History Fanfic / ToAruverseRewriteProject

** In-universe, Touma is now considered to be a Level 1 esper. This is not because he's more powerful, but rather because the esper ranking system has been changed to make more sense.

The [=ToAruverse=] Rewrite Project is a planned series of {{Fix Fic}}s for ''ACertainMagicalIndex/[[ACertainScientificRailgun Railgun]]'' [[TheRemake that rebuild the story and setting from the ground up]].

* IconicOutfit: Averted on two counts. Index does not wear a habit. Maika has also traded in her maid uniform for casual duds as part of the remake's emphasis on smiting violations of common sense...and [[ValuesDissonance Values Dissonant]] {{Fanservice}}

* TheGadfly: Uiharu. When she first meets Mikoto she proceeds to unnerve her by using increasingly more respectful JapaneseHonorifics until Kuroko [[DopeSlap whacks her on the head]]...and then Mikoto sees that Uiharu was trying to hold back laughter. She's also willing to tease Kuroko. And see the entry under SinisterSurveillance.

** Similarly, [[{{Engrish}} Level Upper]] has been changed to "Level Plus", Meltdowner is now just "Meltdown" and "An Involuntary Movement", the full canon name for AIM, has been changed to "Involuntary Physical Distortion", or IPD.

The second chapter has [[AdaptationalBadass Index]] leap out of a moving car, jump off a highway bridge, [[ItMakesSenseInContext jury-rig a portable church]], and sneak into Academy City just by using her [[GuileHero wits]], [[AwesomenessByAnalysis analytical skills]], [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and two magical spells.

The second chapter has [[AdaptationalBadass Index]] leap out of a moving car, jump off a highway bridge, [[ItMakesSenseInContext jury-rig a portable church]], and sneak into Academy City just by using her [[GuileHero wits]], [[AwesomenessByAnalysis analytical skills]], and two magical spells.

** In the first chapter, Touma says he has reason to believe he was going to ranked at Level 0.

* IconicOutfit: Averted on two counts. Index does not wear a habit. Maika has also traded in her maid uniform for casual duds as part of the remake's emphasis on smiting violations of common sense.

* MythologyGag:
** In "Daily Life, in a Thousand Parallel Worlds", Touma says he has reason to believe he was going to ranked at Level 0.
** Mikoto talking about her lack of hacking abilities in "With Friends Like These".

* TheStationsOfTheCanon: The first chapter, "Daily Life, in a Thousand Parallel Worlds". ''Technically'' the second chapter "Free; Run" doesn't derail from canon, though the train comes in from a very different station. And the third chapter "With Friends Like These"...well it has the Railgun cast go to Seventh Mist, at least.
* SimultaneousArcs: ''In Memoriam'' roughly adapts ''Index''[='s=] Index arc and ''Railgun''[='s=] Level Upper arc. And simutaneous means Index is present at the Seventh Mist bombings.

** In "Free; Run" Miaka is wearing a shirt with the [[ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld old binary joke]]. She can also set Academy City robots to "[[Series/DoctorWho Dalek]]".
* SinisterSurveillance: Mikoto wonders about this when she sees just what Judgement can spy on. Uiharu makes a shocked SuspiciouslySpecificDenial...and then tell Mikoto her pajamas are adorable.
* TemptingFate: Touma, at the end of "Daily Life, in a Thousand Parallel Worlds"

** There are now ''eight'' Level 5 espers. In addition, [[{{Engrish}} Meltdowner]]...err, [[[[AdaptationNameChange Meltdown]] is now ranked third, Gunha is now ranked sixth, and in an inversion, Mikoto is now ranked fourth.

** While she's not older, Komoe-sensei now looks like she's 15 [[LegalJailbait for the same reasons]].

* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: In this fic Touma has been learning self-defense under Yomikawa-sensei for eight years. (Granted, his only ability is AntiMagic; in fact that's why he's learning self-defense).

* NoOntologicalInertia: Notably averted in regards to how Touma's ability works, in contrast to canon. It stops powers from acting within its area of nullfication, but it does nothing to prevent their secondary effects.

* BuffySpeak: Mikoto in her narration during "With Friends Like These".
-->''I mean, you’d think I could be some kind of super-hacker with my powers, but that kind of requires understanding how the whole machine...code...stuff works first.''
* TheCameo: Sadao and Emi from ''LightNovel/HatarakuMaousama'' [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial definitely do not]] appear in "Free; Run" while Index is at McDonalds. (After all, Sadao works at ''[[BlandNameProduct MgRonalds]]''.)
* ChekhovsGunman: When Touma is talking about the weird things in Academy City at the end of "Daily Life, in a Thousand Parallel Worlds", he mentions "middle-schoolers with robot armies". The next chapter introduces PlayfulHacker Maika, who has hacked into half of Academy City's robots.

** In "Daily Life, in a Thousand Parallel Worlds" Mikoto thinks of several of the other Level 5 espers.

** "With Friends Like These" references Konori Mii, though she doesn't actually appear.

* TheGadfly: Uiharu has signs of this. When she first meets Mikoto she proceeds to use increasingly more respectful JapaneseHonorifics until Kuroko [[DopeSlap whacks her on the head]]...and then Mikoto sees that Uiharu was trying to hold back laughter. And see the entry under SinisterSurveillance.

-->''I get up to try and get a closer look, or maybe just say hi. [[spoiler:That’s right about when the first bomb goes off.]]''
* XMeetsY: At this point it's looking like ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''.

** Similarly, [[{{Engrish}} Level Upper]] has been changed to "Level Plus", and "An Involuntary Movement", the full canon name for AIM has been changed to "Involuntary Physical Distortion", or IPD.

** There are now ''eight'' Level 5 espers - and in an inversion, Mikoto is now ranked fourth. Additionally, Mikoto doesn't have her canon [[HollywoodHacking hacking]] [[{{Technopath}} abilities]]...because she needs to know how computers and programming work in detail, and she's not a computer person.

* IconicOutfit: Averted on two counts. Index gets a set of casual clothes from a thrift store and tosses her signature habit into a dumpster because it's an easy vector for tracking spells. Maika has also traded in her maid uniform for casual duds as part of the remake's emphasis on smiting violations of common sense.

* MacGyvering: To protect herself from searching spells, Index jury-rigs a portable church with a crucifix, a broken music box, a can of juice, a water bottle, a serving tray from McDonalds, and a piece of a Big Mac's bun.

** Similarly, [[{{Engrish}} Level Upper]] has been changed to "Level Plus".

The series is written by Shockz. The first story ''In Memoriam'', can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9442823/1/In-Memoriam here]] or [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/49420 here]]. A dicussion thread for the story can be found [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/in-memoriam-a-certain-magical-index-scientific-railgun-au.262608/ here]].

** Index's narration is detailed and straightfoward. Even her [[BigEater love of food]] is done in the same tone.

* DelayedReaction: Mikoto's narration when she first meets Uiharu. After getting over Uiharu's [[FlowerInHerHair headband]], she then describes her age, size, hair color, eye color, bare feet, clothing...and then does a mental DoubleTake at the bare feet. It then happens again when Uiharu comments on Mikoto's pijamas.

* MerchandiseDriven: In-universe, there are trading cards for many of the Level 4 and 5 espers. This is news to Mikoto, who wasn't aware she signed away the rights to use her likeness. When she finds out, she makes a mental note to ask her mother if she knows a good lawyer, and then wonders if there will be [[ShoddyKnockoffProduct made-in-China knockoffs]] next.

* TheStationsOfTheCanon: The first chapter, "Daily Life, in a Thousand Parallel Worlds". ''Technically'' the second chapter "Free; Run" dosen't derail from canon, though the train comes in from a very different station. And the third chapter "With Friends Like These"...well it has the Railgun cast go to Seventh Mist, at least.

* SinisterSurveillance: Mikoto wonders about this when she sees just what Judgement can spy on. Uiharu makes a shocked SuspiciouslySpecificDenial...and then tell Mikoto her pijamas are adorable.

** There are now ''eight'' Level 5 espers - and in an inversion, Mikoto is now ranked fourth. Additionally, Mikoto doesn't have her canon [[HollywoodHacking hacking]] [[{{Technopath}} abilities]]...because she needs to know how computers work, and she's not a computer person.

** There are now ''eight'' Level 5 espers - and in an inversion, Mikoto is now ranked fourth. Additionally, Mikoto also doesn't have her canon [[HollywoodHacking hacking]] [[{{Technopath}} abilities]]...because she needs to know how computers work, and she's not a computer person.