Teekyu - Season 2 Episode 1

To be frank, I hate this series. I do not know how this gained popularity. I have no clue at all how the first season started only five months after the manga started. I found it absolutely boring, as well as irritating, and would like to know what people group this is aimed at.

Believe it or not, all these images are from HD sources

Fate/kaleid liner Prizma Ilya Episode 1 - Birth of a Magical Girl

A spin-off of the Fate series. When I read about Fate/kaleid liner (F/kl) , I was first excited, but reading the basic plot quickly turned my excitement to a strange, neutral feeling. I enjoyed Fate/stay night (F/sn) and Fate/Zero (F/Z) when I watched them, but this was due to the action-driven plot in the former and the the thought out characters in the latter. In this, however, it is quite evident that the plot will not have a deep storyline like the two series mentioned before. Also, the fact that Ilyasviel von Einzbern, commonly known as Ilya, is the main character was a turn-off, due to the fact I found her quite annoying in F/sn.

Regardless, I started watching the series to find that it definitely wasn't going to be terrible. The art was slightly childish, but that was dismissable, given the theme of the story and the precedent Puella Magi Madoka Magica (PMMM) had set within me, which told me that a good plot can change your entire impression the art gives you about the anime you are watching.

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S Episode 13 - Narrowing Paths

To begin, I need to say that this episode was almost the same as watching Index's corresponding scenes. This, however, was no let-down, due to the improved art, and in-depth story J.C. Staff has put their effort into. Starting with Accelerator's face-off (could be counted as one-sided slaughter, you can decide) with Clone #10031 (the individual clone which was the first to appear before Kamijou), the episode covers only from the 10031st experiment and Kamijou finding the truth of his acquaintance's 'Sisters'.

To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S - 12

The Loss of the Diagram

Our commoner hero makes an appearance, which is not much of a change in situation for our heroine (who isn't quite yet in love). The episode begins with a childhood memory of Mikoto, when she was very young (biologically younger than Last Order, I presume). Misuzu, her mother, fixes her thumbless Gekota plushie (which I found strange, as Mikoto was supposedly attached to a different merchandise series called 'Kiruguma' according to an episode in season 1) in her sleep to cheer her up. Mikoto knows that this heartwarming scene is nowhere near a depiction of the real world she faces, but wishes that all of the past few weeks was all a dream. She declares to herself that she will end it all.

The more wild-looking Misuzu with Mikoto in Last-Order form.

To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S - 10

Passing the Baton

Our 10^th week into this series ties its ends into the 3^rd arc of Index. The complete reversal of roles in attack and defence between the two Level 5 espers appeared to me as if it was portraying their mental states; Mikoto attacks the facility out of desperation, doing whatever it takes to avoid her clones being killed like lab rats, whereas Mugino defends for money, and treated it like one of her many jobs, in which she is likely to have killed her opponents in battle. Also, Mikoto chose clothes which give her the mobility she needs, however Muginowears some casual, fashionable clothes, which also shows the plans both had prior to encountering her enemy. Just as I felt last week from Frenda’s line on all of her victim’s life becomes void as soon as she kills him or her, what you fight for does not contribute to the outcome of the struggles faced to achieve the goal. In the end, winner takes all.

The battle continues, and Misaka decides to take advantage of the explosive dolls Frenda carelessly left behind by placing metal pieces in them and using her electrical powers to manipulate them in the air. Mugino responds by showing she has the tools to cover the weakness of her skill, that is, the fact she cannot shoot many rays at once. She shows off her ‘Silicon Burn’ plates by turning a single one of her beams into a spray of green, exploding most of the dolls in mid-air. Mugino’s speech becomes slightly ruder, and she refers to Mikoto as a ‘shitty brat’ (くそガキ Kusogaki) and a 'scuttling cockroach'.

How ironic. She uses many copies of a man-made item in a fight to save her artificial clones

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S Episode 9

Data and Facility

Mikoto’s desperate fight against Frenda and her assorted tricks and traps has ended, only to be confronted by Academy City’s 4^th most powerful esper, Shizuri Mugino. It seems that the existence of the Level 5's in Academy City is well known, but their details aren't as famous (although Mikoto’s name, school and ability seem to be, as are Accelerator’s), as neither of the Level 5's identify each other. Mugino picks up from where Frenda left at cornering Mikoto.

Meanwhile, Shinobu, managing to sneak out of the room she was asked to stay in, climbs down the ladder into the basement of the facility, scheming to free the Sisters by overwriting the emotion data installed to their minds using the Testament. Her knowledge of the project and her lack of destructive powers make her take a different approach to seize the project.

The different ways the two try to stop the Radio Noise Project reflects their places in Academy City’s society: scientist and test subject, theory and practical, connections and force. Academy City’s dark side is proved to be a place where anything can and will happen for those who dare oppose it.

KA-ME-HA-ME-HAAAAAA!