The Disastrous Life of Saiki K: A humorous anime masterpiece depicting the daily life of a psychic

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

■ Public Media

TV anime series

■ Original Media

comics

■ Broadcast period

From July 4th, 2016 to January 5th, 2017 (morning): Broadcast on "Oha Suta" on TV Tokyo affiliates, Monday through Friday from 7:05am!
Late Night: All 5 episodes will be broadcast on TV Tokyo and other channels starting July 10th (Sunday) at 1:35am every Sunday!

■Broadcasting station

TV Tokyo affiliates

■Frequencies

5 mins

■ Number of Episodes

Episode 120

■Original Story

Aso Shuichi

■ Director

Hiroaki Sakurai

■ Production

Animation Production: EGG FIRM×JCSTAFF
Produced by Shogakukan Shueisha Productions Produced by PK Gakuen

■Works

© Shuichi Aso/Shueisha, PK Academy

■ Story

High school student Saiki Kusuo is a psychic. He can use telepathy, psychokinesis, clairvoyance, precognition, teleportation, remote viewing, and anything else he wants. His powerful powers that everyone envies are actually the source of misfortune for him. For that reason, he keeps his psychic powers sealed away in public. He lives a quiet life, making it his motto to not stand out and not get involved with people. However, for some reason, strange people (creatures) always gather around him, and one misfortune after another befalls him like a storm!

■Explanation

Morning & late night broadcast

■ Main staff

Director: Hiroaki Sakurai Series Composition: Michiko Yokote Character Design: Masayuki Otochi Art Director: Seiko Akashi Color Design: Mika Funahashi Director of Photography: Shingo Fukuyo Editor: Masahiro Goto Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa Music: Saiki Lover (Psychic Lover, Kenichiro Oishi)
・Music Producers: Kentaro Anai, Hiroyoshi Osumi ・Producers: Sayako Muramatsu, Ryoichi Ishihara, Tomoya Negishi, Yoshinobu Sato, Jun Fukuda, Jin Yagi, Hideyuki Yamazaki, Takashi Umemoto, Naoki Matsushita ・Animation Producers: Ryutaro Kawakami, Atsushi Fujishiro

■ Main Characters

- Saiki Kusuo A high school student with a distinctive appearance, pink hair, a mysterious device on his head, and glasses with green lenses.
She can control various psychic powers, such as telepathy, psychokinesis, clairvoyance, precognition, teleportation, clairvoyance, etc. Due to an experience in her childhood, she has come to avoid using her psychic powers in front of others, and lives at a moderate distance from those around her so that others do not know about it.
She loves sweets, especially coffee jelly, and hates bugs.
・Nendou Riki
He has a delinquent-like appearance and is careless in his speech and behavior, so he is avoided in class. He is known as a mysterious idiot and usually acts without thinking, so he is a rare person whose thoughts Kusuo cannot read.
He calls Kusuo "partner" and often invites him out to eat ramen, but he finds him annoying. However, he doesn't realize it himself... He is a kind person who cares for his friends and puts others first, helping the weak. His childhood dream was to be a carpenter.
・Kaido Shun is an acknowledged chuunibyou. He calls himself the Jet Black Wing and fights for the secret society "Dark Reunion". He is an outsider in his class because he always tries to stand out by speaking in grandiose language without reading the atmosphere. He is a shy person and often has trouble maintaining his chuunibyou character. He is also often deceived by his pure-hearted personality, but on the other hand, his sense of justice drives him to risk his life to help others.
Due to her slender build, she is not good at sports, but thanks to her parents' influence she is somewhat good at studying.
・Hairokineshi
He is the class representative. He is a refreshing, passionate boy who puts all his effort into whatever he does. His earnest and honest attitude makes him popular with his classmates, but sometimes his excessive belief in guts can be overbearing. He is a leader in the class, excelling in both academics and sports and being friendly to everyone. He considers Nondo, who has incredible physical abilities, to be his rival. He is a member of the tennis club. He tends to show off in everything he does.
・Reita Toritsuka
A psychic full of worldly desires who has been able to see and talk to ghosts since he was a child. In order to master his psychic powers and live life as he pleases, he applies to become Kusuo's apprentice. He's not bad looking, but he acts true to his own desires, which tends to put people off him. He's a clear-eyed jerk who loves girls. His first love was Miyo-chan (a ghost).
・Teruhashi Kokomi
A perfect beauty with a beautiful appearance that makes everyone who passes by turn their heads. Because she is so affable with everyone, she is loved by most of the opposite sex. She spares no effort to be seen as a "perfect beauty." Any man who meets her can't help but say "Ohhh!?"... She is the ultimate, absolute, most lovable girl.
・Yumehara Chiyo
A dreamy and romantic girl. She has a tendency to change her mind and has had romantic relationships with many male students in the past. She has a dark past in which she ran a website for her own novels in which she was the main character for three years in junior high school (now closed). She is a relatively normal(?) girl who likes love stories.
・Mera Chisato
A poor girl who is Kusuo's classmate. She works multiple part-time jobs to support her family in place of her missing father. She has a weakness for food because she is frugal. Her main food is bean sprouts and bread crusts. She is a clumsy girl with big breasts. If you look closely, you'll see that there is a lens in only one of her glasses.
・Allen Kuboya
A serious boy with glasses who transferred to Kusuo's class. His true identity is a former delinquent who used to be the leader of a team called "Esper". As both his parents were former delinquents, he naturally rebelled and had long napes. When he transferred to a new school, he decided to graduate from being a delinquent, and that's how he has remained to this day. His old nicknames were "Deadly Weapon of Carnage", "Demon Slayer Kuboyasu", and "Neck-screw Aren".
・Teruhashi Makoto/Six Divine Beings (Teruhashi Makoto/Mugami Tooru)
Kokomi's older brother. He is so handsome that even Kokomi acknowledges him, and is active in the entertainment industry as Rokushintsu, a young top idol actor. He is friendly and popular with both men and women. However, in reality he is an extreme sister complex and will not tolerate any man getting close to his sister. He is a pervert whose dream is to become his sister's husband. He is starring in the live-action version of "Sukoyaka Sentai Specializer."
・Chono Uryoku
A unique young illusionist. He was fired from a top publishing company, became unemployed, and his wife got fed up with him and divorced him. He ran out of his savings, was kicked out of his house and became homeless. When he lost everything, he decided to become an illusionist. His catchphrase is "Amazing!" His real name is Nakanishi Kota. He looks up to Kusuo as his mentor.
Kuniharu Saiki is Kusuo's father. He is careless and sloppy, and is often found crying to Kusuo, which makes him annoyed. He is a good businessman who likes to lick his boss' shoes.
Since she and Kurumi are usually a carefree couple, she adapted to Kusuo when he was born with psychic powers and continued to raise him at home as a normal child. She is a manga editor by profession. Her special skill is flattering her superiors.
・Saiki Kurumi Kusuo's mother. She has a very calm and gentle personality. She loves her husband and children very much. Her influence is the main reason why Kusuo did not grow up to be the kind of person who would misuse his powers. She is also extremely naive, which makes her an easy prey for scammers. On the rare occasions when she loses her temper, she can be very scary, so much so that even Kusuo, who has the strongest powers, feels a little scared of her. Her occupation is a full-time housewife. Her dream is world peace.

■Subtitle

1X (2016/07/10)
・Episode 1: The Troubles of a Psychic (Part 1) (2016/07/04)
・Episode 2: The Troubles of a Psychic (Part 2) (2016/07/05)
・Episode 3: The Worst Psi Evil!? Nendo Riki (2016/07/06)
・Episode 4: Shun Kaito, also known as the Jet Black Wing (2016/07/07)
・Episode 5/Ψ color combination! Kokomi Teruhashi(2016/07/08)
2X (2016/07/17)
・Episode 1: Hot-blooded! Dodgeball (Part 1) (2016/07/11)
・Episode 2: Hot-blooded Dodgeball (Part 2) (2016/07/12)
・Episode 3: Deliver! Love's Psi-n (2016/07/13)
・Episode 4: The Saiki Family's Psi-Building!? A dramatic makeover! (2016/07/14)
・Episode 5: Deceive! Mind Control (2016/07/15)
3X (2016/07/24)
・Episode 1: Heavenly Psi Magician!? Uryoku Chono (2016/07/18)
・Episode 2: Psi-party on TV! Uryoku Chono (2016/07/19)
・Episode 3: Suspicious Psi! Dark Reunion! (2016/07/20)
・Episode 4: Beach Summer Story (2016/07/21)
・Episode 5: School Psi-Open! Nendo's Melancholy (2016/07/22)
4X (2016/07/31)
・Episode 1: Please make me your disciple (2016/07/25)
・Episode 2: The Psychic in the Next Class (2016/07/26)
・Episode 3: In Search of the Hairokishino Tree (2016/07/27)
・Episode 4: The Troubles of Being Left Home Alone (2016/07/28)
・Episode 5: The Crisis of Three Months of Sex (2016/07/29)
5X (2016/08/01)
・Episode 1: Escape in the invincible madness suit! (2016/08/01)
・Episode 2: Burn! PK Academy Physical Education (Part 1) (2016/08/02)
・Episode 3: Burning! PK Academy Physical Education (Part 2) (2016/08/03)
・Episode 4: Burning! PK Academy Physical Education (Part 2) (2016/08/04)
・Episode 5: Don't burn! Defense training!! (2016/08/05)
6X (2016/08/14)
・Episode 1: The Alluring Ψ Luxury Coffee Jelly (2016/08/08)
・Episode 2: How to avoid misfortune...(2016/08/09)
Episode 3: Teruhashi's Great Trial (2016/08/10)
・Episode 4: The Troubles of the Psychic Reita Toritsuka (2016/08/11)
・Episode 5: Stop! Killer Switch (2016/08/12)
7X (2016/08/21)
・Episode 1: Chii Psi King Reigns (2016/08/15)
・Episode 2: Have Fun! Psi-Lent Night (2016/08/15)
・Episode 3: UruΨ New Year (Part 1) (2016/08/19)
・Episode 4: UruΨ New Year (part 2) (2016/08/19)
・Episode 5 / UruΨ New Year (Part 2) (2016/08/19)
8X(2016/08/28)
・Episode 1: Fear! Professor Matsuzaki (2016/08/22)
・Episode 2: Chocolate Psi-Ten (2016/08/23)
・Episode 3: Psi-low is the worst!? Nendo's father (2016/08/24)
・Episode 4: No Doubts! Kurumi Saiki (2016/08/25)
・Episode 5/Telepath Psi-Lenser (2016/08/26)
9X(2016/09/04)
・Episode 1: Superstar Psi appears! (2016/08/29)
・Episode 2: Shake your Ψ! A turbulent final exam (2016/08/30)
・Episode 3: This Time, the Psi-Kai! Uryoku Chono (Part 1) (2016/08/31)
・Episode 4: This Time, the Psi-Kai! Uryoku Chono (Part 2) (2016/09/01)
・Episode 5: Mera-san's O-Pi Fabric Situation (2016/09/02)
10X(2016/09/11)
・Episode 1: Burning! Sports Test (2016/09/05)
・Episode 2: The Story of Little Love (2016/09/06)
・Episode 3: A new shitty game! Orphanus Story (2016/09/07)
・Episode 4: Welcome Back, True Demon (2016/09/08)
・Episode 5: Is it the right time to confess? Summoning Technique (2016/09/09)
11X(2016/09/18)
・Episode 1: Fly! Cyborg Psi-Darman No. 2 (2016/09/12)
・Episode 2: My father's job at a major first-class company!? (2016/09/13)
Episode 3: Psi-Darman No. 2 vs. the Monster Lemonade (2016/09/14)
・Episode 4: Saiki K.'s Psi Day (2016/09/15)
・Episode 5: The Troubles of Psi-ki Kusuo (2016/09/16)
12X(2016/09/25)
・Episode 1／Ψ(2016/09/19)
・Episode 2／Ψ(2016/09/20)
・Episode 3／Ψ(2016/09/21)
・Episode 4／Ψ(2016/09/22)
・Episode 5／Ψ(2016/09/23)
13X
・Episode 1
・Episode 2
・Episode 3
Episode 4
・Episode 5

■ Related works

・Saiki Kusuo/Kamiya Hiroshi/Nendou Riki/Ono Daisuke/Kaido Shun/Shimazaki Nobunaga/Hiro Masushi/Hino Satoshi/Toritsuka Reita/Hanae Natsuki/Teruhashi Kokomi/Kyano Mei/Yumehara Chiyo/Tamura Yukari/Mera Chisato/Uchida Maaya/Kuboya Suaren/Hosoya Yoshimasa/Teruhashi Makoto (Six Gods)/Maeno Tomoaki/Chono Uryoku/Morikubo Shoutarou/Saiki Kuniharu/Iwata Mitsuo/Saiki Kurumi/Aikawa Rikako

■ Theme songs and music

Late Night OP
・Period: 1～
・Youth is not cruel・Lyrics by Mayumi Kaneko・Composition by Mayumi Kaneko・Arrangement by Kiyoyoshi Sato・Singer by Natsuki HanaeLate night ED
Period: 1～
・ΨDESUIS I LIKE YOU
・Lyrics/Tsumi Tadano ・Composition/Tom-H@ck
・Arrangement: Tom-H@ck
・Song: Dempagumi.inc
Background Music
Saiki Clubber

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K - Review and Recommendation

"The Disastrous Life of Saiki K." is a TV anime series based on the original manga by Shuichi Aso, which aired on TV Tokyo from July 4, 2016 to January 5, 2017. This work is a comedy that depicts the daily life of Kusuo Saiki, a high school student with psychic powers, and depicts the various troubles that his psychic powers cause and his attitude toward dealing with them. Below, we will explain in detail the appeal and features of this work, as well as the recommended points.

Story and Characters

Kusuo Saiki is a high school student with all sorts of supernatural powers, including telepathy, psychokinesis, clairvoyance, precognition, teleportation, and remote control. However, these powers are the source of disaster for him, and he wants to live a quiet life without attracting attention. However, strange characters gather around him, and troubles occur one after another.

The main character, Kusuo Saiki, is a distinctive character with pink hair and green-lensed glasses, and is depicted as interacting with the people around him while hiding his psychic powers. His psychic powers are strong, but he doesn't abuse them, and instead uses them to help the people around him. In particular, his unique side, such as his love of sweets and his dislike of bugs, is one of his charms.

Many unique characters appear around Saiki Kusuo. Nendo Riki is a mysterious delinquent and the only one who cannot read Kusuo's thoughts. His loyal and compassionate personality and the friendship he has with Kusuo, calling him his "partner," endear him to viewers. Kaito Shun is a boy with a chuunibyou syndrome who calls himself the "Jet Black Wing" and fights against the secret society "Dark Reunion." His purity and sense of justice also resonate with viewers.

In addition, a variety of other characters appear, including the perfect beauty Kokomi Teruhashi, the dreamy maiden Chiyo Yumehara, the poor girl Chisato Mera, and the former delinquent Kuboyasu Aren, each of whom has an impact on Kusuo Saiki's life. The personalities and relationships of these characters enrich the story.

Animation and performance

"The Disastrous Life of Saiki K." is an animation produced by EGG FIRM and JCSTAFF, and directed by Hiroaki Sakurai. The animation faithfully reproduces the taste of the original work while incorporating unique directing techniques, successfully drawing in viewers.

In particular, the scenes where Saiki Kusuo's psychic powers are activated use colorful visuals and dynamic direction, creating a strong visual impact. In addition, in order to emphasize the individuality of each character, there is detailed attention to facial expressions and movements. This allows the viewer to understand the characters' emotions and actions more deeply.

In addition, in order to effectively develop the story within the short five-minute broadcast time, well-paced editing and comical direction are used, allowing viewers to become immersed in the story without getting bored.

Music and theme song

The music was composed by Psychic Lover and Kenichiro Oishi's "Saiki Lover". The background music plays an important role in enhancing the atmosphere of the story, and especially in the scenes where Saiki Kusuo's psychic powers are activated, the music is effective in enhancing the tension and excitement.

The late-night opening theme, "Seishun wa Cruelty ja Nai," is sung by Hanae Natsuki, and has memorable lyrics and a melody that express the bitterness and sweetness of youth. The ending theme, "Psi desu I LIKE YOU," is sung by Dempagumi.inc, and is a fun, pop song that symbolizes the character of Saiki K. These theme songs not only leave a lasting impression on viewers, but also deepen the themes of the story.

Recommended points

"The Disastrous Life of Saiki K." is a comedy anime with a supernatural power theme, and is loved by many viewers. Below are some points that make this work recommended.

1. **Unique characters and story**: The story woven by the unique characters including Saiki K. will keep viewers entertained. In particular, the troubles caused by psychic powers and Saiki K.'s attitude towards dealing with them are humorous and moving at the same time.

2. **Fast-paced development**: The great appeal of this show is the fast pace that effectively develops the story in the short 5-minute broadcast time. Viewers are immersed in the story while being surprised by new developments every time.

3. **Fusion of visuals and music**: The fusion of animation visuals and music has the power to draw viewers in visually and aurally. In particular, the production of the scenes where supernatural powers are activated and the impressive melody of the theme song will remain in the viewers' memories.

4. **Deep Themes**: Deep themes such as friendship, family love, and self-sacrifice are depicted through the daily life of Kusuo Saiki, who has psychic powers. These themes resonate with the audience and enrich the story.

5. **Repeat viewing value**: Although the broadcast time is short, the show is packed with small jokes and attention to the characters' expressions and movements, so viewers can discover something new even after watching it multiple times.

summary

"The Disastrous Life of Saiki K." is a comedy anime that depicts the daily life of a high school student with psychic powers. It has many appealing features, including unique characters, a well-paced storyline, a fusion of visuals and music, and deep themes. Viewers can feel humor and emotion while empathizing with the troubles caused by Saiki K.'s psychic powers and the attitude he takes in dealing with them. This work is highly worthy of repeat viewing, and is one that can be recommended to many viewers.