Funny and light-hearted but has a serious side
This review is based off of the fan subbed anime, I won't be able to review the English voice acting for obvious reasons at the moment, I will most likely update this post once the DVD's are released.
This anime is a spin-off of "A Certain Magical Index" taking place in the same locale, Academy City, but focusing on one of the side characters from Index, Mikoto Misaka.
A little background for those who haven't seen "Index". Academy City is a place that focuses on the research and training of espers, or telekinetics. Everyone attending school here is ranked by their esper abilities from Level 0, no perceptible ability, to Level 5 which is so powerful, that only 7 out of the entire population of the city (2.3 million) have attained that level. This brings us to our heroine Mikoto who happens to be the 3rd highest ranked level 5 in Academy City.
Mikoto is a classic tsundere character, she is strong and protective of her friends, but has a very soft side...
Entertaining Action Comedic Series But Also One That's Pretty Generic As Well
Overall if you've seen the series A Certain Magical Index then you know the character of Misaka Mikoto somewhat, a young highschool tomboyish girl with quite a temper and the electric power to back it up. The series is pretty much of the previous mentioned series but this one focuses more on the character of Misaka and her friends who also live in Academy City. The first Kuroko Shirai who not only being a teleporter but also a member of Judgement the Academies school enforced semi-police force for the city then you have another member of Judgement as well as the third friend of the four Kazari Uiharu who while not having any powerful Esper abilities still has a keen mind and advanced expertise in computers closing the group is Ruiko Saten who is Kazari's best friend and like her has a keen mind though more interested in the latest urban legends and gossip more then anything else also Ruiko is what is called a level 0 someone who shows no discernible esper abilities during her test...
Not As Good As I Had Hoped
If you are interested in this series, chances are you have seen A Certain Magical Index. This is a spinoff of that show. While Index was a pretty good series, this one is average. It doesn't really have the dramatic flair or the great characters that Index had either. Railgun follows the daily life of Esper, Mikoto Misaka. When I say daily life, I mean exactly that. Her friends and her school life, with a little action from time to time. The most interesting people in Mikoto's life were Touma and Index. They only make a few short Cameos in this spinoff.
The series is divided up into several story arcs. A couple of them are mildly entertaining. One of Mikoto's friends gets hold of a device that can increase ones esper abilities. The problem is, it has a dangerous side effect. An unlikely character is also the culprit in this case. There is also an arc involving one of the Judgement members that works with Shirai (Mikoto's room mate), as she comes to terms with her past by...
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