1:55 Fun fact: Shizuku Yaegashi's character design in Arifureta which you consider as your best girl on that series was inspired by that Samurai Girl you like, Kaori Kanzaki. 🔥🔥
This is probably one of the best Toaru OP/ED reactions I've ever seen, you really pay attention to what's going on and make a lot of good guesses!!! Also pretty funny LOL
The reason why people are more excited about the spin-offs than the main storyline is basically because for some reason, out of all 3 anime, they adapted Index the worst. They cut a lot of important things and MC's inner monologues, which completely removed his depth, and we didn't get future Index seasons where the MC shines the most. And the reason why there are spin-offs in this verse is basically due to the importance of almost every character in this series. Even though we see the MC the most, he is not the center of the universe and shit still happens without him being around.
Tbh I'm still sorta impressed because I liked Index season 1 still. Fingers crossed it gets more seasons. If it happened for Blue Exorcist, it can happen for this
It's part of it, but I think the bigger reason is because Railgun centers around four girls that the central male audience are sexually attracted to, as much as they'll deny it up and down. That makes it much easier to watch and get emotionally invested in.
@@ponytonitenews2953 ???? nope the adaptation of railgun is simply superior to index. Sexually attracted to? Railgun even had less fanservice than index, heck the main heroine use a freakin shorts instead of pantsu.
@@nanotsuki This is basically my argument: Your argument for why A Certain Scientific Railgun is more popular than A Certain Magical Index centers on its fanservice appeal, simplified storytelling, and evolutionary-based definitions of sexuality and fanservice. Here’s a summary: More Fanservice Through Female-Centric Focus: Railgun offers more fanservice simply by having a central female cast. From an evolutionary standpoint, visual exposure to females is inherently engaging for male viewers, providing a baseline "sexual" appeal that doesn’t rely solely on traditional fanservice like revealing scenes. Railgun delivers constant, low-level fanservice by consistently focusing on female characters, whereas Index lacks this continuous appeal due to its mixed-gender cast. Greater Popularity Among Male Audience: This inherent fanservice aligns perfectly with Railgun’s predominantly male, heterosexual audience, who are evolutionarily predisposed to find interest in viewing female characters. This natural visual attraction, combined with periodic traditional fanservice, makes Railgun more captivating for its central audience than Index. Simplified and Accessible Storytelling: Railgun also benefits from a more straightforward storyline, making it easier to follow and reducing cognitive demands on viewers. Without the complexity of Index’s multi-layered plot and large ensemble cast, Railgun maintains consistent audience engagement through character-driven appeal and accessible story arcs. By combining continuous visual appeal with a simple narrative, Railgun better satisfies its target demographic’s interests, explaining its popularity advantage over Index. I think it's a perfectly valid hypothesis.
@@ponytonitenews2953 why are you even changing your previous reply to this essay. You already said it yourself : " Simplified and Accessible Storytelling: Railgun also benefits from a more straightforward storyline, making it easier to follow and reducing cognitive demands on viewers. Without the complexity of Index’s multi-layered plot and large ensemble cast, Railgun maintains consistent audience engagement through character-driven appeal and accessible story arcs." that's and the better adaptation is the main reason. What i argue is you put so large emphasis on sex appeal on your previous statement that i'm baffled when Railgun doesn't even have more fanservice shot compared to Index. Index suffer a lot from bad adaption and super bad pacing. Like you yourself said Index is the more complex one (which is offcourse because it's literally the main story where all the side story collide) hence the way they adapting the anime is not working.
47:50 I never really watched the show. But the girl who is main character of Railgun literally destroyed best female character polls for light novels like 10 years straight. I just remember she was top 1 almost every year as the best female light novel character. This is talking about ALL light novels. I don't know her personality but she must be damn good to achieve that.
Reasons I like her: 1- Tsundere 2 - It's not a conventional tsundere like Taiga or Loise who is constantly attacking Mc for idiotic reasons. I mean, she even tries but our Mc cancels her attacks almost every time. Which creates a good dynamic between them in this type of trope scene. What did I expect from Asta and Noelle, that pumped-up dwarf trained a lot and couldn't dodge that water-using tsundere's attacks just once? . Misaka is also more honest with herself than a conventional tsundere. 3 - good character evolution 4 - She doesn't play the role of a completely useless girl who only exists to be saved by Mc. 5 - most creative electrical power in anime.
The Toaru Series is made up of three independent shows. *"Toaru"* simply means *"A Certain"* , and the names vary since they all highlight distinct characters. The *"main"* plot of *"Magical Index"* mostly centers on the black-haired man named Touma and the white-haired girl. Her name is literally Index. The story of *"Scientific Railgun"* centers on Misaka, a girl who tosses the coins, with her ability she called the *"Railgun"* . *"Scientific Accelerator"* tells the story of the white-haired man whose ability connects to acceleration, but not in the way you might expect. Each of these shows focuses on a different character's point of view, but they all take place at the same time. They are all fantastic shows that do a fantastic job of presenting a variety of abilities and may be both gloomy and lighthearted or wholesome. ❤❤
The best way I've heard the collection of series described is that the *city,* itself, is the "main character". Then, you can consider _all_ the series as "spinoffs" in a way, since they're all sort of side-stories to one another. In fact, while Index season 1 was _released_ first, chronologically the *events* of Railgun season 1 take place _before_ those of Index 1. Then Index 1 and Railgun 2 happen more or less concurrently. So a big aspect of watching the series is catching the events from different perspectives and putting it together like a puzzle. Which events from a different story had consequences to another series.
@@omargoodman2999 sorry but Gigguk's interpretation of Toaru isn't that good. Index is the main story and Academy City while also important shouldn't be seen as the 'main character'
@@omargoodman2999He's right though isn't he, at least to some extent. Touman, Accelerator and Hamazura IS the main character of the main series Index. Also, "Even if it's wrong" is mad provoking, I got angry there for a second 😅.
There is an in lore reason for the cool "samurai" girl jeans being torn only on one side...when the show really wants to do fan service with her, there are other outfits, trust me. 😅
@@DemiCape you do know that inspiration doesn't work like one = one, right ? There can be multiple ? Also, for reference anyway, Gege Akutami did say that Gojo's inspiration was actually Tobitake Tonbo
@@yawn9327Well he was still wrong, it is not accelerator insperation either way, if that is the case. Yeah for me it was mostly rumours, so I am not exactly accurate either. I never said that you can’t take multiple insperations.
it make sense that people love the spin off more since railgun and accelerator were a manga adaptation, easier to adapt, waifu sell, etc. while not only index adapted from novel series, they literally butchered/skipped MC backstory and monologue, can only appreciate touma's as a character once you read Light novel. WCYD
1:26:18 The thing is, it's just not that good of an adaptation 😭 The index anime can still be a lot of fun if you like the concepts (they come from absolute peak source material after all), but if it doesn't really grab you then it can be hard to look past the adaptation's shortcomings. That being said though, I personally think this series is right up your alley so im excited! Oh by the way, unlike the index anime, railgun has an incredible adaptation
In case it is wanted here is a number of orders how to best watch the series. I personaly would advise release order or custom order 1 as custom order 2 is overly compliated and the alternative leaves you hanging on some info that is good to have. *the order everything released in (simple answer):* Index > Railgun > Index II > Railgun S > Movie > Index III > Accelerator > Railgun T *custom order:* Index > Railgun > Railgun S > Index II > Movie > Index III > Accelerator > Railgun T Note: pretty much just airing order, but with the first two seasons of Railgun paired together *custom order #2 (semi-chronological. Clearly overly complicated for a first time, but nice if you're rewatching and want to see how the pieces fit):* Index ep.1-14 > Railgun > Railgun S > Index ep.15-20 > Accelerator > Index ep.21-24 > Index II ep.1-7 > Movie > Index II ep.8-13 > Railgun T ep.1-15 > Index II ep.14-24 > Index III ep.1-6 > Railgun T ep.16-25 > Index III ep.7-26 *Alternatively:* you can do all of Index (since it's the main story) followed by all of Railgun and Accelerator (since they're spinoffs)
The magic system is heavily based on real world religion, specifically Hermeticism (essentially heretical Christian magic, to oversimpliy), as well as norse mythology, Shinto, as well as basically every religious magic system under the sun. This is in contrast to the rest of the fantasy genre which is based more on JRR Tolkien and D&D. I reccommend doing some research on Qabbalistic magick and the important figures and organisations thereof to get a bit of extra enjoyment out of this. Even the science side is based off of real world ”parapsychology” (basically psychic pseudoscience), so reading up on that might also spice it up a little. Basically, I’d say a summation of the serioes might be something like ”what if superstition and pseudoscience was actually real”.
As far as JC Staff goes, this is their pet series, so you can be sure they will put a bit more effort on the To Aru franchise than the rest of the stuff they usually produce.
So, first, all ^To aru^ series happen in the same world regardless of what is written next in the title of the show: Magical Index, Scientific Railgun or Scientific Accelerator. But each show follows a different protagonist. Whats more important is that there is a specific chronological order the shows have to be watched in to make sense,, although more often than not multile seasons following different protagonists are happening at the same time and you will end up witnessing the same event from different points of view.
Toaru basically means "A Certain" . There is actually a right order to watch the three series (Kind of not aware as I watched all separately 😅😅) All the events happening in all these three are actually at the same time or close to each other . For example events from Season 1 of Railgun happen before Season 1 of Index and then Season 1 of Index has events happening kind of at the same time as Season 2 of Railgun . I think the reason sequel of Index , Railgun has more attention is actually for two reasons . Reason 1 is kind of because of Railgun having a better animation . Reason 2 is actually because Index has kind of done the same light novel skip content stuff a lot . So understanding something or some character's or even powers can get a bit complicated (especially because the powers are already a bit complicated . On the other hand Railgun has easy to understand powers and they explain them in a good way too and at the same time as it is a sequel , the story\plot moves faster with questions getting answers faster . btw if you don't know Index has yet to finish (Season 3 isn't its last season , far from it) But sadly there has been in information regarding season 4 some time now . The story can be fun . But can be a bit slow sometimes (starts slow too) but at sometimes it can be really amazing as hell . if you don't know the white haired character is voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto who has voice acted Bakugo from MHA , Genya from Demon Slayer , Karma from Assassination Classroom , Garfiel from Re; Zero , Khun from Tower of God etc . And believe me when I say this , this is character has his BEST voice acting moments . The screeches , the laugh , the craziness...this voice actor honestly really should have lost his voice doing this character's voice .
There seem to be one main misunderstanding in the reaction but index ,accelerators and railgun all take place at the same time they don't take place one after the other
Its great seeing the EDs also being covered! I highly recommend checking out the OPs & EDs for Macross Frontier (especially the EDs), Nanoha (including the movies EDs) and also Symphogear in the future!
I'm excited to watch your Toaru reactions! This is one of my favourite series. I wish it got better adaptation tho because I'm not the type to read novel stuff for cut content lol
Okay, I Don't know how deep the light novels go, but I know it's pretty damn deep. Also the main guy, touma, goes through some shit that I wouldn't wish upon my worst enemies
The live action fripside video for Railgun is prettey cool too. Interestingly, Railgun is not a followup to Index, they take place simultaneously, and both series alternated seasons, so the creators expected viewers would watch Index 1, Railgun 1, Index 2, Railgun 2, Index 3, Railgun 3, etc. (more or less) if you want to make sense of things. Accelerator follows later in the sequence.
Misaka was (idk if she is still) very famous in LN community. Like she dominated favorite character polls for 10 years. Only My Railgun is also like the most favorite OP of all time in JP community.
I literally learned about this channel through the poll and now I'm here and ready to support these reactions as much as I can! Really excited for you to watch this (also this OP reaction was already great, love how in depth you went)
I actually enjoyed Index a bit more, the reason why people like Railgun more because it's easier to understand. I just watch enough science and want some occult stuff more. If I have to vote which one I like the most I can clearly say Index
The cool girl's pants being ripped has an actual in-lore purpose. You would be surprised how much things in the Toaru-verse actually have meaning. But there's lots of actual fanservice so there's that.
Seeing your fixation on the "blond shades guy" in the early openings was funny. Dude is the GOAT fr. Definitely recommend reading the Index novels fr, they are amazing.
Misaka is not the MC in Index, it’s touma, accelerator, hamazura, and now maybe Aleister Crowley (he’s been showing up basically every volume since his arc.) However if you want to count the spin-offs then it would also include junko, kakine, misaki, misaka, and mugino (or rather the entire ITEM team, currently sitting at 3 volumes), all with their respective spin-offs.
Railgun = kind of like a Japanese schoolgirl cyberpunk version of the X-men. I think Railgun's popularity may be due to Index's best story arc being the one featuring the Railgun characters and retold there - . So if you watch Railgun, some feel you get the best part of Index without the filler (though you do miss some cool side characters).
This show has in true 4 protagonists, but i cant'say the last cause is spoiler but, to describe the characters i can say the following: Toaru index protagonist:BROKEN, the one that can crush all the illusions Accelerator: the supreme GOAT Railgun: the TRUE LIGHTNINGMASTER
Truth be told, I will watch reactions to it, but the first 1.5-2 seasons are a piece of work! Best watch order would probably be Index 1 and 2 then Railgun 1 and 2 then maybe Accelerator and then the 3rds of Index and Railgun, but nothing matters, if like for most the watching stops somewhere at the beginning And honestly big probs to picking up stuff so easily, you could probably skip the trash start to begin with the good stuff and just assume backwards, but that also destroy the experience so idk.
A bit of info there are three main factions in the series the magic side(nuns, alchemist, magic gods etc. doesnt matter if their allied with each other) , science side(espers, normal humans that have weapons against espers, spies etc. same with magic side doesnt matter if their allied with each other) then theres Toma side where almagation of his friends from both side that he wont let get hurt because oh boy youll see your face to his fist if you do
> This girls terrifies me She's literally one of the derpiest characters in the entire series. I think an easy way to explain the popularity between Index, Railgun and Accelerator can be boiled down simply to. Index's director for all 3 seasons hasn't been doing a great job. It's focused on magic, which can feel kinda all over the place sometimes in the anime since there's not as much time to explain lore and specifics. Railgun's director for all 3 of its seasons has been doing stellar job. It's focused on science based abilities, which make more sense, are utilised in more creative ways, and is generally a more coherent single throughline story. Accelerator has only had a single season that was kinda alright at best. Also the girl flipping skirts, Saten, is best girl. And no, the skirt flipping is not restricted to OVAs. She's a serial skirt flipper.
I like how Index ending was focus more on Index view. That's author way to make sure people don't forget that Index is the reason this masterpiece been created.
take that back. JC staff is great studio. the only bad jc staff anime is the one that was forced on them like anime project sequel that was worked by other studio somehow end up forced on them on the last min. the real JC staff quality is danmachi and toaru series. the animation is just peaked. other great animation anime that was work by jc staff from the beginning without being forced upon them is for example Reign of the Seven Spellblades, The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Sugar Apple Fairy Tale, Food Wars!, etc... but last not least this season anime, Maou 2099
I like the author of Toaru series very much, and I have bought and read most of his other novels. However, most of the novel series I have seen have one thing in common, that is, people who look like heroines, such as Index, will have less and less presence in the plot in the later stages. Events related to the heroines are often It's just the trigger for the beginning of the entire series. Another thing that I personally think is a pity is that there are not many animated works by this author. Another animated piece is called Heavy Objects.
The MC is the kind of guy that appears out of nowhere punches some godlike beings and then leaves. While everyone is surprised by his titanium balls and luck.
if you're going to progessively watching this series it'll be around index & railgun with if you have a clue that will happen in accelarator so if you feel that you missing something, you can watch railgun so in the end, the whole watching index will be clear to you that'll be my point without giving spoilers
I personaly don't like Railgun that much. I find it to be: Index > Accelerator > Railgun. But i started to like Railgun after the MC (Touma) appeared in Season 2.
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I still read Toaru to this day, as a novel.
It's good LN
@@nionpratama3072 Indeed.
goat, I also love the LN
Same but I typically left one ln in the back burner so I don't get cliffhanger and all that jazz
Yeah I do that too
It's finally time to start PEAK Toaru series, I'm glad this won the community poll. 🔥🔥
1:55 Fun fact: Shizuku Yaegashi's character design in Arifureta which you consider as your best girl on that series was inspired by that Samurai Girl you like, Kaori Kanzaki. 🔥🔥
Ayo W
This is probably one of the best Toaru OP/ED reactions I've ever seen, you really pay attention to what's going on and make a lot of good guesses!!! Also pretty funny LOL
The reason why people are more excited about the spin-offs than the main storyline is basically because for some reason, out of all 3 anime, they adapted Index the worst. They cut a lot of important things and MC's inner monologues, which completely removed his depth, and we didn't get future Index seasons where the MC shines the most. And the reason why there are spin-offs in this verse is basically due to the importance of almost every character in this series. Even though we see the MC the most, he is not the center of the universe and shit still happens without him being around.
Tbh I'm still sorta impressed because I liked Index season 1 still. Fingers crossed it gets more seasons. If it happened for Blue Exorcist, it can happen for this
It's part of it, but I think the bigger reason is because Railgun centers around four girls that the central male audience are sexually attracted to, as much as they'll deny it up and down. That makes it much easier to watch and get emotionally invested in.
@@ponytonitenews2953 ???? nope the adaptation of railgun is simply superior to index. Sexually attracted to? Railgun even had less fanservice than index, heck the main heroine use a freakin shorts instead of pantsu.
@@nanotsuki This is basically my argument:
Your argument for why A Certain Scientific Railgun is more popular than A Certain Magical Index centers on its fanservice appeal, simplified storytelling, and evolutionary-based definitions of sexuality and fanservice. Here’s a summary:
More Fanservice Through Female-Centric Focus: Railgun offers more fanservice simply by having a central female cast. From an evolutionary standpoint, visual exposure to females is inherently engaging for male viewers, providing a baseline "sexual" appeal that doesn’t rely solely on traditional fanservice like revealing scenes. Railgun delivers constant, low-level fanservice by consistently focusing on female characters, whereas Index lacks this continuous appeal due to its mixed-gender cast.
Greater Popularity Among Male Audience: This inherent fanservice aligns perfectly with Railgun’s predominantly male, heterosexual audience, who are evolutionarily predisposed to find interest in viewing female characters. This natural visual attraction, combined with periodic traditional fanservice, makes Railgun more captivating for its central audience than Index.
Simplified and Accessible Storytelling: Railgun also benefits from a more straightforward storyline, making it easier to follow and reducing cognitive demands on viewers. Without the complexity of Index’s multi-layered plot and large ensemble cast, Railgun maintains consistent audience engagement through character-driven appeal and accessible story arcs.
By combining continuous visual appeal with a simple narrative, Railgun better satisfies its target demographic’s interests, explaining its popularity advantage over Index.
I think it's a perfectly valid hypothesis.
@@ponytonitenews2953
why are you even changing your previous reply to this essay. You already said it yourself :
" Simplified and Accessible Storytelling: Railgun also benefits from a more straightforward storyline, making it easier to follow and reducing cognitive demands on viewers. Without the complexity of Index’s multi-layered plot and large ensemble cast, Railgun maintains consistent audience engagement through character-driven appeal and accessible story arcs."
that's and the better adaptation is the main reason. What i argue is you put so large emphasis on sex appeal on your previous statement that i'm baffled when Railgun doesn't even have more fanservice shot compared to Index.
Index suffer a lot from bad adaption and super bad pacing. Like you yourself said Index is the more complex one (which is offcourse because it's literally the main story where all the side story collide) hence the way they adapting the anime is not working.
47:50 I never really watched the show. But the girl who is main character of Railgun literally destroyed best female character polls for light novels like 10 years straight. I just remember she was top 1 almost every year as the best female light novel character. This is talking about ALL light novels. I don't know her personality but she must be damn good to achieve that.
Misaka is so popular that the Chinese version of TH-cam(bilibili) is named after her
Misaka takes Tsundere to electrifying levels and practically solidified that entire genre on her lonesome for an entire decade
Reasons I like her:
1- Tsundere
2 - It's not a conventional tsundere like Taiga or Loise who is constantly attacking Mc for idiotic reasons. I mean, she even tries but our Mc cancels her attacks almost every time. Which creates a good dynamic between them in this type of trope scene. What did I expect from Asta and Noelle, that pumped-up dwarf trained a lot and couldn't dodge that water-using tsundere's attacks just once? . Misaka is also more honest with herself than a conventional tsundere.
3 - good character evolution
4 - She doesn't play the role of a completely useless girl who only exists to be saved by Mc.
5 - most creative electrical power in anime.
The Toaru Series is made up of three independent shows.
*"Toaru"* simply means *"A Certain"* , and the names vary since they all highlight distinct characters.
The *"main"* plot of *"Magical Index"* mostly centers on the black-haired man named Touma and the white-haired girl. Her name is literally Index.
The story of *"Scientific Railgun"* centers on Misaka, a girl who tosses the coins, with her ability she called the *"Railgun"* .
*"Scientific Accelerator"* tells the story of the white-haired man whose ability connects to acceleration, but not in the way you might expect.
Each of these shows focuses on a different character's point of view, but they all take place at the same time. They are all fantastic shows that do a fantastic job of presenting a variety of abilities and may be both gloomy and lighthearted or wholesome. ❤❤
Accelerator power is control VECTOR and dark matter wings
The best way I've heard the collection of series described is that the *city,* itself, is the "main character". Then, you can consider _all_ the series as "spinoffs" in a way, since they're all sort of side-stories to one another.
In fact, while Index season 1 was _released_ first, chronologically the *events* of Railgun season 1 take place _before_ those of Index 1. Then Index 1 and Railgun 2 happen more or less concurrently. So a big aspect of watching the series is catching the events from different perspectives and putting it together like a puzzle. Which events from a different story had consequences to another series.
@@omargoodman2999 sorry but Gigguk's interpretation of Toaru isn't that good. Index is the main story and Academy City while also important shouldn't be seen as the 'main character'
@@DarkyBoy Well, you're entitled to your opinion, even if it's wrong.
@@omargoodman2999He's right though isn't he, at least to some extent. Touman, Accelerator and Hamazura IS the main character of the main series Index.
Also, "Even if it's wrong" is mad provoking, I got angry there for a second 😅.
There is an in lore reason for the cool "samurai" girl jeans being torn only on one side...when the show really wants to do fan service with her, there are other outfits, trust me. 😅
Its time index fans, lets see how long it can survive 😅
"Is the church good or bad?"
Yesn't.
You just need to join the Fallen Angel Maid Kanzaki Church
”That’s some pretty Gojo shit”.
I’m pretty sure Gojo is inspired by white hair villain guy.
Gojo was inspired by him? I was pretty sure gojo was inspired by kakashi.
@@DemiCape you do know that inspiration doesn't work like one = one, right ? There can be multiple ? Also, for reference anyway, Gege Akutami did say that Gojo's inspiration was actually Tobitake Tonbo
@@yawn9327Well he was still wrong, it is not accelerator insperation either way, if that is the case. Yeah for me it was mostly rumours, so I am not exactly accurate either. I never said that you can’t take multiple insperations.
Gojo doesnt a stand chance here really 😂
Toaru fans please support the reactions so that we can have the other seasons and series too! 🙏
these reactions i will SO LOOK FORWARD to just because of the fact that he's desensitized to fanservice
which is RARE
To Aru, as a franchise, is renowned for going hard.
it make sense that people love the spin off more since railgun and accelerator were a manga adaptation, easier to adapt, waifu sell, etc. while not only index adapted from novel series, they literally butchered/skipped MC backstory and monologue, can only appreciate touma's as a character once you read Light novel. WCYD
Man these openings speculations are so fun to watch
"what is his power?!!!!" 🤣
I've already seen this on stream but I still rewatched it because it's so funny hearing him guess on what's happening to the story and characters 😂
Ikr and he was super close a few times
He was pretty on point with some of them too
Yeah. This is the type of React that I like, when people pay attention to the visuals and scenes and not just the music.
To aru reactions??? In this economy??
Let's gooo
Index the main series has three protagonists.
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Cawcawtv looking down on the subreddit: Shall I save you, Toaru?
1:26:18 The thing is, it's just not that good of an adaptation 😭 The index anime can still be a lot of fun if you like the concepts (they come from absolute peak source material after all), but if it doesn't really grab you then it can be hard to look past the adaptation's shortcomings. That being said though, I personally think this series is right up your alley so im excited!
Oh by the way, unlike the index anime, railgun has an incredible adaptation
My guy said this guy is like Gojo to the OG Gojo 😂
Gojo's father
accelerator and gojo is not even that similar of characters.
@@DemiCape they mean in terms of abilities. Gojo’s ability allows him to sort of reflect attacks, like accelerator.
In case it is wanted here is a number of orders how to best watch the series. I personaly would advise release order or custom order 1 as custom order 2 is overly compliated and the alternative leaves you hanging on some info that is good to have.
*the order everything released in (simple answer):* Index > Railgun > Index II > Railgun S > Movie > Index III > Accelerator > Railgun T
*custom order:* Index > Railgun > Railgun S > Index II > Movie > Index III > Accelerator > Railgun T
Note: pretty much just airing order, but with the first two seasons of Railgun paired together
*custom order #2 (semi-chronological. Clearly overly complicated for a first time, but nice if you're rewatching and want to see how the pieces fit):* Index ep.1-14 > Railgun > Railgun S > Index ep.15-20 > Accelerator > Index ep.21-24 > Index II ep.1-7 > Movie > Index II ep.8-13 > Railgun T ep.1-15 > Index II ep.14-24 > Index III ep.1-6 > Railgun T ep.16-25 > Index III ep.7-26
*Alternatively:* you can do all of Index (since it's the main story) followed by all of Railgun and Accelerator (since they're spinoffs)
Hot take:
Sister’s noise is the best Railgun opening
Factual
The magic system is heavily based on real world religion, specifically Hermeticism (essentially heretical Christian magic, to oversimpliy), as well as norse mythology, Shinto, as well as basically every religious magic system under the sun.
This is in contrast to the rest of the fantasy genre which is based more on JRR Tolkien and D&D.
I reccommend doing some research on Qabbalistic magick and the important figures and organisations thereof to get a bit of extra enjoyment out of this.
Even the science side is based off of real world ”parapsychology” (basically psychic pseudoscience), so reading up on that might also spice it up a little.
Basically, I’d say a summation of the serioes might be something like ”what if superstition and pseudoscience was actually real”.
As far as JC Staff goes, this is their pet series, so you can be sure they will put a bit more effort on the To Aru franchise than the rest of the stuff they usually produce.
They sadly still fucked index up
@@DarkyBoy they hate index, too much love is put to railgun but the main series is always adapted mid.
Accelerator is the OG Gojo and much more OP
Facts
Gojo wouldn't stand a chance against Accelerator
So, first, all ^To aru^ series happen in the same world regardless of what is written next in the title of the show: Magical Index, Scientific Railgun or Scientific Accelerator. But each show follows a different protagonist.
Whats more important is that there is a specific chronological order the shows have to be watched in to make sense,, although more often than not multile seasons following different protagonists are happening at the same time and you will end up witnessing the same event from different points of view.
Woah, that's like one of the best blind op reactions I saw, cawcaw had constantly good guesses and ideas about the show, amazing
14:59 the moment he realized peak
Every OP sung by Fripside are my fav ❤❤
Toaru basically means "A Certain" . There is actually a right order to watch the three series (Kind of not aware as I watched all separately 😅😅) All the events happening in all these three are actually at the same time or close to each other . For example events from Season 1 of Railgun happen before Season 1 of Index and then Season 1 of Index has events happening kind of at the same time as Season 2 of Railgun .
I think the reason sequel of Index , Railgun has more attention is actually for two reasons . Reason 1 is kind of because of Railgun having a better animation . Reason 2 is actually because Index has kind of done the same light novel skip content stuff a lot . So understanding something or some character's or even powers can get a bit complicated (especially because the powers are already a bit complicated . On the other hand Railgun has easy to understand powers and they explain them in a good way too and at the same time as it is a sequel , the story\plot moves faster with questions getting answers faster .
btw if you don't know Index has yet to finish (Season 3 isn't its last season , far from it) But sadly there has been in information regarding season 4 some time now . The story can be fun . But can be a bit slow sometimes (starts slow too) but at sometimes it can be really amazing as hell .
if you don't know the white haired character is voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto who has voice acted Bakugo from MHA , Genya from Demon Slayer , Karma from Assassination Classroom , Garfiel from Re; Zero , Khun from Tower of God etc . And believe me when I say this , this is character has his BEST voice acting moments . The screeches , the laugh , the craziness...this voice actor honestly really should have lost his voice doing this character's voice .
There seem to be one main misunderstanding in the reaction but index ,accelerators and railgun all take place at the same time they don't take place one after the other
Its great seeing the EDs also being covered! I highly recommend checking out the OPs & EDs for Macross Frontier (especially the EDs), Nanoha (including the movies EDs) and also Symphogear in the future!
the white hair guy is also a protagonist not just in his own anime but literally one of the protagonist
i love tsuchimikada(glasses blonde hair guy) too! his personal is very interesting
RIP Kurosaki Maon, Memories Last was the best ED out there
Keep in mind that the events in these series happen essentially in parallel to each other (though parts of season 1 of Railgun is a bit of a prequel).
BRO I JUST OPENED TH-cam TO SEE IT ANYONE HAS REACTED TO THESE AND THIS IS THE 3RD VIDEO I SEE NO WAYYYYY
The only j.c, staff product that's really good, idk how many time i rewatch index
Bakuman says hello
Peak anime, cant wait for the peak reactions, hope it does well
I'm excited to watch your Toaru reactions! This is one of my favourite series. I wish it got better adaptation tho because I'm not the type to read novel stuff for cut content lol
Okay, I Don't know how deep the light novels go, but I know it's pretty damn deep. Also the main guy, touma, goes through some shit that I wouldn't wish upon my worst enemies
İ love Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator anime the most for others anime
Been ages since I last came across someone who looked up the toaru stuff. Railgun was great
The live action fripside video for Railgun is prettey cool too. Interestingly, Railgun is not a followup to Index, they take place simultaneously, and both series alternated seasons, so the creators expected viewers would watch Index 1, Railgun 1, Index 2, Railgun 2, Index 3, Railgun 3, etc. (more or less) if you want to make sense of things. Accelerator follows later in the sequence.
PEAK IS COMING🗿🗿🗿
Misaka was (idk if she is still) very famous in LN community. Like she dominated favorite character polls for 10 years. Only My Railgun is also like the most favorite OP of all time in JP community.
The Singer of the 3rd Season Majutsu no Index has passed away Maon Kurosaki, R.I.P
The Best Light Novel Series of All Time 👑
And The Worst Anime Adaptation of All Time.
mc power is super cardio, running nonstop
I literally learned about this channel through the poll and now I'm here and ready to support these reactions as much as I can!
Really excited for you to watch this (also this OP reaction was already great, love how in depth you went)
Peak Toaru 🗿
'ALL HE DOES IS RUNS!?!!!' This is hilarious its so true xD
prolly watch release order, railgun takes place before and during s1 and s2 of index
I actually enjoyed Index a bit more, the reason why people like Railgun more because it's easier to understand. I just watch enough science and want some occult stuff more. If I have to vote which one I like the most I can clearly say Index
The cool girl's pants being ripped has an actual in-lore purpose. You would be surprised how much things in the Toaru-verse actually have meaning.
But there's lots of actual fanservice so there's that.
I havent watched toaru but maybe the blackhair spiky guy is the one called accelerator cause of the amount of time he runs on this opennings🗿
his power is imagine breaker, negate all supernatural things, powers or whatever
Nah Accelerator's the white haired dude
@@robertojavierramirezecheva4804 I think he was joking, because he keeps running = accelerating.
cant wait to hear what cawcaw says when he hears Kuroko's VA
Just so you know that bald guy's name is Heaven Canceler as just how good as a doctor he is
he got shades figured out
Seeing your fixation on the "blond shades guy" in the early openings was funny. Dude is the GOAT fr. Definitely recommend reading the Index novels fr, they are amazing.
username checks out, based Tsuchimikado fan
Holy shit it’s oomf
To Aru letsgoooo!
Rip Maon Kurosaki tho 😭
13:04 Clone girls, huh…
the Toaru Series have 3 MCs..... technically
-Index/Touma as a pair makes the first MC
-Railgun is 2nd MC
-Accelerator is 3rd MC (antihero)
Hamazura’s also an MC lmao
Misaka is not the MC in Index, it’s touma, accelerator, hamazura, and now maybe Aleister Crowley (he’s been showing up basically every volume since his arc.) However if you want to count the spin-offs then it would also include junko, kakine, misaki, misaka, and mugino (or rather the entire ITEM team, currently sitting at 3 volumes), all with their respective spin-offs.
I can't wait for YT upload 😅
ITS HERE ITS HERE ITS HERE!!!
Us toaru fans are eating good tonight
I've been waiting for this since it's been anounced.
Yes finally... Been waiting for this😊
Toaru Series is the best man, still crave to watch the whole series
Ey nice hell yeah. Cant wait for it man, hope you will also do the rest of the "midraildex" lol.
this is dope reaction bro
To be fair... Accelerator IS the MC on season 3... mostly.
Touma's power is the gender equality punch.
28:22 He is the true number 1. He is Kakine Teitoku. He is him. 🛐
Railgun = kind of like a Japanese schoolgirl cyberpunk version of the X-men. I think Railgun's popularity may be due to Index's best story arc being the one featuring the Railgun characters and retold there - . So if you watch Railgun, some feel you get the best part of Index without the filler (though you do miss some cool side characters).
in case you forgot, this mc is one of those characters with high numbers of harem.. almost at the end of the list too 😂
Best anime novel aot 🗣
That girl be like why attack that can melt through metal doesn’t work against a god also she try to fight multiverse level and get cook every time
Wait... a reaction channel is finally going to watch Index? I'm so in!!!
This show has in true 4 protagonists, but i cant'say the last cause is spoiler but, to describe the characters i can say the following:
Toaru index protagonist:BROKEN, the one that can crush all the illusions
Accelerator: the supreme GOAT
Railgun: the TRUE LIGHTNINGMASTER
the joke of Touma always running while seeming powerless is funny.
PEAK
Truth be told, I will watch reactions to it, but the first 1.5-2 seasons are a piece of work!
Best watch order would probably be Index 1 and 2 then Railgun 1 and 2 then maybe Accelerator and then the 3rds of Index and Railgun, but nothing matters, if like for most the watching stops somewhere at the beginning
And honestly big probs to picking up stuff so easily, you could probably skip the trash start to begin with the good stuff and just assume backwards, but that also destroy the experience so idk.
A bit of info there are three main factions in the series the magic side(nuns, alchemist, magic gods etc. doesnt matter if their allied with each other) , science side(espers, normal humans that have weapons against espers, spies etc. same with magic side doesnt matter if their allied with each other) then theres Toma side where almagation of his friends from both side that he wont let get hurt because oh boy youll see your face to his fist if you do
The main idea of the series: the main character beats girls, many girls.
ps, well, as we see from the openings, he runs a lot
😂 13:13 no that's not the mc, that's my boy Banka and the rest of SCHOOL lol
What? So now you react toaru kagaku no railgun? Alright, i'll subscribe
> This girls terrifies me
She's literally one of the derpiest characters in the entire series.
I think an easy way to explain the popularity between Index, Railgun and Accelerator can be boiled down simply to.
Index's director for all 3 seasons hasn't been doing a great job. It's focused on magic, which can feel kinda all over the place sometimes in the anime since there's not as much time to explain lore and specifics.
Railgun's director for all 3 of its seasons has been doing stellar job. It's focused on science based abilities, which make more sense, are utilised in more creative ways, and is generally a more coherent single throughline story.
Accelerator has only had a single season that was kinda alright at best.
Also the girl flipping skirts, Saten, is best girl. And no, the skirt flipping is not restricted to OVAs. She's a serial skirt flipper.
I like how Index ending was focus more on Index view. That's author way to make sure people don't forget that Index is the reason this masterpiece been created.
take that back. JC staff is great studio. the only bad jc staff anime is the one that was forced on them like anime project sequel that was worked by other studio somehow end up forced on them on the last min. the real JC staff quality is danmachi and toaru series. the animation is just peaked. other great animation anime that was work by jc staff from the beginning without being forced upon them is for example Reign of the Seven Spellblades, The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Sugar Apple Fairy Tale, Food Wars!, etc... but last not least this season anime, Maou 2099
I love how he can't figure out mcs power because.....
I like the author of Toaru series very much, and I have bought and read most of his other novels.
However, most of the novel series I have seen have one thing in common, that is, people who look like heroines, such as Index, will have less and less presence in the plot in the later stages.
Events related to the heroines are often It's just the trigger for the beginning of the entire series.
Another thing that I personally think is a pity is that there are not many animated works by this author. Another animated piece is called Heavy Objects.
I really think that no one can trully understand the Sisters without watching the show, but he still had good ideas about them.
He understands index properly, accelerator is the goat
The MC is the kind of guy that appears out of nowhere punches some godlike beings and then leaves. While everyone is surprised by his titanium balls and luck.
if you're going to progessively watching this series
it'll be around index & railgun with if you have a clue that will happen in accelarator
so if you feel that you missing something, you can watch railgun
so in the end, the whole watching index will be clear to you
that'll be my point without giving spoilers
Omg i miss toaru series ❤❤
Bro.. It's fun to see your reaction.. Thanks!
try for the reaction "Anime Characters Who Have Died the Most Times" :v
Please do not recommend that
@@DarkyBoy lol toaru spoilers and re zero spoilers.
@@DemiCape let anime onlies have that build up towards peak arc 😭
Guys, he already watched it some time ago. The death video
I personaly don't like Railgun that much.
I find it to be: Index > Accelerator > Railgun.
But i started to like Railgun after the MC (Touma) appeared in Season 2.
i really hope he gets to at least index season 2