S1, E6: When an esper starts using gravitons to cause aluminum metals hidden inside stuffed animals to explode all over the city, Judgment struggles to find the culprit as the only esper whose ability matches the necessary level of the incidents is in a coma. Kuroko warns Mikoto not to do anything drastic like track down the culprit herself, but after Kazari leaves her Judgment armband behind, Mikoto uses the chance of being mistaken for a member of Judgment by Mii to show Kuroko that she too has what it takes to be in Judgment. However, she quickly finds being a Judgment member is not the exciting job she thought it was when she ends up doing a lot of menial yet difficult tasks. When the pair are later tasked to find a little girl's bag, Mikoto, assuming it is related to the graviton bomb case, takes drastic measures to retrieve the bag from a dog, only to discover no bomb was involved at all. Despite having her real identity exposed by Kuroko and Kazari, she is nevertheless thanked for her help, and by the end of the day, Mikoto has a new appreciation for a Judgment member's work. The next day, however, a Judgment member is injured protecting a civilian from a graviton explosion.