Estio

Description

Estio is just an ordinary farmer's son but with an extraordinary ability, he can read the thoughts and memories of humans and animals. For this, he is shunned by the people in his village, finding happiness only in his animal friends. After years of silently enduring the villagers' hostility, Estio runs away the night he turns 19. His journey brings unexpected friendships and encounters, but will such bonds be able to show him there is more to him and his ability than meets the eye?

Original Webtoon:
Daum, KakaoPage

Official Translations:
English, Japanese

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

Estio (Pre-serialization) (Adapted From)

Winterbell (Prequel)

Egret: The Great Sage (Spin-Off)

Associated Names

Éstio

Эстио

異能力者エスティオ

读心少年利沙度

에스티오

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Latest Release(s)

c.121 by Witch Scans 1 month ago

c.120 by Witch Scans 1 month ago

c.117-118 by Reaper Scans 2 months ago

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Status in Country of Origin

121 Chapters (Ongoing)

S1: 60 Chapters (1-60)
S2: 36 Chapters (61~96)
S3: 22 Chapters (Ongoing) 97~

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Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 6.9 / 10.0 (89 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.74 / 10.0

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Last Updated

June 8th, 2025 9:08pm PDT - 2 weeks ago

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Genre

Adventure Drama Fantasy Shounen Supernatural
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Daum

Golem Factory

Kakao

Serialized In (magazine)

Kakaopage (Kakao)

Kakao Webtoon (Daum)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Tapas

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #797

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Monthly Pos #1204

(-409)

3 Month Pos #2152

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6 Month Pos #2220

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Year Pos #2652

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List Stats

On 519 reading lists

On 121 wish lists

On 6 completed lists

On 56 unfinished lists

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User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

Dropped.

by F0rcefi3ld
1 year ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

The potential was there and the MC has an interesting user ability but the writing and characters didn't seem to have enough depth to explore it so I dropped before I wasted too much time only to be disapppointed.

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good start but nay

by HailBritannia_
2 years ago

Rating: N/A

I dropped this. It had a very good and promising beginning, but there are some developments I just can't stand. Especially in relation to one character that should not be and the inconcistencies in Estio's reactions when we know he can snap but he doesn't in front of the worst things.

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Finding Family

by Tasaer
2 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This is a story about finding one's family along with one's place in the world. A place you call home with the people you cherish.

It's a small thing we take for granted, but this is much harder when you aren't even human. Our young main character doesn't understand a lot of things, because he was forced to live and act like a human when in reality he's less then 1 year old for his race that lives thousands of of years

This causes his emotional development to be slower not to mention is inherent personality from his father means he's got a lot to learn about living life and finding happiness.

This is the story about a baby dragon

... Last updated 2 years ago

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Only worth a read if you have nothing else.

by theredlinealchemist
2 years ago

Rating: N/A

I got 22 chapters in. The MC only seems to have one emotion, the big sad. The pacing is very awkward, and despite the MC being able to read minds, all of the characters lack depth and feel two dimensional.

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Slow, with a depressive emo protag

by Gottesurteil
2 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

I kinda want to like this, but at the same time I don't. The protag has an interesting power set, and season 1 seemed to mostly be about him finding out his origins and moving in the world. Problem is that with a VERY few noticeable exceptions, most of the people in the story are awful. Well, that's not entirely true. His party of non-humans are good, there's a few guild members that are good, and so on. The problem is the NPCs for lack of a better term. I can't quite call them side-characters, because they're SUPER one-dimensional. And that one dimension is trash. Serious trash. Bigoted, racist, judgemental, horrible excuses for sapient people.

And therein lies the problem. The MC is, quite frankly, a depressing emo POS. And so he's got this super passive pessimistic outlook on everything. That by itself would be hard to read. But then you look at all the crap he went through, and you realize he's actually ridiculously well adjusted. I can't even call it justified that he's such a ball of pity, because he's in an unrealistically good shape. The people surrounding him are serious trash, and it's not like his powers have grown or anything. He long ago should've snapped and ended everything around him or died. His personality is in TOO GOOD of shape to be realistic.

So you have this dichotomy of a depressing MC, but the 1D NPCs all around him just make you wish they all were dead. They're truly awful. BTW, there is literally no scale. You either have the absolute saint main party people, and... literally everyone else who are awful human beings.

And to top it all off, this isn't even a revenge story, where you can enjoy the catharsis of shitty people getting their karma. The vast majority of those terrible people just... live on. Pretty much the only ones who die are actual faceless NPC guards. Like the people who abused him his whole life, starved him, locked him in the attic, etc. Or the townspeople who committed adultery with a girl, and then called her a witch and burned her at the stake. Yeah, all those people live completely scot-free, no consequences at all.

So you have this story that has terrible people... who get scot free. You have a passive pathetic MC... who doesn't improve. You have a group of people (some non-human) who follow the MC around, yet he still gets damaged, despite them all wishing to protect him or whatever (they do a shitty job of it).

I'm just not sure what type of story this is supposed to be. The closest I can think of is kinda 'mystery' in that it delves into his origins. Not heartwarming, because everyone is trash despite we having some good people in his party. Maybe tragedy, because every human in this entire world sucks? Not slice of life because there's too much wandering from quest to quest.

Yeah, just not sure on this. I just can't see why people would want to read this. There's no sweetness, so it can't be bittersweet. Certainly not a read to feel happy about, nor is it pure tragedy. It also doesn't have any appeal like causing readers to be introspective or something. Dunno, it's just weird.

... Last updated 2 years ago

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Slow but nice

by Raebit
3 years ago

Rating: N/A

It doesn't have specific goal

It feels like someone who try to survive in harsh world in his own way

Dont read this if you search for action, plot twist
This is more toward subtle emotion

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Meh

by SlimaniKun
3 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

I didn't like this..
very boring and uninterested story.

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slow but amazing

by Hater de Otaku
3 years ago

Rating: 9.5 / 10.0

this manhwa is just too good, the story starts slow but the characters are awesome and it is so different for a manhwa. Really underrated story.

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boring

by inhaleblake
3 years ago

Rating: N/A

nothing exciting happens.
nothing to keep me going.

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I like it a lot.

by hoBRO
3 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Estio and his companions [Ahuru, Neju, and Tsuki] are all good boys. I love them.

Chapters/episodes read: 39

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