Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Episode 03

Numbers (四凶の符 (ナンバーズ) ) is the third episode of the Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator anime series. It will be broadcast on July 26th 2019.

Adapted From

 * Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Manga Chapter 002
 * Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Manga Chapter 003
 * Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Manga Chapter 004

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Esther Rosenthal
 * Accelerator
 * Nishio
 * Hishigata Mikihiko
 * Hishigata Hirumi (flashback-only)
 * Last Order
 * Heaven Canceller
 * Yoshikawa Kikyou
 * Hitokawa Hasami

New Characters

 * Hitokawa Hasami's mother (flashback-only)

Abilities

 * Accelerator (ability) - Accelerator, Level 5
 * Necromancy
 * Rosenthal-style Necromancy - Esther Rosenthal
 * Hishigata Mikihiko (referenced)
 * Pyrokinesis (referenced) - Hitokawa Hasami, Level 2

New Abilities

 * Psychokinesis - Qiong Qi with unknown corpse, Level 5

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 7
 * Heaven Canceller's Hospital

New Locations

 * Jacob Restaurant

Trivia

 * Residual thoughts are referenced for the first time in an animated adaptation.

Referbacks

 * Last Order's complaints about feminine sensibilities to Esther after reading it in a "book" while a sequence of clones reading women's magazines is shown is likely a reference to an episode of Index II. In it, the clones based their knowledge on interactions between men and women through magazines they have read.

Cultural References

 * Qiong Qi is a mythical Chinese creature mentioned in the , part of a group referred to as the Four Fiends, who were banished by . Hundun and Taotie are also members of this group.
 * A Huotou is a legendary creature in Southern Chinese folkore, described as a dog-shaped monster that eats feces and blows fire.

Differences in Adaptation

 * Accelerator secretly takes the Nephentesion No. 7 from the DA members as he leaves rather than deliberately catching them in the act.