QUOTE (Barbobot @ Apr 13 2013, 11:39 AM) I think in the current Railgun timeline, Accelerator hasn't been injured yet and is still ranked #1, but not completely sure.
I guess I'll explain a bit.
The original railgun series...the 1st season (episode 1-13) was pretty much following the manga, as for the 2nd season, it was mostly filler episodes and original stories that had not much to do with the manga (due to lack of manga material at the time and only partly through the sister arc).
For Railgun S, I think the best way to pick the story (or timeline) back up is probably to dismissing events/stories and character that were introduced in the season 2 (episode 14-26) of the the original Railgun series, and think of the Raigun S being the proper sequel to the season 1 (episode 1-13... up to the part which Mikoto defeated that big monster thingy).
Update: To make it clear for everyone, I looked back on the manga to give a more precise timeline. Railgun season 1 (episode 1-13) is up to manga chapter 17, chapter 18's one off story was also animated in the original Railgun series, and then chapter 18 is episode 2 of Railgun S. Hope this clears up for everyone with confusion of the timeline. Currently the manga is up to chapter 58.
Other side-discussions:
If anyone remember, in the original Index series, there was a part which Touma was stopping Mikoto from going to confront (or suicide) Accelerator for the sake of saving the thousands of lives of the Sisters, but Touma took her place to confront Accelerator.
The part which Touma confront Accelerator is in the railgun manga as well, but in the 2nd season of the railgun, despite should be on the same timeline, the part which Touma bumped into Mikoto at the restaurant got change to something else with the "original stories/events". At the time I commented in the discussion thread saying "why the hell did J.C. Staff do that!?" Now I guess I understand, as they were most likely saving it, as well as the Touma confronting Accelerator for Railgun S instead.
I really hope J.C.Staff would do the Touma vs Accelerator part justice, as originally I seen that fight in Index first (also by J.C. Staff)...and it was like "meh Imagine-cheater
", but when I saw that same fight in the railgun manga, it felt really fired up, and Touma's manliness was at like 200% comparing to the Index anime counterpart. This is probably somewhat to do with fights in railgun manga are generally much more violence and brutal, which somewhat is lost when transferred to the anime platform. The Touma stopping Mikoto from going to Accelerator bridge part in the railgun manga also felt much more intense, and that the emotional exchange between the two was far stronger than in the Index anime. Anyway, as I said really hope J.C.Staff get it right this time.
QUOTE (Knorris908 @ Apr 13 2013, 10:19 PM) I was positive that I had seen this before...
I guess I'll have to keep watching, but I was thinking what was going to happen before it actually did, and I haven't read the manga.
My mistake.
If you have also watched the Index anime 1st series as well, then you would have "some" idea of roughly where it is going to head regarding the sisters. But the Index anime didn't really show the details of what Mikoto was doing in the time that she's not crossing path with Touma.