Sunday, December 6, 2009

To Aru Kagaku no Railgun – 10

The episode begins with Saten and her friends evidently having used the Level Upper, as her friends test the new strength of their powers, and Saten finally being able to manipulate wind, even though it is still in the weak infancy stage. Meanwhile, Kuroko is having a hard time handling the increasing number of Level Upper cases. A discussion between Kuroko and Mikoto on Kiyama’s theory that the program functions by transmitting electrical signals to the brain alerts them and Uiharu to the fact that synesthesia might be what is affecting the victims’ five senses. Elsewhere, Saten is shocked to find her friends falling into a state of unconsciousness. With nowhere to turn to, she calls Uiharu and pours out all her uneasy/jealous feelings from the past episodes to her, and how she is scared of ending up in the same fate as her friends. Uiharu assures her that even if she becomes unconscious, she would definitely wake her up, and rushes to Saten’s place to find her in a coma.

Determined to do something for Saten, Uiharu heads off to Kiyama’s place after sending her to the hospital. Mikoto feels bad about not being able to help Saten during their last talk, and always claiming that Levels don’t matter as a Level 5 without realising that there are people who think gravely of it, and decides to help Judgment. From a doctor, they learn that the victims have a similar brainwave pattern, and begin their investigation in this direction with Konori’s help. They deduce that the Level Upper connects all users in a network such that the weaker users are able to tap into the involuntary fields emitted by ability users and thus increase their powers. Their search of the database shows that Kiyama is the mastermind behind the Level Upper. At the same time, Uiharu uncovers Kiyama’s research on synesthesia whilst in her office and is caught by her, who then takes Uiharu away in a car. Back in Judgment office, Mikoto heads off to rescue Uiharu since Kuroko has yet to recover from her previous fights with Level Upper users.

I still can’t believe Saten turned to the Level Upper after all, but it should come as not much of a surprise considering how she was behaving for the past few episodes. Uiharu really is a sweet nice girl, and I can’t even begin to imagine how she must have felt when she opened the door to see her best friend unconscious. That said, Kuroko’s opinion of Uiharu’s ability is totally hilarious. Uiharu’s powers have never been shown in any form of media before, but with even biribiri having revealed her pantsu, the revelation of Uiharu’s abilities would be of no major issues by now.

Well well, when I said Kiyama is an expert in this field last time, I won’t have expected her to actually be the mastermind behind everything. What is unknown now is her motive. Is this purely for a research purpose, to find out how AIM can enhance people’s levels, or is she another typical villain who wishes for more power to take over the world?

Next week would probably be a battle between Mikoto with Kiyama. With Kiyama being able to utilize the AIM, she is going to be a strong opponent, so it will be one exciting fight of the year!

[Via http://rinerei.wordpress.com]

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