hontou ni Stripey Insists Sisters Cry Oniichan Now

Railgun 10

Summary:

After Uiharu downloaded the Level Upper song, I had to deal with more rampaging students so I asked her to get the file to Kiyama-sensei and liaise with her hereon. The increase in cases is ridiculous! As a result of the increased caseload, I got more my wounds that Uiharu treated and we discussed how we need to stop Level Upper's spread, revive the unconscious users and capture whoever made it. I narrowly managed to avert being seen by Oneesama in such a pitiful state. We briefed her on what Kiyama-sensei had told us about how the Testament machine could level up an Ability user through electrical signals to the brain via the five senses. However the Level Upper mp3 is just limited to SOUND ONLY but Oneesama revived the Canaan idea.

We later received the news that Saten-san had also used the Level Upper and had fallen unconscious. Uiharu had, of course, gone to Kiyama-sensei's office to analyze the data to look for a cure. Oneesama asked to talk and we went to the roof garden where she told me about how Saten-san had got the charm from her mother, about how she felt she had been callous about the Levels despite them being a huge obstacle for many. She asked to help out in the investigation, to help save Saten-san. Later in the hospital corridor, Dr Real Gekota told us about how the victims of the Level Upper are all having their brain wave patterns manipulated by that of a single person. Unfortunately we weren't able to do the analysis as Uiharu was not at the 177 Branch office but Konori-senpai had access to the necessary data. She also drew the analogy of the Level Upper being a network; the search results showing Kiyama Harumi as the common link. With Konori-senpai's approval, Oneesama was raring to charge out and I tried to curb her enthusiasm but she realized I was injured and was very very Oneesama.

Reaction:

WRT Keiri's discussion of two points of anime original material in this episode. First - where Oneesama "regretted unintentionally hurting Saten’s feelings and realized that not everyone shares the kind of talent and determination she has." It's just the nature of the rat race, as Kurata told Akira in Hikaru no Go: "We are always looking up, chasing after the top that we don't see the people behind us." Our little talk showed how close Oneesama and I are - she hasn't been able to talk to Saten-san like the way she can with me.

Second - Keiri also preferred my "more subdued response", compared to the manga version. Likewise Washi felt that, taken together, the "few moments they shared together here conveyed more about their relationship than all of the silliness of prior episodes combined." Everyone will eventually come around and support our love!

And everyone wants to know if the flowers in Uiharu's hair have anything to do with her Ability. But I'm not telling. ;-3

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