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Urushiba Rinka is having a strange day.
Urushiba Rinka is having a strange day.


She was an ordinary girl with an ordinary life, until a [[Everything's Better With Penguins|flying penguin]] and a swarm of glowing fish swimming though the air changed everything. Rinka soon finds that she is [[Power Incontinence|involuntarily]] [[Intangible Man|moving through]] things, walls, the floor of her apartment... and her clothes.
She was an ordinary girl with an ordinary life, until a [[Everything's Better with Penguins|flying penguin]] and a swarm of glowing fish swimming though the air changed everything. Rinka soon finds that she is [[Power Incontinence|involuntarily]] [[Intangible Man|moving through]] things, walls, the floor of her apartment... and her clothes.


And she is not the only one who changed. A strange boy name Kyoutaro Azuma can teleport, her father can move things with his mind... and any number of petty criminals are using ESP to run wild.
And she is not the only one who changed. A strange boy name Kyoutaro Azuma can teleport, her father can move things with his mind... and any number of petty criminals are using ESP to run wild.
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Azuma is using his abilities to become a superhero, albeit with mixed success, and he wants Rinka to join him...
Azuma is using his abilities to become a superhero, albeit with mixed success, and he wants Rinka to join him...


From the Author of [[Ga Rei|Ga-Rei]].
From the Author of [[Ga-Rei]].


A [[Tokyo ESP (Manga)/Characters|character sheet]] is in the works.
A [[Tokyo ESP/Characters|character sheet]] is in the works.
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* [[A God Am I]]: A depressing number of ESPers decide to go this route.
* [[A God Am I]]: A depressing number of ESPers decide to go this route.
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** {{spoiler|and the now superpowered Yakuza Rinka beat up? They burn down her apartment building in front of her without a backward glance}}
** {{spoiler|and the now superpowered Yakuza Rinka beat up? They burn down her apartment building in front of her without a backward glance}}
* [[Retired Badass]]: Rinka's father, a former cop.
* [[Retired Badass]]: Rinka's father, a former cop.
* [[Shout-Out]]: A group of guys who look suspiciously like the [[Ghostbusters]] are the antagonists of one chapter, and Murasaki's {{spoiler|Yakuza boss}} father has a notable resemblance to [[Three Hundred|a certain Spartan king]].
* [[Shout-Out]]: A group of guys who look suspiciously like the [[Ghostbusters]] are the antagonists of one chapter, and Murasaki's {{spoiler|Yakuza boss}} father has a notable resemblance to [[300|a certain Spartan king]].
** Rinka's father looks like [[Ga Rei Zero|some guy who worked with the MOE's SDCD]].
** Rinka's father looks like [[Ga-Rei Zero|some guy who worked with the MOE's SDCD]].
** Also, during his days as a cop, he was renowned by his coworkers and feared by the criminal element as [[Wolverine]], due to the [[Wolverine Claws|way he uses his escrima sticks]].
** Also, during his days as a cop, he was renowned by his coworkers and feared by the criminal element as [[Wolverine]], due to the [[Wolverine Claws|way he uses his escrima sticks]].
** Looks like [[Star Wars|Yoda was recruited by the MPD to serve as their martial arts instructor.]]
** Looks like [[Star Wars|Yoda was recruited by the MPD to serve as their martial arts instructor.]]
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* [[They Would Cut You Up]]: Fear of this trope is why Azuma and Rinka don’t go to the authorities.
* [[They Would Cut You Up]]: Fear of this trope is why Azuma and Rinka don’t go to the authorities.
* [[This Is Reality]]: Heavily used.
* [[This Is Reality]]: Heavily used.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Segawa started brainstorming the idea while finishing up Ga-Rei, according to omakes, one of the ideas involved {{spoiler|a Matrix-style hero who had the power to leap across buildings and blow holes into concrete... using [[Fartillery|farts]]. [[Finishing Move|Ultimate move]]: [[Farts On Fire|explosive fart!]] [[Dark and Troubled Past|Tragic Backstory]]: farted in bed and accidentally killed his wife!}} [[Executive Meddling|His editor]] [[Tropes Are Not Bad|immediately vetoed it]]. Same thing happened with the editor when Segawa started a suggestion to have a female protagonist, {{spoiler|only more fearsome and doesn't rely on a male protagonist.}}
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Segawa started brainstorming the idea while finishing up Ga-Rei, according to omakes, one of the ideas involved {{spoiler|a Matrix-style hero who had the power to leap across buildings and blow holes into concrete... using [[Fartillery|farts]]. [[Finishing Move|Ultimate move]]: [[Farts on Fire|explosive fart!]] [[Dark and Troubled Past|Tragic Backstory]]: farted in bed and accidentally killed his wife!}} [[Executive Meddling|His editor]] [[Tropes Are Not Bad|immediately vetoed it]]. Same thing happened with the editor when Segawa started a suggestion to have a female protagonist, {{spoiler|only more fearsome and doesn't rely on a male protagonist.}}
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Azuma gets some pretty horrific demonstrations as to why life is ''not'' like comics.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Azuma gets some pretty horrific demonstrations as to why life is ''not'' like comics.
** Rink is called out because she was focused on trying to go to the beach while the situation was getting worse.
** Rink is called out because she was focused on trying to go to the beach while the situation was getting worse.
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