Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Episode 10

Catastrophe (目覚め (カタストロフ) ) is the tenth episode of the Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator anime series. It was broadcast on September 13th 2019.

Major Events

 * 'Hirumi' awakens and after seeing the stabbed Hishigata Mikihiko, begins to form a monstrous body across Seiin High School, as DA is cornered by Anti-Skill.
 * Seeing that Hishigata will die from his wounds, Taowu ceases its deceptive imitation and reveals its actions in pursuit of the past goal of the Rosenthal Family. Despite Esther's pleas, Taowu refuses to relent and is revealed to house the will of Isaac Rosenthal, Esther's ancestor and 4th head of the Rosenthal Family.

Locations

 * Academy City
 * Seiin High School

Cultural References

 * There are numerous references to Kabbalah during the explanation of the Rosenthal Family's past and the plan executed by the Taowu.
 * Most prominently featured is the Sephiroth, also known as the Tree of Life, a diagram which depicts the emanations, attributes and realms between the material, the spiritual and the divine, in the form of a tree of ten spheres or Sephirah (sometimes with an eleventh hidden sphere, Da'at (meaning "knowledge")) and usually twenty-two paths connecting them. The Taowu's objective in obtaining the memories of death was to artificially reach Keter (meaning "crown"), the topmost Sephirah.
 * On one of the depicted versions of the Sephiroth are two symbols representing flows of power through the tree. The Flaming Sword, also referred to as the Lightning Flash, zigzags through each of the Sephirah down the tree, with its hilt in Keter (the topmost) and its tip in Malkuth (meaning "kingdom", the bottommost). The Serpent of Wisdom on the other hand coils around the tree, with its head at the top and its tail at the bottom, passing through each of the paths between the spheres but not actually touching the Sephirah themselves.

Differences in Adaptation

 * The flashback of Isaac Rosenthal's experimentation at the Li household is shown immediately after the reveal that his will is within Taowu, rather than later.


 * The image of the Sephiroth which forms over Seiin High School differs from the manga depiction in that it is a version which includes the 11th sphere Da'at.
 * The scenes featuring Yomikawa Aiho and her Anti-Skill associates are anime-original.