Chapter1

“Doyouguysknowabout‘Railgun’?”Well,yousaidyouguysalreadyknow,huh—Theanime,‘ACertainScientificRailgun’,whichwasbasedonthemangawiththesamenamelookedverypopular.Irarelywatchanyanime,yetIstillknewaboutthenameandtheheroineofthatseries.Thatwenttoshowhowpopularitwas.Right where I was, I could hear people talking about ‘A Certain ScientificRailgun’.Nowisanotherdayafterschool—oh,Ishouldhaveintroducedmyself.MynameisKousakaKyousuke.Averyordinaryhighschoolstudent.Thereisnothingworthmentioningaboutme.Evenifyoudon’tknowmystory,thatisfine.Youmustbesomewhatinterestedinthestorytospendtimereadingit.That’sright,thisisastoryabout‘ACertainScientificRailgun’....EverythingIjustsaidwastoprepareyouguysforwhatyouareabouttosee.TheplaceIwasgoingtohadalotofguyslikethisseries’seiyuu.Notjust‘like’,butyoucouldcallthemvictimsof"Kugimiyadisease."[1]Inotherwords,theywerelikethoseNaritafollowers.TheInternetoftenhasstoriesaboutthemmodifyingtheirownrooms/kitchenstoboastabouttheirfavorite,buttheywerestillannoying.But I always thought that ‘Fanatics’ and ‘Followers’ were some exaggeratedstories,theirreallifeversionswerenotquitethesame.Yousee,ifyoulikedsomethingtoomuch,thencallingyouafanaticwasusingthecorrectword.Andit’snotjustusedformockingsomeoneanymore.Aroundme,Isawsomethinglikethateveryday.Afanaticfanwasafollowerwithasickmind.Bythesametoken,thoseanimeandmangacouldbeconsideredavirus.A follower who was infected will spread it to another, turning it into anepidemic.Insomeway,this‘ACertainScientificRailgun’wasarare,strongvirus.Not tomentionabouthowpopular itwas, the infectedvictimsweren’tnormal

either.Assoonasthetopicchangedtothe‘Railgunseries’,theywouldsuddenlybecomeveryexcited.I’mnotlying.Ifyoudon’tbelieveme,howaboutIshowyouthenewestvictimoftheinfection?

After school, I arrived at the Game Research Club. Among the octopus-likeelectrical wires, a table and some chairs lied randomly. There were somecomputer screenson the table,where five clubmembersweredoingwhatevertheywanted.Asaghostmember,Ididn’ttrytoactuallydosomething.That’swhyIoverheardthisconversation.“Ah?Youhaven’twatched‘ACertainScientificRailgun’—really?President!?”“Ah,yeah.Iheardtherumors,butIhaven’twatchedit.”Sincethisisourfirstmeeting,allowmetointroducethem.Theonewearingspectaclesandwithamorematurelookisourclub’spresident.Theonewithalookofdisbeliefonhisfaceismyjunior—asecondyearstudent.Lookedlikeheandthepresidentweretalkingaboutananime.“How…it’s not like you, president. Why haven’t you watched ‘A CertainScientificRailgun’?It’ssointeresting!”“Ah,well,Iwanttowatchsomethingelsefirst,IdecidedtobuyBlu-raydisksof"HanamaruKindergarten","Danceinthevampirebund","HeartCatchPrecure!",okay?”“Allofthemarelolianime!”“Theycalleditparadise!Paradise!”Thepresidentgrinned.Indeed,thisguywasalolicon.“That’s why in recent months, I don’t have any time to watch new anime.Minna-sama andMei-chanhave capturedmyheart, thus I can’t bear towatchanythingelse.Ah—bytheway…howshouldIputit…?”Thepresidentpointedatthemessofmagazinesonthetable.“Look! Animedia’s cover is Railgun. Lighting Queen’s cover is Railgun too.MegamiMagazinealsohasaRailguncover.AllofthemwriteaboutRailgun—everyday!I’mstartingtofeelannoyedatMisakaMikoto’sface.Doyougetit?Myfeelingsrightnow?”“ThisisJudgement!”MyjuniorsuddenlyyelledinanOjou-sama’svoice.Hestoodupfromhisseat,pointedathis rightshoulder,andacted likehewasshowinganarmband.“You damn lolicon!How did you dare to say that you feel annoyed atOnee-

sama’sface!?”“Huh?Whatthehellareyousaying?Idon’tunderstandwhatyouaresayingatall.”“Ah,yeah,Iwasabitrude.”“Notjustabit!”Althoughhejustsaidthat,butIcanvouchforhimthatmyjuniorisnotalwayslikethat.Today,heseemedtobeinabadmood.Justlikeanunfortunatevictim,hewasinfected.DidhelikeRailgunseriesthatmuch?Thelolicon-presidentlookedathiminterror:“Bytheway,whatiswiththearmbandthatyouweretryingtoshow?”“ThisisJudgement’sarmband!Justtakealookatthis!Thewhitestripesonthedarkgreenbackground!Themainthemeisashieldofsharpingenuity!ThisisaspecialgoodfromCospa!TheysoldthemallsinceApril~Ionlyabletore-buyitnow!Withthis,fromnowon,I’mShiraiKuroko!”ThisisJudgement!Myjunioronceagainmadethatpose.Goddamnit!Itwashundredtimesmoreannoyingthanusual!In short, that was something for a cosplay outfit. Probably for that so called‘ShiraiKuroko’.WhichmeantthatKurokowasanotherweirdo!NowIwanttolectureevenhername!WhenIwaswatching,myjuniorstartedtotiehishairwitharibbon.“Twintailcompleted—!Howwasthat,guys?AmIlookinglikeKurokonow?”“Don’t,don’tcomeanycloser!Youlookdisgusting!”The president dragged himself and the chair backward. His forehead wascoveredinsweat.“Yousaiddisgusting!?Howrude!Ah,Kousakasenpai.Kousakasenpai surelycouldunderstandmycharm!”“YeahyeahIgetit,nowlet’sgotothehospital.”Iputmyhandonmyjunior’sshoulder.“Whysenpai?I’mtotallyfine!”“………..”Totellthetruth,ashissenior,Ifeltthatitwasmyresponsibilitytobringthisgaybastardoutofmyclubroom,especiallybeforeafemalememberarrived.“Likehellyouare.It’sonethingtochangeyourhairstyleandyourclothing,butthisisnotamale’suniform!NomatterhowIlook,youaredisgusting.”“!?”Soyoumuststopthatimmediately—whenIwasabouttosaythat.

Hesuddenlyactedlikehejustnoticeditrightnow,struckanOjou-sama’sposeandusedahandtocoverhismouth.“As expected of Kousaka senpai! You’re still able to calmly analyze thesituation! Indeed, I forgot about my clothing! I’m going to change into thatnow!”“Nowait!You—”Hedidn’tlistentomeandimmediatelystartedchanging.

...Allthemalemembers,meincluded,showedatwistedexpression.Whenhefinishedunbuttoning—*Clangclang*“Yaaaaaaaaa——!”Attheworstpossiblemoment,agirlarrived.Theonewhojustyelledwasabig-breastedglassesfujoshi.Thetruthis,shewasthemostpervertedmemberofthisclub.Onseeinghersenpaihalfnaked(withatwintail),sheimmediatelyblushed.“This...this...Kousaka senpai...doing thiswith your junior in themiddle of theday—”Oh damn!What a twisted misunderstanding...I have to quickly solve it rightnow.“—Acosplayrapeplay,right?”“Gotohell,youdamnfujoshi!!!”Iimmediatelyobjected.HowcouldIexplainanythinginthatsituation?Ahreally!Whydiditcometothis?“I told you that’s not it. Well, president said he hasn’t watched ‘A CertainScientificRailgun’,thensuddenly‘ThisisJudgement!’beforecosplayingShiraiKuroko.”“Itotallydon’tunderstandanything.”Whataslowgirl.Itriedtoexplaineverythingfromthebeginning.“...Ha...whatanidiot...youstilldon’tgetit?”Theblackhairedgirlmuttered.“Iunderstoodeverythingfromjustaglance.”“Understoodwhat?”Myfemalejuniortookatissuetowipehernosebleed.“Ha,inotherwords—”“Thereisnowonemorepervertamongthemembersofthisclub.”

Afewminuteslater—“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!Ican’tstandit!Thenletme,ShiraiKuroko, teachyouthe

charmof‘ACertainScientificRailgun’!”Somehow,itbecamelikethis.“Actually...although I’m not very sure myself regarding the anime, but thisShiraiKuroko...isshereallylikethat?”“...Atleastsenpai’simitationisonawholedifferentlevel,that’sallIcouldsay.”“Isee...”True,heevenputonawig.Thatkindofimitationwasabnormal.EvenIdidn’trecognizehimanymore.Imustsay,hispersonalityalsochanged.MyjuniorwhowascallinghimselfShiraiKurokotookaBlu-Rayboxoutofhispocket.“So,everyone,let’swatchthisnow!”Thatwas‘ACertainScientificRailgun’Volume1.Atea-colourhairedgirlwhowascrossingherarms,anothergirlwithtwintailsandanarmbandonthecover.Arecentlypopulartypeofcoverwithatwo-personteam.“Ifyouliketheanime,therearemangaandlightnovelsontheshelfoverhere,pleasetakealookatthem.”Ifinallyunderstoodwhathewastryingtodo.Topraisehisfavoritework—theyprobablycallita‘missionary’.If he was like that, then trying to stop himwould end in vain. Based onmyexperience,thebestthingIcoulddowasgoingonwiththeflow.Lookedliketheothermembersreachedthesameconclusion.“Hah...itcan’tbehelped.”“Well, this is a good chance anyway. Like you said, try to feel this work’scharm.”Theysmiledwryly.“Hey,waitsenpai!WhataboutthisKuroko’sbra?Whydidn’t it lookthesamelikeintheoriginalwork?”Althoughtherewasapervertmixedin.Thus, although all members watched ‘Railgun’, but there was no need todescribetheanimeindetail.BecauseIgotthefeelingthateveryone‘alreadyknew’.Allmembersweregatheredaroundthe24inchesLCD.We just sat around randomly, just like a bunch of kidswho came towatch achildren’sshow.TheBlu-raystartedtorun,themenushowedup.“Alrightthen,firstletmeshowyouthisanime’sopening.”ThefakeKurokomovedthemouse.Thus,theintroductionandtheanime’sopeningbegan.Fromtheheroine’sfinger

tip,lightingburstout,andthetitle‘ACertainScientificRailgun’appeared.“Heh,prettycool.”WhenIspokemytruethoughtsout,thefakeKuroko’sbodytrembled.“This song is by fripSide’s singer, Yoshino Nanjou—only my railgun. Thisopening had good animation aswell as dynamism, thusmaking it the perfectsong.”Atthattime,thepresidentslammedhishandsonthetable.“Ah, I remember!This song’s previewhadbecomequite famous. I heard thattheyaregoingtosellCDsofthesonginkonozama.”“Ah...thatfatefulday!Howmanyfanswouldgotokonozamalikeme...!?Onee-sama and that boy’s story, would it be that Shirai Kuroko’s story is going tobeginagain?”“Shutup.Thatsongisnothingspecial.”Ispokeonbehalfofeveryone.Hearingthat,fakeKurokosolemnlysaid:“Letmeexplain.Pleasethinkofitasthecurrentpopularvoice.”“Howcouldthatimperativevoicebecomepopular?”“But since nearly everyone here hasn’t watched it, of course you won’tunderstand.”“Thenhowaboutyouintroducethingsforus?”“Okay,Iwill.”FakeKurokopointedatthescreenandbegantotalk.“ThegirlwhosefacethatpeoplewantedtolickisUiharuKazari,thegirlwhoseforeheadthatpeoplewantedto lickisShiraiKuroko,andthisgirlwhosebodythatpeoplewantedtolickismywifeSaten-san!”“Youdidn’tintroduceanythingatall!!!”Theonlydifferenceiswhereyouwanttolickthem!!!Fromthatpoint, theonlymeaningfulword thathesaidwas‘moe’...Damn...hisintroductionistotallyuseless...“...Senpai!Today,youarethousandtimesmoredisgustingthanusual.”“...Weshouldcallanambulancenow.”Oneofthefewfemalemembersstartedtoshrinkback.Theatmospherewasgettingmoreandmoreheavy,soIquicklytriedtothinkofsomewaytoleadthetopictowardamorenormaldirection.“Hey!Lookatthat!”Imovedthemouseandchoseapicture.So,thecommotiontemporarilydieddown.First,asusual,thetea-colourhairedheroinewassurroundedbyabunchofbadguys.Then,acommentaryexplainedthatthestagewas'AcademyCity’—Theinitialeventoccurred.

“Oh,whatagooddrawing.”Thepresidentscratchedhischin.SinceIknewnothingaboutthatanime,Ikeptwatching.Now,thescenewasshowingthetwin-tailedgirlShiraiKurokochasingdownacriminal.Althoughshedidn’tlookthatway,shehadquitealotofendurance.Orshould I say that she used her skills to replace her lack of muscle. Anyway,seeingapetitegirloverwhelmingabigguywasreallysatisfying.Whilebendingthatguy’sarm,Kurokosaid:“ThisisJudgement—youarethecriminalthatwasreported,aren’tyou?”—Huh?“This is ShiraiKuroko.One suspect is down.Uiharu,where is the remainingone?”—Huh?“ThisisJudgement!Pleasedon’tresist—”—Huh?Huh?WhenIwashavingtroublespeakingwhatwasinmymind,thepresidentslowlystoodup.Withtremblingvoice,hepointedatKurokoinsidethecomputer’sscreen.“Hey...isthistonesomethingamiddleschoolgirlwouldhave?”President—youshouldn’thavesaidthatout!Whatnow?Acrazyfanaticishere...!“W-Whatwhatwhatwhatyousaid...tillnowisstillenough!Saysomething!Thenextthingyousaymightdecideyourlife!”“No no no no! I think that her voice is quite good! Even I like that type ofcharacter! But after watching Code Geass, I must say that this voice is notsuitableforaloli—!”“Hmph,whatiswithyourtone!?Justwatchthefirstepisode!Thenyouwouldsurelytakebackwhatyousaid!”“Interesting...!ButIwillsayitbeforehand,I’mnotthateasytosway...!”Twentyminuteslater—“Socute!Supercute!Unbelievablycute!”ThepresidenthadbecameKuroko’svoice’sprisoner.“See?Itoldyou.”“Rightright...Ilose.Justafterthefirstepisode,IagreethatasidefromKuroko’svoice,therestisprettygood.Yousee,Icanstillhearthelingeringsound.”Hewasnottheonlyone.“Ha,thecharacterisbothcuteandcool—““Astoryaboutasuperactivegirl.Iwanttoreadthemanganow.”Includingme,allmembersgaveagoodreaction.

FakeKurokowaspleased,hesaid:“I’mhappytohearthat!Then,let’scontinue.”Thus,theclub’sactivityfortodaywaswatchingRailgun.Still...“Ah,that’snotbad.ThenexttimeIgoshopping,Ishouldgobuysomeofthismerchandise—““Oh?DoesthatmeanpresidentintendstobuyhisnewTradingCard?Recently,Weiß Schwarz Bushiroad sold extra copies of ‘A Certain Magical Index andRailgun’.Haha,ofcourse,Ialreadybought themall, ifyouwantIcouldtradewithyou.”“Sothat’sthereasonyouweresopassionatebackthen?YouboughttheBlu-raytocompleteyourcardcollection?”“In the end, I’m still unable to get some rare cards. I had about twenty-threeUiharucards though.Ah,whatawonderful fate...hah...hah…Waitwait!Don’teventrytobuttinbetweenmeandSaten-san’sredstringoffate!”“Shut up you idiot! You cosplayed Kuroko, yet you thought of yourself asToyosakiAki!Knowyourlimit!FromK-ONtoNogizakaHarukanoHimitsu,Ihaveseenthemall!”Thoseguyshadnointentionofwatchinganimeinsilence.Evenwhentheanimewasplaying,someonestillsaidsomethingout.However,thismightbeourclub’sstyle.Ontheotherhand,thegirlsweretalkingagain.“...AlthoughRailgunisnotbad,butifIhavetorate,Iprefer‘ACertainMagicalIndex’,becauseIprefermagictoscience.TheworldofIndexisfine,it’sstillonthe science side. But it’s themagic side that the enemy came from. I’m verypleasedtoseemagicusers.”“Especiallytherearesixspecialrubiesaround!”[2]“...Hmph...that’snormalforIndexseries.Besides,thisisnotabadthing.”“Huh?That’s so?By theway,among theenemiesonmagic side,who isyourfavorite?”“Eh...ah...TerraoftheLeftin‘God’srightseat’....”

Whyareyousoembarrassed?Theyonlyaskedwhoisyourfavorite.“Hm...thatTerraoftheLeft...appearedinIndexvolume14right...?”“Yes.”“Somehow,hedidn’tlookverylively...”“It’sbecausehegotridofhis‘OriginalSin’.Inthelightnovel,God’srightseatcanuseanyangelicmagicbecauseofthat.”Helecturedhisblackhairedjunior,thenletoutatiredbreath,andsaid:“TerraoftheLeft’smagicisquitepowerful,readingaboutitwasexciting.Heisindeedstrong,comparedtohim,otheropponentslookedtooplain.”“Andthenextopponentisoutrightacheater...”“That’s right. Igot the feeling thathecould fightagainstServantSaber’sholysword[3].Hisbladewasn’tasweakasitsounded.IfIndexgetsanotheranime,heisundoubtedlygoingtobeafamouscharacter...Kuhkuhkuh...bythehandofJCStaff,hismagicwillshine.”Yeah,IknowthatyouguysliketheIndexseries,buthowaboutgoingbacktotalkingaboutRailgunseries?WhyareyoutalkingaboutsomeTerraoftheLeftinsteadofRailgun?"Priority—Lowerbody!Attack!”“Whatdidyoujustsay?Whatkindofmagicisthat?”“ExecutionofLight!Goddamnit,get it rightalready.Tocomplete the‘SonofGod’ritual,beserious…”“Ah!Whydidn’tKamijouappearintheRailgunseries?BecauseMikotoisthemaincharacter?ItwastoldfromMikoto’spointofview?”“That’snotimportantrightnow.Look,Onee-samaissomoe!Look!Look.”—Today,thegameresearchclubwasnoisyasusual.Whenthesong‘Dearmyfriend’appeared,Ishruggedandleft.

Onthewayhome—Iborrowedamangafromtheclubandstoodbymyfemalejunior’sside.“Kousaka-senpai?—Areyoulistening,Kousaka-senpai?”“Huh?Ahah…yes?”“Really,whatisonyourmind?Isitthatinteresting?”“Ah,yeah,youcansayso.”Ireplied,stillreadingthemanga.“Althoughitwasmyfirsttimereadingit,itwasquitegood.Atthebeginning,Ieventhoughtitwasalesbianmanga.”“Ah,Icanunderstandwherethatmisunderstandingiscomingfrom...”

“Althoughthecharacterisindeedcute,butthefightingpartwasreallybrutal.Itlooked painful nomatter what. But they endured it nevertheless. Those girls,really...”“Youareaddicted.”“Hmph.”Ididn’tanswer,insteadjustflippedtothenextpage.Itshowedthegirlwhenshewasfacingapowerfulopponent.Shewasbeaten,butshedidn’tgiveup.Grittingherteeth,shestoodupagain.Forsomeonewholivedinaworldwithoutmagicnorsuperpowers,thatwasnotsomethingwecouldunderstand.We couldn’t fully understand the horror of the fantasy beast known as ‘AIMBurst’.ButwhenIreadthatmanga,Ithought.—CouldIbelikethem,riskingmylifetoprotectsomething?Ipartedwithmyjuniorandwenthome.Backhome, somethingmoredangerous than the fantasybeastwaswaiting forme—mylittlesister.A Level 0 like me, who couldn’t use Railgun, nor teleport—the best thing Icoulddowastopleaseher,hopingtoreducethedamage.So,thefirstthingIshouldsayis—“DoyouknowRailgun?”

Translator'sNotesandReferences

↑http://quentinlau.blogspot.com/2008/11/kugimiya-disease.html↑ProbablyaparodyforRubyinFateStayNightLynerIllya↑ProbablyareferencetoFateStayNight/FateZero

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