Toaru Kagaku no Mental Out Manga Chapter 001

Queen of Tokiwadai (常盤台の女王) is the first chapter of the Toaru Kagaku no Mental Out manga, released on July 27th 2021 in Comic Newtype. The chapter was released in 2 parts when serialized in Comic Newtype and combined together when compiled for the.

Part 1
After swiftly dealing with three attackers (and being watched doing so), Shokuhou Misaki, the Queen of Tokiwadai, and her #2 Hokaze Junko meet clique members Asato Kisa and Kobayashi Satori who talk about Kisa's first experience about overindulging herself in Smile Pancakes. This carefree mood is then broken by an explosion nearby, caused by a launcher intended to carry fliers for Tokiwadai's incumbent student council vice president Gaouin Tsukasa's intention to run for presidency. The conversation between the two soon becomes heated as Misaki is irritated by her interrupted teatime and it escalates from an exchange of sarcasm into Tsukasa challenging Misaki to a "duel" for the student council presidency. Tsukasa then promises to dismantle the cliques in Tokiwadai if she wins.

Part 2
Misaki and Junko soon make their stroll across the School Garden later that day, with the same stalker from earlier (who is also currently infiltrating the clique) following their path using a Homing Camera. Then, they are surrounded by four persons in suits and another person wearing the same shirt as the attacker from earlier. Although not remembering much about the other encounter, Misaki decides to fight back with Junko, winning over them by unleashing a "flash of lightning". Misaki then offers the fallen enemies the opportunity to work for her.

The next day, Misaki finally decides to accept Tsukasa's challenge. The spy from earlier then witnesses the loyalty of the entire clique to Misaki herself (and not to her ability alone).

Major Events

 * Gaouin Tsukasa, the currently student council vice president, challenged Shokuhou Misaki to run as student council president in the upcoming elections. Misaki accepted the challenge the day after in the presence of her loyal clique members.

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Shokuhou Misaki
 * Hokaze Junko
 * Asato Kisa
 * Kobayashi Satori
 * Yuuri Senya
 * Shokuhou Misaki's Clique

New Characters

 * Gaouin Tsukasa
 * Nenohi Wakana (unnamed)
 * Ikushima (mentioned-only)
 * Yamashiro

Abilities

 * Mental Out - Shokuhou Misaki, Level 5
 * Rampage Dress - Hokaze Junko, Level 4

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 7
 * Tokiwadai Middle School

Trivia

 * The Yamashiro mentioned in this chapter (山白) is a different spelling of Yamashiro from Yamashiro Shoubu (山城 府昭).
 * Misaki imitates Mikoto's pose in the only my railgun opening sequence in this chapter.

Cultural References

 * The wall of the music room is covered with several portraits of famous musicians. From left to right:, , , and.

Referbacks

 * The Homing Camera used by the spy is the same kind of device used for the Daihaseisai.
 * It is revealed here that Yuuri Senya can still use her Astral Buddy ability to follow Junko around even after the events involving her.