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Background
On August 31st, following the suspension of the Level 6 Shift Project after his defeat by Kamijou Touma, Accelerator was shot in the head by Amai Ao while saving Last Order. Although he was saved by Heaven Canceller, the brain damage he sustained left him reliant on the Sisters he had once killed, via a choker connecting him to the Misaka Network, in order to process language and perform calculations. During the first weeks of September, Accelerator remained an inpatient at Heaven Canceller's Hospital.

Rosenthal Family

 * Li household
 * Images?: Obed's exile, Nathan making the numbers, Other?

Esther and the Hishigatas

 * Images?: Esther/Hishigata (research), Hirumi dead/Esther's revival attempt

DA
Disciplinary Action, commonly abbreviated to DA, was an armed organization which began as a group of Anti-Skill officers who received disciplinary action for going overboard in their law enforcement. A cooperative organization on paper, it was actually a secret society of zealots and extremists, willing to use any means necessary to carry out what they call "justice". Comprised largely of disciplined and disgraced members and former members of Anti-Skill, the group was supported by a number of sympathizers, including influential figures and rejected defense contractors, supplying them with information, funding and equipment, with technology surpassing that of Anti-Skill. One of their backers was board member Nakimoto Rizou, who believed the group could be useful for him and kept that information on the group withheld from Anti-Skill.

Hishigata Mikihiko joined DA at some point within the past few years and provided them with the Coffin technology which he had developed from Esther Rosenthal's Necromancy techniques, though he merely planned to use the group for his own ends.

Three days before the incident at Heaven Canceller's Hospital,  several DA members came across Hitokawa Hasami after a failed suicide attempt and murdered her in the ambulance, drowning her with river water through her oxygen mask, in order to make use of her ability in the Prototype Coffin.

Contact
Having escaped from DA's custody, Esther Rosenthal sought out Last Order in order to stop the plan which Hishigata intended to carry out, pursued by operatives of DA. At one point, she was cornered by one of her pursuers and forced to animate two dog corpses she found in order to escape from a dead end.
 * Initial encounters (Ch1-6), Ep2-4

Hospital
With DA hot on her heels, Esther managed to reach Heaven Canceller's Hospital. Although they were not meant to enter the hospital, DA operative Nishio (accompanied by others in the anime) followed her into the building, but obeyed orders not to interfere with the patients. Briefly clashing with her pursuers while fleeing, Esther ended up entering Accelerator's room, but was unable to get his attention as he was reflecting the sound around him and reading a book. Esther's pursuers caught up and manage to subdue her. After Esther was knocked out, Nishio noticed Accelerator but left without attempting to interact with him. Once the intruders were gone and things quietened down, Accelerator turned off his reflection, but then noticed a photograph of Last Order in her incubation tank which Esther had dropped.
 * Meeting/first contact

As the DA members had Esther strapped down and were preparing to leave, Accelerator approached them.







Attack on DA
Soon afterwards, Anti-Skill began a simultaneous attack on DA's known branches across the city.

Tarantula

 * Ch7-10, Ep5

Scavenger

 * Ch10-17, Ep5-6

Coffins

 * Coffins (Ch18-25), Ep7-9

Unsorted:

Taowu

 * Taowu (Ch26-35)


 * Ch26-27
 * Ch28-29
 * Ch30-32
 * Ch32-33
 * Isaac's impatience and mistake.

With time running out and his battery running low, Accelerator drew on the power of the planet's rotational vectors to propel the group to the top. Once there, Esther rushed towards Hirumi's body to stab the Taowu's charm with Emperor Shun's Blade. Initially going through Hirumi's hand and stopping short of the target, with help from Huotou and Misaka 10046, Esther was able to force the blade forward and pierced the charm with its tip.

As his will was being exorcised from the Taowu, Isaac realized that he had failed again, remarking on how he had said something similar when he died before. Hirumi's will briefly resurfaced and she said goodbye to her brother before her body stopped moving. Saying his own goodbye, Hishigata said that he would soon be joining her, adding that it probably wouldn't be just him as the constructed body would soon collapse and the resulting explosion would level everything within 5km, with the shockwave likely destroying the city. After asking Esther to play with them again once she joined them, Hishigata succumbed to his wounds.

Immediately afterwards, Hirumi's head came off and her corpse crumbled as the constructed body's explosive collapse began. Accelerator rushed forward to contain the blast, but had trouble doing so due to the strange vectors within it. Thinking of Last Order, Accelerator focused all of his remaining battery power towards his ability calculations, to the extent that he wasn't able to stand. Despite this, he managed to successfully redirect the majority of the blast into space.

Aftermath
Some time later, Accelerator was back in his hospital room, with Last Order telling him to get some rest. She told him that if he wanted her to do anything he should ask, but she wouldn't listen if he told her to leave because she was annoying. Accelerator told her to buy a can of coffee, stating a specific kind which he claimed to recall seeing in a convenience store in School District 14 (the furthest from School District 7).

As Last Order was rushing off, Yomikawa Aiho arrived, briefly wondering about the girl but not saying anything, and apologized to Accelerator for the trouble they had caused him, adding that he did rid Anti-Skill of some pus. She then mentioned that the report said that the disaster at Seiin High School was an out-of-control experiment by Hishigata Mikihiko, but added that she had some doubts, asking if Accelerator knew anything since he was there. Accelerator responded that he didn't know anything, saying that it was just the chemical reaction caused by the interaction of two villains. Yomikawa was not satisfied with this answer, but before she could continue, Last Order ran back, having realized that she was being fooled. Recognizing that they couldn't talk like this, Yomikawa decided to come back later and left, taking Last Order with her.
 * Trim?

Just as Accelerator was settling down for some peace and quiet, Esther arrived through the window. She began to speak, addressing Accelerator as 'sensei', but Accelerator promptly responded that he was not her teacher, giving her a warning to stay out of the darkness if she could not commit to it. After a pause, Esther silently bowed and then turned to leave with Huotou. Despite Esther's request that they leave quietly, Huotou's jump was noisy and cracked the walls of Accelerator's hospital room, to his annoyance.

Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator-related

 * Time from Taowu activation to truth reveal: 2,467,585 seconds
 * 41,128.4 minutes
 * 685 hours
 * 28 1/2 days
 * Esther Image Arrangement (part-temp)
 * Esther Abilities half-updated (Rosenthal-style Necromancy/Artificial Souls/Huotou still need work)

Esther Rosenthal, Personality

 * Basic, Life/Death/Regret, Obliviousness/Naïvity
 * Feel weakness(Ch18)

Esther is shown to be generally kind to people.

She values humans and their lives enough that she is outraged when they are exploited in despicable fashions; this is displayed greatly when, despite how they are dead, Esther does not see any of her animated corpses as expendable as she prefers to see no harm come to them.

Esther Personality: Life/Death/Regrets
 * Values humans & life, respects dead
 * Anger at misuse/exploitation for abominable purposes (Ch3/29)
 * Does not see corpses as expendable, prefers no harm (Ch4, Ep4, Ch11-16?, Ep6, ?)

Life/Death/Regrets:

Esther values humans and life,           and shows respect for the dead,      being angered when they are disregarded and exploited in despicable fashions. Even though they are dead, Esther recognizes that the corpses she animates are not just dead bodies but those of people and does not see them as expendable, preferring that no harm or indignity come to them.

While she didn't fully understand at the time she first entered Academy City,  as a result of losing her friend Hirumi twice (first through her death and then her own attempt to revive her), Esther understands the weight of life and death, and that one should not toy with death. Having shared her knowledge of necromancy without grasping the full consequences, something she deeply regrets, Esther holds herself responsible for the atrocities which Hishigata and DA committed with it, and was determined to stop them, as well as the one behind them, from toying with life and death any further, even if it cost her own life. Abandoning the long-held desire of the Rosenthal Family, Esther intended to abandon necromancy altogether once she had stopped the ones abusing their techniques.

Esther Rosenthal, Abilities

 * Expand: Revision of existing sections, non-necromancy abilities

Sections:
 * Rosenthal-style Necromancy
 * Artificial Souls
 * Huotou
 * Emperor Shun's Blade
 * Other (Charms/Escape)
 * Armor of the Dead?

Esther is a necromancer,   and as such specializes in magic involving the manipulation of the dead. She uses a method of inserting artificial souls into corpses to animate them to do her bidding. Although she is capable of defending herself with her dagger and knows a number of non-necromantic spells,       (Ref) she primarily relies on her reanimated servants in battle. (Ch-Ref) The majority of Esther's spells utilize paper charms with magic circles inscribed on them,       which often expand additional magic circles when she uses them.

Unsorted:
 * Esther is a necromancer,
 * a magician whose magic involves the manipulation of the dead.
 * Esther's primary artificial soul during the events surrounding DA...

Rosenthal-style Necromancy
Sections:
 * Background
 * Process
 * Insertion
 * Residual thoughts
 * Reanimation

Non-rewritten, superfluous:
 * Additional magic circles then form upon the floor where the ritual is being made, and a large, vibrant burst of light appears as the spirit is installed. She then "reactivates" her, re-possesses her body with an artificial soul, and then closes the spiritual circuit.
 * To do this, she needs the "residual thoughts" as a keyword and then sends the false soul into the body. If the residual thoughts are not controlled, they usually take dangerous form that people sometimes call ghosts.

Artificial souls
Rewrite
 * The Rosenthal Family make use of artificial souls, also referred to as false soul (偽りの魄), which are stored in charms and inserted into corpses to animate them.
 * When summoned, the soul is bound to follow the orders of the head of the Rosenthal family (Adonai authority).
 * All of the artificial souls that are used by the Rosenthal family have names based on ancient Chinese figures, due to the influence of the Taoism in their spells.


 * Esther is currently only shown to have summoned and implanted two artificial souls on corpses, Huotou and Taowu.
 * However, as the only living member present in Academy City in the course of the story, it is presumed that she was the one implanted the artificial souls on the corpses that would eventually come to be used by the Coffins, large mecha that would also bare the name of the artificial souls.

Taowu (檮杌): Initially, it was thought to be capable of independent and malicious thought unlike Huotou, and unwilling or incapable of speaking. It is later revealed that the spirit has been imprinted with the soul of Esther's ancestor, Isaac, allowing it independent thought and have its own goals.

Rewrite: Naming/Creation transferred
 * Programming/Insertion

Esther has had a number of artificial souls at her disposal, with both high and low level spiritual charms. As the 23rd head of the Rosenthal Family, Esther inherited a set of four powerful and dangerous artificial souls created by 5th head Nathan, known as the Evil Spirits of the Numbers (ナンバーズの悪霊) and bearing the names of the Si-Xiong (四凶) of Chinese ; Taowu, Taotie, Hundun and Qiong Qi. Difficult even for necromancers to control, they could enhance the abilities of the corpses they possess to levels greatly exceeding the body's potential.

Esther used Taowu in her attempt to revive Hirumi, but lost control to the will of Isaac imprinted on it, unknown to her. During her captivity, the other three were taken and used in Coffins, enhancing the esper abilities of their corpses to Level 5-class. The Coffins were eventually destroyed, while Taowu's charm was pierced by Emperor Shun's Blade.

Huotou
Huotou (禍斗), also referred to as the Rosenthal Third Number (薔薇渓谷家参式 (ローゼンタール サードナンバー) ), is the main artificial soul used by Esther during her time with Accelerator, possessing the body of Hitokawa Hasami after her death. Originally implanted into her body in order to close her open spiritual circuit and lay her to rest properly, the interruption caused by DA led to the artificial soul automatically activating and animating the corpse,   serving as Esther's protector from that point onwards. (Ref)
 * Behavior: Protect master, prioritize protecting charm, permit damage to corpse if needed.

Huotou speaks in a robotic manner and addresses Esther as Adonai. Obeying Esther's commands, it accompanies its master and automatically act in order to protect her. If it is in danger of being destroyed, it will prioritize protecting its charm, allowing damage to the corpse if necessary.

While using Hitokawa Hasami's body, Huotou displayed increased strength and speed greater than that of a normal human, being capable of breaking a man's arm and weapon with a single kick, leaving a crater in the floor. It is capable of increasing them to even greater levels at the cost of damaging its host body. (Ch Ref)(Ep Ref) By allocating the majority of its, it can also increase the host's sense of smell in order to track scents. (Ch Ref) It isn't known if Huotou can use Hitokawa's Pyrokinesis.(Ch/Ep Refs)

Unsorted:
 * presumably the same artificial soul used when her body was used for the Prototype Coffin. (Assumption)
 * When it does, it rises by itself and talks in a strange manner, like that of a robot.
 * When in combat it can be both fast and powerful, and as with the case of Hasami, be able to destroy and create a crater on a floor with a single kick.
 * It also automatically tries to protect its master (Esther), and if in danger of being destroyed, tries to protect the “charm” that allows it to move, allowing damage to the corpse if necessary.

Armor of the Dead
The Armor of the Dead (死者の鎧) is an armor made from dirt, produced to protect and bolster animated corpses.

To activate the spell, Esther places one of her paper charms on the ground at a point were there is a sufficient amount of soil on the surface, producing a magic circle, and invoking a Gnome (土精 (グノーム) ). This gathers dirt around the corpse and forms it into an armor of earth which shields it from harm. In addition to increasing their defenses, it can form pieces of armor around the corpse's limbs to increase their attack power.

Additional dirt can be supplied to repair the armor, but the user must apparently remain in place and continue invoking the spell to provide it.
 * Scavenger analysis

Emperor Shun's Blade
Esther possesses a dagger known as Emperor Shun's Blade (舜帝の剣), a countermeasure against the Rosenthals' artificial souls. It has a blade as wide as its hilt, dark-colored on its side with a red diamond pattern, decreasing towards and before the tip.

As well as being wielded as a regular dagger, it is used for a neutralizing spell known as Spell of Emperor Shun's Blade (舜帝の剣の術). The dagger is prepared by placing it in the center of a carved magic circle, tip down, and performing an incantation. Once the preparations are complete, the dagger can neutralize the artificial souls used by the Rosenthal family on touching their charm, separating them from their hosts, and is described by Esther as poison to the likes of the Taowu.

Other
Aside from her necromancy, Esther has a number of other spells which she can perform using paper charms, sometimes coupled with incantations or gestures:

Some of them produce magic circles at the charm's position (either placed on the ground or thrown through the air), which can safely launch people standing on them upward (surrounded by a green glow while airborne) or act as a mid-air platform for people to jump on and off.

Another charm allows Esther to sense the locations of nearby artificial soul charms, such as that of Taowu. At least one type of charm allows her to monitor the circulation of life force through a living individual, though she doesn't possess healing magic and can only perform basic first aid.

Necromancer Arc
Shortly after Accelerator's clash with DA when they pursued Esther Rosenthal into the hospital, he spoke with a sleepy Last Order who was in the corridor, having been woken up by the noise.

The next day, Last Order brought three bentos per Accelerator's request and found him with Esther Rosenthal in his hospital room. Seeing him with another girl and with the two hiding some of the details, Last Order ended up throwing the bentos at Accelerator in a fit of anger/jealousy. The three subsequently went out to a family restaurant for a meal, which Last Order and Esther enjoyed. While Accelerator slipped out to phone Yoshikawa, Esther had an accident with the drinks machine so the two girls returned to the hospital for a dry set of clothes, with Last Order leaving a note for Accelerator.

Eixsting:
 * Reassurance, Esther seeking her
 * When Accelerator returned to find Esther in her underwear, Last Order threw a pillow at him and told him off before telling Esther off for not being bothered at being seen by a boy while undressed.(Cite magazine?)
 * Heaven Canceller then came in and told Last Order that it was time for her check-up, prompting her to leave for the usual location for the check-up.
 * Last Order remained at hospital, unaware of what was transpiring, while Accelerator slipped away to deal with the incident himself. (Ch-Ref)

Ch7-Ch36, Ep5-
 * Battery
 * Awakening

Nectar Arc
After Accelerator rescued Himegi Matsuri, Last Order was again annoyed at him bringing another girl back with him, even moreso when hearing Himegi's version of events. Circumstances later led to the two girls going out for food and getting involving in a series of events.
 * Search
 * Tobio Yumi

Following Himegi's abduction by Full Course, Last Order stood with Accelerator outside Tobio Yumi's hospital room as she was being questioned by Yomikawa and spoke of the circumstances involving her sister Mami. Thinking about what she had heard, she turned to Accelerator, who decided to tackle the matter as part of his rehabilitation.

Rosenthal Family, Principles
Structure:
 * Opening paragraph
 * Rosenthal-style Necromancy
 * Artificial Souls
 * Other (Traditions)

The Rosenthal Family is a line of necromancers who have spent over 400 years developing techniques of creating golems from corpses in order to create the perfect golem.

As opposed to rock dolls only capable of carrying out simple commands, the Rosenthal make use of a method devised by their ancestor Obed, which involves placing an artificial soul into a corpse, allowing them to use a human brain and greatly increasing their intelligence. These techniques were further developed through subsequent generations with the 4th generation head Isaac incorporating the Taoist Hopping Zombie Spell into what would become the Rosenthal-style, and the 5th generation head Nathan, who developed artificial souls with greatly increased abilities.

The greatest desire of the Rosenthal Family was the creation of the perfect golem, one with a perfect soul and a perfect body - a god.

Other, Processed:
 * When student makes promise/pledge to teacher, customary to present piece of red clothing/gear on them, represents offering of flesh and blood to master, add depth/form, deepen significance to the blood.
 * Raising

Rosenthal-style Necromancy

 * Rosenthal-style Necromancy (ローゼンタール流 死霊術</rb> (</rp>ネクロマンシー</rt>) </rp>)
 * Necromancer (死霊術師</rb> (</rp>ネクロマンサー</rt>) </rp>).

Structure:
 * Basic foundation/formats
 * Core Procedure
 * Variant Procedures
 * Other Specifics

Unprocessed:

It is a mixed style with an initial foundation based on Kabbalah, having originally developed from heretical golem research, combined with elements from Taoism, such as the Hopping Zombie Spell,  and centered around a method of manipulating dead bodies by inserting artificial souls into them. Unlike traditional golems, which are typically rock or mud dolls only capable of following simple commands, this technique utilizes the human brain in order to create a more intelligent servant.

When implanting an artificial soul into a dead body, Esther first places the charm containing it onto the corpse. She then "reactivates" the body and calls in the wandering residual information. At the same time, as seen in the case of Hitokawa Hasami, a magic circle is formed on the floor around corpse and necromancer, accompanied by additional light around the charm's contact point. The deceased's "residual thoughts" (残留思念) are used as a key code in order to slip the artificial soul into the body.

While gathering the residual thoughts to use as a key, the residual memory takes form outside of the corpse in the shape of a floating brain. If someone touches it, as in the case of Accelerator with Hitokawa Hasami, the memories of the deceased flood into that person's mind. If not controlled, the residual thoughts can take a dangerous form which people sometimes call ghosts (specifically jibakurei (地縛霊)). Once the artificial soul has been successfully connected, the charm disappears into the body and Esther can then manipulate the corpse, either having the soul animate it or carrying out a different task.

Although the method is primarily used with human corpses, it is possible to use it on the corpses of other animals, though without a human brain it won't display the same level of intelligence.

In addition to animating corpses, Esther can also use the artificial souls to close a corpse's open spiritual circuit (such as in the case of Hitokawa Hasami after an earlier misuse of necromancy, which might have resulted in the corpse crawling back even if buried and might prevent the deceased from passing through the gates of Heaven) and perform a ritual to properly lay the dead to rest.

Processing, Format Rosenthal-style Necromancy (ローゼンタール流 死霊術</rb> (</rp>ネクロマンシー</rt>) </rp>) is a mixed style with an initial foundation based on Kabbalah, having originally developed from heretical golem research, combined with elements from Taoism, such as the Hopping Zombie Spell, which were discovered and integrated during the family's time in the East. Derived from these origins, the majority of the known Rosenthal-style spells utilize paper charms with magic circles and/or symbols inscribed on them.

The core of Rosenthal-style Necromancy is a method of manipulating dead bodies by inserting artificial souls into them,    essentially creating a corpse golem. Unlike traditional golems, which are typically rock or mud dolls only capable of following simple commands, this technique utilizes the human brain in order to create a more intelligent servant. Due to its nature, it was considered a heretical technique from when it was first devised and resulted in its creator's exile from his homeland.
 * Rewording

Processing, Core Procedure
 * Implantation: Chest or mouth
 * Reactivation
 * Connection and animation

In order to use this technique, the user requires an artificial soul,    created through an application of the Sephiroth and stored on a paper charm,  and a dead body,     preferably one which hasn't decayed to the extent that the operation of the brain and body would be impaired. Although the method is primarily used with human corpses, it is possible to use it on the corpses of other animals, though without a human brain it won't result in the same level of intelligence.

The user must then connect the charm to the corpse, either by placing the charm on the corpse's chest and then performing a full ritual, or in a cruder manner by stuffing the charm into an opening such as the corpse's mouth. A preliminary check on the body's condition can be carried out using the charm before proceeding with the rest of the connection process. With the charm containing the artificial soul placed onto or into the dead body, the user "reactivates" the body and calls in the wandering residual information. The deceased's "residual thoughts" (残留思念) are used as a key code in order to slip the artificial soul into the body. At the same time, a magic circle is expanded around the corpse.

Once the artificial soul has been slipped in and properly connected to the body, the charm disappears in the body if it was placed onto the body rather than inserted through an opening, and the user can then have the artificial soul manipulate the corpse. This usually involves having it fully animate the corpse,     but other tasks can be performed, such as utilizing specific functions of the brain or body through partial animation,    closing a corpse's spiritual circuit if it was left open (such as might be the case after an earlier misuse of necromancy) and carrying out a ritual to properly lay the dead to rest.

Having animated the corpse, the artificial soul will use the body as its own, following its programming and its master's commands, until it is disconnected from the body.(Ref)

Processing, Other Specifics
 * Risks:
 * Jibakurei
 * Spiritual circuit left open

While gathering the residual thoughts to use as a key, the residual memory can take form outside of the corpse in the shape of a floating brain. If someone touches it, as in the case of Accelerator with Hitokawa Hasami, the memories of the deceased flood into that person's mind. If not controlled, the residual thoughts can take a dangerous form which people sometimes call ghosts (specifically jibakurei (地縛霊)).

If the technique is misused, a corpse's spiritual circuit can be left open, such as in the case of Hitokawa Hasami after being using in the Prototype Coffin with a low-level spiritual charm, which might have resulted in the corpse crawling back even if buried and might prevent the deceased from passing through the gates of Heaven if not fixed.
 * In addition to animating corpses, Esther can also use the artificial souls to close a corpse's open spiritual circuit (such as in the case of Hitokawa Hasami after an earlier misuse of necromancy, which might have resulted in the corpse crawling back even if buried and might prevent the deceased from passing through the gates of Heaven) and perform a ritual to properly lay the dead to rest.

Artificial Souls
Current The Rosenthal Family make use of artificial souls, also referred to as false souls (偽りの魄), which are stored in charms and inserted into corpses to animate them.

Among these are four artificial souls with greatly increased abilities, created by the 5th generation head Nathan; Taowu (檮杌), Taotie (饕餮), Hundun (混沌) and Qiong Qi (窮奇). These four, sometimes referred to as the Evil Spirits of the Numbers (ナンバーズの悪霊), are capable of producing superhuman strength when their charm is attached to a corpse. One of these, Taowu, houses the will of Isaac, whose soul Nathan transferred into Taowu while he was on his deathbed.

Another one of the artificial souls used by the Rosenthal family is the Huotou (禍斗), also referred to as the Rosenthal Third Number (薔薇渓谷家参式</rb> (</rp>ローゼンタール サードナンバー</rt>) </rp>).

A countermeasure to the artificial souls, wielded by the current head Esther Rosenthal, is a dagger known as Emperor Shun's Blade (舜帝の剣), which is meant to neutralize them on striking their charm.

Unprocessed

The artificial souls at the core of Rosenthal-style Necromancy, also referred to as false souls (偽りの魄) or pseudo-souls (疑似魂魄), are formed through an application of the Sephiroth and stored on paper charms with magic circles and symbols written on them.

When summoned, the soul is bound to follow the orders of the head of the Rosenthal family. All of the known artificial souls used by the Rosenthals have names based on ancient Chinese figures, due to the family's history in the East and the influence of Taoism in their spells.

Esther has had a number of artificial souls at her disposal, with both high and low level spiritual charms. Huotou is an artificial soul which she personally created. As the 23rd head of the Rosenthal Family, Esther inherited a set of four powerful and dangerous artificial souls created by 5th head Nathan, known as the Evil Spirits of the Numbers (ナンバーズの悪霊) and bearing the names of the Si-Xiong (四凶) of Chinese ; Taowu, Taotie, Hundun and Qiong Qi. Difficult even for necromancers to control, they could enhance the abilities of the corpses they possess to levels greatly exceeding the body's potential.

Processing

Coffin, Principles
Sections:atwiki (GT)
 * Principles
 * Original Concept/Development
 * Capabilities/Functioning
 * Magic Circles

Rewrite:
 * Original Concept/Development
 * Product of research into where abilities originate and reverse of observed effect
 * Treatment only works with dead.
 * Find a way to make brain think body reinforced by machines is its "body", only works with dead brains with special treatment.
 * Purpose: DA, Hishigata, Isaac
 * Operational Processes: Framework, Autonomy
 * Capabilities
 * Two levels up
 * In the anime, the Coffins often display magic circles when they are utilizing their abilities.  (Expand - in Principles or individual sections?)

In the anime, the Coffins often display magic circles when they are utilizing their abilities, reflecting the use of Rosenthal-style magic in their operation.

Prototype
The first seen Coffin is the Prototype (プロトタイプ). It is large quadruped mecha, with one large sphere that acts as the eye and is where the corpse of Hitokawa Hasami is located. The mecha has two tentacle-like appendages on of its side. It has powerful legs and is able to leap from a large fissure. In the anime, the sphere is translucent and a mass of tubes arranged in a brain-like shape is visible within.

Using Hasami's ability, Pyrokinesis, it can boost her Level 2 ability to that of a Level 4. In the anime, a magic circle is also visible within the sphere when the Coffin uses the ability.

Qiong Qi
Pre-Rewrite: It is very powerful, able to dissipate Accelerator's wind attack. It is used to kill Nishio, mutilating his body and even melting his flesh. Similarly to the Prototype, it can make powerful leaps up to the sky. The machine is capable of injuring Accelerator even with Redirection, something he compares to that of Kamijou Touma.

Rewrite:
 * Description: Transferred. Visor (Red-3, Blue-7/9)? Pose (pterosaur)? Feathers glow blue (9), sensors
 * Ability: Transferred
 * Formula Enhancement (push Accel?)

Taotie
Pre-Rewrite:
 * A large Coffin that is much more rectangular in appearance than the other Coffins.[...].It is later destroyed by Accelerator.
 * It can leap high, though it has been shown to stay more on the ground.

Notes:
 * Ch21: Swap Hundun and shell, swap out with material teleportation power, something to shell, multi-teleport with loads of launched shells?
 * Ch23: High Muzzle Velocity Cannon, anchors to fix position
 * Taotie sample - power could only swap position with favourite stuffed animal.(Ch24)
 * Ch25: Evolved form - visual link with Qiong Qi, teleportation strengthened. Before, only worked on stuffed animal and markers hypnotised into thinking stuffed animal. Now, anyone can be forced into role. Combine/teleport. QQ (Lv5 PK) send vision to TT.
 * Not doing anything while moving big in/out. Only use power on one at time. Scattering junk autonomously controlled - swap out using power?

Rewrite:
 * Description: Transferred
 * Weapons/Tools: Transferred
 * Ability: Transferred
 * Formula Enhancement: Transferred

Hishigata Mikihiko
Opening Hishigata Mikihiko (菱形幹比古) is a character introduced in Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator. He is a scientist working for the DA, a rogue Anti-Skill group.

Appearance He has messy blond hair, and what could only be described as bored-looking eyes. He is shown to be wearing a labcoat over a turtleneck sweatshirt.

He is often seen with a sucker in his mouth.

Personality He is willing to use corpses for his Coffins and even use live humans for his research, if him wanting to use Accelerator as a specimen is something to go by. He is willing to slaughter a subordinate if they have failed the organization, as exemplified to what happened Nishio. However, he is wise enough not to take on challenges when he does not have the time, as with Accelerator.

He has a verbal tic or a peculiar way ending of a sentence, using Yeah (うん) sometimes at the end.

Background He and his sister Hirumi are part of the DA, and are in search for the perfect mind and body, and in turn achieve the perfect esper. However, the two have their own plans and are just using DA for their own ends.

In the beginning he was doing research on how esper powers resided in the human body. He was later helped by the arrival of Esther Rosenthal, who claims she had been "tricked" into participating. Regardless, it was with her help that Hishigata was able to strengthen esper powers by reinforcing the body, though only on corpses. This would eventually lead to the Coffins. Later, Hirumi dies but is resurrected by Esther, much to his relief. However, she later discovers that Hirumi became possessed by the evil spirit Taowu, though Hishigata could not tell the difference.

DA apparently wants to cleanse Academy City of evil, as well as put a new "layer" unto the world using Last Order, which is apparently putting her into the core of a weapon that Hishigata has built. He later meets Esther Rosenthal who became privy to a few details on their plans, and becomes essential with the plan in putting Last Order into the core of the aforementioned weapon.

Chronology He directs Nishio when he tries to infiltrate a certain hospital where Esther went into after escaping her restraints.

He later berates Nishio for blaming him regarding the Prototype Coffin failing against Accelerator. He later kills Nishio using the Qiong Qi after he discovers that he lied that he has captured Esther. When Esther arrives with Accelerator in the warehouse, he divulges to her that their plans are advancing, and later tells Accelerator that he would like him to be a specimen of his. He later has the mecha leave as it is too soon to fight Accelerator, easily deflecting his wind attacks using the mecha.

Later, he is present with the voice conference of his colleagues and superiors concerning the recent actions by Nakimoto Rizou of the Academy City Board of Directors, a former financier for them. He later receives a report that one of the DA operatives captured a hostage during a botched mission. Seeing that the hostage is a clone, he requests his superior if he can have the clone, to which his superior allows, though asks why, to which Hishigata gives a hackneyed response that it is about "justice". As the extermination campaign on DA continues, the top brass of the organization are looking for a means to turn the tide, and one of them asks Hishigata about the weapon that can "settle things on the battlefield", to which he says the weapon will not work as Esther has escaped and that DA has failed in capturing Last Order as so to acts as its core. However, he assures them that if they can get the Sister he requested, then he should be able to pull it off. Seizing this chance, the leaders then have the remnants of Branch 03, the one that was destroyed by the Scavengers, to regroup in Seiin High School, specifically its Sixth Chemistry Building. After the end of the conference with the leaders, he then visits Hirumi, saying that it is about time for them to cut ties with DA, and that they will do it once they get their hands on the Sister.

After a fierce battle with DA and the Scavengers, Accelerator gets attacked by Hishigata and his Qiong Qi, and later Hundund and Taotie. This allows him to finally get Misaka 10046, and collect data from her. Esther and Hasami later infiltrate Hishigata's headquarters, where she confronts him about Hirumi who is possessed by the evil spirit Taowu, though Hishigata doesn't believe her. Esther promises that for her friend Hirumi's sake, she will stop them.

Abilities
 * Memory conversion, formula, calculations, deception

Hishigata Hirumi
Opening Hishigata Hirumi (菱形 蛭魅) is a character introduced in Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator. The younger sister of Hishigata Mikihiko and a former student of Seiin High School, she accompanied him during his association with the rogue Anti-Skill group DA, with the two merely using it for their own ends. However, unknown to her brother, Hirumi was actually dead and merely being possessed by Taowu, one of the Evil Spirits of Numbers, as a result of her friend Esther Rosenthal's failed attempt to revive her.

Appearance Hirumi had long brown hair, styled into twin tails. In life, she wore the green and white uniform of Seiin High School.

During the events surrounding DA, being animated by Taowu post-mortem, she wore very little and was connected to a large number of wires and pipes through her back.
 * Taowu - Keter Shift

Personality

Background Hirumi and her associate Hishigata are part of DA, and are in search for the perfect mind and body. However, the two have their own plans and are just using DA for their own ends.

She was apparently a normal high school girl at the same time as Esther was tricked into becoming a supervisor in Hishigata's research into how esper powers reside in the human body. In spite of that Hirumi and Esther became friends. Hirumi later dies and Esther resurrects her, much to Hishigata's relief. However, she later discovers that Hirumi became possessed by the evil spirit Taowu.

Throughout Hirumi's entire appearance in the manga, she did not speak a single line of dialogue as her own person until near the end, though this is changed in the anime.

Chronology Hirumi is first referred to by Esther Rosenthal when speaking to Hishigata, when he has the Qiong Qi face her and Accelerator, asking if she intends to begin, to which Hishigata replies that given they are aiming for the perfect mind and body, they have no reason to stop.

Hishigata later speaks to Hirumi, who is connected to several pipes, after his conference with the DA leaders, saying that it is probably time for them to cut their ties with DA and that they will say goodbye to them once they get their hands on the Sister.