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Sorry, but I had to…

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Ubu Roi

write a fifth post about railgun, just to include this link. Bottom of second and middle of the third pages FTW.

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Railgun x 24?

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Ubu Roi

ANN now claims Railgun is a 24 episode series, though they have only air dates for the last ten. Raws of ep. 14 are out, but the Nyaatorrent link was bad when I tried it. Not that I understand enough … Continue reading →

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And Yet Again, More Railgun/Index Physics

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Ubu Roi

Steven posted his promised discussion about the physics of Touma’s Imagine Breaker power over at Chizumatic. It’s very spoiler-filled, as is my response below. It started as a comment, but just kept going. I don’t know how to characterize it; … Continue reading →

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A Little More Railgun

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Ubu Roi

So I’m in Dallas, watching Railgun with Dr. Heinous, and I’m picking up on some hints that weren’t obvious before. One of the things that occurred to me is that Uiharu’s power might be related to computers–her hairband of flowers … Continue reading →

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Railgun’s Physics and Other Bits

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Ubu Roi

So, I just finished watching episode 12 of To Aru Kagaku no Railgun, and for all that it was a bit talky in the final battle, explaining what we were seeing (as if we couldn’t figure it out ourselves), it … Continue reading →

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Not Much Time

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Ubu Roi

So I’m going to throw out a few thoughts on what I might watch and try to blog next season. This is not a review, which means it’s probably worthless, unless you just like hearing folks think aloud. Or electronically… … Continue reading →

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Sad Truth

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Ubu Roi

Overuse of the word posit. Generally rambling. And a complete misuse of the word “arbitrarily.” Pretty sad that I don’t write nearly as well as I used to just a couple of years ago.

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