Manga Notes: A Certain Scientific Railgun 12-13

As I started taking in the light novel-manga-anime franchise A Certain Magical Index a few years ago, I'd picked up from somewhere an impression it was "like superheroes, but without the costumes." While I was soon to wonder about how "fetishy" the outfits of certain of its female characters seemed, I can now also acknowledge the superpowers of various justifications jumbled together in a world that's seemed able to stretch without breaking to feature them. Since I started that story, I've noticed several other manga-anime series that seem "superheroes with the costumes" rise to prominence among English-speaking fans, although I have to admit I've left off reading the One-Punch Man manga where its anime adaptation came to an end with the impression a continued adaptation will show up one of these days and I just haven't found the time to get started on My Hero Academia. As I continued to plug through A Certain Magical Index, though, in just the last little while I got to wondering if I could identify another personal "superhero universe" resonance, in that I was half-concerned the story was beginning to escape my grasp...
( Reach exceeding grasp? )