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* [[Accidental Kiss]]: While trying to bite Touma, Index misses and kisses his cheek.
* [[Artifact of Doom]]: Has the Index-Librorum-Prohibitorum, 103,000 books of forbidden spells, inside her head.
* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: When she’s using the knowledge the grimoires give her such as in Episode 23 of season 1, in which she {{spoiler|holds her own against a giant golem with a few quick phrases and ''safety pins''. If Touma hadn't knocked out the caster, she would have ''won''.}} All this to a [[Theme Music Power -Up]], too. And later in the novels using her Spell Intercept, {{spoiler|1=she hijacks the control over the Fuze=Kazakiri, canceling it and saving Last Order in the process during the attack by Vento of the Front in Academy City.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Badass Bookworm]]}}/{{spoiler|[[Badass Adorable]]}}: {{spoiler|Stood up against a Golem and many magicians using just mental codes.}}
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: With Touma.
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* [[Fan Service Pack]]: "A tub of Musashino-Milk a day, keeps the flat-chest away!!"
* [[Fish Out of Water]]: She has no idea how the modern world works and is clueless about electronics.
* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]: Her Dragon's Breath and Eli Eli Lama Sabachtani spells.
* [[Genki Girl]]
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: When she’s in John's Pen mode.
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* [[Nice Guy|Nice Girl]]
* [[Nuns Are Mikos]]
* [[Nun -Too -Holy]]
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Actually, Index is 14 or 15, which implies she can be older than Mikoto.
* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: Averted. Her legal name really is "Index Librorum Prohibitorum". Her Academy City I.D. and passport both say as much.
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{{quote| Voiced by: [[Rina Sato|Sato Rina]]}}
 
Mikoto Misaka, also known as [[In -Series Nickname|Biri-Biri]], is one of the main heroines and the protagonist of her own spin-off series, ''[[To Aru Kagaku no Railgun (Manga)|A Certain Scientific Railgun]]''. Her power is [[Shock and Awe|Electromaster]], and with it she is the third most powerful Level 5, the highest rank attainable for an Esper. Has [[UST|a love/hate relationship]] with Touma.
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* [[A Cup Angst]]: It does ''not'' help that some of Academy City's ''younger'' girls are ''more'' endowed than she is. And it's hinted that her [[Hot Mom]] (who's really well endowed herself, also to Mikoto's chagrin) wants to rectify this fast (through food). Considering she's no more than fourteen you have to wonder why she's so bothered about it. This is again [[Played for Laughs]] during her first meeting with Misaka Worst.
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* [[Action Girl]]: She has slightly violent tendencies, and is ranked third among the Level 5 Espers.
* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Armor -Piercing Slap]]: Subverted. Try as she might, Mikoto just cannot get a hit in.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: In Episode 4 of ''Railgun'', fighting Touma.
* [[Badass Adorable]]
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* [[Fan Nickname]]: "{{spoiler|Terrorist}} Biri Biri" because of the Railgun manga.
** '''The''' [[Tsundere|Thundere]].
* [[Hair -Trigger Temper]]
* [[High Pressure Emotion]]
* [[Goofy Print Underwear]]: Kuroko finds out, much to her delight, that Mikoto's underpants share the same "thumbs-up bunny" that the T-shirt she was given as a present has... unfortunately she then just ''had'' to skip and sing [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"Matches! Matches! It matches with Onee-sama's!"]], which equates to [[What an Idiot!|repeatedly jumping up and down on]] Mikoto's biggest [[Berserk Button]]...
** Perhaps that reason why she wears [[Skirt Over Slacks]].
* [[Hair Flip]]: On ocassions
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* {{spoiler|[[Heroic BSOD]]}}: {{spoiler|After seeing one of her sisters die and being unable to do anything to stop it.}}
* [[Hero With Bad Publicity]]: A plot point during the Shopping Mall Demonstration SS. {{spoiler|Using a method of spreading rumors of a possible nuclear attack by her, every rioter in the area targeted her with rifles, axes, and every other weapon they could.}} This also counts as [[Mugging the Monster]] because {{spoiler|if she wasn't [[The Fettered]], she could have simply killed them all and been done with it.}}
* [[Hey, You]]: She has yet to call Touma by his name. {{spoiler|Save the [[PSP]] game intro and a small part in Volume 22 where she calls out to him.}}
* [[Honor Before Reason]]
* [[Hot Blooded]]: More so than the comparatively laid-back Touma.
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'''Mikoto''': NO I DON'T! }}
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Last -Name Basis]]: Virtually everyone refers her as Misaka.
* [[Megaton Punch]]: The most common method to stop a clingy Kuroko.
* {{spoiler|[[MesMe's a Crowd]]}}: {{spoiler|There are at least three different kinds of clones of her running around. The Imouto series counted 20,000 at the beginning.}}
* [[Modesty Shorts]]: Trope Picture. Much to [[Psycho Lesbian|Kuroko Shirai's]] dismay.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: She's call the Railgun and is a Level 5. What did you expect?
* [[Oblivious to Love]]/[[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]: She's actually oblivious to her ''own'' love. It takes her until {{spoiler|Volume 16}} to realize that she likes Touma.
* [[The Ojou]]
* [[Onee -Sama]]: To Kuroko and a legion of admirers.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Is considered the only sane Level 5. However, this may be because some of her less savory hobbies are intentionally kept quiet, specifically in order to promote her image as the unofficial face of Academy City.
* [[Out of Focus]]: In the Index series, where despite often being billed as a main character, she hasn't been very plot relevant since the SISTERS Arc.
* [[Red Oni]]: To Touma.
* [[Self -Made Man|Self Made Girl:]] Mikoto climbed all the way from Level 1 to level 5 through hard work, but...
** Subverted when it was revealed that {{spoiler|the researchers of Academy City already knows what level every esper would grow to be...}}
* [[Shock and Awe]]: The nature of her abilities. She's called "Railgun" for a reason.
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*** [[Selective Magnetism]]
** [[No Sell]]: An electric field around her prevents the Queen of Tokiwadai from tampering with her mind. Presumably, this also means that she's immune to other brainwashing and telepathic abilities.
** [[One -Man Army|One Girl Army]]
** [[Person of Mass Destruction]]
** [[Required Secondary Powers]]: She's explicitly noted to be immune to electrical attacks when a girl tries using a taser on her. If she doesn't fry herself, what good is a taser going to do?
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*** [[Money to Throw Away]]: Her Railgun uses coins which she can launch at three times the speed of sound using her electricity.
*** [[Weapon of Choice]]
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Delivered to {{spoiler|[[Complete Monster|Therestina]]}} via railgun.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]
* [[The Rival]]: Supposedly has a rivalry with "The Queen of Tokiwadai", the other Level 5 of Tokiwadai. In a subversion, neither of them are interested of being either rivals or friends with each other. The real rivalry is between their followers and their fanbases. Which makes this an in-universe example of [[Fandom Rivalry]].
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== Touma Kamijou ==
==== ''[[Anti -Magic|One Who Purifies God and Exorcises the Devil]]'' ====
[[File:toma_598_6327.jpg|frame|[[Unlucky Everydude|Such misfortune]], indeed.]]
{{quote| ''"I don't need a reason to save someone."''}}
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Touma Kamijou is the primary protagonist of ''Toaru Majutsu no Index'' and a recurring character in the ''To Aru Kagaku no Railgun'' side stories.
 
He is a Level 0 Academy City high school student in his first year and possesses the mysterious [[Anti -Magic|Imagine]] [[Power Nullifier|Breaker]], which cancels any magical, Esper-related, or divine power his right hand comes into contact with, but also brings him [[Blessed With Suck|incredibly bad luck]]. Possessing a strong sense of justice, he helps anyone who is in need and will not hesitate to challenge anyone who is several times more powerful than himself. This willingness to help those in need has resulted in him [[Harem Show|receiving the affection of many females]].
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* {{spoiler|[[A God Am I]]}}: {{spoiler|Pre-amnesia Touma often told people his right hand was capable of negating miracles from God. Of course, he does later start backing up these claims... and then you consider the "Invisible Thing" inside of him.}}
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* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Touma is frequently more concerned with the individuals than the long term consequences.
* [[Anime Hair]]: It's actually {{spoiler|invoked! You find out that Touma once saw someone with hair like that in a magazine and started to treat it to look like that.}}
* [[Anti -Magic]] / [[Power Nullifier]]: Imagine Breaker.
** [[Achilles Heel]]: Imagine Breaker can only negate the power itself, not the after effects. For example: He can cancel out magical fire, but not the ash and smoke it creates. Then there's the fact that the effect only applies from his wrist down, so if a power hits somewhere ''besides'' his right hand first, he's screwed. It cannot instantly negate a power if it is extremely massive or maintained by an outside source.
*** Which he later learns to use to his advantage in Volume 20 {{spoiler|when fighting Accelerator again. He grabs one of Accelerator's wings and uses it to throw Accelerator off balance allowing him to get close.}}
** [[Blessed With Suck]]: Touma's power also negates his ''[[Cosmic Plaything|luck]]'', is probably the reason why he's attracting such deadly trouble in the first place, causes him to be classified Level 0 because his power can't be detected, and isn't of any use in mundane situations, either. Imagine Breaker prevents telepathy from affecting him, so he can't hear telepathic warnings. Healing magic is automatically negated in his presence. He can't be teleported to safety, etc.
** [[Born Unlucky]]: [[Anti -Magic|Imagine Breaker]] gives him bad luck but on the other hand gives him a great advantage against supernatural foes. However, before he entered Academy City, {{spoiler|he caused misfortune to people around him as well, but that stopped at one point, hinting something caused the misfortune to not spill out onto the world.}}
** [[Born Winner]]: He's had Imagine Breaker since the beginning of his life, with all its benefits and drawbacks.
** [[Chick Magnet]]: Index and Komoe theorize that this is another side effect of his Imagine Breaker, both from a magical and scientific perspective.
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** {{spoiler|[[Sealed Inside a Person Shaped Can]]}}: {{spoiler|The "Invisible Thing".}}
** {{spoiler|[[Spider Sense]]}}: {{spoiler|He has always had this power (or at least has been slowly developing it) but its only recently been pointed out. He can sense changes in AIM Fields (Espers) and, although not outright stated, it is also been hinted he can do the same with Mana (Magicians). This allows him to react before the attack has even been properly launched.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Story Breaker Power]]}}: {{spoiler|The "Invisible Thing" that made someone as Fiamma of the Right think that everything he has isn't enough to defeat it.}} The Imagine Breaker is a borderline case as it can counter any power but in turn it can be countered if the opponent [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?|uses a gun]] or [[My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours|has superior physical abilities]].
** {{spoiler|[[Superpower Lottery]]}}: {{spoiler|First is Imagine Breaker, which makes most Esper powers and magics useless against him. Then he develops his [[Spider Sense]], which means that he can see an attack coming and react accordingly, although he does it subconsciously. This combined with his Imagine Breaker means [[Nigh Invulnerable|it's very hard to get under his guard and attack him fatally with any kind of supernatural attack]]. Finally, when his right arm is chopped off, he develops a power that makes everything Fiamma of the Right has pale in comparison.}}
* [[Alternate Character Reading]]: His name, Kamijou Touma, is written as (上条 討魔). Kanzaki re-interprets this name in Volume 1 as (神浄 討魔), which is his epithet, "One who cleanses God and exorcises the devil". In the afterword to Volume 14, Kamachi gives an alternate reading to his last name: (神上), which means {{spoiler|"The One Above God.", or ''La Persona Superiore a Dio''.}} His first name can also be read as (透魔), meaning "Invisible Demon", {{spoiler|which is also the name of the thing inside Touma's Imagine Breaker}}.
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** In Episode 7 of the second season Touma, with the help of Misaka, charges up a very loose series of platforms in order to catch a falling-to-her-death Kuroko and then, as a follow up, {{spoiler|''punches a 4,500 kg object mid-teleport, breaking several laws of physics as he interferes with the 11th dimension to send it back''}}. Yeah, Touma's been messing with space and time to save people.
* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: In [http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/images/9/92/NT_Index_v02_006-008.jpg Misaka vision].
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Actually have elements of both, but it depends on who you compare him to (he's the blue to [[Tsundere|Misaka's]] red, and red to [[Anti -Hero|Accelerator's]] blue).
* [[Book Dumb]]: Averted. He's actually quite smart academically, and is at least decent in a number of subjects. The problem is that he's incapable of grasping the subjects in the Power Curriculum Program due to his inability to use any ''apparent'' powers.
** It's a bit more complicated than that. Though he can calculate the flight path of a supersonic jet and his practical knowledge of physics and geography are very good, he only seems to be able to call upon such knowledge during critical situations. In other words, he just hates studying. Also, he seems to be genuinely bad at a number of subjects, mainly anything to do with language.
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* [[Desperately Looking for A Purpose In Life]]: Touma saw his right hand as a useless bother, and couldn't find a reason for it. Then he meets Index, and realizes that his useless right hand is the only thing that can save her, and with a glorious rant as narration does so, {{spoiler|only to lose all his memory and that person effectively dies. In his place is the Touma afterwards, who is always helping people and values his right hand as a tool that can save lives. Effectively the Kamijou Touma who always wanted to help people dies as he finally succeeds and the Touma that follows saves people as a matter of course with no idea he is doing something his past self always wanted.}}
* [[Determinator]]: Besides the ''trillion'' times he gets back up, battered and bloody (like a zombie), by pure force of will, he channeled a power even stronger than the invisible demon to eat it up (like a huge mouth), because he wanted to finish off [[Big Bad|Fiamma]] himself.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: He literally punched out: Innocentius (a 3000 degree fire demon), Accelerator, Ellis (a massive concrete golem), {{spoiler|Fiamma of the Right, and '''[[Archangel Gabriel]]'''.}}
* [[The Dreaded]]: Although most of the science side have no clue who he is, most of the magic side is utterly terrified of him (or to be more precise, Imagine Breaker). It gets to the point that {{spoiler|GREMLIN is perfectly willing to destroy the world, if it means they will be absolutely sure they'll be killing him.}}
** In New Testament Volume 4, there's {{spoiler|Kihara Byouri, an absolute sociopath who went up against GREMLIN with a cheerful (if not disturbing) smile on her face. The one time she ever shows fear in that entire volume was when Kamijou Touma's name was brought up. The narrative itself seems to imply that Kamijou Touma is the worst possible opponent for a Kihara to face. For comparison, the other more noteworthy Kihara of the series, Kihara Amata, showed absolutely no fear whatsoever when facing Accelerator, the most powerful Esper in Academy City.}}
* [[Evil Laugh]]: He [[Invoked Trope|invokes]] this during his battle against Aureolus, with a [[Slasher Smile]] for additional bonus points.
* [[Famous -Named Foreigner]]: To the Magic side.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: ''Tou'''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|MAN]].'''''
* [[Fastball Special]]: Performs a variation of one where {{spoiler|[[Badass|Acqua]] launches Touma using [[BFS|Ascalon]] straight at [[Badass Princess|Carissa]] to destroy Curtana Original.}} It earns extra points due to Touma and {{spoiler|Aqcua}} doing it wordlessly in true [[Bash Brothers]] fashion, and to the ridiculous bullet-like speed Touma is sent flying.
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* [[Implacable Man]]: Get your arm chopped off? Keep going. Have a car dropped on you? Walk it off. Get hit with a massive bolt of electricity? ''Twice''? Gonna have to do better than that.
* [[Innocent Cohabitation]]: Living with Index and later {{spoiler|Itsuwa}}. And thanks to {{spoiler|his memory loss}}, he doesn't even know why.
* [[In -Series Nickname]]: Called "Kamiyan" by Tsuchimikado and Aogami Pierce.
* {{spoiler|[[Instant Awesome Just Add Dragons]]}}: {{spoiler|A roaring giant dragon head grows out of the stump of Touma's arm in his battle against Izzard, after he'd managed to cut off Touma's Imagine Breaker.}}
** {{spoiler|And then something similar happens again in his battle against Fiamma of the Right.}}
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* [[Never Got to Say Goodbye]]: To Index in the beginning of the series, and {{spoiler|again in the ending of Volume 22}}.
* [[Nice Guy]]: ''Even to his enemies''.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: While most of his actions do at least some good, many of his decisions cause ''a lot'' of trouble later on.
* [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]]: No matter what he does or who he saves, the one who will inevitably pay the price for it is Kamijou Touma. He will suffer terrible injuries in the place of others, and his efforts will never be rewarded. He even has to pay for the resulting hospital bills.
{{quote| "In other words, even if he does anything for Himegami, Kamijou is just helping others pay the bill meaninglessly. In most situations, what he pays would often become his wounds."}}
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** {{spoiler|It didn't. Touma is alive. At least as alive as any other ball-sacked protagonist.}}
* [[The Paragon]]: If you get preached to or punched out by him, chances are high you'll become quite heroic somewhere down the road.
* [[Mook Horror Show|Power User Horror Show]]: When Touma fights, we see a [[Badass]] highschooler struggling to fight with opponents who are objectively much more powerful than him, and winning thanks to his [[Determinator|tenacity]], hard earned [[Badass Normal|street fighting skills]], and a [[Power Nullifier]] right arm. But that isn't what his opponents see. What they see, is something that can [[Anti -Magic|utterly nullify their powers]], no matter how deadly they should normally be, and [[Implacable Man|something that just won't go down]] no matter what they do, and it is terrifying. It's good to remember that the thing Accelerator fears the most is Touma.
* [[Pre -Ass -Kicking One -Liner|Pre-Asskicking One Liner]]: Every time he utters his [[Catch Phrase]] or a variation of it: "I'll kill that illusion of yours!"
* [[Properly Paranoid]]: Touma is extremely suspicious of a generous bounty of good luck, believing that in the end, he will only somehow get screwed over. When he {{spoiler|won a trip to Italy, he went through every possible scenerio of what could go wrong on the trip, from a terrorist attack, all the way to landing in a Necessarius/Roman Catholic Church-controlled airport. Ironically, he actually wasn't too wrong about his guess.}}
* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]: "God, if the world really goes by your rules then I'm gonna smash that illusion apart!"
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** If there is a girl in a closed room, and Touma does not open the door and walk in, is she ''still'' naked?
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: Never mind Imagine Breaker's theorized ability to attract women. Touma's a genuinely [[Nice Guy]], and that turns women on (especially after he rescues them).
* [[Spot Light Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: You wouldn't think he'd qualify for this, seeing as how he's the main character. However, in ''Railgun'', where Misaka Mikoto is the protagonist, Touma essentially becomes this. This is particularly obvious in the latest arc, where Touma {{spoiler|essentially takes on the [[Big Bad]] all on his own while Misaka can do little more than watch}}. Since the two stories happen in the same city and often overlap, this can't really be avoided.
* [[Spanner in The Works]]: While he's not as good at this as Shiage, he can derail villain's complex plans by simply showing up and kicking the crap out of anybody he sees threatening others.
* [[Star -Making Role]]: Earned [[Atsushi Abe]] the ''Best Rookie Actor of 2010''.
* [[Stone Wall]]: Touma is a fairly average street fighter, but his [[Anti -Magic|Imagine Breaker]] combined with [[Spider Sense]] makes him [[Nigh Invulnerable]] against superpowered foes.
* [[Sympathy Sue]]: An in-universe example. Touma's constant, ''constant'', '''constant''' stream of bad luck has earned the sympathy of just about every single female student in his class, and as a result nearly all of them have a crush on him. The boys, on the other hand...
* [[Tender Tears]]: He's got a kind heart.
* [[Think Nothing of It]]: He helps people not for praise, honor, or reward, but simply because it's "the ''right'' thing for a man to do".
* [[Third Person Person]]: On occasion.
* [[Theme Music Power -Up]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx6YL1ld0iY Gensou Koroshi (Illusion Killer/Imagine Breaker).][[Memetic Mutation|Somebody is gonna get punched in the face.]] Also serves as a [[Leitmotif|leitmotif]] along with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ofmj4ouopc Break Through] which is basically the former in allegro.
* [[Turn the Other Cheek]]: Move over, [[Dragonball Z|Son Goku]], we have a new contender.
* [[Unlucky Everydude]]
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* [[The Ace]]: He is pretty much good at everything he does. He even displayed a perfect control at a sub-atomic level.
** [[Broken Ace]]: But considering the childhood and the torture he's endured to attain his powers, he's this. {{spoiler|At least until Volume 22, where he turns over a new leaf.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Anti -Hero]]}}: {{spoiler|Type IV, until New Testament, where he's shifted to Type III.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Above Good and Evil]]}}:{{spoiler|What he ultimately becomes due to [[Character Development]].}}
* [[Always Someone Better]]: {{spoiler|Touma, Touma, [[Precision F -Strike|fuckin' Touma]]. Accelerator sees him as his personal idol, and as time goes by, he adopts his philosophy.}}
* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Well let's name a few. Last Order, Index, Misaka WORST, Fremea, Birdway(almost in NT volume 3), Yomikawa, Yoshikawa, etc. At this rate, he will end up with a [[Unwanted Harem]].
* [[All Guys Want Sorority Women]]: Played for laughs, but seriously, It's a wonder why he puts up with Misaka WORST.
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** [[Badass Boast]]: Some examples:
{{quote| '''Accelerator''': "I strive for something [[Up to Eleven|beyond the strongest, that challenging me would be the most ridiculous thought ever]], [[A God Am I|that fighting me would be an unforgivable sin!"]]<br />
'''Accelerator''': "This is not a negotiation, a suggestion, a deal, an entreaty, an agreement, a compromise, or a capitulation. It’s my triumphant return, [[Precision F -Strike|you fuckers]]." }}
** {{spoiler|[[Badass Pacifist]]}}: {{spoiler|This is more or less confirmed to be the reason why he's so ruthless and blood-thirsty in battle (most of the time), and why he strives to be the strongest ever. By being the most powerful, he figures no one would dare raise a finger against him, hence he wouldn't have to be involved in any sort of fights or conflicts--something he dearly wants.}} From the way he behaves in New Testament, {{spoiler|he has taken a level in [[Technical Pacifist]] and has dropped the psycho element. If nothing where to come his way and threaten the people he cares for, he'd be a complete pacifist.}}
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: With Musujime Awaki (they even mockingly call one another husband and wife), and later on, Misaka Worst.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't even think about harming Last Order, or the [[Clones Are People, Too|Sisters]], or [[Tomboy|Yomikawa]] [[Hot Mom|and]] [[Motherly Scientist|Yoshikawa]], or [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Misaka Worst]], or [[Lolicon|any little girls]]--hell, ANYBODY who's innocent--because he ''will'' fuck you up!
* [[Big Bad]]: Of the Sisters Arc.
* [[Black and White Insanity]]: Suffers from this for quite a while, {{spoiler|until Touma tells him it's a load of crap.}}
* [[Blood Knight]]
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Blue Oni]]: To Misaka Worst's and Touma's red.
* {{spoiler|[[Broken Bird]]}}: {{spoiler|For a good part of the series; to the point of calling himself an evil bastard who can't reach the light anymore.}}
** {{spoiler|But since his rematch with Touma, he stopped caring about labels like good and evil as it only serves to drag him down and never helps him protect what he wants.}}
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* [[Byronic Hero]]
** Furthermore, he sometimes tries to invoke [[Even Evil Has Standards]] when he decides to do something heroic, with lines like "A high-class villain doesn't target honest civilians." And then there's the time when he decided to rescue {{spoiler|Misuzu}} from assassination, but since he's a "villain," he decides to do so in ''the most traumatizing way possible'' in order to make up for it.
* [[Character Development]]: He's introduced as an [[Ax Crazy]] (very close to being a [[Complete Monster]]) antagonist in Volume 3 {{spoiler|with a [[Dark and Troubled Past]]}}. After {{spoiler|a humbling defeat by Touma and gaining a sense of purpose in protecting [[Morality Pet|Last Order]]}}, this trope is in full force. Accelerator is one of few characters to {{spoiler|cross the [[Moral Event Horizon]] by accepting the 'Level 6 Shift' that involves massacring the 20,000 Misaka clones, over half of which he personally killed and all of it [[For the Evulz]]}} and yet gained {{spoiler|and earned (the [[The Atoner]], [[Brought Down to Normal]], and [[Irony]] tropes are his [[Laser -Guided Karma|punishment]])}} enough development to become one of the main characters.
* {{spoiler|[[Comes Great Responsibility]]}}: {{spoiler|Since he decided to change his life his responsibilities have increased a lot, and he barely manages to handle them.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dark Is Not Evil]]}}: {{spoiler|His powers came from the darkness but that doesn't mean he’s evil.}}
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* [[The Dreaded]]: Everyone in Academy City fears The Accelerator, with the exception of the other two protagonists, his legal guardians, and some [[Bullying a Dragon|bullies who are]] [[Too Dumb to Live]].
* {{spoiler|[[Even Evil Has Standards]]}}: {{spoiler|Lampshaded and outright showed by Accelerator himself during his fight with [[The Rival|Kakine Teitoku]].}}
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Doubles as [[The Red Baron]]. As not even Accelerator remembers his original name, and considers "Accelerator" his name, it could technically be a case of [[His Name Really Is "Barkeep"]].
* [[Evil Albino]] {{spoiler|--> [[Heroic Albino]]}}
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Touma.
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* [[Gender Bender]]: Yes, Accelerator has one called Yuriko! What started as a joke on Accelerator's gender by the novel artist, Yuriko became a hit with the fans.
* [[The Gunslinger]]: He almost always carries a pistol with him in case he can't find an opportune time to use Redirect. If he doesn't, he'll usually strip a hapless [[Mook]] off of one. And while not quite as good as Shiage, he is ''very'' deadly with one.
* [[Hair -Trigger Temper]]
* [[Has Two Mommies]]: After he and Last Order are adopted by Yomikawa Aiho and Yoshikawa Kikyou.
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Realization]]: During his internal monologue in the fight with Touma in the Railgun manga.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic BSOD]]}}: {{spoiler|A few times. His worst was in Volume 20 when he was forced to fight Misaka Worst, resulting in him losing all faith in everything and lashing out at the world in [[Super -Powered Evil Side|Black Wings mode]]. It takes a visit from [[Warrior Therapist|Touma]] to snap him out of it.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}: {{spoiler|He risks his life to save Last Order. He survives.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Willpower]]}}: {{spoiler|In Volume 15, after losing his mind against Kakine, he goes on a rampage, causing massive destruction. Even then there’s only one thing he doesn't do: Kill.}}
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* [[Mook Horror Show]]: Big time. {{spoiler|Especially after he’s [[Brought Down to Normal]]!}}
* [[Morality Pet]]: The most important people in his life: {{spoiler|Last Order and the world around her and her guardians, Yomikawa and Kikyou.}}
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: {{spoiler|The Railgun manga shows much of the fight with Touma from his perspective. During these moments, there's a gradual creeping horror in his internal monologue as he realizes A. the Sisters really are people unlike what he was told B. they're not willing to go through with it anymore and C. he was doing all this in the first place to avoid having to hurt anyone again. Net result? An implication that he only lost because he was freaking out and didn't really want to win anymore.}}
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Though there are [[Idiot Ball|people who still think he can be defeated]].
* {{spoiler|[[Never Hurt an Innocent]]}}: {{spoiler|During his fight against Kakine, Kakine was ''stunned'' when he noticed Accelerator was restraining himself the whole time to protect the people around them.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Normally I Would Be Dead Now]]}}: {{spoiler|Detonating a grenade in his face or cutting him in half are good examples.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Not So Different]]}}: {{spoiler|Heaven Canceller compares his ideals with Touma's who both want to save those they care about. The difference between the both of them is that the former will do it by killing anyone in his way while the latter wants to do it without sacrificing anyone. Interestingly enough, Accelerator wishes he could do the same.}}
* [[One -Man Army]]
** {{spoiler|[[God Mode Sue|Angel Mode Sue]]}}: {{spoiler|When he fully awakens, Accelerator's power is nearing that of ''Archangel Gabriel!''}}
** [[Determinator]]
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{{quote| '''Accelerator''': I'm sorry, from here on the path is only a "one-way street"! You can't advance, just hide your tail and cry your way to home!}}
* [[Put the Laughter In Slaughter]]: And you thought [[Dragonball Z|Freeza]] was fucking creepy!!
* [[Pre -Mortem One -Liner]]: "Now then. I’ll teach you one thing about the aesthetics you lack... This is what a truly first-class villain is, you fucker.” Among others.
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Earns Life]]}}
* [[Relationship Voice Actor]]: With [[Atsushi Abe|Touma]] on two [[Kaichou wa Maid Sama|different]] [[Bakuman｡ (Manga)|occasions]].
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* [[Slasher Smile]]: If you see one of these on him, you are ''fucked''...
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: Does this ''a lot''.
* [[Spell My Name With a "The"]]: He's often refered to as 'The' Accelerator.
* {{spoiler|[[Squishy Wizard]]}}: {{spoiler|His automatic and near-perfect defense means that he’s nigh untouchable. Still, if it's turned off for whatever reason, or otherwise negated, he's physically weak with almost zero defense and endurance.}}
* [[Star -Making Role]]: Landed [[Nobuhiko Okamoto]] the ''Best New Voice Actor of 2009'' Trophy for his blood-chillingly evil performance, as a matter of fact.
** Also one of three role that landed him ''Best Supporting Actor of 2010''. The other two are [[Kaichou wa Maid Sama|Takumi Usui]] and [[Bakuman｡ (Manga)|Nizuma Eiji]].
* {{spoiler|[[Super -Powered Evil Side]]}}: {{spoiler|Dark Awakening.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Tears of Blood]]}}: {{spoiler|The first time he cries.}}
* [['Tis Only a Bullet In The Brain]]: And he ''[[HSQ|survives it!!]]''
* [[Theme Music Power -Up]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdAg0mttwZk Ippou Tsuukou (One-Way Road)] in the first season. Doubles as [[Hell Is That Noise]] and as his [[Leitmotif]]. This is your cue to run.
** And in Season 2, a new version of his first theme, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2qXltD1-jc Saikyou no Nanori (Introducing The Strongest)] after Accelerator's [[Heel Face Turn]]. Doubles as [[Crowning Music of Awesome]].
* [[Tsundere]]: The general consensus within fandom on what exactly he is.
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* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: In his first fight with Touma, Accelerator finds himself at a bit of a loss when he can't just [[Curb Stomp Battle|curbstomp]] Touma like his previous enemies.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: In the stories centered around him, which carries a blood curdling, unwholesome cynicism and brutality that is lacking in the yarns centered around Touma.
* {{spoiler|[[Well -Intentioned Extremist]]}}
* [[White -Haired Pretty Boy]]: [[Fetish Fuel|Oh Boy]].
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: {{spoiler|Thanks to his [[Training From Hell]] by Amata Kihara.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Worf Effect]]}}: {{spoiler|An in-universe example. After being defeated by Touma (a Level 0 Esper), gangs of punks challenged Accelerator on the assumption that he's really a pussy. This is followed by brutal [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]].}}
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* [[Always Someone Better]]: Poor guy feels this way about {{spoiler|both Accelerator ''and '' Touma.}}
* [[Anti -Hero]]: Type III.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Unlike Touma, he's a true Level 0 with ''absolutely no powers or abilities'', yet still he manages to {{spoiler|take down a Level 5, '''more than once'''}}. Also unlike Touma, that was ''without'' anyone's help.
** [[Badass Biker]]: Hopping onto the [[Cool Bike|Dragon Rider]] qualifies him. But, that thing is so technologically advanced that [[All There in the Manual|just about anyone can kick ass with it...]]
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* [[Determinator]]: Another reason why he is called "He who defies finality".
* [[Do Not Go Gentle]]: To {{spoiler|Acqua of the Back}} in Volume 21. The injured and now-powerless {{spoiler|Acqua}} tells Shiage that he was nothing but dead weight, and Shiage should just leave him there to die and continue on to complete his objective. Shiage's response doubles as both a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] ''and'' a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]:
{{quote| ''"... what about the person who is waiting for you at home? You've managed to survive in these situations for such a long time. That time you saved me and my friends, it didn't seem like anything special to you, as that was the path you walked. So a guy like you will never be alone. Even if you don't think about it, there are several people relying on you. What will happen to them? To die for the sake of the world, to die to protect others, who would accept such stupid excuses?! They are unacceptable! The reason you fight is not to let those waiting for you to not be able to do anything other than cry! Stand up, hero! [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPP!!!]]"''}}
* [[Fetish]]: Has one for [[Playboy Bunny|bunny-girls]]. How do we find this out? He forwards a porn video to his ITEM teammates. It becomes his staple for the following volumes. He's so much into it that just having Saiai stick a bunny behind Rikou (thus making it look like she is wearing bunny-ears), is enough to give him a nosebleed.
* [[Fighter Mage Thief]]: [[The Gunslinger|The]] [[MacGyvering|Thief]].
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* {{spoiler|1=[[MacGyvering]]: Especially evident in NT 3.}}
* [[Nice Guy]]: {{spoiler|Even if his bosses are bitchy, demanding girls.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]}}: {{spoiler|[[Sarcasm Mode|Jeez thanks]], you just made [[Yandere|Mugino even more unstable]], and for that Aleister and his goons want you and everyone you care about dead.}}
* [[Odd Friendship|Odd]] [[Action Duo]]: With {{spoiler|Acqua of the Back}} in Volume 21. Yes, you read that right.
** Shiage and Misaka Worst in NT volume 3.
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* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: At the beginning of NT 3 when [[Dark Action Girl|Kuroyoru]] points out that he's alone with her.
* {{spoiler|[[Spanner in The Works]]}}: {{spoiler|He was a complete nobody who somehow managed to screw over [[The Chessmaster|Aleister's plans]] time and time again, with the first act being defeating Mugino.}}
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]: His name is officially Hama''d''ura, but is pronounced Hama''z''ura. Fans much prefer the phonic spelling, something that's compounded by the fact that in the original kanji, either could be used.
* [[Deuteragonist|Tritagonist]]
* {{spoiler|[[Unwanted Harem]]}}: {{spoiler|As of Vol. 22 he's officially a member of ITEM, who they refer to as "lackey". We all know what they want him to do for them.}}
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