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When you watch Zettai Karen Children, turn on the lights and sit back from the TV. Turn on the lights and sit back from the TV!
When you watch Zettai Karen Children, turn on the lights and sit back from the TV.
Esper: A person who possesses psychic powers.
PSYCHIC CUTTING STROKE!
In short, this girl is an esper.
Up, down, up, left, down, right, left.
Right, right, down, up, up, left.
Right, right, down, right, up, left, up.
Down, down, left, up, right, down, left.
Right, left, up, down, down, right, down.
And the tape's coming off in the upper-left hand corner.
PSYCHOMETRY TEST CHART
This girl, too, is an esper.
Esper girl with glasses.
As we've entered the 21st Century, the number of espers has risen.
The question of how to effectively make use of the psychic powers
they possess has become a matter of worldwide concern.
In Japan, psychic research is centered around
the government's special esper support laboratory:
More commonly known as BABEL.
This story is a lovely portrait of the activities and growth of "The Children,"
the special esper team assigned to BABEL.
Supposedly.
Kanari kiteru Muteki no Power!
Maji de ii kanji
Zettai karen! Dakara makenai!
Ashita e saa ikou!
Zettai Karen Children
Yeah!
Zettai Karen Children Zettai!
Zettai Karen Children
Daitan!
Fureau dake de wakaru
Kokoro no limiter
Tokihanatareta hora
Yes! Change the world!
Atsui battle Nandomo try!
Real wo tsuranuite
Zettai karen! Dakara makenai!
Thrill ga SAIKOU!
Yuuki ga sekai no yami wo terashi hajimeru
Anata ga kureta kiseki afureru
Darenimo nitenai egao hokori ni shitara
Mirai wo ima koeyou
We can try over the future world!
Yeah!
Saidai!
Daitan!
2nd sense. "Worry Not! The Tower of BABEL Soars!"
The Children, who have been assigned to your supervision...
possess the highest known levels of psychic power in this nation.
In short, they're national treasures.
Chief of BABEL - KIRITSUBO TAIZO
I know making use of them will be difficult, but please do your best.
Right. But Chief, you don't need to give me a personal tour of headquarters.
BABEL On-Site Supervisor - KOICHI MINAMOTO Right. But Chief, you don't need to give me a personal tour of headquarters.
You think I'm not up to it?
I'm the chief of BABEL.
Does anyone else know as much about it as I do?!
No, I'm not saying that!
He's just lonely because The Children have the day off.
Chief's Personal Assistant - OBORO KASHIWAGI He's just lonely because The Children have the day off.
Chief's Personal Assistant - OBORO KASHIWAGI Right, sir?
Well... Is that so wrong?
Are you implying it's wrong for the chief of BABEL to miss his espers?!
Those girls...
Those girls are national treasures! NATIONAL TREASURES!
I get you! I get you!
Oh, look! We're here!
Here is the nexus of the government's special esper support laboratory.
The control center of BABEL.
As I'm sure you know,
BABEL is charged with discovering espers, their care and upbringing,
ESP research, prediction and prevention of serious incidents,
and dealing with incidents in which espers are involved.
In addition, we have various duties to deal with crimes
and accidents which may be beyond the scope of normal police powers.
All of which are run from this control center.
In other words, this is the heart of BABEL.
Let us continue.
Yes, sir.
The elevators are just past us.
You'll want the door right in front of you on the third floor.
Gotcha.
Those two aren't just pretty receptionists.
They are BABEL's vaunted esper reception team "Doubleface."
Doubleface, sir?
How may I help you? Do you have an appointment?
I'll get on that. Your name, please?
Nakamura from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
I've an appointment with the head of the precog division.
Mr. Nakamura. Gotcha right here.
He's checked in. I'll just call the head of Precog.
Yes, sir, I have a Mr. Nakamura from the MFA here.
Oh? There are two Nakamuras?
Pardon, but are you the Mr. Nakamura who wears a toupee and platform shoes?
He also fancies Capt. Kashiwagi.
Well, excuse me!
Should you really receive visitors like that?
We mustn't allow any potential threats to get past us.
Level 5 Clairvoyant - NATSUKO TOKIWA
Natsuko Tokiwa, clairvoyant.
Level 5 Telepath - HOTARU NOWAKI
Hotaru Nowaki, telepath.
Have they noticed us?
Perhaps those two have a thing for me.
Apparently not.
This room is fully equipped with all sorts of training equipment.
Utilizing both 3D imaging and actual materials,
we can recreate various situations in here.
This where our special espers train hard every day.
That girl... The water isn't even touching her!
You noticed?
That is one of BABEL's vaunted special espers. Level 6 psychokinetic...
Naomi Umegae.
Code name: Kitty Cat!
Level 6 Psychokinetic - NAOMI UMEGAE Code name: Kitty Cat!
Level 6 Psychokinetic - NAOMI UMEGAE
And I am Kitty Cat's on-site supervisor. Captain Ichiro Tanizaki!
On-Site Supervisor - ICHIRO TANIZAKI And I am Kitty Cat's on-site supervisor. Captain Ichiro Tanizaki!
Naomi! Concentrate more!
Right, Supervisor Tanizaki!
Anyway, you're interrupting training, so if you'd please...
I guess we should go.
Right. Goodbye, and do your best.
Right!
Naomi! Concentrate!
Y-Yes, sir!
Um, what's this place?
The workshop.
This is the room for modification of mission equipment and such.
They develop new, proprietary weaponry as well.
It doesn't look like that at all...
Ah, welcome.
This is Takashi Kugutsu,
special esper for BABEL's technology development division.
A pleasure.
A pleasure to meet you, too.
A pleasure to meet you.
Puppets?
He can freely manipulate multiple puppets.
His code name is "Puppet Master."
Code name "Puppet Master" - TAKASHI KUGUTSU His code name is "Puppet Master."
How goes development on the new weapons, Kugutsu?
I just completed it!
Moga-chan's new costume!
Isn't she wonderful?!
She looks best in frills, don't you think?
This organization scares me...
Oh, Moga-chan! You're so great! This organization scares me...
Oh, Moga-chan! You're so great! Shall we continue, Minamoto?
This is the Precog division, where we predict crimes and accidents.
And this device?
Those three units are arranged to form Plague Sigma, our prediction device.
There are 24 precognitives in each unit.
Plague will then display...
any high-probability predictions they make on the monitor.
Please hurry up with the tuning on Sigma Alpha.
Brainwave feedback output at full power.
You use machines to make predictions?
There are relatively many precogs,
but it's difficult to get high-accuracy predictions.
At present, we need to depend on devices like this.
Precog #52, hit the showers.
But, Director!
You've been batting.200.
If you can't contribute to the team,
you need to get sent back to the farm to start over.
Director, give me another chance!
Number 68, get in there!
Yes, sir!
To keep prediction accuracy high,
we frequently switch out the members of the team.
Tough work, isn't it?
Prediction from Unit A!
A gas station's on fire?
Prediction probability at 70... 72... Still rising.
Hurry up with the specific time and place!
Minamoto!
Sir!
Removal of gasoline, oil, and other inflammables, complete!
The surrounding streets have been sealed off!
Right. There's no way any fire's going to break out in this situation.
Of course, I'd like to think that too, but...
The prediction probability for this is 86%!
And that number hasn't changed.
Everyone, stand by and be ready for that fire.
What's that noise?
It's coming right at us!
Is that the source of the prediction?!
Don't just stand there, Minamoto!
Kaoru?!
This is where we come in, right?!
We canceled our day off...
and flew back here!
Now, get things started before we go home!
Those girls...
All right! Special esper team The Children!
Released!
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Let's do it!
PSYCHIC AIR POINTING!
Okay! Go, Aoi!
Leave it to me!
Shiho, the pilot!
Hang on.
Heart spasms. He's having a heart attack.
He needs treatment, fast. His brain's already losing oxygen!
Roger! Teleporting to the ambulance!
Yes, well done! What a feat for The Children!
As to be expected of our nation's finest espers!
But, Chief...
Incident probability is 86%! No change!
What?
No, wait! What are you?!
Oh, come on! I'm trying to save the guy!
I'll give him a psychokinetic heart massage!
I've always wanted to try that!
We learned it in our practical ESP training.
Sounds fun.
Leave it to the EMTs! You have to-
More orders?!
I'm sick of all these orders!
Which means... PSYCHIC...
HEART MASSAGE!
His heart's beating normally!
Amazing! They've saved him!
Okay, let's move it!
Transporting injured patient!
Get ready to roll!
K-Kaoru!
What? It worked, didn't it?
No! THE PLANE!
Always be charming, right?
A nightingale sings in Ancient Kyoto.
It's not my fault!
Then how did this happen?
It was an accident, okay?! Act of God!
There wasn't any other damage.
The one lucky thing was that you were the one hurt worst in this, Mr. Minamoto!
Since it wasn't anyone's fault,
just think of it like you were nipped by a dog and forget it, okay?
Here, I'll give you some of my Pagy.
And here! I'll give you my special nurses issue of EroEro Comics!
Here! I'll slice up this melon for you.
Are you kidding me?! I'M responsible for that accident!
I keep telling you! At the scene, follow orders!
Well, someone sure looks lively!
Sakaki.
Nothing too, too wrong with you... You can go back to work.
What, did you forget?
I can diagnose a patient with just a touch. The Psycho Doctor!
Level 6 Pyschometrist - SHUJI SAKAKI I can diagnose a patient with just a touch. The Psycho Doctor!
Okay, next we give you shrimps a detailed exam.
There are things which can affect our abilities as espers,
so I can't declare them fit as easily as I can with you.
We especially need to examine special espers like them carefully,
because it's possible for the slightest abnormality...
to have an affect on their psychic powers.
So, your duty is to give them detailed exams after each mission, right?
C'mon, can we just get this over with?
Okay, on the scanner bed, one at a time.
Right...
Don't read your creepy old guy mags while he's scanning you!
Nurse cosplay is pretty hot, huh, Kaoru?
Sakaki!
You like it too, huh? You like it too, huh?
Or maybe you're more into the real gals...
you watch growing up in front of you every day.
No! Would you be serious?!
So why are you thinking "Kids these days develop so nicely?"
Whoa, seriously?!
Gross! Is that how you see us, Mr. Minamoto?!
Don't go spreading rumors about me!
You may be espers, but you're still just ten-year-old kids!
Why can't you act like normal kids your age?!
Oh, get real.
We're Level 7's.
We've never been to kindergarten or elementary school.
The only "normal kids" we've ever seen are on TV.
Okay, we're done here.
Wait! I don't have your scan results yet!
The patient says that she's fine.
Do you know how much one of those things costs?!
You...
Yes?
Minamoto, are The Children ready for action?
An aircraft is going to hit the Ippongi Tower building?
The probability level is 88%!
We expect it to happen in the next 15 minutes.
We've closed the local airspace, but the probability level hasn't changed.
We want The Children there on standby.
Roger.
"Normal kids," huh?
Kaoru...
What, is that still bugging you?
Forget it... He probably won't last long with us, either.
I suppose.
Telling us to act like normal kids...
What's wrong, Kaoru?
No, it's nothing.
One minute to the incident they predicted.
But there's no sign of anything wrong.
There're no aircraft around here, except...
Unless!
Pilot! Get us out of this airspace, as fast as you can!
Kaoru? We're the only aircraft around here!
WE'RE going to be the cause of the accident!
I've lost control! We're in the grip of some incredible force!
Wh-What?!
We're in trouble! Emergency teleport!
Everyone okay?
Where's Kaoru?
I thought I teleported her with us.
Kaoru!
Wha?!
K-Kaoru!
No... Stay back! STAY AWAY FROM ME!
What are you talking about?
What are you doing?!
It's not on purpose!
My power's just acting on its own! I can't stop it!
Her psychic power's out of control.
Hey, Minamoto.
What is it? I'm kinda busy here!
I just got the results of Kaoru's scan.
It detected slight damage to her brain cells.
It'll probably heal on its own in a few days, but if any trouble starts-
It already has!
What? It already has!
Hold it. Turning on her limiter should help.
Kaoru!
I'll bring a spare limiter control back from HQ!
K-Kaoru!
Boy... This is gonna suck, destroying myself...
Level 7 psychokinesis...
It can easily tear a child's body apart!
You... What are you doing?!
Stop it, you idiot!
I can't control it like usual! I'll break your spine!
All the more reason! Now lie still! That's an order!
Minamoto...
Aoi will be back soon.
Just lie still till then!
Forget it.
Kaoru! What are you?!
My power's out of control because of brain damage, right?
So, if it stops getting oxygen, this should stop.
But why? Why can't I go to kindergarten?
Kaoru, your powers are just too strong.
For the other childrens' safety, you can't go.
Other children? But, what about me?
Don't I matter?
Why? Because I have this power?
Is my power bad?
Why? Why am I special?
Why?
Kaoru.
Come back.
C'mon! C'mon!
Kaoru! Come back!
Come back, Kaoru! COME BACK, YOU LITTLE IDIOT!
Kaoru! Kaoru!
Good idea, huh?
Don't joke about that!
Not so loud.
I was so worried.
MINAMOTO!
What were you thinking?!
Those girls are national treasures!
I told you to be careful in using them, didn't I?!
Yes, sir...
There are plenty of others who can do your job! Yes, sir...
There are plenty of others who can do your job!
He's really getting it.
Well, it's to be expected.
Still... He's kind of fun to have around, don't you think?
Yeah. We won't be bored if he stays.
Maybe we could prank him.
Yeah, don't you think?
But we'd better be careful having a young man around.
Huh? What do you mean?
Well...
Maybe...
Maybe with him, things will work out just fine.
Kakushitemo muda da yo
Nandemo zenbu wakaru
Fushigi ja nai yo datte atshi wa
Anata wo ai shite n da mon
Hora kochi muite
Maji de love x love musubaru no wa
Zettai nan desu!
Zutto eien fuhen
Endless kara sekaiju ni zettai sengen!
Mou uketomtete
Futari love x love musubaru no wa
Zettai nan desu!
Yappa daian kibou
San Pietro de chikau ai no
Zettai sengen!
NEXT EPISODE
Next time, on Zettai Karen Children!
This is Mr. Minamoto's apartment?
He hardly has any luggage! Wonderful! This'll be perfect!
This was the only one he could move into quickly that was close to BABEL HQ.
Okay, special agents of BABEL! We'll leave the heavy lifting to you!
Wait, what are you girls planning?
Next time, on Zettai Karen Children! Episode 3!
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