Saiki Kusuo no Psinan Otherwise known as The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. is a comedic gem hidden from the eyes of many comedy anime fans. Ill focus this review on both S1 and S2 but TLDR: Watch Saiki K.
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Story:
Its difficult to rate the story for Saiki K as well it doesnt really have one. The main premise is that Kusuo Saiki is a high school kid with an absurd amount of superpowers who just wants to live normally and peacefully but has so many annoying friends and family members that prevent him from doing so. The comedy throughout the series is fast paced and always spot on. There wasnt a single scene which I didnt find funny in the whole two seasons I watched twice.
If were trying to rate the story Ill have to give it an 8/10 because although its simple its super effective and brilliant.
Characters:
This is where Saiki K shines. Every character is just a trope but theyre so well done and over the top that theyre never boring to watch. You have Saiki the stupidly overpowered main character Nendou the super dumb kid Kaidou the chuunibyo Teruhashi the perfect girl Mera the glutton Yumehara the hopeless romantic and so on.
Not only that the character progression is also brilliant. The development of Saikis personality towards his friends is incredibly interesting. The more of Saiki K you watch the better it gets.
The characters also result in great humour whether it be Saikis trademark bored voice also seen in Koyomi Araragi from Monogatari and Levi from Attack on Titan or Teruhashis attempts to make Saiki notice her. Theyre just so entertaining.
My rating for characters is obviously going to be 10/10.
Art and Animation:
Fairly cheap but bright and fitting. Not really much else to say about that. The anime doesnt really need good animation but the art is honestly fine for this. Nothing bad enough to ruin the anime nothing good enough to make it stand out. J.C. Staff did okay with this.
Ill rate this 9/10 because there isnt really much to say.
Music:
Again nothing about the music stood out. It was always fitting to the mood and sounded good. The opening and ending songs were also always fitting especially OP and ED 4 they were both amazing.
Ill rate this 9/10 as well because again there isnt really much to say.
Enjoyment:
The enjoyment I had from watching this was off the charts. So many scenes had me in tears and every time I watched one episode I didnt want to wait to watch the next. Not many other anime have made me as happy as I did watching Saiki K and honestly I dont regret watching this one bit.
My enjoyment will of course be 10/10.
Overall:
Saiki K will always be one of my favourite comedy anime. It was just so funny and amazing and I dont know where Ill see something of that level again. Overall its 9.2/10 but the reasons it isnt 10/10 are so small that they dont really affect anything.
And again watch Saiki Kusuo no Psinan.
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