Talk:Level 5/@comment-174.96.249.119-20131014145634/@comment-11612775-20140111121637

...which, not surprisingly, caused severe emotional damage to the Espers that survived it...

Actually she was one of the first test subjects for the Ability Body Crystal or Crystallized Esper Essence or simply Body Crystal, a(nother) past (mostly) failed experiment by Gensei to create a Level 6.

The negative effects of using the Body Crystal did take their toll, but she also did get better near the end of the original series.

Yes, those were separate projects, but the real objective remained the same as always.