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Tokyo ESP

“Waitress Rinka gains phasing powers, becomes Tokyo's "White Girl" hero, fighting evil espers alongside teleporting classmate Kyoutarou.”

Tokyo ESP

6.55
7,399 rank · 174,448 viewers · 193 favorites
Super Power Shounen Action Sci-Fi
12 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Summer 2014 · Xebec · R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
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Synopsis

Waitress Rinka gains phasing powers, becomes Tokyo's "White Girl" hero, fighting evil espers alongside teleporting classmate Kyoutarou.

Rinka Urushiba works part time as a waitress to help out her unemployed father. By all accounts, her life in Tokyo is a relatively normal one—but her sense of normalcy begins to fade when she inexplicably sees a flying penguin one day. Chasing it all the way to the top of a building, she encounters more surprises, including flying goldfish and another person—a classmate named Kyoutarou Azuma—who can also see these strange things. After Rinka passes out when a goldfish phases through her, she wakes up an esper with the ability to phase her body through solid matter. However, her newfound ability is not the only strange thing about her: when she uses her powers, her hair turns white. Deciding reluctantly to use this new gift to help the city, she becomes Tokyo's new hero, dubbed the "White Girl." Along with Kyoutarou, who gained the power of teleportation, Rinka begins righting the wrongs in the city while fighting other espers who have much less noble intentions.

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Community consensus

Derived from 31 sampled reviews

5.1 /10

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43% recommend
Score distribution
median 5 mode 3 σ 1.89
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σ 1.89 · split reception

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The polarity gap

4.3 pts

Recommenders 7.3 · others 3.0

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↑ 3.10

Running avg · Sep 2014 → Apr 2018

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Production slate

A Tv Production · Summer 2014

Xebec.
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Lantis · Kadokawa Shoten

  • Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
  • Aired Jul 2014 – Sep 2014 Summer 2014
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
  • Ref. BS-8404 catalog

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