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It started to spread from novels and then translated into mangas/manhwas/manhuas, I don't know about KR novels And JP novels, but you can find different guide verse novels with Chinese-translated novels. There are so many of them, Translated and untranslated. The esper and guide trope started I think around when Profundis first uploaded their first chapter, it got so popular that various new manhwas sprouted with their unique level and intensity of toxicity.
is the guideverse or esperverse new? ive read a lot of recent mangas/manwhas where theyre esper and guide related, is that a new trope? who made it? let me know if u know