Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T Episode 15

is the 15th episode of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T. It was broadcast on May 22nd 2020.Toaru Project, Official Twitter The episode was directed and storyboarded by Sayama Kiyoko, and the screenplay written by Yasukawa Shogo.
Kouzaku, who had undergone ability development at Clone Dolly, was asked to look after Dolly, who was also in the same facility for similar treatment. One day, Kouzaku's suspicions on Dolly's life support systems led her to discover the truth behind the girl's "treatment". Dolly, an artificially-produced clone, had her life shortened because of her exposure to experiments. Kouzaku's demands to stop the experiment were futile, and soon she was separated from Dolly.
Fueled by deep rage and hatred against Academy City, she fought, swearing to take revenge, but her plan that she struggled to put into fruition once again ended in failure. What awaits ahead of her is an encounter with another girl related to Dolly, "Misaki-chan".
==Synopsis==
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 03m 33s.png|Kouzaku meets Dolly for the first time.
As a young girl, Kouzaku Mitori spent her days developing her ability at a certain facility. During this time, she developed an enthusiastic facade to the scientists who were examining her, believing that her efforts only determined her future and were not appropriately rewarded. One day, a scientist entrusted to Kouzaku a clumsy girl named Dolly, who suggested that the girl's stress levels would improve in the presence of a friend. Kouzaku was apprehensive about watching over Dolly due to her own opinions on the stranger. Eventually, she learned to interact with Dolly, enabling her to know more about the girl, notably her ongoing "treatment", the "little sisters" she hasn't seen, and her interest in sea life. In turn, Dolly became close to her; Kouzaku learned to pinch Dolly's nose to tease her tendency to get the scent of other people, while Dolly learned to pinch Kouzaku's cheeks in response as well as give her a twintail hairstyle in one occasion.
Kouzaku soon began to realize that the smiles she was showing to Dolly were becoming sincere. But, one day, Kouzaku discovered the large stitches across Dolly's body during her checkup. Another scientist explained to Kouzaku that Dolly needed a life support system to survive, but she remained suspicious. After using her liquid metal puppet to steal a flash drive from within the facility, she learned about Dolly's ongoing "treatment" and her status as a clone and singlehandedly tried to demand its stoppage in front of a scientist in the facility. However, her attempt instead revealed that the Board of Directors requested the experiment in the first place. Kouzaku desperately tried to attack the scientist, but was quickly subdued and imprisoned in a solitary confinement chamber.
An indefinite amount of time passed, and Kouzaku discovered that the security systems in the facility had been disabled and the entire facility had been emptied out. Upon seeing the Windowless Building, Kouzaku reignited her hatred against the people who were treating others as guinea pigs and began a series of assassination attempts on the Board of Directors, all leading to failure and imprisonment. In one instance, a man named Kihara Gensei entered a deal with her, allowing her to enact her revenge on Academy City after seeing the beauty in her spirit of vengeance.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 06m 06s.png|Kouzaku pinching Dolly's nose.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 06m 17s.png|Kouzaku's smile became genuine.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 06m 25s.png|Kouzaku happily went and see Dolly after her experiment.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 06m 31s.png|Kouzaku accidentally discovers Dolly's stitches on her body.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 06m 37s.png|Dolly immediately hides her body.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 06m 48s.png|The scientist told Kouzaku about Dolly's body condition.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 07m 15s.png|Kouzaku using Liquid Shadow to steal a flash drive.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 07m 28s.png|Kouzaku discover the truth about Dolly.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 07m 46s.png|Kouzaku confront a scientist about Dolly.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 08m 21s.png|Kouzaku demanded to stop the experiment..
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 08m 46s.png|..But he pointed that the higher ups requested the experiment.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 08m 54s.png|He also noted that all espers and clones are guinea pigs.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 09m 05s.png|Kouzaku is subdued by two masked people.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 09m 39s.png|Kouzaku being imprisoned in a solitary confinement chamber.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 09m 52s.png|Kouzaku discover the facility is empty
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 10m 14s.png|Kouzaku saw the Windowless Building.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 10m 21s.png|Kouzaku swore to take revenge..
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 10m 31s.png|..with that, tries a series of assassination attempts on higher ups.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 10m 45s.png|Kouzaku is get caught.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 10m 54s.png|Kouzaku meets Kihara Gensei.
Ultimately, Kouzaku faced yet another defeat after realizing that she was still alive despite the plan to force Misaka Mikoto into Level 6. There, Shokuhou Misaki confronts Kouzaku, certain that the restrained girl is "Mi-chan" from Gensei's memories. Misaki also reveals that she was supposed to take the role of "the girl who abandoned Dolly". Wanting to clarify things about her and Dolly's fate before she would be taken to the authorities, Misaki asks Kouzaku to come with her after disabling her restraints.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 14m 05s.png|Misaki asks Kouzaku to come with her after disabling her restraints.
In the Judgment 177 Branch Office, Saten and Mikoto join Uiharu and Mii in celebrating Kuroko's full recovery. As Kuroko enjoys being pampered by Mikoto, Uiharu asks about her mother, who was involved in the attacks earlier. This reveals to Mikoto that her friends still had memories of previous incidents, but may have revisions as Misaki deemed necessary. Regardless, one incident remains mostly intact, and it involves Saten being snoopy regarding the Shadow Metal urban legend.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 14m 41s.png|The gang are celebrating Kuroko's full recovery.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 14m 51s.png|Kuroko enjoys Mikoto pampering her.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 15m 04s.png|Mii questions about Saten being here which Saten immdeiately changes topic.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 15m 16s.png|Uiharu ask about Mikoto's mother condition.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 15m 39s.png|Mikoto believes that her friends still had memories of previous incidents.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 16m 25s.png|Kuroko state that Saten been snooping for urban legend.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 16m 31s.png|Which led Saten becomes discouraged.
Misaki soon brings along Kouzaku to an unknown facility, where she talks more about Dolly and her surprisingly sharp intuition. Then, they continue inside the facility, heading towards the area where Dolly's clone, who inherited the original Dolly's memories, was stored. A tearful reunion occurred between Dolly and Kouzaku, with Dolly pinching Kouzaku's cheek and Kouzaku pinching Dolly's nose. This also started their first conversation after a long time apart.
Then, Dolly calls out to Misaki, who had been Dolly's companion after Kouzaku disappeared. Misaki apologizes for deceiving her about being "Mi-chan", for being carried away by the lie she created, and for not doing anything to expose about the truth about Dolly's experiment. Dolly instead asks a favor to Misaki: to be able to see the things in the world that she wanted to see since then.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 17m 20s.png|Kouzaku and Misaki are on their way to the facility.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 17m 35s.png|Kouzaku and Misaki talking about Dolly as they are inside the facility.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 18m 15s.png|They finally found Doll's clone.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 18m 37s.png|Dolly and Kouzaku finally reunite with each other.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 18m 42s.png|Dolly pinch Kouzaku's cheek...
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 18m 44s.png|Kouzaku does the same to Doll's nose.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 19m 06s.png|Kouzaku hugs Dolly.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 19m 19s.png|Misaki is about to leave, Dolly calls out to her.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 20m 17s.png|Misaki apologizes for deceiving Dolly about being "Mi-chan".
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 20m 21s.png|Dolly hugs Misaki and ask a favor from her.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 20m 48s.png|Dolly says if we are together, anywhere is fine.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 21m 12s.png|Misaki tears up and commented Dolly is selfish.
At a certain hospital, Mikoto visits her clone who is also recovering well after the events that had happened. Misaka 10032 is disappointed for missing out on the rest of the Daihaseisai, and decides, for some reason, that a visit to the beach would make up for it, much to Mikoto's confusion.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T E15 21m 49s.png|Misaka 10032 wanting to go to the beach much to Mikoto's confusion.
==Adapted From==
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==Adapted To==
*Game: Toaru Majutsu no Index: Imaginary Fest Event Story
==Major Events==
*Kouzaku Mitori's past as a test subject and Dolly's first friend was revealed.
*Kouzaku, Dolly and Misaki had a tearful reunion after discovering the location of Dolly's surviving clone.
*The Judgment 177 Branch Office celebrated Kuroko's full recovery.
*Misaka 10032 continued her full recovery at Heaven Canceller's Hospital.
==Characters==
*Kouzaku Mitori
*Dolly
*Shokuhou Misaki
*Aleister Crowley 
*Kihara Gensei 
*Shirai Kuroko
*Misaka Mikoto
*Uiharu Kazari
*Saten Ruiko
*Konori Mii
*Misaka Misuzu 
*Misaka 10032
==Abilities==
*Liquid Shadow - Kouzaku Mitori, Level 4
*Electromaster (Railgun-variant) - Misaka Mikoto, Level 5 
*Mental Out - Shokuhou Misaki, Level 5
==Locations==
*Academy City
**School District 2 
***Exterior 
**School District 7
***Windowless Building 
***Judgment 177 Branch Office
***Heaven Canceller's Hospital
==Trivia==
*The unnamed researchers are voiced by Shiomi Souma, Torigoe Maaya, and Yamamoto Shōta.
===Referbacks===
*The scene of Kouzaku kidnapping Uiharu and Mikoto's mother from is used as flashback when Mikoto thinks if her friends remember that incident.
*Just like the , the scene of Mikoto telling the Shokuhou Misaki's Clique members to move from is used as flashback when she again remembers the alteration of memories of her friends on her participation in the second day of Daihaseisai.
*Scenes of Dolly and Misaki from is used as flashback, thinking of memories with Dolly after seeing her again in her new body.
===Cultural References===
*, also known as northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), are lights created when charged particles from the solar wind emitted by the sun hit the magnetic field of the earth and interact to emit light. The best place in Finland to see the Northern Lights is Lapland above the Arctic Circle.
* is a state of the United States of America located in Pacific Ocean. The dolphins can be seen in several places in Hawaii.
* is fifteenth century Inca citadel, located in Peru, on a mountain ridge. The llamas can be seen in Machu Picchu as well.
===Differences in Adaptation===
*In the episode, food packs were given to Kouzaku after she gets locked up, but originally, there are none in the manga.
*Kouzaku's attack at the Windowless Building is anime-original, as the manga just skips it, meaning the readers has no idea on how she attacked the building.
*The scene in Judgment 177 Branch Office in the second half of the episode, where Mikoto and friends celebrate Kuroko's recovery from her injuries is anime-original.
*The scene in the car with Misaki and Kouzaku on their way to retrieve Dolly's new body is anime-original.
*Dolly's reunion with Kouzaku at the start has added some small details, such as Kouzaku pinching Dolly's nose and the latter stretching her cheeks like before, as well as Dolly clutching her stomach as the scars were there, to ensure a much more impactful reunion. The same reunion scene in the manga does not have these small details.
===Animation Trivia===
*Just like the , this episode starts with the OP before the episode proper, which is unusual for Railgun and by extension, Index anime adaptations.
*The scene of Kouzaku and Misaki from is reused in this episode, albeit extended.
===Unanswered Questions===
===Soundtrack===
#	Title 	Time	Scene & Notes
 	 	 	
 	final phase 	 	Opening
 	 	 	Part 1
 	 	 	Part 2
 	Koko ni Itai 	 	Insert song, used when Kouzaku and Misaki finally see Dolly again
 	Sono Kimochi no Saki ni	 	Mikoto checking on her "sister"'s feverToaru Kagaku no Railgun S Original Soundtrack 1
 	nameless story 	 	Ending
 	 	 	Preview
==Quotes==
===Preview===
==References==
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