Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Episode 06

"Everyone is Proactive When it Comes to Such Things" (こういうことにはみんな積極的なんですよ) is the sixth episode of the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun series. The episode was first broadcasted on November 7, 2009.

Adapted From

 * Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 002
 * Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 004

Major Events

 * Misaka Mikoto meets Konori Mii.
 * The girls meet Hazamaya Kana.
 * The graviton bomber continues with his bombing spree.

Characters

 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Shirai Kuroko
 * Uiharu Kazari
 * Konori Mii
 * Saten Ruiko

New Characters

 * Kushiro Katabira
 * Hazamaya Kana known as the Bag girl
 * Kaitabi Hatsuya
 * Rie
 * Atsushi
 * Nao
 * Judgment Boy
 * Twin Tails Girl

Abilities

 * Electromaster (Railgun-variant) - Misaka Mikoto, Level 5

New Abilities

 * Synchrotron - Kushiro Katabira, Level 4.
 * Synchrotron (Graviton) - Kaitabi Hatsuya, Level 2 (raised via Level Upper).

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 7
 * A Certain Vending Machine
 * Crepe Rablm
 * Tokiwadai Dormitory
 * Green Mart

New Locations

 * Julian Restaurant

Trivia

 * Uiharu's love affair with parfaits is shown for the first time.
 * Uiharu title drops the name of the episode.
 * The soundtrack known as Anti-Skill is played during Judgment's entering of Green Mart.
 * The Judgment boy and the girl will not appear again in the anime until , but inbetween these appearances, they later reappear in the manga later into the Sisters Arc, apparently going in a date (in which was cut in the adaptation).

Cultural References

 * Saten has an.

Referbacks

 * Kuroko references Kirugumar, a teddy bear that Mikoto keeps that was first shown in episode 11 of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime adaptation.
 * Book-On, which was first seen in episode 11, is shown during the part of the montage where Mikoto misunderstand the couples flirting. The alleyway where the couple is talking is also the same alleyway where Touma would eventually find Misaka 10031's corpse after being killed by Accelerator.

Differences in Adaptation

 * In the original manga, Konori Mii is the one who enters the store, and protects the manager, while the unnamed Judgment girl is the one who shows Mikoto the ropes in Judgment.

Animation Trivia

 * Mikoto is physically shorter than Mii, but during the store scene, they are both shown to be of the same height. The heights of several characters, most specifically that Saten Ruiko would fluctuate several times during the course of the series.
 * This is the first episode where an episode content still occurs after the end of the ED.