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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.

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.