Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Episode 02

Necromancer (死霊術師 (ネクロマンサー) ) is the second episode of the Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator anime series. It was broadcast on July 19th 2019, and was directed and storyboarded by Kamanaka Nobuharu, and the script written by Sugihara Kenji.

Adapted From

 * Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Manga Chapter 001
 * Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Manga Chapter 002
 * Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Manga Chapter 003

Major Events

 * Necromancer Esther Rosenthal is pursued by members of DA into Heaven Canceller's Hospital. Ending up in Accelerator's room, she tries to attract his attention without success and is captured by her pursuers. Having reflected sound away while reading, Accelerator initially pays them no heed but goes for answers after seeing that Esther had a photograph of Last Order and gets into a fight with the DA members.
 * Accelerator fights and destroys DA's Prototype Coffin, which is revealed to hold the corpse of Hitokawa Hasami who attempted suicide three days earlier (failing but then being murdered by DA) and used her Pyrokinesis, strengthened from Level 2 to Level 4.
 * After encountering Last Order in the corridor, Accelerator meets the escaped Esther in his room and partially chokes her while trying to get answers. Meanwhile, DA member Nishio is disposed of for his failure.

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Accelerator
 * Esther Rosenthal
 * Sisters (flashback-only)
 * Yomikawa Aiho
 * Itou
 * Last Order

New Characters

 * Hitokawa Hasami
 * Nishio
 * Hishigata Mikihiko
 * Hishigata Hirumi (unnamed)

Abilities

 * Accelerator (ability) - Accelerator, Level 5
 * Pyrokinesis
 * Hitokawa Hasami, Level 2
 * Prototype with Hitokawa Hasami, Level 4

Locations

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

New Locations

 * School District 7
 * Third Bridge

Referbacks

 * Yomikawa Aiho refers to her encounter with Accelerator the previous day, during the events of the previous episode.
 * One of the DA members refers to the events at the end of the previous episode and is seen with wounds inflicted by the dogs reanimated by Esther Rosenthal.
 * Accelerator is seen reading the same manga volume he was reading in the previous episode.

Cultural References

 * The magic circle displayed within the Prototype Coffin includes elements of Taoism (part of the Taijitu) and Kabbalah (a variant of the Sephiroth).
 * Accelerator is again reading the first volume of Heavy Object S, a manga adaptation of Kamachi Kazuma's Heavy Object series.
 * The codenames used by DA during the audio conference are those of breeds of (specifically  and  for Nishio and Hishigata respectively), as well as.
 * The ominous floating numbered screens with only their voices being seen for some of them is likely a reference to SEELE from Neon Genesis Evangelion, where the members are represented by large ominous black numbered monoliths.

Differences in Adaptation

 * The flashback to Hitokawa Hasami's suicide attempt and subsequent murder by DA is shown before the incident at Heaven Canceller's Hospital, rather than afterwards.
 * Esther Rosenthal's struggle against her pursuers is expanded. Rather than being brought down by a blow to the back of the neck, she is knocked out with a.
 * Accelerator's confrontation with the DA members and the Prototype Coffin is expanded.
 * Additional DA members are present for the aforementioned pursuit and confrontation besides Nishio.


 * During the communication between Nishio, Hishigata Mikihiko and other parties involved in DA, the icons are displayed as floating holograms rather than just on a monitor and given additional details. The higher-ups/backers have red icons with an emblem of a hand holding a spiked leash and numbered '' codenames. Nishio and Hishigata's icons are blue with dog emblems, with the codenames  and  respectively. Nishio's icon also has the DA label.
 * Hishigata Hirumi isn't obscured by shadow as much as in the manga.
 * Nishio's death via Qiong Qi suddenly appearing before him is only hinted upon.
 * Accelerator's encounter with Last Order in the corridor takes place before his encounter with Esther Rosenthal in his room rather than afterwards.

Quotes

 * DA Members: "By DA's dogma." (when preparing to enforce their idea of "justice")