Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T Episode 07

Auribus oculi fideliores sunt. is the 7th episode of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T. Originally planned to air on February 21st 2020, the episode's broadcast was delayed due to the. It was broadcast on February 28th 2020. The episode was directed by Mori Yoshihiro, the screenplay written by Inotsume Shinichi, and storyboarded by Nihei Yuichi.

Wannai and the others stumbled upon a clue as their gamble on using Psychometry on Misaka Imouto's black cat paid off. Saten, who was supposed to relay this information to Mikoto, had a bad feeling about the fact that she already had Mikoto's contact details on her phone and decided to consult Kuroko about it. Mikoto, who was contacted by Saten, rushed to their meeting place, but Kouzaku Mitori, who took Uiharu hostage beforehand, made her appearance.

Mikoto raised her guard at Kouzaku's mention of the Sisters and the Level 6 Shift project as she examines if this person tracking her behind the scenes is related to Shokuhou or not. Mikoto appears to have saved Uiharu as she takes control of the situation, but Kouzaku has taken her mother Misuzu as hostage as well!

Major Events

 * Kongou Mitsuko is recovering after the attack by Baba Yoshio earlier.
 * Using traces of sensory information from Misaka 10032's cat, a Psychometer from Tokiwadai Middle School exposes the involvement of Shokuhou Misaki in the disappearance of Misaka 10032. This information was later relayed to Mikoto.
 * MEMBER affiliate Kouzaku Mitori takes Uiharu Kazari and Misaka Misuzu hostage in an attempt to obtain information about the Sisters from Mikoto. This attempt failed due to the combined efforts of Mikoto and Kuroko.
 * Mikoto used Uiharu's computer in Judgment 177 Branch Office to restore data she deleted while under the influence of Misaki's Mental Out ability. She, Kuroko and Saten discover data on the Auribus Oculi Fideliores Sunt urban legend site, particularly a news article about a DNA computer with a picture of Shokuhou Misaki featured.

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Baba Yoshio
 * Saten Ruiko
 * Awatsuki Maaya
 * Wannai Kinuho
 * Kongou Mitsuko
 * Misaka 10032's Cat
 * Misaka Misuzu
 * Shirai Kuroko
 * Uiharu Kazari
 * Kouzaku Mitori
 * Accelerator
 * Sisters
 * Heaven Canceller
 * Shokuhou Misaki

Abilities

 * Electromaster (Railgun-variant) - Misaka Mikoto, Level 5
 * Teleport - Shirai Kuroko, Level 4

New Abilities

 * Liquid Shadow - Kouzaku Mitori, Level 4
 * Psychometry - Unnamed Animal-type Psychometrist from Tokiwadai Middle School

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 7
 * Judgment 177 Branch Office

New Locations

 * School District 15

Trivia

 * The Animal-type Psychometrist from Tokiwadai, credited as 'Swimming Team member', is voiced by Shibata Mei.
 * Two unnamed members of Shokuhou Misaki's Clique are voiced by Sasaki Hitomi and Minami Mayu.
 * Sound distortion can be heard in Kouzaku's voice during Mikoto's confrontation with her, foreshadowing how Mikoto was facing a liquid metal doll of Kouzaku instead of the real deal.

Referbacks

 * The scene of Mikoto agreeing to give her DNA map a researcher from Railgun S Episode 2 is used during Kouzaku's enumeration of all the dark side things Misaka has been involved in.

Cultural References

 * Yoshio Baba is using a -styled keyboard in this episode. The logo seen in the keyboard is the combination of pre-XP and post-Windows 8 logos.
 * In philosophy and certain models of psychology, are defined as individual instances of subjective, conscious experience.

Differences in Adaptation

 * Misuzu checking her phone is an anime-original scene.
 * The station building seen in the manga gets changed in this episode.
 * The mention of Mikoto and Kuroko on encountering a rock doll before is cut in the adaptation.

Animation Trivia

 * The liquid metal doll's mouth during Kouzaku's confrontation with Misaka is mostly either not drawn in distant shots or off-screen in close-ups, as part of the twist that the one Misaka is confronting is not the real Kouzaku.