Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S Episode 06

"Because... I Can See What Everyone Has Been Through" (あたし…みんなのこと見えてるから) is the 6th episode of the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S anime series, and the 30th episode of the anime series adaptation of the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun manga series. It was first broadcast on May 17, 2013. The episode's script was written by Minakami Seishi, storyboarded by Fukuda Michio, and directed by Ishii Kazuhiko.

It should have been aborted, but she was wrong.The Sisters have been produced for the Level 6 Shift, a project whose goal is for a certain esper to achieve Level 6. Misaka Mikoto has espied something in one of these experiments, which has thoroughly shocked her, in the test site, she saw something that was too horrible to bear. A scene where Misaka was murdered.

She charges in utter rage towards that mysterious white "figure," but her powerful attacks have been blown away easily. There, she discovers that the one she is facing is one of a kind in Academy City, the esper able to freely manipulate any vector, the white figure was called Accelerator.

Major Events

 * Misaka Mikoto fights Accelerator and is soundly beaten. She would have been eliminated by Accelerator if not for the timely efforts of the Sisters.
 * Mikoto prepares to take down the Level 6 Shift Project alone.

Adapted From

 * Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 024
 * Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 025

Characters

 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Accelerator
 * Shirai Kuroko
 * Saten Ruiko
 * Nunotaba Shinobu
 * Uiharu Kazari
 * Haruue Erii

New Characters

 * Several Misaka clones
 * Misaka 8912

Locations

 * Academy City
 * District 7
 * Tokiwadai Dormitory
 * Joseph's Coffee and Restaurant

New locations

 * District 17

Abilities

 * Electromaster - Misaka Mikoto, level 5.
 * Accelerator (ability) - Accelerator, level 5.

Trivia

 * Misaka 8912 replaces Misaka 9982 as the first Sister to have tasted milk tea. Moreover, milk tea is a recurring theme between the Sisters, appearing in the ending sequence as well as the tea Misaka 9982 references when she is taken by Mikoto for a drink.

Referbacks

 * The bench that Mikoto sits as she is found by Shinobu is the same bench Saten and Uiharu sit on in episode 1 of the first episode of Railgun.
 * Erii shows one of the pictures they have taken in the picture booth back in episode 20 of the first season of Railgun

Cultural References

 * Saten's computer obviously uses the '. Moreover, she has icons that clearly reference the ' and the  game.
 * The  is referenced during this episode after Mikoto states that she was stargazing.

Animation Trivia

 * Several scenes from the previous episode are reused as a flashback, specifically, that of Misaka 9982.
 * The flashback of Shinobu with Misaka 8192 is rendered in 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
 * The hospital flashback scene from episode 2 where Mikoto allows the scientist to use her DNA Map is reused for the nightmare sequence during this episode.
 * Although the pose and the beginning is relatively the same, the episode introduces a new Railgun shooting sequence.