Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan (Manga)

**Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan**, also known as The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., (斉木楠雄のΨ難 Saiki Kusuo no Sainan) is a Japanese gag manga series written and illustrated by Asou Shuuichi.

## History

The manga series first started with a one-shot chapter that was released on August 16, 2010 in the now defunct magazine, Jump Next! Afterwards, the series had 7 extra one-shot chapters on Weekly Shōnen Jump that were released between May 9, 2011 to November 21, 2011, all of which were published in Volume 0. The creator was then given an offer for serialization, which began on May 14, 2012.

The following years, the series received a vomic, flash anime, 2 light novels, games, an anime adaptation and a live action movie adaptation.

The manga series ended on July 26, 2018 with Epilogue Chapter 2.

## Synopsis

Born with innate supernatural powers, Saiki Kusuo seems to have his life easy. He possesses various psychic abilities, including telepathy and psychokinesis among others, allowing him to get anything he wants. During kindergarten, he incidentally caught media attention after rumors of how he never loses any janken match against his friends and teacher spread around town. The incident made him came to the resolve of not using his power in front of others ever again so people will not find out that he is a psychic. But upon being a high school sophomore, with all hi-jinks that ensue, Kusuo is slowly cutting his resolve loose.

## Plot

Saiki Kusuo, an otherwise normal teenager, has various super-powers, telepathy and telekinesis included. This should have been cool, but through experience, Saiki comes to realize that having powers while trying to lead an ordinary life is a bad mix.

## Chapters

*Main article: Volumes and Chapters*
The series has published 282 chapters.

## Reception

### Oricon Rankings and Copies Sold

By the end of the series’ run, it has sold over 6 million copies

* Volume 1 peaked at 19th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 34,116 copies, as of September 9, 2012.
* Volume 2 peaked at 19th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 46,778 copies, as of December 9, 2012.
* Volume 3 peaked at 17th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 69,800 copies, as of January 13, 2013.
* Volume 4 peaked at 17th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 89,073 copies, as of May 11, 2013.
* Volume 5 peaked at 14th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 84,426 copies, as of July 13, 2013.
* Volume 6 peaked at 14th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 88,430 copies, as of September 15, 2013.
* Volume 7 peaked at 15th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 88,152 copies, as of December 15, 2013.
* Volume 8 peaked at 16th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 88,410 copies, as of April 13, 2014.
* Volume 9 peaked at 14th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 85,327 copies, as of July 13, 2014.
* Volume 10 peaked at 10th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 86,660 copies, as of September 14, 2014.
* Volume 11 peaked at 12th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 86,564 copies, as of December 14, 2014.
* Volume 12 peaked at 5th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 88,270 copies, as of February 15, 2015.
* Volume 13 peaked at 8th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 103,551 copies, as of May 17, 2015.
* Volume 14 peaked at 15th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 98,441 copies, as of August 16, 2015.
* Volume 15 peaked at 15th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 93,364 copies, as of October 18, 2015.
* Volume 16 peaked at 15th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 91,961 copies, as of January 17, 2016.
* Volume 17 peaked at 10th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 86,090 copies, as of April 17, 2016.
* Volume 18 peaked at 12th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 83,695 copies, as of July 17, 2016.
* Volume 19 peaked at 14th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 86,955 copies, as of October 16, 2016.
* Volume 20 peaked at 13th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 104,322 copies, as of January 15, 2017.
* Volume 21 peaked at 14th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 92,159 copies, as of April 16, 2017.
* Volume 22 peaked at 10th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 81,415 copies, as of July 16, 2017.
* Volume 23 peaked at 11th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 97,350 copies, as of October 22, 2017.
* Volume 24 peaked at 6th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 98,711 copies, as of January 21, 2018.
* Volume 25 peaked at 9th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 90,417 copies, as of April 15, 2018.
* Volume 26 peaked at 17th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and has sold 122,999 copies, as of August 19, 2018.

## Gallery

### Weekly Shōnen Jump Covers

*Main articles: Weekly Shōnen Jump*
The series received 9 major covers in the magazine during its run.

### Volume Covers

Volume 0Volume 1Volume 2Volume 3Volume 4Volume 5Volume 6Volume 7Volume 8Volume 9Volume 10Volume 11Volume 12Volume 13Volume 14Volume 15Volume 16Volume 17Volume 18Volume 19Volume 20Volume 21Volume 22Volume 23Volume 24Volume 25Volume 26
## References

1. ↑ Matan Web, 2018-02-26
2. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, September 3-9, 2012
3. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking,December 3-9, 2012
4. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, January 7-13, 2013
5. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, May 5-11,2013
6. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, July 7-13, 2013
7. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, September 9-15, 2013
8. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, December 9-15, 2013
9. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, April 7-13, 2014
10. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, July 7-13, 2014
11. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, September 8-14, 2014
12. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, December 8-14, 2014
13. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, February 9-15, 2015
14. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, May 11-17, 2015
15. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, August 10-16, 2015
16. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, October 12-18, 2015
17. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, January 11-17, 2016
18. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, April 11-17, 2016
19. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, July 11-17, 2016
20. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, October 10-16, 2016
21. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, January 9-15, 2017
22. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, April 10-16, 2017
23. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, July 10-16, 2017
24. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, October 16-22, 2017
25. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, January 15-21, 2018
26. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, April 9-15, 2018
27. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, August 13-19, 2018