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As I'm sure you all know, as we entered the 21st Century,
the number of espers, people with psychic powers, suddenly increased.
However, there are many power levels for what we generally term "ESP".
The weakest level can really only sense other ESP-sensitive people.
Lvl. 1 - Can sense people standing still, especially the ESP-sensitive. Lvl. 2 - Can sense most people, can shake doors and shoji screens. The weakest level can really only sense other ESP-sensitive people.
Lvl. 1 - Can sense people standing still, especially the ESP-sensitive. Lvl. 2 - Can sense most people, can shake doors and shoji screens. Level 2's can sense most people, while Level 3's can shake buildings.
Level 4's can knock over flower vases,
while Level 5's can fracture walls.
Level 6's can put fissures in the ground and cause landslides.
The highest level, Level 7's, can destroy any object and throw them into the air.
However, the higher the power level, the rarer they become.
There are only three Level 7's in the entire country.
Powerful espers really are a valuable commodity!
They say that the number of espers is increasing,
but ESP is only one of many fine talents.
I'm sure we'll all be able to get along with them.
Well, I don't want to!
Takashi!
Espers can read your mind and move things from far away!
That's really scary! I can't play with anyone like that!
Abort! Abort simulation!
We've had an accident! Get those fires out, at once!
Well, excuse me for being an esper!
It's... It's all over...
Esper: People who possess 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.
It's pretty awesome, invincible power!
Boy, does it feel great
Absolutely lovely! So we never lose!
Come on, let's head for tomorrow!
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Yeah!
Zettai Karen Children Absolutely!
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Daring!
It just takes a touch for me to know
The limiter on my heart
Has been released, and then you see
Yes! Change the world!
Trying again and again through hot battle!
Reaching through what's real
Absolutely lovely! So we never lose!
The thrills just can't be beat!
Courage begins to light the darkness of the world
It overflows with the miracles you gave
If you can take pride in a smile
That suits no one else
Then let's go beyond the future now
We can try over the future world!
Yeah!
Ultimate!
Daring!
5th sense. "Carelessness is the Greatest Enemy! No Normals Allowed, Okay?"
This story starts a week ago...
Hey! I've got breakfast ready.
Hey! Would you get up, already?
It's morning! Hm?
They're at it, day after day.
It must get boring.
It's because going to school is like work for normal kids.
Well, I'd hate that sort of work!
I can't believe Naomi goes to school every day.
School?
Yes! Those girls would normally be going to elementary school, right?
They need to go to school, like normal children!
Look...
The girls receive age-appropriate instruction here at BABEL.
I don't think there's any problem.
That's just giving them book learning!
It doesn't teach them how to socialize or cooperate with others.
The girls may deny it, but they want to go to school.
I can tell by how they act.
Please, let them go to elementary school.
It's in their best interests!
Those girls came here to BABEL 5 years ago.
The exact details may have varied,
but all three came for the same basic reason.
It was because society at large had rejected them.
It's difficult for a five-year-old...
to understand the difference between right and wrong.
If they allowed their powers to explode from pure emotion, it'd be trouble.
No kindergarten would accept them.
BABEL was the only place they had left to go.
I... I understand that.
But unlike 5 years ago,
they understand right and wrong just fine now.
They wouldn't use their powers unthinkingly.
The problem is the Ministry of Education!
With the development of portable limiters,
we're now able to suppress psychic powers to a certain point.
But, while weak espers are allowed to go to school,
that only applies to Level 3's and below!
The Ministry still opposes allowing Level 4's and above to attend schools.
Some nonsense about protecting other students from bad effects.
But Naomi Umegae attends high school, and she's a Level 6!
Because BABEL donates a lot of money to that school.
I suppose, but...
There's all sorts of problems aside from that.
More than anything else,
the deciding factor will be how well the girls will behave.
Minamoto, huh? Quit it!
Let me take a peek inside your mind!
I'll take us someplace I like!
Not a good prospect...
I just realized, this is the first time...
I've come home early since starting work with BABEL.
Maybe I'll surprise the girls a little.
Oh, whatcha watching?
A 101-legged race.
A hundred friends got together, and instead of a three-legged race,
they said they're doing a 101-legged race. Just some stupid show.
Ready...
Stupid!
Minamoto, this is brilliant!
Starting next week, you thee are going to elementary school!
E-E-Elementary school?!
As in, place where kids study and do sports? THAT elementary school?!
Is there another type of elementary school?
Yoshiko put you up to this, right?
I know! It was Sally! Yoshiko put you up to this, right?
I know! It was Sally! We're not allowed to go to school!
It's not a joke. I'm totally serious.
Besides, it's an order.
Order?
This century's seeing a sudden rise in the number of espers!
Especially among the younger age groups!
In short, it's possible we'll be seeing
ESP-related incidents even in elementary schools!
I get you!
And so, you special espers
may have to be infiltrated into elementary schools
in order to deal with these situations!
Yeah! Yeah, you're right!
And for those situations, you'll need to know what a school is like!
That's why you're going to school!
I see.
Minamoto really thought this through.
The Ministry can't object if it's for a "necessary mission," can they?
However, I didn't give Minamoto's plan the go sign
just for the sake of those three.
"SPECIAL ESPER TEAM 'THE CHILDREN' SCHOOL ATTENDANCE PROJECT"
Is this?
The Children School Attendance Project.
A national project with a 3 billion yen budget.
If we can prove that the most powerful...
Level 7 espers can attend school normally,
then all espers will be able to attend schools.
He thought this through that far.
Well, orders are orders!
Now, be sure to write your names on your things.
I-I know!
School, huh? Kind of a pain.
Maybe it'll help pass the time.
Well, duty calls and we can't say no.
KAORU AKASHI
Which brings us to this.
Kaoru! How many times do I have to tell you, don't blow up your classmates!
But he pissed me off!
So being pissed off means you can do whatever you want?!
What are you, a wild tiger?!
Who cares? I didn't actually kill anyone.
But what if you had?!
Lay off! She's just getting as mad as we'd like to be!
Exactly! If Kaoru had let a crack like that pass,
I would have scanned him till his brains melted!
Well, um...
Minamoto! Well, everything going well?
Chief! Um, er, that is...
Never mind, we've got trouble!
The precogs have predicted a terrorist attack on headquarters!
What? You mean here, at BABEL HQ?
Right! We have to be on high alert!
What are you doing? We're in the middle of class.
Huh? But we're on rest break.
What, is this part of the simulation, too?
This is why...
Something's wrong!
Why espers should be wiped off the face of the Earth!
So, this is goodbye.
Darling Moga-chan, I love you so!
Espers should be wiped off the face of the Earth!
What's the big idea?!
Huh? What's going on?
What's?!
Yo! So, how've you been?
Welcome back, Sakaki.
Nice work on your business trip.
So, how about thanking for my hard work with a date tonight?
Naomi! I know this is hard,
but you'll eventually realize the charm of reaching a happy medium!
Not in my whole life!
I was nearly finished, too!
"NORMAL NORMAL NORMAL NORMAL NORMAL NORMAL NORMAL NORMAL"
Attention, people of BABEL!
We are the Normal People, a group dedicated to wiping out espers!
The Normal People!
What's that?
We've had, like, a million lectures about them.
The Normal People is the name of their group.
They commit all sorts of crimes and harassments against espers.
Basically, they're an anti-esper terrorist group.
Anti-esper?
Our nation has no need for espers!
"EMERGENCY CONTAINMENT BULKHEADS"
What? It's doing it by itself!
They attack businesses and organizations that use espers.
Naturally, BABEL, as well.
We have already taken control of BABEL's computer system!
The shutters!
The emergency bulkheads are closing, too!
No good. The phones are dead.
Moga-chan's outfit!
Our nation has no need for espers!
Not just terrorism, but cyber terrorism!
With them and using their power
will mean the destruction of human civilization!
Death to the espers!
And we'll start by wiping out the espers of BABEL!
Bring it on!
C'mon, jerks, I'll blow you all away! Wait! Do you know how much those things cost?!
SILENCE!
Bigoted scum!
How dare you say that about my espers, my national treasures!
Ch-Chief...
Wow! He's doing damage like a Level 6!
You don't need psychic powers with brute strength like that.
That's BABEL's chief for you.
Nobody hold back!
I'll get the budget to pay for it, no matter what it costs!
Okay...
PSYCHIC MASS CLASS DISMISSAL!
And here's a another way you can use teleportation!
Damn! They're going after the other espers!
Minamoto! Sound the alert over the emergency intercom!
Gotcha!
Attention, BABEL personnel! Attention, BABEL personnel!
That's... We're under cyberattack by the Normal People!
Minamoto's voice! We're under cyberattack by the Normal People!
Runaway robots are spreading through the complex!
Them!
A little young to be delinquents, aren't you?!
How dare you ruin Moga-chan's outfit! KILL THEM!
Okay, stick together, no matter what!
If they split your precog powers up, we'll all die!
There, in 5 seconds!
3... 2... 1...
Naomi, attack! Get them!
What?! But... I can't attack little kids!
They're kids on the outside, but robots on the inside!
Don't touch me, you middle-aged creep!
Well done, Naomi!
You, too!
Chief, I have the vaccine software!
Ah, it's ready! Install it at once!
Right!
Vaccine, Chief?
We knew there was a threat of cyber terrorism.
I had them rush development on it.
They didn't quite get it done in time, did they?
Meaning they finished it too late.
We destroyed all of them already.
All the other robots have been destroyed, too.
Oh well, case closed, then.
You girls can relax now.
Okay!
So why do I have this nasty feeling?
Like we've overlooked something.
Normal Peoples' objective is the elimination of espers.
They cyber attacked BABEL HQ to that end.
But it's odd that they only used robots in their attack.
Why?
These robots can record data too, can't they?
Um... Uh, yeah.
I see. So, they can gather data on BABEL's espers too, can't they?
That's it! They want to release data to the world to make espers look bad!
That was unusually nice of you, Kyosuke.
HEY! Hey! Has anyone left the building yet?!
No. The bulkheads are still down, so nobody's left.
Really? Thank goodness.
BABEL 1!
Chief, this is reception. Have you ordered BABEL 1 to take off?
What are you talking about?
Pilot of BABEL 1, please respond!
The line's being intercepted! Pilot of BABEL 1, please respond!
The line's being intercepted!
I don't have control! Don't open the hatch!
Natsuko's scanning the complex,
and she says BABEL 1's preparing to take off!
It's launching!
The robots running wild was a diversion!
Their real objective was to get the data of the girls in the simulation
so they could release it publicly as anti-esper propaganda!
Stop BABEL 1!
Roger!
Special espers, The Children...
Released!
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All right!
Let's kick that jerk's butt!
Hurry, Aoi!
I know.
Oh, yeah!
PSYCHIC SHOULDER THROW!
Freeze! We're taking that data back.
You espers are all freaks!
We need to free human society of them!
You're wrong!
You're wrong! Espers are human beings!
Even those girls are human beings with a future!
They need space to stretch their wings!
Minamoto...
Don't make me laugh! Espers are-
Are you still talking, you bigot?!
Chief... Are you still talking, you bigot?!
Arrest the suspect and get him out of here!
Yes, Chief!
Minamoto.
Minamoto, I think you know what that guy just said isn't that radical.
It isn't just radicals.
There are lots of regular people who feel exactly the same.
Despite that, you still want to send those girls to school?
Well...
Well, it's our duty. We can't say no.
Exactly!
It's our duty to hang out with normal people.
And we're a little interested, too.
Girls...
We can make a lot of friends and try that 103-legged race!
No, no, you have too many legs, then.
You'd have some weird friends there.
I think Kaoru could manage it.
Sakaki.
Well, so what's an extra leg or two?
If they go to school and make lots of friends,
don't you think one day the world will change its point of view?
I suppose so.
I can't wait to go to school!
Let's finish getting our book bags ready.
There's no point in hiding it
I know everything
It's no mystery, because
I love you
Go on, look at me
Truly, the bond of love we share
Is absolute!
An eternal, unchanging
Absolute declaration to the world I'll shout from Everest!
I've accepted it
The bond of love we share
Is absolute!
My wish, when fortune smiles on me
In San Pietro, I'll swear it to you
An absolute declaration of love!
NEXT EPISODE
Next time, on Zettai Karen Children!
I'm Kaoru Akashi!
I'm Aoi Nogami!
I'm Shiho Sannomiya!
Due to circumstances at home, we've transferred into this class!
Those are ESP limiters, right? You three are espers, aren't you?
So am I!
Zettai Karen Children!
Episode 6: "Ready to Rumble! In Front of Our Classmates!?"
We have four espers as classmates?
I don't like it.
We're absolutely lovely, so we never lose!
Ready to Rumble! In Front of Our Classmates!? We're absolutely lovely, so we never lose!
Ready to Rumble! In Front of Our Classmates!?