Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Episode 12

Something to Protect (まもるべきもの) is the twelfth and final episode of the Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator anime series. It was broadcast on September 27th 2019.

Adapted From

 * Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Manga Chapter 032
 * Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Manga Chapter 033
 * Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Manga Chapter 034
 * Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Manga Chapter 035
 * Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Manga Chapter 036
 * Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Manga Chapter 037

Major Events

 * The golem is destroyed and all the energy that it had that could devastate Academy City is redirected by Accelerator in space after briefly manifesting his Black Wings.
 * DA is officially defunct.
 * Esther Rosenthal leaves Academy City.
 * Accelerator meets Himegi Matsuri.

Deaths

 * Isaac Rosenthal's soul is destroyed due to Esther's Emperor Shun's Blade.
 * Hishigata Hirumi's soul momentarily returns to her body to say her farewells to Esther and her brother before she dies permanently and her body disintegrates.
 * Hishigata Mikihiko finally succumbs to the stab wound Esther accidentally dealt him previously.
 * Esther removes the artificial soul Huotou from Hitokawa Hasami's body, finally allowing her to rest and promising to remember their adventures together.

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Esther Rosenthal
 * Accelerator
 * Isaac Rosenthal
 * Hishigata Mikihiko
 * Yomikawa Aiho
 * Takahashi
 * Itou
 * Hitokawa Hasami
 * Misaka 10046
 * Hishigata Hirumi
 * Last Order
 * Nakimoto Rizou
 * Nakimoto Rizou's Secretary
 * Yoshikawa Kikyou

New Characters

 * Himegi Matsuri

Abilities

 * Accelerator - Accelerator, Level 5
 * Radio Noise - Misaka 10046
 * Necromancy - Esther Rosenthal
 * Emperor Shun's Blade

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 16
 * Seiin High School
 * School District 7
 * Heaven Canceller's Hospital
 * Nakimoto Rizou's Train

Trivia

 * The voice actors of the unnamed DA members are Ban Taito and Shinohara Koutarou.
 * The voice actor of unnamed male high school student is Miyazaki Yuu.

Referbacks

 * Several callbacks to Toaru Majutsu no Index
 * Accelerator notes that there is no wind when trying to find a way to get to the top of the golem, a major plot point for the Sisters Arc as it was this that allowed Accelerator to use the plasma ball in that arc. Moreover, Isaac Rosenthal would also later try to use a plasma ball and once again being stopped with the help of a Sister.
 * Accelerator makes use of Earth's "revolution", a likely reference to him borrowing Earth's rotational energy to attack the Windowless Building in the 13th Index Light Novel Volume.
 * Accelerator trying to redirect the energy of the golem after Isaac was exorcised from Hirumi's body is a reference to Touma's showdown with Index and her Dragon's Breath. Similar to Touma managing to have Index's Dragon's Breath redirected to space, Accelerator does the same using his Black Wings.
 * Accelerator saying that there is "...never a dull moment in this city," is a reference to Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, where both Misaka Mikoto (in episode 1 and episode 24 of the first season) and Touma (in episode 1 of the 2nd season) refer to how there is never a dull moment in the city.

Cultural References

 * Accelerator is reading the third volume of Heavy Object S, a manga adaptation of Kamachi Kazuma's Heavy Object series.

Differences in Adaptation

 * The black wings are not fully shown in the manga, with only a small manifestation on Accelerator's back when he is lying on the floor after his battery runs out.
 * In the manga, Esther leaves Accelerator's room with Huotou outside the window, who despite Esther asking to make their departure quiet, leaves loudly and manages to crack the wall and floor of Accelerator's room. In the anime, Esther removes Huotou from Hitokawa Hasami's body at the morgue before seeing Accelerator.