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{{Character Infobox
|Full Name = Mikagami Nagisa
|Images = Mikagami Nagisa.png|Railgun
|Kanji = 水鏡 凪紗
|Romaji = Mikagami Nagisa
|Epithet = 
|Status = Alive
|Age = 
|Gender = Female
|Height = 
|Family = 4 older unnamed sisters<ref name=RailgunCh143A/>
|Classification = [[Esper]]
|Occupation = 3rd-year Student ''([[Tokiwadai Middle School]]; 1 year ago)''<ref name=RailgunCh131>{{Qcl|Railgun|131}}</ref>
|Affiliates = [[Mikagami Clique]] (Leader)
|Esper Power = {{Nihongo|'''Oil Direction'''|{{Ruby|油性操作|オイルディレクション}}|Yusei Sousa (Oiru Direkushon)|lit. Oil Control}}
|Level = 3<ref name=RailgunCh143A/><ref group=Notes name=ProfileLevel/>
|JAP Voice = {{TrackTag80}}
|Appears In = Manga
|Novel Debut = 
|Manga Debut = {{Qcl|Railgun|131|Railgun Chapter 131}}}}
{{Nihongo|'''Mikagami Nagisa'''|水鏡 凪紗|Mikagami Nagisa}} was a student of [[Tokiwadai Middle School]] who appears in ''Toaru Kagaku no Railgun''.<ref name=RailgunCh131/> She was the leader of one of Tokiwadai's three great cliques; [[One Year Ago|one year before the main story]]. She graduated Tokiwadai at the start of the school's current year.<ref name=RailgunCh151>{{Qcl|Railgun|151}}</ref>

==Appearance==
Mikagami has freckles, green eyes and blonde hair, tied into a shoulder length braided ponytail with a blue ribbon. She wears the [[Tokiwadai Middle School]] uniform.<ref name=RailgunCh131/><ref name=RailgunV17Cvr>{{Qvl|Railgun|M|17}} Cover</ref> She also wears a flexible sports bra and bike shorts under her uniform, which can withstand a drastic expansion of her body from her ability that would damage or destroy her uniform.<ref name=RailgunCh136>{{Qcl|Railgun|136}}</ref><ref name=RailgunCh137>{{Qcl|Railgun|137}}</ref>

==Personality==
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==Background==
{{TSP}}In her years before middle school, Mikagami was continually approached by people who sought help from her ability, to the extent that most of her free time was taken up by it.<ref name=RailgunCh135>{{Qcl|Railgun|135}}</ref> In an effort to change this, when she entered Tokiwadai, she formed a clique and made it a rule that she would only use her ability for others as a reward, in an effort to minimize people approaching her.<ref name=RailgunCh135 /> However, she underestimated how many people cared about their appearance and were willing to join, as well as the effort they would put in to get results, to the extent that the Mikagami Clique overtook the Hasekura Clique to briefly become Tokiwadai's number one clique before being overtaken by the Sha Clique.<ref name=RailgunCh135/>

{{TSP}}At some point in the past, [[Kadosaka Rina]] and [[Sukezawa Sena]] did Mikagami's hair up in her current ribbon.<ref name=RailgunCh136/>

At the start of [[Misaka Mikoto]] and [[Shokuhou Misaki]]'s first year at [[Tokiwadai Middle School]], Mikagami was in her third year and leader of one of Tokiwadai's 'big three' cliques.<ref name=RailgunCh131/> The Mikagami Clique was apparently made up of students who were mostly drawn to her oil control ability and sought her to fulfill their own desires<!--apparently less about sophistication--> (such as manipulating fat in their body to enhance their bust or slim them down), with Mikagami only doing this for those who contributed the most to her clique. The clique was in second place and of the three, was said to be working the hardest to get results.<ref name=RailgunCh131/>

She is the youngest of five sisters and told her family that she can only control her own fat to keep her sisters from using her.<ref name=RailgunCh143A>{{Qcl|Railgun|143}}</ref>
{{UncertainPositioning|Background/Chronology positioning for First Year Arc not yet settled}}
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==Chronology==
===Toaru Kagaku no Railgun===
====First Year Arc====
{{Main/First Year Arc}}
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[[File:Big Three surrounded Mikoto - Railgun Ch132.jpg|thumb|The encounter between Misaka Mikoto and the three clique leaders.]]
{{TSP}}Mikagami first encountered Mikoto in early May, just after the Level 5 had first met [[Sha Danshan]]. As Mikoto was introducing herself to Sha, Mikagami and [[Hasekura Reiri]] appeared from separate directions, with Mikoto between the three main clique leaders. After a brief exchange between the rivals, Hasekura dragged Mikoto off for a contest.<ref name=RailgunCh132>{{Qcl|Railgun|132}}</ref>

[[File:Mikagami, Sukezawa and Kadosaka (Ch135).png|thumb|left|180px|Sukezawa and Kadosaka, accompanying Mikagami and oblivious to her worries.]]
{{TSP}}Around the time tensions were rising between the Mikagami and Hasekura cliques, with several skirmishes having occurred, Sukezawa and Kadosaka were with Mikagami, bringing up and offering sweets. As Mikagami was considering apologizing to the other clique to settle things, the two rejected that course of action as it would be the same as saying they were at fault for the initial incident, both vowing to protect her before asking for a few favors with her ability, though Mikagami had already started to leave.<ref name=RailgunCh134>{{Qcl|Railgun|134}}</ref><ref name=RailgunCh135>{{Qcl|Railgun|135}}</ref> The two accompanied Mikagami, seemingly oblivious to her worries and internal dismay at how things had turned out.<ref name=RailgunCh135/>

{{TSP}}Not long afterwards, as the three were walking together, they were attacked by [[Yasutoba Suika]], who sought to crush the Mikagami clique's leader. After briefly getting away from the assailant, Mikagami urged the two to go a different way to her as she was the target, and ended up shouting to them as they refused, venting her feelings regarding her ability and the circumstances it had caused. Mikagami left hoping they would get to safety, but the two instead stayed behind to stop Yasutoba, to make up for the stress they and others had been putting Mikagami under.<ref name=RailgunCh136>{{Qcl|Railgun|136}}</ref>

{{TSP}}Mikagami ultimately returned to defend the two after they were defeated and about to be struck after defying Yasutoba's demand to call for Mikagami.<ref name=RailgunCh136/> Using her ability to quickly shift her body shape and weight, Mikagami began pushing Yasutoba back.<ref name=RailgunCh136/><ref name=RailgunCh137>{{Qcl|Railgun|137}}</ref> Yasutoba attempted to rattle Mikagami with comments regarding her clique, silencing the two when they tried to speak, but Mikagami was not rattled and after turning it back on Yasutoba, she proceeded to finish her off with a body slam.<ref name=RailgunCh137/>

[[File:Mikagami Clique - Meeting (Railgun Ch141).png|thumb|left|Mikagami addressing her clique.]]
{{TSP}}After Hasekura returned and gathered electronic evidence with Mikoto's aid that suggested that the accused in the unseen attacks were not responsible, Mikagami agreed to a truce in the light of a potential external culprit. Although members of her clique objected to it, Mikagami was able to quieten them with her words (and the promise of using her ability for everyone if this led to the culprit being caught).<ref name=RailgunCh141>{{Qcl|Railgun|141}}</ref>

[[File:Three Clique Leaders Meeting.jpg|thumb|Mikagami meeting with Hasekura and Sha.]]
{{TSP}}Following a foiled ambush on Hasekura and Sha, she met with them as Hasekura revealed her intention to raid the company pulling the strings. Sha suggested that their cliques should join forces, given that Mikagami's clique was also a victim, though Mikagami was reluctant to do, given the lack of definite proof and the danger to her girls. After Hasekura said she'd send her clique in first and the others waiting outside would only join in if their suspicions proved correct and a fight broke out, Mikagami said she'd present it to them but wouldn't force them to do something this dangerous and the choice would be theirs. As she left, she warned them not to be disappointed if only she showed up, though her clique ultimately accepted the proposal.<ref name=RailgunCh142/><ref name=RailgunCh143A/>

[[File:Mikagami reinforcing the Hasekura clique.jpg|thumb|left|Mikagami arrives to reinforce Yasutoba and the Hasekura clique against Montgolfier.]]
{{TSP}}When the Mikagami and Sha cliques reinforced the Hasekura clique in a raid on the headquarters of [[Montgolfier]], the culprit behind the attacks that instigated and aggravated the clique conflict, Mikagami was involved in the resulting battle with Montgolfier's operatives and their prototype weapons.<ref name=RailgunCh142>{{Qcl|Railgun|142}}</ref><ref name=RailgunCh143A/>

{{TSP}}After the conflict was resolved, Mikagami gave everyone in her clique beauty treatments as she had promised, though by October a number of them were regretting their choices and asking her to fix their respective problems.<ref name=RailgunCh144>{{Qcl|Railgun|144}}</ref> Not long afterwards, having fulfilled her pledge, Mikagami disbanded her clique.<ref name=RailgunCh147>{{Qcl|Railgun|147}}</ref>

{{TSP}}At some point after the incident involving [[Konoe Nagisa]] and [[Spark Signal]], Mikagami was present in the audience when [[Sha Danshan]] was tentatively awarded the [[Majesty]] emblem.<ref name=RailgunCh149>{{Qcl|Railgun|149}}</ref><ref name=RailgunCh150>{{Qcl|Railgun|150}}</ref><!--<ref name=RailgunCh151>{{Qcl|Railgun|151}}</ref>-->
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==Abilities==
[[File:Mikagami Nagisa - Belly inflation (Ch136).png|thumb|Mikagami blocking an attack by inflating her belly with fat.]]
Mikagami is a Level 3 esper<ref name=RailgunCh143A/><ref group=Notes name=ProfileLevel>Although Mikagami is officially ranked Level 3, her profile notes that there is a significant possibility that she is actually around Level 4 as she didn't take the [[System Scan]] seriously.</ref> and her esper ability is {{Nihongo|'''Oil Direction'''|{{Ruby|油性操作|オイルディレクション}}|Yusei Sousa (Oiru Direkushon)|lit. Oil Control}},<ref name=RailgunCh131/><ref name=RailgunCh143A/> which allows her to manipulate any oil she touches.<ref name=RailgunCh143A/><ref group=Notes name=MilitaryOil>{{TempSetup|Approach uncertain.}}{{TSP}}According to [[Ogino Kentarou]], when asked which had the strongest control between Oil Direction and Military Oil, Oil Direction is the stronger ability in terms of control when it comes to oil, regardless of its origin or purity.</ref><ref name=Ogino1>{{TwTrack}}[https://twitter.com/gouranga_/status/1640718864005873670 Ogino Kentarou, Twitter]</ref>

This manipulation of a target's oil content includes the {{W|body fat|fat}} within a [[human body]],<ref name=RailgunCh131/> not only {{W|subcutaneous fat}}<!--皮下脂肪, Hikashibō--> but also {{W|Visceral fat|visceral}}<!--内臓脂肪, naizō shibō--> and [[blood]] {{W|Blood fat|fat}}<!--血中の脂肪, ketchū no shibō-->.<ref name=Ogino2>{{TwTrack}}[https://twitter.com/gouranga_/status/1642181362949173249 Ogino Kentarou, Twitter]</ref> This includes for purposes such as bust enhancement or slimming, which she does for those who have contributed the most to her clique.<ref name=RailgunCh131/><ref name=RailgunCh144/>

{{TSP}}Mikagami is capable of fattening and slimming her body immediately,<ref name=RailgunCh136/><ref name=RailgunCh137/> the former being used to resist attacks and increase the weight of her own attacks,<ref name=RailgunCh136/><ref name=RailgunCh137/> and the latter being used for speed and mobility or to slip out of bindings when ensnared in her fat form.<ref name=RailgunCh137/> As imagined by [[Yasutoba Suika]],<ref name=RailgunCh137/> she is capable of fattening opponents and putting them of action with a touch,<ref name=Ogino2/> though she doesn't tend to do so, instead using it on herself in battle.<ref name=RailgunCh136/><ref name=RailgunCh137/><ref group=Notes name=Battle>{{TempSetup|Approach uncertain.}}{{TSP|Possible rewording}}On being asked about how she only seemed to use her ability on herself in battle, Ogino mentioned that she didn't have good memories associated with using her ability on others, so she probably didn't like such a combat style involving {{W|Debuff|debuffing}} opponents like that.</ref><ref name=Ogino3>{{TwTrack}}[https://twitter.com/gouranga_/status/1642548808923115521 Ogino Kentarou, Twitter]</ref>

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