
yeah so there are many diff types of “guides and ____” universe (could be esper, could be sentinel, could be anything rlly).
but think of a person needing guiding as a result of using their power as equivalent to needing to charge your phone bc you used it to make phone call
basically the person with power needs their recharge, in this series “guiding” is done by physical touch, the more you touch the faster you guide. so intimacy = faster guiding. but also just poking, hand holding hugging to kissing works too

so basically this is a guideverse, it's where the world is full of scary dungeons/gates that has monsters in it and the only ones who are able to fight them and close the gates are espers. Every esper has a different power they can use to fight off the gates, which classifies them into classes (from F to SS I think), but here's a catch. Everytime they use their powers, they grow closer to corruption and going rampage. The only thing that keeps them from going rampage is the guide. Guiding occurs through psychical touch like holding hands, kissing, but the most effective is having sex. So basically guides keeps espers from going insane and dying (≧∀≦)
I'm just a few chapters in but what exactly is guiding and what do they do I'm so lost I've never read anything like this