Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T Episode 17

Precognition (予知) is the 17th episode of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T. It was broadcast on July 31st 2020. The episode was directed by Mori Yoshihiro, the screenplay written by Inotsume Shinichi, and storyboarded by Nihei Yuichi.

The mobile app being investigated by Kuroko and the others was created by an elementary school pupil and Precognition/Thoughtography esper Miyama Shaei. This boy has been on the search for an esper who can overturn the destiny he himself foresees. With help from Miyama, Kuroko and the others successfully prevent several incidents from happening.

One day, two incidents were foreseen to happen on the same park, and a case is opened for the first time. In light of a prediction of a fire involving many casualties, Kuroko and the others received the help of other members of Judgment to deal with the situation. Meanwhile, Miyama collapsed due to excessive use of his powers. The secret behind this reckless move is a bitter experience in the past, as well as a certain other reason...

Major Events

 * After demonstrating his ability to predict future incidents and learning that the Teleport ability can change the foreseen outcome, Miyama Shaei teamed up with Shirai Kuroko to deal with various incidents during the last days of September and the first days of October.
 * Kuroko and Uiharu called in assistance from other members of Judgment to prepare for multiple incidents predicted to occur in a park on October 4th.
 * Miyama collapsed due to overuse of his ability. During his short stay at Heaven Canceller's Hospital, he recalled his past and motivations in his dream, waking up just before the predicted time.
 * The fire took place as predicted. Judgment helped mobilize evacuation procedures in the area, while Kuroko and Konori Mii worked together to rescue Shaei's friend, a stray dog named Pero.
 * On October 5th, an investigation identified plant ampoules containing flammable chemicals as the cause of the fire. The student responsible for making the chemicals learned the skill from Indian Poker cards.

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Shirai Kuroko
 * Uiharu Kazari
 * Miyama Shaei
 * Konori Mii
 * Yanagisako Aomi
 * Heaven Canceller

New Characters

 * Chisa
 * Maki
 * Ta-kun
 * Ookawachi Megumi
 * Pero

Abilities

 * Teleport - Shirai Kuroko, Level 4
 * Clairvoyance - Konori Mii, Level 3

New Abilities

 * Unnamed ability with similarities to both Precognition and Thoughtography - Miyama Shaei

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 7
 * Judgment 177 Branch Office
 * Heaven Canceller's Hospital

Trivia

 * The unnamed girl is voiced by Ishibashi Momo.
 * The unnamed gyaru is voiced by Amami Yurina.
 * The unnamed girl in Ookawachi's group is voiced by Aizawa Saya.
 * The unnamed mother is voiced by Otagiri Yuri.
 * The unnamed male student is voiced by Ono Masamu.
 * The unnamed punk is voiced by Shiraishi Kento.
 * The unnamed male announcer is voiced by Maeda Hiroki.
 * Throughout the first half of the episode, Kuroko and Uiharu change their summer uniforms for their winter ones, indicating that the timeline of this arc is now after September 30, where the change of uniforms are shown for the first time.
 * This episode marks the first physical appearance of Sakugawa Middle School winter uniform in Toaru Kagaku no Railgun anime adaptation, only previously seen via flashback in .
 * Some Judgment members seen from the cover of  appeared in this episode as cameo appearances.

Referbacks

 * A scene where Kuroko saves a student from a supposed accident from  is used as flashback when she remembered on how she stop the said accident that Miyama predicted.
 * Kuroko and Shaei hear news regarding the "group comas" of the other day, referencing the events of September 30 where Vento of the Front's Divine Punishment incapacitated many of Academy City's inhabitants.
 * Also, due to those events having passed later in the episode, this indicates that the events of September 30 has been resolved.

Cultural References

 * The white alligator is a reference to the real- of.
 * The name of Shaei's dog, "Pero" is just a Spanish word for "dog".

Differences in Adaptation

 * In this episode, Shaei states that the future is normally unchangeable. Originally in the manga, after he said that, a flashback of him trying to avert them was shown.
 * The scene where the firefighters are helping to stop the spread of fire at the park is cut.
 * The scene after the fire incident greatly differs between the manga and the adaptation. While in the manga, Kuroko and Uiharu's investigation of the cause of the said incident was done while they are walking in the streets, in the adaptation, that was done inside the 177 Judgment branch instead.
 * Also, as the result of the alteration of the scene mentioned above and due to time constraints, only Kuroko meets Shaei at the end of the episode. Originally, in the manga, Uiharu and Kuroko meet Shaei after their investigation and the scene in the chapter is much longer than the adapted episode.
 * The anime only showed last two lines of Ookawachi's letter while the rest of the letter was shown in the manga.

Animation Trivia

 * There are inconsistencies in the appearance of the map of the park in this episode, as when Shaei pulls out his phone to see the map, it is not matched to the one seen in his flashback and neither matched to the map Uiharu creates via satellite imagery.