Astral Buddy Manga Chapter 010

Chapter 10 of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Gaiden: Astral Buddy was released on March 27th 2018.

Major Events

 * The ghost girl sees the circumstances of Hokaze Junko and Shokuhou Misaki's first meeting in a memory.

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Iruka's accomplice
 * Shokuhou Misaki
 * Ghost Girl
 * Yumiya Iruka (flashback)
 * Hokaze Junko (flashback)

New Characters

 * Mitsuari Ayu (flashback)
 * Yumiya Rakko (flashback)

Abilities

 * Rampage Dress - Hokaze Junko
 * Mental Out - Shokuhou Misaki
 * Mental Stinger - Mitsuari Ayu

Locations

 * Academy City
 * Clone Dolly 3rd Laboratory: Ideal

Trivia

 * This chapter confirms that the Indian Poker card affecting Misaki was the malicious one that she was weary of.
 * This chapter confirms the blood relationship between Yumiya Iruka and Yumiya Rakko; they are siblings with the former being the younger while the latter is the elder one.
 * The flashback shows that Misaki didn't take over all of Clone Dolly, just those involved with the Exterior Project.

Referbacks

 * Junko, Rakko, Iruka, and Ayu's past in Clone Dolly, a facility first referenced in the third Toaru Majutsu no Index light novel and explored in Chapter 60 of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun is shown here.

Cultural References

 * The experiments on Junko gave her s, an illness that is said to be one of the most painful and is known as suicide headaches.

Unanswered Questions

 * Is the girl shown at the end the ghost's true identity?