#kongo mitsuko

[pochqmqri]

One change the Railgun anime adaptation does compared to the original manga is introduce Kongou much earlier. In the manga, she isn't introduced until after the Sisters arc, but in the anime, she's introduced in the very first episode of Season 1, and becomes a prominent side character up until the Silent Party arc of Railgun S.

I'm fine with what the anime did, because I think Kongou is one of the more underrated characters in Railgun, and she's great in Silent Party and the Daihasei Festival, but I also feel that the anime cutting out her proper introduction takes out a chunk of her backstory and characterization that makes her truly great.

To start off, there's this running gag where Misaka, trying to break away from a persisent guy, named Unabara, runs into Kongou, the new girl at school, and tries to pretend she's her friend so that she can get away from Unabara. This leads to a misunderstanding where Kongou beleives Misaka's name is Unabara for most of her introductiry chapters, and Misaka is too socially awkward to even introduce herself. It's absolutely hilarious.

Kongou is presented as this haughty ojou-archetype that's too in her pride, such as when she refused to accept help from Kuroko in escorting her to the dorms. Generally these characters can be one-dimensional, but we see with her that there's more than just the surface.

When she was just a little girl, Kongou learned from her father the idea that friends will naturally flock towards one of fine character, which she took the wrong way by allowing her pride and social status to get the better of her. She says to the other girls that they're "allowed" to be friends with her rather than asking directly if they want to be friends, which puts off those girls, who don't accept her indirect birthday invitation.

This reinforces her worldview that because those girls didn't want to hang out with her, they weren't worthy in the first place, rather than focusing on introspection.

Back to current day, and Kongou is the same, even more entrenched in her beliefs, putting herself on a pedestal, that if anyone has a problem with her, it's their fault and not hers. This is why she was immediately drawn to the idea of factions at Tokiwadai, because she desired a clique like the one Shokuhou has.

However, her facade begins to break, as she comes to term with her lonliness underneath all that bravado. She begins to wonder if she's the problem instead.

Her lonliness showed earlier when, after Misaka and Kongou break away from the pushy guy, they start to hang out, which the latter enjoys, stating that she had never done something like that before. But when Misaka finally breaks away at the end, Kongou remembers that this was only born out of a "pretend" situation. Because of the way she grew up, Kongou finds it difficult to be actually honest about her feelings, that all she wanted was a friend.

Misaka comes back to return something to Kongou, which confuses the sheltered girl as she wonders why she'd go through all the effort for her (it's not that relevant to the analysis but Kongou still doesn't know that Misaka is the famed Level 5 Railgun in the school). Misaka replies that it's because she's her friend, which touches the girl, to seemingly be finally considered a friend by someone.

It all comes back full circle at the end, where after Kongou realizes the errors of her ways, the two random girls she met earlier while faction seeking, Wannai and Awatsuki of the swim team, come to Kongou, ask to join her faction. Kongou turns them down, saying that she would rather be friends with them instead, which they accept.

And I think this is just wonderful, it sets up why Kongou, Wannai, and Awatsuki hang out together in the anime and why Kongou is so helpful towards Misaka in the later arcs. She could have easily taken on a more antagonistic and cliquey role like Shokuhou initially has, but her development is actually a joy to read through. It's such a shame that these few chapters weren't properly adapted into the anime.

Kongou is one of my favorite characters in Railgun, one that I find truly underrated, not just for her backstory, but also for how much of a team player she (and the two swim girls) are in the Silent Party and Daihasei Festival arcs. I want to write about that another time.

[railgunsideblog]

Railgun headcanon: Kongo Mitsuko is a trans girl. she always makes sure to introduce herself by name and school(which is notably a girls school) and also transferred in second year so it could be entirely possible.

Bonus headcanon, she went to a male counterpart of tokiwadai and they have an exchange program for their trans student's so that when one of them comes out, there is a relatively easy path to continue.

[tenno-seremel]

To aru kagaku no railgun T — EP14

[makiizushis]

THANK YOU KONGO FOR FINALLY SAYING IT

Honestly Kongo gets on my nerves but Misaka hiding everything from her friends bothers me even more; I hope she can be honest with them this time

[rdsathene]

The world judges us by what we do, not by what we think of ourselves. Consider this empowering exchange between my heroes Misaka Mikoto and Kongo Mitsuko.

[anicastes]

I am pretty pathetic.

[violetren]

Kongo gets used as the punchline of quite a few jokes, but she's genuinely a great person especially with how she reacts to the sister getting kidnapped.

[a-certain-academy-city]

“Do you know who it is that you are speaking to? I am the Kongou Mitsuko, heiress to one of the world’s largest airline companies! It would do you well to show me some....”

“Ah, but none of that matters anymore does it...? After all, father, and everyone else is....”

[babudarabu]

[ Image description. An animated GIF of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, season 1, episode 23. Kongou Mitsuko is standing in a ruined parking garage. She opens her hand fan to cover the lower half of her face, glares, and says, "Are you taking that girl away knowing full well that she is a friend of Kongo Mitsuko?" The camera zooms in on her face, and her glare deepens. ]

[recentanimenews]

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T – 02 – The Esperlympics Commence

A Steering Committee member had a bad feeling about the Level 5s they chose to deliver the Athlete’s Pledge, and with good reason: Gunha Sogiita is a classic loose cannon, not only forgetting have the pledge and replacing it with various platitudes about GUTS, but upstages Misaki Shokuhou (who hilariously customizes her gym uniform with gloves and stockings) by unleashing an unplanned multicolored smoke explosion.

It’s probably for the best that Misaka wasn’t the one to stand with Sogiita, especially as she’s entered into one of the first events of the Daihesai: a three-legged race where her primary electrical powers are prohibited. Depsite the handicap, she and the always wonderfully haughty Kongo Mitsuko manage to counter all of the rival schools’ espers’ tricks and win.

Misaka’s friends watch it all on one of the city’s many large public TV screens; Kuroko in particular is very proud of her Sissy. Afterwards she heads off for Judgment patrol, and Ruiko comes across a woman in a tracksuit fumbling with her smartphone. This turns out to be the Aztecan Xochitl, member of MEMBER, one of the groups we saw in Index III who is clearly up to no good.

After winning her first race and encountering her Mama (whom her friends insist is only 20 years old), Misaka heads home to change out of her dirty uniform, but in the process both Awatsuki and Wannai mistake MISAKA 10032 for the real deal, and prep her for the next competition.

MISAKA had been milling around talking to her cat and lamenting her inability to participate, but fate has smiled on her today, because the real Misaka keeps out of sight. This also means MEMBER will be attacking the wrong Misaka when they inevitably make their move. This festival is off to an interesting start!

By: braverade

[tenno-seremel]

To aru kagaku no railgun T — EP6

[violetren]

Hey now, that's not quite fair. Sometimes we just see Kongo get mugged.

How Every Railgun Arc Starts

Saten: Hey I heard a rumor that...

[gigabell]

26, 27 & 29!

26: You get to have [1] anime character as your waifu/husbando in real life, who do you choose?

Top anime gal is probably gonna be Mitsuko Kongo from Scientific Railgun! (Great series btw highly recommend)

27: Which anime character are you most like?

Uhhhh oh god this is a tough question. Probably One Punch Man on the account of powerful I am. Just kidding, uhhhh… I like the idea of me being most like Tenga from Kiznaiver. The pink hair glasses thing, over-the-top and dense personality, and the kinda just bro attitude :’)

29: Has an anime’s fanbase ever made you hesitant to watch an anime?

The whole Naruto thing made me really hesitant about watching it back when I was a kid but then it ended up being one of the best anime/manga I’ve ever experienced WHOOPSThanks man, looking forward to Tuesday~ 

[rowel-anime-trends]

Kinuho and Maaya, the two girls who form Mitsuko Kongo's posse, get a very satisfying chance to show what they can do against Baba and his mechanical Great Danes.

[minnastream]

A Certain Scientific Railgun: 1x1

A Certain Scientific Railgun: 1×1

Kuroko Shirai, a member of Academy City’s Public Moral Committee, Judgment, is on the scene to apprehend a group of thugs harassing a girl only to find out the girl is not other than her sempai Mikoto Misaka who has already dealt with them. During this time, the city is holding a “System Scan” at several schools including Tokidawai Middle School. At Tokodawai, Mitsuko Kongo, a second year student…

[anicastes]

...and yet, I cannot help but feel happy about it...