One of the most powerful characters to grace the world of manga and anime, Saiki Kusuo is the main character in the hit series -The Disastrous Life of Saiki K,a high school student with extraordinary psychic abilities.
While most characters usually end up acquiring their abilities, Saiki was born with them and was able to use powers such as telepathy, telekinesis, clairvoyance, and manipulation from a very young age. While most people would enjoy possessing these forms of abilities, Saiki thought of his abilities as more of a burden than a blessing, as he is constantly rescuing his friends or himself out of odd predicaments.
Who is Saiki K? And How Is He So Powerful?
The Insanely Powerful Psychic Still Finds Himself In The Most Odd Positions
Saiki’s appearance is unique, which makes him easily identifiable to Saiki K. fans with his bright pink hair, green-tinted glasses, and the two metallic antennas on his head which are limiters preventing him from accidentally going all out with his powers. As an introverted, quiet, high school teenager who avoids attention at all costs, he tries toavoid attention by using his powersso he can try his best to live a normal life. However, even though he tries his best to live a normal life, his friends, parents, brother, and classmates keep getting in his way, causing unpredictable and possibly dangerous situations to take place. Saiki, being the good person that is, tries his best to secretly help them with his powers without revealing himself as the hero.
Good grief, ordinary people are such a pain.
The Disastrous Life Of Saiki Krevolves around Saiki’s daily struggles of trying to live a normal life even as a psychic. The comedic elements of the show are clever and reference other animes in a subtle way. Saiki is also never seen actually speaking a word throughout the show, even though the show is mostly narrated through his voice. This could be the show runners' way of convincing the audience that Saiki is using telepathy (or his inner monologue) to narrate his life story.The comedic energy and chaosthe show brings brilliantly combines with the random situations Saiki finds himself as he engages with each character of the series.
Saiki possesses so many powers that fans have even compared him to other powerful anime characters such as Goku and One Punch Man, making him one of the most powerful characters in anime. His powers include telepathy, which allows him to read the minds of average humans, he also possesses telekinesis, which allows him to easily manipulate objects without much effort. He can also use another psychic ability known as clairvoyance, which gives him the power to see things that are happening far away or even in another country, he is also able to use clairvoyance to locate people or missing objects.One of the other powerful abilitiesSaiki can execute is teleportation, he is easily able to transport himself or others with him to any part of the world in a split second, he is also able to time travel to the past or future and manipulate reality as he sees fit.
His Powers Are Limitless And Knows No Bounds
There Is No Limit To What Saiki Is Capable Of!
If the situation calls for it, Saiki is also able to shapeshift himself into a girl and goes by the name Kuriko. He is also able to shapeshift into a cat known as Sai. His powers don’t stop there, as he is able to use invisibility to hide from people he wants to avoid, pyrokinesis to keep himself warm in cold places or to set things on fire, manipulate electricity, fly to places if he needs to, control the air and wind to some extent, survive in space without any side effects, X-Ray vision as well as precognition which gives him the ability to sense if something bad is going to happen. He also possesses a genius intellect, superhuman characteristics and many more powers, making him an extremely powerful being.
With great power comes great responsibility. However, Saiki also does possess a few weaknesses and limitations. One of them being his friend Riki Nendou, while Nendou does not pose a threat, Saiki is never able to read his mind. He is also unable to read the minds of bugs because he finds them disgusting. Even thoughSaiki possesses powers such as teleportation, he needs to wait three minutes before using teleportation again. The ability to warp reality may seem like an easy feat to Saiki, but the repercussions can be devastating as any changes made to reality are irreversible. He is also able to shrink to 1/100th of his original size, but this process takes two hours, and it would take him one hour for him to revert to his normal size. Time manipulation on an object can only be used once per day, which is why Saiki would need to make calculated decisions before tampering with time. Another weakness Saiki possesses is his cravings for coffee jelly. While this weakness may not be detrimental to society, he can easily be manipulated with sweets if not too careful.
