A Certain Scientific Starry-Eyed Performer

The writing is excellent, but it seems it should be presented as a standalone original piece and doesn't fit into the "A Certain Magical Index fanfiction" section. Putting aside all other issues, focusing solely on the biggest one—simply and crudely removing the magic aspect makes many things difficult to explain, including but not limited to: ① Why did Aleister Crowley (beast666), the head of the Academy's administration, establish the Academy? In the original work, he did so because he was the founder of the entire Western magic system, but he was powerless to save his wife and daughter and thus powerless against the Phase Spark. He established the Academy for two reasons: first, to enable Touma's Genshin Impact, and second, to find an environment where superpowers were abundant to construct the Phoenix Slash, thereby providing a vessel for Aiwass's descent. ② Touma Kamijou. Chapter 277 explicitly mentions that Touma is currently living with two girls. Chronologically, this can only be Index and Asuka Himegami. These two have close ties to the magic faction; if the magic faction is removed entirely, how do you explain their appearance? To be precise, all the women who have lived with Touma Kamijou are magic faction members, and any one of them has a significant background in the magic faction. ③ Accelerator. If the magic aspect and computational power settings were removed, he wouldn't have been ranked number 1 at Academy Level 5 in the first place. He was ranked number 1 because he was the only one with the potential to use technology to learn magic. His strength originally stemmed from the black/white/platinum wings he developed after learning magic slightly/partially/completely. Academy ranked him number 1 based on his black wings; the chairman already knew he could develop wings. Without the magic aspect and computational power settings, he should have been ranked number 2 long ago; Academy wouldn't have put him in number 1 at all. As for the stationary approach losing, there's nothing to say; stationary approaches are inherently weak. It's not that I think the author's changes to the setting are inherently problematic, but the issues created by those changes are likely smaller than those caused by keeping the original setting. There are many works that completely avoid magic, such as *The Grand Plan of Events*.

I've always liked it, but the latest chapter is a bit hard to watch. First, there's the mindless buffing of female level 5 characters and the nerfing of all other level 5 characters except the protagonist. Let's list them: Misaka Mikoto gains the ability to control all chemical bonds (an ability that Misaka Mikoto has never demonstrated in the original A Certain Magical Index/Anime/Manga). The Queen has been given the ability to cast spells using puppets she controls (the original text explicitly states that she must cast spells using her true form). Lamarr gains a new passive defense and a significant reduction in attack wind-up (in the original work, Lamarr could only defend actively, and either it took a long time to aim or he had the accuracy of a Star Wars Stormtrooper). Then, almost all the new female level 5 characters added to this book are over-limited: Rosalio, who unlocks the Soul Walker's abilities, is a "ghost" or "inner demon". "Lava" that spent a year in the Earth's mantle One of the strongest is "String Song". The most destructive force in the long run: "entropy reversal". As mentioned by an NPC, a person controls the "typhoons" that form the corridors of tornadoes in North America. "Liuguang" is a very special case of someone who voluntarily renounced their citizenship. Almost all the male characters, except for the main character, were severely nerfed: In the original novel, the character was ranked 7th in the military, but in actual combat, he was only 12th. Here, he's been nerfed down to 7th. Can't the original author manipulate pseudovectors? The original author directly assigned a positive direction to the Higgs boson field, allowing control over its energy, time, and mass. The latest update shows that Akihara's defenses are breached by Mai, and he needs to use the terrain to maneuver, which is an epic weakening. The original work clearly states that the gap between levels 2 and 345 is a chasm, exceeding anything that can be bridged by effort or tactical factors. If Akihara wanted, he could directly reflect atomic collapse. Seriously, stop mindlessly buffing the main character and the other women. Balance things out! #(Sad)

Although updates are slow, the cover photo changes very quickly (#(angry))

When I first watched A Certain Scientific Railgun, I was just a kid in the second year of junior high school. I remember even writing about Railgun in my Chinese composition. Time has passed, and the kid who used to get excited about anime plots is about to graduate with a bachelor's degree and continue his studies on the other side of the ocean, just like the author (coincidentally, he's also studying computer science, though it's uncertain whether he'll be able to make it across, hahaha). It's often said that reading the author's words is like seeing the person in person. Perhaps because I've had similar experiences to the author, reading certain chapters even brought to mind the image of the author carrying their backpack to class alone. Moreover, because of our similar majors, we even saw the same courses, creating a somewhat surreal feeling. My writing skills are limited, and I find it difficult to express my thoughts clearly. In conclusion, I wish the author all the best in their studies and research.

The cover has changed! #(Laughs)

It's time to update the main text! I've been waiting for so long! #(Crying)

These past few days I've seen news reports about China deploying a supercomputing center in outer space, which suddenly reminded me of that novel. Apparently, the energy problem can be solved with solar energy, and the heat dissipation problem, according to the introduction, can also be solved with a vacuum liquid nitrogen cooling system. I have to marvel at how fast technology is developing!

Oh! They changed the cover again.

Is it no longer being updated?

Is the female lead Misaka Mikoto?