Good grief. What a dilemma.
This is the coffee jelly I normally get.
And this is a 183-yen three-pack, an exceptionally good deal.
183 yen for three cups means each one is 61 yen.
Two of them would be 122 yen, which is still cheaper than the 138-yen jelly.
- Mom, that guy's been standing there for a really long time. - Two 61-yen cups versus one 138-yen cup...
- Mind your own business. Come on, let's go. - Which one yields the greater satisfaction?
It must be this one. Double is substantial.
Quantity beats quality, after all.
Net weight?
That's right!
As I suspected, each cup in the three-pack is smaller.
It's not double, but only about 1.714 times more.
Then, the higher quality of this one makes up for the reduced quantity.
Quality really does beat quantity, after all.
My allowance is 3,000 yen, so...
I can buy 21 of them. That's enough to cover my entire desk.
But wait... If I buy the other one, I can buy 16 packs with 3,000 yen.
16 multiplied by 3 is... 48?!
Incredible! You could make a bed out of them!
- That's enough cups to share with every member of a certain idol group! - Thank you very much!
Not quite true.
Should I get this one after all?
This is just one single serving,
and yet it costs 2,950 yen?
Geez, what a ripoff.
Honestly, who would buy something like that?
I would.
What am I doing?
And this is only 55g.
Does this really taste good enough to beat 48 three-pack cups?
No, this is just coffee jelly we're talking about.
It couldn't really taste that good.
But still, it can't be awful.
I've spent my entire monthly allowance on it.
If it doesn't meet expectations...
I'll destroy the factory.
I should hurry home.
If I wander around with this 3,000-yen coffee jelly,
who knows who might attack me for it.
Should I teleport home from here?
No, too conspicuous.
Should I teleport just this home?
But doing that is a bit tricky.
In order to send something to a certain location,
I must in return apport something of equal value from that location.
No, it's going to be crushed?!
Psychokinesis!
It's safe.
I-I'm sorry! Are you okay?
Yeah, I'll be fine.
But I can't say the same about you.
Sorry, you okay?
- On second thought, I'll let you off the hook, so please go away. - Oh, it's you, pal!
What? You know him?
- Yeah. Hey, are you okay, pal? - Why do you always show up at the worst possible times?
Huh? Do you know where my ball went?
I can't find it.
It couldn't have gone too far, right?
Nope, it did.
That's why I'm looking for it with clairvoyance.
Did you find it?
- It's no use. I can't find any trace of it. - No. It's just a crumpled newspaper.
I'm sorry, but just forget about it.
- Did you find it? - I might have sent it flying,
- No. It's just a big rock. - but it was your fault for throwing it at me.
- Why don't we just forget about it? - I'll just head home and enjoy my coffee jelly.
I'll buy you a new one.
No, it has to be that ball.
It was something I got from my late grandpa, so it means a lot to me.
I see...
Then we definitely have to find it, don't we?
All right! We're all gonna look for it until we find it!
Thank you.
That other guy's already left, though.
What?!
Good grief. To think I'd have to resort to thoughtography.
Ah, so it's underwater somewhere.
This is outside the range of my clairvoyance.
I'll have to go a different route. I'll apport it.
I'll exchange that ball with something of equivalent value.
Something here should do it.
Apport!
That ball was signed by Mr. Negishi.
Who's that?
He's a baseball player!
Wow, really? Wouldn't that be worth a lot?
I think my grandpa said
the same ball was listed for almost 3,000 yen in an online auction.
I see. So that's why...
You found the ball?!
Oh, pal!
Thank you, mister!
I'm really glad that I got it back!
- It's my treasure! - Oh well. I can always buy more coffee jelly.
- Mister, let's play again! - But there will never be another ball like that for him.
Coming!
This is...
An elementary school boy and his sister came by.
This is to say thanks for the other day.
Did you do something nice?
I guess it's nice to do nice things.
What? You went to the House of Fortune-Telling, Chiyo?
It was great!
I'm going to completely break off with my ex and find a new boyfriend!
Takeru, did you go to the House of Fortune-Telling?
Yeah, and they said I'd be able to patch things up with Chiyo.
And already a mismatch in their fortunes.
What nonsense.
Fortune-telling is a mere illusion created by a bunch of pretend prophets.
Wow, we agree on something for once.
But never mind that. I have something vital to discuss.
Accompany me after school today.
Have you noticed?
There's some strange presence lurking in town.
- I believe that Dark Reunion is behind it. - That's a mere illusion you created.
Isn't there anyone else you can ask to babysit you?
- Pal! Have you heard? There's a fortune-telling shop nearby. - It's "House of Fortune-Telling."
- You know the bookstore by it? - I'm sick of hearing about it.
- I hear they sell Jump there half a week early. - They shouldn't do that.
So that's the House of Fortune-Telling?
How was it, Kiyomi?!
Listen to this!
- My thread of fate is intertwined with Kento Yamazaki's! - Well, if they enjoy it, then good for them.
That's Kaidou. What's he doing here?
I personally don't care for fortune-telling.
But if this person really is a prophet,
they might be targeted by Dark Reunion.
- I'll have to see for myself! - I don't care about his excuses,
- but the fortune-telling here is pretty suspect. - They said I was going to go out with Kento Yamazaki!
Kento Yamazaki is already juggling two girlfriends.
- Next in line, please. - Well, I'm already here. Might as well investigate.
Welcome to the House of Fortune-Telling.
Please have a seat.
O-Okay.
This place is a total cliche.
I'm Mikiko Clairvoyance. Nice to meet you.
- On what matter would you like advice today? - Could her name be any more suspicious?
- Advice? Well, it's not like that. - She seems kinda shady.
Maybe she is just an ordinary human.
Seems like he's half in doubt as well.
Oh my... I sense a very unusual aura from you!
You're no ordinary person, are you?
Do you have any special talents?
- This woman is the real thing! - Does that ring a bell?
- You're hopeless. - It seems you too are no ordinary person.
- Your overreactions make you way too transparent. - So he's got eighth-grader syndrome. Seems an easy target.
You're troubled by something! Am I wrong?!
How did you know?!
People without any problems wouldn't come to a place like this.
Let me guess what it is. A problem with romance...
...is not what it is, so an issue with your future and schoolwork...
...isn't what's troubling you either.
So it must be your friends and relationships!
Yes! Your source of trouble is one of friends and relationships!
- H-How did you know?! - Wow, who would've guessed.
Yeah, you're right. That is the source of my troubles.
- I'm an assassin known as The Jet-Black Wings who came from a parallel world. - What is he talking about.
I ask myself that every day.
- But after I discovered the truth about the organization... - I understand...
I am used to fighting. But sometimes I think about my life...
I live in solitude.
I don't have anyone I can call a frien—I mean, comrade.
- What on Earth should I do? - He kept rambling on, but in short...
His problem is that he can't make friends.
You're searching for someone who can understand you, right?
That's the wrong approach.
- You should first try to understand others. - Oh, so she says some decent things too.
- I may have misjudged her a little. - Also, this will help.
She took something out!
You'll be fine if you wear this necklace.
Wh-What is this?!
If you wear this,
you'll be able to make friends with 100 people and Kento Yamazaki!
Is "Kento Yamazaki" her word of the day?
If you buy now, I'm willing to offer you this for the low price of 30,000 yen!
30,000 yen?!
I can't believe this.
- I-I'll buy it! But tell me one thing first. - I don't know why I even bother with this idiot.
Will this let me be friends with Saiki?!
If you wear that necklace,
- that Saiki guy will follow you around saying, "Hey, pal!" - Excuse me? Which Saiki are we talking about?
I-I'll buy it!
What a chump. An "organization"? Idiotic.
Okay, next in line, please!
I don't really care what happens to him,
but she made a grave error in dragging me into this.
100 friends, eh? I better remember all their names.
Kaidou!
A new friend already?!
Here's your money back!
I had no idea your story was actually true!
Huh? Then what about the necklace?
You can keep it! I bought it at a street stall for 500 yen!
What?!
I don't want him thinking that necklace has the power to make me his friend.
He should make friends on his own instead of relying on things like that.
Hey, pal! And you too, runt?!
So this necklace really is...
All my work went down the drain because of you!
Are we there yet?
Good grief. I'm with these two again.
Oh, Saiki? What're you doing?
Oh...! Teruhashi!
What are you all doing together?
Well, Nendou said he knows a good ramen place, so he's taking us there.
Yeah! We're headed there to pig ou—I mean, eat.
Oh, ramen, huh?
If you don't mind, can I come with you?
Am I being too pushy?
- W-Well, I don't mind, really. - It'd be great if you come!
Seriously?
Hey, look over there.
Whoa, she's cute!
I was careless.
Teruhashi poses the greatest threat to me.
Normally, Nendou just goes "Oh? Oh?" with that incredibly stupid face of his, but...
Why, I didn't expect you'd like ramen, Teruhashi.
Who are you?
And then, there's Kaidou.
Say, Kaidou...
Yes?!
Why do you always have bandages on your hands?
- Um, I do it so my powers won't go out of control, and uh... - "Powers"? Sorry, I don't quite understand you.
Well, it just got like this. I don't even know why!
- He's even getting over his eighth-grader syndrome. - I'll take them off!
This is wholly disturbing,
but it's the reaction Teruhashi normally gets from people.
They're quite excited. But that's just natural,
since they get to eat with me, the cutest girl in the world.
So why is he still acting as nonchalant as ever?!
Kunio Saiki!
Why aren't you saying "Oh..."?!
When you see me, your reaction should start with "Oh...," right?
Sorry, "start with"?
There's no way my charms wouldn't work on a quiet guy like him.
An irritating guy who seems preoccupied, with a dark side,
with an air of mystery about him, and has a gaze that can see right through you...
Something wrong with my pal?
Oh no! Forget what I just said!
I'll use my charms to make him say "Oh..." today for sure!
I'm getting all of her attention.
I don't want her to follow me around, but I don't want to say "Oh..." either.
I just found a solution to this problem.
We have arrived.
That's the ramen place.
- Stop making that face. - Wow, I'm starving!
I can't believe this. Are we actually going in there?
I heard the ramen here is crazy good!
What? Uh-uh, I can't do this.
A relative of one of my friends said it was good, so it'll be fine.
What, is this some urban legend?
I can't do it. This is me we're talking about.
Of all places, they brought me somewhere you can't even call a restaurant?!
As I thought.
Teruhashi will leave without entering the restaurant.
Something urgent came up, so I'm going home.
With that, their opinion of her will suffer.
And they'll stop saying "Oh..."
What's with her? Ha! She's so stuck up!
She's no different from us common folk after all.
And with her pride wounded, Teruhashi won't try to get close to me again.
- What's with them? They're impossible! Whatever!
That's my plan.
I'll say something urgent came up and leave.
- Um, something ca— - Hey, don't be ridiculous!
- There's no way Teruhashi can go into a place like that! - Ah, well, wait...
It's Teruhashi!
You don't wanna eat in a nasty dive like this, right, Teruhashi?
N-No, I'm fine with it.
I can't leave. If I go home now, they'll think that's why I left.
- A-Are you sure you're okay with it? - Great going, Kaidou.
- Still, it's impressive how she's playing the perfect beautiful girl in this situation. - Yup, I'm fine!
Of course... The inside couldn't possibly have been clean, right?
What is this place?! It's beyond terrible!
No, really, you don't have to force yourself.
- I'll be fine. What's important is the taste. - I'm over it now.
S-She's incredible! She didn't even show a hint of displeasure.
- "She's the perfect woman!" - She's the perfect woman!
is what you're thinking, right?
That's exactly right.
I've lived 16 years as a girl with a perfect appearance and personality!
I can't ruin that in front of him!
- I must also keep alive the dreams of the 7 billion people who love me! - The Dreams of 7 Billion People
Hey, manager! Four bowls of ramen, please!
Right, four bowls.
Th-That's the manager?
Is he preparing the food?
That creepy monster who has every single trait I find repulsive?!
N-No, can't be.
I bet there's a first-class chef in the kitchen!
Face reality.
Thanks for waiting.
Here they are!
This is just what you'd expect from appearances.
It seems the plan to sabotage her favorability has failed. No one can eat this.
I have to eat this!
They can't call me the perfect woman
if I leave the food served to me untouched!
I can't let down 7 billion people!
I don't think you should eat it.
Hey, pops! Even pigs wouldn't eat this crap!
- Shut up, brat! You can beat it! - So Teruhashi eats stuff like this...
The perfect woman, huh?
Saiki's opinion of Teruhashi improved a little. If she will go that far to play her role,
maybe she already is perfect.
I feel sick.
My name is Reita Toritsuka. I'm a spirit medium.
I have been able to see ghosts since I was born.
People think that ghosts are scary, but that's not true.
Ghosts aren't to be feared.
- Have a good day. Watch out for cars. - In fact, they're nice.
Thanks!
As you can see, ghosts are completely harmless.
What I'm trying to say is
the powers of a spirit medium are great enough to control the world!
Hey, you there!
Are they doing bag checks at the school gate today?
You mean PK Academy? Yeah, they are.
Yes, I'm talking about recon.
With ghosts as my eyes and ears, there's nothing I can't find out.
That's right. He who controls information controls the world!
Just what are you bringing to school?!
All I'm doing is using the gifts bestowed upon me for my own happiness.
It's no different from what pop stars and athletes do.
There's one more favor I'd like to ask.
Sure. What is it?
Go find out what color her panties are, ghost!
Um, sorry. I can't do that because that would be an invasion of her privacy.
Well, see you.
Oh, right.
Ghosts are nice people, so they wouldn't take part in wrongdoing.
In any case, the powers of a spirit medium don't stop there!
So, I'm at a loss...
- Hey, you girls over there! - What should we do?
I happen to be free right now, so I can check who your guardian spirits are!
Girls just love the paranormal.
Oh! Maybe I should start marketing myself as a fortune teller!
This is a ritual to exorcise evil spirits.
This is purely for your sake. Now, take off your clothes.
Yes, sir.
Well, you've already told me mine.
Why don't you ask him?
What? I don't care about that stuff.
Never mind that. There's something we'd like to ask you.
Her gym clothes are missing. You know anything?
No! No! I don't know anything!
- Why? It wasn't me! I swear! Swear! - Hey, I was just asking if you've seen them.
That's it!
I'll find those gym clothes!
What?
What do you mean "find," guardian spirits guy?
- Do you have a lead, guardian spirits guy? - Guardian spirits guy!
My name is Toritsuka.
And I do have a lead. I can ask the ghosts.
They're everywhere, so they know whatever happens at school.
Hey, you!
I'm looking for a certain girl's gym clothes.
Would you happen to know anything about it?
And what are you going to do with those gym clothes?
Y-You've got it wrong! She asked me to look for them!
Oh, I see. Sorry about that. I did see them.
Really? When? Where?
Just earlier.
I think that was when I was goofing off inside of your vice principal.
Is that fun?
Not really.
I saw a male student passing by then with a girl's gym bag.
Does that mean they were stolen?
Theft turns this into a whole different story!
This sensational case will eventually spread all over school.
I heard he caught a thief!
Wow, look over here!
He's way too cool!
I can't stop fantasizing!
That's him!
Please wait!
You're the guy I saw this morning!
As his guardian spirit, I want you to overlook this.
So he really is the culprit, huh? Move out of my way!
I beg you.
Do you mean to stand in my way no matter what?
Well, as his guardian spirit...
Okay, then.
What?!
I'll do anything if you let this slide!
Anything?
That's right! Someone's weakness, exam questions,
I'll tell you anything you want!
So please disregard this!
I refuse.
Wh-Why?!
You shook my resolve quite a bit, but I can't do it.
After all, there's one super scary psychic in this school who can see through anything.
Even if it's a ghost, if I threaten a guy and commit all sorts of misdeeds,
he's gonna kill me.
Besides...
You're frantically trying to protect the person you watch over.
I can't have you doing bad things.
But that doesn't mean I'll show him mercy!
- Hey, come out, you perv! - What? Weren't you going to let this slide?!
What? He's not here.
But he left her gym clothes behind.
He probably ran because you made such a ruckus.
Those gym clothes! So you were the one who took them!
We thought it was suspicious when you were freaking out earlier!
No, you got it wr—
Thanks for taking the fall for him.
What was I thinking? My powers totally *.
* being a spirit medium!
Well, cheer up.
Oh, and just this once, I checked the color of their panties for you.
But I guess this won't be enough to get me off the hook, huh?
Like I said, being a spirit medium rules!
I didn't show up this episode.
0.2 seconds after I woke up, I realized...
...that my psychic powers were gone.
I couldn't hear anyone's voices.
Normally upon waking, people's thoughts would flood into my head,
making me wish I could sleep off the rest of my life.
I couldn't float in the air either.
It hurts...
My punch doesn't even crack the wall.
Forget just the wall. Until now,
I'd obliterate everything for 7 kilometers straight.
I've been freed from the curse of my psychic powers!
Yes... Yes!
What?
0.2 seconds after I woke up, I realized...
...I was dreaming.
- Morning already? A new day again. - I don't want to get up.
I'm depressed.
Well... No surprise here.
No, I probably shouldn't.
Good grief. This morning is the worst.
I had a dream too.
To rub salt in the wound, I woke up with a headache.
When I have a dream, and when I have a headache,
it's my precognition powers kicking in.
They allow me to know what happens in the future.
That being said, that dream wasn't foretelling that I would lose my powers.
It was warning me of that explosion.
Good grief. I guess I'll have to save some lives before breakfast.
This must be where the explosion occurred in my dream.
My house is just around the corner.
I only take action if whatever happens would be personally detrimental to me.
My actions may end up saving people,
but I don't go out of my way to do so.
I've saved Earth and mankind six times in the past,
but it was purely for my own benefit.
Now, with regards to this explosion...
Okay, now the explosion will no longer happen.
I assure you I'm serious.
Accidents happen due to a miraculous chain of coincidences.
So one little change leads to an entirely different outcome.
Let's suppose I didn't pick up this rock.
One minute from now,
a high school girl will pass by, wearing a miniskirt even though it's winter.
She'll trip on the rock.
She'll fall spectacularly as if making a somersault kick.
The impact will send the rock flying... straight into a tanker.
Right then, the driver will lower the window to talk to the gas station attendant
and be struck in the temporal region.
He'll pass out, falling forwards.
He'll step on the gas pedal.
The tanker will start moving,
crashing into a gas pump.
The gas will start leaking and spread.
Meanwhile, the high school girl from earlier will be on the ground in an unbecoming pose.
Just then, a scooter will pass by.
The male rider will be fascinated.
As he's distracted, he'll wipe out on the gas on the ground.
The scooter will slide stylishly into the gas station,
triggering the explosion.
That's what was going to happen. Do you understand now?
The accident came from a manga-typical chain of improbable coincidences.
If the high school girl weren't pressed for time,
she wouldn't have tripped on the rock.
If she'd been wearing track pants under her skirt,
the scooter driver wouldn't have cared.
Pssh. Whatever.
If the driver had opened his window even one second later, he wouldn't have been struck by the rock.
The same could be said if he were slightly more skilled.
Who's there?!
No matter how big the accident, the trigger is always a minor thing.
Thus, a minor change is all that's needed to prevent it.
Well, it was easy to stop this time since I saw the entire thing in my dream.
Usually, it's harder because I see only a part of the process.
I got a vision while talking about it?
And I get no hints but the end result this time. Good grief.
Huh? Where did this rock come flying from?
Oh? Oh? Is this...
...a-a meteorite?! Yeah! That has to be it!
Sir! I've brought the kerosene for the heaters from the warehouse!
Oh, thank y—
We don't need that much!
We're not trying to build a sauna here!
I'm sorry! I'll take some back! While doing bunny-hops!
No, it's fine!
Leave them in the hallway. I'll take care of it.
Yes, sir!
Hey, runt! Look here!
Ta-da! Guess what this is.
It's a meteorite! Isn't that amazing?
This isn't a meteorite. It's just an ordinary rock. Dumb.
Hey, what are you doing? What if it hits someone?!
Like anyone's around.
Crap, I overslept!
I'm the class assistant today! I better hurry!
I need to book it in the hallway to make it!
So I'm *ed if I trip...
And I tripped!
You see? It's always a minor thing that triggers an accident.
Seriously, I can go on about how good coffee jelly is for days.
This isn't like me! I let myself indulge in happiness!
Next time on The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. the anime...
If you ask me if I prefer cats or dogs, the answer is "I don't care."