First Time Reacting to "TOARU SERIES Openings (1-13)" | ANIME REACTION!

[@GOTGames]

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[@arpitsingh8936]

Finally its here

[@arpitsingh8936]

Toaru has different levels in the same story it can from light hearted comedy to world wars.

[@arpitsingh8936]

Also all the 6 OP of Railgun was done by a single Band "Fripside" its my favorite Band with Railgun being my favorite anime.

[@dragonforce2582]

Plz react to all the Touhou series Openings 🙏

[@hafizmadzlan3902]

Please do kuroko no basket opening too

[@slipstride6920]

Toaru series is 3 shows The main show-a certain magical index Side show 1- a certain scientific railgun Side show 2- a certain scientific accelerator All shows take place during the same time but each show focuses on a diffrent characters pov its a amazing show that can be light hearted and dark and does a amazing job showcasing a wide range of powers also just so you know toaru literly just means "a certain" so in English it's "a certain" series

[@lolochan9915]

there is more for LN and manga

[@jdoggivjc]

Could be in for a fourth show, if and when A Certain Scientific Mental Out gets adapted in the future (based on Misaki Shokuhou's perspective)

[@pd209458]

All the series take part in the same time (like during the same year) but each starts at slightly different point and progresses at it's own pace. So watching in the "production order" in one series you might see characters that are dead in the other. But also taki in mind that magic, science, cloning, necromancy and shapeshifting and many others exist in this universe so what you see is not always what you think.

[@GiovannyAltamirano94]

I was about to say this

[@TBomb15]

magical index: its meh scientific railgun: golden child scientfic accelerator: dope, but way too short.

[@Argent_Void]

I love how he fully convinced himself that they actually travel through universes😂

[@Argent_Void]

@@Vesp3r1987 that's evil 😂

[@jeremymerry7967]

Bros tripping balla i was dying laughing😂

[@Bexploserpro]

@@Vesp3r1987 Please make him get that 😂. He will get confused indeed

[@Soulseller33]

@@Vesp3r1987 Thats a very good idea indeed.

[@machinronii]

tbf if you dont what it a Spin Off anime is its not rare to think there from parallel universes

[@hashiram5334]

Thats probably the funniest Opening reaction because you could not be more far away with your guess and your confidence just kills me :D "Toaru" just stands for "A Certain" and the names are different because they all focus on the different characters. "Magical Index" is basically the "main" story line and focuses on the dude with black hair and the girl with white Hair (her name is literally Index). "Scientific Railgun" is about the coin tossing girl (she is the railgun with her ability). "Scientific Accelerator" is the about the White haired guy (his ability has something to do with acceleration, but in a different way than you would think). Even though he is not Killlua from HunterXHunter or Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul, i must admit i can see why you would think that. It all plays in the same world/universe but u can definetly say that its similar to the MCU with how they distributed it all. Yuu can watch them all independently (i myself just watched index), but obviously there are many connections and easter eggs etc. .

[@humanoidfrog4645]

Why didn't you watch railgun? Ngl if we talking about the anime then railgun is better so why not both?

[@hashiram5334]

@@humanoidfrog4645 just lost my interest. I watched index in like 2015 or so and then just never picked anything up afterwards. I was interested in Accelerator as i like the charakter a lot, but never managed to watch it.

[@makotobranch14naegi95]

@@captaingarvielloken2319 hey dude. that's kinda a spoiler for the first season. not a major but still you probably shouldn't have said that

[@wildeyoung3943]

IIRC Accelerator was a bit of a misnomer since his ability was to control the speed and direction of vector. But yeah I can see how Luke wouldn't be able to make heads nor tails of the openings since it's essentially 3 series set in the same world centering on different sets of characters, like you said. But the Toaru series are pretty good.

[@humanoidfrog4645]

@@makotobranch14naegi95 that's not a spoiler. 2 comments above you is a guy who watched all of index and stil didn't get it. Even i only understood it after listening to the fandom so who tf cares and if it makes the show more populair you should definetly "spoil" his powers

[@lanytai2010]

"It looks quite light hearted." *Accelerator oppening begins* Seriously, you can't make this comedic timing up! 🤣 Thing is, you watched these slightly out of order. Index, Railgun and Accelerator are set in the same setting, but Index is the main series which is about a world split between science and religion, while the other two are spin offs focusing on other characters the main character crossed paths with, showing other things that were happening at the same time. The universe is so rich and the plot so packed that they had to do that to explain all the facades and multi layered plans many characters have in motion, and even then, they still get you out of guard when certain things connect in your head and you go "OH SHIT". This is why this series is my favorite anime series of all time. Fun fact: I never noticed the semblance between the characters you pointed out. It's merely coincidence btw.

[@Avetho]

When I heard him say "light hearted" my mind brought up an approximate death counter. Its into the 5 digits, maybe even past 6 by now, right?

[@supergamer1388]

@@Avetho And how much of that death counter is the network?

[@Avetho]

@@supergamer1388 10031 of them, perhaps a few more to account for if there were more in the Third Season than WORST, you could consider Dolly among them but also not since she's alive again, depending on how you think about her The Will of the Misaka Network could also be considered dead, she's a Schrodinger's Cat case where magically she's dead and alive and also neither, if Full Tuning is alive or dead we don't know but then again she technically isn't in the MISAKA Network anyways as a fully naturally developed personality who I believe has Electromaster instead of Radio Noise as her Esper power, its complicated really. I also don't know if Kazakiri counts as an honorary member of the Network as despite being a fully AIM-made individual she was influenced by the Sisters having been infected by that virus to become Fuse=KAZAKIRI during the invasion of God's Right Seat with KAZAKIRI fighting Vento of the Front. Man I keep underestimating how complex the story is XD

[@TwilightWolf032]

It IS pretty lighthearted. It just has 10 thousand bodies lying around...

[@D4rkn3ss2000]

Misaka (the girl with the coin) controls and manipulates electromagnetic currents and she's bassicaly a living railgun. Hence the name of the spin-off series.

[@hozumidegurechaff532]

pikachu school girl mode

[@GOTGames]

Ah I love that! Very unique! 💯💯

[@Avetho]

@@GOTGames The misfortunate protagonist of Index nicknames her Biri-biri since that's the Japanese onomatopoeia for the feeling of an electric shock. Which, well, I'm sure he's quite familiar with the feeling much to his consternation XD

[@znkr53]

​@@GOTGames Well, there are 20.003 Misakas in this show so... The Railgun is the og and the dead ones are other Misakas. You should be able to see 4 diferent Misakas in the Openings.

[@Ghorda9]

isn't it electricity? and electromagnetism is just a way she can use it.

[@pokemastericon]

It was probably confusing because you thought of them all as one series. Each one, Index, Railgun, Accelerator, are actually three stories all tied to a greater story/world building. Each has a different main character. They are essentially three different people within the same city

[@chemislife]

@epryn The order was all X series then moved on to the next with the main series being last.doing it by timeline might have been possible if the creator wanted to put a ton of effort into it but the release order wouldn't have been any better because accelerator would have been the last OP. At least this order has the last OP being the current point the toaru universe anime is at (man that ending hurts to remember)

[@hitechinc.7875]

Just with different perspective

[@zelgad65]

I loved watching the confusion when the openings switched between series. Of course its understandable since he didnt know its 3 series all set in the same universe

[@ArlanKels]

And there's even more stories too with other characters. The author has a very big big world.

[@chitandaeru7239]

I fucking love how he progressively gets more insane the further he goes into the video

[@chemislife]

imagine if we send him the video a youtuber made explaining the different watch orders for the series lol

[@marthdaeglin]

To be fair, the series progressively gets more insane the further it goes into the story...

[@OWateroOo]

fripSide is a team of two people, the vocalist is Nanjo Yoshino and the producer and keyboard is Yaginuma Satoshi. They are amazing especially the female vocalist. She was an idol in a team called "Love Live".

[@OWateroOo]

and we need to stop connecting characters with different anime just because they have similar appearence lol...

[@ryounoji6892]

@@OWateroOo this soo true hahaha

[@humanoidfrog4645]

@@OWateroOo add this to the main comment lol

[@Ransael]

wait she realy on Love Live? I didn't realized that

[@Julius_Fin]

@@Ransael Yeah, iirc she's the seiyuu of Eli Ayase from µ's.

[@Salt-UNDER_LINE]

I was having a shitty day until this dropped, thanks man! I just love how Toaru is just so old and influential in Japan, being almost 19 years old and being the best-selling light novel, that a lot of novels, mangas and animes that came after it drink from it's source. I also love how, being one of the longest running series currently, Toaru has tackled so many genres and plots that many guesses from Luke weren't that far from what happen in some of them (some other guesses, on the other hand...) Characters like Accelerator are so famous and popular that works like Tokyo Ghoul take inspiration in the character for some of their own, be it in design or straight up struggles.

[@goukenslay7555]

i love the world war 3 arc

[@somebodynamedsomething9751]

one of the many good things about this series is it doesn't just have magic good science bad or vice versa, both "factions" have good and bad people involved. the magic groups are usually fervent zealots and the science groups generally ignore ethics completely.

[@eriablack9629]

It still hurts when I think about how rushed 3rd season of Index was.

[@hexxtheswagger5893]

we pray for good nt

[@geraldthegoose1685]

What? Index had a third season? I don't know about that, we only have season 1 and 2 not a season 3

[@mahpell7173]

I honestly don't remember. Was it really that rushed? Or you mean in comparison to original story?

[@eriablack9629]

@@mahpell7173 The flow of the show was like they wanted to fit two season in one. It felt like a lot stuff was missing and on the same time story was going forward. Supposedly they were really behind schedule during production.

[@LazeC014]

I don't even remember what happened in the first part of it. It's really forgettable since it didn't lay a lot of info.

[@madpika6812]

So (not so) quick rundown on the to aru series: The story is pretty much split into 3 different simultaneous routes and/or stories. The general setting is based around a culture where science and religion are very omnipresent. However the main location of interest is the academic city, where people develop powers not by divine intervention but by the influence of science, becoming "espers". The storylines divert as following: 1.- The main series storyline "to aru majutsu no index" or "a certain magical index" revolves around the black hair dude and the little white haired nun, and explores the ecclesiastic point of view of this world, as well as introducing motivations and general plot points for the main characters of the side storylines. It emphasizes the political aspects of religion when it comes to the power they hold in society and how it influences the direction churches take when found in a position of power. 2.- The first side storyline "to aru kagaku no railgun" or "a certain scientific railgun" is the story of the coin flipping girl, and centers around the life of espers, how are they ranked based on their capabilities and in general how the system in this big science based society works. It also involves a lot of subjects pertaining to the motivations of people higher up in the command chain of a society and how this motivations influence decisions when in a position of power and privilege 3.- The second side storyline "to aru kagaku no accelerator" or "a certain scientific accelerator" explores the story of the white haired guys, which is introduced early in INDEX and goes through massive chance character-wise. If I had to give a theme to this storyline, it would be humanity and the things that produce chance in an individual, as well as how our environment changes the way we view the world around us. The charm of this series is that stories intertwine themselves at certain points, so you´ll see, for example, a big explosion in one of the parts, just to later understand "oh wait, so the explosion i saw in the first series was actually this event taking part in the second series". Also since the characters are not with each other 100% of the time, you´ll see them having certain stances towards one another when they meet that you know are not necessarily correct, but you can understand since characters don´t have the entire context of each other. In general , I´d say it´s a very enjoyable series, a little heavy on the fanservicy aspects for my taste (although this is pretty much a staple of light novel based anime at this point), however this does not take away from the fact that it´s actually very interesting both in world building and characters. Also the fights are great and the creativity the author had with powers (specially on the scientific side of the spectrum) is truly remarkable. Totally recommend it, since Main characters are so diverse in personality that you´ll definitely find a part that resonates with you the most

[@chemislife]

Don't sell yourself short considering this series is literally spaghetti chart the anime this is very much a quick rundown of the series.

[@GOTGames]

Thank you for this!! Much love ❤️

[@madpika6812]

@@chemislife Fair enough

[@hitechinc.7875]

The stuff is actually just to spice things up from all the action happening in the series. You know common 2010's anime😏.

[@gabomon08slayerofdragons]

​@@GOTGames and side note, the main storyline anime only covers the first 24 books (they also skipped a book from the first 24 books and also some important arcs and scenes), the whole main storyline book is 62 books, that's not counting the railgun and Accelerator side stories

[@cabbage_cat]

the 'to aru' franchise is a whole connected universe much like MCU/DCEU each series has different main characters "majutsu" series has mage main characters, majutsu means magic "kagaku" series has esper main characters, kagaku means science there are three main characters for now: 1. To Aru Majutsu no Index has Index and Touma as the MCs 2. To Aru Kagaku no Railgun has Misaka "Railgun" Mikoto as the MC 3. To Aru Kagaku no Accelerator has Ippo "Accelerator" Tsuko as the MC

[@redlord8438]

I was under the impression that Accelerator didn't remember his name, so where did "Ippo Tsuko" come from?

[@saraakthefgomaster7694]

@@redlord8438 After googling, I figured it out to be the literal pronunciation of his name as Kanji rather than "Accelerator", but I could be wrong. The wiki has it listed as the romaji.

[@redlord8438]

@@saraakthefgomaster7694 that makes a bit more sense

[@ahmadmanga]

@@redlord8438 yes, his ability is written "One Way Road" but pronounced "Accelerator." Most names and abilities in the series are like that... Index's name is actually written "Library of Forbidden Knowledge" in Kanji. Touma's Imagine Breaker is written as "Illusion Killer.” And so on. Other anime does that too. Hisoka's Bungee Gum from HxH is written as "Elastic Love" ... Take that as you see means.

[@skebaba918]

Well technically only TWO of those are MCs of To Aru Majutsu (Index MCs canonically are Touma, Accelerator & Hamazura, each being different trait splits of the Protagonist tropes essentially, w/ some amount of overlap between them)

[@daimyos8823]

"This seems like a light hearted anime." -2.5 seconds later... -A Certain Scientific Accelerator, "Everything reflects the darkness"

[@YaToGamiKuro]

its literally has children human experiment and children's death and all, but we all wonder, is there any espers from another country?

[@misaka3468]

@@YaToGamiKuro there are magicians from all over the world but academy city is the only place where espers are made

[@someinternetguyiguess5068]

​@@YaToGamiKuro There are. Main reason for me saying this - Sogiita Gunha is a gemstone esper - that is, a naturally occurring esper.

[@Auqi]

@@YaToGamiKuro there are but its very rare since its gemstone esper just like sogita gunha case

[@someinternetguyiguess5068]

@@Auqi bruh read my reply lol

[@rodrigomorales8336]

It´s fun seeing somebody trying to understand to aru´s universe with openings

[@bronya0019]

Ah man I love Toaru Series, Season 2 of Railgun and Season 1 of Index have some same episodes but with different viewpoints and other characters, love it.

[@Alberio1]

RIP Maon Kurosaki. She was the singer for multiple of the songs in this video.

[@michaelmcdoesntexist1459]

She sang only two of them...

[@Alberio1]

@@michaelmcdoesntexist1459 She also sang the songs for multiple of the games.

[@michaelmcdoesntexist1459]

@@Alberio1 and only two of the songs from this video. The others are Fripside, Mami Kawada and The Sixth Lie.

[@greatteacheronizuka]

yeah but 2 is already multiple, index iii openings, so he's not wrong@@michaelmcdoesntexist1459

[@yugiohmaster6335]

She died due to declining health and after she was diagnosed with epidural hematoma

[@smugsneasel]

Oh wow, this series. Man good times, goooood times. Though honestly it's one of those stories where when you take a break from reading/watching and try to go back, you often have to remind yourself of various plot points and character appearances for things to start clicking again.

[@chemislife]

I like calling it spaghetti chart the anime. you need a conspiracy wall of yarn to keep track of all of the interactions throughout all of the series in the to aru world.

[@solacee4327]

If you remember the Durarara openings, this series is kinda like that except seperated into 3 series'. There's a lot of characters having their own storylines that connect and interweave at times and are all involved in very different circles that overlap in different ways (not confusing at all XD)

[@xstaticelite1640]

Man, I really hope they continue adapting this series. Even though index 3 was disappointing, Railgun T got a good adaptation and the NT light novels were really good!

[@zigrakudo4092]

I hope they adapt the Railgun special where they visit an island city and Misaka adapts her powers to fly over the ocean.

[@martinicc67]

It's the author's fault for writing the story into giant indigestible chucks. Like the stuff he has written is awesome, but adapting it is torture on a financial scale never seen before.

[@hitechinc.7875]

@@martinicc67 nah he made it too wide variety of characters and that's hard to think what each of the characters gonna do. And that's what making it so messed up later on in the LN. Yet we still enjoyed it.

[@akshayrao110]

This was funny to watch but loved the reaction as always, mate 😂 It's really not uncommon for anime characters to have certain similar looks/designs whether it happened intentionally(Like a nice little Easter egg/reference) or unintentionally. You don't need to look too deeply into that. The three shows are connected in one universe. A Certain Magical Index is the main series with the lead being the guy you called handsome. He's actually the lead of this whole series. A certain Scientific Railgun is a spin-off series with the lead being the girl who can use electromagnetic current to flick and fire coins like a Railgun. A certain Scientific Accelerator is another spin-off with the lead being the guy with white hair who constantly has an insane look on his face. No alternate universe or anything of that sort. Basically, The spin off series exists to give the lead character their own story as well as their perspective on what happened to some of the stories from the main series. There is a guide you can search on how to watch this show in chronological order if you ever plan to watch it since they are connected in one way or the other. Hopefully this helps.

[@themesongfan452]

"A Certain *Scientific* Index"? 😆

[@akshayrao110]

@@themesongfan452 Thank you for spoting that! 😂

[@Destruire_esa_ilusion]

although there are times when they take the character similarities too far, as in the case of Date A Live's Kotori Itsuka with Honkai Impact 3's Tesla, who are literally the same character design as the same voice actress.

[@theblasblas]

@@themesongfan452 It's just literally about some girl that's memorized the names of all the books in the local library XD

[@grantharriman284]

The "A Certain" series all share a universe, but follow different characters and groups in that universe. Often viewing the same events from different angles. Railgun, accelerator, and index are all characters in this universe.

[@Shpicys]

This entire reaction in a nutshell: *Pauses* That guys looks so familiar *Pauses* This girl must be from fairy tail *Pauses* Oh this guy must be from Samurai Champloo *Pauses* Isn't the one with the uniform from 86? *Pauses* Wait, is that the kid from hunter x hunter? *Pauses* Something is going on, all of them looks so familiar Jesus Christ

[@kiliankieffer1771]

it's common in anime to have characters with similar designs, you start to see a lot of openings so it's normal that you start to notice the similarities between characters who have similar designs lol

[@_syntience]

i love toaru man, this series is an absolute treasure trove of good openings. gravitation is absolute *peak* anime opening and nobody can tell me otherwise

[@shadowomegax]

Gravitation and Roar. I liked them both equally. I listen to them when I wanna get hyped and continue writing my novel.

[@pekonarukami9984]

roar is the best!!!!

[@garbagebandit5934]

Always love to see Toaru get the rep it deserves. If you like the energy of the Railgun openings, I'd recommend Symphogear if no one has yet. Very similar pop/rock/dance feel to it.

[@jaydenormsby1048]

this is one of my favourite series of all time. it is a bit of a rollercoaster. but has lots of really dark but also light and funny moments as well. Also Accelerator (guy with white hair, looks insane) is my favourite character of all time.

[@SuhiroSenpai]

I just love the way the cast size going up fried your brain to the point of elaborating a multiverse theory 😂 As always, spot on regarding quite a few things, but waaaaay off-base regarding a lot, especially the main plot 🤣 Others explained it before me, but "To Aru" means "A Certain", so that's, why you saw no "To Aru" but a mot of "A Certain something something". It's a shared universe between various series, telling the intertwined events happening to a cast of characters from various points of views. Others have likened it to the MCU in terms of structure, and it's rather accurate. Magical Index is about the story from the point of view of Touma, a loser by fate because his superpower is "being unlucky". It is the main series and the others build upon it. Scientific Railgun is about the story from the point of view of Misaka, 3rd most powerful Esper of the Academic City, and most powerful Electromaster. Scientific Accelerator is about Accelerator, top Esper of the Academic City. Not much is known about him, other than he is "invincible", his power being vector manipulation. That's about all I can say about it without spoiling. As far as order goes, chronologically it's Railgun 1, Index 1, Railgun S, Index 2, then you can watch Accelerator, Railgun T or Index 3 in whatever order. My advice: go with the order of release. Much simple that way. And finally, my advice: you should watch it. Like, really. It's one of the big names outside classic nekketsu genre (Naruto, One Piece, Dragon Ball, Bleach, Fairy Tail, and others like them)

[@brinkjayy]

YESSS! I recommended this a while ago and I am SO happy you're finally checking it out. Railgun (which is a part of Toaru) is my favorite anime of all time.

[@misakamikoto48]

Nice its been awhile since someone make a new reaction on To aru series. Thanks for reacting to their op this series have one of the most complicated power system and plot not to mention there's a lot of side stories/spinoff from both source material "manga/novel" and the anime adaptation.

[@kultres5920]

Its a rabbit hole that once you go in, you want to go deeper. Show and the world building is amazing and honestly a must watch somewhere down the line. And you were slightly close at start with your reactions and everything else was pure gold, had super fun watching.

[@yanz2501]

One of the anime that I follow every series. Feel like I want to watch it again. I missed Misaka and the whole academy city.

[@hiiamelecktro4985]

These are kinda 3 interconnected series. I think it’s the closest thing anime got to something like the MCU. (Individual stories that intersect sometimes) Though all of these series (mostly) take place in the same city (the most scientifically advanced city in the world. Mostly populated by researchers and students). So unlike marvel you’re not getting something as wildly different like a ww2 movie like The First Avenger and a space adventure movie like The Guardians. It is interesting though seeing the difference sides of the city and how they interconnect through 3 viewpoints. Magic exists in this world but most people don’t know. So in the Railgun series you explore the scientific side with Mikasa’s crew (the lightning girl) and you explore the Magical underbelly in Index with Toma (the black haired dude). Though again, there is a lot of overlapping in these stories.

[@silverottsel6257]

I loved the twist where fairy tail and samurai champloo were actually the same anime

[@Kilumy]

If you liked that "hard electro tech" music from the Railgun openings you will definetly enjoy the soundtracks from this series. They are damn amazing.

[@Ferdy_Yuugitsune1040]

Here is the Toaru series titles in order based on release year (NOTE : some titles contains OVA and Special episodes) : 1. Toaru Majutsu no Index (2009)(Main Story Season 1, The main character Kamijou Touma's story, the black spiky hair one) 2. Toaru Kagaku no Railgun (2009)(Side Story, 1st Misaka's Story) 3. Toaru Majutsu no Index II (2010)(Main Story Season 2, The main character Kamijou Touma's story sequel, the black spiky hair one). 4. Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S (2013)(Side Story, 2nd Misaka's Story Sequel) 5. Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator (2019)(Side Story, a character named "Accelerator"'s story) 6. Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T (2020)(Side Story, 3rd Misaka's Story Sequel)

[@hendrixleong94]

Lol dont forget about index 3, eventho its bad hahaha

[@KerbinCenturion]

I love this series because every different series is part of the same universe and timeline, just from different character's perspective

[@michaelv1058]

Bro hearing every OP from this series really gives me goosebumps like when i watch it since the day it aired man brings back memories, also love your reactions in every OP i/we suggest to you to watch it

[@ousmaailayoub5727]

The light novel started at 2004, so before Fairy tail and Tokyo ghoul existed.

[@ericvaldivia9073]

Fripside is one of my favorite bands ever. I’m 20 now but I started watching toaru when I was 13, the 7 year long gap from season 2 and 3 of railgun was killing me so baaddd. My favorite series and favorite band complement each other soooo gooood

[@chemislife]

The world building in this series and consistency of the timeline even in spin off series in the same universe is PERFECT practically to the minute in their world time. The different titles you saw where the spin off series but because of how the spin-offs are just a different perspectives of the main story To aru fans group them together. If you want use to give you a watch order you need to specify if you want true chronological order, simple chronological, or as release order lol (yes it's this complex)

[@LazeC014]

I always love your timing. When you say it's light hearted then it turns dark lol.

[@ElianaMCP]

As people have explained, these are three different shows happening in the same city/world. The timeline between shows is kinda hard to follow, but I find it's not worth bothering to think about it if you watch each series at once. If you do, you can understand the timeline from the context, like Index episode 1 events taking place during late Railgun season 1, since some scenes are pretty much the same. Personally, I like recommending Railgun first as a whole show in itself, then if the person likes it, they can watch Index seasons 1 and 2, and Accelerator before season 3. Railgun is the most lighthearted-ish of the three, and it introduces the watcher to Academy City. Index introduces the church(es), and by the time one gets to Accelerator, they can understand the nuances on the confusion when both factions meet.

[@DemiCape]

Personally I would recommend watching it in airing order.

[@ElianaMCP]

@@DemiCape I feel like it mostly scares people away from even trying to get into To Aru in general tho

[@DemiCape]

@@ElianaMCP I found it fine watching it in that order.

[@HamazuraGOD]

2 days late, but this is my time to shine! Everyone in the world has probably already told you everything you need to know. That Index is the main series, Railgun and Accelerator are spinoffs, the fact there's no alternate universes or crossover characters, etc. The Certain Series Project is not just my favourite novel series of all time, it's not just an anime franchise I highly enjoy watching from time to time, but it's literally my favourite _thing_ of all time! When I saw you upload this I actually screamed; both in delight, and then despair because I couldn't watch it until now. Thank you for giving this anime your time and, if you decide to watch it, make sure it's in the right order, unlike this playlist!

[@KingLongJon]

the reason for the different titles is that it's three shows taking place in the same world

[@rubiepie]

This is basically the Marval of anime. It has different story taking place in a same universe. A certain magical index, A certain Scientific Railgun and A certain Accelerator take place same world. And what's more Interesting if you watch both of the show you can see Different Perspective. Let's say a Episode on A certain magical index, in one scene there's a mc and another mc of the a certain scientific railgun. And surprised. if you watch the A certain scientific railgun, you can see the Perspective of the MC of that series.

[@hexxtheswagger5893]

OMG MY FAVORITE SERIES unfortunatelly the anime is not as good as the light novels at least for Index but i still enjoyed it actually writing before watching the video xd

[@mr.nonsense6667]

U can image TO ARU series are like a Single Universe, Where in this one universe there are 3 Main Story Happens With their respectively Main Character, And they're happens in almost identical timeline for example while Act 2 of To Aru Railgun Happens To Aru Accelerator Act 4 and To Aru Index Act 1 are also happens, thats just an example not what actually happens but that's the general idea of how the 3 of the stories interfacing with others, And while we are at it, the exact example are happening in To Aru Index Opening or opening 8 in the playlist (im not quite sure), In one scene we are shown To Aru Index's MC (the guy) walking thro vending machine pass To Aru Railgun's MC (The Girl) and then suddenly the girl Got Suprise Back Hug From The Teleporter girl, u can see this exact same Scene In The Opening of To Aru Railgun at the First Song starting from 1;35

[@rosshaikenleonen1416]

The main character of this anime is the City itself but we're just mostly focused on one character's perspective of the City's story. In the Main story, that would be Kamijou Touma (Spiky hair dude). In the spinoff Railgun series, it would be Misaka Mikoto (the coin flipper). in another spinoff series it would be Accelerator (white hair crazy dude). The thing is, all of those is telling a story centered around 1 thing. The Academy City.

[@Butane9000]

The Toaru series is one of my favorites and I'd like to see you react to it one day. It's has surprisingly dark undertones across all the series. Also, the protagonist of the primary series (Index) is easily one of my favorites considering how tragic his story is even if it's not represented that way.

[@takemikasushii]

I am laughing so hard because of the anime multiverse crossover theory lmaoooo Unironically the first time I saw someone with this wild theory in a Raildex/To aru opening reaction

[@hitechinc.7875]

They just lost trying to connect them through all of the openings.

[@Zaturn_]

Love his reactions. "They got powers?!" XD Railgun.... Lorenzo effect Railgun S OP! When Meltdowner appears, I knew he would flip out! There is so much going on, for new viewers to get into the series it might be daunting.

[@rafaelcalmon2858]

I'm here hearing "That's the girl from Fairy Tail, right?!" and thinking "Man! I hope he reacts to Edens Zero now XD" In any case, to soothe some of the madness, Index, Railgun and Accelerator are 3 separate series showing different perspectives of events happening within the same story. *1-* Index is the main one, with Touma (black hair guy) and Index (short nun in white habit) as the main characters. *2-* Railgun is a spin-off following Misaka, the girl with eletric powers that shoots the coin like a railgun. *3-* Accelerator is another spin-off following Accelerator, who is the guy with white hair and an electronic collar that looks like he's insane.

[@MrAnimeTales]

A nice little thing from the openings is that Index and Railgun's OP overlap at various points. So for example in Index OP 1 when the black haired MC passes the Railgun MC at the vending machine, he carries on walking in his OP then trips over a can, In Railgun op 1the Index MC passes Railgun MC but its from the Railgun MC's perspective this time. Just a nice thing to further highlight how everyone is living their own life but in the same city still.

[@hitechinc.7875]

The fact that I learn so much about science in this anime. And thats what makes it unique in a different way.

[@Cleocyde]

and to answer your question, it depends. sometimes it's a light hearted school life show, and sometimes it's a really dark show with brutal deaths. it all depends on what's happening in the city

[@Sparrowhawk97]

So this is a franchise. All the stories focus around one city where kids with esper abilities study (and be studied). All the stories are connected but Magical Index is the main story. But I like Railgun more. Railgun follows the girls with esper powers. The main character has electric powers and her signature move is to magnetically fire metal objects (usually coins) hence her nickname and the title being Railgun. Accelerator follows the creepy guy who is also an esper. He messes with the acceleration of things. Anything from redirecting bullets to reversing the blood flow inside the human body. Magical Index follows a guy who has the ability to cancel any supernatural stuff, either esper or magic. He gets paired up with the nun looking girl and dragged into troubles with the secret society of magic. Index focuses mainly on the magic stuff but the guy does get dragged into the events of the other two series. Railgun focuses on the day to day life and struggles of the esper students from the side of good. Accelerator focuses on the darker side of the espers with the main guy not really being a good guy.

[@mahpell7173]

Dude literally watched every spinoff opening before Index and got hella confused why characters changed 😂

[@matijamaksan4344]

Thing is characters from earlier openings from his list did show up in later openings and he didn't recognize them. Just reactor things, Luke definitely isn't first nor last to miss these characters.

[@NagoyaRR]

Man "Toaru Majutsu no Index" has 52 Light Novel and is still running. Railgun Manga is still running also and Accelerator Manga finished with 12 Manga. It's so much to read!

[@garden_of_avalon]

Plus now they have the a certain mental out

[@CosmicAnime]

I love the To Aru series, it is a mix of science and magic with some epic fight scenes. Accelerator is my favourite villain in all of anime. Would be awesome if you reacted to the series. Watch Index, then Railgun, then Accelerator.

[@Kurokun00]

Ah, this brings back memories of me getting deep into the anime rabbit hole.

[@D4rkn3ss2000]

FripSide based. Yoshino Nanjou (the vocalist of the band) is a goat.

[@solacee4327]

Railgun actually does get pretty dark, ESPECIALLY after the first season. There's an arc (Index actually has a different, similar arc later, but for a character you know only if you've seen Railgun, but the MC doesn't. It hurt me to watch play out) where the main character has to watch as a character we started liking gets brutally murdered, both Railgun and Index have some intense stuff like that and stuff surrounding morality despite starting pretty light and having a lot of jokes XD

[@cabbage_cat]

the sisters arc is very dark

[@spinosaurhp9341]

Yeah, id suggest to watch A certain scientific railgun for sure.

[@sergiudana8716]

I remember now who you talking about

[@electricant55]

Most of the light-hearted stuff is just anime filler too

[@solacee4327]

@@electricant55 yeah I mentioned that originally, but edited it because I realized how little filler the first season actually had (a fair amount of anime canon though) I agree though, the plot is never very light it just has a fair amount of jokes. And in arcs like the sister one they just go full throttle into depression

[@aniheyaofficial]

Auf dieses Video habe ich gefühlt Monate gewartet. der Anim rund um ''To aru'' ist ein absolutes Meisterwerk und erklärt Kräfte extrem gut und diese Reihe gehört für mich persönlich zum Top-Tier was Anime zu bieten hat.

[@hexxtheswagger5893]

Ok so basically... A Certain Magical Index is the main story, adapted from a Light Novel. Then there are many side stories like A Certain Scientific Railgun, Scientific Accelerator and others that dont have an anime. All of these revolve about a very scientifically advanced city called Academy City which researches esper powers and is trying to develop them in its students. The main story, Index, is actually about a hidden magic side of the world and its clash with the scientific esper powers. The main character lives in Academy City and meets a girl literally called Index Librorum Prohibitorum (The list of forbidden books) who is from the magic side and some magicians are after her and the 103000 grimoires she has. Although he has neither an esper power neither does he know magic, he has a mysterious power in his right hand that can negate both of the former. And with that power he is trying to do what he believes is good. Basically a scientific city vs a magic society, parts of the magic society battling each other or parts of the scientific city battling each other, with Touma (MC) in the middle of everything. Almost all the spin-offs (all of the adapted ones) are exclusively about the science side in Academy City. They are adapted from manga series written by the original author and drawn by many mangakas. Most of the spin-offs as well as the main story are still ongoing, with Index going on the longest, since 2004. Railgun being about the third best esper, Misaka Mikoto aka Railgun who can manipulate electricity (which has a shitton of use cases not just shocking people and shooting coins xd). Accelerator being about THE best esper who can manipulate any vector he wants and intensively interferes with the city's dark side. As a huge fan of the whole franchise, I belive it is very interestning, Kamachi Kazuma (the LN author) seems to never run out of interesting ideas. The problem is that the anime does not sell it well. Railgun is pretty good if you exclude the filler (second half of season 1 and 2, called Railgun and Railgun S respectively), Accelerator is aight but in this case so is the manga. But Index is quite rushed, especially in the latest season 3. Even then tho, I believe that it can definitelly be enjoyable, in the end, the anime got me into reading all the approx 50 volumes so it definitelly has something in it xd. Damn I always write a lot about Toaru. Oh btw the titles in japanese all start with Toaru, like A Certain... in english, so thats why its called that. Regardless if you decide to react to it, watch it by yourself or not watch it at all, I hope I answered some of your questions without revealing much, and thanks for the reaction ofc xd. Its always great to see new people reacting to Toaru xd.

[@andremarques1088]

Toaru expert check

[@hexxtheswagger5893]

LMAO I wrote this in the middle of the video, then went on to do something else and didnt expect what was coming xddd Well yea, completely wrong xdd Some of the characters' designs could be inspired by other works for sure, entirely possible of course, but I dont think they are supposed to resemble anyone, and even if they do, it is not important to the story at all xd. I can see that when you got focused on the idea that they are supposed to look "somehow" like characters from other shows you got stuck to that thought, because anime characters have many similar features and some Toaru designs are pretty generic, the biggest example being the MC Touma. But I 100% agree with Tatemiya looking like the Samurai Champloo guy xd. Not even the alternate reality part is right even tho the anime goes to some heights, its not as high as time travel or alt realities. But yea the OPs dont tell much more than that there are superpowers and fighting nuns xd.

[@hexxtheswagger5893]

@@andremarques1088 kinda xd still havent finished NT tho

[@andremarques1088]

@@hexxtheswagger5893 I started watching the original series yesterday (majutsu). And so far looks very good. Although I wanted to start with the scientific railgun part first because of the fire openings..

[@hexxtheswagger5893]

@@andremarques1088 Nice! I hope youll enjoy it and get invested. Starting with Index is good. But one important thing is that all the series are being released at the same time, its not like Index was first and then came Railgun. Index started first but just a few years later Railgun started and since then they run side by side. The anime adaptations also got released one by one. So the watch order i recommend is the release order. Index, Railgun, Index II, Index Movie, Railgin S, Index III, Accelerator, Railgun T.

[@memeaqua7674]

9 Months passed and I would still say it Yess you crazy

[@Hawk_of_Battle]

Oh man this is hilarious. He started off strong with his guesses, then when the changeover came he started to lose his goddamn mind in ways I could not expect. Honestly though, his idea of what the series could be about actually sounds fucking amazing. Can we have a massive multiversal anime crossover somewhere please? Anyone?

[@sturmholle8122]

"some princesse and a queens from some realm there", yeah i agree, anime britain really is some realm

[@sonia8345]

haha 😂😂 i can't believe you really ended up reacting to this i like your reaction because my reaction when I first watched this a long time now was like yours and I thought this series ate all over the place it's seriously the most confusing but amazing anime i ever watched , the series are about a certain scientific city and all the characters you saw in the openings lives in this city and yes each one has a specific powers they are born with or even earned , the characters from each part of the series interact with each other and cross ways in many ways that's why you find yourself seeing scenes you saw before in Scientific rail gun in Scientific Accelerator or in in magical index , i watched the whole series but for me my favorite character is misaka the rail gun the one that flips the coin and she has electric powers she's nuts and my favorite parts from the series are the Certain scientific rail gun You need to watch the series

[@chemislife]

somebody did the breakdown and discovered that only ~3 months have taken place in the universe of the anime so far

[@lop90ful1]

This reminded me how much i love toaru openings. Anyway i really like the gaslight of yourself of thinking that that there anre characters from iothers animes when you pretty much got it in the first few opening that the cast is being experimented upon and that its multiverse like marvel, they dont look the same you were just going insane lol

[@dpolaristar4634]

Some things you are missing. First off this playlist was in a strange order even though they are take place in the same universe (Much like Marvel) they are three different shows not different seasons of the same show, the main difference is which character they follow as the main character, and the other characters will show up in each others spin-offs from time to time and even sometimes show the same arc from a different perspective. Production Wise Index I came first, then Railgun, then Index II, then Railgun S, then Index III, then Accelerator, then Railgun T. That's also why you got a very different vibe with the Accelerator opening it was pasted in the middle of the Railgun ones for some reason. And all the Railgun OPs are done by the same Band fripside, you reading Kadokawa is just the company that own the Franchises and licensed the anime. The Main series is based off a Light Novel Series, and the Spin-offs are from Manga. (There are more spin-offs that do not have an anime yet and neither of the three series have been fully adapted.) A Certain Magical Index is the main series start Kamijou Touma (The blue haired guy that you said picks up all the chicks.) And Index (The Nun girl he is always with at the end of each Index OP) A Certain Scientific Railgun is a spin-off starts Mikoto Misaka the girl that flips the Coins. A Certain Scientific Accelerator is a spin-off starts the White Hair Guy named Accelerator. There are no multiverse shenanigans and its all the same timeline. Also its very common very similar character designs to show up across the industry and some of the stuff you mentioned are similar predates Index but a lot of it came after Index. As for what the franchise as a while is about, basically the main setting is Academy City an U.N private charter Industrial City State filled with Academic Institutions and Research Facilities where their technology is 20 years ahead of the rest of the world. (That is stuff the public sees the cutting edge stuff is even further.) What the City is most well known for is the Esper Power Curriculum where after undergoing a special curriculum Children can basically get a psychic ability where they warp reality in a super specific way. (The Girl with the Coin for example is an Electromaster that can control Electromagnetism her signature move where she flips the coin is her creating a "Railgun" Hence her nickname and the title of her spin-off.) Technically all students in Academy City have an Esper Power but some are so weak as to be useless and they are Level 0's. (The Ranking ranges from Level 0 - 5, with there only being 7 Level 5's of which Mikoto and Accelerator are the #3 and #1 Level 5 respectively.) HOWEVER there is also a secret underground world of the Occult that uses Magic based off Myths and Legends to emulate abilities from Legends, The Also tries to run the scenes from behind the curtain, most people are unaware of the existence of Magic, but there is a secret treaty between the two sides to stay out of each other way and there is a cold war between them. A Certain Magical Index focuses on the Two Sides more evenly and the main character Touma has an ability where his right hand can cancel supernatural powers (Whether its magic or esper powers.) And him getting involved in the two world, both the Magic Side with Underground Cabals and Academy Cities Seedy Underworld. Railgun focuses almost exclusively on the Science Side and Mikoto and her friends adventures in it, which start light hearted but eventually come across said Dark Side. Accelerator focuses on Accelerator himself and is exclusively about the Dark Side of Academy City. The Catchphrase of the series is "When Science and Magic cross paths A Story is Born." Another one often used is "It's Never a Dull Moment in this City." I will warn you the main series Index the anime doesn't do the source material justice, Season 1 and 2 are okay if a bit underwhelming compared to the Novels, Season 3 however is a dumpster fire we pretend doesn't exist. Railgun starts pretty okay but actually gets better and better and is mostly a great adaptation although they add a few anime original arcs and remove some scenes that would have helped the crossover. Accelerator as an anime is pretty good but not perfect but that's because it's better than the Manga spin-off which is honestly pretty bad and needed an edittor, the anime actually fixed a lot of the Manga's problems. Toaru just means "A Certain" as a shorthand for the entire universe (We use to call it Raildex until more spin-offs started coming out.)

[@Enodoc]

If you do decide to watch the series, I would recommend watching in production order for the first time (which I think is Index > Railgun > Index II > Railgun S > Index Movie > Index III > Accelerator > Railgun T) because it introduces the worldbuilding in the right order. Some will recommend watching in chronological (in-universe) order, but I think that only really works for second/repeat watches.

[@hivemind3531]

The monogatari series has an amazing line up of openings, but they often get copyrighted. This means that there aren't any playlists that contain the full list of openings. Its definitely worth finding them though. Might have to get someone to make a playlist for you. It's a bit long for me to get them off the top of my head, but if you ask I'll happily spend tomorrow making you one. 👍

[@natanielflores8141]

All the op are available in vimeo, including Mathemagics

[@keygamernugroho919]

At the start of the video: Oh, it's about a group of girl with power in a normal highschool. At the end of video: It has to be an alternate reality universe anime (like wtf?). I'm sorry you reaction is just hilarious man, you looked so loss in the sauce 😂

[@Shafeaqq]

Nice reaction! Another recommendation for ICONIC Anime is GUNDAM, since you haven't done any opening reaction to it. For more recent stuff, you can start with Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans (Op 1-4) or Gundam 00 (Op 1-4) or Gundam Unicorn Re0096 (Op 1-2) or the newest Gundam the Witch from Mercury (Op 1). Or, if you want the old school stuff, you can start with Gundam 0079 (Op 1) or Zeta Gundam (Op 1-2) or Gundam ZZ (Op 1-2).

[@TheErsu]

Zeta Gundam(TV series) and double Zeta have great songs. The ending theme to Char's Counterattack is good too.

[@Stunticon]

Best thing about this was how off all the guesses where but they all seemed so reasonable at the time

[@SparkyTM]

yeees my favourite series, although the openings are in a wrong order xd

[@humanoidfrog4645]

Worst order i've ever seen

[@hanatahaarkctheusxzt6936]

Maybe the playlist is following the story order

[@humanoidfrog4645]

YES, THANK YOU REACTING TO THIS

[@thewizardninja]

You kind of reacted to this in a weird order, if it were me ordering the playlist I would have done them in release order. That means starting with Index, interspersing with Railgun and finishing with Accelerator. The whole idea is you've got a bunch of series all running at the same time and often intersecting and influencing each other, Index being basically the "main" series and the others supplementing it focusing on different groups of characters in the world.

[@almogwaingarden8006]

yes!!! I wasn't expecting to aru to be recommanded. I'm a big to aru fan and a giant accelerator fan. this reaction watching is so much fun! you got some things wrong but others so right and it's very exciting! hahahah love the accelerator reaction. It's made even harder to guess by you watching the spin off's op before the main show's op which is index. you only see the magic there hahahhaha pun very much intended.

[@seighartmercury]

I love how he asks "What happens if she loses the coin." (to answer your question: As others have said, she uses coins as ammo for her *RAILGUN* move. So they're destroyed. Every. Single. Time.) Imagine Mikoto having an indestructible coin and she has to "pick it back up" everytime 😂

[@oars_024]

If it was indestructible her railgun will probably cross countries 😂

[@seighartmercury]

@@oars_024 I just had an idea. She should "borrow" some of Kuroko's spikes. Those would probably be stronger and sturdier ammo than coins.

[@georgesmith6218]

i imagine quite a lot of these coins ended up as space junk on low orbit...

[@seighartmercury]

@@georgesmith6218 I doubt it, considering they effectively vanish at 50 meters.

[@tutortomato]

​@@seighartmercuryvanish because the coin already disintegrated,even if it reach the target at that point there is no more projectile.

[@ItsAweeb]

That opening where the white haired hair boy was the main guy (certain scientific accelerator) is a spinoff series focused on ex-villain of the story and him grappling with what he has done

[@polarispm]

I didn’t think id ever hear Touma described as “a handsome chap”

[@Hawko1313]

I think it’s his strong hands. At least that’s why rin likes shirou. Strong hands do a lot for a shounen protag.

[@zigrakudo4092]

The best non spoiler summary i can give you is that this all takes place mostly in Academy City where scientific study is ahead by at least a decade. Most of the population are students with esper abilities designated 6 levels, from 0 (powerless or undetected ability) to 5 (currently highest level). The adults are mostly teachers and scientists. Since the city is trying to pursue scientific advancement, theres obviously dark experiments going on in the shadows. Chaos further ensues when magic is introduced. Also magic involves religious stuff, so yeah. Science vs Religion undertones (mostly in Index). For Railgun and Accelerator, its mostly the questionable ethics of scientific progress.

[@Zekomaru]

-The Band for Railgun is fripside, but the singer, Yoshino Nanjo, is not in the Band anymore. -Toaru means A Certain, and then you add Magical index, or Scientiffic Railgun... -Index is the main series and its based on the Light Novel -Railgun is a spinoff and its based on the Manga -Accelerator is ... we don't talk about Accelerator -Its the same universe but it also isn't, lets just say its complicated -There are no characters from other Anime shows -And mostly everything you said that the anime could be about you would be right to a certain degree -Is it Dark? Not always, but when it is, then its really dark.

[@ElatedBlue]

Your confusion and the fact that you had no context made this video 100x more amazing 🤣🤣🤣

[@coreybecker2653]

also i recommend the Shakogan No Shana anime series it has 7 openings 1 Being 2 Blaze, 3 Hishoku no Sora ,4 JOINT , 5 Light My Fire, 6 Prophecy and 7 Serment , might not be in this order but thats all OPs

[@john1712345]

Toaru series is one of the most if not the most popular Light Novel series in Japan, which just goes to show how good it is and how many people like it. It's got a stellar and very unique setting, possibly one of the best from every media i've seen over the past decade. There's like dozens of light novel volumes to fuel the anime and it's still ongoing and going strong.

[@zigrakudo4092]

Oh. This series is one of my long time favorites.

[@mykellederickpalad7883]

Basically the gist of this anime is Three-way dead lock of 3 factions, The scientific faction, people who have abilities called espers and nurture and study them scientifically, The magic faction, the traditional magic users who borrow magic from a higher being(sorcerers, warlocks if you will and you guessed it, the fucking Religious faction, don't think I need to explain that, they're basically the main villains who literally tries control everything from the shadows. P.S About the guy slipping on a can, that signifies his absolute bad luck. He literally just gets the absolute short end of the stick on everything. It's probably the trade off for having a right hand that literally cancels everything in this world, whether it is magical,scientific or spiritual nature.

[@mahpell7173]

Luke literally became that guy from Philadelphia conjecturing every single dot he sees :D

[@kuroshiro7215]

Every time i see these openings i fall in love with this anime again.

[@Vesp3r1987]

YESSSSS!!!! The series are about the ultimate gender equality warrior! 😅 Jokes aside.... Mami Kawada absolutely slaps in these openings. Its 3 different names because theres 3 different characters/stories the series follow. By the end it all converges into one story P.S. My guy thinks hes reacting to Isekai quartet 😂

[@StitchPrivated]

These are interlocking stories of 3 different characters so 3 different main titles. This would actually be the order I recommend you watch it. Index season 1. Railgun season 1. Index season 2. Index movie. Railgun season 2 (S) Index season 3. Accelerator season 1. Railgun season 3.

[@akmatras]

Hello once again recommending The Monogatari series openings, they're unique in my opinion.

[@AlphaSections]

God this series is so enjoyable! I started watching at the start of my anime obsession and I'm so glad it's still alive!

[@kri5hie]

Toaru is one of my personal favorite anime series of all time and has some of the best worldbuilding I’ve ever seen. Highly recommend! ❤. For anyone wondering, the change in names = change in perspective/main character for that respective series, so they often experience different events at the same time as another character.

[@NikoCat11]

"ToAru" series talks about two sides of a society, the science vs magic, with each anime series covering one of the sides. - To Aru Majutsu no Index = Magic side with the protagonists being the black haired guy and the girl called "Index". - To Aru Kagaku no Railgun = Science side with the protagonist being Misaka Mikoto, also known as "Railgun". - The Accelerator one = It's a spinoff about the character known as "Accelerator". Note 1: these series focus on different aspects of the society and have individual stories, but these characters all coexist in the same city, appearing commonly in both stories. - Science side: people with super powers created by technology, these are called "espers". The main city divides espers into power rankings, while the girl "Railgun" and the guy "accelerator" are both some of the only Rank S espers, their top rank. - Magical side: people with magical powers (mages). They live in a hidden society, so the "science side" doesn't know they exist (like in Harry Potter, where wizard society is unknown). Note 2: "Index" is the main story, so it covers up the magical and science part in its story, while "Railgun" is all about the science side (afaik). Note 3: "Railgun" series was created because the character "Railgun" made too much success. Both series are action packaged, with "Index" being more complex and "Railgun" more light-hearted, if that makes sense.

[@MarcLucksch]

Index: The Magic Side Railgun: The Science (Bright) Side Accelerator: The Dark Side

[@SocietyTomorrow]

The character designs might seem familiar in some ways because the mangaka that inspired the creators of the series were very prolific and kinda led to a prominent style from a lot of shows starting in the 90s The artistic inspirations are pretty wide, from "Get Backers" "Saiyuki Reload", "3x3 Eyes" "Gungrave" and Elfen Lied" to name a few. So many studios take reference to the style now that it's almost equated to "anime style" with J.C. Staff who made this one, has been refining for years.