You don’t need a good reason to save a friend. If you want to save them, then save them. …I know someone who kept saying those stupid things even when he was driven to the brink of death, and he really did save over 10,000 people in the end. And that idiot that saved so many people is trying to save someone today like always. I know I can’t stop him. No matter how much I don’t want him to do anything dangerous, seeing him off with a push to the back is the sign of a good woman!
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~ Mikoto
“
There’s no reason to fall off the cliff while bound by meaningless principles and ideologies. If you’re reaching for the happiness you alone believe in, it’s fine to choose the best arguments for the situation. It doesn’t matter if you have to spit on your own words, as long as it all works out in the end.
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~ Mikoto to Touma
“
You don’t need a good reason to save a friend. If you want to save them, then save them. …I know someone who kept saying those stupid things even when he was driven to the brink of death, and he really did save over 10,000 people in the end. And that idiot that saved so many people is trying to save someone today like always. I know I can’t stop him. No matter how much I don’t want him to do anything dangerous, seeing him off with a push to the back is the sign of a good woman!
„
~ Mikoto
“
There’s no reason to fall off the cliff while bound by meaningless principles and ideologies. If you’re reaching for the happiness you alone believe in, it’s fine to choose the best arguments for the situation. It doesn’t matter if you have to spit on your own words, as long as it all works out in the end.
„
~ Mikoto to Touma
“
You don’t need a good reason to save a friend. If you want to save them, then save them. …I know someone who kept saying those stupid things even when he was driven to the brink of death, and he really did save over 10,000 people in the end. And that idiot that saved so many people is trying to save someone today like always. I know I can’t stop him. No matter how much I don’t want him to do anything dangerous, seeing him off with a push to the back is the sign of a good woman!
„
~ Mikoto
“
There’s no reason to fall off the cliff while bound by meaningless principles and ideologies. If you’re reaching for the happiness you alone believe in, it’s fine to choose the best arguments for the situation. It doesn’t matter if you have to spit on your own words, as long as it all works out in the end.
„
~ Mikoto to Touma
“
You don’t need a good reason to save a friend. If you want to save them, then save them. …I know someone who kept saying those stupid things even when he was driven to the brink of death, and he really did save over 10,000 people in the end. And that idiot that saved so many people is trying to save someone today like always. I know I can’t stop him. No matter how much I don’t want him to do anything dangerous, seeing him off with a push to the back is the sign of a good woman!
„
~ Mikoto
“
There’s no reason to fall off the cliff while bound by meaningless principles and ideologies. If you’re reaching for the happiness you alone believe in, it’s fine to choose the best arguments for the situation. It doesn’t matter if you have to spit on your own words, as long as it all works out in the end.
„
~ Mikoto to Touma
“
You don’t need a good reason to save a friend. If you want to save them, then save them. …I know someone who kept saying those stupid things even when he was driven to the brink of death, and he really did save over 10,000 people in the end. And that idiot that saved so many people is trying to save someone today like always. I know I can’t stop him. No matter how much I don’t want him to do anything dangerous, seeing him off with a push to the back is the sign of a good woman!
„
~ Mikoto
“
There’s no reason to fall off the cliff while bound by meaningless principles and ideologies. If you’re reaching for the happiness you alone believe in, it’s fine to choose the best arguments for the situation. It doesn’t matter if you have to spit on your own words, as long as it all works out in the end.
„
~ Mikoto to Touma
Summary
Misaka Mikoto is a major character in To Aru Majutsu No Index and the main protagonist of To Aru Kagaku No Railgun. She is a Level 5 Esper and the strongest electromaster in Academic City.
Powers and Stats
Tier:10-A. High 8-C with Iron Sand. 8-B with Railgun. 7-C with Lightning attacks | High 7-A, 6-C over time
Name: Misaka Mikoto, #3, Biri-Biri, Railgun, Ace of Tokiwadai, The Strongest Electromaster
Lifting Strength:Athletic Human. Class M with Magnetism | At least Class M
Striking Strength:Athlete Class, Large Building Class with Iron Sand, Town Class with Lightning Strikes | Large Mountain Class, Island Class+ over time
Durability:Athletic Human physically, Large Building level with Iron Sand shields | Unknown, likely Large Mountain level
Standard Equipment: Coins (or any object for that matter) that she can use for her Railgun technique
Intelligence:Extraordinary Genius (As a Level 5, Mikoto is able to proccess information much faster than supercomputers from Academic City. Can speak a multidude of different languages fluently and is very creative and efficient when using her powers, manipulating iron sand in multiple ways, devising her infamous Railgun technique on her own and even coming up with new applications of her power in the spot, such as when she used her electricity to manipulate water vapor in order to fly. She is also capable of flawlessly hacking the extremely advanced security systems of Academic City which is 30 years ahead of the world)
Weaknesses: None notable | Appears to be a mindless beast and will self-destruct herself once it reaches 100% of her maximum output
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Electromaster (電撃使い (エレクトロマスター) Dengeki Tsukai (Erekutoromasutā), lit. "Electric Shock User"): While Mikoto chose to name her esper ability after her famous signature move, the Railgun, she belongs to a type of espers called Electromasters, espers which can generate and manipulate electricity and control electromagnetism. While it's one of the more common abilities in Academy City, Mikoto is known to be the city's strongest Electromaster, with a maximum output of 1 billion volts. Despite being famous for her Railgun, she herself considers the true worth of her ability to reside in its great versatility, holding pride on her ability to attack the enemy with multiple attacks from multiple angles, and disliking others considering her to be just a walking cannon.
Electromagnetism:
Railgun (超電磁砲 (レールガン) Chō-Denjihō (Rērugan), lit. "Super Electromagnetic Cannon"): Mikoto can fire metal objects at three times the speed of sound using her electricity. Her railgun has a muzzle velocity of 1030 m/s (2307.2 mph) and can be fired at a rate of 8 shots per minute. She primarily uses arcade coins as her projectiles for portability, limiting her normal range to 50 meters because of the coins melting due to friction, though she can use larger objects for greater range and destructive power.
Liquid Proof Railgun: A version of Misaka's Railgun improved and only possible through the participation of Misaki. Misaki uses her ability to manipulate moisture at the microscopic level into a special lattice pattern on the surface of the coin. By doing so she cools the coin and greatly reduces its friction, taking away the usual 50 meter limit of the technique imposed by the coin having vaporized when reaching that distance and increases its power due to less kinetic energy being lost in friction. Additionally, when the coating liquid is vaporized and rapidly expands into steam this accelerates the coin further making it so that it accelerates the further it flies instead of slowing down.
Radar Interference: Mikoto can use electromagnetism to interfere with radar and radar-based weapons liked guided missiles.
Microwave Defense: Mikoto can use her power to shield herself and a small area around her from microwaves.
Powerful Electromagnetic Pulse: Mikoto has the ability to create magnetic pulses that target the enemy's organs to disrupt their functions.
Light Manipulation: When faced with Iruka's lasers, Junko suggested that an electromaster on Misaka's level would probably be able to interfere with the particles of light.
Microwave Creation: Misaka has demonstrated the ability to produce microwaves. She can use this to protect herself and others from cold temperatures.
Electricity Manipulation: Mikoto's basic attacks consist of shooting lightning spears, sometimes through her hands. Her most common way of releasing electricity, however, is through her forehead. She can also defend herself from electron-based attacks by bending them away from her.
Lightning Strike: Mikoto can call down true lightning using her ability, regardless of the current weather. This attack was shown to be powerful enough to cause a city-wide blackout or level all the trees in a park while carving a small volcanic-like crater on the park's stone floor. Mikoto can also create large thunderclouds, which have the side effect of blocking satellite observation.
Electricity Conduction: Mikoto can conduct electricity through her own body to shock opponents through physical touch. She can also use this ability to take control of her own muscles and nerves when they have been rendered ineffective through the use of drugs or other paralyzing agents and continue to move. Due to her body's ability to withstand her own electricity, she can resist enemies trying to shock or electrocute her; for example, she wasn't even fazed by someone trying to use a stun gun on her.
Flash/Thunder: Mikoto can release intense bluish-white sparks from her bangs that use the same flash and roar of lightning to cause tremendous light and noise to momentarily take away some of the enemy's senses like a stun grenade. She can also use just the flash of lightning to temporarily blind an opponent.
Magnetism Manipulation: Mikoto is also skilled at using her magnetism ability to attract and repel metallic materials to her advantage in numerous ways. Her power over magnetism is strong and precise enough to support several buildings that High Priest had uprooted and was trying to use to smash her, preventing them from breaking apart while simultaneously keeping the dozens to hundreds of people inside each building safe. She is also capable of vibrating a thin metal panel to produce a fake voice as a distraction.
Offensive Use: Mikoto can throw pieces of concrete or metal objects as a projectile, or even swing them around like a large hammer if they are big enough.
Defensive Use: Mikoto can create make-shift shields using nearby scrap-metal or pieces of concrete.
Interference: Mikoto can manipulate metal tools or weapons held by the enemy, interfering or completely stopping their attacks on their tracks. For example, she can stop guns from firing by messing with their internal structure. She can also magnetize the tool or weapon so that all sorts of iron objects will attach to it, increasing its weight and making it harder or impossible for the enemy to use/wield them.
Mobility: Mikoto can use her magnetism ability to attach herself to walls that contain steel. Not only that, her magnetism is strong enough that she can use it to pull herself towards walls, allowing her to evade attacks and to freely move through a city by jumping from building to building. If she's in a narrow alleyway, she can even levitate by pulling towards both walls.
Iron Sand Manipulation: Mikoto can use electromagnetism to manipulate iron sand and vibrate it at high speeds, giving it a high cutting power. She has used this iron sand in numerous ways, usually to form weapons like swords, spears or whips. She can cover non-magnetic objects with iron sand to use them as ammunition for her signature Railgun technique, and she can control masses smaller than a speck to disable firearms by sending them into their barrels or ejection ports to tear them apart from within.
Iron Sand Swords: Mikoto can form a "whip sword" by gathering iron sand and manipulating it into one or two swords that she can lengthen into a whip at will. By making the sand particles of the blade vibrate, she can dramatically increase the weapon's cutting power into something resembling a chainsaw. She can also create a giant version of her standard iron sand sword. She doesn't need to actually hold the swords with her hands, as she later showed she can create multiple iron sand whips and control them with her mind to attack from several directions at the same time, described as being similar to an octopus' tentacles or a spider's legs.
Iron Sand Hands: Mikoto can create long iron sand hands to attack the enemy.
Iron Sand Tornado: Mikoto can surround the enemy with a small iron sand tornado.
Iron Sand Shield: Mikoto can create iron sand shields to defend herself.
Iron Sand Tsunami: Mikoto can create a large iron sand wave much like a tsunami, big enough to completely wipe out a Russian military base.
Iron Sand Drills: Mikoto can create several hundred iron sand drills that have electricity running through them to pierce the enemy.
Iron Sand Floor: Mikoto can spread iron sand on the ground to follow the footsteps of enemies that move too fast for her to follow normally.
Iron Sand Needles: Mikoto can create a storm of killer iron sand needles that surrounds the enemy for a 360º attack.
Electric Cage: Mikoto used this technique during her fight with Kihara Nayuta. First, Mikoto created several hundred iron sand balls that rose up in the air and spread through the area. Then, the iron sand balls collapsed into smaller spinning balls, surrounding both girls and emitting bluish-white sparks. Once the balls were set, Mikoto used them to conduct electricity to cover the entire place in a spinning iron sand ball dome, letting electricity flow through them to cover the gaps between the balls with electricity, forming a large electric cage with Mikoto at its center. Mikoto can freely control the size of this cage, for example, shrinking it towards her opponent. Mikoto can immediately repair and regenerate the damaged cage by using more iron sand. It's likely Mikoto can use this technique without putting herself inside it with her opponent.
Iron Sand Railgun: Mikoto can create conductive metallic spear-like rods to shoot as a railgun. She can create and shoot at least twenty of these railguns at the same time.
Iron Sand Giant Puppet: Mikoto can create a giant iron sand puppet, tall and strong enough to challenge the Doppelganger's giant form. The puppet can reform itself if damaged, and it also builds up electricity by rubbing iron sand and dust inside itself to fire iron sand bullets like a giant version of her regular Railgun.
Iron Sand Double: Mikoto can create a fake version of her using iron sand to trick opponents in low visibility situations, such as in a smokescreen.
Plasma Manipulation: Mikoto has showed the ability to ionize empty cans and turn them into plasma as a visual distraction during her match with Gunha. Additionally, when Accelerator created a large plasma sphere during his fight with Touma by compressing the air, Mikoto considered possible for her to use her esper power to return the plasma to its original state by putting the electrons and cations back together, but realized it would be pointless as Accelerator would just easily recreate the plasma sphere.
Cracking/Hacking: Using her electric powers she can hack electronic devices, bypassing normal electronic security measures with ease. She can decode the electronic flow of information, like to steal the information from a credit card's magnetic strip, as well as directly process a computer's information in binary. This skill also enables her to perform acts such as erasing herself from security footage in real time or taking control of Academy City's roving security robots, cars or even their advanced powered suits like the FiveOvers.
Battery Detonation: Mikoto can detonate the batteries of modern items such as phones, radios, metal detectors and stun batons as small bombs.
Unique Sensory Perception of Electric-type Espers: As an electromaster, Mikoto is, of course, able to sense electric, magnetic, and electromagnetic phenomena. She is, however, able to follow the electric and magnetic field lines using her eyes, something that normal electro-masters are unable to do with their limited power. She takes this ability one step further by analyzing the reflections of the electromagnetic waves she generates, giving her no blind spots.
Flight: Using formulas similar to those she uses for her Iron Sand sword, Mikoto can fly if she is surrounded by a large amount of atomized water vapor. She does this by manipulating the water vapor into wings using the static electricity from interactions between particles. By using her electric power to induce electrolysis on a large body of water such as the ocean, she can obtain enough hydrogen and oxygen to use as fuel. The wings are at least strong enough to blow up air-to-air missiles.
Defense Against Bioelectricity Manipulation: Mikoto has been shown to be immune the attempts to manipulate her bioelectricity due to the passive electromagnetic barrier created by her AIM dispersion field, only suffering a small amount of pain when the strongest mental esper and fellow Level 5 Shokuhou Misaki tried to manipulate her brain.
Ozone Creation: Mikoto should be able to replicate one of her Misaka Sisters using her electricity to turn oxygen into ozone in an attempt to suffocate Accelerator, likely at a much higher rate than her, as her clones have a much weaker version of her ability (The Sisters' Electromaster ability is 1/20000th of Mikoto's).
Oxygen Detonation: Mikoto should be able to replicate Misaka Worst using her electricity to detonate oxygen and using the force of the blast in several ways, like to propel herself at great speeds, jump incredible heights or even land without a parachute from a moving plane, as Misaka Worst wields a weaker version of her ability (Worst's Electromaster ability is 1/5th of Mikoto's).
Oxygen Creation: Misaka can use electricity to break down the air to create oxygen.
Airflow Manipulation: Misaka can open a 'hole' in the atmosphere using electricity. Since air naturally flows from high pressure regions into low pressure regions she can manipulate the airflow using this method. This is also what prevents Misaka from being roasted by friction when using the A.A.A.
Arc Fusion Blades: Upon seeing Thor disguised as Mikoto using his arc fusion blades, Kamijou Touma thought that Mikoto was likely capable of creating them too, but would likely choose to rely on her iron sand sword in close quarters because of her principles and preferences. This possibility is supported by the narration later during Thor's fight with Silvia, as it mentions it's unclear how powerful an Electromaster esper would need to be to replicate his 20-meter blades.
Rampage Dress: Junko Hokaze has taught Misaka how to reproduce her esper ability, though Misaka's skill is currently far below Junko's. Furthermore Misaka dislikes using this ability, because it reminds her of Accelerator. Rampage Dress works by Misaka manipulating the electrical signals in her cells to draw out further strength and surpass her physical limits. This allows her to strengthen her sense of smell by increasing the sensitivity of her olfactory cells or to perform superhuman manoeuvres by boosting her muscle cells. However, she can still harm herself if she pushes her body too much.
Level 6 Shift Transformation: During the Daiseihai, Gensei Kihara forcibly used Mikoto as a subject to become a Level 6, making her undergo several transformations of increasing power:
Initial Form: Mikoto’s initial form upon engulfing the power of the Misaka Network. The most obvious change, however, is the appearance of two ribbon-like objects with diamond shaped objects attached to them that hug around Mikoto’s arms. These ribbons are likely a mass of compressed energy, as Gunha would later be hit by similar things later and describe them that way. Described by Gensei as 2% up along the path of a Level 6, it is already powerful enough to create a large electric attack that completely engulfs the already tall Windowless Building and a large area that surrounds the building, though predictably the Windowless Building is unscathed. This attack is referenced as the largest scale lightning strike ever recorded. Other features of her power include creating smaller strikes that resemble beams of energy, manipulating several giants chunks of metal and iron sand, and seemingly traveling through the strike of her electricity - literally “riding the lightning.”
First Transformation: Mikoto transforms even further and her appearance changes drastically. Under this form, Mikoto can use the ribbon-like things to attack, which Gunha describes as a compressed mass of energy after hit by it. It is apparently solid enough as Gunha is also pinned down by ribbon-like objects much later. As with the first forms, all of Mikoto's powers become stronger.
Second Transformation: What Gensei describes as the Opening Stage, this was her final form just before she was turned back to normal. After Mitori seemingly defeated Kuroko, she once more ordered Mikoto to destroy the Windowless Building. The ground where Mikoto was floating turned black, and at Mikoto's hand gesture a large black sphere of energy is formed, described by Gunha as something from another world that cannot be understood, and later by Mikoto as not an esper power, but something called in by her desire to crush and eliminate the parts of Academy City she dislikes. Imagine Breaker failed to negate this sphere, the attempt ripping off Touma's right arm.
