Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S Episode 08

is the 8th episode of the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S anime series, and the 32nd episode of the anime series adaptation of the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun manga series. It was first broadcast on May 31, 2013. The script for the episode was written by Hanada Jukki, storyboarded Muroi Yasuo, and directed by Sakurabi Katsushi. The animation was co-directed by Marina Sato, Naoya Takashi, and Sakamoto Tatsunori.

The experiments that involve the "Sisters" were being stopped by someone... Mikoto, whose heart heart was full of determination, had made the related research facilities unusable one by one. After a large amount of destruction, finally, only two facilities have survived her ferocious onslaught.

And yet, the people who Mikoto has crossed, those who are doing the "experiment," will not fold.

"The target has the ability to manipulate electricity. Only take action when the target has invaded the facility, and make no inquiries of the target's identity."

In response to such a strange request, a certain dark organization begins to move. Not knowing anything, they await for Mikoto to infiltrate the pathology analysis laboratory, where a number of traps awaits her. And, as if inviting her, one girl shows up. Meanwhile, in the other remaning facility, the cranial nerve application analysis laboratory, Nunotaba appears.

Major events

 * Mikoto and Shinobu separetely infiltrates two laboratories from S-Processor.
 * Mikoto fights and defeats Frenda.
 * Mikoto meets Takitsubo Rikou and the 4th Level 5 (without knowing her identity) Mugino Shizuri.

Adapted From

 * Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 025
 * Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 026
 * Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 027
 * Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 028

Characters

 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Nunotaba Shinobu

New Characters

 * Frenda Seivelun
 * Kinuhata Saiai
 * Mugino Shizuri
 * Takitsubo Rikou
 * ITEM liaison

Locations

 * Academy City

New locations

 * S-Processor Laboratories

Abilities

 * Electromaster - Misaka Mikoto, Level 5.

New Abilities

 * Meltdowner - Mugino Shizuri, Level 5.

Trivia

 * Ami Koshimizu retains her role as Mugino Shizuri. She first appeared in the Toaru Majutsu no Index (PSP game).

Referbacks

 * The ongoing theme of milktea is used once again this episode, with Shinobu adding powder milk to hers before promptly leaving to do her mission.

Cultural References

 * The man in the roof in the action opening at the beginning of the episode holds a SVDS Dragunov sniper rifle, while the handgun Frenda takes from another man resembles a Desert Eagle.
 * Frenda shows some remarkably poor trigger discipline, having her finger on the trigger while checking the magazine of the handgun, and nonchalantly pointing everywhere.
 * Frenda's gibberish is actually a nonsense dialogue from an old Pilot Fountain Pen commercial.
 * According to Toaru Kagaku no Railgun's editor, the ceramic grenade is similar to the Type 4 grenade Japan once used in World War II.

Animation Trivia

 * Scenes from episode 5 and 6 are used for flashback.
 * After Mikoto propels herself backwards using her magnetism to escape the bomb that Frenda planted inside the metal plating Mikoto was using, the fire is shown after the explosion is obviously computer generated.

Unanswered Questions

 * How powerful is Mugino Shizuri?
 * What does Shinobu intend to do to stop the experiment inside the facility?