Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T Episode 11

Joining the Battle (参戦) is the 11th episode of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T. It was broadcast on April 10th 2020. The episode was directed by Yamamoto Yusuke, the screenplay written by Ishino Atsuo, and storyboarded by Tachibana Hideki and Horiguchi Kazuki.

Upon tuning the brainwaves of the Exterior and undoing the protections installed on the Sisters, Gensei took over the Misaka Network. "Can she be able to reach Level 6—the sense of the heavens?" With those ominous words, Mikoto's powers went out of control. As she transforms into a grotesque form, Mikoto delivered an immensely powerful attack on the Windowless Building, with someone's voice guiding her along.

A massive lightning bolt brought Academy City to a state of turmoil. Upon witnessing this attack, Shokuhou, Kamijou and the seventh-rank Level 5 rushed into action! And Kuroko, who now knew the person targeting Mikoto, rushed to the battlefield with Uiharu and Saten supporting her. Sure enough, the puppet controlled by Kouzaku made its appearance.

Major Events

 * Misaka Mikoto's powers went on a rampage as a result of the forceful connection to the infected Misaka Network. Kihara Gensei speculated this state to be 2% within the path to Level 6.
 * Kouzaku Mitori used the powers of Exterior to manipulate Mikoto into delivering an attack against the Windowless Building. A powerful large-scale lightning bolt struck the Windowless Building shortly after, without any noticeable effect on the structure.
 * With Misaki's intervention, Anti-Skill focused on a wide-scale evacuation process for all attendees of the Daihaseisai. All outdoor events were cancelled as a result of this evacuation procedure. Meanwhile, Misaki goes alone to look for Gensei.
 * Kamijou Touma and Sogiita Gunha confronted Mikoto due to different circumstances and eventually worked together to subdue her rampaging powers.
 * Shirai Kuroko went on a manhunt for Kouzaku Mitori after discovering her falsification offenses related to her Bank records and, later on, her involvement in targeting Misaka Mikoto.

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Keitz Nokleben
 * Kihara Gensei
 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Kouzaku Mitori
 * Shokuhou Misaki
 * Saten Ruiko
 * Xochitl
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Shirai Kuroko
 * Uiharu Kazari
 * Misaka 10031 (flashback)
 * Kiyama Harumi (flashback)
 * Misaka 9982 (flashback)
 * Accelerator (flashback)
 * Misaka 10032
 * Sogiita Gunha
 * Misaka Misuzu (indirectly referenced)

Abilities

 * Mental Out - Shokuhou Misaki, Level 5
 * Imagine Breaker - Kamijou Touma
 * Liquid Shadow - Kouzaku Mitori, Level 4
 * Teleport - Shirai Kuroko, Level 4
 * Unknown - Sogiita Gunha, Level 5

New Abilities

 * Electromaster (Railgun-variant) with Misaka Network - Misaka Mikoto, Level 5
 * Mental Out with Exterior - Kouzaku Mitori

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 2
 * Exterior
 * Shinohara Liquid Material Factory
 * School District 7
 * Judgment 177 Branch Office
 * Windowless Building

Trivia

 * The unnamed Anti-Skill Head and Anti-Skill officer are voiced by Kikuchi Yasuhiro and Mine Akihiro respectively.
 * The unnamed member of the Daihaseisai Management Committee is voiced by Shiraki Nao.

Referbacks

 * When Mitori reminds Mikoto of sufferings happened in Academy City, scenes from episodes below are shown as flashbacks in particular order, such as:
 * the killing of Misaka 10031 ;
 * the experiment of Child Errors on overloading esper abilities ;
 * and finally, the death of Misaka 9982 at the hands of Accelerator.
 * When Kuroko remembers the time Mikoto had trusted her to protect her mother, while briefly fighting Mitori's Shadow Puppet, a flashback of Mikoto from Railgun T Episode 7 is briefly shown.

Cultural References

 * Gunha's "Hyper Eccentric Ultra Great Giga Extreme Another Hyper Amazing Punch" is a reference to the "Super Ultra Great Delicious Wonderful Bomber" by the character Rocky Hada from the 80's manga .

Differences in Adaptation

 * The scene where Touma approaches Saten and Xochitl, asking about the situation concerning Misaka Mikoto at the beginning of the episode is anime-original. This scene also elaborates how Touma got this detailed info from Xochitl, which is not explained or shown in the manga.

Animation Trivia

 * At least 1 minute of footage from the previous episode is reused in the beginning of the episode before actual original scenes for the episode are seen.

Unanswered Questions

 * Why Mitori wanted to attack the Windowless Building through Mikoto?
 * What is Gensei planning for the Exterior?