 Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Heren ESP Japanese: ヘレンesp InformationType: Manga
Volumes: 2
Chapters: 18
Status: Finished
Published: , 2008 to ? Authors:
Kigitsu, Katsuhisa (Story & Art) Serialization:
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There are great works of literature on disability. Rather than focusing only on the helplessness of disabled individuals, they turn into affirmations of life. These works serve as important reminders that it is doing what you can that counts, not lamenting what you can’t do.
Helen ESP, on the other hand, takes ignoring one’s disabilities so literally that it is difficult to say the main character is really handicapped. The title character, Helen, is a blind-deaf-mute ripoff of Helen Keller who uses ESP to sense her surroundings and telepathically hold long conversations with her guide dog about subjects as diverse as spirituality, the human condition, and read more
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 trapdoors to fall into and so many people to offend. How do we treat handicap in fiction? Is Daredevil really a blind man when he can actually sense whatever is happening around him due to superpowers? Is Professor X really a proper representative of people bound to wheelchairs when he can move whatever he wants with the power of his mind? And does it really matter?
Katsuhisa Kigitsu, author of the brilliant and read more
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 3 questions to see if you will like this. Do you know who Helen Keller is? Do you know what esp is? Do you think the two combined could be interesting (keep Kigitsu Katsuhisa in mind)? If you said yes to all 3, you will enjoy this manga. It's highly episodic, which is both a good and bad thing. It makes the story seem longer, and doesn't dwell on things to long, read more
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 stories evolving the supernatural. Each chapter is like a fairy tale, an urban legend, a fable, et. It's almost like Mushishi.
Not every story involving a disabled person is about the disabilities. And if your dismiss a series just because it overlooks the disability after reading merely 2 chapters you should not be writing reviews. Anyways, if you read Franken Fran by the same author, this series is pretty similar except it read more |
