Xebek’s Blog

I didn’t think that they would go and give an arc to Accelerator. Thought he would fall into the pattern of enemies just vanishing into the background after they are defeated. Still it wasn’t a bad move to give him some development and a chance to start atoning for his actions. Perhaps the most surprising thing is he didn’t go and kill anyone during it. Though that doesn’t mean he didn’t injure a few people along the way.

Impressions:

Suppose I have to ask the question of how everyone got to the hospital? I mean Yoshikawa was shot, Accelerator was unconscious, Last Order was in a tank, and Amai was dead. There is absolutely no one that could have driven them to the hospital. Oh well maybe they teleported or something…

I was surprised that they managed to develop Accelerator a good amount within a couple episodes. They were able to move him from some sadistic monster to a not so bad monster. It was kind of crazy to see his life as a young kid. I mean the army sent tanks against him….Just seemed like he was living his life as ridiculous things kept on happening. It appears that ever since he was young there were people wanting to take a crack at him.

Maybe it explains the desire to reach level 6 and hopefully be so strong that everyone would just not bother trying. Still it doesn’t change the fact he killed 10,000 Sisters. Those actions are something he’ll have to keep on living with. Still, Last Order did manage to give a perspective on it. Would he have really just killed them if they gave up and asked him not to? They had absolutely no sense of value in regards to their lives. At any rate he did kill some in pretty brutal fashions so can’t just pain him as some innocent dragged in. But in exchange for killing 10,000 he did go out and actually save the other 10,000. Doesn’t undo his actions, but it’s a good start in turning himself around.

He did a good thing in putting his very life on the line to save the girl. The guy could have avoided getting injured if he had pulled his hand away and focused on defending. It’s kind of like doing heart surgery and have a madman run in with a gun. You can’t exactly just stop what you’re doing and sacrifice the person you were trying to help. Figured he did something like stopping the bullet before it completely went through his brain. Still he didn’t get away undamaged from the whole affair. Language and computation are pretty essential things to have injured. The computation especially since he needs it to fully use his vector changing ability. It seems an incredible irony that the Misaka network can be used to help him. No idea how that will work and whether he’ll recover to his normal state. But guess it’s up to that doctor to pull it off and get the buy back on his feet. A weak Accelerator would be a death sentence with all the thugs that try picking fights with him on a regular basis.

Hope Touma realizes all the people that are hurt because of him. I mean winning gave all those people the naïve hope that they could beat accelerator themselves. At least he didn’t kill them though it didn’t mean he didn’t let them get hurt.

I’m also wondering what will go on with Last Order? If accelerator was completely successful then the memories of the time spent with him should be gone. Though she did approach him in the first place so possible she’ll do the same again if given a chance. I will say that she could be incredibly annoying at times; always repeating Misaka, Misaka, Misaka, Misaka, etc. What idiot in the cloning department made them say that? You can create clones but not teach them how to speak normally? Oh well still a good kid with some interesting insights into Accelerator.

Anyways just about at the end of the series. This may be the last arc before the show wraps up. It was kind of a strange time to introduce a new ED. But I do like this one since the song is peaceful. Plus it gives appearances to a good amount of the cast. Find it odd how it still tries to play up Index as the heroine despite her not being involved much at all after the first arc.