I don’t think there’s anyone who can understand the various amorous advances save for the fact that they’re something to be feared.
Ever since the first episode, people had their eyes on Shirai Kuroko. I’m sure most of us are pretty amazed at her performance as one of the main characters of the Railgun franchise. However, I’m not going to elaborate at her devious plans to make the Railgun her own. I’m not going to take a peek at the contents of her beauty box, either. But I do need to have a word with one of the most annoying, yet enigmatic characters of the show.
Shirai Kuroko was first introduced in Index, where she rooted herself in the show’s story during its final episodes. Of course, we hardly know of any traces of affection except for some hinted fits of jealousy over Index protagonist Kamijo Toma. After Index, the scanslated Railgun manga was out for grabs, and everyone finally knew the lesbian yuri girl that is Toma’s self-proclaimed love rival.
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It was such a sudden change for her character, one so sharp and so sudden. Kuroko was already wicked on her perverted streak on the manga, but this was taken a step further on the second episode of the anime, having almost all its air time on her and her only. Now, people may ask, how the hell did she get so much attention when all she did was lead people away from the story with having salacious fantasies over the one that should have all the attention?
Let’s picture a short summary of the Railgun story based on the important events and details from available media: Judgment gets to deal with the thugs, Anti-Skill is still useless even with all the authoritah, Kuroko gets her fill of hot lesbian Railgun sex, Mikoto gets her way with the story, Toma gets his cameos, and the show ends just like how it’s supposed to. Now, imagine it WITHOUT Kuroko. That’s minus a teleporter, minus a Judgment member, and minus the hot lesbian Railgun sex, but the story still ends properly.
I trust we’ll see this most of the time.
But let’s not conclude a certain lesbian yuri Teleporter just yet. Such a personality full of self-implied finesse and forceful dedication over her “goals” has its own hidden beauties. Her craftiness in using her powers as a Teleporter already shows her expertise as one of the most able personnel in Judgment. She shows pride and even arrogance on her job as to not let even Misaka interfere with Judgment’s operations. And to top it off, she’s able to read the situation and plan her moves in advance while having a few tricks up her sleeve if a sudden need arises.
The show’s just starting, and I know giving Kuroko this much criticism on such early notice may be a death flag. Her development in the story is still on a neutral zone on my fields of interest, her perversions on equal footing with her charisma. To not have someone like her means not having someone to dilute the heavy events that is to come. Let’s just hope she doesn’t divert our attention on too much fanservice. I’m one for the action here, and I want it delivered, kickass style.
Hot lesbian Railgun sex, anyone?
I’ve come to the conclusion that Kuroko’s like a bay leaf. Yes, you COULD make a stew just as well without her… but then it would be missing a certain something, a hint of floral aroma or the slightest shift in taste. You say that the show would go on without her, but I wonder, would it be nearly as entertaining?
Nice post. Cheers.
I’d say Kuroko is a gigantic bay leaf then. It’s so large it pushes all of the other ingredients out of the pot and what do we end up with? A big fat soggy bay leaf…
Index sported an air of seriousness, come to think of it. There wasn’t much to balance the story from being lively to being directly involving to the plot. Okay, maybe the beach arc is something else, but there’s still plot involvement, nevertheless. Maybe Railgun is trying to even things out, concerning its is a similar yet different perspective of the elements from Index.
But let’s put Index aside. Yes, Kuroko’s entertaining, and I found some people saying she shouldn’t be taken seriously, or criticized because of her character. She’s literally walking on a tightrope, wherein she has the tendency to either ruin the story, or elaborate more on it. I’ll take the latter, since I’m not some moeletist hell-bent on spotting moe on shows and ending up happy about it.
Give Kuroko some time. I didn’t understand why the director felt the need to go so totally overboard with her in episode 2, but she has many more sides to her than just the yuri-nator. _Especially_ when you’re an action fan, look forward to her. She has some of the best fights and action scenes.
In other words, she’s not as one-dimensional as the first two episodes indicated. You’ll see
I am expecting the Level Upper arc’s Investigation phase, where she gets to battle some high level Abilityless-turned-Espers. She was bit compromised, but she had a lot of things in mind. Plus her use of teleportation is upped to a level you wouldn’t even imagine being used.
So yeah, this isn’t final. Let’s see how Kuroko ruins the show for the meantime.
Given the pace of the events in the episodes I wonder how many episodes they are aiming?
I’ve only read up to the Level Upper arc.. I don’t even think the manga is finished yet?
The manga is currently on limbo like Index’s. Since both stories are still ongoing, it’s still a question as to when they’ll be resuming.