Talk:Accelerator

Noticed no one has started this...So what, Accelerator, enough said?

174.113.185.245 23:59, September 26, 2011 (UTC)

Awakening?
Awakening is a fan-term so i think is not very suitable for a wiki article. Here is a page of wikipedia in japanese:

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%80%E6%96%B9%E9%80%9A%E8%A1%8C#.E5.A4.A9.E4.BD.BF.E4.B9.8B.E5.8A.9B.E3.80.8C.E9.BB.91.E7.BF.BC.E3.80.8D

In this article there is no mention of the term Awakening, instead they refear of his powers as "Black Wings" and "White Wings".


 * 1) That is actually the Chinese Wikipedia— a source I wouldn't exactly call authoritative.


 * 2) The Awakening page describes the basis for the term, and at a cursory glance it would appear the Japanese phrases purported have currency on at least the internet, including on the actual Japanese Wikipedia.


 * 3) There may be no official English translation for 覚醒, but Awakening is the literal and metaphorical meaning of it. It is in the best interests of the English-speaking fandom to translate the jargon used within the novels. While Awakening may be a fan term, it is the best phrase to refer to the phenomenon, all things considered. Unless you have an alternate proposal, there is no need to change it.


 * P52L (talk) 05:48, January 18, 2013 (UTC)


 * Sorry, here is the link of the japanesse wikipedia, it said black wings and white wings too.


 * http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%80%E6%96%B9%E9%80%9A%E8%A1%8C_(%E3%81%A8%E3%81%82%E3%82%8B%E9%AD%94%E8%A1%93%E3%81%AE%E7%A6%81%E6%9B%B8%E7%9B%AE%E9%8C%B2)#.E9.BB.92.E3.81.84.E7.BF.BC

Reclassification following NT21-NT22?
It seems that a lot of things happened in NT22 including Accelerator's ascenscion in Ch4.16 NT22, including him gaining use of astral projection as well as integrating the new tree into the fundamental laws of the world. Given that:
 * Is it fair to still classify him as an Esper of a certain level? What he did seemed Level 6 caliber but consider his knowledge of the occult as well as the third tree, I would say as far as pure scientific definition of "Level 6" or even levels goes, and given his new position, is Esper Level tiering even applicable to him?
 * Would a classification similar to "Esper/Thelemite" be more appropriate (he does have the knowldge of the occult but is not a magician per se and given Esper's incompatiblity with Aeon of Osiris magic, it's unlikely he will pursue that path).
 * By current definition, with his position in AC, the only way for him to be tiered as a Level 6 esper is for him, himself to classify himself as such, which seems like a fallacy in itself. It doesn't seem like current iteration of Accelerator would be the type of person to do so, however. Given all that, is his level 5-6 status even applicable anymore?

Notstn (talk) 07:37, March 28, 2019 (UTC)

Accel gender should be changed from "Male" to "Unknown"
Railgun editor confirms that Accelerator gender is unknown, and there is the OT8 afterword where Kamachi doesnt refers to him as male. DBKnight (talk) 00:12, 17 March 2021‎ (UTC)

No. Accelerator has been referred to as a boy throughout the entire series. The above does NOT provide enough evidence to refute this. The wiki page will keep his gender as Male until a better primary source (read as Kamachi himself or explicitly stated in the light novels) overrides the light novels.

We will temporarily ban anyone who makes that edit. You've been warned. OH&#38;S (talk) 12:32, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Kamachi himself wrote OT8 Afterword, OT22 is similar as well (though this one refers more to parental roles), its a source as good as any. DBKnight (talk) 18:58, 18 March 2021‎ (UTC)

As interesting as OT8's afterword is (and there's nothing in OT22), it doesn't change the fact that Accelerator has been referred to as a boy/male/he numerous other times throughout the series; both before and after OT8. There needs to be something much more substantial and explicit that overrides that fact before his gender can be questioned. AT this stage, its not negotiable. OH&#38;S (talk) 01:10, 19 March 2021 (UTC)