History Fridge / ACertainMagicalIndex

### It encourages the sense that having abilities somehow makes you more than human, a superior race that by their very genetics has the right to lord over others. This is only encouraged by the fact that level 3s, 4s and 5s get massive discounts in the marketplace in addition to their lives being funded by multi-million dollar military paychecks. I could go on forever, but I think I've provided enough evidence to safely say that Academy City is more of a threat to world stability and a bad actor on the political stage than, say, the religions (magic) it's trying to wipe out. I'm honestly shocked that Hamazura hasn't released the data he has on Parameter List yet.

* And there's no way the Vatican would ''ever'' support a group like "God's Right Seat", even before maniacs like Vento and Fiamma came into it. Their entire purpose and the powers they possess are anathema to very central Church teachings. I think we can safely say that the author hasn't done research into the actual Catholic belief system, just into some of its stories.

* In ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'', I was confused as to why the Touma vs. Accelerator fight was called the Weakest Vs. the Strongest. Sure, Touma may be a level 0, but there are others, and he's not exactly physically weak either. Then I remembered something that was mentioned way back in the beginning. Touma, due to his [[AntiMagic power]] doesn't come up under the scans at all, while even other level 0's do, something that I realised when he saw Saten had been given grades, despite being a level 0. Since he shows no power in either the scans or tests, ''officially'', he really is the weakest [=ESPer=]. From chapter 5 of ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' manga:

* The Sisters' method of self-narration initially struck me as just an oddball quirk that they share. Something to distinguish them from other characters in the series. But then I watched Episode 17 and Misaka-10032 made the following comment to Last Order: "If you have said that, then it has already been broadcast through the Network. So there isn't a need to say that again in words." Their self-narration isn't just a quirk, it's how they input information into the Misaka network so all the other Misaka know ''exactly'' what's going on. This theory seems to be enforced by [[spoiler:Misaka WORST, a Sister who isn't directly connected to the Misaka Network]]. She's still a ThirdPersonPerson, but doesn't narrate herself because she has no one to narrate to.

* Much like their speech style mentioned above, it struck me as odd that the Sisters ''all'' wore the Tokiwadai uniform as opposed to "civvies." Only now does a reason occur to me. It's a rule at Tokiwadai, as stated in ''[[Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun Railgun]]'' that students [[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack must wear uniforms at all times]]. The Sisters are wandering around town, and Mikoto is well known. The reason they all wear the uniform is so that they don't inadvertently get the original Mikoto in trouble at school for breaking the rule. This is also why Last Order and Misaka Worst don't wear it. They're too young and too old looking respectively to be mistaken for the original, so they can dress however they want.
* For the longest time I thought that the Sisters Arc had a truly ridiculous amount of plot-holes, so much that it drove me crazy. The I realized: ''that's because the experiment was fake the whole time.'' Aliester needed a reason to create all the Misaka clones for his Artificial Heaven so he made the Tree Diagram tell all of the scientists that they needed to make them in order to turn Accelerator into a level six. If any scientist thought it was ridiculous they would of course just assume that the super computer was right and they were wrong so it was the perfect cover. This explains all of the so called plot-holes:
** Why use Misaka clones instead of Accelerator or even Kakine clones? They've done tons of experiments on Accelerator so obviously they have his DNA (hell they even have his thought patterns). That's because the point isn't to make Accelerator level six, it's to make the Misaka network
** Why the hell did the Raildex world suddenly turn into an RPG? There's never been any mention before or after that defeating people make espers level up. So the reason is simply that it didn't and the scientists were being lied to.

* It's been stated that Touma terrifies the Kiharas. This makes sense when you realize that the Kiharas are amoral scientist who rely on analyzing their enemies to defeat them. Touma however, has an unexplainable divine power and a mindset that makes no sense to the Kiharas. He is the one person they can not analyze and thus he terrifies them.

*** They ''couldn't'' make Accelerator clones. They used Misaka because she scored very high on Parameter List and her Esper abilities are thus the easiest to develop under the Curriculum. Radio Noise ''was'' the reason behind the project, but the experiment was still valid.

*** It was not based on defeating opponents, but on getting actual practical experience with using your powers, which definitely ''is'' a shortcut to developing your powers compared to the normal Curriculum. Hell, when Accelerator was presented with an actual challenge for the first time in his battle with Touma he immediately though of a new way to use his powers with wind/plasma manipulation, so there was nothing wrong with the basis behind the experiment.

** It's not like the Church hasn't killed before. Take TheCrusades as an example.

* And there's no way the Vatican would ''ever'' support a group like "God's Right Seat", even before maniacs like Vento and Fiamma came into it. Their entire purpose and the powers they possess are anathema to very central Church teachings. I think we can safely say that the author hasn't done research into the actual Catholic belief system, just into some of its stories.
** ''Or'' it could be that the point is that, y'know, that the Church holds up a positive image outwards, but [[CorruptChurch is actually evil?]]
* Christianity has more than three sects.
** Which is acknowledges, but the story only involves the major ones, because of obvious reasons.

* Christianity has more than three sects.

* Christianity has more than 3 sects.

* And there's no way the Vatican would ''ever'' support a group like "God's Right Seat", even before maniacs like Vento and Fiamma came into it. Their entire purpose and the powers they possess are anathema to very central Church teachings. I think we can safely say that the author hasn't done research into the actual Catholic belief system, just into some of its stories.

* And there's no way the Vatican would ''ever'' support a group like "God's Right Seat", even before maniacs like Vento and Fiamma came into it. Their entire purpose and the powers they possess are anathema to very central Church teachings. I think we can safely say that the author hasn't done research into the actual Catholic belief system, just into some of its stories.
* After some thought, the explanation given for how Kihara Amata was able to bypass Accelerator's powers makes no sense. He states that he pulls his punches just as they come into contact with Accelerator's AIM field, but Accelerator's reflection can even redirect photons, so in order to make this work, Kihara would have to have reflexes that are literally ''faster than the speed of light.''
##Kihara Amata had extensive knowledge on Accelerator's ability, being his mentor and the man who developed his ability. That together with the gloves he was wearing, the Micromanipulators, which were made for very delicate work, akin to the Pincer Glove, and reinforced with small motors and artificial muscles should be enough for a man like him to bypass Accelerator's ability.

##Kihara Amata had extensive knowledge on Accelerator's ability, being his mentor and the man who developed his ability. That together with the gloves he was wearing, the Micromanipulators, which were made for very delicate work, akin to the Pincer Glove, and reinforced with small motors and artificial muscles should be enough for a man like him to bypass Accelerator's ability by pulling his punches in the time between his fist hit the AIM field and Accelerator's Redirection kicked in.

* After some thought, the explanation given for how Kihara Amata was able to bypass Accelerator's powers makes no sense. He states that he pulls his punches just as they come into contact with Accelerator's AIM field, but Accelerator's reflection can even redirect photons, so in order to make this work, Kihara would have to have reflexes that are literally ''faster than the speed of light.''

--->His right hand contains a mysterious power that he calls the "Imagine Breaker," but Academy City's system scan is unable to detect it, so officially he is a Level Zero.

## If Academy City was only interested in research potential, then they would share their technology with other nations to increase the amount of lines along which tech is developed (like how the US shares all the non-military tech it develops). The fact that it doesn't shows purely malicious intentions. For example, Yomikawa Aiho claims that people outside, even the best and the brightest from MIT can't understand Academy City's best tech, and that's the reason they're not releasing it, which is complete and utter bullshit. The reason science exists is ''because'' it can be understood given time and research, by anyone. Did anyone other than Thomas Edison understand the lightbulb when he developed it? Do, but he demonstrated the technology and taught others how to replicate it. Same with Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone.

* It's been stated that Touma terriefies the Kiharas. This makes sense when you realize that the Kiharas are amoral scientist who rely on analyzing their enemies to defeat them. Touma however, has a unexplainable divine power and a mindset that makes no sense to the Kiharas. He is the one person they can not analyze and thus he terrifies them.

* And there's no way the Vatican would ''ever'' support a group like "God's Right Seat", even before maniacs like Vento and Fiamma came into it. Their entire purpose and the powers they possess are anathema to very central Church teachings. I think we can safely say that the author hasn't done research into the actual Catholic belief system, just into some of its stories.

* For the longest time I thought that the Sisters Arc had a truly ridiculous amount of plot-holes, so much that it drove me crazy. The I realized: ''that's because the experiment was fake the whole time.'' Aliester needed a reason to create all the Misaka clones for his Artificial Heaven so he made the Tree Diagram tell all of the scientists that they needed to make them in order to turn Accelerator into a level six. If any scientist thought it was ridiculous they would of course just assume that the super computer was right and they were wrong so it was the perfect cover. This explains all of the so called plot-holes:
** Why use Misaka clones instead of Accelerator or even Kakine clones? They've done tons of experiments on Accelerator so obviously they have his DNA (hell they even have his thought patterns). That's because the point isn't to make Accelerator level six, it's to make the Misaka network
** Why the hell did the Raildex world suddenly turn into an RPG? There's never been any mention before or after that defeating people make espers level up. So the reason is simply that it didn't and the scientists were being lied to.
* Know how the Right Seat of God managed to mostly purge themselves of the original sin? The original sin would be Adam and Eve disobeying God. And how did they disobey God? By eating the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Therefore, the Right Seat of God are people that mostly do not understand Good and Evil, except for Acqua who is a natural born Saint, which may be why he is the only one of them that wasn't a complete bastard to begin with.

!FridgeHorror

* Episode 18 in the second season has Touma running into Misaka Imouto. When he buys her some animal-shaped pastries, she thinks the chick-shaped pastries are actually real birds and is horrified when Touma actually eats one. This seems silly at first and looks like something that Touma could easily handle by setting Imouto straight...until you realize that in order to explain the situation, Touma would have to use some of the very same rationalizations that were used to justify the Sisters being mercilessly slaughtered in the Level 6 Shift experiments in the first place!
* Pretty much everything about Academy City becomes much darker when you look at it closely. Especially after [[TheReveal learning about the parameter list]]. For instance in Academy City there are a lot of orphans called "child-errors" whose parents took advantage of Academy City's boarding school nature to abandon the kids there knowing the city would have to take care of them. This doesn't make much sense when you consider that the city surely has enough resources to preform background checks on the parents, which would save them money in the long run from not having to look after abandoned children. But then of course you realize that Academy City lets in the children because there is less of a hassle if you perform painful and life threatening experiments on children who don't have parents to raise a fuss.

* In ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'', I was confused as to why the Touma vs. Accelerator fight was called the Weakest Vs. the Strongest. Sure, Touma may be a level 0, but there are others, and he's not exactly physically weak either. Then I remembered something that was mentioned way back in the beginning. Touma, due to his [[AntiMagic power]] doesn't come up under the scans at all, while even other level 0's do, something that I realised when he saw Saten had been given grades, despite being a level 0. Since he shows no power in either the scans or tests, ''officially'', he really is the weakest [=ESPer=].
** ...wasn't that explicitly stated?
** Not during the Sister arc, and probably no where else in the anime.
** Original poster here. I think it was stated in the anime, but it was a simple throw away line in the first episode. Something along the lines of even the most talentless Espers will be able to bend a spoon with enough effort, but Touma will never reach that level. He was never outright called the weakest until the Sisters arc.
** From chapter 5 of ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' manga:

* The Sisters' method of self-narration initially struck me as just an oddball quirk that they share. Something to distinguish them from other characters in the series. But then I watched Episode 17 and Misaka-10032 made the following comment to Last Order: "If you have said that, then it has already been broadcast through the Network. So there isn't a need to say that again in words." Their self-narration isn't just a quirk, it's how they input information into the Misaka network so all the other Misaka know ''exactly'' what's going on.
** This theory seems to be enforced by [[spoiler:Misaka WORST, a Sister who isn't directly connected to the Misaka Network]]. She's still a ThirdPersonPerson, but doesn't narrate herself because she has no one to narrate to.

* Much like their speech style mentioned above, it struck me as odd that the Sisters ''all'' wore the Tokiwadai uniform as opposed to "civvies." Only now does a reason occur to me. It's a rule at Tokiwadai, as stated in ''[[Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun Railgun]]'' that students [[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack must wear uniforms at all times]]. The Sisters are wandering around town, and Mikoto is well known. The reason they all wear the uniform is so that they don't inadvertently get the original Mikoto in trouble at school for breaking the rule.
** This is also why Last Order and Misaka Worst don't wear it. They're too young and too old looking respectively to be mistaken for the original, so they can dress however they want.

** As of the latest translated volume, it can be said that Academy City also serves as a way to control the members of the Kihara family. Without Academy City, the tech it has would be released into the world and Kiharas would start popping up all over the place.

* If they could make Last Order level 3 then why not make all the clones level 3?
* If fighting is all it takes to level Accelerator up why not just have him fight Misaka in several fights that aren't to the death? That would both same a shitload of money ''and'' be more morally acceptable.

** Not really, all he has to say is "These are not real birds. They are pastries." He could say it in a way that would use those rationalizations, like "These just look like birds, but they aren't." But if he has a modicum of sense he will use the "They are literally in no way like birds, they are made out of pastry dough" argument, which avoids the whole scenario.

** There's no way the Vatican would give so important responsibilities to women.
** And there's no way the Vatican would ''ever'' support a group like "God's Right Seat", even before maniacs like Vento and Fiamma came into it. Their entire purpose and the powers they possess are anathema to very central Church teachings. I think we can safely say that the author hasn't done research into the actual Catholic belief system, just into some of its stories.
* Innocentius (the big fire monster) would've melted the surrounding area by its very presence. The anime even showed it melting metal door handles. Even if Touma's right arm can block magic/esper abilities, it probably wouldn't be able to cool the entire surrounding area and prevent everything from catching fire.
** Seeing as it's a magical monster, it's quite likely that the heat is contained to just outside its "skin".
* [[FlowerInHerHair Uiharu]] has an incredibly useful power despite being classed as a level 1. Her ability is temperature regulation. Anything she touches will maintain it's current temperature indefinitely. At a first glance, this may seem like a mostly [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway useless ability]], but when put into real-world applications, [[AwesomeYetPractical it's uses become apparent]]. During [[TheHero Misaka's]] battle with the [[TragicMonster AIM Burst]], it attempted to reach Academy City's nuclear power plant and cause a meltdown. Had Misaka not been able to stop it, the most useful person to have around would be Uiharu. By maintaining the temperature of the reactor core, no amount of damage caused by the AIM Burst would create a nuclear meltdown. In a somewhat more unfortunate situation in which the reactor had already begun the process, Uiharu would still be one of the most useful people to have around. By maintaining her own body temperature, she could travel within the facility and shut it down without any risk of receiving thermal burns caused by the overheating core. The damage sustained by radiation poisoning is an entirely different matter. In a similar vein, [[RequiredSecondaryPowers Uiharu is invulnerable to extreme hot and cold weather]]. By, again, maintaining her own temperature, she could scale Mount Everest completely naked without getting so much as a chill. She would also be invaluable as a [[MundaneUtility traveling companion]], as she could maintain the temperature of anyone she stays in contact with, preventing frostbite, heatstroke, and any other effects caused directly by harsh temperatures.
** Uh, Uiharu ''isn't'' immune to hot and cold. That's why her power is normally only useful for things like keeping food warm.
*** Which is probably the reason why she is a level 1, she has no real control over her power that would allow her to implement such applications.
*** But once she raises her power level, the possibilities are endless. For now, [[CutLexLuthorACheck she can get herself a job at a restaurant]].

** From chapter 5 of ''[[Manga/ToAruKagakuNoRailgun A Certain Scientific Railgun]]'' manga:

* Much like their speech style mentioned above, it struck me as odd that the Sisters ''all'' wore the Tokiwadai uniform as opposed to "civvies." Only now does a reason occur to me. It's a rule at Tokiwadai, as stated in ''[[Manga/ToAruKagakuNoRailgun Railgun]]'' that students [[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack must wear uniforms at all times]]. The Sisters are wandering around town, and Mikoto is well known. The reason they all wear the uniform is so that they don't inadvertently get the original Mikoto in trouble at school for breaking the rule.

* In ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'', I was confused as to why the Touma vs. Accelerator fight was called the Weakest Vs. the Strongest. Sure, Touma may be a level 0, but there are others, and he's not exactly physically weak either. Then I remembered something that was mentioned way back in the beginning. Touma, due to his [[AntiMagic power]] doesn't come up under the scans at all, while even other level 0's do, something that I realised when he saw Saten had been given grades, despite being a level 0. Since he shows no power in either the scans or tests, ''officially'', he really is the weakest [=ESPer=].