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Jan 11, 2020 11:41 AM
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Toaru Kagaku no Railgun - 2009 + OVA from 2010
Toaru Majutsu no Index - 2008 (The beginning of Index is supposed to be around the 14th episode of Railgun.)
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S - 2013 (Is the same Sisters Arc from Index and is starting in parallels of Index episode 10 when Railgun S is reaching episode 9.)
Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator - 2019 (Starting right after Index S1.)
Toaru Majutsu no Index II - 2010
Toaru Majutsu no Index : Endymion no Kiseki - 2013 (Takes place right after Index II episode 7.)
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T - 2020 (Same as Railgun S it has an arc which is a Index parallel arc. It is the same Daihasei Festival Arc from Index II episode 8 to 13.
Toaru Majutsu no Index III - 2018 (Read the novel)
This is mostly a post to help people for understanding when the events take place. Not a guide to see the franchise in a chronological way.
I still highly recommend to watch in release order.
I hope this forum post helped some people
Don't hesitate to tell me if I forgot something, I will edit it.
Source :
https://twitter.com/sum39796/status/1215673810055073793?s=19
EDIT: Someone on twitter made an English version of the Timeline picture. Check it out !
https://twitter.com/ToAruMal/status/1215736195642208257?s=19
TsumilkJan 13, 2020 3:10 PM
Jan 11, 2020 11:54 AM
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If we get Astral body anime it will make things even more complicated
Jan 11, 2020 2:53 PM
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GodZilller said:
To be honest, the timeline isn't even that confusing. The only problem with it is that the side stories (for example Railgun) are miles better than Index, and due to Index being the main plotline, the side stories do not actually make the overall timeline move anywhere.
This makes the franchise very frustrating at times because the anime adaptation of Index is sometimes too painful to watch, and sadly in order to understand the side stories (Accelerator or Railgun S), you have to watch the mediocre stuff first (aka Index).
I'm not saying Index is trash or anything (considering the ratings I personally gave them), however, it does have a slightly negative effect on the Railgun anime. I mean, it kinda sucks that Railgun is labelled as a 'side story'...
It is actually a shame we have to deal with the myth of "Railgun>Index" because the source material has NOTHING to envy of the Railgun one. :(
Jan 11, 2020 7:23 PM
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GodZilller said:
To be honest, the timeline isn't even that confusing. The only problem with it is that the side stories (for example Railgun) are miles better than Index, and due to Index being the main plotline, the side stories do not actually make the overall timeline move anywhere.
This makes the franchise very frustrating at times because the anime adaptation of Index is sometimes too painful to watch, and sadly in order to understand the side stories (Accelerator or Railgun S), you have to watch the mediocre stuff first (aka Index).
I'm not saying Index is trash or anything (considering the ratings I personally gave them), however, it does have a slightly negative effect on the Railgun anime. I mean, it kinda sucks that Railgun is labelled as a 'side story'...
Gotta love the opinions of people that doesn't read the source material.
Jan 12, 2020 4:25 AM
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GodZilller said:
To be honest, the timeline isn't even that confusing. The only problem with it is that the side stories (for example Railgun) are miles better than Index, and due to Index being the main plotline, the side stories do not actually make the overall timeline move anywhere.
This makes the franchise very frustrating at times because the anime adaptation of Index is sometimes too painful to watch, and sadly in order to understand the side stories (Accelerator or Railgun S), you have to watch the mediocre stuff first (aka Index).
I'm not saying Index is trash or anything (considering the ratings I personally gave them), however, it does have a slightly negative effect on the Railgun anime. I mean, it kinda sucks that Railgun is labelled as a 'side story'...
Dude, the reason why Railgun anime is better than Index is the manga. Railgun's source material is manga and Index's source material is light novel. Light novel is harder to adapt into anime, and Index's director is really bad.
Btw Index is one of the best selling LN in Japan.
Jan 12, 2020 5:25 AM
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Is just a timeline thread and yet we have to argue fucking Index vs Railgun vs Accelerator type shit along with defending the anime because you prefer the source instead of just defending the actual anime
Just fucking please guys 
@Tsumilk do you think it would be possible to include the timeline of the unadapted material for Index, Railgun and Accelerator?
Like how Saten meets Frenda before she dies and where that lines up in the continuity of the franchise?
Jan 12, 2020 6:36 AM
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GodZilller said:
jasotaku said:
Dude, the reason why Railgun anime is better than Index is the manga. Railgun's source material is manga and Index's source material is light novel. Light novel is harder to adapt into anime, and Index's director is really bad.
Btw Index is one of the best selling LN in Japan.
Ow I am aware of this. I think Index is like the 4th best selling LN of all time in Japan (something like that). However, the argument that 'Light novel is harder to adapt into anime' is somewhat flawed, considering anime such as Overlord, Toradora, the Monogatari Series, Re:Zero and other animes were adapted from light novels too, and they turned out to be really good. Also, saying that 'the reason why Railgun anime is better than Index is the manga' is a bit strange, considering that Index also has a manga. I mean I'm not sure if it's any good, but it still has a manga nevertheless.
I mentioned that the Index's director is bad, he literally skipped most of the important event and adapted the fanserves scene in Index III.
The LN you have mentioned are adapted by other studio than JC staff. Only Toradora is made by JC staff but the director of it is Nagai (who is the director of Railgun).
Jan 12, 2020 7:52 AM
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It isnt hard to keep up where anything happens(Well except from the fact that Railgun s1 fucked up the timeline with its fillers but anyway.). Index doesnt reference Railgun and Railgun doesnt use Index's arcs, except the Sisters arc.
Trying so hard to keep track of the chronological order when you have conflicting eps and one arc that is the same is asinine.
Jan 12, 2020 7:09 PM
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jasotaku said:
GodZilller said:
To be honest, the timeline isn't even that confusing. The only problem with it is that the side stories (for example Railgun) are miles better than Index, and due to Index being the main plotline, the side stories do not actually make the overall timeline move anywhere.
This makes the franchise very frustrating at times because the anime adaptation of Index is sometimes too painful to watch, and sadly in order to understand the side stories (Accelerator or Railgun S), you have to watch the mediocre stuff first (aka Index).
I'm not saying Index is trash or anything (considering the ratings I personally gave them), however, it does have a slightly negative effect on the Railgun anime. I mean, it kinda sucks that Railgun is labelled as a 'side story'...
Dude, the reason why Railgun anime is better than Index is the manga. Railgun's source material is manga and Index's source material is light novel. Light novel is harder to adapt into anime, and Index's director is really bad.
Btw Index is one of the best selling LN in Japan.
Jan 13, 2020 1:24 AM
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Chihiro09 said:
jasotaku said:
Dude, the reason why Railgun anime is better than Index is the manga. Railgun's source material is manga and Index's source material is light novel. Light novel is harder to adapt into anime, and Index's director is really bad.
Btw Index is one of the best selling LN in Japan.
yeah, when I read index LN, I could quite enjoy it, but when it adapted into anime, it turn into quite bad. You cant blame them, manga indeed easily to adapt than LN
Look at Fate/Zero.
Jan 13, 2020 11:50 AM
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jasotaku said:
GodZilller said:
'...
Dude, the reason why Railgun anime is better than Index is the manga. Railgun's source material is manga and Index's source material is light novel. Light novel is harder to adapt into anime, and Index's director is really bad.
Btw Index is one of the best selling LN in Japan.
Not anymore sadly. It used to sell like hotcakes back in 2011-2014 when the Othinus arc was going and Index II just finished but because of the very long anime absent and the unwanted heavy object, the sales came crashing down hard and nowadays it barely sales 1/5 of what it used to back in early NT.
Jan 13, 2020 12:02 PM
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Why are people arguing about this? Who cares if the director for Index is a moron, or that Railgun is a manga, the fact of the matter is Railgun is better than Index (anime wise). Why defend the fact that Index is shit in comparison to the side story that is Railgun? It's like you people want mediocrity.
Jan 13, 2020 12:36 PM
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Devil_Slayer said:
jasotaku said:
Dude, the reason why Railgun anime is better than Index is the manga. Railgun's source material is manga and Index's source material is light novel. Light novel is harder to adapt into anime, and Index's director is really bad.
Btw Index is one of the best selling LN in Japan.
Not anymore sadly. It used to sell like hotcakes back in 2011-2014 when the Othinus arc was going and Index II just finished but because of the very long anime absent and the unwanted heavy object, the sales came crashing down hard and nowadays it barely sales 1/5 of what it used to back in early NT.
Oh yes, sadly. Othinus arc is the best arc after all. I think it's because of Kamisato arc, too many people found it to be boring, and it was too long.
Jan 13, 2020 12:39 PM
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Okay, this thread was supposed to be about the Toaru anime timeline. It's time to stop the Index vs Railgun thing.
Jan 13, 2020 1:21 PM
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jasotaku said:
Okay, this thread was supposed to be about the Toaru anime timeline. It's time to stop the Index vs Railgun thing.
Jan 13, 2020 2:23 PM
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As one of those "people asking for what is the chronology of the franchise" as well as one who's been building this up for years in a text file with each new anime release, I thank you for this post, @Tsumilk. (insert thumbs up emoji and etc. because I have no clue how they work on here)
Jan 13, 2020 2:46 PM
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iank1434 said:
As one of those "people asking for what is the chronology of the franchise" as well as one who's been building this up for years in a text file with each new anime release, I thank you for this post, @Tsumilk. (insert thumbs up emoji and etc. because I have no clue how they work on here)
TsumilkJan 13, 2020 2:50 PM
Jan 13, 2020 4:51 PM
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ssjokg said:
If people care so much to watch all of Toaru they should just go with release order but PAY ATTENTION to the events.
It isnt hard to keep up where anything happens(Well except from the fact that Railgun s1 fucked up the timeline with its fillers but anyway.). Index doesnt reference Railgun and Railgun doesnt use Index's arcs, except the Sisters arc.
Trying so hard to keep track of the chronological order when you have conflicting eps and one arc that is the same is asinine.
Jan 14, 2020 6:23 AM
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Tsumilk said:
jasotaku said:
Okay, this thread was supposed to be about the Toaru anime timeline. It's time to stop the Index vs Railgun thing.
It is not like it was not interesting after all haha. But yeah I think it is time to stop talking about that. x)
well, this thread is kinda interesting for the people who don't know too much about Toaru series.
Jan 14, 2020 1:02 PM
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OT: This timeline is straightforward enough. But in terms of anime adaptations, wish there will be a re-air in the far future so all the Index/Railgun/Accerator episodes are aired in chronological order with new scenes for clarity (especially for Index) and improved animation.
Jan 15, 2020 11:41 PM
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GodZilller said:
Hans_0819 said:
Gotta love the opinions of people that doesn't read the source material.
This opinion is based on the anime adaptations only though. It's got nothing to do with whether I've read the source material or not. 😂😂
so your admitting your wrong then?
Chihiro09 said:
jasotaku said:
Dude, the reason why Railgun anime is better than Index is the manga. Railgun's source material is manga and Index's source material is light novel. Light novel is harder to adapt into anime, and Index's director is really bad.
Btw Index is one of the best selling LN in Japan.
yeah, when I read index LN, I could quite enjoy it, but when it adapted into anime, it turn into quite bad. You cant blame them, manga indeed easily to adapt than LN
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“Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their path to salvation. Once they are cut off from everyone else, they become evil.” -Othinus
Jan 23, 2020 5:54 PM
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Here's another reliable place for keeping up with the anime chronology.
Jan 23, 2020 7:33 PM
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iank1434 said:
https://toarumajutsunoindex.fandom.com/wiki/Anime_Timeline
Here's another reliable place for keeping up with the anime chronology.
Wow that’s so confusing, are those episodes the order you have to watch the shows in?
Jan 23, 2020 7:48 PM
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SatowaHouzoki said:
iank1434 said:
https://toarumajutsunoindex.fandom.com/wiki/Anime_Timeline
Here's another reliable place for keeping up with the anime chronology.
Wow that’s so confusing, are those episodes the order you have to watch the shows in?
Oct 8, 2020 5:59 AM
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jasotaku said:
GodZilller said:
Ow I am aware of this. I think Index is like the 4th best selling LN of all time in Japan (something like that). However, the argument that 'Light novel is harder to adapt into anime' is somewhat flawed, considering anime such as Overlord, Toradora, the Monogatari Series, Re:Zero and other animes were adapted from light novels too, and they turned out to be really good. Also, saying that 'the reason why Railgun anime is better than Index is the manga' is a bit strange, considering that Index also has a manga. I mean I'm not sure if it's any good, but it still has a manga nevertheless.
I mentioned that the Index's director is bad, he literally skipped most of the important event and adapted the fanserves scene in Index III.
The LN you have mentioned are adapted by other studio than JC staff. Only Toradora is made by JC staff but the director of it is Nagai (who is the director of Railgun).
can you tell me the most important part that is skipped cause it's a little awakward if i transitioned from the anime to the LN?
Oct 8, 2020 6:10 AM
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MFL_The_Both said:
jasotaku said:
I mentioned that the Index's director is bad, he literally skipped most of the important event and adapted the fanserves scene in Index III.
The LN you have mentioned are adapted by other studio than JC staff. Only Toradora is made by JC staff but the director of it is Nagai (who is the director of Railgun).
can you tell me the most important part that is skipped cause it's a little awakward if i transitioned from the anime to the LN?
It's hard to explain, but you could say the parts that explain how the enemy's power/magic works, and the reason behind the characters actions (For example, I'm pretty sure anime-only didn't understand what's happening in that arc and why the characters doing this and that) and cutting the MC monologue, making Touma look like a bland MC (I gotta mention that all the LN adaptations cut the monologue so Index isn't the only victim).
Oct 8, 2020 5:31 PM
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jasotaku said:
MFL_The_Both said:
can you tell me the most important part that is skipped cause it's a little awakward if i transitioned from the anime to the LN?
It's hard to explain, but you could say the parts that explain how the enemy's power/magic works, and the reason behind the characters actions (For example, I'm pretty sure anime-only didn't understand what's happening in that arc and why the characters doing this and that) and cutting the MC monologue, making Touma look like a bland MC (I gotta mention that all the LN adaptations cut the monologue so Index isn't the only victim).
Wow you actually replied that fast, i thought it would take at least days before i got my answer ok i think after i watch the whole anime series i will read the Light Novel part of Index III
Oct 8, 2020 5:50 PM
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MFL_The_Both said:
jasotaku said:
It's hard to explain, but you could say the parts that explain how the enemy's power/magic works, and the reason behind the characters actions (For example, I'm pretty sure anime-only didn't understand what's happening in that arc and why the characters doing this and that) and cutting the MC monologue, making Touma look like a bland MC (I gotta mention that all the LN adaptations cut the monologue so Index isn't the only victim).
Wow you actually replied that fast, i thought it would take at least days before i got my answer ok i think after i watch the whole anime series i will read the Light Novel part of Index III
Because I was using my phone, so it notificates me faster than PC ^^
And about the LN, the material of Index III are volumes OT13-OT22. if you wonder what does OT means, it's the short of Old Testment, which is the first part of the LN (there are currently 3 parts of the LN: OT, NT, GT), and the three seasons of Index anime have covered them all.
Oct 8, 2020 5:51 PM
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jasotaku said:
MFL_The_Both said:
Wow you actually replied that fast, i thought it would take at least days before i got my answer ok i think after i watch the whole anime series i will read the Light Novel part of Index III
Because I was using my phone, so it notificates me faster than PC ^^
And about the LN, the material of Index III are volumes OT13-OT22. if you wonder what does OT means, it's the short of Old Testment, which is the first part of the LN (there are currently 3 parts of the LN: OT, NT, GT), and the three seasons of Index anime have covered them all.
Wow it seems to be a very long series huh OK i will take note when i seacrhed for translated content
Oct 17, 2020 4:28 PM
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A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun Anime Watch Order Timeline
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Oct 17, 2020 4:58 PM
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we dedcated fans have an even better thing
@Deknijff
heres the actual timeline.
@Devil_Slayer
nah Toaru is much easier to follow. as all the events are in 1 timeline and don't have the multiple timeline issue fate suffers from.
GrimAtramentOct 17, 2020 5:05 PM
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Those who undergo suffering and spread it to others. And those who undergo suffering and avoid giving it to others." -Alice
“Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.” David Hume
“Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their path to salvation. Once they are cut off from everyone else, they become evil.” -Othinus
Oct 18, 2020 2:27 PM
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@hazarddex its beautiful 
Jan 1, 2021 6:29 AM
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hazarddex said:
@Anim3Punk
we dedcated fans have an even better thing
@Deknijff
heres the actual timeline.
@Devil_Slayer
nah Toaru is much easier to follow. as all the events are in 1 timeline and don't have the multiple timeline issue fate suffers from.
wow seeing that i finally understand why Nakiri Ayame said she isn't worthy of the title 'Otaku' i'm not an Otaku too i'm just an pop Otaku, semi-Otaku, well i think i will never read or watch it in such spesific order
Feb 2, 2021 2:19 AM
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Really glad this came out, really fills in the gaps on alot of events, and also helps to cover alot of side characters.
http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=14885218
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Feb 6, 2021 2:36 AM
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I already forgot the plot of past series so I guess the confusion is not that deep. But it also make the story less interesting since I can't relate some event with past plotline
Feb 26, 2021 12:20 PM
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Reddit post include spoilers, be careful! has answers for some questions you see during watching with this chronological order.
Thanks for https://www.reddit.com/user/Aniosophy and all who helped with that much work!
GaichiFeb 26, 2021 12:30 PM
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