To Mr. Kusuo Saiki.
I know that you are a psychic.
Of course, I don't intend to tell anyone about you.
I'm writing this letter to let you know I'm not your enemy,
and that I wish to be your apprentice.
I also have unique abilities,
which is how I came to know about you, Master.
He's already calling me "Master."
I'll come see you in person some time soon.
Sincerely, your faithful servant.
He's gone from apprentice to servant.
Still, I'm surprised there's someone else around with supernatural powers.
Just what kind of person is he?
I need to find out before he comes to see me.
Psychometry.
The ability to read feelings and memories of a person
that have been stored in an object.
Take this Shounen Jump as an example.
The magazine production process...
Spoilers for pages I haven't seen...
A half-dead manga author...
With one touch, my mind is flooded with unwanted information.
Thus in my day-to-day life,
I wear extremely thin, transparent gloves
invisible to the
My psychometry is only invoked when I touch things directly.
But it's useful for times like this.
I'll learn what the sender is like with psychometry.
Wow... Your house is pretty normal.
This is a little too soon. Why even send me a letter?
Oh, sorry! Allow me to introduce myself.
My name is Reita Toritsuka. Nice to meet you, Master!
Um, I'm sixteen years old.
But you already know with your telepathy, right?
Anyway, I've heard so much about you.
Well, from ghosts, that is.
I see. So he's a spirit medium, huh?
You can't see spirits, Master?
I can't see them at all.
That's good. I'm seeing about fifteen right now.
That many? That sounds crowded even for a house party.
Spirits tend to gather in order to observe a psychic.
There's an old lady of around 60 in that corner of the ceiling.
Right next to you is a guy with his * exposed, and...
But more to the point, Master,
Please take me as your apprentice!
Wait, what do you mean by "* exposed"?
Don't worry. He's completely harmless.
Obviously not to my mental state.
Oh, looks like he's already gone.
The * is right on his face.
What do you take a psychic for?
To be completely honest, I can't do anything about them.
You can't? Can't spirit mediums go like...
Begone!
...or something?
I can see ghosts and talk to them.
That's all I can do.
I have had these abilities since birth, as someone born in a temple.
From birth, huh? Just like me.
When I was little, I couldn't even tell the difference between humans and ghosts.
Then, my beloved grandma told me that
since ghosts don't have physical forms, you can tell by trying to touch them.
So I tried it and found out
that my grandma was a ghost.
Harsh.
So I got bummed out, but then my grandpa came to cheer me up.
But he was a ghost too.
It's a frustrating power,
but I've kept trying to think of how I could make it useful...
It's not really useless.
By speaking with the dead, you can bring peace to many people.
...like, "How can I make some money off this?"
Well... Okay.
Then I heard about you from one of my ghost acquaintances.
- Hey, you went to the women's bath, right? Tell me about it! - He told me about a guy with all sorts of powers, like telepathy,
- Oh, come on. Tell me. Do the women hide their naughty bits with towels?! - X-ray vision, teleportation, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis.
You only cared about the women's bath, didn't you?
Saiki! Please take me as your apprentice
and teach me how to use psychic powers! Please!
Suppose you do learn how to use these abilities.
You'll just act on your perversions, right?
As you can read minds,
I know I can't hide anything from you. So I'll be honest!
I want to do stuff like look at naked girls or win the lottery with precognition.
I wanna live as I please!
That's way too honest.
I'm interested in clairvoyance too. That's for peeping!
I'll flip girls' skirts with psychokinesis,
- I've never seen such unabashedly unrepentant scum. - and teleport to women's baths all over the world,
- including countries like Russia, France, and Brazil! - But these powers don't work they way he thinks.
Thoughts rush into your head like a waterfall...
You can see things too well...
You can't touch anything without gloves...
You have no idea how difficult it is.
Don't think being a psychic is easy!
W-Well anyway, I'll be going now.
Don't tell anyone about today, got that?
But can I come and visit again?
Just go home alrea—
Psychometry?! I forgot to put the glove back on!
When I touch humans, it's as if their senses become my own.
M-Master?
Master? Is something wrong?!
Well... I guess we've both got it tough.
- Good morning! - I was surprised yesterday by this spirit medium.
Morning!
Toritsuka, was it?
I heard that the class next door got some special transfer student.
Really?
Hey, what is my guardian spirit like?
She looks like a medieval noblewoman.
She's beautiful, just like you.
Oh, stop it.
Hey, tell me about mine too!
Oh, Master! Thanks for yesterday!
Could this be any more cliched?
So... Change schools.
H-Hold on a sec!
Why are you so upset?
- Didn't I tell you I was transferring here? - You did not.
I just assumed you'd know with your powers.
You were wrong.
Are you're worried I'll tell people about your psychic powers, Master?!
First off, stop calling me "Master."
My lips are sealed!
This weapon dissolves in water,
so once it's flushed, no one will know what happened.
I feel like a kid who got beat up by a delinquent on their first day at a new school.
I don't get why you want to hide it.
Psychic powers would get you all sorts of attention.
That's what I don't want.
Oh, I guess it is kinda creepy to have someone peeking into your mind.
Forget minds! You can peek at people's bodies too!
Whoa! Then you can see all the girls naked whenever you want!
Okay! That transfer student just fell for me too.
Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-Who's that super pretty girl?!
That's Teruhashi.
She just passed by you for no reason whatsoever.
You should thank her.
Did you see every nook and cranny of her body too, Saiki?!
Don't make it sound perverted.
There he is!
You can see guardian spirits, right?!
Tell me mine too!
Saiki...
Maybe I can settle for this.
Okay! I'll tell you all about them! One at a time, now!
By the way, what's a guardian spirit?
Just as it sounds, it's a spirit that protects you.
Wow! Then who's my guardian spirit?
Your spirit is... a samurai.
Looks like he'll keep you safe.
Yours is an upper-class woman from Europe or thereabouts.
Really?!
Ooh, ooh, me next!
Yours is...
Um... It's...
a bard, maybe? From somewhere like... France?
That's amazing!
He might be in his 20s... with long hair.
I know you can see me!
He's a handsome... guy...
Hey! Tell us about ours too!
Mine too!
Me first!
Are there any girls left?
Hey! Don't ignore us!
Okay, let's see...
Geezer, hag, hag, and hag. Okay, done.
So yours is...
At least pretend to care!
You should ask him too, Hairo.
Oh, I'm fine.
You've got an incredible guardian spirit!
What?
He's a very passionate man. A tennis player...?
A very passionate man! I think maybe his name is Shu—
He's still alive, you know.
Guardian spirits? What nonsense.
Still, I suppose it'd be rude not to hear you out.
So tell me what my guardian spirit or whatever is.
He's dying to know.
Your guardian spirit is quite abnormal.
Seriously?! "Quite abnormal"?!
Is it a demon?! A sealed monster?! A dark spirit?!
I-I see. So what is it? Tell me.
It's a chihuahua.
- Ch-Chihuahua?! - A chihuahua, he said!
- That's so cute! - How dare he! I bet he's a fraud!
Hey, what's the fuss? A festival?
Here comes someone abnormal.
- That guy said he could see guardian spirits. What a farce. - Chihuahua...
Guardian spirit? What's that?
Now, no pushing. Wait your turn, okay?
Hey, what's my guardian spirit?
Nendou's guardian spirit? I sort of want to know what it is.
Your guardian spirit is a politician.
- What? Really? - Bzzt. Ignored.
Hey, what's my guardian spirit? I gotta say, I'm so glad that I transferred to this school!
It's the beginning of my rosy school life!
Do you want to know your guardian spirit too, Saiki?
I couldn't care less. But please tell him what his is. He's getting really annoying.
Shut up! I told you that you don't have to follow me around!
What's with you all of a sudden?
What?! You're not a ghost?!
You thought he was a ghost?
But you've been ignoring him this whole time like you couldn't see him!
No, I just choose to ignore him.
What the heck was that for?!
No way. Seriously?
It's true! I can see an old hag behind him!
- Good grief. He can't tell a ghost from a human? - What do you mean "hag," you *?!
- A hag is a hag! - Spirit mediums sure have it tough.
Saiki, there's something I want to show you.
Could you touch me while using your psychometry?
I think you'll know why I made the mistake I made.
This is...
Let me introduce you. This is my guardian spirit.
You really do have it tough.
Oof... Oof... This is heavy.
Whoa, there.
Are you okay?
This sure is heavy. Where are you taking it?
- To the teachers' room. - Kineshi Hairo.
He's our class rep and a pillar of our class.
Due to his innate kindness and leadership,
- Then I'll carry it for you. - the class has a lot of respect for him.
What? Are you sure?
But...
However...!
First, bring it this far!
People get stronger by exceeding their limits!
Now! Come on!
Good job! Keep it up!
Don't give in! Go for it!
Since he's passionate to a fault, he's a bit annoying.
Nice guts! Okay then! Now it's my turn to try hard!
- I'll carry it there while doing bunny-hops! - What?!
As tough as he is on others, he's a lot tougher on himself.
- That's probably why my classmates look up to him. - Hey, Hairo's doing something!
Let's hop along with him!
We have nothing to carry, but let's follow him!
Yeah!
I'm coming for you, teachers' room!
He's a decent enough guy, but the two of us would probably be like oil and water.
Saiki! Did you know?
Apparently, people sweat about 300 milliliters while they're sleeping.
So what?
Sports Day is coming up soon, right?
I'm working on the entry gate for it right now.
Kudou had been helping me, but he caught a cold.
Why are you giving up?!
Colds are a matter of willpower!
You can do it! You can do it! Never give up!
Are you a demon?
It's almost done.
All's left is to connect the arch to the pedestals.
So I'd appreciate a little he—
Pedestal! You were standing just fine yesterday!
Hey! Get up, pedestal!
Pep talks won't work on a pedestal.
- Why are you giving up?! - Well, this isn't something the two of us can fix by ourselves.
- Time to go home. - Wait, Saiki.
Let's throw our all in fixing it!
If we're quick, we should finish by the last train of the day!
Oh, give me a break.
You can do it! I know you can do it!
Don't give up! Give it all you've got!
Give it a rest.
Good grief. What am I doing?
Never give up!
It's hard to tell how much strength I should use.
Dammit! This is unbelievable!
We don't have enough lumber!
Let's call it here?
I'll go buy some!
Just give up!
Saiki! Keep those repairs going, will you?
What a pain...
I could leave now,
but he'd chew my ear off for it tomorrow.
Why did you leave?! Did you actually giv—
I'm not used to handling hammers or saws, so I can work better without them.
It'll look suspicious if I do too much.
I'll just read a book while I wait.
It's taking awfully long. What's he doing?
Is he slacking off? No, that's not like Hairo.
Well, I guess I'll try finding him.
Clairvoyance!
There he is. Good grief. What on Earth is he—
Where the hell did he find that?
The lumber shop was closed,
but I found a good-sized log on the ground.
What's with him?
Did he like, break himself free after getting tied to a tree?
I'm never gonna give up!
You should've just called it there when you couldn't get to a lumber shop.
Saiki is working hard too, all by himself right now!
I cannot give up now!
Don't worry. Just give it up.
Wh-What the hell?!
What?
Fungi are... Fungi are breeding inside the log!
Ditch the log.
No! It's too soon to give up!
He slid in on a slimy log...
Sorry for the wait!
Now we should be able to finish this by morning!
No, even sooner!
What're you guys doing here?!
We saw you sliding in on the log while we were in the middle of our clubs!
You always help us out...
Let us help you too!
Whoa... Okay! Let's do it!
Let's all huddle!
How about we just get started instead?
Stop the fungi from breeding!
I'm gonna saw like crazy!
Hey! Don't slack off!
It's finished!
It's done!
Whoa! This looks pretty good!
Good grief. I didn't expect it to take this long.
Ordinary people sure have it tough.
Well, something like this isn't too bad once in a while.
But why are you working on stuff for Sports Day now?
It's still a month away.
What're you saying?! One month will pass in no time.
Yeah, the two of us really are like oil and water.
Watch the house while we're out, okay?
We'll be home around dusk.
Right. They're going to the wedding of one of Dad's colleagues.
The room is quite a mess.
Well, I suppose I can help clean once in a while.
There's lots of dust underneath the furniture.
Good grief.
How could anyone let this place get so dirty?
Seriously, what if bugs—
There was a cockroach...
Most things don't bother me,
but there's one thing I can't stand.
Bugs.
It's not because they look gross or anything.
Well, maybe it is a little.
But I hate bugs because I can't predict their actions.
With my telepathy, I can read not only humans,
but most animals as well.
But bugs are so small that I can't register their thoughts.
I utterly despise those creatures
because I can't tell what they'll do.
If I use psychokinesis, I can capture them in an instant.
But I don't want even my psychokinesis to touch them.
Well, I guess running to Texas was a bit of an overreaction...
But as long as there's a roach there, I'm not staying in that house.
Zuzuya will be delivering some Yukimi garlic chives daifuku,
so be sure to answer the door, okay?
That's right.
A package will arrive today.
So be it. It's been five minutes. Maybe it's time to go back.
The roach was downstairs. Upstairs should be okay.
But what do I do?
I have to go downstairs to pick up the delivery.
If only Dad were here...
R-Roach!
Oh, right. He's useless. Mom's the one who deals with bugs.
- What? You found a roach? -
She'd catch it as spectacularly as a veteran infielder and release it outside.
Return to the forest!
Maybe I should just teleport her back home?
They're here! To think that they'd come so soon...
No, this is actually good.
Once I take the package,
there's no reason for me to stay home.
I can teleport right afterwards.
So how do I get to the front door?
All right, made it.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
There was a Nendou...
Well, I guess there was no point in running.
A bug, whose actions I can't predict,
and Nendou, whose actions I can't predict...
Give me a break.
Both roaches and Nendou are too much for me.
I might as well ask Nendou to—
Of course! Why didn't I think of that?!
It was only for a second, but I saw him with some kind of insect net.
Okay! Leave it to me, pal.
Whether it's one or a hundred roaches, I'll get rid of them all.
I'll be in Brazil or whatever. Call me when you're done.
Oh, there they are under here.
Two of them!
That's not good news.
Can this thing be lifted?
It's lighter than I thought.
If it's to get rid of those roaches, I'll help all I can.
Now they've got nowhere to run!
Don't let go of it!
Just hurry up and take them outsi—
Hey, do you have any tissues?
Well then, let's go have some ramen!
Please excuse me for saying this,
but could you leave? Now?
We're home!
Whoa! Our house is sparkling!
So you cleaned, Kuu?
Good grief.
Thank you, Kuu.
In return, you can have these chocolates they gave us at—
I dropped them!
Huh? Kuu?
Mount Ngerchelchuus, Island of Babeldaob, Republic of Palau
What?! You broke up with Minako?!
Keep your voice down.
You're single again, huh?
Welcome back.
- My ex-boyfriend would get jealous over nothing. - Good grief. I guess break-up season is here.
I don't get what's so appealing about romance.
I don't get it at all, Yumehara.
Oh no... I'm looking at Saiki again.
Chiyo Yumehara. I don't know what her deal was,
but she used to have a crush on me and tried getting close to me.
I evaded all her advances,
and she gave up on me.
I thought she was dating some other guy, but...
He's got such kind eyes...
the face of a prince...
and such fair skin.
I can't keep my eyes off him!
Get them checked.
No, this is wrong, Chiyo! You've got Takeru!
But things haven't been going well lately. I wonder if we've lost our spark...
Those words that made my heart skip a beat...
A rain of tears is pouring in your heart.
- I'll be the umbrella for your heart. - I'm the umbrella for your heart.
- I'm an umbrella... made for your heart. - It's annoying how he seems to love saying that.
And when he finally said something different...
I'll be the kickboard for your heart.
So, you know, you won't drown in the great ocean called life and stuff.
...it made no sense and turned me off.
I see. Break-up season has come for you too, huh?
That's not all. Takeru's feet stink.
He makes lots of noise when he eats,
and he holds chopsticks weird too.
- He's very condescending to store clerks. - Is this how you treat customers?!
- He's got terrible fashion sense. - Thanks for waiting.
And he kills the mood at get-togethers all the time by dislocating his jaw.
These days, all I can see are his faults.
Good grief. I normally couldn't care less about other people's relationships,
but she may go after me again if they break up.
Fine, if that's how it is,
I'll be the shelter that protects their umbrella.
- Seriously?! That's pretty funny! - So that's Takeru, huh?
Right? That's pretty funny, isn't it?
My jaw got dislocated...
Are you okay?
Yeah, I'm okay... Ow...
Sorry.
We're sorry too... for making you laugh.
He killed the mood instantly.
B-By the way, Takeru, are things going well with your girlfriend lately?
Of course!
Wrong answer.
And then after school...
I feel gloomy.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
- Now that I'm here, the rain in your heart is... - Oh, it's fine. I just got here too.
Wanna do something? Go somewhere?
Either is fine.
Then, let's go somewhere.
I can't go too far.
You call this "going well"?
Wanna go to the arcade?
Not really.
Is there anywhere you wanna go?
Not especially.
This situation is even worse than I thought.
Yumehara's favorability rating for Takeru is currently 57.
It's already going down.
Today is our three-month anniversary.
He's not going to remember, is he?
Oh, right. Women make a big deal out of anniversaries.
I know all about it because my mom acts the same every month.
Does Takeru remember?
I feel relaxed when I'm with you.
You're like the... massage chair for my heart.
He really is pathetic. I'll have to let him know.
Three months...
Three months?
What...? What?!
You remembered our three-month anniversary?! I'm so happy!
Good.
S-Sure. I brought you a present too.
No way! Really?!
- His favorability went up, but does he really have something for her? - Wow! What is it?
- Crap! I don't have anything! - As I thought.
The squid *y I was eating in class! Good thing I kept some!
Do you even know what girls like?
Can I open my eyes now?
Yeah, I'm ready.
Like hell you are!
Wow! How cute! It's a bunny!
She was eyeing it earlier.
Good thing that I bought it just in case.
- I'll take 3,900 yen from your wallet later, okay? - Yeah! I'm surprised that you gave me such a lovely gift!
I smelled squid for a second, so I was afraid you had actually got me squid.
L-Like I would do that!
- Saiki continued to assist Takeru after that, - Whoa! You got it on the first try!
- so Chiyo's favorability rating for Takeru shot up. - Hairstyle...
- What? You noticed? I had it cut by two centimeters. - And finally, it reached the major milestone of 90.
I'm having so much fun today!
Right? Let's have dinner before we go home.
Yep, let's go!
The hamburgers there—
Okonomiyaki...
All right! I was just thinking that I wanted to have okonomiyaki!
I wouldn't be surprised if they got married at this point.
There's no way they'll break up now, right?
Welcome! Party of two?
Gee, what do you think?!
Show us to our table, chop-chop!
Man, I'm starving.
Time to eat!
I can't take this anymore!
Goodbye!
What's her problem?
Oh, right. Favorability can go down in an instant too.
The worst school event for me, Sports Day, is approaching.
As Hairo said, one month will pass in no time.
Next time on The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. the anime...
I'll make every single day count
by exercising caution and never letting my guard down.