- Phys Ed. It's my least favorite subject. - Ugh. This is such a pain.
You could say I'm decent at athletics,
enough to place at an international level.
That is precisely why it is so difficult for me...
- What was that crazy loud noise just now?! - Was that a meteor?!
...to downplay my skill to that of an ordinary person.
Okay, guys! For today's PE class, we'll be playing dodgeball.
Dodgeball? In high school?
- Aw man... There's gotta be something else we can do. - Hey! Don't complain!
Let's give it all we've got!
Who cares if it seems childish!
Let's relive our youthful days!
Let's all play 'til we're dripping in sweat!
Agreed?
Well, if Hairo really wants to...
Guess we've gotta get serious.
That's Kineshi Hairo. Our class rep.
He's stiflingly overzealous.
That's how I think of him, but...
- Okay! Who wants to be on my team?! - it seems the rest of the class has a lot of respect for him.
- Me! - We'll decide the teams with rock and paper!
Okay!
We're gonna win no matter what!
Yeah!
I'm on Hairo's team.
Well, it's better than the alternative.
We'll start the match with a jump ball.
Thus, the dodgeball match began.
- All right! - We got one player out!
- All right! - Is getting a single player out really that exciting?
We can do it!
- Okay! Don't let your guard down! Let's keep at it! - And why are you sweaty already? The match just started.
We got the ball this time.
Okay, Saiki. We'll get you out first!
Oh, already?
I'll just let them hit me.
Um... Are you okay?
With that, I'm out of the game.
Sorry, but I don't intend to take PE seriously.
Hold on, Saiki!
Were you really trying to catch the ball?
I guess I was too obvious.
Really? Well, no matter.
Where are you going? You're not out.
The face-safe rule keeps you alive.
There's a rule like that?
And plus...
I have to throw the ball next? This bites...
I have the most trouble adjusting my power when throwing a ball.
Saiki! Throw it like you mean it!
Like I mean it? You say it so easily,
but do you know what you're asking for here?
Someone is going to die!
Forget the face-safe rule. They'll be "out" for good.
Well, I suppose I can do a weak throw. But just in case...
I'll aim it at Nendou!
I overcompensated.
What the heck was that?!
This is a serious match! Put your heart into it!
Okay, I get it. Settle down.
Pal... I do appreciate you taking it easy on me,
but right now we're enemies.
Did you go easy on him because he's your friend?!
Obviously not.
All right! They don't call me "Nen the Dodgeballer" for nothing!
Take that!
All right!
Whoa! He took out six players at once!
There are only two players left on the Paper Team!
I'll leave my pal for last...
You're next, captain!
Here I come!
I'm catching it!
For my team, especially my friends who sacrificed themselves...
I'm gonna catch it even if it kills me!
- S-Saiki?! - Sorry, but I'm getting out before you do.
I'm sorry that I couldn't play for real, Hairo.
I have my reasons.
Don't give up!
No! No! We can do it!
Don't give up!
Whoa! Look!
He caught it!
He saved Saiki!
You have got to be kidding me.
Hairo's injured!
That means Saiki is the only one left!
Are you kidding me.
Looks like this is it for me.
Don't you give up now!
I entrust this ball to you.
I know, Saiki...
You never really let loose, did you?
What's holding you back?
I want to see you play for re—
You realize you just scraped your knee, right?
Please, Saiki... All our hopes rest with you now.
Saiki... I believe in you.
We're counting on you, Saiki!
Beat them, Saiki!
What I hate
is being the center of attention.
- Saiki! Go, Saiki! - And yet, right now the entire class is focused on me.
So, what should I do?
Naturally, this is pretty tough.
Yeah.
Saiki's team, Paper, had the upper hand at first thanks to Hairo's good work.
But once Nendou from Rock got the ball, six players fell.
And Hairo got hurt saving Saiki and left the game.
Now Saiki is the only one left. It'll be hard to make a comeback.
Yeah.
Thanks for the recap.
But what makes this situation difficult is that I'm attracting attention.
Frankly speaking, winning would be simple.
But if I do that,
- Please play with us! - my favorability rating will shoot straight up.
- Please! - People will always be watching me.
An unideal outcome.
But if I were to do nothing and lose,
I'd be regarded lower than stink bugs.
In that case, I'll be the target of bullying.
Either way, I'll attract attention, so the outcome of the game no longer matters.
How to overcome this situation without attracting attention...
That is what this battle is truly about.
41... It's a little low.
Favorability Meter. An applied telepathic ability.
By reading the minds of everyone around him, it quantifies his favorability!
- Do it! Don't lose! - My goal is 50. In order to achieve that, I just have to...
It's coming!
...eliminate one player!
Stop screwing around, dumbass!
- What're you doing?! - 20, huh? It went down instantly.
At 20 favorability, girls will scream if they have to sit next to you.
- You're throwing like that again? What are you doing?! - It's true that I'm no good at throwing the ball.
My normal throw exceeds the speed of sound.
A throw like that would be catastrophic.
- So this slow ball is different from the one before... - Got it!
- Saiki is the worst. - This is it.
Play like you mean it!
...because I threw a mean...
I got it. I got it.
...spin ball.
He couldn't catch that one?!
He dropped it! He's out!
- Good. My favorability rating went back up. - Was that a diabolical throw or something?
- That was insane! - I can end with around 50 now even if I get out.
I'll get hit next time and end this.
So it's finally my turn to throw the ball, huh?
Do you know what this means, Saiki?
- It means this is it for you! - Finish him, Kaidou!
Geez. I have to get hit by him?
Take this! Meteor Spark Genocide Ball!
He throws like a girl?!
What're you doing, Kaidou?!
Wow, Saiki got lucky.
If he can't catch that, I'm gonna lose it.
If I lose the game by missing this,
my favorability will drop at least 20 points.
At 36 favorability, the students won't put your chair back after they finish cleaning.
All right! We got the ball again!
- What're you doing?! - If I throw another spin ball, people will get suspicious.
My old wound throbbed.
Saiki! The out zone!
Throw it to me!
If I pass the ball and get other players back in, I'll stand out less!
It'll be bad if the ball doesn't make it, so if I use some force...
Whoa! He did it!
I messed up.
- Saiki's incredible! - 73? It went up too high.
At 73 favorability,
people will answer you even if your greetings make no sense.
That's my pal!
I'll just end this for now.
I guess we couldn't turn it around.
Yeah, that's just natural.
My final score is 55...
I.... got it!
That * belongs to...!
I made it back in time.
Hairo!
Not you again.
Hairo's back!
Saiki, I saw all the spirit you put into that throw! I was so moved!
I don't care about your favorability.
Just leave the rest to me!
Your comeback ends now.
Don't lump me together with those small fry.
Same goes for me.
Let's pick this up where we left off earlier. Bring it!
With his injury, Hairo probably can't catch whatever Nendou throws.
Take this!
So be it.
He injured his knee because of me.
I hate to attract attention,
but I hate being in someone's debt even more.
Now... take this!
He did it! We made a comeback!
Good grief. It ended up at 82.
I'll discreetly bring it down bit by bit.
Saiki is amazing.
Hey, Saiki!
Pal!
That was a good match.
Favorability can go down really easily, huh?
What?! Minako said okay?!
- Keep it down. - You've got it made!
- Good grief. You see romance everywhere these days. - My boyfriend gets jealous easily.
- Mine too. - Such feelings are foreign to me.
Take Teruhashi for example. She's the most popular with the boys.
Hey, Teruhashi. Aren't you gonna get a boyfriend?
Well, I feel that it's too early for me to date.
Really?!
But I have zero interest in her,
because I know her true self.
Studying is our duty as students.
But this is what I hear.
Actually, I don't get involved with immature brats.
And this is how she appears to me.
His annual income should be at least 40 million yen.
By the way, I can't control my X-ray vision
just as I can't control my telepathy.
Please read The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. for more details.
For that reason, I will most likely never enter into a relationship.
That is exactly why I am experiencing a serious dilemma.
That's right...
Saiki always looks so dreamy.
You are the cause of my dilemma, Chiyo Yumehara.
Saiki...
I just can't seem to stop thinking about you these days.
Saiki... I have a crush on—
What?!
What was that?! Huh?
No, this won't work.
I'll stand out as a weirdo.
I know I'm repeating myself, but I really don't want to stand out.
I wonder what Saiki's thinking.
I need her to give up on me. In order to do that...
I wanna know more about Saiki. In order to do that...
- I need to get closer to him! - I need to get away from her!
Here he comes!
He's by himself! This is my chance!
Okay, time to review my plan!
First, Saiki and I will bump into each other at this corner.
And then, after I drop the papers...
Are you okay? I'll help you pick them up.
Y-Yeah. Thanks.
S-Sorry!
No, that's okay!
You have some dainty hands.
It's perfect!
Okay, here we go, Chiyo!
Go!
Huh? Wh-What?
What?!
My next plan... will use this handkerchief!
First, I'll drop this handkerchief near Saiki's feet.
Then, he notices it and says...
You dropped your handkerchief.
It has the sun's fragrance!
With this plan,
- even if he doesn't notice my handkerchief, - Have you seen a handkerchief around here?
- I can just talk to him. - No wonder I smelled the sweet fragrance of the sun.
Okay! Good luck, Chiyo!
Now I just need Saiki to notice it.
He hasn't said anything.
Well, that's okay. On to Plan B!
O-Oh? This is strange. My handkerchief is...
...right here!
Huh?! What? How?!
Another failure!
- Even after that, Chiyo and Saiki's battle continued. However... - Please someone, get the ball for—backspin?!
I can't open the door. What should I do?
Did someone call me?
I made some cookies in cooking class. Would you like—
Oh, thanks.
Who are you?!
...every single plan of hers failed.
Are Saiki and I fated to never be together?
I didn't bring my umbrella. What should I do?
Umbrella?!
See ya!
Whoa! It's pouring!
I bet Saiki brought his umbrella. He's that type of guy!
It's really coming down.
Would you like to join me under my umbrella?
His smile is warm and bright like the sun.
It's the perfect plan!
Huh... The rain stopped?
Saiki...
Forget it. I suppose Saiki and I are fated to always be apart.
Goodbye, Saiki.
Goodbye, Yumehara.
Forget about me and find someone else.
I'm sure you will find someone soon, so—
Want to use my umbrella?
It's not raining anymore.
It is... the rain of tears in your heart, that is.
I'll be the umbrella for your heart.
This must be fate...
Hey, that's a little too soon.
Kusuo!
Help me move the furniture, will you?
It'll be a snap with your powers.
Move it yourself.
What? Well, there are other things I have to carry.
You're amazing, Kuu!
All you need is a psychic son, huh?
Yay! It's a flying bed!
Oh my...
Some of you may get the wrong idea, like this idiot here,
so let me clear things up in advance.
If you think my powers are always convenient, you're dead wrong.
Most of my powers have "drawbacks" and "downsides."
If you think I can do anything, you're dead wrong.
Hey, look!
I'm super strong!
Oh no...!
Oops. I lost my strength for a second.
We're all done moving the furniture now.
Good work, honey. Here, have some tea.
Don't act like you did anything. I moved all the furniture in here.
Huh? The bed is blocking the balcony entrance.
Oh, you're right.
I want to move it, but it's a bit too big to move by myself.
Yeah, I wonder if there's anyone who can move it really easily.
It'd take a psychic to do that!
- Yeah. I wish there was a psychic here. - Stop this farce.
Are there any psychics around?
Stop it.
Whoa! This is good!
We can get to the balcony now!
Wow! It looks neat now!
It's definitely perfect now! Let's go to the living room for some—
Are they stupid or what?
Should we knock down this wall?
Let's do it!
Kusuo! Make this wall disappear!
Just remember that you asked for this!
Done.
Oh... Yes.
Yep... Thanks.
You asked me to do this. What'd you expect?
Yeah. That's a good reaction.
This is good! Knocking down the wall was the right decision!
It's gotten really spacious!
Yeah, this is spacious!
This much space makes me uncomfortable!
I'm about to lose it, you know.
The space around here bothers me.
Okay. Let's put something there.
What about a TV?
Hmm... Something is a little off.
It should be either a sofa or a tiger fur rug.
What kind of choice is that?
At any rate, right now we only have a sofa at home.
Let's bring the sofa in!
Kusuo will.
No, no! Who the heck is going to sit in a place like that?!
Our heads will face north! Fix it!
What the hell is this?!
Argh! It's humid!
I've never seen that ceiling before!
Something feels rough!
This isn't working!
Let's take a break.
Hey, honey. Look at this.
The left room is our bedroom
and we tore down the wall because it was small, right?
But the right room is actually bigger.
Instead of tearing down the wall,
shouldn't we have made the right room our bedroom?
That's it!
Really? Did I do a good job?
Yeah! You're the best, honey!
Okay then! Put the wall back already!
Kuu! We're counting on you!
What?
Y-Your mom asked.
Hey, honey!
This really is the last request!
You'd better be sure. This really is going to be the last thing.
Wall... Return to your original state!
Kuu! You're incredible!
Do whatever you want now.
This ability doesn't actually return things to their original state.
All it does is rewind time for that thing by one day.
The problem is, this applies to other nearby objects as well.
This time, it was a wall, so... the whole house might have reverted.
What's going on?!
That's how it is. My psychic powers aren't perfect.
Good morning!
Hey, you!
What's with that sloppy school uniform?!
I'm sorry!
Tuck your shirt in and pull your pants up!
Y-Yessir!
More!
- Whoa, it's Matsuzaki. This *s. - And show me what's inside your bag too!
Good grief. A surprise inspection.
Here's a pop quiz for you.
Can I pass this dress code inspection?
The answer, of course, is...
Hey, you! Hold it!
- Do something about your hair! - ...I can.
- Oh? It's wild, isn't it? - That's perfectly natural, since by all accounts, I'm a normal student.
The other day, I received a letter with a question.
"Why does Saiki look so strange when he doesn't want to stand out?"
I'll answer you.
In "this world," this is natural.
When you think about it rationally, I'm not normal at all.
But I'm the most inconspicuous person in school. Why is that?
The answer is, mind control.
- Seriously, that teach doesn't get how cool this hairstyle is. - I can marginally adjust the thoughts of others.
- That's just a pain, isn't it, pal? - But that doesn't mean that I can control other people at will.
- Right? Right? Right? - Otherwise, I would've done something about him already.
I can make others perceive the "unnatural" as "natural."
Antennas? What's with him?
Wait. Maybe they're hairpins?
Yeah. They're just hairpins.
Thus, I can live without standing out.
- But I need to avoid over-relying on this ability, - Hey, did you watch the drama last night?
- Oh, that one, right? - because if I change someone's values or common sense,
it'll affect people around them as well.
Take a close look.
In "this world," you rarely see people with black hair.
This phenomenon is, believe it or not, all because of my psychic powers!
For some unknown reason, I was born with pink hair.
But everyone around me had black hair. Or maybe brown hair occasionally.
Since I didn't want to stand out, I used mind control.
As a result, pink became an ordinary hair color,
and it's now expected for hair to be in various colors.
On top of that, it's all natural.
My power rewrote human ecology, right down to their very genes.
Do you now have some understanding of the dangers of this power?
Let's go get ramen after school, okay?
Actually, that's not the only thing I changed.
Ack! It hit Nendou!
Sorry! Are you okay?!
Were you trying to hit me, you bastards?!
S-Sorry, Nendou...
Don't you think it's strange?
- That rank amateur! - His injury healed abnormally fast.
That's right. As you have probably guessed,
this too is all because of my psychic powers.
As a child, I healed someone's injury with my powers.
When he saw it, he was surprised.
- So I used my mind control. - It's not unnatural for injuries to heal right away.
Since people stopped suffering from injuries,
they started to expect minor wounds to heal immediately.
As a result, humans' healing ability dramatically increased.
Have you noticed other unnatural things, such as this?
Here it comes! A fastball? Or a curveball, his favorite?
Well, he usually throws a curveball first.
- But this is an important moment. I have to hit it! - He thinks too fast, doesn't he?
Strike!
This too is because of my powers.
Humans evolved to rapidly speed up their brain processes at critical moments.
Strength comes without much muscle mass.
A simple chop can leave someone unconscious.
These unnatural phenomena are all caused by me.
I feel a great responsibility over my role in changing the world,
but I can no longer revert it to its original state.
But, at the same time, I'm also glad that things haven't gone too far.
What was that?!
What exact rules am I violating?!
Don't screw with me, you bastard!
Come on!
- That's the legendary attack that could destroy an entire planet, Galactic Magnum Flavored Punch!
...this!
Mr. Hatakeyama!
- Don't get in my way! - Kongou, it seems that you're blinded by rage.
You've left yourself wide open.
Whoa... That was a "chop." He used the "chop."
Are you all right, Mr. Matsuzaki?
- Yeah, thanks, you saved me. - His clothes are back to how they were.
If he'd actually hit me with that punch...
- Of course, this too is because I made it so. - I'm glad you're okay.
See? This is how things should be, right?
Since this anime is called The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.,
I'll try to realistically accept the various disasters I face.
- Kunio Saiki... That wasn't a mirage. - Next time on The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. the anime...
I'll keep knocking out an episode for each manga chapter.