Railgun Rewatch 2021: Season 1 Episode 20

first i'll address all the episodes that came in between this. they were side stories about that one antiskill lady, the dorm mistress, and the tokiwadai dorms which i guess was just an excuse to draw a bunch of girls in maid dresses?? honestly, they were very good filler episodes and they added a lot of development and depth to the supporting cast. plus, you can tell they're planting the seeds for some kind of payoff in the main story, but it's not exactly clear until they actually make it relevant. my only complaint is that putting all these filler episodes in one after another starts to get pretty stale and i got impatient a number of times for something to actually happen.

hallelujah, in episode 20 something finally happens.



uiharu gets a new roommate named haruue eri, who is the girl who lost her locket in the antiskill lady's episode. from what we saw for a brief second in the episode where she was originally introduced, haruue has a photo of the little headband girl from kiyama's flashbacks. she bonds with the main cast, they go to a fireworks display, and the main plot starts kicking in with an explanation for the earthquakes that have been happening. (and THIS is where telestina comes in, my bad.)

overall score: 6/10

uncomfortable moments: like 2

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Railgun Rewatch 2021: Season 1 Episode 21

 
SHE'D BETTER BE!!!

ok, ok. in this one they basically go and investigate whether haruue is the cause of the poltergeist incidents. the gang actually properly meets telestina this time. and uiharu staunchly defends haruue's honor or whatever.

overall rating: 7/10

uncomfortable moments: 0

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