Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T Episode 24

Diffusion (拡散) is the 24th episode of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T. It was broadcast on September 18th 2020.

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Doppelganger
 * Saten Ruiko
 * Uiharu Kazari
 * Shirai Kuroko
 * Kuriba Ryouko
 * Leader
 * Seike
 * Naru
 * Yakumaru
 * Shokuhou Misaki
 * Chief
 * Keitz Nokleben

Abilities

 * Artificial muscle/mold mix manipulation - Doppelganger (previously believed to be 'Soul Possession')
 * Electromaster (Railgun-variant) - Misaka Mikoto, Level 5
 * Predator - Leader, Level 3
 * Perfect Paper - Naru, Level 3
 * Mix Master - Yakumaru, Level Unknown
 * Stick Slip - Seike, Level Unknown

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 7
 * Saten Residence
 * Tokiwadai Dormitory
 * School District 20

Referbacks

 * Kuroko remembers Mikoto's promise back in .
 * Scenes from the three previous episodes are used as flashbacks, when Leader explains to Mikoto and Misaki on how the abilities of the Doppelganger work.

Differences in Adaptation

 * Due to censorship reasons, the Doppelganger already had white-threaded clothes when she appeared out of the 'giant puppet' in this episode. In the manga, she was still naked at that time until she gained these clothes at the airship.
 * The adaptation cut a scene of Ryouko from the manga where she sent a basic design of the cyborg to the chief to save her mother.
 * Scenes of Saten and Uiharu mistaking a tank blown by Mikoto as fireworks, as well as Kuroko humping on Kill Bear are anime-original.

Animation Trivia

 * At least 25 seconds of footage from the is reused before original footage were used.
 * Both the giant puppet created by the Doppelganger and the iron sand puppet created by Mikoto are rendered in CGI.

Unanswered Questions

 * Who is the person that the chief talked with?