Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator

The premise of a darker and more shady story with so much death in it in the same universe as a usually pretty light series in the main story of index was a great concept. I loved the art style change at the end there to put emphasis on how brutal what was going on actually was. They kept Accelerators personality dedicated to the way he was. The ost was great. The only gripe I would have with it would be the lack of character development in the title character. But I guess the development of Ester was done well too.

A certain Scientific Accelerator finally gave us fans exactly what we wanted. An anime featuring best boy accelerator as the MC. UNFORTUNATELY due to there being very little source material from the accelerator manga, and that same material is pretty bad, the story takes a HUGE hit. The story: focus's around the Necormancer Arc. It's got a decent premise with extremely flawed execution. It starts from accelerators point of view after the sisters arc. There were things I personally was hoping to see that we only get tiny glimpses of, and things I just wish I hadn't scene (the ending). If the necromancer arc had been given 3-5 episodes,I would have been much happier. Instead, with 11 of the 12 episodes being dedicated to it, it ends up feeling drawn out way too long, and with a very dissapointing resolution to boot. The art: Is great, probably some of the best visuals we've been given in any ToAru series so far. It is very different visually and directionally from any other of the Index or Railgun seasons, but its a fresh welcome, if a bit confusing as it seems like Railgun T is going back to the old style (heres hoping its not as bad as Index III though) The ART: is very good, however the use of CG isn't. Many of the robot's you see accelerator face are heavy CG, and overall you dont get a good sense of the damage being caused by battles, even in the ending. Something both Index and Railgun did well was show off just how crazy powerful accelerator was by giving us viewpoints from angles of other characters (wide shows, shots from curbsides ect) , which was a great was to show us exactly how unnaturally powerful accelrator is. (think dropping a train scene, not only do we get a shot from above where misaka is on the bridge, but we also get epic wide angle shots that show us the full picture and just how devestatingly powerful the dude is) I know that was a bit of a ramble, but I just never really feel the impact that accelerator normally leaves from this season when it comes to him using his abilities. I don't chalk it up to art as much as I do to just bad fight coreography. (I deff butchered that spelling) The sound: Not much to say, sound effects are dope as allways from a ToAru season, the score is incredible. Shadow is the Lie and Parole are both great OP and ED's. The Characters: A couple things to be said. The Antagonist of this season sucks major ass. Boring. Generic. Incredibly stupid for a "genius". And just plain not fun to see on screen because you just dont feel threatened by him (or her) at all. Their goal doesn't even seem to be great from a shere story perspective either as it is the exact same goal as accelerators was in the (chronologically) previous arc, which adds to the genericness. Accelerator stays cool and dope, even if he talks a little too much like a good guy near the end. While I love his hero/villain complex, I do with he internalized it more because I still can't find it believable that someone who thinks they are a master villain would actually use the term villain out loud. Last Order is cute :) The sisters hilarous Overall: I enjoyed 'A Certain Scientific Accelerator' for the first half of the season. It was fresh, I was seeing my favorite character in action again, and I thought I was going to get a more in depth and serious look at Accelerators internal struggle and torment from the Level 6 shift project. Instead I got a bland boring villain, and at most tiny flashes of what could be considered growth, but honestly were nothing more than the growth I've scene in previous seasons. I still loved the season, just because they finally made it, but I now fuly understand why the manga readers say it was such a terrible arc. Spoiler warning: --------------------------------- I know japan is japan, but I honestly hate anything that ends with "giant organic human based moster absorbing people". It's honestly gross and getting 'belle-delphine but mutated and ugly' as the final boss makes me want to knock the story score even lower. Esther was cool but continued to just be another example of how most mages in the toaru series are almost useless even compared to level 3 espers. Hopefully we get to see some more powerful magicians (or magic gods) in the potential next season of index.

The ever expansive Index franchise has led to numerous adaptations in the form of full seasons, spinoffs, OVAs, and even movies. Accelerator, the strongest level 5 Esper in Academy City, should be no stranger to anyone who is familiar with the franchise. Yet, spinoffs can be risky to pull off. Considering a character like Accelerator, that really is no understatement. Written by the brainchild of the Index franchise, Kazuma Kamachi made this piece of work as an original spinoff. Its emphasis revolves around the dark side of Academy City. Unlike Railgun, the show takes on a darker storytelling route although the overall style will feel familiar.Be aware that if you plan to watch this, it is recommended to at watch Index season 1 or at least the episodes dealing with Accelerator’s role and his encounter with Last Order. Otherwise, the experience of watching this spinoff can be less exhilarating. If I said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times. A Certain Scientific Accelerator deals with the science side and the darker elements of the Index franchise. You should certainly expect the main story to chronicle Accelerator’s role as a protagonist despite his character being more of anti-hero. And that’s something to keep a tabs on. Accelerator is somewhat of a niche character, meaning that it has a target audience. He’s always had this ‘bad boy’ image painted over him and his actions speaks louder than words. In fact, some episodes from this spinoff gave me flashbacks from the original seasons. In particular, his fights reminds me of the encounters with Hound Dog feels similar to Index Season II. With his ever sadistic personality, Accelerator is by no means a noble protagonist. The only soft side he shows towards is Last Order, a young girl he devotes to protect from researchers and assassins. In contrast to Touma, Accelerator often resorts to violence to solve problems rather than words. By the time this show ends, you’re going to lose count the number of bodies dropping on the floor. Storytelling wise, the spinoff itself surprisingly doesn’t contain much background plot about Accelerator himself. The original series revealed more of his past so like I mentioned before, watch the previous seasons to understand his character. On the other hand, this spinoff does reveal more background about the DA (Disciplinary Action), a controversial group of Anti-Skill with their own mission to deliver justice in Academy City. Another new character named Esther also gets her own background storytelling. She was originally part of DA but defects after encountering Accelerator and Last Order. With a friendlier personality and value in human life, Esther is sort of the anti-Accelerator. Unfortunately, the darker side of Academy City isn’t going to be a place of salvation for her or anyone else. Throughout the show, the plot is somewhat loose but always carry a sense of darkness. This is extended to organizations such as Scavenger, a mercenary group who shows no value of human life. If you don’t believe me, watch as how they dispose of those who gets in their way, even including their own allies. Like most people, you probably decided to watch the spinoff because you’re curious to see how this anime stands out on its own. Whether you find Accelerator likeable or not is a different story. Considering the original main characters (Touma, Misaka, Hamazura) are absent, there’s a lot of emphasis put on Accelerator to carry this show. Unfortunately, he doesn’t. Well, he doesn’t really carry this anime with his over the top antics or personality. To be honest, Accelerator serves better as an anti-hero than a heroic protagonist. While his actions aren’t always noble, the anime wants to make him look like a hero at times. This is mostly shown with his ways of protecting Last Order. However, there’s not much character development for either character. Their relationship remains relatively the same and it mostly chronicles their daily life together. Whether it’s going out for simple meals or having small talks, it’s pretty much as straightforward as it can be. With the addition of Esther, it adds small rooms for character dynamics between the trio but not much to praise about. In other words, do not expect your mind to be blown this season with masterful character study. It’s more of average characterization dedicated to the Index franchise to bring more content for its fan base. Thanks to the voice of Accelerator, he returns to bring the character we all remember. Being that way, this spinoff doesn’t truly commit on changing anything different about him. The Index franchise itself has been an expansive universe and this is just one part, the darker side of Academy City. In essence, this spinoff is just average being that it represents what it is but you’re not going to come out of this show being mesmerized.

wants Accelerator's help in stopping this where he comes in...and we see a harem forming because of course. For what's it's worth it feels like what the main villain is wanting to achieve is what Accelerator's past goal of becoming Level 6 is in which Accelerator is now wanting to stop, as the main villain using necromancy to "make" a level 6 which compares to Accelerator killing the 20,000 Level 4 Misaka clones in order to achieve the same thing, but for an artificial Level 6 doesn't compare to a original Number 1 Level 5 Esper. LA actually really likes this and makes like Accelerator once again righting wrongs by stopping someone else from doing what he wanted to become. Heck the new character Esther is interesting as her own backstory to the entire ordeal with the artificial level 6 necromancy has thematic links to Accelerator's dark past and her ALSO wanting to right wrongs caused by her power. Esther being the deuteragonist also gets major development as to how she was swept up into the Level 6 Shift project and lured in with friendship, also Esther's beliefs on being a necromancer is tested as Esther believes that being a necromancer can be used for good, something that Accelerator is learning from both in the plot and thematically as well and because of this Esther was a brilliant new addition to the anime and the To aru universe. To this end, if Railgun showed the slice of life and slightly dark sides to the scientific side of Academy City...then Accelerator shows the utter dark side of Academy City scientific side and they go into the deep end, you know what with the Antiskill's dark secret with the DA, an experiment finding low leveled espers at the end of their ropes and KILLING them and using their power for the level 6 experiments can be some...blatant examples and considering the narrative focus IS on Accelerator...makes sense makes sense and with all that it allows more world bulding to Academy City in terms of the science's deranged dark side. The animation done by JC Staff and A.C.G.T was actually pretty great, from the derpy and rather lacking animation from Index III, Accelerator takes the character designs to give itself a much more crisper, sharper and updated look to them and it's easy to see the updated animation. The battles were great as well to show off Accelerator's destructive capabilities and even the backgrounding helped show Accelerator or certain characters moods and feelings even in the bustling Academy City and even the gorey elements has been heighten due it being Accelerator and all. Nonetheless great job JC Staff and A.C.G.T The voice cast was awesome and like LA aforementioned at the start of there view, Nobuhiko Okamoto brings in Accelerator crazed cacklings even more into Accelerator's own main story and it's glorious, the returning cast are great to from Rina Hidaka as Last Order, Nozomi Sasaki as he Misaka clones and Yuuko Kaida as Aio Yomikawa. Due to some new characters to the heaping pile from the To aru universe, come sin Yurika Kubo as Esther Rosenthal, Aoi Koga voiced by Naru who is playing against the type from her previous role of Kaguya Shinomiya from Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen to the same with Akane Fujita as Leader. Really the entire voice cast be it new or old are great and it's to be expected the voice cast was gonna be great either way. By the final episodes, Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator goes full out crazy with it's premise but epic in some ways, something Index III tried to do but failed and yet Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator did it in fewer episodes...huh. Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator got awesome by the end as the scaling and build up of the major villain and plot twists took a turn for the better and again with the thematic developments of Esther and Accelerator leading up to the major villain in all this just made this finale worth it. Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator is just another great installment of the To aru universe and cleanses LA's palette on the rushed and almost confusingly derpy Index III, here's hoping To aru Kagaku no Railgun III will have the same treatment as Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator...

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