Talk:Accelerator/@comment-3969505-20170219181447/@comment-174.30.198.126-20170220010756

Unlikely. The Old Testament novels state that Accelerator's powers manifested as a result of scientific experimentation that took place in Academy City. I think one novel, I  forget which (maybe 5?), stated it was at age ten, but that contradicts volume 12 where it's revealed that he was in the Special Ability Institute until the age of nine, when he was booted for being "absolutely uncontrollable." I'm betting that Kamachi retconned details in the earlier novel. Not to mention the images of him in flashbacks imply he was probably around five or so.

It's possible he is a mutant of some sort - how else do you explain why he became albino as a result of his powers developing, yet he still has incredibly sharp eyesight? Albinos in real life are known for having poor vision. But I really doubt he's any kind of "Gemstone." Gemstones specifically have abilities that occurred naturally and can't be explained by science. They are the natural espers that Academy City's Power Curriculum is trying to emulate when they scientifically engineer students into espers.

You also need to consider that not all students in Academy City's Power Curriculum Program start attending school there at a young age. There's simply not enough data available to determine the normal age at which powers tend to develop and manifest in students, compare it to how long students in the city have been there, and determine correlations. Too many unknown variables.