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The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
★ 8.3/10•2016•23m•TV-14•Animation•Comedy•Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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High school sophomore Kusuo Saiki swore as a child that he would keep his psychic talents hidden, but his abilities still make his life difficult.

StatusEnded
Runtime23m
LanguageJA
First Air DateJul 11, 2016

Episodes

Episode 1 - The Disastrous Life of a Psychic + The Worst of the Worst?! Riki Nendou + Shun Kaidou, AKA The Jet-Black Wings + Intelligent and Beautiful! Kokomi TeruhashiE123m

The Disastrous Life of a Psychic + The Worst of the Worst?! Riki Nendou + Shun Kaidou, AKA The Jet-Black Wings + Intelligent and Beautiful! Kokomi Teruhashi

Kusuo Saiki thought he could have an easy life despite his psychic abilities, but his sophomore year of high school quickly proves him wrong.

Jul 11, 2016

Episode 2 - Hot-Blooded! Dodgeball! + Reach Him! Sign of Love + Saiki Family Home Renovation?! Drastic Makeover!! + Deceive! Mind ControlE223m

Hot-Blooded! Dodgeball! + Reach Him! Sign of Love + Saiki Family Home Renovation?! Drastic Makeover!! + Deceive! Mind Control

Kusuo inadvertently makes a brilliant dodgeball play in gym class, putting him on a collision course with his athletic classmates Kineshi and Riki.

Jul 18, 2016

Episode 3 - A Genius Magician?! Uryoku Chouno + Second Encounter (on TV)! Uryoku Chouno + How Shady! Dark Reunion! + Beachside Summer Story + A New School Term Starts! The Melancholy of NendouE323m

A Genius Magician?! Uryoku Chouno + Second Encounter (on TV)! Uryoku Chouno + How Shady! Dark Reunion! + Beachside Summer Story + A New School Term Starts! The Melancholy of Nendou

Kusuo's extrasensory perception makes him unable to enjoy famous illusionist Uryoku Chono's show. Annoyed, Chono dares him to display his own magic.

Jul 25, 2016

Episode 4 - Please Make Me Your Apprentice! + Psychic Medium in the Class Next Door + Kineshi Hairo, in Search of Lumber + Home Alone Disaster + Crisis in Three-Month RelationshipE423m

Please Make Me Your Apprentice! + Psychic Medium in the Class Next Door + Kineshi Hairo, in Search of Lumber + Home Alone Disaster + Crisis in Three-Month Relationship

Young medium Reita Toritsuka, who can see ghosts, asks Kusuo to take him on as a student in ESP, but Reita's motivations are anything but noble.

Aug 1, 2016

Episode 5 - Escape Using an Invincible Suit of Camouflage! + Get Fired Up! PK Academy Sports Day + Don’t Catch Fire! Safety Drill!E523m

Escape Using an Invincible Suit of Camouflage! + Get Fired Up! PK Academy Sports Day + Don’t Catch Fire! Safety Drill!

Kusuo changes his routine so that he can get home from school in time to watch anime. His worried friends, meanwhile, are searching all over for him.

Aug 8, 2016

Episode 6 - Enticing Premium Quality Coffee Jello + In Order to Avoid Misfortunes... + Teruhashi’s Biggest Trial + The Disastrous Life of the Psychic Medium Reita Toritsuka + Stop the Killer Domino Effect!E623m

Enticing Premium Quality Coffee Jello + In Order to Avoid Misfortunes... + Teruhashi’s Biggest Trial + The Disastrous Life of the Psychic Medium Reita Toritsuka + Stop the Killer Domino Effect!

Kusuo heads to the grocery store to buy dessert and has to decide which coffee jelly will give him the most satisfaction. Luckily, he has ESP!

Aug 15, 2016

Episode 7 - Reign of the Small King + Frolic! Silent Night + Noisy New Year'sE723m

Reign of the Small King + Frolic! Silent Night + Noisy New Year's

Kusuo isn't a fan of cats or dogs because his telepathy and X-ray vision let him see animals as they really are. Then he meets a cat in a tight spot.

Aug 22, 2016

Episode 8 - The Scariest! Mr. Matsuzaki + Chocolate Festival + Absolutely the Worst! Nendou’s Father + Totally Trusting! Kurumi Saiki + Telepathy SilencerE823m

The Scariest! Mr. Matsuzaki + Chocolate Festival + Absolutely the Worst! Nendou’s Father + Totally Trusting! Kurumi Saiki + Telepathy Silencer

Kusuo "overhears" his classmates planning to steal a confiscated item back from a terrifying teacher and has to decide whether or not to rat them out.

Aug 29, 2016

Episode 9 - The Superstar Returns! + Cast the Die! An Upset in the Finals + Second Encounter (for Real This Time)! Uryoku Chouno + Mera’s Money SituationE923m

The Superstar Returns! + Cast the Die! An Upset in the Finals + Second Encounter (for Real This Time)! Uryoku Chouno + Mera’s Money Situation

Kokomi worries that Kusuo will think she's dating the idol Toru Mugami. When Kusuo's mom becomes Mugami's newest fan, things get complicated.

Sep 5, 2016

Episode 10 - Reignited! Physical Fitness Test! + Little Love Story + The Latest Crappy Game! Olfana’s Story + Welcome Home! Mama + The Best Way of Confessing Love?! Spirit-Summoning TechniqueE1023m

Reignited! Physical Fitness Test! + Little Love Story + The Latest Crappy Game! Olfana’s Story + Welcome Home! Mama + The Best Way of Confessing Love?! Spirit-Summoning Technique

The day of the sports test in gym class is not Kusuo's favorite. But it's paradise for Kineshi and Riki, who may have finally found worthy opponents.

Sep 12, 2016

Episode 11 - Jump! Cyborg Cider-Man No. 2 + Industry-Leading, Top-Ranking Company?! Father’s Job + Cider-Man No. 2 vs. The Lemonade Fiend + Kusuo Saiki’s Holiday + Kusuo Saiki’s Woman TroublesE1123m

Jump! Cyborg Cider-Man No. 2 + Industry-Leading, Top-Ranking Company?! Father’s Job + Cider-Man No. 2 vs. The Lemonade Fiend + Kusuo Saiki’s Holiday + Kusuo Saiki’s Woman Troubles

No good deed goes unpunished, as Kusuo learns when he retrieves a child named Yuta's balloon with his ESP and Yuta decides he's secretly a superhero.

Sep 19, 2016

Episode 12 - Okinawa School Trip (Part 1)E1223m

Okinawa School Trip (Part 1)

As a teleporter, Kusuo doesn't share his classmates' excitement about their class trip. He gets caught up in schemes about trip groups regardless.

Sep 26, 2016

Episode 13 - Okinawa School Trip (Part 2)E1323m

Okinawa School Trip (Part 2)

Kusuo wakes up at the beach to find that the hotel he was supposed to stay at has disappeared. An old sunken ship suddenly appears out of nowhere.

Oct 3, 2016

Episode 14 - ’Sup Homies!! Outsider + A Transfer Student: The First Encounters + Mr. and Mrs. Nendou Together! + Reviving Café Mami! + Guilty or Not Guilty?! A Theft CaseE1423m

’Sup Homies!! Outsider + A Transfer Student: The First Encounters + Mr. and Mrs. Nendou Together! + Reviving Café Mami! + Guilty or Not Guilty?! A Theft Case

Bespectacled transfer student Aren Kuboyasu decides to use his new surroundings as an opportunity to distance himself from his delinquent past.

Oct 10, 2016

Episode 15 - Which Idea Will Be Picked?! School Festival Planning + Sing! Reita’s Recital! + PK Academy School FestivalE1523m

Which Idea Will Be Picked?! School Festival Planning + Sing! Reita’s Recital! + PK Academy School Festival

The school festival draws near, and Kusuo's classmate Kineshi has a terrible idea: folding 50,000 paper cranes. Everyone else is opposed.

Oct 17, 2016

Episode 16 - The Perfect Pretty Girl vs. the Super Stubborn Guy + Psychic Santa Claus + Let’s Go Buy the Latest Electronics! + New Year’s CycleE1623m

The Perfect Pretty Girl vs. the Super Stubborn Guy + Psychic Santa Claus + Let’s Go Buy the Latest Electronics! + New Year’s Cycle

Kokomi's brother asks Kusuo for a favor about filming in their neighborhood. The next day at school, Kokomi invites him on a date as an apology.

Oct 24, 2016

Episode 17 - Kaidou's Suspicion + No Intervention Needed?! Nendou vs. Kaidou + The Worst Part-Timer + Fierce Run! Runners Psi!E1723m

Kaidou's Suspicion + No Intervention Needed?! Nendou vs. Kaidou + The Worst Part-Timer + Fierce Run! Runners Psi!

On his way to school, Shun encounters Aren in the middle of the street. He's stumbled into a revenge plot, but it may be too late to escape.

Oct 31, 2016

Episode 18 - Teruhashi's Second Visit to the Saiki Residence + It's a Piece of Cake! The Straw Millionaire + Transformation! Super Size + He Should Repeat the Grade + Max Excitement! Karaoke PartyE1823m

Teruhashi's Second Visit to the Saiki Residence + It's a Piece of Cake! The Straw Millionaire + Transformation! Super Size + He Should Repeat the Grade + Max Excitement! Karaoke Party

Kokomi drops by the Saiki household to get a cooking lesson from Kurumi, but Yuta is extremely suspicious of her, and Kusuo is in over his head.

Nov 14, 2016

Episode 19 - Hurray! Tsundere Grandpa + Hip, Hip, Hurray! Tsundere Grandpa + Welcome to the Farthest Amusement Park! + See You Again! Saying Goodbye to the Grandparents + Congratulations on the Video Game Release! Kunio Saitou's Horror StoriesE1923m

Hurray! Tsundere Grandpa + Hip, Hip, Hurray! Tsundere Grandpa + Welcome to the Farthest Amusement Park! + See You Again! Saying Goodbye to the Grandparents + Congratulations on the Video Game Release! Kunio Saitou's Horror Stories

Kusuo and his family visit his mother's parents, the very kind Kumi and the very forbidding Kumagoro, whose bark is much worse than his bite.

Nov 21, 2016

Episode 20 - Toritsuka's Plan to Get Popular + The PK Occult Club + The Worst Cooks + Kokomins Trial + The Disastrous ___th Episode of the AnimeE2023m

Toritsuka's Plan to Get Popular + The PK Occult Club + The Worst Cooks + Kokomins Trial + The Disastrous ___th Episode of the Anime

Kusuo overhears girls gossiping about their crushes on Reita, whose band made a big splash at the school festival, possibly for a sinister reason.

Nov 28, 2016

Episode 21 - Here Comes the Mad Scientist + Run for It! A Battle of Wits + Please at Least Be Quiet in the Art MuseumE2123m

Here Comes the Mad Scientist + Run for It! A Battle of Wits + Please at Least Be Quiet in the Art Museum

After Kusuo takes a direct hit from a baseball to his head walking past the field, he realizes one of the control devices on his head is missing.

Dec 5, 2016

Episode 22 - Summer Break! The Occult Club Training Camp + The Tennis Club Training Camp + Clinical Testing Job + License Training Camp + A Date with TeruhashiE2223m

Summer Break! The Occult Club Training Camp + The Tennis Club Training Camp + Clinical Testing Job + License Training Camp + A Date with Teruhashi

Summer vacation approaches. Kusuo can hardly wait for some peace and quiet! However, his calendar quickly fills up with one annoyance after another.

Dec 12, 2016

Episode 23 - The Heir to a Conglomerate Makes His Appearance + Tsundere Grandpa Returns! + Holding a Halloween Party + The Saiko Family's Unbeatable Financial PowerE2323m

The Heir to a Conglomerate Makes His Appearance + Tsundere Grandpa Returns! + Holding a Halloween Party + The Saiko Family's Unbeatable Financial Power

Transfer student Metori Saiko joins the class, but his haughty attitude is as big as his family's fortune. Kusuo wonders if he has an ulterior motive.

Dec 19, 2016

Episode 24 - Talent Blossoms?! Melancholy of a Popular Magician + An Exercise in Runaway Delusion + Break-time Disaster + Crushed! Surprise PartyE2423m

Talent Blossoms?! Melancholy of a Popular Magician + An Exercise in Runaway Delusion + Break-time Disaster + Crushed! Surprise Party

Kusuo receives an invitation to a magic show featuring Chono and Michael, whose powers have apparently grown prodigiously.

Dec 26, 2016

Actors

Hiroshi Kamiya

Hiroshi Kamiya

Saiki Kusuo (voice)

Ai Kayano

Ai Kayano

Teruhashi Kokomi (voice)

Maaya Uchida

Maaya Uchida

Mera Chisato (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Kuboyasu Aren (voice)

Nobunaga Shimazaki

Nobunaga Shimazaki

Kaidou Shun (voice)

Yuki Kaji

Yuki Kaji

Akechi Touma (voice)

Masaya Matsukaze

Masaya Matsukaze

Saiko Metori (voice)

Daisuke Ono

Daisuke Ono

Nendou Riki (voice)

Yukari Tamura

Yukari Tamura

Yumehara Chiyo (voice)

Haruka Tomatsu

Haruka Tomatsu

Kusuko (voice)

Natsuki Hanae

Natsuki Hanae

Toritsuka Reita (voice)

Mao Ichimichi

Mao Ichimichi

Rifuta Imu (voice)

Satoshi Hino

Satoshi Hino

Hairo Kineshi (voice)

Eri Kitamura

Eri Kitamura

Aiura Mikoto (voice)

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