Talk:Matasaka Kamishiro/@comment-26750760-20160414000750/@comment-26750760-20160414002303

The plot device of "highly condensed RC cells" being what Narukami fires is to explain why the bolt travels through the air in a straight line.

because if it were an ordinary electrical discharge the bolt would have randomly dissipated and curved apart depending the atmosphere around them. It wouldn't adhere to a strict, linear pathway.

Electrical charges like lightning bolts traverse briefly existing pathways of particulates and vapor trails that align momentarily, they can't just fly through empty space in the form of a single bolt.

So the logic stands, "highly condensed RC cells" is the conduit that carries the charge.