The official emblem of Tokiwadai.
Tokiwadai Middle School (常盤台中学 Tokiwadai Chūgaku?) is a prestigious girls’ middle school. Of the currently named schools in Academy City, it is the one containing the most characters in the series.
Background
It is one of the five most prestigious schools of Academy City and is said to be the most renowned girls’ school in the world. It is also mentioned that it had once sparked an international incident for refusing to admit a girl from a royal family because she wasn’t good enough. [1]
Currently, Unabara Mitsuki's grandmother is the director/administrator of the school.[2]
Student Demographics
The entry requirement is esper ability Level 3 or higher, and the school currently contains a total of around 180 students [3]. Of the 180 students, there are currently 2 Level 5 espers, 47 Level 4 espers, and the rest being Level 3 espers. [4]
Uniform
The uniforms worn by all Tokiwadai students seen so far have been comprised of a short-sleeved white dress shirt worn under a light brown vest with the school emblem on the left side. For bottoms, the girls wear dark tan pocketed skirts that reach halfway down their thighs. There seems to be no uniform requirement for socks or shoes and other additions, such as Mikoto's shorts.
In Volume 12, it is mentioned like all other schools in Academy City Tokiwadai has a separate set of uniform for winter time as opposed to summer. It comprises of a tan buttoned jumper (a shade darker than the summer vest) and a checkered blue skirt with black and tan criss-crossing lines.
Tokiwadai Middle School's rules state that students are not allowed to wear casual clothes inside the school or in the dormitory as it is still part of the school.[5]
Campus
Front view of Tokiwadai.
Tokiwadai is located in the School Garden, an area inside Academy City consisting of Tokiwadai and four other girl's schools, with a shopping area dedicated to the rich young girls.
The school is fairly large, other than the main building which probably holds its classrooms and a library, it also holds a track and field area and also a large swimming pool (which is used by staff to measure Mikoto's power). The school also contains a showering area.
Tokiwadai has two dormitories, one of them is outside of the School Garden and where Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko reside in, and the other one which is in the School Garden where Kongou Mitsuko takes residence.
Judgment 003 Branch Office
The school building has its own Judgment branch or room within the campus. Shirai Kuroko is a member and assists the office.[6]
Returning Bath Facility
Returning Bath Facility (帰様の浴院 (かえりさまのよくいん) Kisama no Yokuin (Kaeri-sama no Yokuin)?) is one of the three bathing facilities to be found in Tokiwadai Middle School. It is a subsidiary of the school, and is used exclusively for students to clean themselves up.
Appearance
Mikoto, Kuroko, and Kazari in the shower room.
It is as large as five classrooms, and there are close to 90 showerheads. Each of them is separated by white partition boards and a sliding door. The doors aren't as big as the boards, which only hide the chest down to the thigh of an averaged sized middle school student from Tokiwadai.[7]
In the anime adaptations, the shower room seems to be smaller due to perspective restrictions, showing only the shower partitions near to the wall. However, it serves the same purpose as it is in the novels. It has advanced shower controls, lockers, tables for glasses and drinks, cabinets for various bathing implements, as well as ornamental plants, and seats for students to sit on.[8]
Activities
Other than the usual events the school participates in like the Daihasei Festival. Tokiwadai seem to hold a Midsummer Festival which is held in the dormitory that is not in the School Garden, here the students are to wear maid ensembles and have them welcome and serve guests, they give and invite the guests in demonstrations like flower arrangement, sewing, etc., and at the end of the festival someone from the festival is to give a performance. The festival is first seen in episode 19 of the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun anime where Misaka Mikoto was voted to give the performance.
Factions
It is not known exactly how many factions there are in Tokiwadai, however, it is known that a Faction (派閥 hapatsu?, lit. faction or clique) is an organization that functions like a scholar club. [1]
Factions are outlets for a group of students with similar goals to gather in school, to request for facilities and funding from the school’s board of directors, and to finally strike it big in a national event. Just by this definition alone, maybe a faction isn’t that much different from a school’s social club. Larger factions will get more contacts, funding, and inside information, so most of these outstanding students in their areas of specialties have a faction backing them; the more accomplished the faction is, the better the reputation the faction holds, which means that they have a higher influence and can gather greater power than other factions, even to the point where the strongest factions can have power and influence outside the school.[1]
Shirai Kuroko pointed out that factions "protect" their own positions and thus if a powerful individual outside the school starts gathering members for some purpose, it's likely that a faction or several of them will try to hamper such act. The largest faction in Tokiwadai belongs to Shokuhou Misaki, who is even known as "the Queen of Tokiwadai". [9]
Chronology
Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index
Element Arc
- Main article: Element Arc
On December 8th, Tokiwadai was heavily damaged by an attack by Kihara Yuiitsu and the Elements.[10]
Kamisato Rescue Arc
- Main article: Kamisato Rescue Arc
On December 9th, Tokiwadai had been looted by individuals who took advantage of the damage to School Garden, the exhausted and wounded students, and the immobilization of law enforcement in the aftermath of the Elements and the heat wave.[11] With the school unusable, the students were moved to the 'Hospital' shelter at Heaven Canceller's Hospital.[12]
Aleister Crowley Arc
- Main article: Aleister Crowley Arc
On December 11th, repairs to Tokiwadai were underway,[13] however the school structure had broken down and lessons were subsequently not taking place elsewhere.[14]
Coronzon Arc
- Main article: Coronzon Arc
Following the evacuation of Academy City on December 12th, the students of Tokiwadai went to the Indonesian island of Bali.[15]
List of notable students
Level 5
Level 4
Level 3
- Awatsuki Maaya
- Wannai Kinuho
- Kobayashi Satori
- Usukinu Yasumi
- Mitsuari Ayu (former student)
- Houjou Arei
Other students
List of notable staff
Concept Art
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 08 Prologue
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 05 Chapter 2 Part 1
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 12 Chapter 1 Part 3
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 09 Chapter 1 Part 3
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 05 Chapter 2 Part 1
- ↑ Astral Buddy Manga Chapter 004
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 08 Chapter 1 Part 1
- ↑ Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Episode 01
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 16 Chapter 1 Part 4
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 16 Chapter 2 Part 9
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 17 Chapter 2 Part 10
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 10 Chapter 2 Part 12
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 18 Chapter 1 Part 3
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 18 Chapter 2 Part 1
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 20 Between the Lines 4
| Inhabitants | Faculty and Staff • Students | |
| Factions and Organizations | Board of Directors (Board Chairman) • Judgment • Anti-Skill • Cooperative Institutions • Useful Spider • Skill-Out | |
| Locations | School Districts | School District 1 (Administration) • School District 2 (Military & Law Enforcement Training) • School District 3 (Outsider Accommodation) • School District 4 (Food) • School District 5 (Universities and junior colleges) • School District 6 (Recreation) • School District 7 (Middle & High Schools, Student Accommodations, Hospitals) • School District 8 (Faculty Accommodation) • School District 9 (Industrial and fine arts) • School District 10 (Reformatory, Nuclear Research, Cemetery) • School District 11 (Goods transfer) • School District 12 (Theology) • School District 13 (Kindergarten and primary schools) • School District 14 (Overseas Students) • School District 15 (Shopping & Mass Communication) • School District 16 (Commerce) • School District 17 (Industry) • School District 18 • School District 19 • School District 20 (Sports and athletics) • School District 21 (Water storage & Observatory) • School District 22 (Underground development) • School District 23 (Aerospace) |
| Other Notable Locations | School District 7: Windowless Building • Heaven Canceller's Hospital • A Certain High School • Kamijou Residence • School Garden (Tokiwadai Middle School) Other: Imaginary Number District • Reformatory • External Connection Terminals | |
| Power Curriculum Program | Esper (Level 0 • Level 1 • Level 2 • Level 3 • Level 4 • Level 5 • Level 6 (SYSTEM)) • Personal Reality • Esper Abilities • AIM • System Scan • Level 6 Experiments • Parameter List | |
| Notable Technology | Tree Diagram • Hikoboshi II • Bank • Airship • Cleaning Robot • Security Robot • Wind Turbine • Powered Suit • Nanodevice • Supersonic Passenger Plane • Hard Science | |
| Events (Timeline) | Regular | Daihaseisai • Independence Day • Ichihanaransai • Summer City Flood Prevention Program • Anti-Crime Orientation |
| Other | 0930 Incident • Interceptor Show • Avignon Cleanup Operation • World War III • December Heatwave • 48 Hours to Restore Order • Evacuation of Academy City • Operation Handcuffs | |
| Other | Science • Experiments and Projects • Child Error • Magic-Science Treaty • Academy City Military | |
| See also: Dark Side of Academy City | ||