History Headscratchers / ACertainMagicalIndex

* Why was Mikoto, who was a small child at the time, even allowed to do something as huge as hand over her genetic code without so much as a guardian's approval? There's no indication Misuzu even knew about it. Surely she still has a guardian at that age, right? Does the concept of parental consent not exist in this universe?

** I think he always could controll vectors from a distance but this distenz was like one or two inches maximum which is kinda useless. You actually kinda see it in the show when attacks stop a few centimeters away from him and not when it technically touches him. "his powers where redirecting his hormones" wasn't his homont problems a side effect of the drugs he took to develop esper powers?

** I think he always could controll vectors from an distenz but this distenz was like one or two inches maximum which is kind usless. You actually kinda see it in the show when atacks stop a few centimeters away from him and not when it technically touches him. "his powers where redirecting his hormones" wasn't his homont problems an side effect of the drugs he tuck to defelop esper powers?

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* Is his brain damage permanent, or does he have a chance at completely recovering one day? I’ve read that brains can form alternate neural pathways in response to trauma, but I’m no expert. I’ve also see a few entries on this site suggesting it’s permanent but I haven’t seen evidence of this anywhere else, though admittedly I haven’t read fully into the light novels just yet, so I could be wrong.

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* In retrospect, Mikoto's [[CryCute Cry Cute]] moment during her duel with Touma doesn't make much sense. Up to that point, the implication was that Mikoto is just so absurdly powerful that she just didn't know how to react when she's cornered and can't use her [[ShockAndAwe electric powers]]. However, in Railgun, we see that she already was in countless life-or-death situations prior to this, including at least one fight where she was getting beaten up in close-combat while being unable to use her power (her fight with Frenda). Not to mention that crying because someone is going to punch her just feels odd considering her personality. So what was up with that?

** In Accelerators fight with Dark Matter the only reason Dark Matter stands a chance against Accelerator is because Accelerators redirection automatically lets things in. I haven't read the authors bio but giving the fact that Accelerator blocks out all sound just before he meets Last Order I doubt he has no conscience control over it. What fans claim about it is irrelevant to the series, other then a claim that he can redirect heat (which by the way never gets proven nor disproven and is made my the same guy for claims to be able to survive a nuke even though he later realises he couldn't) there's no reason to believe he can control temperature. Even if he could control temperature, his fight with Amata Kihara (who makes Accelerator reflect his punches into Accelerator's face) occurs after Accelerators powers get more then halved. Also his powers get blocked by sound occurs after his power is more than halved. The only thing that stopped his air a large number of fans nearby suddenly turning on, he even notes before realising that the fans had turned on, that even an air manipulated wouldn't of stop his powers so it's doubtful the normal amount of sound has a great enough effect to stop his power before it was reduced. Also you claim that Accelerator’s powers are "a slap to the face to anyone even remotely familiar with" law of physics is silly, all abilities contract the laws of physics.

** Less seriously, Why '''wouldn't''' [[SchoolgirlLesbian Kuroko]] [[StalkerWithACrush know where Misaka is?]] Misaka probably knew that as soon as Kuroko was done at her end, she'd be tele-hopping over to where Misaka is ASAP.\

* Accelerator clearly states that his entire reason for participating in the Level Six Shift Project was to become a Level Six so that nobody would dare to bother him anymore. Yet he's already capable of manipulating every vector, including electromagnetic radiation as implied when he explains to Last Order why his skin has no pigmentation (because he deflects the harmful UV rays). If he really wants to be left alone, couldn't he just bend the light around him to make himself invisible, rather than committing 20000 murders he didn't even want to commit in the first place, all for the sake of becoming a demigod?
Of course, it is implied during the Sisters arc that Accelerator only started experimenting with ways to use his powers because he got bored of just deflecting bullets, so he may not even have considered the idea of manipulating light to make himself invisible.

*** They did mention the UV reflective albinism in passing in the anime when he was in the diner with Last Order.

*** This idea of a genetic component is sort of implied in the Accelerator manga, during the Full Course arc, where there are two identical twins who possess the exact same power, Aero Hand.

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How does EVERYONE on Earth not know who Touma is? They LITERALLY broadcast his fight with Othinus on live TV for the whole world to see! He should be super famous and hailed as a hero for fighting to save the world from a terrorist organization. And even if Academy City kept his identity secret from those in Academy City, there's no way that they could do it for the entire world. And people know what he looks like, right? Keeping his information secret wouldn't stop people from knowing how he looks.

Do Touma's classmates know what his ability is? I mean, the conversation had to have come up right? Even in passing. And during the Elementals arc, Touma clearly used his ability in front of his classmate and no one said and reacted in surprise.
* Touma tries to keep his power a secret as much as possible, reasoning that the more people know about it, the more trouble he's going to attract. The people who do see him use it just assume he has an esper power. And he can always just refuse to explain if someone asks him.

In the prologue to Index volume 1, Mikoto references the Sisters, implying that she knows about the cloning project. However, this takes place a month before she learns about the existence of the Sisters and the Level Six Shift Project. So how did she know that a bunch of clones of her exist, a month before learning that a bunch of clones of her exist?
* She didn't know about them. The idea that Academy City was producing a clone army of Mikoto was a popular urban legend, and she was sarcastically referencing that, not knowing that it was actually true.

Accelerator clearly states that his entire reason for participating in the Level Six Shift Project was to become a Level Six so that nobody would dare to bother him anymore. Yet he's already capable of manipulating every vector, including electromagnetic radiation as implied when he explains to Last Order why his skin has no pigmentation (because he deflects the harmful UV rays). If he really wants to be left alone, couldn't he just bend the light around him to make himself invisible, rather than committing 20000 murders he didn't even want to commit in the first place, all for the sake of becoming a demigod?

* And for that matter, why doesn't Mikoto manipulate the light waves around her when infiltrating the facilities in the Sisters Arc? Light is just electromagnetic radiation, and since it's electromagnetic in nature, Mikoto should be able to manipulate it at least to some extent.

It is stated several times that Index is unable to use magic, since she doesn't have any magic power, yet she is perfectly capable of using two non-magical abilities called "Spell Intercept" and "Sheol Fear". Since these clearly don't require magic power, would it be possible for others to use these abilities as well? Spell Intercept clearly requires a deep understanding of how a spell works, in order to mess with it and Sheol Fear is just high-level psychological terror. In theory, that should mean that someone like Tsuchimikado Motoharu might be able to use those without his body tearing itself apart, and even Kamijou might be able to use them, if he understood anything about magic or Christianity.
* Sheol Fear allows the spell caster to attack the opponents by using the contradictions of Christianity teachings (which probably only works for "The Big Three": Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Eastern Orthodox). It is safe to assume that one would need to have deep understanding of the Bible for it to work. Index can do it thanks to her perfect memorization and her role as the guardian of the forbidden knowledge (hence her magic name ''Dedicatus545''), but Tsuchimikado and Kamijou? Not so sure about that. Heck, one of those two names had NEVER even read the Bible.

Accelerator is known to have the power to manipulate any vector, whether it is kinetic, thermal or electric. Kuroko and Musujime both have abilities that allow them to teleport objects within a set of limitations (Kuroko's are 130.7 kg within 81.5 meters, Musujime's are over 4 metric tons within over 800 meters, but with more calculations required). Since the Light Novels state clearly in Volume 8 that Teleport and Move Point both are point-to-point movements with no kinetic energy involved, wouldn't that mean that Musujime could, if she really hated Accelerator, just teleport one of her corkscrews directly into his brain and kill him off that way? He shouldn't be able to reflect it if it doesn't have a movement vector, so teleporters might actually be able to cause quite serious harm to any of the Level 5s.

* WordOfGod is that teleportation is only "point to point" from a three dimensional perspective. Teleportations actually involve 11-dimensional ''movement'', thus there is still a vector. Accelerator would just reverse the teleportation.

** It is doubtful that Touma could openly or legally enter either dormitories, with the possible exception of the Mid-Summer Festival in Mikoto's dormitories upon invitation, given the gender-restricted nature of both facilities in themselves. He is more likely to have sneaked into Mikoto's dormitory undetected. There is a very good reason why Kuroko had hidden Touma under a bed during his visit when the Dorm Supervisor came in for a routine inspection.

** It is doubtful that Touma could openly or legally enter either dormitores given the gender-restricted nature of both facilities in themselves. He is more likely to have sneaked into Mikoto's dormitory undetected. There is a very good reason why Kuroko had hidden Touma under a bed during his visit when the Dorm Supervisor came in for a routine inspection.

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* Sheol Fear allows the spell caster to attack the opponents by using the contradictions of Christianity teachings (which probably only works for "The Big Three": Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Eastern Orthodox). It is safe to assume that one would need to have deep understanding of the Bible for it to work. Index can do it thanks to her photographic memory and her role as the guardian of the forbidden knowledge, but Tsuchimikado and Kamijou? Not so sure about that. Heck, one of those two names had NEVER even read the Bible.

* [[FlowerInHerHair Uiharu]] has an incredibly useful power despite being classed as a level 1. Her ability is temperature regulation. Anything she touches will maintain its current temperature indefinitely. At a first glance, this may seem like a mostly [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway useless ability]], but when put into real-world applications, its uses become apparent. During [[TheHero Misaka's]] battle with the [[TragicMonster AIM Burst]], it attempted to reach Academy City's nuclear power plant and cause a meltdown. Had Misaka not been able to stop it, the most useful person to have around would be Uiharu. By maintaining the temperature of the reactor core, no amount of damage caused by the AIM Burst would create a nuclear meltdown. In a somewhat more unfortunate situation in which the reactor had already begun the process, Uiharu would still be one of the most useful people to have around. By maintaining her own body temperature, she could travel within the facility and shut it down without any risk of receiving thermal burns caused by the overheating core. The damage sustained by radiation poisoning is an entirely different matter. In a similar vein, [[RequiredSecondaryPowers Uiharu is invulnerable to extreme hot and cold weather]]. By, again, maintaining her own temperature, she could scale Mount Everest completely naked without getting so much as a chill. She would also be invaluable as a [[MundaneUtility traveling companion]], as she could maintain the temperature of anyone she stays in contact with, preventing frostbite, heatstroke, and any other effects caused directly by harsh temperatures.

** Less seriously, Why '''wouldn't''' [[SchoolgirlLesbian Kuroko]] [[StalkerWithACrush know where Misaka is?]] Misaka probably knew that as soon as Kuroko was done at her end, she'd be tele-hopping over to where Misaka is ASAP.