Kamijou Touma/Chronology (Toaru Kagaku no Railgun)

* Anime
* Novel
* Manga
* Railgun
* Mental Out
* Imaginary Fest

## Abilities

### Ability

**Imagine Breaker** (幻想殺し (イマジンブレイカー) , *Gensō Goroshi (Imajin Bureikā)*?, lit. "Illusion Killer")

## Debuts

### Manga

Index Chapter 1
 Railgun Chapter 2
 Astral Buddy Chapter 8 (cameo)

### Anime

Index Episode 1
 Railgun Episode 2

### Video Game

Index PSP Game

Although Misaka Mikoto is the main protagonist in the side story, **Kamijou Touma** occasionally appears as a recurring character. He is often shown helping people or being chased around by Misaka Mikoto demanding him to challenge her, but his role as a hapless target for Mikoto evolves in the narrative during the course of the Sisters Arc, becoming one of its most important characters.

He initially appears as an enigmatic recurring character with the power to negate any of Misaka Mikoto's attacks, assisting the needy even if it is against Mikoto's plans. His role in the series expands greatly when he reappears after his memory loss during Mikoto's struggle against the Level 6 Shift Project. He appears during Mikoto's great time of need, when she has no allies to turn to, her Sisters are doomed to their deaths against an opponent they and even she cannot hope to defeat, and believes that only in her sacrifice can they be saved. Here Touma shows to Mikoto that she is not alone, that her death would not make her Sisters happy, and that Accelerator can be beaten. From then on, though not often appearing, Touma becomes a potential love interest for Mikoto as part of his role as a supporting character in the series.

This article provides Kamijou Touma's chronological history as he appears in the *Toaru Kagaku no Railgun* sidestory.

## Toaru Kagaku no Railgun

### Level Upper Arc

*Main article: Level Upper Arc*
Touma appears earlier in the anime eventually where he meets Kiyama Harumi and tries to help her locate her car before running away when she starts stripping (as is her habit) and leaving Mikoto behind with her. Touma later meets Mikoto after doing some shopping and having the eggs he just bought ruined. He then relents to Mikoto's demands and battles her. She uses her ability to control iron sand and attack Touma which he quickly dispels with his right hand. Despite Misaka's following 'trick' by grabbing his right hand to directly electrocute him, he is unaffected due to his ability and allows him to have an opening to attack her, though seeing her flinching when he raises his arm he throws the fight by faking that he was hurt. An irritated Mikoto then proceeded to chase him all night, trying to shock him.

He is later seen during the graviton bombing incident. Touma meets Mikoto in the Seventh Mist mall in which the latter quickly challenges him to another battle, which Touma points out that it was an inappropriate place for them to fight. Later during a massive graviton explosion, Touma uses his right hand to block the explosion from Mikoto and company after she failed to use her Railgun. They later meet again in which Mikoto asks why he let her take the credit for stopping the explosion, which he then replies that as long as everybody is alright it doesn't matter who gets the credit. This also infuriates Mikoto and takes her frustration on a nearby vending machine (an elevator door in the manga).

During Mikoto's attempt in obtaining information on the Level Upper, Touma meets her trying to rescue the thugs from her as he knows the thugs will get hurt when they cross Mikoto. This ruins her plans and she attacks him with her Railgun which is easily dispelled. She then proceeds to use her full power and conjures a powerful electrical storm to attack him, causing a massive blackout which is the beginning of *Toaru Majutsu no Index*. In the anime Touma does not appear in this scene.

In the anime, Touma also sees Mikoto on an electronic billboard happily prancing around with the swimsuit she wanted to wear. This is apparently his final appearance before he loses his memories.

### Poltergeist Arc

*Main article: Poltergeist Arc*
In the anime, Index refers to Touma teaching her about the "3 second rule" on food during her struggle against a cleaning robot taking her donuts.

Touma meets Mikoto for one last time before Mikoto's violin performance where he was searching for a lost Index. Here he has already lost his memory and acts polite and apologetic towards her as if he didn't recognize her. A flustered Mikoto then believes he came here to mock her. Touma comments that she looks quite good in her dress which causes an extremely embarrassed Mikoto to threaten him with a chair prompting Touma to run away, though this meeting relieved Mikoto somewhat as she has lost all her doubt and nervousness in performing her solo.

He is seen for one last time in the final episode of the anime during the end credits with Index giving her a drink, looking up at the sky smiling.

### Sisters Arc

*Main article: Sisters Arc*
In the manga, Mikoto meets Touma near a vending machine after having the misfortune of getting his money eaten by it. Touma also meets Kuroko and one of Mikoto's clones. This scene coincides with the beginning of the Sisters Arc in *Toaru Majutsu no Index*; Touma's role during this arc is the same, though it is in Mikoto's perspective, Touma seemingly appears out of nowhere to help Mikoto with her problem with the Level 6 Shift.

There is also an expanded epilogue in the manga ("The Iron Bridge is a Sign of Love"), where Mikoto actually does make some cookies for Touma after he told her that homemade cookies are the best. She originally plans on visiting him at the hospital, but she meets Touma on a bridge on the way instead. Unfortunately, she is too embarrassed to give him the cookies. Mikoto tries to thank Touma for what he did for her, but she is unable to speak properly, so he misinterprets what she says. However, before he leaves, she tells him that she does not like being called "Biri Biri." After hearing that, Touma calls her by her name.

### Silent Party Arc

*Main article: Silent Party Arc*
Touma's influence in the story is still felt by Misaka Mikoto after the events of the story arc, inspiring her to fight against STUDY despite the odds stacked against her. Touma briefly appears on September 2, while looking at the sky during a lesson, after having scribbled a spoof of Index on his notebook.