Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan

Vorlage:Nihongo is a Japanese gag manga series written and illustrated by Shūichi Asō. The series began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from June 2012. An anime television series adaptation aired from July 4, 2016 to December 30, 2019. A live-action film directed by Yuichi Fukuda and starring Kento Yamazaki at Columbia Pictures (Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan) and Asmik Ace was released on October 21, 2017. A 6 episode sequel anime series premiered on Netflix with the title The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Reawakened on December 30, 2019.

Plot

Kusuo Saiki is a high school student who was born with all manner of psychic abilities, including telepathy, psychokinesis and teleportation. Despite using his powers, he faces all kinds of hardships and tries to avoid attention from everyone. He attempts to secretly use his powers to live a normal life, while spending time with his friends at P.K. Academy.

Characters

Saiki family

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The viewpoint character of the series. He is a high school student who was born with all manner of psychic abilities despite having very ordinary biological parents. Because of the misery that comes from the attention he receives as a psychic, Kusuo desires a normal, plain life, keeping average grades and performance in sports activities. He uses telepathy to read people's minds, but he shares telepathy with others. His other abilities include telekinesis, levitation, x-ray vision,Vorlage:Ref clairvoyance,Vorlage:Ref astral projection,Vorlage:Ref pyrokinesis,Vorlage:Ref mind control (convincing someone that certain things in the world are normal, or that they are seeing someone else's image),Vorlage:Ref psychometrics,Vorlage:Ref and invisibility.Vorlage:Ref He can teleport things, but has to replace the item with something of equal value.Vorlage:Ref He can sometimes pick up other psychic abilities temporarily like Toritsuka's ability to see ghosts.Vorlage:Ref He has dark pink hair,Vorlage:Ref with two antennae on his head that people think are hair ornaments, but they actually regulate his constantly growing powers that would otherwise go out of control and destroy things as well as cause global catastrophes.Vorlage:Ref He can transform into animals or into a girl that he names Kusuko.Vorlage:Ref Kusuo wears glasses so that his gaze doesn't turn someone to stone.Vorlage:Ref His favorite snack is coffee jelly.Vorlage:Ref He is vulnerable to bugs, especially cockroaches,Vorlage:Efn because he cannot read their minds and predict their actions.Vorlage:Ref

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Kusuo's father, who has to suck up to his employers so much that he has gained a taste for licking shoes.Vorlage:Ref He works as an editor for a manga publishing company that appears to be a knock-off of Shueisha.Vorlage:Ref

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Kusuo's mother whom he states is "the one who keep him from turning into dark side" because of her kindness, but can be scary when needed that Kusuo won't be able to defy her.Vorlage:Ref She is allergic to cats.Vorlage:Ref Her maiden name is also Saiki.Vorlage:Ref She can be rather naive and air-headed at times.Vorlage:Ref

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Kumagoro Saiki and Kumi Saiki are Kusuo's maternal grandparents. Kumagoro has a classic tsundere personality, that is, he is hard on the outside, but soft on the inside. He is very fond of his daughter, but dislikes his son-in-law, often beating him up or sending him away to run errands. He wants to get to know his grandson better. Kumi acts fairly young for her age, with her choice of fashionable clothes and her gyaru (gal) speech.Vorlage:Ref In the anime they were voiced by Koichi Yamadera and Rie Tanaka who were a real-life married couple at the time.

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Kusuo's older brother. He is a super genius who invents devices and machines, but lacks psychic abilities and thus always loses in any sort of competition with his brother. When he was 14, he moved to England where he has been a doctoral candidate at Cambridge University. He invents a "telepath canceler" so that Kusuo cannot read his thoughts.Vorlage:Ref After graduating from university, he moves in with his grandparents.Vorlage:Ref

PK Academy

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A large, muscular student with a Mohawk hairstyle, a scar over his left eye and a cleft chin. Nendo is the only student at PK Academy which Saiki cannot read his mind, simply because he is dumb. As such, Saiki often fears his overly friendly and carefree nature as he cannot predict his actions.Vorlage:Ref However, Nendo is fond of Saiki and considers him his best buddy. His family members have the same faces as him, with his late father with a scar over his right eye instead of Riki's left, and his mother Midori with scars over both eyes.Vorlage:Ref He has a horrible singing voice.Vorlage:Ref

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A classmate who calls himself Vorlage:Nihongo, thinking he is secretly living as a rebel in a fantasy world ruled by an evil conspiracy organization called Dark Reunion. Although, while still so much attached to his delusional mind, he slowly builds a normal human relationship with his schoolmates despite his chūnibyō antics popping up.Vorlage:Ref His mother is very strict on his school work.Vorlage:Ref Kaido has low physical stamina and strength as shown in several stories.Vorlage:Ref He also has no sense of direction.Vorlage:Ref Shun has a younger sister who is fairly serious, and a little brother who idolizes him.Vorlage:Ref

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Saiki's class representative is an overly hot-blooded, energetic, passionate student who enjoys sports and is constantly trying to get other people motivated.Vorlage:Ref He has bright red hair and typically wears a nasal strip. According to Saiki, as hard as he is on others, he is even harder on himself. Due to his nature, he is well-trusted by his classmates.Vorlage:Ref A running gag is that whenever he trips his shorts drop and his butt is exposed.Vorlage:Ref

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A self-proclaimed beautiful girl who is part of Saiki's class. She acts modest in public as that increases her appeal, but secretly loves the attention that is lavished upon her and all the favors that the guys are willing to do for her. She has the favor of the gods when it comes to events of chance. When Saiki does not treat her like that and even ignores her, she becomes obsessed with making him react or show admiration, like saying Vorlage:Nihongo at her.Vorlage:Ref She has a fan club called the Kokomins.Vorlage:Ref In later chapters, it is revealed that her charisma does not affect guys who strongly love someone else (Kuniharu), those with pure eyes that view everyone equally (Hairo), or those who can see her true nature (Saiki). Her one weakness is with little kids such as Yuuta who exhibit all three of those characteristics.Vorlage:Ref In one of the chapters, it is shown she harbors a list of things that people should never say to her.Vorlage:Ref Despite being wooed by guys like Metori Saiko that fit her ideal financial expectations, she develops feelings of love for Saiki.Vorlage:Ref In the anime, she is typically bathed in a bright yellow glow.

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Saiki's classmate who has a romanticized perspective on relationships despite having a history of poor choices of boyfriends.Vorlage:Ref She has short brown hair and wears a hairband. After failing to attract Saiki with her romantic comedy manga-like encounters, she dates the sweet-talking Takeru, but breaks up with him after she realizes he uses the same pick-up lines and other annoying habits.Vorlage:Ref Chiyo becomes friends with Kokomi, but suspects they both have crushes on Saiki.Vorlage:Ref Her attention is diverted to Shun Kaido, who saves her from being further belittled by some guys at the beach during the school trip, but who is oblivious that he is even in a relationship with her,Vorlage:Ref She joins the Occult Club because of him,Vorlage:Ref and becomes friends with Arisa where they dabble mostly in girl talk about relationships.Vorlage:Volume needed After a Valentine's Day misunderstanding, she and Shun agree to remain friends instead of advancing the relationship.Vorlage:Volume needed Chiyo is the subject of some side stories involving weight loss and obesity,Vorlage:Ref Asō has mentioned he has been working hard to draw the girls to appeal to the seinen demographic.Vorlage:Ref

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A medium and one of three people outside of Saiki's family to know of Saiki's abilities. He has the ability to see spirits, but is only interested in using his ability to attract girls (he is often chastised by Saiki as a perv) and to become rich. His guardian ghost is Nendo's late father.Vorlage:Ref He later lets other spirits possess his body.Vorlage:Ref Toritsuka starts an Occult Club at school.Vorlage:Ref He works as an assistant at the temple.Vorlage:Volume needed Aiura, Toritsuka, and Saiki constitute the "Psychic Trio" (anime: PK Academy Psychic Kids) at PK Academy, albeit this is a characterization to which Saiki objects.

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Voiced by: Maaya Uchida (Japanese); Megan Shipman (English)

A glasses-wearing classmate of Saiki's who works multiple jobs to make ends meet, including part-time at a cafe that Saiki frequents.Vorlage:Ref A running gag is that she craves free food, and binge eats whenever she can.Vorlage:Ref

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A transfer student with rectangular-framed glasses and purple hairVorlage:Ref who used to be a delinquent in his former school. He tries to put his past behind him by being calm and collected, yet has a short temper whenever he sees bullying or whenever someone is being rude to him.Vorlage:Ref

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A rich and smug descendant of the top-notch Saiko Conglomerate who later transfers to PK Academy, ends up falling in love with Kokomi, who declines his offer because she still likes Saiki.Vorlage:Ref At first, he resents Saiki but later just kind of hangs around and tries to make people jealous of how rich and great he is.Vorlage:Ref

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A pretty first-year student with light hair and pigtails who has a strong desire for recognition and takes pride in her appearance to charm the boys, however, she realizes she does not match up to Kokomi.Vorlage:Ref She shows interest in Saiki in order to upstage Kokomi, and Saiki had hoped for the same so that the two girls would eventually leave him alone, but it did not work out.Vorlage:Ref Imu turns her affections toward Kokomi when she sees that Kokomi has struggles in her relating to Saiki,Vorlage:Ref and then towards Kokomi's brother.Vorlage:Ref

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A gyaru with lime-blonde hair, tan skin, and big breasts who transfers to Saiki's class. She is a fortune teller who can read the future and determine someone's love compatibility, often accompanied with spontaneous gestures and movements that she makes up to get her in the mood. Saiki realizes her powers are for real after she accurately assesses his classmates. Her goal is to find her true love, and starts becoming interested in Kusuo but dislikes Toritsuka. She can read people's auras, although Saiki's aura is so intense that she cannot read his.Vorlage:Ref After Saiki is forced to reveal his powers to her in order to save Chiyo, she becomes interested in Saiki, and agrees to keep his powers a secret. She, Saiki and Toritsuka constitute a "psychic trio" (anime: PK Academy Psychic Kids), much to Saiki's dismay.Vorlage:Ref

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A transfer student with light brown hair in a bowl cut.Vorlage:RefVorlage:Ref He speaks very quickly and can ramble for minutes without stopping. He knows Kusuo from elementary school, and suspects that he is a psychic after he had been bullied multiple times by a student named Takashi and then rescued by Kusuo. He has very keen observation skills, that Kusuo initially thought he too was a psychic. When he is nervous he wets himself. Kusuo eventually tells him his secret in order to keep his identity from widely spreading.Vorlage:Ref

Minor PK Academy characters

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A frequent side character with green curly hair. In one of the one-shot stories, he acts like a delinquent to frame Riki Nendo for stealing the class treasury money. He also fakes being sick to skip the School Year Opening Ceremony and then puts the blame on Nendō and Kusuo. He also gets into convoluted schemes with his circle of friends and becomes a nuisance to deal with.Vorlage:Ref

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A gym teacher and school guidance counselor. A strict but kind teacher that everyone fears, but is liked by Saiki because he frequently keeps Saiki's school life at peace as he keeps people from troubling Saiki.Vorlage:Ref

Arisu Makino

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A schoolmate who joins the Occult Club. Her dark hair covers her face, although when Toritsuka checks she is not really a hidden beauty.Vorlage:Ref

Hiroshi Satou

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A classmate whom Saiki desires to be like as he is average in looks, grades, behavior, but most importantly, is very low-profile and does not stand out.Vorlage:Ref He is a member of the Baseball Club.

Jouten Makano

The head of the Newspaper Club who starts appearing after Kusuo and the gang return from the island. She tries to smear Kokomi Takahashi by taking and editing photos to make Kokomi look bad, but her actions often backfire thanks to Kusuo's meddling.Vorlage:Ref

Others

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A street magician who performs with his partner Michael. He sometimes relies on Saiki to help him with his magic tricks.Vorlage:Ref His real name is Vorlage:Nihongo4Vorlage:Ref Two years prior, Chono used to work for a publishing company when he met Nendo's mother, but they divorced after he lost his job and didn't pick up any further work prior to becoming a magician. He also does public performances like circus acts to scheme a way to win Nendo's mom heart back but only with little to no successVorlage:Ref

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Riki Nendo's deceased father is still hanging around as a ghost. He looks exactly like Riki except that he has his vertical scar over his right eye instead of his left. He is the guardian ghost for Toritsuka. Because he is a ghost, he no longer maintains any memories of what he himself looks like or that he's related to the Nendos.Vorlage:Ref Riki's mother Midori also looks exactly like Riki except she has a vertical scar over each of her eyes, and she has curly hair. She works multiple jobs; and had married Chono briefly.Vorlage:Ref

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An arrogant street cat who was saved by Kusuo when he was trapped between two buildings.Vorlage:Ref After that, he got attached to Kusuo and, despite Kusuo's continuous rejections, started to frequents the Saiki House where Kusuo's father feeds him. He once got Kusuo, who was disguised as a cat known as Psi, to aid him in trying to woo a female cat Pushi. Vorlage:Ref Though Saiki usually finds Amp annoying, he changes his attitude toward him after Amp saved him from a cockroach while Saiki was shrunk down.Vorlage:Ref

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Makoto is Kokomi's older brother and a top teen actor with the stage name Toru Mugami. He has a serious sister complex and hates it when Saiki is near her.Vorlage:Ref

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A five-year-old boy who first encounters Saiki Kusuo using his powers to get his balloon back. He is convinced that Saiki is his favorite comic book hero, Cyborg Cider-man Version 2. His family moves next door to the Saiki's.Vorlage:Ref

Media

Manga

The series began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on May 14, 2012. The first collected tankōbon volume was published on September 4, 2012, with 25 volumes released as of April 2018. The series ended serialization on February 26, 2018. Shueisha later revealed that a 4-panel sequel would begin serialization on March 5, 2018. Asō also published a one-shot manga in the first summer 2018 issue of Shueisha's Jump Giga on May 25, and another chapter on July 26, 2018.

Saiki has had many crossovers with other Weekly Shōnen Jump manga characters from other Weekly Shōnen Jump works such as Gin Tama and Assassination Classroom in which he and Koro-sensei have had an ongoing rivalry going over Irumanju as seen as a bonus or extra in chapters 40 and 62.

Light novel

On May 4, 2013, a light novel titled, Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan - Extra Story of Psychics was released, following with Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan - Extra Story of Psychics 2 in July 2014.

Anime

Vorlage:See also A flash anime series based on the manga began release on Jump Live from August 4, 2013, featuring the same voice cast as an earlier Comic adaptation.

An anime television adaptation was announced in the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine's 23rd issue of 2016. J.C.Staff and Egg Firm are producing the adaptation, with Hiroaki Sakurai directing, Michiko Yokote handling series composition and Masayuki Onji designing the characters. The series began airing on July 4, 2016 on TV Tokyo, with an episode airing every weekday morning followed by a compilation episode at the end of each week, the series will contain one hundred and twenty episodes in total, along with twenty four compilation episodes on Oha Suta. The opening themes are Vorlage:Nihongo by Natsuki Hanae, Vorlage:Nihongo by Denpagumi.inc from the thirteenth compiled episode onwards and Vorlage:Nihongo by Denpagumi.inc from second season, while the ending theme, also used for the short episodes, is Vorlage:Nihongo by Denpagumi.inc. From the thirteenth compiled episode onwards, the ending theme is Vorlage:Nihongo by Hanae. From second season, the ending theme is Vorlage:Nihongo by Denpagumi.inc. The series was simulcast by Funimation, who released an English dub on August 7, 2016.

A 24-episode second season premiered from January to June 2018.

In the last episode of the second season, it was revealed that an anime conclusion special is in production. It premiered on December 28, 2018.

On March 24, 2019, it was announced that a new anime series will be released on Netflix, with the cast and staff returning to reprise their roles. Titled The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Starting Arc or The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Reawakened, the 6-episode new series premiered in December 30, 2019 on Netflix worldwide. While the new anime series is not a full-length season, Netflix officially lists the reboot as the fourth season on their streaming platform, while the conclusion special was listed as the third season.

Video games

A video game titled Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan: Shijō Psi Dai no Psi Nan!? was announced in the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine's 32nd issue of 2016. The game was developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console. It was released on November 10, 2016 in Japan.

Another video game adaptation, 斉木楠雄のΨ難 妄想暴走！Ψキックバトル, is a tower defense game for mobile phones announced at Jump Festa 2018. It was released on April 16, 2018 in Japan.

Kusuo also appears as a playable character in the Jump crossover fighting game J-Stars Victory VS released in 2014. Its European and North American release marks the first release of Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan material outside Japan.

Works cited

• Vorlage:Note "Ch." is shortened form for chapter and refers to a chapter number of The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. manga. Chapters preceded with a P refer to the one-shots that were later collected in Volume 0.
• Vorlage:Note "Ep." is shortened form for episode and refers to an episode number of The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. anime

External links

• Vorlage:Official website Vorlage:Ja icon
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