Manga
The manga that were hits in Japan in the 1980s.
1980S HITS
About
Kyousuke Kasuga and his family had just moved to a new town to start over after being discovered the Kasuga family has ESP powers. Soon after transferring to his new school, he meets two delinquents Madoka Ayukawa and Hikaru Hiyama. Together, the three main characters develop a strong love triangle that lasts through the rest of their high school lives.
Character analysis
Kyosuke's family has had to move repeatedly after his psychic abilities caused trouble in previous towns, and settling into a new school means trying to keep his powers secret while somehow also sorting out his feelings for two very different girls at once.
Madoka's reputation as a delinquent keeps most people at arm's length, and her gradual, guarded openness with Kyosuke reveals a much softer, more uncertain person than her tough exterior suggests.
Hikaru's feelings for Kyosuke are open and uncomplicated compared to the push-and-pull between him and Madoka, which makes the story's central love triangle genuinely painful, she's not the obstacle, she's just someone who deserves honesty she doesn't get for a long time.
Manami shares her brother's psychic abilities but is nowhere near as cautious about concealing them, her more reckless use of power adding both comedy and real risk to the family's attempts to live a normal life.
Status evaluation
Soft, period-defining 80s character art helped shape the visual language of romantic comedy anime and manga.
The psychic-powers-meet-love-triangle premise gives the slow-burn romance a distinctive supernatural hook.
Kyosuke's efforts to hide his powers while juggling two relationships provide steady, classic rom-com comedy.
The drawn-out love triangle and Madoka's guarded vulnerability give the story real, if sometimes frustrating, emotional stakes.
This is a lighthearted romantic comedy with nothing frightening in it.
There is no violence in this series.
The love triangle and psychic-power secrecy add some tracking, but the core story stays easy to follow.
This is a completed series. This figure has not been verified against a current source and should be treated as approximate.
“A psychic kid trying to keep his powers secret is almost beside the point, this is really a story about how hard it is to be honest with two people at once.”