To Aru Kagaku no Railgun Episode 15

This episode contains 95 percent less mopey Saten. That would be good...but since this episode also contained 95 percent Saten it is just sad the one scene she was in she was mopey. Maybe next week Saten.

I get to be in this episode too?!

Now onto the show and spoilers.




The new plot is upon us. Or at least a new mini plot. And it is a totally new and refreshing plot too! People without powers are jealous of those who do have powers! Exciting I know! Let’s discuss it shall we?

Thugs so poor they can't even afford shirts!

There are more thugs in Academy City. It is truly shocking I know. What with no police presence and junior high kids patrolling the neighborhood I think they are lucky that there isn’t chaos in the streets. But for a city that has mostly students you would think that they would try to up the protection just a wee bit. You know, since students tend to not make the best decisions in life and their parents/other adults aren’t around to protect the kids. But this city has decided it is smarter to have less people protecting venerable people. Smart.

Do they ever learn...

Putting that aside a group of thugs (all young males without powers, the only kind of thugs there are in this show) run around and get a kick out of harassing espers. At this point I am wondering why nonespers stay in the city. Once it’s established they have no powers wouldn’t they want to get out of a city that reminds them of their “failure”? Or is it more fun to be bitter and mess up a city that tried to bring you to your full potential? Personally I think that once a student graduates from college/high school they either must become professors/scientists in the city or leave. Only those with supportive jobs can stay in the city. This is supposed to be the most advanced city in this universe right….

I laughed. XD

At first I was rolling my eyes at the thought that ability users would have a hard time against some punks with poles. But then I remembered some abilities are useless (or the person with the powers is useless coughUiharucoughcough) so while they might be able to do something that normal people can’t do IE move the wind… that won’t save you from 5 someones with baseball bats. That and even if your ability is semi cool, unless you can use it all around you at the same time you are in trouble.

This van is very attractive.

None of this really matters as even the strongest ability user is rendered helpless with the loud high pitch noise ability stopping machine. It is pretty special how these nonability thugy people manage to somehow make great technology to stop ability users. Oh wait…it is usually a scientist who gives the technology to said thugy people because they are expendable. Now which one of the people in the new opening theme song is responsible for this new machine…..

Can we please love Saten?! PLEASE?!

Once again our girls have to hunt down these baddies and find out what they are after. Except Saten. Because that one time she took the Level Upper and made a poor choice. Therefore every time something goes bad Saten must look guilty and be made to feel guilty. Or how about NOT.

Pay no attention to me as I act completely normal!

As the girls are discussing this new gang (which is called Skillout and Big Spider despite being the same group of people) Konori gets all quiet and dramatic. The words leather jacket, spider, and him almost make her lose her mind. The high school student who is usually so calm and collect decides to pass off the work onto the younger girls (oh wait…) because this all hits a little too close to home.
So clearly the leather wearing dude is her brother. Or her ex-boyfriend. My money is on her brother though.

We fear no gun!

Now one would think that because these goons have weapons and have been targeting people and beating them up that the real authority (AntiSkill) would investigate this matter. But no it is time for the 13 year olds to put their lives on the line again. This time into the ghetto.

What, no stray dogs?

Yes the best city on the face of the planet has a ghetto. Which shouldn’t surprise me since every nice city is always surrounded by a not so nice part of town. It’s a rule or something. But I guess I like to glamorize this city and think they shouldn’t have the same problems as any other city. It still made me go X_X though. Why would they keep building elsewhere and just leave parts of the city in crapland? There isn’t that much space in Japan so can they afford to just keep building more and more buildings? Also if they have such a problem with thugs why don’t get rid of their thug like hangouts? Why am I asking realistic questions?

I don't have powers. Woe is me.

The girls went to the BAD district and confront the baddies. There they meet up with the leather wearing dude….and they don’t really question him. Despite the fact that he saves the girls from thugs and is wearing leather and they are looking for someone who saves people from thugs and wears leather he is not questioned. Because he is drinking milk. And he brings up some sad story about how the nonability users are sad and feel like life has no meaning and how discourage they all feel. The issue that has been going since the beginning of time in this series. Nothing new.

I would be sad too if my hair looked like that...

So after the girls get saved by leather dude once they go back to town to fight some more baddies. Because the baddies are looking for something that only the espers have? Or learn something about the espers. It’s really not clear since the baddie leader with really ugly and stereotypical Japanese bad guy hair is too busy having really bad and ugly hair. Did I mention his hair was ugly? But they want to know/something and we will find out about it next week.

Konori...knows someone?!

Konori might know what is going on. She seems to know the fake Kurozuma and the real Kurozuma (the fake one being the gang boss and the real one being the leather wearing hero). Of course I say might but she was acting special all during the episode. And at the end when she confronts Kurozuma. So yeah I say seems and really she might be the reason they are doing this. Or she use to roll with these guys and changed her ways to join Judgment.

Don't mess with my milk!

Whatever the case may be this episode exists to set the stage for episode 16. For now it was a little….familiar. Nonability users being all mad, picking on ability users, and 13 year olds saving the town. But now…there is a milk drinking hero. See, totally different.

Next episode now please!