Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Kakashi fought their battles as Kazahana Dōtō’s device transformed the Land of Snow into spring. Naruto defeated the snow maiden, while Kakashi lay exhausted after defeating Kakuzu.

• Kakashi used his Mangekyō Sharingan to defeat Kakuzu, who died in the snow.
• Kazahana Dōtō activated the Hexagonal Crystal, but it produced rainbow light and a heater rather than the power he expected.
• Sannosuke Asama confronted Kazahana Dōtō, and Kazahana Koyuki stabbed him through the heart after his armor was gone.
• The Hexagonal Crystal brought spring to the Land of Snow, ending the storm and melting the ice.
• Naruto entered Sage Mode and struck the snow maiden with a Rasengan, breaking her mask before her body melted away.
• Pakkun found the exhausted Kakashi, who said the battle had made him feel passionate again.

Naruto returned to the Land of Demons after Team 7’s mission ended, while Pain discovered that passing the Sakura Dragon’s trial unlocked an even stronger stage. The Akatsuki welcomed Tobi and Otohime as executives, leaving Otohime poised to partner with Obito.

• Kazahana Koyuki became ruler of the Land of Snow as Team 7’s mission ended, and Naruto returned to the Land of Demons, where he heard Jiraiya laughing.
• Pain defeated the S-rank Sakura Dragon just before the five-minute limit, but an SS-rank Sakura Dragon appeared as the next trial.
• Otohime explained that Pain would need to pass two more trials before facing the Sakura Dragon at its peak.
• Konan told Pain that Kakuzu and Hidan had died in the Land of Snow after encountering the Nine-Tails, and said Otohime had retrieved the Akatsuki rings.
• Pain appointed Tobi and Otohime as Akatsuki executives, and Obito greeted Otohime as his new partner.

Otohime joined Pain’s Akatsuki plans while a mysterious figure named Jigen appeared in the Sakura Dragon Divine Realm. Back in Konoha, Sparkle was promoted to Chunin and received a film project starring Misaka Mikoto, then negotiated for Kamijou Touma to make a guest appearance without affecting the original story.

• Obito questioned Otohime about her abilities and learned that she could use Ice Release, water, and wind powers.
• Pain returned to the Sakura Dragon Divine Realm seeking more power and encountered a shadowy figure who introduced himself as Jigen.
• Tsunade promoted Sparkle and Shikamaru Nara to Chunin after the Chunin Exam.
• Sparkle visited Kakashi at the hospital, where he said he would work harder as Naruto and Sasuke continued their training.
• Sparkle received a new work notice for an A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun theatrical film starring Misaka Mikoto, with no script provided.
• Sparkle negotiated for Kamijou Touma to appear as a guest, and the client insisted that the film must not affect the original story.

Hanabi received rewards for the Naruto set and prepared to reincarnate as Misaka Mikoto for a Railgun movie, then returned to the Gundam SEED world as Inori Yuzuriha. She found Orb transformed by the Sibyl System, whose AI-driven recovery had boosted production while fueling unease and postwar unemployment.

• Hanabi inspected her Ninja Road compensation and drew a five-star Herrscher Core that granted the power of the Herrscher of Domination.
• Hanabi learned that the Railgun project might expand into follow-up movies or anime, and that character changes were acceptable if audiences approved.
• Hanabi left the Naruto set, returned to the original stage, and became Inori Yuzuriha again.
• Inori returned to the Gundam SEED world, where Orb had become a republic that retained the Sibyl System after a citizen referendum.
• Inori saw that Sibyl-driven AI had helped Orb recover production rapidly, while its military capabilities and postwar job losses caused public anxiety.

Inori Yuzuriha arranged Kira’s idol training and dealt with the Kusanagi’s ownership and Orb’s immigration, then set off for a new performance. The next story began with Shokuhou Misaki waking from a dream on a rainy day.

• Erica Simmons complained that the Earth Alliance had taken her Murasame design data, while DSSD continued developing a new manned unit with Yzak’s help.
• Inori Yuzuriha visited Kira and Lacus, named Kira’s debut stage name, and showed them the performance MS Villkiss and its developing flight device.
• Cagalli and the Kusanagi’s crew discussed finding an industry and resolving the Sybil System’s demand for the ship, while Athrun traveled and investigated across several regions.
• Inori Yuzuriha finished her arrangements and entered the next performance, which began with Shokuhou Misaki waking from a dream.

Shokuhou Misaki treated a bedridden Misaka Mikoto, whose mind and body were tied to the Misaka Network and the Level 6 Shift Plan. The chapter revealed Mikoto’s Herrscher Core and the unusual nature of her clones, while the story remained inside an isolated world bubble.

• Shokuhou visited Mikoto in the laboratory and helped her sit up before beginning their stabilization procedure.
• Shokuhou pressed her remote, creating an azure space where she treated Mikoto through forehead-to-forehead contact.
• The narration revealed that Mikoto had linked her brain with twenty thousand clones to pursue the Level 6 Shift Plan, while Aleister had other aims.
• Mikoto’s Herrscher of Thousand Core allowed her consciousness to inhabit any clone, and her network could draw on advanced quantum communication and outside computing power.
• Shokuhou finished the treatment, which eased Mikoto’s discomfort, and the narration explained that their world was an isolated bubble awaiting contact with the main world.

After Mikoto regained control of her body, Shokuhou dressed her in a protective suit and took her outside the research facility. During their drive, Shokuhou learned that Mikoto still intended to pursue the Level 6 plan, which might endanger her and the Misaka Sisters.

• Mikoto regained control of her body, and Shokuhou dressed her in a protective suit before taking her out of the research facility.
• Shokuhou brought Mikoto to Academy City in the rain and asked whether she wanted to visit Tokiwadai.
• Mikoto suggested that the Misaka Sisters might want to attend school, but Shokuhou said they could not go if Mikoto stayed away.
• Shokuhou recalled Mikoto taking down a bank robber and admitted she felt jealous when Mikoto watched Shirai Kuroko and Chunibyo Shirai.
• Shokuhou asked whether the Level 6 plan could be stopped, and Mikoto said only she could carry it out, despite the risk to the sisters.

At the end of the teaser OVA, Mikoto and Shokuhou spent a peaceful day together before the story revealed a long-haired Misaka Sister plotting with Ya Niang in the Windowless Building. Mikoto’s memories showed a world repeatedly shattering, and she vowed that it would not be destroyed again.

• Mikoto asked Shokuhou why she had altered her body, and Shokuhou admitted to adjusting her endocrine functions.
• Mikoto and Shokuhou went to the aquarium, then stood together in the rain and held hands as the teaser OVA ended.
• A long-haired Misaka Sister appeared in the Windowless Building and told Ya Niang that the plan was about to begin.
• Ya Niang and Mikoto discussed the missing fulcrum, Imagine Breaker, and the danger facing their world.
• Mikoto said the world could not be destroyed again, then recalled the original short-haired Mikoto amid endless darkness and a world that repeatedly shattered and reformed.

Mikoto’s birthday movie revealed Shokuhou Misaki’s childhood first meeting with Mikoto, then showed the original Mikoto and Kamijou Touma transported from another world to May 2nd. They encountered Shokuhou, whose Mental Control could not affect either of them, and the chapter left Shokuhou mistaking the short-haired Mikoto for a Misaka Sister.

• Mikoto ended the OVA by presenting herself as someone who had endured countless world-ending experiences and announced the start of the story on her birthday.
• The movie showed young Shokuhou meeting a frail Mikoto at the Artificial Labor Room, where researchers planned to use Shokuhou’s Mental Out to assist Mikoto’s future Level 6 evolution.
• On September 20th in the original Railgun world, Kihara Genji’s virus forced Mikoto toward Level 6, and black light from Touma’s severed arm swallowed them both.
• Touma and the original Mikoto reappeared in Academy City on May 2nd, with Touma’s arm restored and Mikoto’s forced advancement ended.
• Shokuhou nearly hit Touma and Mikoto with her car, discovered that her Mental Control could not affect either of them, and mistook the short-haired Mikoto for a Misaka Sister.

Short-haired Mikoto and Kamijou Touma discovered that no one in this world recognized them, while Shirai Kuroko mistook them for strangers in need of help. The chapter ended with Kuroko going to find Short-haired Mikoto some clothes.

• Shokuhou left in her car, and Short-haired Mikoto angrily questioned what had happened.
• Short-haired Mikoto borrowed Touma's phone to call Kuroko, who dismissed her as a scammer and tried to trace the call.
• Short-haired Mikoto discovered that the date was May 2, her fourteenth birthday, and that no one knew who she was; Touma found that no one knew him either.
• Shirai Kuroko arrived, accused Touma of coercing Short-haired Mikoto, and arrested him.
• Short-haired Mikoto introduced herself, but Kuroko did not recognize her and wondered if she was the younger sister of someone she had met before.
• Kuroko told Short-haired Mikoto to stay put while she went to find her some clothes.

Shokuhou helped Mikoto prepare to go out and urged her to abandon the Level 6 plan, but Mikoto insisted she had to keep going for a better tomorrow. Meanwhile, Touma and Short-haired Mikoto were released from Judgment and discovered that this world held no signs of their lives; Short-haired Mikoto spotted something alarming outside Touma’s dormitory.

• Shokuhou brought Mikoto a birthday gift and discussed Kihara Genji’s request to cooperate with the Level 6 Experiment.
• Shokuhou helped Mikoto put on her exoskeleton suit, then asked why she still wanted to become Level 6 and proposed that they run away together.
• Mikoto told Shokuhou there was nowhere to run and said her actions were for a better tomorrow.
• Shirai Kuroko and Uiharu Kazari questioned Touma and Short-haired Mikoto, then released them after Uiharu found a record for Misaka Mikoto but no photo.
• Touma and Short-haired Mikoto went to his dormitory, where she noticed there were no signs anyone lived there and realized their traces seemed absent from this world.
• Short-haired Mikoto looked out the window and widened her eyes at something she saw.

Short-haired Mikoto recognized a Misaka Sister and decided to help stop this world's Level 6 Experiment, while Touma set out to find Accelerator. The scene then shifted to Mikoto and Shokuhou at Tokiwadai, where Kuroko was approaching and the stage announced a last-minute script change.

• Short-haired Mikoto met a long-haired Misaka Sister, who left in a car driven by Tomi Yeri.
• Mikoto told Touma she wanted to stop the Level 6 Experiment, and he agreed to help her.
• Touma and Mikoto divided their search: she would investigate laboratories, while he would look for Accelerator at Tokonome Academy.
• Mikoto learned of their plan through Academy City's surveillance system, the Sky-Holding Circuit.
• The scene shifted to Mikoto and Shokuhou at Tokiwadai as dark clouds gathered and Kuroko approached.
• The stage announced that Party A had requested changes to the script to attract new fans, surprising Mikoto.

Kuroko encountered the real Mikoto while Kamijou Touma met a female Accelerator in another part of the city. Touma mistook her for the Accelerator tied to the Level 6 experiment and Replicants, but she denied knowing anything about it.

• Kuroko recognized Mikoto and approached her to confirm her identity.
• Touma collapsed from hunger, and a white-haired girl in a Tokonome Academy uniform brought him cola.
• Touma's Imagine Breaker erased the girl's ability when he touched her, and he accidentally fell on her, earning a slap.
• Touma learned that the girl was Accelerator and tried to warn her about the Level 6 plan, but she said it had nothing to do with her.
• Touma called Accelerator the First One and brought up Replicants, but she denied being the First One and asked if he was dreaming.

Short-haired Mikoto investigated this world's version of herself and learned that she was The First One, while Accelerator ranked second. As she faced Mugino Shizuri and ITEM, she wondered why they had come after her before she had even sabotaged anything.

• Mitsuya Aiyu restrained Kuroko and apologized to Shokuhou and Mikoto for her outburst.
• Kuroko recognized Mikoto as Onee-sama and rushed toward her, so Mitsuya used Mental Stab to stop her.
• Mitsuya declined Shokuhou's suggestion that she take the Level 5 test and said she preferred serving as Shokuhou's shadow.
• Short-haired Mikoto investigated this world's identity and found that she was The First One among the Level 5s, with Accelerator ranked second.
• Mugino Shizuri and ITEM found Short-haired Mikoto, who recognized them as the mercenaries who had fought her in her original world.

Touma and Accelerator investigated the identity and power of The First One, while Kihara Genji explained why Misaka Mikoto’s Level 6 transformation could destroy the world. The chapter left Short-haired Mikoto learning that her counterpart’s ambition threatened the world’s existence.

• Touma asked Accelerator about Railgun and The First One, and Accelerator identified Mikoto as the controller of Higgins, a company tied to old AI research and the Black Archive.
• Accelerator explained that Mikoto’s title was written as A Certain Scientific Railgun but read as Uncharted Territory, a domain beyond all means of perception or access.
• Accelerator questioned Touma’s unexplained background and his mistaken assumptions about the Level 6 Experiment, and Touma admitted that he might be the one who was out of place.
• Kihara Genji welcomed Short-haired Mikoto to his laboratory and said that Misaka Mikoto of this world had caused her to arrive.
• Kihara Genji claimed that this world’s Mikoto planned to become Level 6 and would destroy the support point sustaining the world.
• Kihara Genji pointed to increasingly unreliable Tree Diagram Designer weather forecasts as signs that the world was already changing.

Short-haired Mikoto learned that Kihara Genji had lured her to this world to force her into a Level 6 experiment, but she escaped with help from a Misaka Sister. The world’s Misaka Mikoto explained that the universe’s foundation was missing and that her Uncharted Territory ability could stabilize it.

• Kihara Genji claimed the world was collapsing and offered Short-haired Mikoto a chance to return to her original world by becoming Level 6.
• Short-haired Mikoto suspected Kihara Genji was behind her arrival, but an AIM Jammer suppressed her powers and armed soldiers surrounded her.
• A blackout let Short-haired Mikoto regain her abilities, and a Misaka Sister helped her escape in a car.
• The Misaka Sister removed her eyepatch, revealing herself as this world’s Misaka Mikoto, and explained that the universe’s underlying foundation had disappeared.
• This world’s Misaka Mikoto said becoming Level 6 would let Short-haired Mikoto escape, while her Uncharted Territory ability could stabilize the world.

Long-haired Mikoto explained that the world was incomplete and that Short-haired Mikoto’s interference could harm it, then brought her toward Tokiwadai. As a storm shut down Academy City, Touma and Accelerator also headed there, while Short-haired Mikoto reached a room where her other self was waiting.

• Long-haired Mikoto told Short-haired Mikoto that they were connected with the Sisters and that she would be able to return after the crisis ended.
• Long-haired Mikoto revealed that the world had been created only to complete the movie edition and had no future, leaving Short-haired Mikoto to question how it had survived.
• A violent storm and citywide emergency measures trapped Touma and Accelerator at a café, so Accelerator used her power to guide him past the guard robots toward Tokiwadai.
• Long-haired Mikoto, speaking through a Misaka Sister, led Short-haired Mikoto through the deserted Tokiwadai campus to a room at the end of the hall.

Short-haired Mikoto reunited with her other self and learned that the world was a fragile possibility destined to collapse. Aleister explained that they had to rebuild its foundation into a true, independent world, and the chapter left them facing that task with the world’s final fuel exhausted.

• Short-haired Mikoto found Long-haired Mikoto sharing an intimate moment with Shokuhou and struggled to accept the sight.
• Misaka Sisters brought Touma and a girl Accelerator to meet them, leaving Short-haired Mikoto baffled by the differences in this world.
• Aleister explained that their world was a bubble-like possibility that would soon vanish because it lacked a stable foundation.
• Aleister said the world had endured through the constant burning of power, but its final fuel had run out and the only solution was to reconstruct its foundation as a true world.
• Aleister explained that Magic Gods spontaneously combusted because their power leaked out and could not break the bubble world.

Short-haired Mikoto learned more about the world’s crisis while Long-haired Mikoto treated Touma’s brain injury, though his memories did not return. As everyone rested, Accelerator revealed that the other world’s Mikoto had sacrificed most of her bodily functions to control the Misaka Network and might begin evolving into Level 6 at any moment.

• Aleister explained that Touma and Short-haired Mikoto had been caught up in the situation, and Long-haired Mikoto apologized to Touma.
• Long-haired Mikoto used electrotherapy to treat Touma’s brain injury, but he remained unconscious and his memories stayed missing.
• Accelerator asked Short-haired Mikoto about her world’s Accelerator, and Mikoto admitted she was unsure of that person’s gender.
• Accelerator told Short-haired Mikoto that the other world’s Mikoto had lost most of her bodily functions while controlling the Misaka Network and could start Level 6 evolution at any moment.

Short-haired Mikoto learned that Shokuhou Misaki had been treating the other Mikoto, but grew jealous when she saw them acting intimately. After Touma woke, he and Accelerator questioned whether becoming Level 6 could save their world, and Touma proposed severing Misaka’s connection to the Misaka Network; their discussion was interrupted by Shirai Kuroko.

• Accelerator explained that Shokuhou Misaki had likely treated Long-haired Mikoto with help from Nunotaba Shinobu, while Short-haired Mikoto watched Shokuhou feed and kiss cream from Long-haired Mikoto.
• Short-haired Mikoto confronted Shokuhou Misaki and Long-haired Mikoto to ask whether they were a couple, waking Touma, who mistakenly concluded that they were together.
• Touma and Accelerator privately doubted that Long-haired Mikoto becoming Level 6 would solve the crisis, and Touma suggested severing her connection to the Misaka Network.
• Shirai Kuroko teleported into the school while searching for Mikoto and the impostor, and Touma recognized her as a potential ally.
• Elsewhere, Aleister warned a Misaka Sister not to do anything unnecessary, and the Sister agreed without removing her blindfold.