Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 158

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Chapter 158Predicament
Part of Chapters Not Availablein Tankōbon Format
Kanji	窮境
Rōmaji	Kyūkyō
Release date	Part 1: September 27, 2024 Part 2: October 25, 2024
Chapter Chronology
Story Arc	First Year Arc, Part 30
← Previous	Chapter 157
Next →	Chapter 159

Predicament (窮境, Kyūkyō^?) is the 158th chapter of the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun manga series, the first part of which was released on September 27th and the second part on October 25th 2024 in Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh.

Characters

By order of appearance:

• Shirai Kuroko
• Makigami Komaki
• Kessai Kiyoshi
• Misaka Mikoto
• Sha Danshan
• Mibuki Kazan
• Asato Kisa
• Shokuhou Misaki
• Hokaze Junko
• Weekly Bunshu reporter

New Characters

• Aria Shima (有亜志摩, Aria Shima^?)
• Kaizumi Tsugutoshi

Abilities

• Teleport - Shirai Kuroko, Level 4
• Psychometry - Sha Danshan, Level 3

Locations

• Academy City
  • School District 7
    • Tokiwadai Middle School

Trivia

This section requires expansion Multiple (Part 1 & 2)

• At this point, there have been twelve Majesties, who have each worn the Majesty emblem. As previously mentioned, this requires having the largest clique for over a year and until their graduation. Sha refers to two of them, whose abilities she intends to use for the final part of her plan:
  • The 3rd Majesty was Futami Renko (双見蓮子, Futami Renko^?), whose ability was Aggression Reflection (脅威反射（アグレッションリフレクション）, Kyōi Hansha (Aguresshonrifurekushon)^?), which detects and reflects negative emotions directed at a chosen target. Sha describes it as a powerful scientific "curse reflector" that can cause psychological damage just by witnessing hate directed at a target.
  • The 7th unnamed Majesty possessed the ability Double Edge (心身両断（ダブルエッジ）, Shinshin Ryōdan (Daburuejji)^?), which converts psychological trauma into a physical attack. Sha's words suggest the nature of this attack can vary, saying that some might bleed from their pores while others may burst into flames.
• Kaizumi Tsugutoshi finally received an illustrated appearance in this chapter, over 16 years after his first appearance.

Referbacks

This section requires expansion Parts 1 & 2

• As both mention when she stops him bothering the two girls from Shokuhou Misaki's clique, Mikoto encountered the unscrupulous Weekly Bunshu reporter the previous year, when she was more naive.

Cultural References

This section requires expansion Curses

• Shokuhou Misaki has a brand of pillow named after Giambattista Basile. Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet who is chiefly remembered for writing the collection of Neapolitan fairy tales known as Il Pentamerone.

Unanswered Questions

• Where are the previous Majesties in the present day?