Four o'clock...
If I leave now, I'll make it home with time to spare.
At five o'clock, there's a TV show that I cannot miss.
That show is...
Healthy Warriors! Specialiser!
You might think that this show is for children,
but all anime are among Japan's finest entertainment media.
Why wouldn't I like it?
Oops. That was close. I better take another route.
Where the heck did Saiki go?
I found a pretty cool abandoned building,
and I finally finished setting up a secret base in it yesterday!
I should show Saiki my secret...
No, my hideout.
No, thank you.
I can't find Saiki.
Since Saiki helped me out the other day,
I wanted to invite him to the gym I go to...
...as a show of thanks.
No, thank you.
If you really want to thank me, you can start by leaving me alone today.
I can't find Kunio Saiki...
I don't really care about him,
but the teacher asked me to give these papers to him.
Well, it might be fun to see him flip out
if I ask him out for tea or something while I'm at it.
He'll know I'm no mirage for sure this time!
No, thank you.
Why today of all days?
They're airing the last episode—
Hey, pal! Let's go get some ramen!
No, thank you!
I can't... leave...
As it stands, leaving the school is impossible.
Should I just teleport home from here?
No, I still need to change my shoes.
Whatever. It only takes thirty minutes to get home.
I'll just wait a bit longer.
20 Minutes Later
This isn't good.
Hairo is at the school gate.
I'll wait until he comes out!
Kaidou is at the shoe lockers.
When Saiki comes to pick up his shoes,
I'll jump out and scare him!
Lastly...
Oh...! T-Teruhashi!
Have you seen Saiki?
I've been looking for him, but I don't think I can find him by myself.
Then I'll help you out!
Teruhashi and her happy helpers are everywhere on school premises.
I'm cornered.
Leaving is now much more difficult than it was before.
Recording the show is out of the question.
Once the show is over, spoilers start relentlessly flooding into my head.
I can't believe they all died.
The main character was crazy!
It was so compelling!
The only option I have left is...
...becoming invisible.
This only turns my body transparent, so my physical form is still present.
Which means I can still touch things.
But this has drawbacks too. It only lasts for ten minutes.
What's worse, I'll turn visible again if someone touches me.
In any case, I need to be cautious.
That was a good dump.
I wonder where my pal is?
That was almost an instant game over.
But knowing Nendou's location may be a stroke of luck
as he is the biggest threat to this power.
Now I just need to keep my guard up...
Where the hell is Saiki?
Right here.
I'll let my friends in front of the TV have an idea of where I am.
Ah, so this is the locker Kaidou is hiding in.
What's wrong?
It's a poltergeist!
No! It might have been an attack by Dark Reunion!
- What? I don't really get what you're saying... - Dammit! What a dirty trick, Dark Reunion! I'll...
Okay. Now's my chance.
What's going on?!
What happened? I heard a scream!
It's Dark Reunion! I'm certain of it!
Oh, I-I see.
I see...
Luckily for me, everyone is gathering in one spot.
Now there's no one in my way.
Sorry, guys.
Are you heading home now, Saiki?
I'll walk with you!
You idiot!
There he is!
Saiki! I wanted to thank you for the other day!
The teacher asked me to give these to you.
I found some cool ruins!
Are you free after this?
What?
Ah! Teruhashi!
Can you see everything that's transparent?!
Where are you, Saiki?
Sports Day.
Listen up! Today is all about one thing!
Being number one!
Yeah!
I was planning on skipping school today, but...
No! You can't miss this!
I even went and bought a camcorder for this!
...I had choice but to go.
Honey, just like that! Look this way!
Whoops, the battery died.
Oh no...
Leave already!
Never give up, Class 3!
Yeah!
Quit yelling "Yeah!" already! It's annoying!
Sports Day, eh?
What nonsense.
- My strength is for use in combat. - Hey, we agree on something for a change.
- It shouldn't be wasted on silly games. - Your headband is slipping, by the way.
You're just saying that because you * at sports.
- What?! - The headband looks perfect on him.
Oh, it's because he has a groove on his head fit for a headband.
Hey, Saiki!
Oh, great...
I'm counting on you!
Please don't.
And Nendou! You've got excellent athletic skills!
I'm counting on you!
Sure! You're not gonna beat me this time.
He's on our team, genius.
And, Kaidou!
Well, just do the best you can.
- What's that supposed to mean?! - And your headband is slipping.
Don't worry! All that matters is that our class wins!
But the competition looks fierce.
Year 2, Class 1 Leader: Haruo Sugiyama Slogan: "We're gonna win!"
First is Class 1.
That's pronounced "one"?
They're an intellectual group with a lot of test top-scorers.
We're gonna win!
Yeah!
Then there's Class 2.
- Year 2, Class 2 Leader: Yuuji Ooshima Slogan: "We'll work our hardest this year too!" - That's a two?
- They're a brawny team with the most students in sports clubs. - We're gonna do it!
Yeah!
Furthermore, Class 4! Year 2, Class 4 Leader: Kenji Tanihara Slogan: "Bonds"
The square means four?
They're an intellectual group led by Tanihara, who scored highest in the midterms!
Victory is ours.
The second intellectual group.
Lastly, Class 5! Year 2, Class 5 Leader: Ippei Matsuda Slogan: "We can't let Mr. Kitamura go home empty-handed!"
So that's a five?
- They're an intellectual group with an astonishing 80% glasses adoption rate! - Glasses are essential as a fashion item.
You just like saying "intellectual group," don't you?
The first event is the boys' 100-meter dash.
Good grief. I have to run already?
Kuu, go for it!
I'll be saving all of it!
...On the hard drive in my heart.
- Go, Saiki! Run for our victory! - Go, Saiki!
- On your marks, get set... - I don't really care about winning.
My goal is being average,
AKA, third place.
I'm in second right now. I should slow down a little.
- For a simple, everyday task like running, adjusting my speed is trivial. - They've crossed the goal!
- Just as planned. - Saiki, you got third? That's incredible!
For real?!
Why is everyone so impressed over third?
Everyone else in the race is in the track and field club!
And the fourth place guy specializes in sprints!
- You should join the track and field club! - I wish you told me that earlier.
Not bad, pal! Though I could've ran faster.
Oh, next up is that guy.
So Kaidou is in this race too?
- I am like the wind. - On your marks...
- Get set... - I'm Shun the Gale!
What kind of run was that?
Two of our guys got fifth place!
- We have to turn things around in the next event! - The next event is the co-ed three-legged race.
Oh? It's finally my turn.
It's not.
It's mine.
- I'm competing in the next event. - Wait, who are you?
My name is Sawakita.
Well, my name doesn't matter.
I'm only playing a supporting role.
He suddenly went into his life story.
My grades, my looks, everything about me...
I was born average and I will die average. That's my life.
But a single game of rock-paper-scissors brought light into my life.
I'm running a three-legged race with Teruhashi!
Just the memory of this race will keep me going!
Could you be any more dramatic?
Let's do our best, Sawakita.
Okay!
"My grades, my looks, everything about me..."
"I was born average and I will die average. That's my life."
"But a single game of rock-paper-scissors brought light into my life."
"I'm running a three-legged race with Teruhashi!"
"Just the memory of this race will keep me going!"
is what I bet he's thinking.
- Wow. You guessed his thoughts with complete accuracy. - Make it the memory of a lifetime!
Do you have ESP?
But don't be so focused on me that you can't run the race.
Let's win no matter what!
R-Right!
I may not look it, but I hate to lose.
Hey, if we win, let's celebrate...
...alone, okay?
On your marks, get set...
- Goal! Sawakita and Teruhashi won first place hands-down! - They were running six-legged, wow!
- But he carried Teruhashi bridal style in his arms, so he needs to die! - Class 3 gains 300 points!
I caught every moment of your "memory of a lifetime."
- All right! Let's keep it up and make a comeback! - T-Teruhashi, um...
Let's talk some other time!
Ha, a scavenger hunt? Who's stuck with that?
You are.
Oh yeah, it was me.
Come on, Nendou!
- On your marks, get set... - Lose, lose, lose, lose....
- All right! - Class 3's Nendou is fast!
He's first to pick up the paper!
Getting there first doesn't mean much, though.
- Now please go get what's written on the paper! - What? This is so easy.
Oh? Looks like he knows where it is!
He's coming this way!
Hey, let me borrow that.
This?!
No, not that.
This one.
Saiki!
Hey, Saiki! Wake up!
What's going on?! What happened?!
I don't know! He just suddenly fainted!
Hey! Are you okay, Saiki?!
Hey, we shouldn't try to move him!
Saiki?
Saiki!
Pal...
Saiki... your face...
What's going on?
The cause is unknown!
The entire main system went down. This has never happened before!
What?!
Oh my God! Oh my God!
That same moment, at a certain research lab.
Th-This is...!
Call the president! Now!
That same moment, in Chakahoppaoppeke Village.
Elder! What did you just say?
The world will soon come to an end.
Looks like he came to!
You suddenly fainted when Nendou took that out,
so I tried putting back.
He pulled it out?!
What is it?!
Well, it looks like smacking it did the trick.
You hit it?
Huh? The graph is now normal.
Director! We got the president on the phone!
Sorry! False alarm.
What?!
That was close. Since it was only removed for an instant,
we avoided the worst-case scenario.
Hey, you okay, pal?
But to think Nendou pulled it out...
- He really is dangerous. - Everyone other than Nendou has crossed the finish line!
- I must eliminate him. - As Nendou failed to get the item, he is in last place.
Aw, I lost.
But oh well!
Who cares about Sports Day when my pal is in trouble, right?
Sorry, guys.
What do you think you're doing, Nendou?!
This concludes the morning events.
- The illusionist Mr. Chouno will be performing during lunch! - Well, pal, let's have lunch.
Where did Saiki go?
- Please enjoy the magic show! - Hey, Saiki!
- Pal! - Amazing!
This isn't good. I'm losing control of my strength.
Even if only for an instant, it was still removed.
What I have on the left side of my head is a regulation device.
I've had psychic powers since birth,
and those powers grew rapidly as I got older.
Around 5th grade, I could easily lift a high-rise condo.
I probably could've destroyed the moon without difficulty.
But I gradually lost control of my powers.
Blowing up my house in my sleep is like a best-case scenario.
What's most dangerous are my mind control powers, which can change the world with a simple thought.
Explosions would be mere spilt milk.
That's why I attached this device to my head to control my powers.
But it's only restraining my powers. It can't stop their growth.
Once the device is removed,
even I don't know what my unchecked powers would do.
I can't direct my strength at all.
It's too risky for me to continue participating in Sports Day like this.
I'll have to go home early.
- Pal! Where are you? - Not good. I better leave now.
Teleportation!
Pal!
There you are. What are you doing?
It's no use. I can't use my powers as I want.
Are you still feeling sick? Maybe you should go home early.
I never thought he'd suggest that.
Are you okay, Saiki?
Can you go home by yourself?
You okay, Saiki?
- Don't push yourself. - Don't worry about us!
We'll cover for you!
Yeah, leave it to us!
- We're gonna win for sure! - These guys...
We're gonna do our best for Saiki!
Yeah!
We're gonna bring home the trophy for Saiki!
- It's really hard to leave now. - Yeah!
Thank you very much, Mr. Chouno!
No one was watching our show.
- We got full of ourselves over one TV appearance. - The first afternoon event is tug of war.
It's team battles now!
First up is tug of war!
- We're at the bottom now, but there's still a chance to make a comeback! - Wait, was he in any of the individual events?
Class 3! Fight!
Pull, pull! Clench your teeth!
Give it all you've got! You can do it! You can do it!
Stop talking and pull.
Good grief. PE is already a subject I have trouble with when I'm at 100%.
Huh? It suddenly went slack.
This is bad.
What? Now it got way stronger?!
Why does this thing tear so easily?
What now? Everyone's going to get suspicious.
I need to mend the rope somehow.
Crap. My gloves got torn by the friction.
I don't know what will happen if I use my psychometry in this state.
Er... C-Class 3 wins.
All right, we won!
Maybe I should just go home.
- There's a monster in Class 3! - God, I hate Sports Day.
Class 3 is crazy!
Behold the power of Class 3!
To think a match against humans would excite me so...
Did you guys have lunch?
The rope is severed where I was holding it! Did I do this?!
Hey, look at their faces...
Are they really...?
It's a good thing my teammates aren't too bright.
Here are the results of the tug of war!
First place goes to Class 2, and second to Class 3!
- And we were off to such a great start! - Two more events left.
Class 3 isn't doing so hot, huh?
Looks like Class 2 might win, huh?
So? I couldn't care less.
Hey, look, we're in first right now! Bam!
Seriously, I don't care.
- Hey, don't rub up against me like that! - Well, I suppose I did get last place in the three-legged race.
- I can't believe you're bragging about that. - You're creeping me out!
Don't hold a grudge if our class wins, okay?
No, I really don't care who wins, or about you for that matter.
Sorry, but Class 3 is going to win!
If we lose, I'll get a buzz cut!
Really now?
This just shows how determined I am!
Hey, now...
If Hairo's gonna do it,
- then we'll get buzz cuts too! - Wait a minute.
Count me in too. Of course, there's no chance of me losing.
How are you so confident?
Then I'll get a buzz cut too.
It wouldn't be a penalty in your case!
- That's right! Our hearts are one! - Wait, don't tell me they're gonna...
If we lose, every guy in Class 3 will get a buzz cut!
Yeah!
Yup, figures.
- The next event is the interclass beanbag toss! - If we want to turn things around, it has to be now.
We'll turn things around with the beanbag toss!
- Yeah! - All the classes have started!
- Whoosh! Yeah! Whoosh! Yeah! - What are you doing? Don't pick them up one at a time!
Your throws aren't getting anywhere, idiot!
I'll stop the beanbags right above the basket and drop them in...
Hey, don't call this cheating.
There's nothing in the rules against using psychic powers.
Please cease throwing now.
Class 1, 33 beanbags!
- Class 2, 28 beanbags! - We're still leading in total points!
- Class 3, 83 beanbags! - Whoa! We got double everyone else's!
- Did I over do it? - And Class 4...
100!
We just used our heads. Look.
What's with that big bag?!
Everyone in Class 4 gathered all the beanbags in a bag and sealed it.
You know the rest, right?
We threw in one hundred beanbags in a single toss.
No...!
Why are you all depressed? They were clearly cheat—
Hey, don't call this cheating.
There's nothing in the rules against using a big bag.
That was a clear oversight.
But there's still the last event, the interclass relay.
First place gets 500 points.
We can win if we get first and Class 4 gets last!
Saiki! I want you to be the anchor leg!
Refusing looks like a pain.
Well, I just have to finish in the same place I started in.
On your marks, get set...
Go, Kaidou!
I'm definitely not going to be last!
Already in a distant last place,
Class 3 has just passed on their baton!
Sorry!
We're already in last?
But you can leave the rest to me, Kaidou!
Once again, Class 3 was the last one to pass the baton.
Nendou from Class 3 is fast! Very fast!
He went straight from last place to first! Amazing!
The way he runs is disturbing, though.
Class 3's next runner is Teruhashi, the running goddess!
That's right. I can run fast too.
After all, I'm a perfect beautiful girl.
- The view of Teruhashi from behind is amazing! - Class 3 maintained their lead,
- If I beat you, let me have another chance! - and finally passed the baton to Hairo, the runner before their anchor leg, Saiki.
Great work, everyone!
I'll keep us in the lead all the way to Saiki!
- Hairo! What are you doing?! - This isn't the time for your antics!
Always with his *.
I'm finishing in the same position I start.
Which would be last place.
Yes, we can win this!
Tripping someone isn't cheating either, if no one notices.
Now, that changes everything.
Too bad for you.
Saiki, sorry!
You're the one who started this.
Payback time.
What's with that guy?!
- Someone fell! - He's insanely fast!
- Class 3 has bolted from last to first! - Whoa, incredible!
- Go, Saiki! - Class 4 has fallen down!
Oh well. On the plus side, at least I can avoid getting a buzz c...
Oh, right. my body isn't responding well to me right now.
The morning after Sports Day...
My name is Kusuo Saiki. I'm a psychic.
Good morning, Saiki!
Here's the reason for my haircut.
- Hey, Saiki. I had a really weird dream this morning. - Wow, you went all out.
What's with your head? It looks really funny.
Hey, that's not fair!
- Morning, everyone!
Where are your buzz cuts?
We only had to do that if we lost to Class 2, right?
We beat them.
Listen up, everyone!
There's an evacuation drill today!
Evacuation drill, huh?
Ha! I'll be fine. I don't need to rehearse.
Nendou, you shouldn't take the drill so lightly.
Take this, for example!
You're surrounded by hot flames.
The smoke makes it hard to see.
You can't breathe!
Now, what're you going to do in such a hot and hostile situation?
Can you make a levelheaded decision in such a state?!
Planning ahead will always pay off!
With you around, we don't even need a fire.
Anyway, when the fire alarm goes off,
follow your instructions and evacuate to the schoolyard.
Okay!
This is a mnemonic for the key points to consider during an evacuation.
SOS?
If I remember correctly, it stands for "Slow, Orderly, Silent."
I haven't heard it in a while.
Oh, I get it!
Simple is best.
Well, yes, that's the idea...
Then it must be, "Someone! Over here! Save me!"
Do it yourself.
You're as dull-witted as ever.
What?! Do you know what it is then?!
Well, obviously.
Just kidding.
It stands for "Slow, Orderly, Silent," right?
Yes, that's it.
So everyone, remember SOS when you're participating in the drill!
- A fire has broken out in the first floor science room. Please evacuate! - The sound of the fire alarm makes me panic.
This is important. We should listen closely.
Where's my hood?
Here it is.
Do we put them on now?
- Oh crap, I lost my hood. - What?!
You're exaggerating.
Oh no, I can't find my fire hood either.
You too, Teruhashi?!
Use this!
You can use mine too!
But if I borrow yours, you guys will...
She's right! What are you guys going to do?
I-I see.
Okay, time to start evacuating!
Shit, I left my phone in the room.
- Sorry, I forgot my phone. - You're trying too hard.
I feel like I'm hearing SOS in almost everything now.
See? What did I tell you?
H-Hey, Chiyo...
No, w-wait!
They're even doing it on stuff unrelated to the drill.
Is this some game?
All right, we're almost there!
What?!
What? No way.
We're stuck in here like this.
I wonder if the shutter was closed by mistake.
No, the route was closed on purpose.
The science room is right in the middle of this route.
Try to recall the announcement from earlier.
A fire has broken out in the first floor science room.
The science room is the site of the fire.
If this weren't a drill, the hallway would be impassable.
In other words, we're being tested to see if we listened to the announcement,
and will correctly choose to exit via the back entrance.
A solution?
I see. I now understand the point of the shutter!
Good grief. He finally figured it out.
We're being tested! This is an obstacle!
During a fire, Sometimes Obstacles Stand in your way!
Which means, we must break through this barrier to move forward!
This is a fire drill, not some fighting game.
All right then! Let's bust that shutter!
Yeah!
Everyone together now!
In a real fire, they'd be the first ones to go.
So, you wrenched open the shutter and escaped through the front entrance?
I see...
Who would break a shutter?!
We just installed it!
We're sorry!
Good grief. This is why I told them.
No, you didn't. Oh, I guess not directly.
Well, this school doesn't need an evacuation drill to begin with.
That's because...
Ugh... Life *s.
You're all getting buzz cuts as punishment!
I've been talking this whole time.
That is, I've been sending my words directly to people's minds with telepathy.
But the end result is the same as if I were speaking.
Next time on The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. the anime...
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