Ranking Every Toaru Anime From BEST to WORST

[@AeonofHorus]

Post your rankings down below! 😉 Also didn't include OVAs or PVs cos they aren't as important kek TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:47 Index I 2:55 Railgun S1 4:47 Index II 6:23 Miracle of Endymion 7:27 Railgun S 9:08 Index III 10:58 Accelerator 12:37 Railgun T

[@MonographicSingleheaded]

ok Okabe that was one hella summary and I thank you for this video :) gg

[@MonographicSingleheaded]

hyena laugh, vietnam flashbacks... omg hahahahahah

[@maskedbadass6802]

I have only watched the first season of Index and am in the middle of the first season of Railgun and already I can tell you've described them perfectly. Thanks for making this video as it saved me a lot of time in realizing this series just isn't for me as it's too much of a time commitment for just being good sometimes and horrible other times. If I continue I am going to have to watch at double speed or something.

[@thsxi]

Let’s talk about how Accelerator had negative budget but Railgun T had unlimited budget

[@iwakura3011]

unlimited budget works

[@tonyinfinite5174]

Bitch Index is supposed to be the main series and that gets shafted for Railgun BiriBiri is really strong

[@anthonny7146]

Still prefer Accelerator over Railgun

[@ShadowOfMassDestruction]

I thought the Accelerator side was awesome

[@wiz7616]

I'm intrigued, tell us more

[@ryobakura007]

I think we all know Railgun get's all the budget because of Misaka being one of the most popular waifus, i just hope that if they animate NT someday it gets lots of love.

[@AeonofHorus]

Fingers crossed! And hope they actually treat Index with the same level of love as Railgun!

[@MajinOthinus]

I mean, we all know Othinus is best girl, so if they get there, we should see budget galore!

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

Absolutely…

[@RiseStreamer]

I wonder If I should *actually* start the toaru series. The 1st was meh af when I start it that it turns from watching toaru series to just watching accelerator, so I haven't even watch railgun

[@ShadowOfMassDestruction]

@@RiseStreamer Everyone pretty much agrees that Railgun is better but Index is going into its best arcs later on

[@gustavomatias4096]

I’m really glad I watched the Railgun and Railgun S first and then checked index. The sisters arc is done perfect!

[@AeonofHorus]

Absolutely!

[@AVGJ3859]

Will Railgun get a 4th season? I sure hope it does.

[@splash6635]

Index 3 was one of the seasons of all time

[@AeonofHorus]

Truly a season among seasons

[@RaxorX]

It sure was something.

[@samsebin7895]

When it's going to have season 4?

[@joyadeceren]

Are u sure? Because many novel readers found it awful.

[@xvx1318]

@@joyadeceren you didn't get the joke

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

2:02… we live in interesting times Aeon… we live in interesting times 🤷‍♂️…

[@RedDevil-5659]

Are you that clwon who think touma x misaka shoukd ended together

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

@@RedDevil-5659 you mean “clown” don't you bro? At least come up with a better insult if you are going to come at someone bro. 😮‍💨🥱. And honestly you must have a pretty bad life if your coming to me just now with something posted months and months and months ago. Have a good life bro.

[@copywheeleye3037]

I gotta admit s1 of index animation was ahead of its time despite the critisism. Some sakugas are so damn smooth and i heard ufotable staff was also involved in it Keep up the good work king 👊👊

[@AeonofHorus]

Yeah some of it was good for sure, but other bits could have looked cleaner even by 2008 standards Thanks so much!

[@electroneurons]

Index is one of the animes of all time

[@shadowproductions4614]

S Tier: Railgun S & T A Tier: Railgun, Accelerator, Index 2 (because AC Invasion is so good) B Tier: Index 3, Index Movie C Tier: Index 1 Bonus: OP's S Tier: All of them!

[@callump1996]

Speaking the fans waited over 5-7 years, I find it kind of sicking that Index III was only given 26 episodes to finish OT, while SAO III was given over 48 episodes on top of an hour-long episode for episode 1(no this is not an attack on SAO fans or the series. You SAO people and your series are innocent in all of this, you are not to blame.) despite Index being one of the best selling LN'S of all time. No matter which studio was given Index III, there is no way it could be done right with just 26 episodes to cover the rest of OT, so I give respect to JC.Staff for even having a go at being dealt such a bad hand. As for the anime itself, despite all the flaws the Index anime had (yes even Index III), I can't help but love it. I remember on Dec 10th, 2013 sitting down to watch the first episode of Index S1 (After a year of trying to find out which anime Touma was from as some guy had him as a pfp in a roleplay I was in during late 2012, never got to ask the guy at the time) and right as Touma set foot out to his balcony, I said in my head (I'm going to like this lad a lot). After watching the first 9 episodes (and screaming OMG TOUMA HAS A DRAGON IN HIM!), I was hooked to the point of I binged the rest of S1 in one night, despite not understanding much of what was going on in places. It was the anime that was helping me deal with a lot of personal life issues (That only got worst in places) and Touma and his little Dragon friend were such an inspiration to me due to how I could relate to him (outside of the fighting of course) being a guy with poor luck in life. For better or worst the series and Touma himself change my life and while the Index anime could be so much better at times to match the LN'S, I will always love it.

[@GervasiusMC]

it wasnt just the budget, the production staff wasnt really that good either. its like they just completely brushed off index's popularity and tried to finish OT just for the sake of it.

[@Medatrox]

Well, at least they say that the manga of Index, Accelerator and Railgun it´s better than the 3 anime adaptations, the only problem it´s that Index manga skips 2 important arcs of the first season. I´m in the same place as you, I discovered To Aru Universe in 2018, and since then, I´ve been following everything about it. And well, I´m very close to finish Railgun T and Index 3, after that, I´m going to check out the 3 mangas because reading the LN in PC and not in paper is very difficult for me, and in Argentina, it´s almost impossible found it in paper at least that you print them on your own, and with the cost of doing that you can imagine that it is not a very good option. Luckily, the mangas are much lighter visually and don't make me strain my eyes as much. Will you do something similar?

[@irdi2023]

Great video like always and this is 1000% correct

[@AeonofHorus]

Thank you!

[@ShadowOfMassDestruction]

They really did me dirty with that awesome Frenda moment in Railgun T just to have you know what happen, she was my favorite minor character. 10/10 will watch again this show slaps.

[@sladey6541]

My ranking: 1.Railgun s2 2.Railgun s3 3.Index s2 4.Index s3(i acctualy liked it,yeah it was rushed but it still got some of my fave arcs in the toaru franchise) 5.Accelerator s1 6.Index s1 7.Railgun s1(Not bad but i kinda fell asleep until the interesting parts came on)

[@retrogamingfrenzy2373]

Accelerator 5 😃😆💀 you capping hard boii

[@silverring3169]

I agree with your list entirely except for Accelerator, because honestly the improvement that was made from the manga necromancer arc impressed me enough to up my ranking just by virtue of how much better it was compared to the abysmal source material. If the manga necromancer arc was as good as the anime one to begin with, I'd agree with B tier.

[@enea039]

It's funny that the part of Toaru that got me obsessed with this franchise is the 3rd season of Index. Despite the animations, the rushate parts and the cuts of the story (getting to know them by reading the novels from the beginning), from animeonly it involved me like few other shows. The characters, their evolution, the story involved me like nothing else before. Maybe I'm the only one to think so but it's okay with me, everyone has different opinions

[@heavylight5676]

Well, I liked Toaru from the beginning. And I was lucky to watch everything in a chronological order (more or less) so I didn't suffer during the Index 3 that much. Although I didn't like quite a few things from the Index 3, it was the best from the point of view of the backstory and action. Imo Index 3 and Railgun T are the best (despite Index 3 being rushed as hell). I'm not sure what's better, they are both good

[@GervasiusMC]

index 3 was so rushed it made me binge the railgun abd railgun s (at the time) to try and understand it, gave up on index 3, read the LN, fell in love with toaru all over again

[@retrogamingfrenzy2373]

Index 3s rushing is what I liked tbh it's just me don't bash me for that I can understand everything in index sometimes confusing other times awesome battle it deserve for me 2 place with railgun S

[@0Sloppenheimer]

it's so frustrating seeing index getting the short end of the stick all the time , while index has rushed production and lack of episodes , excludes elements as the main characters backstory (we aren't even aware of how young touma looks , or how people mistreated him , or him being almost killed) and the magic system isn't really explored and so much other stuff that just gets watered down on the anime. on the other hand railgun get's not only more time and budget but also plethora of episodes , to the point it had filler arcs TWICE , wich last half an entire season each. and it's so frustrating because outside the anime , index is better , more characters and themes . and better resolutions to character arcs . not one but 2 underdog protagonists that fight completly different with an overpowered one to balance out . grimdark moment , social implications of war , dark side of society . academy city hidden secrets and so much more , while railgun has a better sisters and sport festival arc and more frenda

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

11:18… worst then a D 😬.

[@zemba2363]

Railgun T is one of my favourite anime in the entire time It introduces a lot of great characters, also the animation was amazing Misaka mikoto ⬆️ ⚡️

[@TheUltimatePing]

when you look the touaru franchise in this order : a certain scientific accelerator, a certain scientific railgun T, a certain magical index III, a certain scientific railgun S, a certain magical index I, a certain magical index II, a certain scientific railgun. XD

[@t29hotrod75]

Index season 3 S Tier. Cant tell me otherwise

[@AeonofHorus]

Seems legit

[@thsxi]

Otherwise

[@Oueenazolatigressgina]

Compared to the anime Sisters arc, the ln actually made me feel really emotional like Misaka's inner turmoil was really depressing to read. Not to mention the anime kinda ruined ot 1, like Touma's "Isn't it obvious? In my heart"

[@AeonofHorus]

True, at least Railgun S was an improvement

[@BlueJack222]

To be honest it's one of my favorite lines in the entire series who cares how cheesy it is

[@jannegrey]

@@AeonofHorus I'm thankful that I watched it first in railgun, not index.

[@depressedrocksenjoyer9472]

@@jannegrey read the Sisters arc in the light novels, it's a lot more emotional than the anime

[@jannegrey]

@@depressedrocksenjoyer9472 I can imagine. Sadly ATM I don't have money to buy LN's.

[@EsuEsuEsuuu]

I think index 1 is a decent introduction to the franchise because it touches on both sides of the world... although Railgun is more popular and index isn't adapted so well... I just think it introduces ideas well for the *to aru world* itself

[@mRidley508]

This video proves why you should watch railgun first if you're gonna go the anime route. The direct railgun adaptations really well done. Also I'm glad I'm not the only one who actually likes kuroko as a character when she's not being a stalker. Her fights are always really tense and her place in the city as a judement member gives a unique perspective in the world of index compared to other characters. I hope she finds out about the magic side and joins in on more of the story in the novels. I'm also hoping we get that A Certain Scientific Teleporter spinoff that we never got.

[@AeonofHorus]

I still think Index I is a decent introduction to the universe as a whole Kuroko been appearing more in the novel lately :P

[@ohno2901]

If im being honest all i didnt really like railgun all that much when i watched it, i saw touma at the beginning and thought "damn thats an interesting guy, i hope he becomes a main character" and the only reason i went through all of railgun is to see more of touma, then i found out index existed and started watching that, was so happy that i got to watch touma as the protag of the show, and honestly i was invested more in index than railgun, just my opinion tho.

[@durakeno5575]

@@ohno2901 Touma getting introduced as a side character first is like the best way to make you interested in him. I watched index first so I ended up liking railgun more.

[@ohno2901]

@@durakeno5575 I don't really think being introduced as a side character makes all the difference because most railgun fans I know don't bother watching more than the first 3 episodes of index then call it bad, and I don't really think watching the railgun will make you like index more or vice versa, cause one of my friends finished index then watched railgun and liked index more

[@durakeno5575]

@@ohno2901 I guess it's just from my perspective then. It just felt that in Railgun, Touma was this seemingly normal dude that has a mysterious power. Makes you wanna know more about him. Probably just me wanting more about the science side of the setting. Index is understandably more about the magic side.

[@machtig4512]

Each volume of Index is long enough that at a minimum, each book is a season of 12 chapters, of course there are those for which a minimum of 24 chapters or more would be needed. However, we saw one that adapts 6 books, another that adapts 8 and another that finally adapts 9. A master speedrun. The truth is that the only thing that would save of the animes would be Railgun T, which would say that it is impossible to understand the Dream Ranker Arc without the Astral Buddy Arc, that is another topic, but for me it takes away a lot and, of course, the Sister Arc of the 2nd season despite the filler and other details like Misaki, the rest was total suffering. About the canon filler in Railgun, it doesn't exist. It is known from Ogino that Kamachi wanted to be actively involved in adapting not only Railgun, but also Index (I won't touch on the latter), so Kamachi decided to write the script for the pilot, which was a prequel to what happened before to start the manga (original content and canon which was simply thrown away), as well as other original scripts that would happen between chapters of the manga, but simply in the end, the production team did what they wanted without paying attention to Kamachi-sama. Ogino posted the Railgun pilot script at the time, so you can search. According to the credits we know that the only script that they apparently used from Kamachi was the one that deals with the Disruption Release (Poltergeist) Arc, which would be the last 4 chapters of the 1st season. Basically it is a script that possibly took 2 chapters at most and, with which they did what they wanted in the end. According to the fact that this arc had the supervision of Kamachi, which is very hard for me to believe because of certain things that happen there, although it is possibly because those of J.C.STAFF in the end did what they wanted, so taking this as canon, it is hard for me. About Miracle of Endymion, I liked it a lot, although there are things that I didn't like because they destroy the canon of novels and manga, it was based on a story originally written by Kamachi for the occasion. In fact, in my opinion in terms of direction, it is the best that has been seen from Index to date. It is also necessary to have read Road to Endymion and Toaru majutsu to kagaku no ensemble to fill in the gaps. For me, the only good thing about Toaru animated verse was the music, not only from Maiko Iuchi, but Mami Kawada, FripSide, IKU, Maon Kurosaki, etc., etc.

[@retrogamingfrenzy2373]

My top 3 in tauro series 1 Railgun T 2 Railgun S and index s3 3 Accelerator

[@inkoinfinity2]

8:55 "a top tier Chinese cartoon" Ooooh you know how to get under my skin, lol well done

[@BlueJack222]

10:30 The movie does not deserve to be on the same tier as index 3

[@asafecosta1500]

hi, recently i started reading to aru's novel (i'm on OT volume 15) and was wondering if anyone has a link where i can read the NT in english.

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

0:48 🤔.The Index/Railgun anime is the ONLY original cannon from the Toaru Index series… the LN and/or Mangas don’t count 🤔😃👍🤷‍♂️…. AND YES IM A PROUD ANIME ONLY FANBOY… 😮.

[@AeonofHorus]

The original source material is always the canon unless stated otherwise, although Kamachi tries to integrate even the anime original material such as Endymion, Poltergeist arc and Silent Party arc into the light novel

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

@@AeonofHorus Your crazy Aeon.

[@Mahamusa428]

As someone who don't read the light novel and only read some part of the manga(for index manga i just finished reading kazakiri hyouka arc and for Railgun manga i only read arc that happen after Railgun T) my tier list of Toaru anime S=Railgun T,Railgun S A=Index 3,Index 2,Railgun,Index 1 B=Index movie,Accelerator

[@fortello7219]

I thought the title was "Bad to Worst" and I was shocked for a moment

[@plains7000]

I'm currently reading A certain magical index Light Novel Volume 3 here I have seen railgun T on wcostream a year back during Covid here in Britain. Railgun T and Season 3 of index have yet to be be realeased on DVD and Bluray here in GB. Im still wishing some online retailer would lower their price for Acertain magical index light novel volume 5 here

[@sshiroyakuza]

I just pretend Railgun S only had 16 episodes and would swap Railgun S and T then. Would bunk down T regardless though. As far as the Accelerator anime I’d move it down a few tiers and I think I’ve already said my piece on the Index anime on discord to you before so yeah.

[@parzival5282]

poor Febrie~

[@amnaalsuwaidi7002]

I agree w video as all ways

[@thereseavanastrea4662]

I say my ranking is : S2 Railgun S3 Railgun S2 Index S3 Index S1 Railgun S1 Index Accelerator (though I quite liked the manga and I don't know why)

[@AeonofHorus]

You think the Accel manga is better than the anime?? Damnnnnnnnnnnnnn

[@PaukKsta]

Railgun 1 was the most painful and yet at the same time good anime experience

[@greengojira4722]

I’m giving everybody an S, I love this show regardless of flaws. I probably love too much since I went and bought all the manga. Funky video my dude

[@smolboi9659]

Not sure if you approve or not but thanks to this I started Toaru by watching Railgun S Eps 1-16 and Railgun T.

[@lawreadinggreen7117]

And here I thought I was the only one confused as I was watching index 3, I didn't understand what was happening a good chunk of the middle of the season and I felt that ruined my impression of the season.

[@pierocolombo2643]

Thats what happens when you cram 9 huge volumes into just 26 episodes :( its unfortunate but the arcs in season 3 are super goated

[@綾小路寺清貴-z3o]

I hope you do make more cut content videos since I started reading the Ln from vol 20 not a big fan of reading as you can tell

[@綾小路寺清貴-z3o]

You post interesting videos I plan on checking them out tomorrow as I'm very sleepy rn can't click some of it since I'm on OT vol 20 rn

[@alexanderwsm6296]

Opinion: 1. Index III should have been only about events before WW3, so it would have time to flesh out and explain all the characters and their arcs (seriously, only from your video I've learned that Frenda ran to ITEM HQ because she thought to somehow help them fighting and Mugeno will forgive her). 2. Accelerator story should've been about him re-learning to use his ability with help of Misaka Network - that would make him less OP, if his device wouldn't work properly all the time. Also more story of him bonding with Last Order needed (I don't even remember an explanation how she remembers him saving her after he wiped her memory, I just assume it's because she shared her memories with other clones first). Btw, I understand what the writers were trying to set up with "Disciplinary Action" - a group of "justice warriors", whose zeal to punish everyone who violates the law of Academy City was so strong that it even persistent after their death. But the execution was very poor and made them cartoonishly stupid and generic.

[@綾小路寺清貴-z3o]

Idk if I should start Ot from vol 1 but I really wanna get into Nt as soon as possible 😭

[@GervasiusMC]

well i mean if ur already into the series anyway its fine i think, just read the index manga instead as an alternative. its not as good as the LN but probably still better than the anime. manga index hasnt reached WW3 yet though since it just finished acqua arc like a year ago

[@HauntedxStallions]

Season 3 of the index was the worst for me, but I had to finish the rest, every time I watch an episode I come up with? in my head, and then they had to leave us in a cliffhanger💀

[@maskh6212]

100% agree with this list.Railgun T have the second best Toaru fight in anime....i m not including LN otherwise that fight will not even be a top 6 best fight.Touma and St germain/gemain vs Aiwass and...i forgot,Touma and accelerator vs Coronzon,Touma, Accelerator and Aliester vs Long Ass Name,Touma vs The world and Touma vs Kamijou No Touma is better than Touma and Sogitta vs Lvl 5.3 Misaka.I really hope that they will animate NT.I will wait till i die...

[@kimihiko594]

The aureolus arc is so underrated

[@xevinsjaegernaut1414]

I will give Demon Slayer credit for having Go Shiina doing it's soundtrack. The same artist nailed the God Eater series soundtrack (the game series, the anime barely used any game songs) , though tbh I couldn't tell you if Go Shiina is doing well with Demon Slayer because I have neither watched the show nor listened to the songs.

[@silverwolfzs7601]

I’m currently watching through the series in the order than it was made in, and I’m on Index season 3 right now (with only Accelerator and Railgun T to go) and I’m on episode 10 right now, and when I was first watching it I thought it was gonna be the best season in the entire franchise, cuz the first few episodes were really cool and the fight with Accelerator vs the 2nd ranked esper was one of the coolest moments, but now I’m hearing it’s trash, does the 2nd half fall off like the rest of seasons do with the 2nd halves?

[@GervasiusMC]

index 3 until the acqua of the back arc was pretty okay but the quality dipped soon after. for me battle royale was cool but before reading the LN i could barely understand anything. after that it just gets worse.

[@pierocolombo2643]

Id definetly suggest you read the light novel volumes of season 3 instead, OT14 to OT22, anime index 3 was a pretty disgraceful adaptation

[@silverwolfzs7601]

@@GervasiusMC I finished watching Index season 3, and I still don’t see why it got so much hate, and the animation is good too when compared to everything that was made before it… I mean, it’s definitely not as good as the first 16 episodes of Railgun season 2, but it’s definitely not as bad as Railgun season 1 either 💀

[@CRTCLDSSTR]

I simply don't understand people fighting over who's better between Accelerator and Railgun, to me they were the same and complementary, you can't fully appreciate one without seeing the other

[@Chrims27]

11:18 that's a Devil May Cry reference

[@Hachi-Roku86268]

Umarım 2.film gelir ve shataura karakterini tekrar görürüz. Çünkü shataura karakterini çok seviyorum. Kamijou touma ile shataura arasında yaşananları konu alan bir doujinshi okumak isterim.

[@zainmudassir2964]

I think some studio other than J.C. Staff should do other Index seasons.

[@_Karuna_]

I totally agree but as an anime/toaruwiki only, I didn’t really remember Index 3 as that bad

[@AeonofHorus]

The pacing was really bad, tried adapting 9 volumes in 26 episodes lmao (the first arc of Index in season one was 6 episodes for one volume)

[@deltastream2307]

I also didn't find it that bad, but as I've recently started the light novels (at side story 2 rn) I did realise it butchered and cut a lot of stuff. Especially the battle royal arc. The only thing I remember about the animes adaptation was accelerator vs dark matter. In the light novel, I remembered that member existed. Found out what mimosa was, that the professor used, and that it was used again to fight aqua. Knew what the tweezers did, and actually got an explanation to the underline. It also killed the fight between hamazura and mugino, as I didn't even know that she melted her arm off before reading the Ln, getting it explained in a video, and connecting the dots myself. In the anime, she sorta just appears again without it. There are other differences, and I've heard the dragon arc was also ruined, (haven't read it yet), but yeah, the anime just exists now. Looking forward to finishing the Ln's now. Tldr, thought anime was fine, read Ln, realised anime was mid.

[@ilovemalaysia]

let's talk about that subtle stab at kny casuals, appreciate the detail

[@hardmancanada]

S : Railgun S A: RailgunT, Index2 B: Index 3 C: Index 1, Accelerator D:Railgun, Index movie. ________________________________________________________________________ Railgun S is S rank for me because the remake of the sister's Arc makes it up for the poor 2nd part of the season and it introduces my favorite music of the series ''Tatta Hitotsu no Houhou''. when that music came back in Railgun T, I cried of nostalgia. For me the index movie was the weakest anime entry because the story didn't feel important for the main plot. They should make a movie about Touma's past like when he was bullied or how he discovered that he had the ''imagine breaker''. A movie like that should be very interesting. I put Index 3 in B tier. I red the light novels of season 3 and it was rushed, I 100% agree. But, I still enjoyed Season 3. I Think index 3 should've been a 50 episode instead of 24. If they did that Index 3 might be an S-tier for me.

[@strykermgs8385]

Yeah the silent party arc was pretty dumb. I actually wish they had adapted the tree diagram remnant arc, but from Mikoto's POV instead. That being said, there was one part of the silent party arc I really liked- Mikoto using the mech as an armature in space to fire a large caliber railgun. Yes, it was somewhat silly, but at the same time it was the ONLY time in the anime (we saw it again recently in the manga) where we got to see how Mikoto's railgun worked. We saw her "create" the invisible rails and could even see the magnetic field around those rails created by the current she supplies. I was like: oh hey, I learned about how that produces a force on the armature in my E&M physics class, neat. I'm just glad I don't have to utilize Biot-Savart law and perform the calculus in my head, doing it on paper and with a calculator is painful enough... No wonder she's mentally unstable.

[@mystictomato9466]

Well… level 5s are stated to have brains that rival supercomputers in terms of calculative and processing ability, so that really shouldn’t be hard for Mikoto.

[@kitkro4679]

Index 3 would been much better if it was given a 3 cour or even 4 cour but I do believe wether we get index 4 or a reboot I believe they'll do it justice this time if you look at rail gun 3 it can be done really well if done properly with just enough ln to adapt a not over kill it with 9 or more

[@Peakccelerator]

The thing is Index 3 actually has a really interesting arc with great development and evolution to it, so it was heavily rushed and animation was pretty bad so that ruined its potential to be great 😭

[@timothyvanhoeck233]

1:13 Lol, was that a burn???😅

[@orlevi3317]

Do you know where i can buy Railgun's vol .1???? I mean I've looked for it EVERYWHERE and still haven't find😔

[@AeonofHorus]

I have it :^)

[@jannegrey]

I wouldn't even say that Railgun Anime original stuff is bad. But it's usually so dull. We sometimes get to explore some characters with less screen time. But apart from couple very fun moments, the rest drags on forever and just isn't fun. Railgun S (first half) and T are the best IMO. I still like Railgun 1 (first half) and I don't even mind moe/slice of life. Hell, as much as it's annoying I don't even mind the obsessed teleporter. It's just that all those elements kind of don't work well with each other. It gets interesting and then suddenly half of the episode is about something else with completely different pacing. Milk guy was weird but great - though suddenly I don't remember if it is Season 1 or 2 (I binged watched them together, when I watched it for the first time). But it is for some reason entertaining as heck, while being ridiculous. And sound waves to disrupt esper's powers - yeah I can believe there would be such research.

[@fSFan333]

I probably wouldn't ever be able to properly sort them, I'm just too biased due to being too much of a fS fan. I should try to ignore that aspect but it's so hard.

[@itachi60001]

i still liked index 3 but its maybe because i havent read the source material, but i have to say, one of the biggest plagues in anime nowadays is the 12 episodes or 24 episodes cut off, some series need more time to develop cant they at least give budget for 30 episodes??? index desperately needs this because of how big the toaru universe is.

[@綾小路寺清貴-z3o]

Yeah I'm starting from the start wish me luck

[@arbitrarynumbers18]

This is coming from an anime-only fan, but while Index season 2 had some great moments, all I remember looking back is all of the dumb moments where someone, usually Touma, bumps head first into someone's tits, or walks in on someone naked. I remember one episode in particular having six scenes that were like that and at that point I got so tired of it. Felt like the writers didn't know how to establish a connection between Touma and another character without him seeing their tits. That season alone gave me a seething hatred for sexual fanservice in general. More often than not, it is really cheap humor that is frustrating to watch, and season 2 was full of it. Also, Index as a character is insufferable and she's almost singlehandedly the reason I think Index is inferior to Railgun overall, barring Index season 3 which I haven't seen yet, and as if now I don't really have any interest in it, especially not after watching this video.

[@Moshi_Teitoku]

even if im the only one i did like s3 index ngl

[@AeonofHorus]

I enjoyed it for what it was when it was airing, entertaining seeing certain scenes & characters animated for the first time (despite the execution of a lot of them being poor) But yeah, just cos its enjoyable at times doesn't make it a good adaptation or anime imo

[@thereseavanastrea4662]

I loved it a lot . But I haven’t read the novel so I couldn't hate what happened

[@AeonofHorus]

@@thereseavanastrea4662 Plenty of viewers who never read the novels didn't like it cos it was confusing & the bad pacing, its the worst rated season on MAL for a reason

[@darryltorres7302]

@@AeonofHorus yeah, I didn't understand much of what was going on and it doesn't help I don't like Touma all that much as a character. He seems too generic of a main character and how most of the girls like him for no reason. But I think you said the LNs does a much better job on his character.

[@seriouslysatan216]

There was a time when I thought Index III was good... then I read the LNs. A damn shame, because if it had been given a bigger budget and more episodes, it could have been fantastic. I'd still probably give it C tier though because I enjoyed battle royale even with an entire faction missing, but that's just me. It was nice that they improved upon the source material for the Accel adaptation (even if the animation was just okay). I also wish that they had just ended the anime by skipping the nectar arc entirely (because obvious reasons) and connected it to the ending of tree diagram remnant arc. I Would also say B tier. Railgun T was the obvious winner here. My only complaint is that there is not enough Accelerator in this one. Still S tier as both arcs were incredibly well done. If they only continue to animate the Railgun series from here on out, I'd be fine with that as long as we could expect a similar quality. Just give Index to another studio who cares. Great video though.

[@AeonofHorus]

Thank you!

[@mTSOULI]

I recommend the light novels 📚. Such a masterpiece ✨️

[@AeonofHorus]

of course

[@retrogamingfrenzy2373]

No cuz of spoiler

[@DaquanCtr]

Any can please tell me what’s the best watch order for this pleasee

[@AeonofHorus]

I watched it the airing/release order (the order in which I go through them in this video), the chronological order is more complicated

[@DaquanCtr]

Thanks much👌🏽

[@aniheyaofficial]

Hoffe auf eine vierte Railgun-Staffel in den kommenden Jahren, da ich das mehr liebe als Index, wobei ich sagen muss, dass auch Index seine coolen Momente hatte.

[@Unlimi-PT]

S: Railgun T A: Index II, Railgun S B: Index I, Accelerator C: Index III, Index Movie D: Railgun Seems I only agree with the Railgun T ranking

[@AeonofHorus]

and Railgun S & Accelerator :P

[@Unlimi-PT]

@@AeonofHorus dang I'm stupid

[@Unlimi-PT]

I was thinking of the way you ranked them compared to Index II instead of the actual ranks

[@piusengupta4445]

Me : Who only watched index 3 and Accelerator season 1 because YT only have those two 😭😭.

[@Hachi-Roku86268]

Accelerator keşke ünlü bir kahve markasından sponsorluk alsaydı. O zaman daha güzel bir anime izleyebilirdik.

[@hellblazers6651]

I don't understand why people not like index or touma. For me index story is like 20 time better and touma is too. I know goody main hero are chiche and all but toma is much more then that.

[@ImFrezzzz]

I wish they would just scrap season 3 and redo it better maybe make the first arc just take the whole season instead of rushing it into like 2 hours

[@ChristianCastro-jo5zd]

Cant wait to watch railgun T ohh

[@sandlax9509]

Honestly though, if demon slayer was animated by say, A1 pictures instead of Ufotable, do you think it would be NEARLY as popular as it is now?

[@AeonofHorus]

Yeah it wouldn't, no one cared about the manga until the anime too

[@KingCalero]

It's funny to me people seem to hate Index S3 for the same reasons that people whined about Index S2 10+ years ago. Everyone always blames JCStaff, which to be fair are partially to blame, but fail to recognize that Index just doesn't work that well as an anime in general. The novels storytelling is all over the place as it's supposed to be giving us insight on different events constantly, the excessively large cast of one off characters with with very simple designs, and just the absurd amount of infodumping and technobabble make it an incredibly hard story to adapt. It's obvious that the story is going to feel like the characters are teleporting around constantly while the focus is also constantly shifting to characters we don't know or care about. If NT ever gets adapted it will certainly have the same issue as the writing in the novels doesn't change significantly between ot and nt. I would also say this is probably why Railgun works better as an anime anyway since it's a much more condensed story focusing on just a few characters. I would imagine the Accelerator story would have the same kind of benefits as Railgun but from my understanding that story was just bad in general.

[@shoumatsu7]

its an affront that you didnt include all 3 seasons of index tan in S tier!!!

[@ZomboidMania]

So I should read the lite novels?

[@AeonofHorus]

yesssss

[@ZomboidMania]

@@AeonofHorus I'll heavly consider it, the only problem is that I don't really like going over material that I have already consumed

[@ZomboidMania]

@@AeonofHorus Like I watched Death Note but had a really hard time reading the Manga because I have already watched the show

[@Thrakus]

Was Index 3 fan servise removed part way into making it? They do fan servise jokes but many times fully dressed but played off as not are cut to black. it was werid they should have just fully removed it are left it like 1 and 2.

[@parzival5282]

anime only here. all the railguns were made better imo compared to index and accelerator. hope if ever index 4 comes out in the future the quality of adaptation can be on par to railgun

[@AeonofHorus]

Fingers crossed!

[@kingcommando819]

We don’t talk about index season 3 or the accelerator manga…

[@AeonofHorus]

lmao

[@pasindudinusha6507]

Index season 3 delivered the ultimate dissapointment where you have the two most powerful espers fighing each other in such an underwhelming animation quality.

[@BlueJack222]

6:34 How dare you

[@AeonofHorus]

:P

[@Hachi-Roku86268]

İndex 3'de güzel olan tek şey animenin açılış şarkılarıydı.

[@illustriousekoodina6137]

this is a probable supernatual atlas moment

[@MrGalath]

All Railgun seasons 1st place, all Index seasons 2nd, Accelerator 50th, and Biagio + Vampire arc too high to be ranked

[@AeonofHorus]

lmao

[@TouhouNazrin]

They were all enjoyable at the time of release. We were happy to get an adaptation of the LNs. I think you're being hypercritical.

[@ChristianCastro-jo5zd]

Im glad i watched railgun first otherwise i would have quit the anime with Index lmao

[@brianlynch4801]

Sisters arc ❤️

[@brianlynch4801]

Misaka still best girl after all these years and contenders.

[@scissor7617]

Am I the only one who doesn't know where to read NT

[@AeonofHorus]

you can read it at a website called baka tsuki

[@runforestrunfpv4354]

Netflix led me to Toaru series.

[@matthieuaub.4256]

I'm so salty 😥😥 Ok I understand what you say, it makes sense and it's consistent with what you like to see in an anime (i guess). I love Railgun so much, for me S1 is an high A and S2/S3 are S tier. I like "cute girls doing cute things" so that was not a problem for me and with the slice of life part in s1, there was a lot of time to learn about characters and the world (I begin with Railgun thank to the OP of Railgun T) and I liked that in an anime. I also like a lot the anime original arc (for s1 and s2), the action's scenes were really good and it end the first part with good vibes. So I disagree, but no problem :)

[@venomeix257]

My list would be the same but switching index 3 with accelerator. I think accelerator had a LOT of boring dialogue instead of action and although I’m well aware that index 3 is a terrible adaptation, I haven’t read the source material and index 3 really has the best arcs. The amazing bad adapted arcs are still better than the boring well adapted arcs in my opinion.

[@kevinmatrix21]

I find it ironic that the movie was done and supervised by Kamachi from what I heard, yet it was underwhelming. 70-90 mins was not enough.

[@AeonofHorus]

I mean he usually supervises all anime adaptations but it's not like he's the one writing the script or directing it

[@itzme_ben1hime]

The manga of index 3 even makes fun of how bad the anime was 😭

[@AeonofHorus]

Damn right, that art is gorgeous! And the story is well adapted

[@migueltorosalinas5815]

being totally honest i got bored watching the accelarator one but i agree with your points

[@failedatmakingasandwich423]

YES! RAILGUN T IS THE GOAT!

[@AeonofHorus]

hell yeahhhh

[@majomist7232]

Where was Toaru Majutsu no index-tan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AeonofHorus]

No OVAs lol

[@pierocolombo2643]

Index tan was actually good tho lol every chapter wad funny af