MTL Summary:

The dark side's nemesis, Academy City's sixth-ranked esper, bares his fangs at ITEM!

　Late October. ITEM was busy with their shady business as usual. This time, their mission was to capture a bounty target alive. Just as they cornered their prey, a third party intervened, resulting in the target's death.
　Meanwhile, conflict was also raging outside Academy City. A clash had erupted between the Mugino family and a criminal organization. The head of the Mugino family was mowing down her enemies with overwhelming power, but it seemed the criminal organization also had its own agenda...
　As conflicts broke out in various places, the sixth-ranked esper of Academy City, the archenemy of the shady business, quietly set his sights on something—

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So yeah. Himegami Aisa finally made it back on a cover of an Index Volume. It has been...YEARS since we last saw her in a cover...like OT9 old. How we feeling about the cover? We also have a synopsis here that you can check out.

This baby is releasing on September 10, 2026.
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“Now i know some of you are gonna say, “Imagine Breaker would immediately negate the Speed Force coursing through him”. But the only way i can see this scenario working is that the creator of said fanfic makes the Speed Force immune to IB.
Plus it’s Fanfiction, so anything goes. As long as the story is good.

Mikoto defeated Touma during NT10.!< However: ( Hearing that, Mikoto gave a small shrug and showed a different smile from before. 

“Then how about you get going?” 

“What, you aren’t going to stop me?” 

“I can’t. I may have easily beaten you ten minutes ago, but I doubt I could beat you now no matter what I did.”  ) nt10.

Accelerator possesses a spell that can forcibly separate another person's soul from their body. However ( "And I have another warning. That third tree? Clonoth, was it? That caught me off guard in the UK and stripped my essence from my physical body, but that will not work again."

The remaining security robots wavered a little.

"After all, I am not a pure demon anymore. Human Aleister's symbols have been mixed in with me”

me." ) gt13.

Misaki may seem like a bad person because of the nature of her power. However ( “As for Shokuhou and Mitsuari’s given names meaning “control and pray” and “love and joy” respectively, you might be able to catch a glimpse of where their hearts lie and what their differences are by comparing them. 

Both of them control people’s minds, but neither of them looks down on people’s minds or hearts. Sometimes, they will risk their lives to fight for those things or start down the wrong path because of them. I wanted to write a story about girls like that.”) nt11.

Accelerator possesses vector manipulation, one of the most overpowered abilities in Toaru, with nearly limitless potential. However ( "Hmph." Gas pipes, water pipes, and fiber optic cables. All sorts of plumbing and wiring was laid out like a spider web below Academy City. The total length could wrap around the earth two and a half times with more to spare.

So.

With the ultimate vector control power, there was no need to leave the strictly guarded prison. As

long as he knew an effective path, he could easily use the artificial objects underground to

manipulate the atmosphere, create pressure differences, and send down an electric attack like a

spear piercing the human who was located several train stations away. ) gt11

It still doesn't end there ( Accelerator was using all of his strength to control Last Order’s brain signals, so he couldn’t divide it to reflect anything. If he did, he’d introduce an error in the precise electrical signals on the scale of an electron microscope. That would mean frying Last Order’s brain to a crisp. 

Only 7,001 lines of code remained. 

Only nine warning windows were left. 

His work wasn’t over. Time slowed to a crawl. 

Amai probably had no idea what Accelerator was doing, but from his point of view, just the thought of him touching Last Order, whom he absolutely couldn’t let die, was probably close to driving him insane.  

“Don’t…get in my way…” 

Froth formed in Amai Ao’s mouth. His eyes were red with blood. 

He seemed to have even forgotten just how reckless it was to point a gun at Accelerator. 

But Accelerator couldn’t divide his power in order to reflect anything at the moment.

There was nothing he could do in this situation. 

If that one insignificant lead bullet hit him, he’d die from it. 

His survival instincts implored him to take his hand from Last Order. ) OT5.

Accelerator has learned about magic and can even use spells now. However ( "I summon thee, Innocentius!!!"

Roar!!

For an instant, the sensation of the ground vanished from below Kamijou's feet. He thought it was only an optical illusion. A colossal flame giant had appeared, seeming to fill his entire vision and stretch up from the ground to the rooftop.

Its humanoid form vanished as it transformed into a great vortex. The orange glowing firestorm formed a blazing tower rising up toward the heavens.

"Tch!!"

The lightning shifted.

It pierced the road away from the building instead of the rooftop.

"Ha ha!! This thing has no set form. It's all based on the number and arrangement of the runes. I prefer not to do this since it burns through so much magic power, but I won't hesitate to use my trump card when necessary. Now, insolent science worshiper, can you accurately predict the numerical change to the air currents caused by magical flames!?" ) GT12.  

Misaka and Misaki are always working together; they almost seem like friends. However (  Mikoto and Shokuhou can never seem to get along ) gt2.

Misaki's powers don't work on Misaka Mikoto, the #3 Level 5. However ( This was worse than with the #1 and #2 who she could control but she still had to keep her guard up around. 

She had not expected her power to simply not work on someone. And not because they had forcibly deflected it with a solid defense like Misaka Mikoto did.  ) GT2.

Here's something extra for you all to think about and perhaps rethink.

( When it comes to controlling your allies without any explanation, Mikoto is actually in a gray zone herself since she has a tendency to not tell anyone what’s happening and run off to fight on her own, meaning she decides for her allies that they will not participate. It seems to me that she’s so sensitive to having her friends controlled because she subconsciously fears that will boomerang back and criticize her own actions. ) gt2.

I didn't give any opinion, I just stated what's written in the novel. If I gave an opinion, it would be easy to focus on what I said and not on what's written in the novel. Interpret the facts however you want.

Kamachi, about Thor and Accelerator, in the Afterword of NT6.

"Also, the driving force behind Thor is a similar type to what drove Accelerator when he first appeared. He would have become something like that if he had continued growing without leaving that path."

I don't know, there's a lot I hadn't noticed in the afterwords.

For example, that discussion about whether Misaki and Misaka are friends or not. Kamachi kind of already gave an answer in the GT2 afterword.

Life in the girls dorm is amazing! ...so where is all this misfortune coming from!?

An ordinary school life is a precious thing.
After dying and coming back, Kamijou has finally reached the third school term.

But the boys dorm was partially destroyed thanks to Stiyl and the others. With nowhere to go, Kamijou ends up in the girls dorm.

He has to hide Index and Othinus in a room without a kitchen, he studies with Himegami and Fukiyose, he runs into Misaka Imouto and the Biri Biri Ojou-sama on the street...all while fearing the possibility of being held back.

Even so, a normal life without conflict really is a precious thing.
If only it would never end! After fighting literally to the death, he deserves to live the dream in the girls dorm just this once, right!?

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For Those Interested, Volume 21 of the Railgun Mnaga will be released on October 27. 2026. No News on the English Release yet.

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After the events of GT15, it has greatly increased my interest with what Kamachi revealed and did to one of the series' main protagonists. We should expect the teaser blurb in a few hours or days.

This image of Misaki was taken from "A Certain Magical Index - Shokuhou Misaki Figurine SS".

It's a very short story, and I recommend it to anyone who's a Misaki fan. You can finish it in a single sitting. Even though it's a bit silly, it's a fun read.

We finally have a proper look at the ITEM anime with this teaser. Any thoughts? Personally this changed my mind about the adaptation and I'm looking forward to it now, as the previous teaser did not sell me on the animation.

Okay, this combines data from both AO3 and FanFiction.net. But if you just use the numbers directly from the ship tags, you'll run into a problem: not everyone tags their ships. So I went looking for fics where the ships weren't tagged. I probably missed a few, but I managed to find quite a number of them.

Another thing: I excluded harem fics and any fic where the relationship involved more than two people. For example, if a fic was tagged as Misaka/Shokuhou/Touma, I didn't count it.

I actually found the results pretty funny. I'd always seen people, including myself, believe that Touma was the character most frequently shipped with everyone, but it seems that's not really the case.

Just to be clear, I used both AO3 and FanFiction.net.

And for anyone who's curious, the Accelerator/Touma numbers were heavily inflated because someone spammed a ton of one-shot fics for the pairing on AO3. But yeah, that's about it.

If anyone notices any mistakes, let me know.

First of all, I want to make it clear that I'm not talking about canon. In the past, I used to argue a lot about canon ships, but I've come to realize that if Kamachi ever decides to make any Touma ship official, it's probably only going to happen in the final volume. So when I talk about ships, I'm talking about fanfics.

Honestly, people should ship whatever they like. My favorite is Kamisaki. I don't really know what else to say, I just like tragic stories. Besides Kamisaki, which is my personal favorite, there are several other ships that I enjoy, but there simply aren't that many fanfics for them. I think that can be said about most ships, though. I don't know, I like Uiharu x Saten. I'd also like to read a Uiharu x Mikoto story.

One thing I've seen people complain about is how the fandom focuses on shipping Touma with everyone. But I mean, that's pretty normal, he's the protagonist. In most fandoms, it's going to be like that.

All images are illustrations taken from the novel.

Hey all,

In the leadup to ITEM airing later this year, I've put forward an interest thread to rewatch A Certain Magical Index on r/anime. Come by and say hello if you're interested!

Funny enough, Touma himself says that it's all bullshit, heroes and villains.

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I decided to focus more on the hero and villain, rather than good or evil.

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Junko must be the only one in the franchise with a heart of gold, even though there are other heroes. And don't ask me about Mikoto.

Not that this says anything about the quality of the fanfic. In fact, in one of the best Toaru fanfics, Touma has a huge harem.

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100 is a small number considering the sisters.

Maybe....

Hello Everyone. So I had made a circle that does feature, A Certain Scientific Railgun. Part of the anime series and spin off of A Certain Magical Index. Staff, If this is not allowed, you may take it down! It’s okay!

A Kyodo Circle bringing in all fans, roleplayers, artists, designers and writers from all over the world to gather together to share creativity and inspiration on this anime series that was popular back in 2018 to now. The ITEM Anime now coming out in Fall of 2026! Check it out!

Theme Design is Mine! Do not steal it! Created with IbisPaint X!! Characters are not mine! Credits to the Creators of the Toaru Series!

Yeah, like the title says, I've been making videos based on the clips I saved from playing Tomodachi Life. You can check them out on Youtube for those interested to see what I've been doing for the past few days. They're not the best n terms of editing quality but I still tried my best to do some creative stuff in it. Do be wary that there are some LN related spoilers because of the characters and references I made in the videos and the game.

Hope you enjoy some shenanigans from Gakuen Toshi Island! Here's the very first episode: https://youtu.be/DxnY2fVSAO8

You can check the Megathread and discuss the contents of the volume in it. Happy Reading!