At first, she refrains from stepping between Touma and Mikoto because she thinks contact with Touma will turn Mikoto off men forever after she realizes how "worthless" they are. When she realizes that's ''not'' happening, that's when she starts taking steps herself.
71* DoubleKnockout: In her fight with Tsurigane, she manages to get her hands on the ninja's [[PoisonedWeapons paralyzing knife]] and slice her with it to take her down, but because she was sliced by it earlier she could only stay conscious for a little bit longer thanks to the measures she took to slow its spread through her body.
72* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: When she is first introduced in ''Index'', Kuroko seems to ship Misaka and Touma while still obsessing over the former. Eventually, she stops shipping them and becomes jealous whenever she sees Touma with Misaka. This is best displayed in both versions of the ''Sister Arc''; in ''Index'', she is calm and playful but in ''Railgun'', she is burning with jealousy but hides her anger with a smile on her face.
73* ElectricTorture: Whenever she attempts to make out with Mikoto, she usually gets rewarded with an electric shock, and always PlayedForLaughs.
74* EroticDream: Often has sexual fantasies about her crush, Mikoto.
75* EveryoneHasStandards: She might be obsessive towards Mikoto, but when she's feeling down Kuroko just wants to help her cheer up and knocks off the creepy behavior.
76* ExpressiveHair: Her pigtails tend to move as if they had a life of their own in order to reflect her mood, such as standing up if she's excited or falling down if she's depressed.
77* FieryRedhead: Though less violent-tempered than most girls of this trope, the tawny-haired Kuroko still has the melodramatic and passionate personality that's typical of it.
78* FilleFatale: A bit too sexually aggressive for a ''thirteen-year-old'' girl for comfort.
79* ForgotAboutHerPowers: Despite her often ingenious uses of her power, she sure gets punched in the face a lot for someone who can ''teleport instantly''. Teleportation ''does'' require some very complex mental calculations, though, so it may be difficult to use reflexively.
80* FormalCharactersUseKeigo: She uses a highly refined and ladylike speech-pattern. This highlights her haughty attitude, but on the other hand, she's also a perverted lesbian.
81* FriendToAllChildren: Kuroko shows a surprisingly kind and soft-hearted side towards small children; she is a strict yet attentive and loving big-sister to any child under her charge.
82* GirlishPigtails: Always has her hair in curly pigtails, denoting her immaturity.
83* HandicappedBadass: She was confined to a wheelchair for a while. Then she teleports ''with the wheelchair'' and uses it '''as a weapon'''.
84* HardHead: She would already be a vegetable were it not for this trope, considering how she ''normally'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyIG3N43YR0 deals with]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW5CapRMkGQ stress and/or]] [[http://i.imgur.com/nyHrjnW.gif frustration]].
85* HateAtFirstSight: She immediately views Touma as her rival for Mikoto's affections.
86* HiddenDepths: Just as Kuroko is lustful, possessive, immature and selfish, she is measure for measure soft-hearted, kind, considerate and selfless. Never judge a book by its present cover.
87* HopelessSuitor: Mikoto views Kuroko as a friend and ''just'' a friend while having a clear romantic attraction to Touma, with this being the reason why Kuroko hates him so much.
88* HypocriticalHumor:
89** After Kiyama [[InnocentFanserviceGirl started undressing in a cafe]], Kuroko tries to stop her. When Kiyama explains that there are no men in the cafe, Kuroko retorts that there may be women with "twisted tastes" watching. Guess who she's talking about...
90** She claims she wants to protect Mikoto from Touma because she believes Touma is a perverted stalker. Guess what she normally does to Mikoto; frankly it’s borderline appalling that she doesn’t see the irony.
91* IfItsYouItsOkay: Oddly enough, Kuroko doesn't view herself as a lesbian. When working together with Mikoto to take down an attacker holding hostages, she denies being into girls with complete seriousness. Though she'd had her memories of Mikoto erased at the time, so its also possible Mikoto was her ClosetKey.
92* ImprobableWeaponUser: Needles that she teleports into her opponent's clothes to pin them down or '''into them''' to cripple them. Also her wheelchair. When the situation is really serious, she'll use metal rods instead of needles.
93* IncompatibleOrientation: She doesn't seem to get that Mikoto is straight and won't ever reciprocate her attraction.
94* JerkassToOne: Despite her harassing streak towards Mikoto she is otherwise a decent person with a strong sense of justice, but that is all thrown out the window whenever Touma - whom she considers her arch-nemesis over Mikoto's affection - is concerned.
95* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She does not seem to understand that "no means no" when it comes to her molesting behavior towards the decidedly-straight Mikoto, but when Mikoto is down she's worried enough that she'll even support Mikoto hanging out with Touma despite her usual jealousy. Nothing else seems to cheer her up, so if she has to hand her OneeSama over to "that troglodyte" so be it.
96* {{Kawaiiko}}: She plays a cutesy image up for her benefit, but she can be aggressive and very sexually forward at the drop of a hat.
97* TheLancer: To Misaka Mikoto. She's her right-hand woman and {{Foil}}.
98* LargeHam: One gets the feeling that Kuroko is a graduate of the Creator/KennethBranagh school of acting, replete with flowery speeches and constantly MilkingTheGiantCow.
99* LaserGuidedAmnesia: In Chapter 49 of the manga (Railgun T, Episode 4), [[spoiler:her memory is wiped by the Queen]].
100* LeeroyJenkins: As a Judgment trainee, she had a habit of charging at the bad guy without thinking. Konori scolded her for it and it nearly got everybody killed when she faced the bank robber who had the ability "Equal Speed". She occasionally reverts to this behavior.
101* LegFocus: The camera ''loves'' to remind the audience of that whenever Kuroko is in flight or arming the darts strapped to her thighs.
102* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSssTpirm2g Onee-sama....]]
103* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Has no idea about the Sisters, the Magic Side, or Mikoto and Touma's adventures.
104* LogicalWeakness: She might be able to teleport nigh-instantaneously, but she still has to rely on making the necessary mental calculations to perform it. As a result, she can't just teleport away on reflex easily if she's caught off-guard by a surprise attack that messes said calculations up.
105* LovableSexManiac: There's something very funny about her attempts to get frisky with Mikoto. In fact, upon seeing Mikoto's mother (who looks just like an older, bustier version of Mikoto), she [[BuxomBeautyStandard already got fixated on the latter's assets]], complete with [[RedEyesTakeWarning glaring red eyes]], and probably would have [[ThanksForTheMammaries taken a grab]] real fast were she not bound to a wheelchair after a particularly brutal fight with [[spoiler:Awaki.]]
106* MadLove: Mikoto makes abundantly clear that she isn't into her and frequently gives her electric shocks when her sexual harassment gets too annoying. None of this hinders Kuroko from continue pursuing Mikoto.
107* MaliciousMisnaming: She hates Touma, so she almost always refers to him as "The Ape" or "The Troglodyte".
108* MeaningfulName:
109** Her full name literally means "Black Girl White Well", highlighting the contrast between her cutesy facade and perverted personality. Mikoto even [[LampshadeHanging points this out]] in ''Railgun'' Episode 2 before beating her senseless.
110-->'''Mikoto:''' I'm gonna fry you as black as your name!
111** Besides the feminine suffix on "black", a ''kuroko'' can refer to a type of stagehand in traditional Japanese theatre who dresses in all black to signify they're not part of the scene. This seems like an allusion to her power, that is the ability to move between places without traversing the intermediary distance in the same way ''kuroko'' stagehands can move across a stage affecting the scene.
112* MomentKiller: Amazingly, besides the usual examples, Kuroko is this to herself. Many is the occasion where she has a heartwarming moment with Mikoto... only to have her feelings get the better of her and abruptly launch herself at Mikoto, setting herself up for a beatdown.
113* MsFanservice: Out of the Railgun quartet, Kuroko is the one whose body gets exposed the most.
114* MurderTheHypotenuse: It's PlayedForLaughs, but she repeatedly threatens to kill Touma whenever he gets too close to Mikoto.
115* NeverBeAHero: She constantly scolds Mikoto for stepping in and helping, saying civilians should stay back and leave the heroics to Judgment and Anti-Skill.
116* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Will take any opportunity to try to kiss or grope Mikoto.
117* NotQuiteFlight: Can use her teleportation to move above ground level which becomes useful in the first episode of ''Railgun S'' when the bad guys try to flee in a helicopter. [[spoiler:She can even do it from the upper atmosphere, allowing Mikoto and herself a safe trip back in ''Railgun S[='=]s'' finale.]]
118* TheNudifier: She can teleport someone's clothes off them. See PowerPerversionPotential.
119* {{Ojou}}: Her family runs a major chain of convenience stores, implying that she comes from an upper-class background.
120* OneWomanArmy: Due to her ''very'' intelligent use of her already flexible power.
121* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Mikoto gets worried when Kuroko ''stops'' acting perverted towards her.
122* OutWithABang: When asked by Tsurigane how she would [[AGoodWayToDie most like to die]], Kuroko states (while getting a nosebleed) it would be her on her deathbed from an illness with Mikoto finally accepting her love and crawling into the bed with her naked.
123* PantyThief: Her collection of really kinky panties contains only one normal pair, stolen from her "[[OneeSama onee-sama]]".
124* PetitePride: She shows no angst whatsoever about being the least endowed amongst her friends, though that doesn't stop her from being [[HeadTurningBeauty stunned with admiration]] at the sight of [[StupidSexyFlanders Mii in a swimsuit.]]
125* PlayfulCatSmile: She often has this expression, usually just before planning something perverted. This usually involves her OneeSama Mikoto.
126* PowerPerversionPotential: She uses her teleportation to [[ThePeepingTom spy on Mikoto]], steal her stuff, and even steal her clothes while she is wearing them.
127* ProneToTears: A RunningGag has her crying every time Mikoto gives her either the cold shoulder or the jolt.
128* PsychicTeleportation: Her Esper power, "Teleport". She can teleport herself and things she is touching. She has a weight limit of 130.7 kilograms and a distance limit of 81.5 meters. When she was younger, she could not teleport herself, but learned how to do it after training.
129* PsychoLesbian: When on duty or doing anything not involving Mikoto, she's hard-working and likes to help people. When Mikoto enters the picture, she sexually harasses her constantly.
130* RankScalesWithAsskicking: One of the most active members of Judgment and one of the most effective.
131* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Were it not for her perverted streak, Kuroko is ''the'' picture of a responsible, by-the-book cop in Judgment.
132* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers a beautiful one to [[spoiler:Awaki, prompting a breakdown.]]
133* RejectionAffection: Her sexual advances towards Mikoto always get her either the cold shoulder or electric attacks in return, but she won't ever stop no matter what.
134* SingleTargetSexuality: She only expressed interest in both Mikoto and later her mother (who is almost the spitting image of her daughter, minus being more well-endowed). When [[spoiler:her memory is wiped by the Queen]] she rejects the idea that she's a lesbian, which makes the situation she's in baffling for her since she can't help fixating over Mikoto. It may be less of a case of being a lesbian and more a case of being a [[IfItsYouItsOkay Misakasexual]].
135* StalkerWithACrush: She's completely obsessed with Mikoto and to the latter's misfortune, Kuroko has teleportation powers that has a habit of using to stalk Mikoto and ruin her moments with her crush Touma.
136* StealthHiBye: Does the bye part then the hi part in the first ''Index'' opening.
137* TeenGenius: Can do 11th-dimensional vector calculations.
138* TeleFrag: By teleporting one object over another, she can displace matter occupying the old space. She once tore down a building by teleporting sheets of glass into the support pillars using this feature of her esper power. She also threatens to teleport her needles into people's bodies as a way to make them stand down.
139* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: She's prone to endearingly romantic fantasy-segues, such as her and Mikoto taking the roles of Creator/IngridBergman and Creator/HumphreyBogart respectively in the "We'll always have Paris" misty-runway farewell of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''.
140* ThirdPersonPerson: She occasionally refers to herself in the third person, usually when talking to Mikoto.
141* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: With Mikoto; she's the girly girl given her ladylike speech-patterns and romantic fantasies.
142* TooKinkyToTorture: When it occurred she had just (accidentally) taken an aphrodisiac, which was probably responsible for her reaction. It's still not really too out of character for her though.
143-->'''Kuroko:''' Oh, the [[ElectricTorture whip]] of OneeSama's love!
144* UngratefulBitch: Despite Touma saving her, she never thanks him and still hates him for being close to Mikoto.
145* UnknownRival: Touma is oblivious to how much she wants to get him out of the way so she can have Mikoto all to herself.
146* UnwittingPawn: During the First Year arc which was prior to her enrollment, Sha Dansan somehow acquired one of her hair ties which she used to create a phantasm of Kuroko in order to TeleFrag open a door in order to erase all trace of Sha's involvement with Antikythera.
147* VerbalTic: In the original Japanese, Kuroko has the habit of ending the determinative sentences with the auxiliary word "desu no".
148* VocalDissonance: There's a good reason Kuroko landed Satomi Arai her best supporting actress trophy, as it showcases her astoundingly ''flexible'' vocal range. Kuroko's voice is able to jump from sweet and girly, womanly and sultry to '''coarse and masculine''' at the drop of a hat.
149* WrestlerInAllOfUs: In Chapter 77 of Railgun manga, she uses Camel Clutch to punish Uiharu for calling her a pervert behind her back.
150* {{Yandere}}: PlayedForLaughs Kuroko obsessively lusts after Mikoto and detests Touma because Mikoto has feelings for him. Her jealous outbursts often come with {{Death Glare}}s and death threats towards Touma, but it's still more light-hearted than most examples since she never presents an actual danger to Touma and Mikoto mainly sees her as a nuisance for her sexual harassment.
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153[[folder:Kazari Uiharu]]
154!!Kazari Uiharu
155!!!''[[PlayfulHacker Goalkeeper]]''
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158->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiToyosaki (Japanese) and Creator/CheramiLeigh (English)
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160Kazari Uiharu is Ruiko's schoolmate at Sakugawa Middle School, and Kuroko's friend and colleague in Judgment as a Level 1 esper, famous for wearing a headband made of flowers on her head (and sometimes a surgical mask in the manga). Usually shy and humble, her personality can quickly change to overly excited, especially if it concerns the life of the upper-class (particularly anything involving Tokiwadai).
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163* ACupAngst: When Kuroko comments that her body is "underdeveloped", she gets upset.
164* AdaptationDeviation: Prior to the release of ''Railgun'', Uiharu is not acquainted with Misaka and their first meeting takes place in the twelth volume of the ''Index'' light novel. The anime adaption of this episode, which aired after the first season of ''Railgun'', changes their dialogue to make them familiar with each other.
165* AscendedExtra:
166** In ''Index'', Uiharu is simply a Judgment co-worker of Kuroko with little relevance to the plot. In ''Railgun'', she is one of the main characters.
167** Much like Saten in ''Railgun'', she's not really all that important outside the first story arc in the original manga. In the anime, her importance is significantly boosted.
168* BadassBookworm:
169** She’s not a warrior in the ''least'', but her computer expertise makes her just as formidable, if not more so than, a dozen warriors in the right situations. She is in fact so good she can defeat even electrokinetic espers when it comes to hacking, including Mikoto.
170** In the SP volume, she [[spoiler:jumped onto a moving truck from an overhead bridge, then deployed a parachute she was wearing as a drag brake in order to slow it down! The deceleration was so extreme that the metal handrails she was holding on to were yanked clean off the truck.]] Kuroko and Misaka, watching, state that she's in Judgment for a ''reason''.
171* BeyondTheImpossible: [[spoiler:A little bit of situational usage of AIM Jammers and access to a supercomputer not only lets her change her power, which is something thought to be impossible in the series up to this point, but also dips headfirst into ''RealityWarper'' territory when she manages to weaken Kimi's power enough for Mikoto to finally beat her, presumably by shutting off whatever black hole her Dragon was feeding from. That bears repeating: the innocent little Uiharu managed to affect and cripple a ''Dragon''!]]
172* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She seems to edge into a state like this whenever she's in front of a computer.
173* CutenessProximity: Around Misuko's pet boa constrictor Ekaterina. Amusingly, the snake scared everybody else.
174* CuttingTheKnot: When faced with trying to outhack Mikoto, Uiharu doesn't try to do any drawn-out battle of the brains or some superhacking - she merely accesses and then deletes all the data before Mikoto can acquire any of it, defeating her in one fell swoop.
175* TheCutie: A small, cuddly and friendly breath of fresh air amongst her zanier friends.
176* DeathGlare: [[spoiler:When Saten takes a lethal attack for her, Uiharu is overwhelmed with a desire for revenge to the point that she's drawn as nothing but a black blob in the shape of a person. Her boiling rage only subsides when Saten wearily asks her [[ArmorPiercingQuestion if this is really the path she wants to go down.]]]]
177* DelicateAndSickly: In the manga, where she suffers from constant bouts of the flu.
178* TheDeterminator: In Railgun manga Chapter 121, she falls down when trying to climb the emergency ladder to escape captivity, and her head hits the ground in a pretty nasty manner. She refuses to pass out from pain and makes herself stay conscious with sheer willpower, then proceeds to climb the ladder to the rooftop. All because she has made a promise with Saten to "not suddenly disappear".
179* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: In Volume 15 of ''Index'', [[spoiler: she taunts the Level 5 [[Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexDarkSide Kakine Teitoku]], even as he is torturing her, presumably in order to buy time to let Last Order escape. It would have [[KillTheCutie ended very badly]] for Uiharu if not for Accelerator's subsequent BigDamnHeroes.]]
180* EarlyBirdCameo: In both openings of the first season of ''Index''.
181* FlowersOfFemininity: She wears a headband of artificial flowers on her head, fitting with her girly and soft-spoken personality.
182* FluffyTamer: Everyone else took one giant step back upon meeting Mitsuko's snake, Ekaterina. Uiharu stayed behind ''to coo over it''.
183* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: In ''Railgun'' Episode 23, she suffers a HeroicBSOD when [[spoiler:Telestina's true identity is revealed and she takes the children that were experimented on]], causing her to break down crying until Kuroko slaps her across the face and asks her...
184-->'''Kuroko:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion When are you gonna stop crying?!]]
185* GoodWithNumbers: [[spoiler:In a fit of desperation, she manages to tune AIM Jammers to forcibly mold her Personal Reality into something else, essentially giving her an entirely different ability, something no scientist or supercomputer in Academy City has managed. Given that the Level 5s are all walking supercomputers, this means that her computational skills are at least on par with them.]]
186* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: She has a level 1 Esper ability called Thermal Hand that lets her maintain the temperature of an object she is holding. She doesn't get any special resistance to temperature though, so it can't be too hot or too cold. This power doesn't seem very useful outside of MundaneUtility but she is able to make great use of it when [[spoiler: trapped in a room with brainwashed guards. Since the guards were only ordered to act if she makes an obvious escape attempt, she intentionally overheats the computer she's being forced to work on in order to raise the temperature of the small room. The guards pass out from heatstroke while she protects herself by holding an icecube against her jugular]]
187* {{Kawaiiko}}: Small, cuddly, vulnerable and prone to being the brunt of Saten's off-colored sense of humor and Kuroko's short temper.
188* LaserGuidedAmnesia: In Chapter 49 of the Manga (Railgun T, Episode 4) thanks to Misaki's Mental Out.
189%%* LittleMissSnarker: Towards Kuroko.
190* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Has no idea about the Sisters, the Magic Side, or Mikoto and Touma's adventures.
191* MeaningfulName: Her given name Kazari literally means "ornament" or "decoration", while her family name Uiharu means "early spring", referring to the prominent flower headband she wears.
192* MissionControl: Often plays this role due to her mastery of computer work, usually with Kuroko on the other end.
193* NiceGirl: A warm hearted, caring and responsible young lady, with an occasionally cheeky sense of good-natured humor. [[BewareTheNiceOnes You still don't want to test her limit, though]]. Check OOCIsSeriousBusiness trope below.
194* NonActionGuy: As a trained member of Judgment, she ''should'' be an ActionGirl with dangerous martial arts training. She... is not. Every time she goes out into the field, she gets hurt, so she stays at the office and plays support. She also can't run very fast or very far.
195* OddFriendship: With Kuroko. They're close friends and coworkers, but Kuroko goes to an elite school while Uiharu goes to a relatively normal one. Kuroko is also a confident ([[SmugSuper sometimes to the point of overconfidence]]) field agent while Uiharu is a ShrinkingViolet who usually relies on her extensive hacking skills to act as MissionControl.
196* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
197** Ruiko knows something is wrong when Uiharu ''doesn't'' react with embarrassment to her skirt getting flipped up.
198** Chapter 124 revealed that Uiharu, the least aggressive of her group of friends, is [[spoiler:capable of being angry when Saten was injured by the enemy. [[TranquilFury In fact, she can barely hold her rage while wearing a scary expression as a negative aura keeps oozing from her entire being]], it took Saten pinching her cheek to stop Uiharu from wearing scary expression on her face]].
199* PlayfulHacker: She makes hacking into high-security government databases ''without'' superpowers look like child's-play, and with a relaxed smile at that!!
200%%* PluckyGirl
201* RedBaron: Known as the "Goalkeeper" among hackers.
202* SailorFuku: Her school uniform.
203* SaltTheEarth: When she unknowingly caught Mikoto trying to hack into Academy City's main data centre and was unable to stop her, she decided to unleash Omega Secret on the database (or at least made it look like she did), which is an encryption program so complex it would take even Academy City's supercomputer 200 years to decrypt. In addition, each file is encrypted randomly, meaning each individual file will take another 200 years to decrypt. However, the encryption process is truly completely random, meaning not even Omega Secret itself knows how to decrypt it. So in one fell swoop, Uiharu made the database completely useless not only for Mikoto, but Academy City as well.
204* SelectiveObliviousness: When she ran into Last Order, she did not notice her resemblance to Mikoto at all, even though she referred to herself as MISAKA.
205* ShipperOnDeck: For Mikoto and Touma. When the two danced, she tried to stop Kuroko from interfering.
206* TheSmartGirl: On a technological and technical level, Uiharu is the first and last line of defense our heroes turn to, such is her expertise in the realm of computers.
207* SweetTooth: Even more than the others, but [[RunningGag circumstances often conspire]] to prevent her from actually eating them.
208* UtilityMagic: Her power is useless in combat, but it's pretty handy for everyday life, such as keeping food warm, as well as advanced scientific purposes.
209* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: As a Level 1, it's no surprise her ability seems unimpressive especially compared to Mikoto and Kuroko. Her power is stabilizing the temperature of any object she touches...as long as the object's no bigger than a basketball and the temperature itself is safe for her to touch. [[MundaneUtility Still great for keeping food warm though!]]
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212[[folder:Ruiko Saten]]
213!!Ruiko Saten
214[[quoteright:172:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ruikosaten_if.png]]
215%% [[caption-width-right:429:some caption text]]
216->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaeIto (Japanese) and Creator/BrinaPalencia (English)
217
218Uiharu's friend and classmate, a Level 0 from Sakugawa Middle School, and another member of Mikoto's quartet.
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221* AdaptationalCurves: In the anime, her cup size tends to go up a couple grades when her shirt comes off.
222* AscendedExtra: While she has a major role in the Level Upper arc of the original manga, she's eventually shifted out of focus once that arc ends. In the anime, she's one of the lead characters, and is even inserted into scenes like ''Railgun'' Episode 1, where she was absent in the manga (she didn't even made her debut until the graviton bombings in Chapter 4). [[spoiler:She comes back in the Daihaseisai arc in the manga, managing to wander into an area she really shouldn't and meeting Xochitl.]]
223* AudienceSurrogate: The only unambiguously "normal" human in the entire franchise.
224* BatterUp: Occasionally carries an aluminum baseball bat. ''Even to the FinalBattle in S2''.
225* BlowYouAway: Normally she's a level 0, but when under the effects of Level Upper, she gains a level 1 version of Aero Hand.
226* BornLucky: She has a lot of lucky moments, for example being able to track down the bank cards with ease. [[spoiler:Then she gives [[BornUnlucky Touma]] her good luck charm during the Daihaseisai and it '''''[[BeyondTheImpossible gives him luck]]'''''.]]
227* BreakoutCharacter: Popular enough by fans to be turned into one of the Railgun anime's main cast members.
228* CanonImmigrant: Finally appeared in the main ''Index'' story in TheMovie, and is introduced to the light novels in ''New Testament'' Volume 9.
229* ChekhovsGunman:
230** [[spoiler:It's ''because'' she's a Level 0 that she’s immune to the paralyzing [[BrownNote "Capacity Down"]] sound wave, allowing her to save her friends from Telestina's clutches in ''Railgun'' Episode 24.]]
231** Spends most of Daihaseisai as this, including, perhaps most importantly, [[spoiler:lending Touma her charm. If she had never done that, he would never have been close enough to help out when Gensei attempted a Level 6 Shift on Mikoto.]]
232* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:After she uses Level Upper and realizes she'll fall into a coma soon afterwards.]]
233* EarlyBirdCameo: Appears in both openings of the first season of ''Index,'' despite having never appeared in the novels.
234* TheEveryman: As above, Saten is a mere mortal amongst gods and angels. Unlike most of the other characters in the series, she possesses no special abilities, and for that reason she is the easiest character in the ''To Aru''-verse to relate to, hence her surprising popularity.
235* {{Fangirl}}: Of TeenIdol Hajime Hitotsui.
236* TheGadfly: She likes to have fun by flipping Uiharu's skirt, which she often fails to notice until Saten brings it up later. She also enjoys messing with people like Kuroko or Mikoto herself about the possibility of Mikoto liking Touma.
237* GenkiGirl: Young, cheerful, and always seems full of spirit. Except for the time when she fell into depression after [[spoiler:Frenda's disappearance]].
238* HeroicBystander:
239** In ''Railgun'' Episode 1, she saves a little boy from being kidnapped by a bank robber who has powers. [[spoiler:Then, in the finale she smashes the PowerNullifier Telestina is using to incapacitate Mikoto, saving the day.]]
240** As of the premiere of ''Railgun S'' she may be heading for ChronicHeroSyndrome. As of the finale, she clearly is afflicted with it.
241* {{Irony}}: She wanted to know who Mikoto was baking cookies for. In chapter 58 of the Railgun manga (Railgun T, Episode 9), she finally meets Touma [[spoiler: while her memories of Mikoto had been erased]].
242* IJustWantToBeSpecial: The poor girl just wants an ability, even if it's only Level 1.
243* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Chapter 49 of the Manga (Railgun T, Episode 4).
244* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Has no idea about the Sisters, the Magic Side, or Mikoto and Touma's adventures.
245* LongHairIsFeminine: She has long black hair, and in accordance with that, she has a girly personality.
246* LovableSexManiac: She loves to flip Uiharu's skirt just to see her panties, especially if they're in public.
247* MoralityChain: Suprisingly (or maybe not), Saten is this to [[spoiler:Uiharu]] in the Jailbreak arc. Saten prevents [[spoiler:her best friend]] from making the wrong decision with a pinch on [[spoiler:her]] cheek and a soft scolding [[spoiler:despite having her own injury to worry about]].
248* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After she and her friends use Level Upper, one of her friends falls into a coma and she feels awful. Worse, she knows that she's going to follow soon as well.
249* MsFanservice: The ShowerScene of the PSP game and the BeachEpisode of Season 1 ''loves'' to remind us that anime Saten has the ''best'' proportions of the Railgun quartet.
250* MuggleBestFriend: Mostly to Uiharu, but also to Kuruko and Mikoto, since she has no esper abilities herself, something she [[IJustWantToBeSpecial initially hates.]]
251* NiceGirl: She is very friendly and outgoing. Her greatest joy in life is sharing happiness with her beloved friends.
252* OddFriendship: She seemed to have developed this with [[spoiler:Xochitl and later Frenda.]]
253* PluckyGirl: Brave, optimistic and kind, nothing keeps this girl's spirits down for long!
254* SailorFuku: Her school uniform.
255* SeizaSquirm: Does this during the festival episode during a tea ceremony.
256* ShipperOnDeck: She decides during the Sisters arc that Mikoto is probably staying out at night because she's gotten a boyfriend. She's wrong, but is apparently never corrected. When she sees Mikoto being tsuntsun around Touma, she faked an injury so that she could get the two to dance together.
257* ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler:Stops Telestina's gloating of humanity's supposed worthlessness by smashing the [[BrownNote Capacity Down device]] paralyzing her esper friends with one mighty swing of her aluminum baseball bat.]]
258* SignatureHeadgear: A distinctive white-flower hairclip that is her signature accessory.
259* StepfordSmiler: In Academy City, life is ''hard'' for anyone who doesn't [[PowerLevels "measure up"]].
260* TooDumbToLive: She was borderline during Railgun SS. [[spoiler:She followed Mikoto into what was clearly an off-limits area thinking it was a casino, where she nearly gets killed by Olive, and then there was the issue with Xochitl blackmailing her. She didn't piece together that those attacks were real until later and decided to investigate on her own, gets caught, and was about to be "[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident killed]]" when [[BigDamnHeroes Xochitl saved her at the last minute.]] ]]
261* UrbanLegend: She's a particular fan of these, and whenever there's a rumor going around, she's usually the one who introduces them to the gang, and even seek to investigate them.
262* YouLeaveHimAlone: [[spoiler:Shouts this to Therestina while smashing the Capacity Down device.]]
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