On Index, on Railgun, and yuri, and short

The most talked about anime of the sea­son, without doubts and with Google Reader evid­ence, is To Aru Kagaku no Rail­gun. And I finally fin­ished To Aru Majutsu no Index, so I can join the circle.

Why did I watch Index? People were telling you don’t need to do it to get into Rail­gun, you say. I reply, those people telling that have watched Index. So I didn’t bother believ­ing, and it seems like I did the right thing. First of all, I liked Index: espe­cially Misaka, Mikoto, Touma him­self, and the Accel­er­ator + Misaka-Misaka arc. Second, if the first sea­son wouldn’t have explained the espers and their powers, I would take those in Rail­gun for cheap and stand­ard sci-fi ele­ments known as super­hero powers from Amer­ican com­ics. Per­haps they indeed are, but because the first sea­son explained them and pre­pared me, I’m sort of accus­tomed to them. Third, I think I wouldn’t like to have missed more Mikoto.

In short, now I indeed can enjoy Rail­gun, although the feel­ing doesn’t leave me, that a won­der­ful girl will go to waste in yuri. I’d have wished Mikoto x Touma x Index, rather than Mikoto x Kur­oko, although I can’t say I don’t like Kur­oko and the blatant les­bian ele­ments in their relationship.