Tessou Tsuzuri

Tessou Tsuzuri
Japanese	鉄装 綴里
Rōmaji	Tessō Tsuzuri
Personal Info
Status	Alive
Gender	Female
Professional Status
Occupation	Teacher Anti-Skill officer
Affiliation	Anti-Skill
Media
Japanese VA	Aya Endō
English VA	Kara Edwards
Appears In	Novel, Manga and Anime
Debuts
Novel	Stiyl SS (cameo)
Manga	Railgun Chapter 15
Anime	Railgun Episode 1

Tessou Tsuzuri (鉄装 綴里, Tessō Tsuzuri^?) is a character introduced in the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun sidestory. She is a member of Academy City's security organization, Anti-Skill.

Appearance

Tsuzuri with her hair down.

She has wavy dark green hair which she often wears in a pony-tail; she also has lime green eyes, where she wears glasses over them.

Personality

Though well-intentioned and kind, she is timid and is terribly lacking in confidence. She is also clumsy and though slightly incompetent in working as a member of Anti-Skill, she is still trusted in taking dangerous operations. She is once seen to fire her weapon while her eyes were closed.

Background

She is a teacher of an unnamed school, and is also a volunteer of Anti-Skill, where in the anime adaptation she is often partnered with Yomikawa Aiho. She is also an avid player of the Gekisho series of fighting games, and specializes in the character Jamie, to the point that she is called Empress Jamie for her skills on using the character.

Chronology

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun

Level Upper Arc

Main article: Level Upper Arc

Her role in the story is expanded in the anime. In the manga, she first appears during Kiyama Harumi's kidnapping of Uiharu Kazari, where she and her unit are decimated in her attack. She is later rescued by Misaka Mikoto from the AIM Burst, and informs Mikoto that the building that the AIM Burst is heading to is a nuclear facility. She later assists in helping Kazari spread the Level Upper treatment program across Academy City.

She first appears earlier in the anime adaptation, where she is one of the members of Anti-Skill (along with Yomikawa Aiho) arresting Okahara Ryouta and his accomplices. She later appears in episode 5 of the anime, where she replaces Yanagisako Aomi of Judgment as the one who treats Konori Mii of her wounds. She reappears in episode 7 of the anime, guarding the outside of the Seventh Mist mall after Kaitabi Hatsuya's attack on it. She is later called upon to arrest Kiyama Harumi, along with other units, just like in the manga, except Yomikawa Aiho is present during the scuffle.

Poltergeist Arc

Main article: Poltergeist Arc

She gets an entire episode all to herself, where she try to balance her work as a teacher and as a member of Anti-Skill. It is shown during this episode that she is acquainted with Tsukuyomi Komoe, and often spend time with her

Tsuzuri meeting Index.

and Yomikawa Aiho, bathing and eating together. Also in the same episode, she meets with Mikoto and Kazari once again, where they thanked each other for their assistance during Harumi's attack. She also meets Index and Himegami Aisa seperately, during her duty as an Anti-Skill, where she is thoroughly exasperated by the both of them. She also meets Haruue Erii, where she tries to connect to her and also tries to help her find her missing locket, before a poltergeist earthquake occurs - scaring her; Erii later finds her locket and simply leaves her without saying a word. This episode also features Tsuzuri's skill in and fondness on the Gekisho fighting game, and where it is revealed that she is a master of the Jamie character from that game, where she is dubbed as Empress Jamie. She is later defeated in the game by Kounoe Haruki, who after days of being unapproachable, finally opens up to her. She later escorts him to the vicinity of his house, conversing with him about the game, she is later surprised that he has moved away and has transferred to Zassou Academy, a highschool that prepares students to work in the videogame company, Weed, the creator of the Gekisho series of games, which delights her.

She and Aiho are later employed to be the security in the Tokiwadai Midsummer Festival. Much to the dismay of Aiho, Tsuzuri ate too much of the food from the festival, and is seen to be in great pain during much of the episode.

She later reappers with Yomikawa Aiho in an Anti-Skill office, complaining about how MAR has solved the recent Poltergeist Incidents. They are later seen again in the same office, where Aiho argues with Shirai Kuroko about Anit-Skill's inability in doing anything that would aid Judgment in stopping Therestina Kihara Lifeline, Aiho later relents with Kuroko's arguement and where Tsuzuri is seen smiling after seeing Aiho's decision. Tsuzuri along with Aiho are seen alongside other Anti-Skill units, trying to stop MAR from advancing to where Therestina wants them to, aiding Mikoto greatly during the episode.

She is last seen alongside Aiho outside of an Anti-Skill building, looking up towards the sky, where they see Kiyama Harumi's birthday message from her students.

Sisters Arc

Main Article: Sisters Arc

Tessou appears with Aiho in a certain hospital in order to guard a thug there. She is later involved in a shoot-out alongside Aiho against the thug and his gang who were to bust him out. The situation is later messily resolved by the intervention of Misaka Mikoto and her friends.

Silent Party Arc

Main article:Silent Party Arc

Tsuzuri briefly appears on September 2, while staring at Aiho looking at the sky.

Ability

She is a member of Anti-Skill, though seemingly looking incompetent, she is still trained in handling firearms and handling civilians.

Character Art Designs

Tsuzuri's Toaru Kagaku no Railgun anime design

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun anime design as seen in the DVD/BD Booklets