Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Manga Chapter 001

The first chapter of the Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Manga is to be released on the February issue of Dengeki Daioh on December 27. A preview of the manga however, was first released August 27 as part of the Toaru Kaki no Campaign.

Synopsis
A blond girl cloaked in black is being hunted down by Anti-Skill. She enters a familiar hospital, and the Anti-Skill follow, warned by his comrade over their comlink not to bother a certain patient. Running in its empty corridors, the girls finds the room of the worst possible patient in the entire hospital, the Accelerator. She flinches at her mistake but quickly tries to make the best of it, asking him of a whereabouts of a certain patient while giving him a photo, though Accelerator did not make any regard for it and continued to read his book. Then, the Anti-Skill caught up to her, and though she essayed many attacks on him the Anti-Skill was victorious. The Anti-Skill notices that the person inside the room is the Accelerator, and though fear he wishes to take him in, he has a mission to do and collects the girl before shortly leaving.

Now Accelerator finally ends his concentration on his book, and have not heard a single ruckus for he had used his powers to turn away all sound from coming into him. He then notices the photo the girl left behind and sees a familiar face, and thus his face became grim in shadow.

Meanwhile, the girl has been bound and silenced in bondage, and the Anti-Skill looks over her. However, Accelerator comes forth and ask him to let her go for he has questions that did answering. Bold is the Anti-Skill but in need of wisdom for he wishes to confound Accelerator's plans, though he accepts this challenge and easily overpowers him. Injured however, he continues to resist and pushes a button. Suddenly, a large mechanical object arrives and great destruction is on his wake, now Accelerator is intrigued of this and challenges its might.

Major events

 * Accelerator meets Estelle Rosenthal.
 * Accelerator meets Yomikawa Aiho.

Characters

 * Accelerator
 * Last Order (picture-only)
 * Misaka clone (Accelerator's flash-only)
 * Heaven Canceller
 * Yomikawa Aiho

New characters

 * Estelle Rosenthal
 * Hitokawa Hasami

Abilities

 * Accelerator (ability) - Accelerator, Level 5.
 * Pyrokinesis - Hitokawa Hasami, Level 2
 * Unnamed mecha using Hasami's corpse.

New Abilities
No new abilities were introduced during this chapter.

Locations

 * Heaven Canceller's Hospital

New Locations
No new locations were introduced during this chapter.

Trivia

 * With 68 pages this manga chapter has the most pages of any manga debut from the Toaru Majutsu no Index franchise.
 * The Chameleon Camouflage is introduced.

Referbacks

 * Accelerator using his powers to drown out noise may be a reference to him using it on his first meeting with Last Order in the 5th Toaru Majutsu no Index light novel.
 * The Anti-Skill references the events of August 30 where Accelerator receives brain damaged back when it occurred in the 5th Toaru Majutsu no Index light novel.
 * With Accelerator being in the hospital and with his collar but not knowing Aiho implies that this chapter occurs before the events of Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 08.

Cultural References
No notable references to culture were introduced this chapter.

Unanswered Questions

 * Who is that Anti-Skill working for?
 * Who is the person ordering that impostor Anti-Skill?
 * What is DA?
 * Why did Hasami kill herself?
 * How did Hasami's body end up in that mecha?
 * What does Estelle want with Last Order?