History Characters / ACertainMagicalIndexLevel5Espers

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The most powerful espers in Academy City, the Level 5s hit the SuperpowerLottery ''big time''. They are capable of overwhelming shows of force and ability, at almost god-like levels. They are both revered for their powers and despised for the privileges that come with them. It is important to note, however, that esper levels are a measurement of how effective an esper is at using their powers, not necessarily their skill at [[StuffBlowingUp Blowing Stuff Up]]. The Level 5s are ranked by how useful their power is to ongoing research, and the higher ranked ones are usually stronger then the lower ranked ones.

Only six of the seven confirmed Level 5s have been revealed, appearance and all.

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Tropes shared between the known six:
* BloodKnight: They are a bit too eager to get into fights.
** HairTriggerTemper: This doesn't help matters.
* OneManArmy: Bonus points to [[spoiler: Accelerator and Mikoto]] for defeating actual armies.
* RedBaron: Their nicknames have often come to define them in the public over their real ones: Especially Accelerator, who claims to have forgotten his real name after repeated use of 'Accelerator'.
* SuperpowerLottery: They ''are'' Level 5s after all.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: A Daihaseisai functionary claims that Mikoto is the only sane level 5. Even she has her moments.

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[[folder:Accelerator]]
-->See Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexProtagonists folder.
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[[folder:Teitoku Kakine]]
!!!''[[ImaginationBasedSuperpower The One Who Has Touched the Territory of God]]''
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Academy City's second most powerful Level 5 esper, and the leader of SCHOOL. His ability, Dark Matter, allows him to create entirely new forms of matter that aren't bound by the laws of physics. Kakine's power is hinted to be related to Accelerator's in some way, and he is the only other esper with the potential to become a Level 6. He has [[UnknownRival a rather one-sided rivalry]] with Accelerator, with his fondest wish being to defeat him.
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* AffablyEvil: Provided you don't directly oppose or hinder his objectives, he's actually a half-decent guy.
* [[spoiler:AndIMustScream]]: [[spoiler:His brain is preserved and forced to create a constant stream of Dark Matter after his "death" by Accelerator.]]
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He's incredibly confident in his own power, looks down on everyone else, and hates the fact that Accelerator is stronger than him.
* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim]][=/=][[spoiler:LaserGuidedKarma]]: [[spoiler:He deserved everything Accelerator did to him.]]
* {{Badass}}: As the #2 Level 5, and considering how ridiculously powerful he is, Kakine definitely qualifies.
* BerserkButton: When he's told his ability -- more specifically, his white wings -- would have appeal to kids for a demonstration during the Daihaseisai, he wrecks SCHOOL's hideout. Considering his one-sided rivalry with Accelerator, being told you have appeal to kids is the ego equivalent of a kick to the balls.
* [[spoiler:BrainInAJar]]: [[spoiler:After his "dismemberment" by Accelerator, both his brain and body are preserved and stored separately. He eventually made a new body out of Dark Matter and was released. His original flesh and blood body was captured by GREMLIN at the end of NT Vol. 6.]]
* [[spoiler:CameBackWrong]]: [[spoiler: As of New Testament 5 he is officially back in the game, but all of his organs are now made with Dark Matter and [[EldritchAbomination Dark Matter is now a part of him.]]]]
* CurbStompBattle: He spent Volume 15 [[OneHitKill one-shotting]] everyone he went up against without getting a scratch, [[spoiler:until he went up against Accelerator.]]
* EvilCounterpart: He's Accelerator with less [[EvenEvilHasStandards standards]].
* [[spoiler:FightingAShadow]]: [[spoiler:Following his resurrection in New Testament 5, his body is now a Dark Matter construct, and his consciousness is now in every Dark Matter construct he makes. He's functionally immortal. In New Testament 6, he demonstrates by creating a massive army of himself as well as demonic rhinoceros beetles. He boasts to Accelerator and Mugino that no matter what they do, no matter how many of his copies they destroy, they can't harm him at all. He only loses due to Beetle 05 pulling a SplitPersonalityTakeover on him.]]
* [[spoiler:FriendToAllChildren]]: [[spoiler:After the protective side of him takes over (with Takitsubo's help) in New Testament 6 a rumor spreads which says that any child who is in trouble just needs to call for him and he will show up.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Accelerator. Where Accelerator excels at destruction, Kakine's entire ability revolves around creation. This is actually lampshaded in NT Volume 5. In NT Volume 6, he is compared to Mugino the same way.
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: After Beetle 05 [[SplitPersonalityTakeover takes control]] of him.]]
* [[spoiler:HoistByHisOwnPetard]]:
** In Volume 15, [[spoiler:Accelerator uses his own Dark Matter against him to finish him off, having learned how to redirect it even before Awakening.]]
** In NT Vol 6, [[spoiler:he spreads his consciousness too thin, allowing one of the rhinoceros beetles he created to develop free will and then take him over.]]
* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: His ability, Dark Matter, basically does whatever he wants it to and ''defies the laws of physics'' while doing so.
** ComboPlatterPowers: Just a few ways we've seen Kakine use his ability:
*** AttackReflector: He was even able to reflect attacks ''Accelerator'' threw at him.
*** LightEmUp: Seems to be his preferred method of attack. He can fire over ''2500'' forms of radiation from all over the electromagnetic spectrum. He does this by using Dark Matter constructs to reflect and refract light.
*** NighInvulnerability[=/=]NoSell: It is very hard to hurt him. He even ignores Accelerator sucker punching him through a building.
*** StuffBlowingUp: The best way of describing how he defeated [[spoiler:Kinuhata Saiai.]]
*** SuperStrength: Possibly by augmenting his body with Dark Matter.
** [[spoiler:PowerGivesYouWings[=/=]{{Flight}}]]: [[spoiler:Fully awakening his esper abilities gives him six white angel wings.]]
*** [[spoiler:AbsurdlySharpBlade]]: [[spoiler:The tips of the wings.]]
** SuperpowerLottery: Being able to create a form of matter that can do anything you want ''at will'' is pretty amazing.
** [[spoiler:{{Unobtanium}}]]: [[spoiler:After becoming a BrainInAJar, the Dark Matter it continuously produces was used as the basis for [[FacelessGoons combat masks equipped on certain Academy City soldiers]] to create EliteMooks.]]
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: When [[spoiler:Uiharu]] wouldn't tell him the location of [[spoiler:Last Order]], he tries to get the information out of her by ''stomping on her shoulder, dislocating it, and continuing to put pressure on it''.
* {{Jerkass}}: Even worse than Accelerator.
* LackOfEmpathy: Just as much as, if not more than, Accelerator.
* LightIsNotGood: Despite his angelic appearance and using weaponized light as his main attack, Kakine isn't a very nice person.
* MeaningfulName: His name can roughly be translated as "Emperor of the Front Fence".
* NotWorthKilling[=/=]PragmaticVillainy: He has absolutely no compassion or remorse, but he will sometimes leave his opponents alive if they are completely helpless or already dying, just because he thinks it would be beneath him to waste energy on them.
* PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment[=/=]TrickedOutGloves: Wields the Pincet Glove aka Tweezers, which allow the wearer to pick up and manipulate microscopic things like nanobots. The Pincet Glove used to be a very bulky and impractical device, but Kakine modified it to comfortably fit on his hand.
* [[spoiler:PunchClockVillain: When he's not hired for something, he's somewhat normal.]]
* SatelliteCharacter: His entire character is defined by his relationship with, and inferiority to, Accelerator.
** AlwaysSecondBest[=/=]AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Despite his immense power, Accelerator is number 1 and he's number 2.
** GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:It eventually leads to his downfall.]]
** NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:At least that's what he ''thought''.]]
** TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Toward Accelerator.
** TheResenter: Toward Accelerator.
** UnknownRival: Accelerator didn't really care about him until he made it personal by [[spoiler: hurting Yomikawa.]]
* [[spoiler:ShapeShifterGuiltTrip: In NT Vol 6, after Accelerator effortlessly destroys his army of copies, he then makes an army of copies that look, sound, and act like the Misaka Sisters. Accelerator falls into despair, unable to harm them, and is almost killed until Mugino steps in and reminds him that they ''aren't'' actually the Misaka Sisters, just extensions of Kakine. This restores Accelerator's will to fight.]]
* [[spoiler:SplitPersonalityTakeover: In NT Vol 6, one of the rhinoceros beetles he created, Beetle 05, develops free will. Not wanting to harm anyone, it gains the strength to take control over all of Kakine's creations. It disintegrates them, then transforms into Kakine and declares he is now Kakine Teitoku. Accelerator and Mugino muse that this beetle must have held the part of Kakine's personality that actually cared about others, buried deep down.]]
* [[spoiler:UngratefulBastard]]: [[spoiler:Stabs Yomikawa just after she saves his life from Accelerator.]]
* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn]]: [[spoiler:His hatred and envy of Accelerator was nurtured and encouraged by Crowley. He was also intended to act as a spare part in Crowley's plan, in case Accelerator failed to live up to his expectations.]]
* VillainBall: [[spoiler:Stabbing Yomikawa just to piss off Accelerator.]]
* [[spoiler:WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Not him actually, but his creation Beetle 05. When Beetle 05 starts to develop free will, Kakine mocks him and starts to subsume him, saying he has no hope of becoming anything more than Kakine. Beetle 05 thinks it over, then says that's right, ''he has no hope of becoming anything more than Kakine''. See SplitPersonalityTakeover.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: Let's see: He fights with and defeats [[spoiler:Mugino]], attacks both [[spoiler:Saiai]] and [[spoiler:Rikou]] and leaves them for dead, nearly kills [[spoiler:Uiharu]], wanted to use the innocent and adorable [[spoiler:Last Order]] as bait so he could [[spoiler:have a glorified pissing match with Accelerator]], and then stabs [[spoiler:Yomikawa]] after she [[spoiler:[[UngratefulBastard saves his ass from Accelerator]].]]
* [[spoiler:ZergRush: His strategy to fight Accelerator in New Testament Volume 6, sending his neverending army of copies against him.]]
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[[folder:Mikoto Misaka]]
--> See Characters/ACertainScientificRailgunSubSeriesProtagonists folder.
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[[folder:Shizuri Mugino]]
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-> Voiced by: AmiKoshimizu (JP)

The fourth Level 5 esper, and the leader of ITEM. Her power, Meltdowner, converts electrons into a highly destructive form of matter that exists somewhere between particles and waves. While [[CoolBigSis kind and gentle]] to her friends, she has a unpleasant [[AxCrazy personality]] once angered.
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* ActionGirl: While reliant on her powers most of the time, she is quite tough and versed in hand-to-hand combat.
* [[spoiler:ArtificialLimbs]]: [[spoiler:Replaces her missing arm and eye with masses of pure energy and later, literal ArtificialLimbs.]]
* AxCrazy: When she's pissed off:
--> [[spoiler:"Gya ha ha!! Oh, now where to start burning her? Maybe I should roast that little face of hers. Or maybe I should press against her pink ***** and burn it pitch black!! Hey, what do you think, Hamazura? You'd better come out, cause I'm gonna burn her into a black mummy! Or can you still get off to fucking a hole like that!?"]]
--> [[spoiler:"I'll count to three. If you don't come out, I'll burn Takitsubo's ***** as punishment. Of course, if you'd rather just abandon her, then you can just sit there masturbating to the stench of her virginity being burned away."]]
* BarrierWarrior: She can make shields of energy that are tough enough to withstand Mikoto's electric attacks.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: No matter how badly she gets hurt or how insane she becomes, she still looks beautiful. [[spoiler:Even after losing her right eye and left arm.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: While she's a CoolBigSis to her teammates, offending her is a bad idea. Pissing her off reveals [[AxCrazy a very different side of her]]. [[spoiler:It gets worse when she turns into a psychopath after losing half of her face.]]
* [[spoiler:BigDamnHeroes: Saves Accelerator in NT Vol 6 when he almost falls victim to Kakine's ShapeShifterGuiltTrip.]]
* BloodKnight: Battle-hungry? Check. Unnerving temper? Check. Obsesses over [[spoiler:Shiage]] after their fight? '''Huge''' check.
* [[spoiler:CameBackWrong]]: [[spoiler:Became even more psycho and unstable than before, with a {{Yandere}} crush on her killer, Shiage Hamazura.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:Was once a SocialDarwinist who looked down on Level 0's, later accepts Shiage as the better fighter even though he doesn't have powers because he beat her. Becomes much calmer and friendlier in New Testament. Case in point, when Last Order teases her because she can see her panties, Mugino simply laughs and walks away, while the old Mugino would have probably killed her on the spot. She also starts learning how to cook in an effort to be more normal. When a naked Cendrillon appears in her apartment, she takes the whole thing in stride... well, until she loses her temper after Cendrillon teases her about her feelings for Shiage.]]
* ComedicSociopathy:
** [[spoiler: "I'm the girl who killed your sister. Nice to meet you." -- said casually to ''Frenda's little sister''.]]
** Mugino is pretty good at this, such as this little exchange when she was giving [[spoiler: Shiage]] a [[CountingToThree countdown]] to come out before she roasted [[spoiler: Rikou]]. Mugino did not give a nice slow count, as was usual. Instead…
-->'''Mugino''': "Three-two-one-go!"
-->'''[[spoiler: Shiage]]''': "[[{{PrecisionFStrike}} FUCK!]]"
* CoolBigSis: To those she considers friends.
* CuteAndPsycho: Her default personality.
* [[spoiler:{{Cyborg}}]]: As of New Testament, [[spoiler: she has [[ElectronicEyes one electronic eye]] and a [[ArtificialLimbs cybernetic left arm]]. Her eye at least can [[UnusualUserInterface be linked into security cameras with some wires]].]]
* [[spoiler:DefusingTheTykeBomb: Shiage beats her twice, learning more about her state of mind in the process. She attacks a third time in what is intended to be a suicide attack by taking Body Crystal, causing her power to cause a sphere of destruction around her temporarily. After this, Shiage considers shooting her but decides not to, opting instead to at least try calming her down. It works.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: Her form of payback.
* DoNotGoGentle: [[spoiler: When she teams with Accelerator against Kakine in NT Vol. 6, she says that maybe Kakine is right that she and Accelerator cannot be redeemed and will still go to Hell no matter what they do. Even so, they shouldn't just give up and die, they might as well kick some ass before they go.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: Along with the rest of ITEM, in Episode 12 of ''Railgun''. In the manga version of that scene, there was a completely irrelevant conversation that had nothing to do with the plot.
* EffortlessAmazonianLift: Despite being a skinny teenage girl, she can NeckLift men and throw them across the room.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:She is sickened and horrified when she sees Fraulein Kreutune apparently eating someone, and remarks that she would have had the same reaction even if she were her old, evil self.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: In Volume 22, she says it doesn't make any sense when [[spoiler:Shiage has defeated her for the third time but spares her life. Shiage says that even after everything she's done to him and Rikou, he still cares about her. She calls him an idiot, but agrees to come with him.]]
* EvilCounterpart: To Misaka Mikoto, look down at the NotSoDifferent below.
* EvilLaugh: "Gya-ha-ha!!"
* {{Foil}}: She specializes in destruction while Kakine specializes in creation. Pointed out in NT Vol 6.
* FrickinLaserBeams: Her entire method of attack revolves around these.
** BeamSpam: Carries special silicon cards to facilitate this effect.
** [[spoiler:PowerIncontinence]]: [[spoiler:Her inability to control her own power is what led to her losing her left arm. If she had better control, she'd be the ranked as the third Level 5 instead of the fourth.]]
** [[spoiler:RequiredSecondaryPowers]]: [[spoiler: Subverted. She is not immune to her own powers.]]
** [[spoiler:SphereOfDestruction: Surrounds herself with one in a last-ditch effort to finally defeat Shiage. He stalls until her energy runs out.]]
** StuffBlowingUp: The end result of her power.
* [[spoiler:GlowingEyesOfDoom]]: [[spoiler:Her right eye, after she loses it in Volume 15 and before she gets an artificial one in ''New Testament''.]]
* HairTriggerTemper: It doesn't take much to piss her off.
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: Towards the end of volume 22, when she agrees to help reform ITEM.]]
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Gets very embarrassed and loses her temper when [[spoiler:Cendrillon]] teases her about her feelings for [[spoiler:Shiage.]]
* [[spoiler:[[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist By Her Own Petard]]]]: [[spoiler:What ultimately defeats Shizuri in her first battle against Shiage is her own power '''''blowing her left arm off'''''.]]
* [[ImplacableMan Implacable Woman]]. Seems to be the Level 5 most fond of this, especially during her first fight with Shiage. [[spoiler:This backfires when Shiage proves she's NotSoInvincibleAfterAll.]]
* ItsPersonal: In NT Vol 6, [[spoiler: the reason why she decides to help Accelerator fight Kakine.]]
-->[[spoiler:"And it isn't like I don't have my own reasons to be here. I was attacked by a false Frenda last night. You were the biggest factor of the darkness active at that time and the interest in playing with the dead was the same. I don't know what your purpose in that was, but I'm going to make you pay for disturbing her grave, you piece of shit."]]
* KnightTemplar: The kindest way of describing her.
* LackOfEmpathy: Cheerfully greets the family of those she has murdered by introducing herself as the murderer.
* LaserGuidedTykebomb: Over the course of numerous fights with Shiage, he comes to the realization that Mugino used to be a mostly normal girl who actually cared about her friends. Academy City just decided she's much more useful as their own personal assassin/enforcer.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Does not know about the magic side.
* [[spoiler:LoveMakesYouCrazy]]: [[spoiler:Inverted. In Volume 22, she's ''furious'' when she finds out that Shiage only remained a Level 0 because Academy City decided he wasn't worth their resources. This comes from a former SocialDarwinist, by the way.]]
* [[spoiler:MamaBear: Has become one toward Fremea. In NT Vol. 6, she got really upset when Shiage lost track of her, meaning Fremea was potentially all alone in the city.]]
* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Once went completely berserk after Mikoto gave her a small cut on her temple.
* ModestyShorts: She only wears these occasionally.
* MsFanservice: In [=NT2=] she says that she's the level 5 in charge of sex appeal so she wears ''see through'' underwear.
* [[spoiler: MoralityPet[=/=]MoralityChain]]: [[spoiler: Since volume 22, Shiage seems to play this role for her.]]
* [[spoiler: MurderTheHypotenuse: While trying to get revenge on Shiage, she tried to kill Rikou, because Mugino [[{{Yandere}} hates and loves Shiage at the same time]]. After her HeelFaceTurn, she seems to have accepted being #2 in Shiage's harem.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: She's a Level 5 esper with an ability dubbed "Meltdowner"...
* NotSoDifferent: Both she and Mikoto have more in common than they realize: not only do their powers involve manipulation of electrons, but they also come from wealthy families, have an annoying yet lovable sidekick who adores them, are {{Cool Big Sis}}es to their friends, are GenreSavvy enough to wear [[ModestyShorts shorts under their skirts]] to avoid FanService, and tend to let their pride and anger win over reason. They would be best friends if they weren't enemies to begin with.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:In New Testament 5, when Frenda seemingly comes back to life and says she wants revenge for Mugino killing her back in Volume 15.]]
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Towards Mikoto and later [[spoiler:Shiage.]]
-->"Don't let pitiful bastards like that take your life. The one who's going to rip you to pieces is me!!"
* ThePerfectionist: Here's Shiage's descriptions:
-->"The kind of person that can't stand it when you can't complete a video game without 100% accuracy."
-->"If you fuck up even slightly, you fly into a rage and won't accept it even if you complete the game."
-->"When someone like that fucks up even slightly, they find another goal in order to write it off. When you aren't able to get 100% accuracy, you instead go for a high score and are satisfied with that."
* PrecisionFStrike: While she becomes more of a [[ClusterFBomb Cluster F Bomber]] over time, enough to be the second most foul-mouthed Level 5 after [[SirSwearsALot Accelerator]]. Her truly serious [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin F Strikes]] still make you fear for your life, along with [[BringMyBrownPants whoever she uses them on]]. Example:
-->"Hamazura's body slid across the roof. He managed to stop himself and then looked around in surprise. He saw Mugino standing a good way back on the track. She must have jumped from the bridge just as he had. Her hand was stuck deep in the ground. The power cables for Academy City railroads ran through the ground. Mugino had used her power to sever the power cable in order to stop the train.

-->From a few hundred meters away, Shizuri Mugino said something.

-->Hamazura couldn't hear her voice, but he understood it from the movements of her mouth.

-->'I – am – going – to – [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] – [[OhCrap kill]] – you.'

-->From atop the train, Hamazura took in what Mugino had said. The Level 5 who had forcibly stopped the train smiled so it looked like her face was split in two.

-->'…!!'

-->All of the hair on Hamazura's body stood on end."
** Made even worse when you see her [[http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/images/0/03/Index_v15_254.jpg face]], taking a KubrickStare while mixing in a bit of a PsychoticSmirk and SlasherSmile at the same time.
* {{Pride}}: Her biggest fault is her pride. It's because of this that [[spoiler:Mikoto survived their battle, leading to ITEM's downfall and her death/defeat by Shiage.]]
* SanityHasAdvantages: If she wasn't so insane, she would have [[spoiler:crushed Shiage easily without him being able to do the slightest thing about it]]. Or would never have [[spoiler:ended up fighting him]]. ''Or'' wouldn't have even [[spoiler:made an enemy of him in the first place]]. Sanity ''definitely'' has advantages.
* ShockAndAwe: Has a very limited control over electricity, to the extent that she can make Mikoto's electric attacks turn away from her.
* ShutUpHannibal[=/=]WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Combines the two in New Testament Volume 6 when an enemy assumed that [[spoiler: her love for Shiage and her guilt over killing Frenda would weaken her. Bonus points for her admitting without shame that she loves him.]]
-->[[spoiler: "As long as I have Hamazura, this is fine. I'll get into trouble and into fights. There will even be deadly fights. But it will all work out in the end. No matter how many people I kill and how much I destroy, everything will be resolved in the end somehow and we can all be happy. All my past experiences have shown that to be true. That's how it was during the fight between ITEM and SCHOOL. That's how it was when we fought underground in District 23. That's how it was when we met during the fierce fighting of World War 3. And so I know it will be fine as long as I have Hamazura. No matter what happens, he will forgive me in the end."]]
* SirSwearsALot: Her mouth is NOT as beautiful as the rest of her face.
* SlasherSmile: Though she is quite fond of [[KubrickStare Kubrick Stares]], [[PsychoticSmirk Psychotic Smirks]], and combinations of the three where applicable.
* SocialDarwinist: Played straight until Volume 22, where she subverts this ''hard'' by lashing out at Academy City's "Parameter List", [[spoiler:a cost-control mechanism that restricts funds to unworthy (read: Level 0) students (read: Hamazura) and allocates those funds to more powerful and promising espers.]]
* [[spoiler:WeHaveReserves]]: [[spoiler:How she makes an enemy of Shiage, coupled with the fact that her "expendable" henchman had just tried a YouShallNotPass for his sake.]]
* WillfullyWeak: It's strongly implied [[spoiler:during the fight with Shiage]] that she's actually quite a bit more powerful than Mikoto, except she lacks immunity to her own power and as such has to limit herself. So she holds back on a large part of her raw power because if she truly went all-out with an attack, the recoil would kill her.
* [[spoiler:{{Yandere}}]]: [[spoiler:Towards Shiage, after he defeats her the first time.]]
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[[folder:Misaki Shokuhou]]
!!!''[[MindControl The Queen of Tokiwadai]]''
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The mysterious fifth Level 5 Esper. Being the second Level 5 to attend Tokiwadai, her followers and Misaka's followers often come into conflict. Her ability, Mental Out, involves the manipulation of memories and the human mind. She is also the leader of the largest clique in Tokiwadai.

She has set herself up to be the ArcVillain of the ongoing Raligun Daihaseisai Arc, but given her unknown motives and vast falsification abilities things are still up in the air.
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* AmplifierArtifact: Appears to be using a remote control (see image above) when using her MindControl powers, and its been hinted that the remote is necessary for her to use her powers effectively.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: In chapter 41, she shows up to threaten Misaka through her friends implying that she sees Mikoto making new friends as an attempt at forming a rival faction. Her next move is to use her power to confront Misaka with the possibility of being [[ZergRush zerg rushed]] by a mass of uninvolved students who would simultaneously be used as shields. Yep, she's a bitch alright.
* BuxomIsBetter: Which Mikoto grudgingly acknowledges, and also seemingly how she suspects that the Queen might not even be a middle-school student.
* ChekhovsGunman: She was first mentioned in the first volume of Index as someone who might have been able to fix Index's memory loss. Her recent appearance in the ''Railgun'' manga may indicate that the author may have a role for her in the future.
** [[spoiler:Mikoto considered asking her to fix Toma's memory loss, but changed her mind, not wanting to be in her debt, in addition to being unable to trust her.]]
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: [[spoiler:During the kidnapping of 10032, if she had talked to Mikoto and explained things from the start, the two of them could have dismantled the enemy operation by themselves without anyone else getting involved or hurt. But she refuses to trust someone who she can't mind-read.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Her hair and eyes are both gold.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: She is usually referred to as the "Queen of Tokiwadai" rather than her actual name.
* TheFaceless: Despite first being mentioned in the very first volume of Index, she never makes an official appearance until chapter 41 of Railgun, where she shows herself to Mikoto. Justifed, as she apparently uses her power to communicate through others.
** TheVoiceless: She often uses [[{{Brainwashing}} mind-controlled]] proxies and her own followers whenever she needs to communicate.
* FandomRivalry: An in-universe example of it.
* [[spoiler:GoodIsNotNice]]:[[spoiler: Despite first appearances, during the arc of the Railgun manga where 10032 gets kidnapped, she is ''not'' the villain. She kidnapped 10032 to keep her out of the bad guy's hands, and to heal some damage done to her. This doesn't make her a good person, just not evil.]]
* KickTheDog: When one of the members of her clique tries to prevent Misaki from consuming more sweets (out of concern for Misaki's 'wonderful proportions'), Misaki mind controls her and tells her to 'challenge yourself to eat 15 eclair as fast as possible.' [[spoiler:Deleting Kuroko, Uiharu and Saten's memories of Mikoto seemingly out of nowhere counts too.]]
* {{Ojou}}: According to Mikoto, she's the most {{Ojou}} of all the {{Ojou}}s at Tokiwadai, which really says something. She, however, subverts the traditional archetype by being quite frivolous, making silly poses, not caring for her weight, and saying cliché anime lines. It's just that she erases certain people's memories and that her fangirls don't say anything about it.
* OperaGloves: Hers are white.
* SquishyWizard: Given that her powers deal with the mind, and that she skipped P.E. and does not exercise regularly, she is a skinny, out-of-shape girl. In chapter 56 of Railgun, she's panting and ready to collapse from trying to follow a lightly-jogging Mikoto.
* {{Telepathy}}: Academy City's most powerful telepath.
** MindManipulation: Seems to be her forte.
*** {{Brainwashing}}: One of the uses of her ability.
*** FakeMemories: Can implant them and erase them.
*** MindControl: Another application of her power.
*** PsychicSurgery: She can transplant emotions and thoughts.
** SuperpowerLottery: She's like [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Aizen]] [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on steroids]].
* WingdingEyes: She has stars in her eyes. According to her she was born like this. Additionally the same stars appear in the eyes of [[MindControlEyes those who she is controlling]].
* ZettaiRyouiki: With lace.
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[[folder:The Sixth]]
The mysterious sixth Level 5 Esper. Not much is known about this person, not even their gender. The only time this person has been specifically mentioned canonically is when the Daihaseisai committee was searching for the Level 5s in Chapter 43 of the Railgun manga. Despite all the other Level 5s being located, the sixth couldn't be found, which had been expected to some degree.

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* TheGhost: Has yet to make their debut. Is known to exist by process of elimination, but nothing has been revealed about them.
* RunningGag: Expect any mention of #6 to very quickly glossed over.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gunha Sogiita]]
!!!''[[ComboPlatterPowers The Attack Crash]]''
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The seventh Level 5 esper, Gunha is a Gemstone, an esper who was born with his powers. His ability is nameless and absolutely impossible to define, though it allows him to create strange explosions, attack at twice the speed of sound, and recover from being shot in the head or heart with no pain. He is classified as the lowest Level 5 precisely because nobody understands his immense power, and thus they can't even guess where he really ranks. He has a strong sense of justice. Despite the large entry here, he's only made a few appearances so far (SS Volume 2 of the light novels, chapter 44 of the Railgun manga, and in the questionably canon Toaru Jihanki no Fanfare short story) and has yet to get involved in either story's main plot.
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* {{Badass}}: Despite getting [[TheWorfEffect Worf'd]], he's still undeniably badass.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Happens with Yabumi Haratani. Whenever Gunha gives out an explanation for his powers, Haratani ends up calling him on it, followed by Gunha responding with a dumbfounded variation of "Then what did I just do?" Gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Mikoto.
* BornWinner: Being a Gemstone, he was born with his esper abilities.
* CallingYourAttacks: "Amazing Puuunch!"
--> '''Yokosuka''': Please, just beat me with an attack that sounds like it's worth losing to at least. Not that Amazing Punch attack.
* CoatCape: Tends to wear his jacket like a cape. Appropriate since he thinks he's a superhero.
* ComboPlatterPowers: His power is stated to be impossible to define, and manifests in a variety of ways, including:
** DeflectorShield: Which is powerful enough to block Mikoto's electric attacks.
** NighInvulnerability: Even without his forcefield, it is very difficult to inflict damage on him.
** StuffBlowingUp: He can create a strange explosion around him that throws people away.
** SuperSpeed: He can move at Mach 2.
** SuperStrength: As evidenced in his Amazing Punch.
** {{Teleportation}}: He has a lot shorter range than Kuroko, though.
* {{Determinator}}: He repeatedly gets back up during his fight with Ollerus despite being totally outclassed.
* EarlyBirdCameo: [[http://www.mangareader.net/1080-40270-5/to-aru-kagaku-no-choudenjibou/chapter-15.html Appears]] unnamed in one of the memories of a Level Upper user (possibly Yabumi Haritani) during the AIM Burst phenomenon in Chapter 15 of the Railgun manga, well before Gunha's actual first appearance in Chapter 44. Witnessing Gunha's amazing power appears to have been the catalyst for that esper to use the Level Upper in the first place.
* {{Foil}}: To Toma. Mikoto even wonders if they know each other after Gunha is able to withstand her electrical attacks.
* ForGreatJustice: Making the world a kinder and gentler place..... one ass-kicked villain at a time.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: His high school teacher notes that he misses school to help people all the time (just like [[TheHero Toma]]), yet we've barely seen any of it.
* HonorBeforeReason: Despite having super speed and teleportation, he always announces his presence, attacks head-on, and refuses to attack from behind, saying that a true warrior wouldn't sink to such a dirty tactic.
* HotBlooded: Everything is fighting with guts for him.
* HowDoIShotWeb: An unusual example in that he knows how to use his powers, but he has no idea how they work (Toma is probably the only one in the series with similar issues). Ollerus tells him that he might have stood a chance in their fight if Gunha actually knew how his powers worked and took better advantage of them.
* IdiotHero: He acknowledges this, but claims it is irrelevant.
* LampshadeHanging: At one point, he gives the same kind of fake scientific explanation for his abilities as everyone else does, only to be met with a flat statement that what he just said was completely impossible and makes no sense.
* LargeHam: Makes dramatic speeches all the time and announces his arrival like a superhero.
* LeeroyJenkins: Tends to rush into situations without properly assessing them.
* MadeOfIron: Can keep fighting after severe injuries like getting his heart pierced.
* MeaningfulName: His names can be translated as "Supremacy of the Military Court".
* MegatonPunch: His Amazing Punch attack.
* NiceGuy: By Level 5 standards, a pure, good-hearted and righteous boy like him is a veritable ''saint.''
* NowThatsUsingYourTeeth: He catches a railgun from Mikoto using ''his teeth''. It was only at 30%, but still...
* ShoutOut: In his first appearance in SS Volume 2 ([[RunningGag and in the Railgun manga and in the Fanfare side story]]) he makes a dramatic speech that is immediately followed by [[{{Sentai}} explosions of colored smoke behind him]].
* UnskilledButStrong: Compared to the other level 5 espers.
* VerbalTic: He believes in being gutsy over everything else to such a degree that he tries to insert something about 'guts' in as many of his sentences as he possibly can.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: He wears a shirt emblazoned with the Rising Sun.
* WideEyedIdealist: He thinks the world is a simple place where good and evil can be easily distinguished and all he has to do is beat up the bad guy.
* TheWorfEffect: Gets [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by Ollerus. Going by what we now know about [[RealityWarper Ollerus]], though, Gunha never stood a chance...
* WrongGenreSavvy: Thinks he's TheHero of a {{Sentai}} anime or a Saturday morning cartoon.
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--> See {{To Aru Kagaku No Railgun Sub-Series Protagonists}} folder.

* [[spoiler:FriendToAllChildren]]: [[spoiler:After the protective side of him takes over (with Takitsubo's help) in New Testament 6 a rumour spreads which says that any child who is in trouble just needs to call for him and he will show up.]]

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: A Daihasesai functionary claims that Mikoto is the only sane level 5. Even she has her moments.

* WingdingEyes: She has stars in her eyes. According to her she was born like this.