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Jun 10, 2022 7:23 AM
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Is it confusing if I watch this after season 1 of index & save railgun for after I finish the whole index series?
Jun 10, 2022 7:31 AM
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watch accelerator then index II but this is how you should fully watch this series
Jun 10, 2022 7:31 AM
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It’s not confusing but not recommended because Railgun’s first two seasons happen during Index season 1.
Jun 10, 2022 7:54 AM
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i'm watching it in this order now.

Jun 10, 2022 8:10 AM
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wazzupdog said:
Is it confusing if I watch this after season 1 of index & save railgun for after I finish the whole index series?

It won’t be confusing at all
Watch the show in whatever order to be honest the watch orders don’t really matter
Jun 10, 2022 9:06 AM
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just dont watch it
Jun 10, 2022 9:17 AM
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The short answer is that Index and Railgun can all be watched independently and both “make sense”. Certain events happen at the same time and are shown in both, but you still get 90% of the story watching them individually.
Jun 10, 2022 9:19 AM
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wazzupdog said:
Is it confusing if I watch this after season 1 of index & save railgun for after I finish the whole index series?


Not at all , it's even how it was intented to be watched.
Index is the main series when Railgun & Accelerator are its Spin-Offs.
Note that those Spin-Offs takes place , most of the time , at the same moments as the main serie , and they are considered to be widely better by the fans.
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Jun 10, 2022 9:43 AM
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SawsyMikey said:
watch accelerator then index II but this is how you should fully watch this series

i think this order is bad
Jun 10, 2022 9:47 AM
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45tra said:
SawsyMikey said:
watch accelerator then index II but this is how you should fully watch this series

i think this order is bad

nah its actually right most people on the toaru sub reddit agree with this one
Jun 10, 2022 9:52 AM

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SawsyMikey said:
nah its actually right most people on the toaru sub reddit agree with this one


Normal , most peoples don't want to have to think about the order of events in the timeline , and since Railgun & Accelerator are considered to be better , the fans would want to push it forward.
So a watch order that do both is , of course , good for the fans who want more people to like their things. (It's what a lot of peoples do with the MarvelCU , but it's not always a good idea , as we can see with the Fate/Series)
"Genius lives only one storey above madness."
– Arthur Schopenhauer.

"Stupidity is a talent for misconception."
– Edgar Allan Poe.

"I'm tired... and hungry."
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Jun 10, 2022 9:52 AM
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SawsyMikey said:
45tra said:

i think this order is bad

nah its actually right most people on the toaru sub reddit agree with this one

but railgun 1/2 spoils something about index 1 and I think if you want to watch in this order, you need to watch at least when toma and misaka meet for the first time in toaru no index.
And remember that index is the main story, railgun is just a spinoff, then i think there's no reason to get some events spoiled
Jun 11, 2022 6:07 AM

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wazzupdog said:
Is it confusing if I watch this after season 1 of index & save railgun for after I finish the whole index series?

Nah, you are fine. :)

Railgun is not the prequel to index. Most people tends to push Railgun first because of chronological order, which makes things confusing.

I am a LN/manga reader as compared to most people here. It is correct to read Index first because it is the main story. Railgun, Dark Matter, Mental Out and Accelarator can come later as they are side stories. Just be careful of a few things:
Switch to LN after Daiheisei. JC Staff mishandled the adaptation of Toaru Majutsu No Index.
You can watch Railgun anytime after you finish the first arc in Index.
Only start watching Railgun S after Index first novel to fully understand dark side of academy city.
Only start watching Railgun T after Index NT Vol 11.
I don’t know about Accelarator, Dark Matter and Mental Out as I have no started reading them.
Jun 12, 2022 5:37 AM
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45tra said:
SawsyMikey said:

nah its actually right most people on the toaru sub reddit agree with this one

but railgun 1/2 spoils something about index 1 and I think if you want to watch in this order, you need to watch at least when toma and misaka meet for the first time in toaru no index.
And remember that index is the main story, railgun is just a spinoff, then i think there's no reason to get some events spoiled

yh I get that lol but the order i gave mainly focuses on the timeline of events so its less confusing for the watcher like at the end of index I where accel gets nerfed and then in the accelerator spinoff he's in the hospital and after that ends is the time touma goes to fight the roman catholic church
all the dates and that stuff flow perfect there xD

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