Originally written by Shuichi Aso, this fast-paced comedy is serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump and has become a huge hit. In this article, we'll focus on the protagonist of "The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.", Kusuo Saiki, and explore his charm in detail! What are the supernatural powers that reside within Kusuo? What is his relationship with those around him? There are many mysteries!
Detailed Profile of Kusuo Saiki
From here, we'll take a closer look at what kind of character Kusuo Saiki is!
Kusuo Saiki's Profile!
Name: Saiki Kusuo
Pronunciation: Saiki Kusuo
School: PK Academy
Grade: Second-Year High School Student
Age: 16
Birthday: August 16th
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Height: 167 cm (variable)
Weight: 52 kg (variable)
Blood Type: Unknown
Favorite Food: Coffee Jelly
Dislikes: Insects
Voice Actor: Hiroshi Kamiya (Anime), Shintaro Asanuma (Vomic)
Live-Action Actor: Kento Yamazaki
What Kind of Character is He?
The protagonist of this work.
He lives the life of a normal high school student, but has been a psychic since birth.
He has pink hair and two antennas on his head that act as control devices. His glasses have green lenses.
In addition to being able to use all kinds of psychic powers, Saiki is intelligent enough to get perfect scores in all subjects on high school exams without using his psychic powers. It is also said that if he were to use all of his powers, he could lead humanity to extinction in three days. However, Saiki believes that the omnipotence of his psychic powers has prevented him from making an effort, and he calls himself "a person who was born with everything taken away from him."
In order to avoid chaos in the world, he usually avoids drawing attention to himself and tries not to let others know that he is a psychic. His flashy appearance, with his pink hair and antennas, is due to "mind control," causing him to appear "completely ordinary" to others.
He has a cool, calm, and collected personality. Although he pretends to be uninterested in others, he is fundamentally kind. Despite all his abilities, he is very caring, and when he sees someone in trouble, he will not hesitate to help them, even using his psychic powers to secretly help them.
Another notable feature is that he rarely appears in scenes with his mouth open, since he communicates with others telepathically (in the manga, he doesn't use speech bubbles). While he doesn't actively seek out opportunities to interact with others, he often spends time with his classmates, Nendo Riki and Kaito Shun, who always talk to him, and they seem to be good friends after all. They (albeit reluctantly) go out together on their days off, and they even went to get their motorcycle licenses together. For some reason, various (and quirky) people seem to gather around Kusuo.
Incidentally, he has a weakness for sweets. His favorite is coffee jelly! He spends most of his monthly allowance on it, and is often seen eating it in the story. Saiki's facial expressions don't change much, but when he's eating coffee jelly, he looks incredibly happy.
He also likes manga, anime, and games, and is often seen playing them on his days off. He hates having spoilers revealed through telepathy or precognition.
But Saiki does have one weakness: bugs. The reason is that telepathy makes it impossible to read thoughts and predict their behavior. Once, when a cockroach appeared in his house, he was instantly teleported to Texas.
Summary of Kusuo Saiki's Psychic Powers!
From here, we'll explain in detail what Kusuo's psychic powers are!
Kusuo possesses a variety of psychic powers, but he himself says they are "not omnipotent." We've picked out the psychic powers that appear in the series and summarized their advantages and disadvantages.
Telepathy
The thoughts of people within a 200-meter radius flow into his mind. Since it basically can't be turned on or off and is constantly leaking, Kusuo seems to be quite annoyed by it.
Mind Control
Kusuo uses this ability to make people believe that what is actually "unnatural" is "natural." This power also causes Kusuo's pink hair to be recognized as natural, and the antennae on his head are pinned to a hairpin.
Hypnosis
This is the ability to make someone else appear as if they are not.
Psychokinesis
This is the ability to move objects without touching them. Kusuo describes this ability as "extremely tiring to control," and it's difficult to control the force. It can be easily activated if it's okay to destroy the object.
Clairvoyance
This is the ability to see through objects by continuously looking at them. The longer he stares, the more transparent he becomes. Apparently, a human becomes completely naked in three seconds, and even flesh (!) becomes visible in five seconds. Blinking or averting his gaze resets the ability. Psychometry
This ability allows him to read the residual thoughts of anything he touches. When he touches a human, he can sense what they sense with their five senses as if they were streaming a playback. Kusuo describes this as "the most useless, worst, and most terrible ability," and usually seals it away by wearing extremely thin, transparent gloves.
Precognition
It cannot be activated willfully; it occurs suddenly, accompanied by a headache. Furthermore, the events he predicts are merely a fleeting glimpse of the scene, with no information about when or why they will occur.
Teleportation
This ability allows him to teleport to any place he has seen before. Not only does it work for him, but it also works for anyone who touches Kusuo. You can fly together with your opponent. However, you cannot fly continuously and need to wait three minutes between flights.
Memory Erase
This ability erases memories for approximately one minute. In reality, after destroying your head, you recover using the regeneration ability.
Levitation
You can fly freely through the air.
Teleportation
This ability allows you to instantly exchange items of equivalent monetary value.
Clairvoyance
You can see the state of objects at a distance. You can see things. It only applies to places or people you have seen at least once. While active, your eyes are always more visible.
Astral Control
This ability allows you to exchange your mind with another person. It can only be activated when the other person is unconscious. When the body containing your mind awakens, you will regain your senses.
Pyrokinesis
This ability activates the molecular motion of matter, raising its temperature. Further heat generation ultimately leads to an increase in temperature. Heats the object.
This ability can also be used to kill pathogens lurking within the body.
Telegraphy
This ability allows the user to strongly visualize an unknown object and transfer it to a piece of paper. The user must continuously visualize the object for one minute, and even a moment of distraction will result in failure.
Restoration Ability
This ability allows the user to revert the time of an object by one day. This ability can only be used once per day per object. Since this ability is purely "time reversal," it is useless in the event of mechanical malfunctions, etc.
Transformation Ability
This ability allows the user to freely transform their body, even their gender. It takes two hours to complete, but the results are of high quality. Incidentally, this ability was acquired from the fetal stage.
【Summary】
Kusuo is usually calm and collected, and gets everything done with ease thanks to his psychic powers. However, the more you get to know the series, the more you'll begin to see his gentle and cute side.
With the second season of the anime series underway, it's expected to become even more popular!
If you're interested, be sure to check it out.
