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“Prodigy supervises three powerful but mischievous 10-year-old espers for Japan's B.A.B.E.L. esper crime-fighting organization.”
Zettai Karen Children
絶対可憐チルドレン
7.68
2,013 rank · 8,843 readers · 179 favorites
Shounen
Action
Comedy
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Prodigy supervises three powerful but mischievous 10-year-old espers for Japan's B.A.B.E.L. esper crime-fighting organization.
In the future, as people with ESP increase in numbers, so does the possible good and evil they can cause to society. The Japanese government establishes the Base of Backing ESP Laboratory (B.A.B.E.L.) a special esper organization tasked with dealing with situations that can't be resolved by ordinary means, including dealing with espers engaged in criminal activity. Kouichi Minamoto, a 20-year-old prodigy is assigned by B.A.B.E.L. to the task of supervising the most powerful espers in the country, a trio of gifted but mischievous 10-year-old girls known as "The Children." (Source: Wikipedia) Included one-shot: Volume 1: Zettai Karen Children (pilot)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 7 sampled reviews
6.4
/10
What 7 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 10
σ 3.42
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.42 · split reception
The polarity gap
7.0 pts
Recommenders 10.0 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↑ 3.43
Running avg · Jul 2008 → Sep 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Every now and then, you find one of these type of mangas , that not only surpasses your expectations , it continues to improve as as the story continues. To be honest , when i first started this...”
- 10 “In the 21st century, people with psychic powers (espers), have become fairly common, and the BABEL is the branch of the Japanese government responsible for esper affairs. Japan's 3 most powerful...”
- 10 “Some people use to have some kind of prejudice about this series, just because the main characters of this manga are 3 little girls, and because of the name, which is actually very catchy, but...”
Verbosity
Short · 0%
Medium · 57%
Long · 43%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 622 × 63 ch × vol
- Total read 82h 56m approx
- Published Aug 2005 – Jul 2021
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M4589 catalog