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“Blind, deaf, mute girl Helen gains supernatural powers after accident, facing life and death with optimism.”
Helen ESP
ヘレンesp
7.36
4,554 rank · 3,681 readers · 22 favorites
Shounen
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Blind, deaf, mute girl Helen gains supernatural powers after accident, facing life and death with optimism.
Helen ESP is from the controversial author of Franken Fran and retains much of the same dark style, but takes a much brighter look on life and death thanks to the cheerfulness of the main character. In Helen ESP, we follow Takahara Helen, who lost her sight, hearing and speech in a terrible car accident. Now she lives with her Uncle and a helper dog named Victor... and she's awakening to her own gift. (Source: Snoopycool)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
75%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9.5
mode 10
σ 2.92
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.92 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.7 pts
Recommenders 9.7 · others 3.0
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No
Score over time
↑ 5.00
Running avg · Apr 2009 → Jan 2019
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “The focus of this series, that some other people have obviously missed, is not disability. At it's core it's a slice of life series about a girl with ESP powers that goes around encountering short...”
- 10 “I can't stress enough how much I enjoyed reading this manga. Made by Kigitsu Katsuhisa, the person who made Franken Fran, you know it will at the very least be interesting. Here, I will tell you in...”
- 10 “I suppose there are countless ways of approaching disability in fiction for contemporary authors. And countless ways to fail doing it. It is a rather difficult field to tackle with so many...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 75%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 18 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 24m approx
- Published May 2007 – Jun 2010
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M8958 catalog