Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T Episode 14

Dragon Strike (竜王の顎 (ドラゴンストライク) ) is the 14th episode of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T. Originally planned to air on May 8th 2020, the episode's broadcast was delayed for a week due to the. It was broadcast on May 15, 2020.

Characters

 * Kihara Gensei
 * Shokuhou Misaki
 * Shirai Kuroko
 * Kouzaku Mitori
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Sogiita Gunha
 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Uiharu Kazari
 * Saten Ruiko
 * Kongou Mitsuko
 * Awatsuki Maaya
 * Wannai Kinuho
 * Misaka 10032
 * Heaven Canceller
 * Kirifu Megumi
 * Judgment Boy (cameo)
 * Twin Tails Girl (cameo)

Abilities

 * Mental Out - Shokuhou Misaki, Level 5
 * Electromaster (Railgun-variant) with Misaka Network - Misaka Mikoto, Level 5
 * Unknown - Sogiita Gunha, Level 5
 * Imagine Breaker - Kamijou Touma
 * Float Dial - Awatsuki Maaya, Level 3
 * Teleport - Shirai Kuroko, Level 4

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 2
 * Exterior
 * School District 7
 * Heaven Canceller's Hospital

Referbacks

 * Scene of Mikoto telling the Shokuhou Misaki's Clique members to move from  is used as flashback when Miktoto ponders on the altered memories of her friends about her participation in the second day of Daihasesai.
 * The unnamed character that Touma accidentally gropes in the 67th chapter of the Index manga, and later reused in chapter 69 of Railgun makes her appearance in this episode, in the scene where Saten wins the baseball bat race.
 * The events of the bonfire folk-dance was first alluded to in the beginning of .
 * Mikoto's speech to Touma regarding the good and bad parts of Academy City is similar to the one she gives to Therestina Kihara Lifeline back in .
 * The Judgment Boy and Twin Tails Girl, last seen in the epilogue of , once again made their brief cameo appearances in this episode, seen when Kuroko dropkicks Touma to the head.

Differences in Adaptation

 * The scenes at the beginning of the episode, such as Misaki reading Kihara Gensei's mind and Kuroko handcuffing Mitori are anime-original. Both of these, however, are only alluded in the manga.
 * The hospital scene where Mikoto visits Misaka 10032 is anime-original.
 * The time where Mikoto visits Mitsuko at the hospital was moved from the fireworks display in the manga to late afternoon in the adaptation.
 * Another anime-original scene is when Mikoto receives a text message from Saten, telling that they should view the fireworks at the same roof they go at back at . It also moved the scene where Mikoto meets her friends from after the fireworks display in the manga to evening in the adaptation.
 * Related to the previous statement, the fireworks scene in this episode is anime-original.
 * The flags seen at the seventh day of Daihaseisai is changed from national flags to flags of schools in Academy City.

Animation Trivia

 * Unlike other episodes in the Railgun anime adaptations, and by extension, Index anime adaptations, the episode starts with the OP before the episode proper.
 * The OST Saijaku VS Saikyō from Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S Original Soundtrack 2 was finally used for the first time, when Touma is about to touch the giant black sphere that Mikoto created.
 * When Touma is about to release the dragons in his arm, his right eye turned red, the same effect when Kiyama Harumi used Multi-Skill, albeit in her left eye.
 * In the bonfire folk dance sequence, some students dancing in the background are rendered in CGI.

Unanswered Questions

 * What happened to the eight dragons that Touma unleashed from his right arm? Where are they now?
 * What happened to Kihara Gensei after the incident?