- Having psychic powers makes the impossible possible. - He bent the spoon!
He made the card see-through!
Whoa! He's so cute! I love dogs!
But I'm way more into girls.
Wait, Pochimi!
Watch out!
So, how about we go out for dinner?
Huh? How about, "No way"?
My name is Kusuo Saiki.
I'm a psychic.
16 years ago,
a not-so-ordinary boy was born to an ordinary couple.
He's cute... almost as cute as you.
He's cute... almost as cute as you!
Oh, you...
Am I in second place?
- He spoke! Directly to my brain! - He was able to talk when he was 14 days old,
- You're right! That's so mysterious! - without using his voice.
Furthermore...
- You're walking! You're walking! - When he was one month old, he was able to walk...
- ...in the air. - He's amazing!
When he was one year old...
Oh? I ran out of mirin.
Kuu?
...he ran his first errand.
Kuu...
This shook up his normally calm mother.
Normal parents might have taken the child to a hospital or a research facility.
However, this couple was...
He must have stolen them.
Yeah... Let's take him to the supermarket tomorrow.
...quite laid-back.
You're a psychic, aren't you, Kuu?!
- He takes after you because you're a magician. - They're super happy-go-lucky.
- You put me under your spell. - And they're stupid lovebirds.
- Whoa! A portrait of me! - So they accepted the situation, no questions asked.
He's got wonderful art sense!
The boy—that is to say, me—is now a high school student.
As you saw earlier, I still have my psychic powers.
I can bend spoons without touching them.
Win or lose, it's my choice.
My life is like a dream come true.
If that's what you think, you're wrong!
Bending spoons? That only makes it hard to eat curry rice!
Getting free popsicles at will? That just leads to stomach problems.
The happiest man in the world, who was born with everything, you say?
Don't make me laugh.
I'm the unhappiest man in the world, who has had everything taken from me.
Telepathy... Psychokinesis... X-ray vision...
Precognition... Teleportation... Clairvoyance... etc.
I can do most of these things.
However, being given something also means having something taken away.
When a dog is always given food, his ability to obtain food is taken from him.
- When a child is spoiled and given anything he wants, - Hey, old hag. Where's my lunch?
- Okay, Taku! It's coming! - his potential independence is lost.
Similarly, a lot of things have been taken from me.
Feeling a sense of achievement, or being surprised by a surprise party...
These are things I cannot experience.
It's true there's no anger or sadness, but that also means no joy or fun.
That's my life.
That being said, I don't really have anything to complain about,
and a peaceful life isn't all that bad.
What's taking Kusuo so long?
Welcome home, Kusuo!
You're late.
What's Dad doing in front of the house?
I'll get straight to it, Kusuo.
Could you unlock the door?
- I couldn't get in. - Good grief. Again?
Just what you'd expect from a psychic! That's very sneaky!
Don't call it "sneaky."
Kusuo... Don't you think that there are other, better uses of that power?
Keep those thoughts to yourself.
You're back, Kuu?
We'll discuss it later, Kusuo!
Come to think of it, there is one non-peaceful thing.
You changed the lock again!
That being my parents' relationship.
Welcome home, Kuu! We're having pork cutlet for dinner tonight.
Don't ignore me! Besides, today's dinner is supposed to be steak!
Oh, it is? Sorry, can I serve you a leather shoe?
- A leather shoe is still a shoe! - I wonder what happened to them...
- My love for you is about to reach the top of Tokyo Tower. - They used to be such a passionate couple.
I love you more than anyone in the world.
Oh, you...
My anger at you is about to reach the top of Tokyo Skytree!
I hate you more than anyone in the universe!
Oh, you *!
They're passionate in a different sense now.
Let's eat! I made lots, so eat up!
Is it good, Kuu?
I can give you some more too, honey.
I don't want it! I bet it's the other shoe!
Here you go.
Why is that one from another pair?!
- A sneaker? This doesn't even come from a cow! - It's been like this for about half a year now.
Hey, Kusuo.
Use your powers and change this into steak, won't you?
This pathetic man is my father, Kuniharu Saiki.
He's irresponsible, slovenly, and always comes straight to me for help.
- Use domestic beef and make it medium-rare! - Basically, I've decided to do him no favors.
- Kusuemon... - If I spoil him, he might become even more of a good-for-nothing adult.
The hell with it! I'll eat it!
Ugh! It stinks! What's this smell?!
- What'd you do to it?! - I'm pretty sure that's just how shoes taste. Good grief.
Kuu...
You shouldn't use your powers for things like that.
This is my mother, Kurumi Saiki.
Use your powers to help those who are in dire need and those who are kind...
She's the big reason why I didn't turn to the dark side.
She's a calm, kind mother.
...and also to bring down the hammer on your dad.
Not that you could tell from today.
Don't eat Kusuo's food, you son of a *!
Let's take this outside!
L-Let's not.
- Stop whining and get your * outside! - I could easily stop this fight.
I don't want to!
- And I don't want to follow your orders! - But they need to work this out on their own.
Amazing! You wanted to eat it that badly?!
Wait, you idiot! This is no time for that!
- Look at your mom! - Stop running, you coward!
Stop her, Kusuo! She's no longer the mom you know!
Do it! Break the spell!
You're not getting away!
I'll flatten you like a pancake!
Whoa, what?! This is...
I have such high-maintenance parents.
This fight is completely pointless. It was too much of a bother to stop it, but...
So you're on your dad's side, Kuu?!
I can't take it anymore! I hate you!
Why is it pointless, you ask? You can tell...
I hate the both of you!
That's a lie. The truth is, I love both of you!
...if you read their minds.
The thoughts they keep to themselves show their true feelings.
In other words, these displays of anger are fake.
I hate you too! Yeah, I hate you!
Just kidding. That's not true. The truth is, I love you! Tee-hee.
Even still, I love you!
- This really is a pointless fight, if you ask me. - You're pretty even when angry, honey.
That being said, they committed a great sin by interrupting my dessert time.
I'll show you what this psychic can do!
I love you.
Did you just say you love me?!
Wait, is she is still in love too?
Huh?! It was you who said that!
Oh no. Did I think out loud?
Wait, he said "too." What does that mean?
You said it! You also said that you thought out loud!
Do I love her so much that I'm hearing things?!
What?! He loves me so much?!
She can hear me?
What? Yeah.
You said it.
I didn't.
What?
- Kuu! - Kusuo!
Forced telepathy.
I've just telepathically linked their minds.
In other words, they can hear all of each other's thoughts.
I'm sorry, honey!
No, I'm sorry. Forgive me!
Good grief. Ordinary people sure are a pain.
- I'm really sorry. - I can fully enjoy my dessert time now.
This whole thing happened because I ate your coffee jelly.
That's okay. I got upset and broke all the windows in the house too.
So now we're even.
Oh, that's right. Hold on a sec.
Have this as a sign of our reconciliation.
How is it? Good?
Yeah! This is an excellent dessert, so decadent it's almost sinful.
Delicious!
- And so, as you start a new school year... - PK Academy High School. A private school.
- And so, as students of PK Academy... - 542 students are enrolled in this school.
The principal's speech is too long.
- However, no one among them knows about my powers. - And so, follow school rules and diligently pursue...
- He sure likes to say "And so," doesn't he? - If that were to change, all hell would break loose.
Back when I was in kindergarten...
- ...I was undefeated in rock-paper-scissors. - I'm gonna pick paper.
With how he's been playing, he won't pick scissors. So I'll pick paper!
- That's just natural, since I was able to hear their thoughts. - I'll bet my entire life on paper!
Rock-paper-scissors pistol!
- There were some who played dirty... - Yay! I wo—
...but I would just tie them.
Kindergarten is ruled by the law of the jungle,
with battles fought by rock, paper, and scissors.
Kusuo, let's play rock-paper-scissors.
If I win, please share those things with the others, okay?
I showed no mercy, even against a teacher.
- This is best out of three, okay? - No matter the opponent, I made sure I won...
This is best out of ten, okay?
...and won...
This is best out of a hundred, okay? No, I just need to win once, okay?
- ...and won. - This is an "adult's rock"!
I just kept winning.
After that, she stopped showing up at kindergarten.
This incident was followed by many others,
and it was quite difficult to get things to die down.
- And so, as you start a new school year... - Since then, I stopped using my powers in front of others.
- And so, as students of PK Academy... - If I have to use my powers,
- I do so after making sure that no one's around. - And so...
To see if anyone's around, I use telepathy.
I can sense anyone within 200 meters. It works without fail.
Guess who!
Well, that used to be true, but now there's one person I can't sense.
Hey, pal.
Riki Nendou.
- Hey, let's go have some ramen after school. - An unpopular guy in my class.
He's always trying to talk to me.
- And so, as students of PK Academy... - But that doesn't bother me.
What does bother me is, I can't read his mind at all.
There is no such thing as a person without thoughts.
- A guy like this... - I don't wanna go to the dentist.
- Or someone like this... - Nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nostril hair, nil, nil...
And even animals, I can read their minds,
but I can't read this guy's mind at all.
I figured out why immediately.
This guy is an idiot.
- And so, as you start a new school year... - He does not think at all.
- Who the heck is that old guy? - Riki Nendou is truly frightening.
- Someone suddenly collapsed! - An anemia attack?
What's wrong?!
- What happened to you?! Hey! Wake up! - Whoa! It's Nendou!
- Are you dead?! Are you dead?! - Well, he's not a bad person.
- Snap out of it! Call an ambulance! Don't die, idiot! - Hey, what're you doing, Nendou?!
- I don't think he's a bad person... - Dammit! I'll perform mouth-to-mouth!
There's no one here.
I guess all that's left is mouth-to-mouth—
Don't do it, Nendou.
Mouth-to-mouth, my *! Are you stupid or what?!
Oh... So you're okay?
My sickness was a ruse, you idiot! A ruse sickness! Give me a break!
Why the hell do I have to kiss a guy?!
Well, that was my first kiss, so let's call it even.
Don't make it worse by telling him stuff like that.
People will call this BL and me the "Ravager of Nendou."
No one will fantasize about you two like that.
Hey, Saiki! Don't tell anyone that I faked my sickness!
You wouldn't count that as a first kiss, right? That would be terrible!
Absolutely no one, got that?!
Don't tell anyone what? About faking your sickness?
Or about the fact that you had your first kiss with Nendou?
If it's the former, it's too late.
Hey, I heard that.
Ugh! Matsuzaki!
So you faked being sick?!
Yikes! It's the PE teacher Matsuzaki!
No! It's not like that!
It was his fault!
He said, "I'll take you to the nurse's office, so fake a fall,"
because he wanted to get out of the ceremony.
Is that true, Nendou?!
I see. Pinning it on Nendou isn't a bad idea.
Saiki? What're you doing here?
What?
Takahashi, is he a part of this?
Huh? Oh, yes, he is.
What?! Both of you, come to the counselor's room!
Dragging me into this is a really bad idea.
Hold on a sec, teach.
He's sick with a hair disease. He just said so.
It's called "roots sickness."
Does he really think...
there's a disease called "roots sickness"?
Hey, isn't that right?
What are you saying? "Roots sickness"?
Roots sickness is a viral disease that causes infections through pores...
Oh, roots sickness, huh?
What?!
You too?
Why don't you take your temperature?
If you're sick, you probably have a fever.
What the hell? I don't have any fever.
92.8 degrees Celsius.
Call an ambulance!
Kick that illness to the curb!
Hang in there!
I used pyrokinesis, the ability to create heat,
to melt the thermometer just so.
I'd better get rid of it.
He saw me?!
You...
got the roots sickness?!
- Kick that illness to the curb! - Nendou. He is truly frightening.
I'm Shun Kaidou, a second-year who attends PK Academy.
Officially anyway.
A dark force called "Black Beat" dwells in my right arm.
"They" are trying to steal this power and enact a new world order.
I'm referring to a secret society called "Dark Reunion"!
But I will protect this world!
I, The Jet-Black Wings!
Don't worry about him. He just has eighth-grader syndrome.
Hey, did you see the news this morning? They said a venomous snake escaped.
Seriously? That's bad news!
Can you say for sure it "escaped"?
That's just the sort of ploy that "they" would come up with.
But I, The Jet-Black Wings, shall not be fooled by their devious deception!
Someone set that snake free!
Wait, Kaidou! Do you know something?
You mean some guy named The Jet-Black Wings did this?!
I am The Jet-Black Wings!
I speak of an evil secret society named "Dark Reunion"!
They have finally set their "Mankind Sorting Plan" into motion!
Dark Reunion?!
Like hell!!!
What a waste of time.
So I guess it's up to those of us with powers to tackle this, right, Saiki?
Whatever. He doesn't know I have psychic powers, of course.
It's just all in his head.
Saiki, what do you think? I have a bad feeling about this.
The snake, which I've tentatively named "Murder-Dragoram-Snake,"
is likely no ordinary snake.
Pretty dramatic for a tentative name.
It's likely that this Murder-Dragoram-Snake
is a vicious monster created in their top-secret research facility.
He says "likely" a lot.
It's up to us.
We must protect mankind from the Murder-Dragoram-S—
Hey! They caught the snake!
Phew! Where did they find it?
Right next to the school gate.
Apparently, it was half-dead when they found it.
Could there be others with powers besides us?!
Why was it half-dead?
I heard some local kids were swinging it around.
That's one weak Murder-Dragoram-Snake.
Dark Reunion isn't that scary, is it?
Don't say that. They're an evil secret society.
You'll be sorted in the Mankind Sorting Plan!
Laugh while you can.
This is only the prelude.
D-Dark Reunion is closing in on us.
He's going to the restroom to cry.
- Okay, I'm going to the restroom too. - He's got eighth-grader syndrome,
and he's got it really bad. His face was so red.
He said he keeps a monster or something sealed in his arm.
"My right arm is getting twitchy again!"
Like this!
Hey, it really is twitchy!
Snake!
Let's get out of here!
It's blocking the doors!
With my precognition, I saw that there would be a snake in the classroom.
I don't want to use my powers in front of people,
so I'll stay here until things calm down.
You should stay here until you can calm down too.
Now, what's going on in the classroom?
Where did the snake go?!
Guys! Go get the teachers!
No way! We might get bitten!
You guys are pathetic.
Nendou, you were here?
Guys, what happened to your balls?
Ours are fine!
Really? I'm not so sure...
This is terrible!
- Calm down. It just bit his pants. - The snake's coming this way!
Clairvoyance. By crossing his eyes,
Saiki is able to see distant locations.
Get out of here now!
I'll take care of it!
Kaidou! What're you doing?!
Murder-Dragoram-Snake...
You have to deal with me, The Jet-Black Wings! Bring it on!
Whoa! That's a weird pose!
- Let's get out of here while we can! - Whoa! Watch out!
- He seriously thinks he's special... - Idiot! Run!
No, he may not look it, but his mind is pretty overwhelmed right now.
Why did I come forward? I'm so stupid!
Oh crap, I'm *ed! Sorry, Mama!
Take this! Judgment Knights of...
Sorry, Kaidou.
I'm stealing your thunder.
...Thunder!
Whoa! Amazing!
The Jet-Black Wings! Kaidou's amazing!
I'm sorry I said you have eighth-grader syndrome.
You may not have any powers,
but not everyone could've done what you did.
I didn't know I had this power...
Thus, the incident was resolved without problems.
Hey, Kaidou. What's with your attitude?
You better watch what you say...
if you don't wanna fall victim to my Judgment Knights of Thunder.
Come to the teachers' room, now.
His eighth-grader syndrome has worsened.
He's hopeless.
Beautiful girls. In other words, girls with exceptional looks.
My name is Kokomi Teruhashi.
If I do say so myself, I think I'm the perfect example of a beautiful girl.
I'm not saying it out of arrogance. It's just a fact.
But I don't boast about my beauty.
Wanna have some tea with me?
If I were your average beautiful girl...
Go to the pig farm and find yourself a nice little piggy.
I'd probably say something like that, but I'm not like that.
I'm sorry. I have to go to cram school.
See you later!
Not only am I cute, I'm nice too.
Do you know what that means?
It means I'm incomparable.
That's one of my classmates. What was his name again?
Oh, that's right. It's Saiki. Kunio Saiki.
Whoa, he looks so bored walking like that.
Poor thing. Maybe I should go say hi to him.
That's right. I'm not just cute. I'm a nice, perfect beautiful girl.
Saiki!
I thought it was you, Saiki!
Okay! Now you'll definitely cherish this memory for the rest of your life!
You bumped into the prettiest girl in school while in town.
And I even went out of my way to rush over to you.
You're completely in love with me now, right?
I don't mind, even though you don't know your place.
It's not your fault.
After all, I'm just so lovely!
What?! That's it?!
- Ah! T-Teruhashi?! - You're supposed to panic there, right?!
Oh, I get it. You were too surprised to say a word.
Otherwise that reaction doesn't make sense.
- Poor thing. He must be cursing himself by now. - Stupid me! That was a golden opportunity!
Oh well. I'll give you one more chance,
because I'm not just cute, but a nice, perfect beautiful girl!
Saiki! Hey, ignoring me like that wasn't very nice of you!
He didn't even bow! Can he not see me?! Am I dead?!
Oh, I get it!
He must've thought he was hallucinating.
There's no way a miracle like running into Teruhashi in town would ever happen to me, right?
he couldn't believe his fortune.
- I'm seeing apparitions of her? Just how much does she have to vex my heart?! - Okay, then.
I'll give him the happiest moment of his entire life.
Saiki! Where are you going?
He dodged!
What's going on?! If he thinks I'm a mirage, he wouldn't have done that, right?
No... could it be that even touching my image is too much for him?
- Even if it's only in my mind, touching Teruhashi will make my heart stop! - To think that I mean that much to him...
Good grief. I've caught the attention of a real pain in the you-know-what.
Saiki! Hey!
Here she comes again.
The thought that she's being ignored doesn't seem to occur to her.
Well, if I were the ordinary guy she thinks I am...
Oh...! T-Teruhashi...
...I'd probably react like that. Nendou too, would react...
Oh...! T-Teruhashi!
...like that.
That's right. Everything she says is indeed true.
That's why she's dangerous.
Teruhashi attracts people's attention.
- I definitely do not want to have anything to do with her. - Hey, where are you going?
If you don't mind, maybe I'll come with you.
Nendou!
This isn't good.
I'm supposed to be hallucinating,
- Oh? Hey, pal and Teruhashi. - but if a third party notices her, I'll have to acknowledge her.
If that happens, I'll have to behave accordingly.
- Oh...! T-Teruhashi! - That is utterly out of the question.
I'll use the crowd to pass him.
He's gone... That was clo—
I thought I saw my pal.
Where's Saiki?! What's going on?
- Good grief. I teleported without thinking. - Saiki!
Those who were around me didn't seem to notice,
but Teruhashi obviously suspects something is wrong.
Well, just think of me as a mirage and forget about it.
Nendou!
Oh...! T-Teruhashi!
Have you seen Saiki?
What? My pal? No, I haven't.
N-No way... Did he disappear?
- Anyway, Teruhashi... - Was I the one who was hallucinating?
You love me so much, you're seeing me everywhere, huh?
Don't tell me I'm... No! It can't be...
Oh no... What are these feelings?
Did I...
fall in love... with Saiki?
Oh... T-Teruhashi...
My name is Kusuo Saiki.
Since it's critical to the story, I'll repeat this.
I'm a psychic who can use all sorts of psychic powers.
It's too noisy.
Next time on The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. the anime...
I'll keep knocking out an episode for each manga chapter.