Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T Episode 25

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T Episode 25My Dear Friends
Part of the Dream Ranker Arc
Kanji	私の、大切な友達
Rōmaji	Watashi no, Taisetsu na Tomodachi
Air date	September 25, 2020
Production Staff
Writer	Yasukawa Shogo
Director	Nagai Tatsuyuki
Theme Songs
Ending	Aoarashi no Ato de
Episode Navigation
← Previous	Diffusion

My Dear Friends (私の、大切な友達, Watashi no, Taisetsu na Tomodachi^?) is the 25th and final episode of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T. It was broadcast on September 25th 2020. The episode was both directed and storyboarded by Nagai Tatsuyuki, and the screenplay written by Yasukawa Shogo.

Adapted From

• Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 095
• Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 096

Characters

By order of appearance:

• Doppelganger
• Leader
• Misaka Mikoto
• Kuriba Ryouko
• Chief
• Shirai Kuroko
• Shokuhou Misaki
• Hokaze Junko
• Uiharu Kazari
• Saten Ruiko
• Naru
• Seike
• Yakumaru
• Scavenger Liaison
• Misaka 10032
• Misaka 10032's Cat
• Kongou Mitsuko
• Dolly
• Kouzaku Mitori

Abilities

• Artificial muscle/mold mix manipulation - Doppelganger
• Predator - Leader, Level 3
• Electromaster (Railgun-variant) - Misaka Mikoto, Level 5
• Teleport - Shirai Kuroko, Level 4
• Mental Out - Shokuhou Misaki, Level 5
• Perfect Paper - Naru, Level 3
• Stick Slip - Seike, Level Unknown

Locations

• Academy City
  • School District 7
    • Judgment 177 Branch Office (mentioned)
    • Heaven Canceller's Hospital

New Locations

• Aquarium

Trivia

• The BD version of the episode, which will include 2 extra minutes of the epilogue, will be released on December 25th 2020 with the release of the 8th BD & DVD volumes of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T.
• According to Railgun T series scriptwriter Yasukawa Shogo, the phrase seen in the title of this episode was originally be on the script, but was cut due to time.
• The title of this episode is a reference to the first ending of the first season of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun anime adaptation, Dear My Friend -Mada Minu Mirai he-.
• Misaki referencing on how there is not a dull moment in the city mirrors Mikoto's first words from the first episode and her last words from the final episode of the first season, as well as Touma's final words in the first episode and Kuroko, Saten and Uiharu parodying this line to Mikoto in the last episode of the second season.
• According to Railgun manga editor Ogino Kentarou, the very last decision of the production committee of this season was the color of Seike's underwear.
• This episode confirms that "T" in Railgun T stands for Third Season.
  • This is also the only time the ending eyecatch is used for Railgun T, as the two previous seasons frequently use them at the end of some episode of those seasons.
• After the airing of this episode, Kamachi Kazuma left comments about Railgun T reaching its conclusion in his official twitter.

Referbacks

This section requires expansion Astral Buddy reference of Kuroko and Misaki team-up

• Misaka 10032 already named the cat as "Deferred" back in Railgun S Episode 12.
• Saten and Uiharu met Junko for the first time in Astral Buddy Manga Chapter 4.
• Mikoto brought same cake from Bonbons for Misaka 10032 which Misaka 10032 had given to Mikoto in Railgun T Episode 1.

Cultural References

• Naru made a reference to the infamous Japanese tokusatsu genre franchise Super Sentai (adapted to America as Power Rangers), where the protagonists, usually five, are a team of people who transform into superheroes and gain superpowers with color-coded uniforms, signature weapons, sidearms, and fighting skills, to battle a group of otherworldly supervillains that threaten to take over the Earth.
• The Acheron is both an actual river in northern Greece, as well as a mythological river in ancient Greek mythology, being one of the five rivers leading to the Underworld.

Differences in Adaptation

• Kuroko is the one who aided Mikoto on getting Ryouko and the Doppelganger to the hospital, unlike in the manga where Naru and Seike were the ones who assist Mikoto, with Leader only calling the hospital.
• Anime-original scenes were present in this episode, including:
  • Scene with Mikoto and Kuroko in the cafe meeting with Misaki and Junko, as well as Saten and Uiharu meeting Misaki for the first time;
  • Scene with Mikoto and Misaka 10032 at the hospital, as well as Kongou meeting Misaka 10032 for the first time;
  • Scene of Dolly seeing an aquarium with Misaki and Mitori; and
  • the scene at the end where Mikoto meets with her friends before the ending animation resumes.

Animation Trivia

• At least thirty seconds of footage from the previous episode is reused in the beginning of the episode before actual original scenes for the episode are seen.
• The opening gets removed in this episode, while the ending is played over the scene where Mikoto meet up with her friends before the proper ED animation resumes.
• Nagai Tatsuyuki, in addition of being the director and storyboard of this episode, also does the key animation.
• Unlike the final episodes of the previous seasons of Railgun anime series adaptation, there is no insert songs used as well as not using the first opening theme of the season as an insert song.

Unanswered Questions

• What is the fate of the chief of the cyborg experiment?
• Does the Doppelganger really have a soul?

Soundtrack

#	Title	Time	Scene & Notes
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	Aoarashi no Ato de		Ending

Quotes

• Misaki: "There really never is a dull moment in this city, huh?"

Preview

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