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=Notes=
 * Arc Name Possibilities (assembling, nothing finalized yet):
 * First Year Arc (current preference - Inept, Ollerus, Kaysuami (1/2))
 * Tokiwadai First Year Arc (current preference - Kaysuami (1/2))
 * Tokiwadai Freshma/en Arc
 * Clique Arc

Note light grey between panels? (instead of the black normally used for flashbacks)

Chapter 131

 * Past story (one month after Mikoto starts at Tokiwadai, 1st year, May, still in winter uniform)
 * Tokiwadai's Big Three Clique (put these three on Tokiwadai main page, under the clique/faction-related section, along with Majesty)
 * Sha Clique, Leader is Sha Danshan (沙淡扇), First, closest to Majesty
 * Believe the gifted have a duty to do volunteer work e.g. buying and greening deserts, all members dedicate to service, earn popularity/power, suggested that efforts to thank for Tokiwadai being considered one of the top five schools
 * Sha - weak constitution, protective desire inspired by weakness and frailty secret to popularity, Infirmary Empress - leader of largest clique always get nickname like that
 * Mikagami Clique, Leader is Mikagami Nagisa (水鏡凪紗), Second
 * 3rd year, graduating, drawn to power, less sophisticated, more desires, oil control, can control body fat (bust up, flab down) not do for everyone, only for those who contribute to clique, of big 3 - working hardest to get results
 * Hasekura Clique, Leader is Hasekura Reiri (支倉冷理), Third
 * Oldest, others end up on top apparently without meaning to, carnivorous clique, throw others under bus to succeed


 * Gyaru girl's name is Shinenkouji Rurikakesu (神苑小路瑠璃懸巣)
 * Unnamed student (telling Mikoto about Ruri and the 'big three', member of Hasekura's clique)
 * Kirifu Megumi and two others
 * Vending Machine 7116
 * Tokiwadai Middle School
 * Majesty: Title given to leader of a clique that remains the largest for over a year and until her graduation. Said guaranteed successful career, including a spot on the Board of Directors

New Character Pages, Current Status:
 * Sha Danshan: Appearance, Background, Abilities
 * Mikagami Nagisa: Appearance, Background, Abilities
 * Hasekura Reiri: Appearance, Background, Abilities
 * Shin'enkouji Rurikakesu: Appearance, Chronology (really sloppy, needs cleaning up), Abilities

Chapter structure:
 * Vending Machine
 * Walk to School
 * Swimming/Pool/Shower Talk
 * Club
 * Talking behind back

Tokiwadai Middle School, Current Extract:

Factions
It is not known exactly how many factions there are in Tokiwadai, however, it is known that a Faction (派閥) is an organization that functions like a scholar club.

Factions are outlets for a group of students with similar goals to gather in school, to request for facilities and funding from the school’s board of directors, and to finally strike it big in a national event. Just by this definition alone, maybe a faction isn’t that much different from a school’s social club. Larger factions will get more contacts, funding, and inside information, so most of these outstanding students in their areas of specialties have a faction backing them; the more accomplished the faction is, the better the reputation the faction holds, which means that they have a higher influence and can gather greater power than other factions, even to the point where the strongest factions can have power and influence outside the school.

Shirai Kuroko pointed out that factions "protect" their own positions and thus if a powerful individual outside the school starts gathering members for some purpose, it's likely that a faction or several of them will try to hamper such act. The largest faction in Tokiwadai belongs to Shokuhou Misaki, who is even known as "the Queen of Tokiwadai".
 * Further reorganization will be needed but will just do tide-over measures for now
 * Paragraph regarding the big three: Start with overview, then in descending order

At the start of Mikoto and Shokuhou's first year at Tokiwadai, the school was dominated by the three cliques, the 'big three'. In order of descending size, they were the Sha Clique (沙派閥), the Mikagami Clique (水鏡派閥) and the Hasekura Clique (支倉派閥).

Partial Transfer
Tokiwadai, Factions TSP: At the start of Mikoto and Shokuhou's first year at Tokiwadai, the school was dominated by the three cliques, the 'big three'. In order of descending size, they were the Sha Clique (沙派閥), the Mikagami Clique (水鏡派閥) and the Hasekura Clique (支倉派閥).

The leader of the largest clique typically gets a nickname like "Queen" or "Empress". One coveted title, given to the leader of a clique that remains the largest for over a year and until her graduation, is Majesty. One who earns the title is said to be guaranteed a successful career, including a spot on the city's Board of Directors. At the time the two Level 5s entered the school, Sha Danshan was said to be closest to the title.

Shin'enkouji Rurikakesu, Chronology - For Thorough Cleaning:
 * She first appears strolling nearby a freshman Misaka Mikoto who just had her 10 000 yen eaten by a certain vending machine. After telling the level five that 'that thing has a history' and 'this is where she follows tradition', Rurikakesu performs a roundhouse kick to the vending machine while exclaiming 'CHASER!'. She hands Mikoto the tea that randomly came out of the machine. As they walk, she tells Mikoto that the machine accepts coins but not bills, and that it is a demonic vending machine. She jokingly teases Mikoto hoping that she'll get her money back, laughing at the fact that Mikoto fed the machine a whopping 10 000 yen. Mikoto asks that if she knows her name, in which Rurikakesu replies that she, of course, knows since Misaka Mikoto is one of the two level fives who transferred to Tokiwadai that year. She also tells her that Mikoto will find jealousy everywhere even at fancy school like theirs; and stronger powers just make their lives different. She wishes the freshman and level five good luck and leaves. Her name, Shinenkouji Rurikakesu, is revealed when Mikoto talks to another student who describes her as a 'free spirit who refuses to fit the mold and not even the teachers can control her'.

Academy City Board of Directors:
 * It has been said in Tokiwadai Middle School that a student who achieves the title of "Majesty", given to the leader of a clique that remains the largest for over a year and until her graduation, is guaranteed a successful career, including a spot on the board, though the veracity of this claim isn't clear.

Abilities TSP:
 * Given Tokiwadai's entry requirements, it can be assumed that...
 * Her esper ability is currently unknown, but as a student of Tokiwadai Middle School, it can be presumed to be at Level 3 or 4.
 * Natsumi/Andou: As a student of Tokiwadai Middle School, X can be assumed to be an esper with a Level of 3 or 4, though her ability isn't known.
 * Komaki: Given her position as a student of Tokiwadai Middle School, Komaki's esper ability can be presumed to be either Level 3 or 4.
 * Sakibasu Yuri: As a student of Tokiwadai Middle School, she can be assumed to be at Level 3 or 4.

Primary Clique Redirect Categories Factions and Organizations Science Side Factions and Organizations Terminology Tokiwadai Middle School

Chapter 132

 * Roommate's name: Kessai Kiyoshi (潔斎雪紫)
 * Note. The roommate's name is only given on the phone without furigana, so I had to guess at the reading. I might have to change it later on. js06's Twitter
 * She is Mikoto's former roommate, the one that Kuroko kicks out.
 * Two Hasekura's clique members are now in Shokuhou's clique.
 * Hasekura's clique has a member of the art club, asked to repair statue
 * Tokiwadai back garden - dolphin statue

Railgun:
 * First shot with a ball-bearing, off-course
 * Toaru Kagaku no Railgun - Misaka Mikoto Maniax Toaru Kagaku no Railgun - Misaka Mikoto Maniax/Misaka Mikoto's Big, Big, Big Secrets Exposed! Q43 & 44 - Afterwards rather than contradiction? (e.g. first use of method here, go to arcade later and remember when flipping coin, connect them, try out and perfect it?)

Personalities:
 * Sha Danshan
 * Panda under Personality or Trivia?: Sha carries around a panda doll, which Hasekura remarked she couldn't talk without.
 * Mikagami Nagisa
 * Hasekura Reiri
 * Kessai Kiyoshi
 * The others?

Chapter 132.5

 * Ogino Kentarou, Twitter, 第132.5話：遭逢 (Encounter), Railgun Chapter 132.5
 * Two meeting between Mikoto and Shokuhou (at Tokiwadai), bad terms from start
 * Dolly
 * Meeting between Mikoto, Kessai and Ruri (on the street, at Vending Machine 7116)

Chapter 132.75

 * Ogino Kentarou, Twitter, 第132.75話：因縁 (Fate), Railgun Chapter 132.75
 * Shirai Kuroko meets Sha Danshan
 * Sha Danshan uses a lot of four character idioms in her speech.


 * White Spring Holdings provided support to Tokiwadai uniform's designs.
 * Shirai Kuroko becomes Level 3. Her father appears in the end of this chapter via webcam conversation.

Chapter 133.1

 * Ogino Kentarou, Twitter, 第133話(序)：家格 (Family Status), Railgun Chapter 133.1 (Prologue)
 * Released in June 28th
 * 2 new characters at start (ability used), 2 additional new characters

Chapter 133.2

 * Ogino Kentarou, Twitter, 第133話②：抗争 (Struggle?), Railgun Chapter 133.2
 * Released in July 27th
 * New Characters
 * Enjou (debut in Ch133.1 as unnamed)
 * Kazan'in (debut in Ch133.1 as unnamed)
 * Enjou is the only student who has Ribbon Control ability.
 * Enjou and her friend are in Hasekura clique.
 * Hasekura is in Paris for an ability demonstration (similar to SS2?).
 * Kessai Kiyoshi attacks Mikagami clique members.
 * Kessai's ability: shoot projectile, create steam?
 * Two Mikagami clique members counterattack Kessai.
 * One of the member's ability is changing her skin. (horn and innate physical armor? gathered/fashioned? Metamorphose?)
 * Mikoto joins the conflict.

Chapter 134

 * Ogino Kentarou, Twitter, 第134話：延焼 (Spread)
 * Released in August 27th
 * Cliques
 * Mikagami 19%
 * Unwritten rule that non-clique students can't join a conflict between cliques, even teachers not interfere unless goes too far, risk of making any enemy of every clique
 * Lily, thinking about discussion other day, inconsistences in claims and possibility all telling truth, suspect Shokuhou, Sha doesn't think so, but considering past institution broken up and current affiliations a mystery, need to question
 * Mikagami think can solve by apologizing, two dissuade - as if saying guilty, vow to protect
 * Hasekura - away, orders to avoid conflict and remain in groups, Yasutoba Suika considering taking out Mikagami

Chapter 135

 * Ogino Kentarou, Twitter, 第135話：裏目 (Backfire)
 * Released in September 27th.
 * New Characters
 * Lily (debut in Ch133.2 as unnamed)
 * Members of Sha Clique attack Shokuhou Misaki (Lily, Lin Lihua, Ouyang Qian)
 * Hokaze Junko rescues Shokuhou Misaki
 * Mikagami Nagisa's background story

Chapter 136

 * Ogino Kentarou, Twitter, 第136話：啖呵
 * Released in October 27th.
 * Aggressive girl (previously seen but not named) from Hasekura clique attacks Mikagami Nagisa and two friends
 * Aggressor using ball and chain
 * Slime-like covering for one of Mikagami clique girls
 * Other Mikagami clique girl, calcium ingestion - pole/fangs
 * Mikagami using ability to rapidly fatten body to block a blow
 * Talk between Shokuhou Misaki and Hokaze Junko

Chapter 136.5

 * Ogino Kentarou, Twitter, 第136.5話：寮友
 * Flashback chapter
 * Misaka Mikoto's birthday
 * Immediately after Mikoto becomes Level 5
 * Roommate (difficult girl, not Urui), too prideful to live with higher ranked girl, request to move to dorm inside School Garden, opening for Hasekura clique member, Kessai requested to monitor
 * Playing with finger toys, embarrassment
 * Group eating entire stock for the hairpin (including higher-up and two others from Ch134), Hokaze leaving 1 of her 3, thinking fellow Gekoer
 * Hasekura clique trio

Chapter 137

 * Mikagami can modify her body quickly.
 * Sha's esper ability is psychometry
 * Can project something past (e.g. dinosaur by using fossil), useful in archaeology.
 * But it also burns down the original materials (e.g. fossil)
 * Used ability in chapter at a lab
 * Casino inside School Garden for research purposes only (no cash out)
 * Shin'enkouji Rurikakesu, Misaka Mikoto (first Railgun coins?)


 * Circumstances regarding the attacker (past/present/personality)?

V17 Notes
Mikagami Clique
 * Multiple previously unnamed characters named but lacking furigana

Urui Aika (閏井葵花) 3rd year A Level 4 esper who produces natural rubber. She can capture enemies or move at high speeds using rubber ropes. She can create rubber balloon barrier that can even fend off Mikoto. She wanted to form her own clique at first but decided to join the Mikagami Clique for health and beauty reasons.

Kazan'in Tsukasa (花山院つカさ) 3rd year A Level 4 esper who can use compressed air to cut, grind, and bind targets. Her ability's raw power is average, but thanks to the extreme precision, she is famous for being one of the best sculptors in the Academy City. She's a classist who has a disdain for Tokiwadai's admittance of plebeians.

Kadosaka Rina (角坂凛奈) 2nd year A Level 3 esper who can create Chitin exoskeleton like that of shrimps and crabs. She can make armor on par of that of battleships in theory, but in practice she can't move with an armor that thick.

Asakura Olivia Moa (朝倉＝オリビア＝萌亜) 3rd year A Level 3 esper who can modify keratin on the surface of her body. The horns and claws created by her power and her hardened skin are so tough that if a truck hits her it would be the truck that's damaged. She has no problem with her looks, and she joined the Mikagami Clique because of her friends.

Sukezawa Sena (助澤世菜) 2nd year A Level 3 esper who can reinforce her bones and teeth by taking calcium supplements and create weapons and armors with calcium in the soil. When she was a child, the lake at her family resort suffered a frog outbreak, which made her afraid of frogs. She also dislikes frog mascots.

Sha Clique

Ouyang Qian (欧陽茜) 1st year A Level 4 esper who can summon and control birds. The number of birds she can control is inverse proportional to the complexity of her order, which is over a hundred of them at the same time for simple orders. She can even share vision with birds, but it would make her terribly motion sick so she doesn't like to do it.

Lin Lihua (林麗華) 2nd year A Level 4 esper who can control the growth speed of plants, and she's particular good with the vines of climbing plants. Her special move is causing an explosive production of pollens to create a sandstorm-like pollen storm, but in order to stay inside the storm, she has to wear her specialized mask.

Hasekura Clique

Yasutoba Suika (安賭蜴吹禾) 3rd year A Level 3 esper who can freely change the pivot and load points of objects she touches with her hands. She idolizes Hasekura, but she's also a troublemaker who often does things without her permission. By the way, she is the tallest student in the school.

Enjou Kasumi (炎乗香炭) 2nd year A Level 3 esper who can control rope-like textiles. She can increase the strength of the material, but the strength is inverse proportional to the surface area. She is a decedent of a family of local gentry that had fallen in status a long time ago but made a comeback in the recent years due to a stoke of luck. Urui Aika Kazan'in Tsukasa Kadosaka Rina Asakura Olivia Moa Sukezawa Sena Ouyang Qian Lin Lihua Yasutoba Suika Enjou Kasumi
 * Mikagami Clique
 * Urui Aika
 * Kazan'in Tsukasa
 * Kadosaka Rina
 * Asakura Olivia Moa
 * Sukezawa Sena
 * Sha Clique
 * Ouyang Qian
 * Lin Lihua
 * Hasekura Clique
 * Yasutoba Suika
 * Enjou Kasumi


 * No volume-exclusive image uploads until a few days after release

Unsorted Ch131-138 TSP Notes
Tasks (02/03/2022):
 * Assemble list of all remaining unnamed characters from Ch131-138
 * Check unnamed Hasekura group against the ones from Ch134 end, Ch135 start and Ch136.5 mid
 * Check Mikagami group against previous (including Ch133.2 trio 3rd member (the one injured, eyes partially obscured by hair))
 * Update chapter start/end text collections for Ch131-138

Lin Lihua and Ouyang Qian accompanied Lily when she went to take Shokuhou Misaki for questioning and used their abilities against her when she refused to come with them, but the three were swiftly knocked out by Hokaze Junko once she arrived. After having their injuries bandaged, they reported back to Sha Danshan, who was annoyed at them doing this without telling her anything.





Mikagami Nagisa:
 * Ch132: Mikoto and three clique leaders
 * Ch134/135: Apologies/dismay
 * Ch136/137: Attack


 * Apparent disinterest (not interested in clique politics/Majesty though)
 * Communication problems
 * Dismay, sick of situation, doesn't care about Majesty title, wanted a normal life, cry, fraud
 * Will still stand to protect clique members

Changed since table made: Lily - Ab/Chr, Kessai - Ab, Lin/Ouyang - Chr

Arc Event Notes:
 * Ch131/132
 * Mikoto meeting Ruri
 * Swimming
 * Boo!
 * Encounter with 3 clique heads
 * Contest
 * Talk/Dorm
 * Ch132.5/75 (summer uniform switch)
 * Mikoto/Shokuhou encounter
 * Mikoto/Kessai/Ruri
 * Kuroko/Sha
 * Ch133
 * Argument/attack
 * Conflict brew (next day)
 * Attack on Mikagami group, attack on Kessai
 * Ch134
 * Defused situation (day split)
 * Sha/Mikagami/Hasekura clique situations
 * Ch135
 * Yasutoba Suika move
 * Shokuhou/Lily incident
 * Mikagami and past
 * Ch136
 * Attack on Mikagami
 * Shokuhou/Hokaze talk
 * Ch137
 * Mikagami VS Yasutoba
 * Sha at research facility
 * Arcade
 * Ch138
 * Tensions high (another day)
 * Clique talk
 * Late home, riverbank
 * Encounter

Chapter 138

 * Mikoto and Kessai talk
 * Mikagami clique talk (Urui Aika and others)
 * Mikoto practicing on the riverbank, test firing Railgun with coins, 1/3 accuracy at time, seen by Urui
 * Intervention when Urui ends up running into a Hasekura clique group

R138 - https://toarusyousetu.blog.jp/archives/28293127.html
 * Glasses girl's ability
 * 4 unnamed, thoughts

Unnamed Hasekura Clique Members

 * 4 individuals in the group that ran into Urui Aika
 * Abilities (sort into below once preliminary assignment made):
 * First one
 * Appearance/Personality notes to go to below
 * Note if appeared previously
 * Girl 1: One with obscured right eye
 * Girl 2: One with hair curling to her right
 * Girl 3: Glasses girl
 * Girl 4: Large hair in twintails, vaguely flame-like
 * Crackling/burning, usage around hand

Chapter 139
Part 1
 * Amano Ayane

Chapter 140

 * Asato - Mental Out/Pancakes (any other cases prior to Mental Out Ch1?)

Chapter 141

 * Mikagami clique meeting in kitchen
 * 4 days without movement from enemy
 * Hasekura creating appearance that Shokuhou working with her to provoke enemy action
 * 3 days later, action during encounter with Sha

Fossils:
 * B-rex ,
 * Omegalodon ,
 * Note: Unusual, the type of characters on top are usually on bottom

Unsorted:
 * For SD200: Protein, raw whey, curry, cottage cheese
 * Aero Shooter considered
 * Verify no new faces amongst unnamed minor clique members repertoire

Chapter 142

 * Ogino Kentarou, Twitter: 142話 『突貫』
 * Sha mentioned Attachment DarkMatter.
 * Montgolfier
 * One of Montgolfier's employees/officials/higher-ups/? is a plump, balding man in a pin-stripe suit and glasses, who met the Hasekura clique when they came to investigate the company.
 * Dim view on Tokiwadai students behind initial reception

Part 2:
 * Enjou's friend - lie detecting
 * Judgment search warrant
 * Ruri with Tokiwadai's branch
 * Judgment not allowed to touch clique conflicts, normally don't get search warrants, School Garden also garden of secret info, AS prefers not to get involved in Garden issues, not hard getting warrant
 * 3 cliques involved in battle
 * Mikagami and Sha cliques joining in
 * Kakine at #2 at this point
 * Antikythera:
 * Wish to scientifically reproduce Dark Matter. Start researching biological specimen acquired. Quality not even match KT at time - fundamental roadblock. Cannot capture current real thing, must analyze as many esper powers as possible from multiple angles.
 * Officially unconnected, but M work for A
 * Funding/Manufacturing Data, Inspection Data
 * Give M funding and downgraded data, given test results from prototypes manufactured from it
 * None of them know exist - Mitarai encryption
 * Records of esper power observations transmitted back and digitized.
 * Believe - no one can track back to them, not even Tokiwadai L5s
 * Losing Montgolfier hurt, completing DM reproduction weapon will make up for it.
 * More espers fighting, more data, prolong, false intel to prevent surrender.
 * Mitarai, combatants, man (labcoat?)
 * Mitarai Ayane
 * Encrypted ultrasonic vibrations
 * Receivers on the mask's 'ears' and the weapon cuffs of the suit.
 * Dousing-level abnormal vibrations, detected in muscle fibers across body, standard reaction to extreme nerves, analysis, physical reactions reveal lies
 * Calcium arrow
 * Left at scene of attack
 * Claim never seen
 * Greatly resemble ones produced by a student
 * Electron scan reveal different / sequence.
 * Meant to be identical - exclamation
 * Lie, attacker wouldn't leave such obvious clue at scene

Initial involvement placeholder, starting base for further development:
 * When the Mikagami and Sha cliques joined the Hasekura clique for a raid on the headquarters of Montgolfier, the culprit behind the attacks that instigated and aggravated the inter-clique conflict, X was involved in the resulting battle with Montgolfier's operatives and their prototype weapons.
 * After Montgolfier was identified as the culprit behind the attacks that instigated and aggravated the inter-clique conflict, X joined the rest of the Hasekura clique, with later reinforcements from the Mikagami and Sha cliques, for a raid on the company's headquarters, and was involved in the subsequent battle with Montgolfier's operatives and their prototype weapons.

Several prev-X-new placeholders to be written

Hasekura Clique: Enjou Kasumi Yasutoba Suika Asato Kisa Amano Ayane
 * Enjou Kasumi
 * Yasutoba Suika
 * Asato Kisa
 * Amano Ayane

Sha Clique: Lily Ouyang Qian Lin Lihua
 * Lily
 * Ouyang Qian
 * Lin Lihua

Mikagami Clique Urui Aika Kazan'in Tsukasa Asakura Olivia Moa Kadosaka Rina Sukezawa Sena
 * Urui Aika
 * Kazan'in Tsukasa
 * Asakura Olivia Moa
 * Kadosaka Rina
 * Sukezawa Sena

Post-Ch142, Pre-Ch143, Background/Chronology Work

 * Misaka Mikoto, Shirai Kuroko, Kirifu Megumi, Shokuhou Misaki, Hokaze Junko
 * Shin'enkouji Rurikakesu
 * Unsorted Trivia item: BW hair shades for the clique members tend to correspond to the clique leader, e.g. the white shade for blonde for the Mikagamis, the black shade for black hair for the Shas, the grey shade for brown/red for the Hasekuras (Kessai and Mibuki are notable exceptions)

Chapter 143
Part 1:
 * Mibuki disguised as Hasekura during the raid
 * The Mikagami girl with the slightly thicker eyebrows - did we see her at the start of Ch141?
 * Frozen Checkmate -273

Part 2:
 * Sha was manipulating Antikythera using a reproduced Mental Out (a scapegoat just as they had used Montgolfier) - conflicting memories
 * Chinese Language Supervision: 糸糸(Dennis) - Puyocha
 * Verify specifics of above before adding to article's Trivia section.
 * Ogino was looking for Hong Kong Cantonese translator for Railgun via Twitter on November 29th.
 * gouranga_
 * Montgolfier, Antikythera, Sha Danshan
 * Hasekura, Ruri, Lily, Mikagami, Mikoto - talk
 * Feel too neat
 * Building 2, vehicle
 * Zmb
 * Implication that watch used in initial attack
 * Suggestion that remote was taken during the hawk pilfering
 * Implication that Ch132.75 might have been an attempt to obtain an item (e.g. band or item of clothing)

Part 3: January 2023
 * Full view of the theropod (switch with previous image)
 * Sha did indeed take one of Kuroko's hairties
 * Encounter between Sha and Kessai, plant/cooperator?
 * Believed to have placed all blame on Antikythera, Sha - finding companies involved in illegal esper research in AC, easier than finding ones involved in creative accounting
 * Wanted to do plan while Hasekura away, Mikagami not want to play along, believe doesn't matter, achieve objective, successful demonstration prevent any growth in Hasekura Clique
 * Need to change plans and wait, grow power (precision not reliable enough), Hasekura may catch on if try more now, wait until 3rd years graduate
 * Incident big news, rumored students could take over White House, destroyed arms company, mostly exaggeration but many people feel threatened/scared, Level 5s as well, make use of them
 * Plotting to bring down Tokiwadai
 * Kessai was in communication role during raid, report to Sha had said neither Level 5 would get involved in clique affairs, underestimated Hasekura's resourcefulness

Hasekura
=Arc Article Draft= First Year Arc:

The First Year Arc is a story arc in the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun manga series, covering chapters 131 onwards.

The story focuses on events in Misaka Mikoto's past, specifically her first year at Tokiwadai Middle School, having just reached Level 5.

Background
Note: Start of school year in April

Tokiwadai Middle School
At the start of the school year, Tokiwadai Middle School was dominated by three main cliques, referred to as Tokiwadai's 'big three' cliques; in order from largest to smallest and first to last, they were the Sha Clique, the Mikagami Clique and the Hasekura Clique.

The largest clique was led by second year student Sha Danshan, said to be the closest to the title of "Majesty" at the time. Sha and her clique believed that the gifted had a duty to do volunteer work (such as buying and greening deserts) and its members were dedicated to service, earning them popularity and power. It was suggested that their efforts might have been to thank for Tokiwadai being considered one of the top five schools. It was also suggested that the secret to Sha's popularity might have been the protective desire inspired by her weakness and frailty, having a weak constitution and being nicknamed the Infirmary Empress.

The clique in second place was led by third year student Mikagami Nagisa and of the three, was said to be working the hardest to get results. The Mikagami Clique was apparently made up of students who were mostly drawn to her oil control ability and sought her to fulfill their own desires (such as manipulating fat in their body to enhance their bust or slim them down), with Mikagami only doing this for those who contributed the most to her clique. The clique in third place was led by third year student Hasekura Reiri, the oldest but overtaken by the other two (supposedly without intending to). It was described by one of its members as a carnivorous clique, with members willing to throw others under the bus to succeed.

One student whom Misaka Mikoto would encounter and interact with was Shin'enkouji Rurikakesu (Ruri for short), a second-year student noted to be a free spirit who refused to fit the mold and whom not even the teachers could control, and someone whom the three main cliques had an eye on. Another one was Kessai Kiyoshi, a first-year student who was her first roommate and a member of the Hasekura Clique, for whom she was monitoring Mikoto.

Level 5s
At the start of the new school year in April, two Level 5 espers entered Tokiwadai amongst the incoming first year students, Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki, realizing the school's dream of having a Level 5, but also having some effects among some of the students. Among the big cliques, there was apparently a wish to avoid their competitors taking in a Level 5 but also a concern that the Level 5 would take attention away from the clique leader and disrupt the status quo within the clique if they took them in.

Misaka Mikoto achieved Level 5 around the time she entered Tokiwadai, but was apparently only just above the threshold from Level 4 and was at that point the weakest of the Level 5s.

Shokuhou Misaki entered the school from Clone Dolly as part of a deal she made with the Board member with authority over Tokiwadai to suspend support to Shundou Toshizou and Ideal. Shortly after the deal was made, the Board of Directors approved her promotion to Level 5. At the time, she was small and lacked the figure she had one year later, being described by people as looking like a doll.

Spring
One morning in May,
 * Vending Machine 7116, 10,000 yen bill, walk to school

Later that day following a swimming lesson, Mikoto talked with Kessai Kiyoshi about her earlier encounter, who subsequently explained about Ruri, the big three cliques and the circumstances brought about by the arrival of the Level 5s, as they left the pool and went through the showers and changing rooms. As Kessai departed for her club, Mikoto noticed she had left an accessory behind.

While walking along a corridor and trying to phone Kessai, Mikoto nearly bumped into Kirifu Megumi, who was leaving a room with two other students. As she was walking away, she overheard the trio making disparaging remarks behind her back and decided to respond. Using her powers to stand on the ceiling, she surprised the trio with a shout from behind as they had turned back to look in the direction where she had been before. (Responses), she suggested they could take things outside if they doubted her power, prompting the intimidated trio to flee.

After another failed attempt to phone Kessai, Mikoto was approached by Sha Danshan, initially speaking behind her panda doll, remarking on the accessory Mikoto had. As Mikoto introduced herself, the other two main clique leaders arrived and Mikoto found herself between all three of them.
 * 3 leaders
 * Shooting game
 * Hasekura clique

Renaming
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 * SD100 (Ogino)
 * SD32 (Minor Characters)
 * New Task: Assemble a list of articles involving flashback arcs (only or otherwise)