Misaka Mikoto/Chronology (Toaru Majutsu no Index)

Index Arc
Mikoto is being hit on by delinquents, and Kamijou Touma tries to save the delinquents from her (as he knows who she is and what she can do). This eventually causes her to confront Touma — even unleashing her most powerful attack, the Railgun, at him. Mikoto eventually caused a massive blackout throughout Academy City because of this.

Sisters Arc
Mikoto is in despair and thinks that it's all her fault for the deaths of over 10,000 Misaka clones, which were used for a project to help Accelerator achieve Level 6.

One night when she quietly calls for help, Touma arrives with the Sisters project document that he found in her room, demanding to know what the hell she is doing. Mikoto reveals that she has been taking out research facilities in an attempt to stop the experiment and save her sisters, but she failed at her task, because new facilities kept coming out. She is also unable to kill Accelerator and she states that she is going to be quickly killed by him in order to save the remaining Sisters. Touma stands on Mikoto's way to prevent her from killing herself, but refuses to fight her. However, Mikoto keeps attacking him until he passes out. When she finally clears her mind, she tells Touma the location of the next fight scheduled for Accelerator, while she waits on the bridge for him to return. But after a few minutes, she rushes over to the battle place trying to save Touma even though she knows she can't win.



When she arrives, Mikoto prepares to fire her Railgun, but she pauses when she realizes that Accelerator is creating plasma attack by controlling the direction of the wind and collecting it in one place. She figures out that she can counter it by controlling the wind. With the desire to protect Touma, she wakes up Misaka 10032, that Accelerator knocked out earlier, and she gets the remaining clones across the city to change the direction of the wind by controlling the wind turbines. This prevents Accelerator from finishing forming his attack, and when he approaches Mikoto and Misaka 10032 in order to kill them, Touma stops him and gives him his "weakest attack".



After everything is over, Mikoto is seen at the hospital visiting Touma to thank him.

Angel Fall Arc
Due to the effect of Angel Fall we see Touma's cousin Otohime with the appearance of Mikoto.

Three Stories Arc
Mikoto was about to head out from her dorm and enjoy her last day of summer vacation when Unabara Mitsuki a guy who's infatuated with her asked if they could spend the day together. Mikoto however finds his presence non welcoming and so she decides "The Fake Date" plan where she'll pretend she knows the guy and treat him to lunch just to avoid him for the day. It just so happens that Touma along with Tsuchimikado Motoharu and Aogami Pierce were walking by her dorm, so she decides to use Touma as her pretend boyfriend to ditch Mitsuki. However, the dorm head and the other students including Kuroko witness the act and so she drags the helpless Touma away from the scene. Touma reluctantly accepts and then she buys them two hot dogs which of course they got them mixed up resulting in either of them eating their respective meal causing the Tokiwadai's Ace to be embarrassed. Later Touma decides to back out from the plan after realizing that Unabara is a great guy and he definitely cares for her. Realizing her own selfishness she decides to talk to Mitsuki later and also treat Touma to some burgers as thanks for all the help he has done. While waiting in line, the real Mitsuki tells Mikoto to runaway and the Mitsuki she'd seen was an impostor. She later saves Touma from being crushed by a steel beam while he was fighting the fake Mitsuki, while hiding behind a steel beam she happens to hear the conversation between the two of them and also Touma's "answer". She shakes her head from side to side trying to fight her blushing expression and pretending not to hear what she had heard. She believes that Touma doesn't really treat her as his someone special to him, and calls him an idiot for saying things that causes people to misunderstand or confuse them. It was probably at this point that Mikoto's feelings for Touma grew.

Later that day, she bumps into Touma again after Index was kidnapped by Yamisaka Ouma from a family restaurant they dined at. She then asks him why he ditched her after she went through the trouble of getting the food, then asks him if he was alright from that attack at the restaurant; but Touma, in a hurry to save Index, ditches her again much to her chagrin.

Kazakiri Hyouka Arc
She first meets up with Touma who is on his way to school, and she does not hide the fact she is angry at him for ditching her several times yesterday. Touma simply tells her that a lot of other stuff happened. She accuses him of possibly doing "fake dates " with some other girls. Touma simply replies that only she would ask him to do something like that much to Mikoto's embarrassment.

Later, Mikoto saves Kuroko from Sherry Cromwell 's golem. Afterwards, they pursue her to the underground mall where they meet up with Touma and his own company.



They inform Touma, walking with Index and Kazakiri, that a large scale battle might occur in the city. Index and Mikoto start arguing, suspicious of each other's feelings for Touma. Kuroko decides to teleport them out of there leaving Touma and Kazakiri alone.

Tree Diagram Remnant Arc
Mikoto becomes restless after realizing that several countries are trying to acquire the remains of Tree Diagram. With the possibility that the experiments will return if the Tree Diagram is returned and recreated. Mikoto carelessly exposes herself to Kuroko's suspicions after telling her to be wary of the weather.

Later, Mikoto caught wind that Musujime Awaki and the organization she is working for has acquired the Remnant of the Tree Diagram, she knocks out the traffic system to slow them down and prevent them from quickly escaping from Academy City. She later calls Kuroko that she would won't be back to their dormitory until later, unaware that Kuroko were fighting the peons who acquired the Remnant.

Mikoto later returns to the dormitory to discover Kuroko seriously injured after her battle with Awaki, pretending to not notice. After talking to her, leaves her room, and tracks down Awaki and her goons. She easily defeats the espers allied with her and her minions as well, here she tells Awaki after she insults her for being part of the experiment as well her saying that Mikoto is only fighting for her sake, that Awaki is correct, and that she is truly angry and want to destroy everything that is involved. However, Mikoto states that she is angrier at herself for allowing Kuroko (who is secretly watching Mikoto) to get involved and get hurt, and angry at herself for allowing a mess where Awaki felt compeled to hurt Kuroko. Knowing that she is no match for the power of a level 5, Awaki teleports away after using people as human shields, preventing Mikoto from attacking carelessly. Mikoto later tries to find where Awaki ran away to, to no avail.

Mikoto later runs into Kamijou Touma, who was asked by Misaka 10032 to help them stop the experiments from starting again. Here, they later find the restaurant where Kuroko and Awaki have been fighting in. Mikoto uses her Railgun to a blow a hole up to the floor where Kuroko (who is severely injured from the fight with Awaki) is so Touma can save her. Touma saves her after negating the distortion in space caused by Awaki teleporting a massive object to crush Kuroko.

Mikoto later visits Kuroko in a certain hospital, here, Kuroko promises that she would catch up to Mikoto in order for her to stand side-by-side with her in the battlefield.

Daihasei Festival Arc
Mikoto competes in the Daihasei and makes a bet with Touma over whose school will fair better in the festival. Also, she deals with her mother who is visiting, from shopping with her to keeping Kuroko away from her. In the end of the arc, she tells Touma at a certain hospital that Tokiwadai is in the lead, thus making her the winner of the bet.

In Railgun manga, Misaka 10032 is kidnapped. Misaka attempts to rescue her, only to get involved in the fight between Gensei Kihara who is now using Multi-skill and Shokuhou Misaki ,the 5th level 5 esper of Academy City. Kihara's plan was to put a virus in the Misaka Network using "Exterior" (an experiment that uses Misaki's Mental Out power) in order to forcibly achieve level 6. As the virus slowly turns Misaka into a level 6, she looses control of her actions and attacks the board chairman's headquarters building with the largest scale lightning ever recorded. Touma and Gunha, the 7th level 5 esper of academy city, team up in order to fight her just to buy enough time for Kuroko and Misaki who are trying to find a way to stop this new level 6 shift experiment.

La Regina del Mare Adriatico Arc
Mikoto is mentioned in the arc briefly when she forced Touma to go to a ball dance until he was kicked in the back of the head by a Shirai Kuroko who teleported behind him. Later, when Touma was forced to leave Italy to go back to Japan by Heaven Canceler, he became nervous and acted violent about returning to Academy City after hearing from the doctor that she claims her victory of the punishment game and he will have to listen to whatever Mikoto says.

Academy City Invasion Arc
Misaka Mikoto is sleeping in her bed and her roommate Kuroko who was up at the time happens to hear her mumbling in her sleep about the penalty game and what she has planned for Touma. Later that day she tracks down Touma after school to remind him of the bet they made during the Daihaseisai festival. Touma relents and fans her with his bag causing her to be embarrassed. Later that day, while waiting for Touma at a local theater, she spots Uiharu. The two exchange greetings and Mikoto teaches Uiharu how to play the violin, only to be interrupted by a jealous Shirai Kuroko who's busy with Judgment work. Touma arrives a half hour late for the arranged meeting and Mikoto launches lightning at him only to get negated by Touma's right hand. Mikoto grabs Touma's hand and the two commence the penalty game.

Mikoto puts away her violin case in a locker at the renewed underground shopping centre and the two go to a mobile service center to get each others respective numbers. Mikoto decides to go with the couples plan because of the Geko-ta strap that comes with it and tells Touma that his number will only be used for her convenience. She learns that in order for the plan to be complete they must take a photo acknowledging that they're a couple. Having no choice and creating a few mishaps, Touma puts his arms around her, wanting to get the whole thing over with. Mikoto blushes and agrees and after the picture is shot, Kuroko teleports in and drops kicks Touma on the back of the head, ruining the photo and causing the latter pain and grief. Touma then asks for liberation from responsibilities since Kuroko is there, but Mikoto throws lightning at him and says that he's not going anywhere. Mikoto returns to Touma after she completes the plan but she meets Misaka Imouto 10032 and becomes upset at him for paying attention to someone else's problems instead of keeping his promise to her. She strikes him with lightning over and over again but her efforts are useless and Misaka Imouto insists Mikoto should stop her harsh treatment towards Touma. Mikoto refuses and Misaka Imouto makes fun of her for not being honest and decides to hold Touma's arms right in front of her; shocking them both. Last Order then arrives and Misaka Imouto leaves after her but not before giving Touma a frightening warning.

Mikoto leaves Touma behind upset because of what happened earlier and the fact that he thought that she only wanted him to get the phone strap from the mobile center. She walks around the shopping center and takes out her frustration on a power level machine. After calming down she decides to look for Touma again and apologize for her immature behavior. It's past the curfew time and there's still no sign of Touma. She stops at a convenient store to buy an umbrella when Shirai Kuroko calls, wondering if Mikoto is back at the dorm. Mikoto tells Kuroko that she isn't and Kuroko becomes enraged thinking that she'll plan a night date with Touma. Mikoto tries to calm her down but Uiharu manages to keep her in control and wishes her good luck on her date. but reiterates saying that it isn't. She once again decides to look for Touma again before returning home.

After Kazakiri Hyouka goes berserk and becomes Fuse=KAZAKIRI, thanks to Aleister's interruption of Vento of the Front's attack on Academy City, Mikoto first spots Index who's in a rush to save Kazakiri, and then also notices Touma heading towards the same direction. After being pulled by the two of them, Mikoto asks what that thing is to them and Index tells Mikoto that it's a friend and that they are on their way to rescue her. A few Hound Dog members spot and attack the three, but Mikoto decides to stay behind and hold them off. With the penalty game still being active, Mikoto orders Touma to stay alive and help his friend, and although he's reluctant to leave her, he obeys Mikoto's command. Later while fighting, Mikoto gets a call from Touma and asks her if she could help Index give her some science related advice to help her stop Fuse=KAZAKIRI, but neither of the two are happy about it. Mikoto gives Index, who has Touma's phone, some scientific advice on how to save Hyouka. After a few explanations and examples, Index succeeds and with the killing of Kihara Amata and the defeat Vento of the Front, the incidents comes to a close.

Skill-Out Uprising
Touma suggests to Misaka Misuzu to call Mikoto, a level 5, for help during the Dangai University Database Center attack. She declines, saying that she does not want to involve Mikoto.

Document of Constantine Arc
Mikoto meets Touma while he was walking home after being punished for an incident that happened at his school. Mikoto asks Touma why hasn't he responded to her messages that she sent him and Touma doesn't remember anything about it. Mikoto looks at Touma's phone and becomes shocked that her mother's number is on his phone. Mikoto demands an explanation and calls her mother, learning that her mother was drunk one night and Touma rescued her. Mikoto overreacts then calms down to talk about the riots that are happening across the globe and the weapons demonstrations in Academy City. After the two split, Mikoto forgot to ask Touma to take her out for a cultural festival that happens in Academy City once a year. She calls his phone but the number couldn't be reached so she decides to track him down. Mikoto then hears gunshots in the area so she arrives at the scene but there was no one to be found.

Later, Touma calls Mikoto from the Palace of the Popes and asks her what's new from the Academy City side. Mikoto tells him that they sent special forces by the request of the French government, then asks him where he is. Before Touma could explain, Terra of the Left arrives and Touma's phone gets knocked right off his hand, causing the screen to break. Even though his cellphone gets damaged, Mikoto is still able to listen in and learns a startling revelation from Terra that Touma has actually lost his memories and has been pretending towards his friends ever since.

Acqua of the Back Arc
After knowing the shocking revelation about Touma's memory loss. Mikoto is in a state of confusion about why she cares about his problems so much and the fact that Touma hid something like that from everyone, especially her. Mikoto at first considers asking Shokuhou Misaki for help in regards to Touma's memory loss. However, she rejects the idea because she did not want to end up in Misaki's debt, and she could not be sure that Misaki would not do anything unnecessary to Touma in the process. Ultimately, she decided it wouldn't be a good idea to put Touma's health in the hands of someone she could not completely trust. While Mikoto still thinks about how she should handle this situation, she just so happens to spot Touma by a local theater with his head on Itsuwa's chest (due to his head getting hit by a soccer by the other Amakusa members). She chases him down by throwing lightning at him, Itsuwa prepares to attack then Touma holds her to stop her, but Mikoto becomes even more upset and continues to chase him down relentlessly. After running around Academy City, Touma manages to ditch her.

Later that day she goes to the local bathhouse to collect points for a Geko-ta strap that she could get by taking a certain numbers of baths. She runs into Index and Itsuwa who's also there to take a bath as well (Due to Index ruining Touma's bathroom at his home). She starts to wonder if the two know about his memory loss and while pondering about the issue again, she faints in the bath and was forced to be taken away by the staff there to resuscitate her. She later runs into Touma again in the middle of the night, and realizes that something is not right about him. After she decides to confront him, she notices that he is heavily wounded, and he probably left a nearby hospital without permission. She realizes that his memory loss may truly be legitimate since he has constantly been involved in life-and-death situations. Mikoto confronts Touma about his memory loss, and asks him why he doesn't ask her or anyone else for help. She volunteers to confront the person that he is going to fight against in his place, Acqua, but he rejects the offer. After speaking with an injured Touma and revealing to him that she knows about his memory loss, she suddenly realizes that Touma doesn't live "in the same world as her" where the worst possible problem is getting into scuffles with students; but that instead he is forced to handle life or death situations such as the one from the sisters incident time after time. She resolves to stand with him and help him fight - as she cannot stand to see him this battered down, carrying an unimaginable weight and still tries to stumble onto the battlefield when his health is greatly impaired all on his own. Mikoto is at first confused as to why she cares about him at all, until she finally realizes her feelings for Touma.

English Civil War
Mikoto is first seen during Volume 17 feeling restless due to her previous confrontation with Touma. According to the novels narration, she did not plan to meet with Touma again until she could properly sort out all the feelings in her heart. However, she still runs into Touma by a vending machine. She asks Touma about his injuries, which he tells her that he is fine, but he tells her that he has a hard time recalling the details of their previous conversation other than the fact she knew about his memory loss. Due to Touma's request, Mikoto also reluctantly agrees to keep his memory loss a secret. Touma changed the subject by telling her she should not do her "kicking the vending machine" trick anymore because people could still see up to her thighs. After Touma's comment, Mikoto realizes that she actually feels comfortable around him. Much to Touma's confusion and uneasiness, she inadvertantly lets out a few sparks from her body.

Unbeknownst to Mikoto, Touma was kidnapped by Tsuchimikado Motoharu, and forced to go to England. During Volume 18, Mikoto receives a call from Touma, which shocks her because he rarely calls her. When she answers, Touma asked her if she knew how to open a lock since he needs to sneak into a subway station. After hearing that, she hung up on him, but she immediately receives another call from him. After he explains to her the situation he is in and the fact he is in London (which surprises her because she knows about the dangers in London at the present time), she figured that Touma really must be in another strange predicament and reluctantly agrees to help him. Thanks to Mikoto's directions, Touma was able to open the shutter’s electronic lock. Afterwards, Mikoto tried to ask Touma if he wanted to spend some time with her due to all the half-days that were happening because of Ichihanaransai preparations, but she is cutoff before she could finish.

World War III
Later, she worries about Touma because he isn't answering any of her calls since the last time they spoke to each other. She remembers that Touma mentioned he was in London. However, when she watches a news report on T.V about World War 3 showing Russia, she sees Touma in the bottom corner of the screen in Volume 20. In order to prove to herself that it may not be him, she decides to hack into Touma's school network with her ability and her PDA, and finds Touma hasn't been to the school for quite some time, forcing her to realize that the Touma on TV was the real one. She hacks further into Academy City's database and comes across the city's plans to retrieve Touma "at any cost". Afterwards, she decides to hijack a jet to go to Russia and help Touma, she also learns of a special team that has been put together for the sole purpose of bringing Touma back to Academy city under Aleister's command.

She travels to Russia and tries to retrieve Touma. On her way she meets Misaka 10777, one of the clones who was stationed in Russia but decided to stay behind in order to try and find Touma instead of evacuating with the rest of the Academy City non-military personnel.

Later Mikoto meets up with Touma and tries to bring him back with her in order to save him from what appears to be certain death. He refuses, and Mikoto tries to forcibly bring him with her by using magnetism to get him onto her plane, which he negated. She and Misaka 10777 were forced to leave without Touma, with Mikoto in tears. In the end of the arc, near the beach she finds the Gekota charm the two of them bought back on September 30th on a beach and no other signs of Touma are found. She believes that Touma had died.