Raildex verse (A Certain Magical Index, A Certain Scientific Railgun, A Certain Scientific Accelerator)

^^^ I mean, it's always possible. Hataraku got revived out of nowhere and Spice and Wolf is getting a reboot or a season 3 or whatever. It's just not super likely.

The fact that Railgun is currently in a long flashback arc specifically so they don't step on Index's toes demonstrates a bit where their priorities lie. They could have done a side-story about the clones a la A Certain Droll Hivemind, but no, we get middle school politics instead.

(I actually did like the arc on reread, but it is frustrating)

Anyway, I'm going to try to get back into the novels again. Start from New Testament and see if I can handle the prose. I wish they'd do audiobooks.

Railgun chapter 149.1 up. More of the fight. And maybe Judgment and the adults have realized they're supposed to be on the same side?

Really liked to see more grounded bad guys like Hound Dog and DA. I saw Spark Signal on the anime as having a black ops capacity last I saw.

Haha wow, this series' power scale just keeps inflating. The solicit for the next volume says the new villain, Rosenkreuz, "surpasses the Magic Gods, the Transcendents, the Level 5s, and the magicians."

I'd say this series rivals DB in Power Creep but that might actually be lowballing it.

Frankly, the power levels completely stopped mattering once it got to the Magic Gods. They're all going to be punched by Imagine Breaker in the end anway.

And really, the feats of power are mostly a whole lot of "telling", but not "showing". The greatest feat of power we've seen in the story was Othinus deleting and recreating the world over and over again, and nothing else has come remotely close.

Personally, I found the Transcendants extremely underwhelming. The claim is that each of them individually has power equivalent to the entirety of the Magic side, but in practice they're just... powerful mages. Nothing we haven't seen before.

Edited by DarkHunter on Oct 22nd 2023 at 2:18:50 AM

IIRC Nephthys nearly does that too but her attempt is squashed by World Rejector

Heart of Stone

I still think Accelerator's little rotational energy thing is the most conventionaly impressive thing done, and it's not really that impressive in the end cause WOW THE WINDOWLESS BUILDING IS JUST BUILD DIFFERENT I GUESS, GOOD THING FOR THAT OR JAPAN IS GONEZO.

Secret Signature

Transcendants are fakes to begin with, them overpowering the whole magic side is in such a limited situation that it's impractical.

Same thing with the Magic Gods, for all their phenomenal cosmic power, they can't really do much of anything with it.

Edited by Chaosjunction on Oct 22nd 2023 at 4:00:46 AM

Nah, one effect of the Power Creep is that IB is very often not the thing defeating them, and other counter measures or equally powerful beings are shown challenging them. Gremlin mostly got got by the AA or Kamisato; Coronzon was Clonoth dealing with her and it's not even IB that gave the coup de grace but the thing inside it; Anna got punched but came right back to doing shit and it's Anna Kingsley and Mut Thebes who truly incapacitated her; Touma only got two Transcendants, the other time they got boxed was a battle between two of them and then CRC stomping them.

Coronzon's plan seemed promising but it didn't pan out. That said, I think Accelerator's Clonoth and Alice's power looked pretty close.

Edited by allfictions on Oct 22nd 2023 at 10:02:36 AM

Coronzon's plan was bascly the opposite of what Othinus did

Heart of Stone

Mental Out chapter 21 updated. The host of the old Level 5 apparently had her own power boosted by the Level 5, and now she can use it to capture even Mikoto and Junko. Also, a Kihara is coming to the school.

Anyone else reading this? It's still early days, but it's good, and it's giving some interesting stuff on the characters and the power system. Such as one thing I was constantly complaining about, that we don't know much about the previous generation of espers.

Oh it's good, it's just that I need to wait for it and the Railgun arc to finish because the update time, the many new characters, and both focusing on Tokiwadai cliques, if in different years, means I often don't remember who is who and confuse who show up in what.

I do agree this recent focus on expanding on the history of espers is good, and long overdue. First it was the Beginning Child, now it's Cube senpai. Kinda made me re-evaluate previous headcanons but oh well. With a bit of luck, we will get more stuff on college espers and what will happen when they become adults.

Unrelated, cover of Genesis Testament's next colume is out. I like Rosenkreutz's design, even if he looks too much like Fiamma here with the coloring and his pose.

Edited by allfictions on Nov 1st 2023 at 1:04:29 PM

The manga adaptation of the ITEM spinoff is now out!

I really love how Mugino's laser beams are drawn, really makes it feel punchy through the page. Honestly, the art was my only worry because I remembered how the Accel manga's lackluster art really didn't help its case.

Edited by allfictions on Nov 17th 2023 at 3:23:19 PM

Railgun's story arc keep expanding that it's going back one year to cover said story.

Not that I follow the manga much.

I read/watched Index/Accelator/Dark Matter/Railgun (on TV)...

FYI, Mikaela Krantz is in Estonia as of 2021 to be a researcher in cultural studies.

So looking at 90% chance that she’ll not be able to reprise Misaki Shokuho just in case.

Is she the English VA?

Yep.

Mental Out chapter 23.1 is up. A Kihara vs the dorm mother. I can't tell if this fight is too serious or not serious enough.

All right, finally made the A Certain Scientific Mental Out. I know you guys were biting your fingernails on that one.

Damn, not Astral Buddy?

Mental Out chapter 23.2 updated. Dorm Supervisor vs Kihara, both assuming the other is cheating. Then the Kihara grabs a hostage, because of course she does.

Mental Out chapter 24.1 updated. The hostage is forced to attack the Dorm Supervisor, which she does, because she hates the school's rules on makeup.

Railgun chapter 153 updated. Mikoto and Kuroko meet! Kuroko has some thoughts about Mikoto's missing property, including noting that there are probably some perverts at the school who might steal it. On the other hand, panda girl has confirmed she can use two powers at once, and is planning revenge.

Railgun chapter 154 updated. Uiharu and Saten. Saten freaks out her friends by flipping Uiharu's skirt, and Uiharu freaks out Saten's friends by hacking them all in two seconds and casually revealing that she knows their favorite restaurants.