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In the beginning of Tokyo ESP, Kagura is waiting for Yomi somewhere.  
Is Tokyo ESP a continuation to Ga-Rei?

[![Kagura and
Yomi](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XQe9Vl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XQe9V.jpg)


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Why do Kagura and Yomi from Ga-Rei show up in Tokyo ESP?


The comment by josephting got it mostly right. Ga-Rei and Tokyo ESP are both
manga by Segawa Hajime (Ga-Rei: Zero also shares script writer Takayama
Katsuhiko with the Tokyo ESP anime). Showing Kagura and Yomi (and later two
other characters from Ga:Rei Zero) was likely intended as a throwback
reference to Ga-Rei. I guess from a practical standpoint, it would serve to
alert people who otherwise weren't paying attention to such things that
they're by the same author.

However, Ga-Rei and Tokyo ESP are pretty clearly _not_ in the same universe.
It should be enough that the mangaka has never indicated anything to the
contrary, but there are also in-universe reasons why they can't be. For
obvious reasons, if it were, it would necessarily happen before Ga-Rei: Zero.
But in the Ga-Rei universe, ordinary people weren't aware of all the
supernatural phenomena. In fact, in the opening of the first episode, they
order a [media blackout as per "Section 3B of Form
12"](http://youtu.be/fxLMovytTmk?t=55s). In contrast, in Tokyo ESP, ESP users
are generally known to the public well before the first episode (specifically,
in chapter 12). In addition, the events of Tokyo ESP simply don't fit on the
Ga-Rei timeline, since we know essentially the full backstory of the
characters and there's nothing remotely like what happens in Tokyo ESP, nor do
any ESP users show up anywhere in Ga-Rei. Barring some major retconning, we
can safely say that these aren't the same universe.

In the manga, the scenes with characters from Ga-Rei don't happen. In fact,
very little of what happened in episode 1 is in the manga at all. What did
happen is in chapters 22 and 23. Kagura and Yomi haven't appeared at all in
the manga as far as I've read (chapter 30). However, the series is no stranger
to cameos. We'll certainly be seeing some of (spoilers) [this
guy](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Thi0.jpg) and likely quite a few others. With
that in mind, Ga-Rei cameos aren't particularly out of place here, but they
won't be playing any big role.


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I believe that its not related but the group in orange that fought the
teleporting girl are clearly the exact same group that got murdered in the
very beginning of ga-rei


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Seeing as some characters reappearing in Tokyo ESP that don't appear in Ga-
Rei-Zero anymore, i suppose the events in Tokyo ESP happen before Ga-Rei-Zero.
But this is only what i think from watching Ga-Rei-Zero and the first episode
of Tokyo ESP.


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