Using an old photo for the whole group here, but good lord what an episode!
I did not see Therestina coming back at all into Railgun or anywhere, but as we saw last episode, that is who Misaka went to confront after talking to their doctor.
Here we see a very unrepentant woman, one who thinks of Academy City as her personal arena of guinea pigs. She notes that Misaka is no longer as naive in her face as she once was. Her experiences with the Sisters no doubt left a mark and Therestina seems all too aware of what happened to the clones before Misaka came along with Toma to save them.
We see Misaka is quite desperate with the short 3 days she has to work with to save Febrie from the loss of her lolipops. We also see how deep the darkness can go in Therestina on one end and these STUDY people on the other.
Oh we have a name for them now, but they are still pricks to me! We learn that the Reach Assembly is also not only their big debut for Janie (I assume this is the big sister Febrie referred to) but that the regular award winners and attendees are all absent this year from previous years.
It seems like the vibe of dislike was dead on with these guys as while they are geniuses, they are still outshone in the spotlight by the likes of Accelerator and Railgun. We see a return of ITEM as well, seemingly at random they give us a vital clue about the power of Janie and Febrie.
The hairs are some kind of receiver that while it is not something Misaka can detect, is detectable to one of ITEMs members. More than that however, we know that in this lab is the neutralizing agent formula the girls are so desperate to find!
We have a reunion of sorts between Misaka and Nunotaba in the control room. Both have been looking for the formula, and it was Nunotaba that gave Febrie Misaka's name to begin with. As with the Sisters, Nunotaba sees Febrie as a person to be saved, not discarded as STUDY intends to do. (Seriously, these guys need a swift kick in many painful places)
However just when Febrie seems saved, Aritomi - king of Pricks - pops in and continues to increase a strong desire to have even me have a dream of decking him. He tells them the information is fake and threatens both with the real info to get his way.
He has Nunotaba, at Misaka's own insistence, inject her with a drug to stop the Railgun from interfering. Both look on in shock as he gets his way and then smashes the data. He does not care about Febrie at all and only sees her death as a necessary discarding of faulty product.
We are left with the hopes of saving Febrie dashed and a glimpse of a tube with the name JANIE engraved over it. I am on pins and needles after I expected action, I was surprised at the twists we do have. The group knows where Misaka is, but unless Kuroko is on the way I do not think anyone else is coming yet.
We shall see next week if Misaka can save Febrie and maybe get an answer as to who exactly the Gekota doctor is, because he seems to have FAR more power than a simple doctor.
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