Tokyo ESP
Encyclopedia
Tokyo ESP is a supernatural
action manga
by Hajime Segawa. It has been serialized by Kadokawa Shoten
for the Shōnen Ace
Magazine on its September 2010 issue. The story is about a high school girl named Rinka Urushiba, who lives with her father while being in almost poor conditions that she needs to work part-time. Her life changes when she has the ability to use strange powers that are labeled to be as extrasensory perception or ESP.
The two of them use their ESP powers to take on individuals who have decided to use them for evil. But there is an organization that plans for a bigger scheme to secure utopia with their ranks consisting of strong ESP fighters and users.
Kobushi - a former thief who gains the power to become invisible after encountering the glowing fish. Rinka and Kyotaro first encounters her attempting to steal a royal crown, but was halted by their combined efforts.
. Segawa suggested that his protagonist should be based from someone in the Matrix series
with the comical ability to use his fart as a weapon with the addition of drama before the supervisor told him to take out the farting ability. Segawa decided to go with the female lead like he did with the Ga-Rei manga series. During brainstorming, Segawa pitched an idea to his staff that the female could have fearsome superpowers due to the concern that the female lead will not be prominently known if a male character helps her out, which was met with some opposition from his supervisor again.
Supernatural
The supernatural or is that which is not subject to the laws of nature, or more figuratively, that which is said to exist above and beyond nature...
action manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
by Hajime Segawa. It has been serialized by Kadokawa Shoten
Kadokawa Shoten
is a well-known Japanese publishing company based in Tokyo, Japan. Kadokawa has published both manga novels and magazines, such as Newtype magazine...
for the Shōnen Ace
Shonen Ace
is a monthly shōnen manga magazine in Japan published by Kadokawa Shoten, started in 1994. Unlike the big shōnen weeklies with circulation figures in the millions, Ace is aimed at a less mainstream audience, and has a particular emphasis on anime tie-ins...
Magazine on its September 2010 issue. The story is about a high school girl named Rinka Urushiba, who lives with her father while being in almost poor conditions that she needs to work part-time. Her life changes when she has the ability to use strange powers that are labeled to be as extrasensory perception or ESP.
Story
Rinka Urushiba was a fairly normal high school girl, though she was a bit poor and her only family was her father. This forces her to work as a waitress after high school to raise money for them to secure rent and food. Then one day, she saw a penguin and some glowing fish swimming through the sky. Rinka might have thought it was a hallucination if there hadn't been another witness with her, a boy from her school with a strangely scratched-up face. Contact with a fish caused her to pass out, and when she awoke, she had developed the power to move through inanimate objects such as the floor of her apartment. She meets a fellow high school student named Kyotaro Azuma, who has the ability to teleport.The two of them use their ESP powers to take on individuals who have decided to use them for evil. But there is an organization that plans for a bigger scheme to secure utopia with their ranks consisting of strong ESP fighters and users.
Characters
Rinka Urushiba - the main female protagonist. A highschool girl with a strong sense of justice (as a direct result of her father, a former cop, teaching her his ways), she gains the power to phase through inanimate objects at the start of the series.Kobushi - a former thief who gains the power to become invisible after encountering the glowing fish. Rinka and Kyotaro first encounters her attempting to steal a royal crown, but was halted by their combined efforts.
Production
Plans for Tokyo ESP started when Segawa was still doing the Ga-Rei manga, discussing ideas with his then editor and supervisor when the latter suggested that his next work should be based on superpowersSuperpower (ability)
Superpower is a popular culture term for a fictional superhuman ability. When a character possesses multiple such abilities, the terms super powers or simply powers are used...
. Segawa suggested that his protagonist should be based from someone in the Matrix series
The Matrix (franchise)
The Matrix is a science fiction action franchise created by Andy and Larry Wachowski and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The series began with the 1999 film The Matrix and later spawned two sequels; The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, both released in 2003, thus forming a trilogy...
with the comical ability to use his fart as a weapon with the addition of drama before the supervisor told him to take out the farting ability. Segawa decided to go with the female lead like he did with the Ga-Rei manga series. During brainstorming, Segawa pitched an idea to his staff that the female could have fearsome superpowers due to the concern that the female lead will not be prominently known if a male character helps her out, which was met with some opposition from his supervisor again.