Brainwashed Toritsuka Reita

### Friends

Virus Vanellope, Club President Sayori, Birthday Mabel, Unlucky Lincoln, Tainted Mirabel

### Song

Mind Electric x Labyrinth (Original songs from Miracle Musical, mashup by Yisus Animations)

## Introduction

**Brainwashed Toritsuka Reita** is the brainwashed version of Toritsuka Reita from The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (Also known as Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan). He appears in the Season 3 special and chapters 268-272 of the manga.

## Background

Toritsuka is the first other psychic that Saiki meets. He is a spiritual medium, and can see, communicate and summon ghosts. Even though they both have powers and "similar struggles", Saiki holds a hatred for Toritsuka, even going as far as to imply the want to kill him. This is due to two things: Toritsuka makes Saiki's ultimate goal (living an average life) harder, and the fact that Reita can be very sexual and vulgar.

In chapter 268, Toritsuka is shown to be attempting to pick up girls (to no avail), when Kusuke Saiki (Kusuo's older brother) comes into the picture. Kusuke talks with Toritsuka and offers to get tea with him. Kusuke lies that he is an ESPer (psychic) who can read peoples minds (hey, telepathy's Kusuo's thing!!). Toritsuka, knowing about Kusuo, isn't doubtful of this claim.

While they get tea, Reita reveals his powers to Kusuke, and he is impressed. He explains that Toritsuka's powers are incredible, and considerably water down Kusuo's powers (which Toritsuka notices and calls him out for). Kusuke tells him that with his powers, he should be able to do whatever he wants, and its unfair that Kusuo is holding him back. He then convinces Toritsuka to join him in destroying Kusuo by calling some girls over.

After a week, he is fully brainwashed into holding nothing but hatred for Kusuo. When Kusuo arrives, they fight and Toritsuka reveals a new power he has - Devil Possessor. This renders Kusuo powerless, but while Toritsuka plans on what to do (inside Kusuo's body) , Saiki manipulates the spirit currently occupying Reita's body into punching him. Before Reita passes out from the blow, he destroys Kusuo's right limiter.

In the original ending, after Kusuo and Kusuke fight, Toritsuka climbs onto the machine Kusuke is using, and steals Kusuo's left limiter from Kusuke, saving him from death. In the Bad End version, Toritsuka doesn't end up helping Kusuo, instead opting to kill him using Kusuke's machine.

## Appearance

Reita is usually seen wearing a white headband on his head for years. He has violet, spiky, medium length hair that grows through his collar, and he is usually seen wearing his uniform in a carefree manner. He wears prayer beads on his neck and right wrist.

This Reita looks almost identical to the Reita we see in the anime normally, his biggest difference being that he is void of his iconic headband. He also sports a long sleeved white shirt and black pants.

## Personality

This version of Toritsuka is cocky, mean, "apathetic" and impatient, saying that he was tired of waiting for Kusuo to find out his and Kusuke's hiding spot for a week. He is also not above "crushing" (implications for killing) Kusuo, a boy he previously held affection for. He berates and degrades Kusuo even when he is worn down and beaten, and has no problem mocking him.

## Abilities

* **Demonic Possession/Devil Possessor** (When attacked while his body is possessed by a ghost, he can force his own soul into another body and take over. His own body is possessed by the ghost and thus he will not die from being outside his body.)
* **Mediumship** (Being a psychic medium, Reita has the ability to see and communicate with spirits. He can also see another individual's guardian spirit.)
* **Summoning** (The ability to use a spirit's skill and impersonate its abilities. A flaw to this ability is the spirits inside his body could become obsessed with owning the body, thus fight for it, causing a series of unfortunate events for the user.)
* **Unique Sight** (In addition to seeing ghosts, Reita can see anything that's invisible.)

## Trivia

* All of Reita's friends in the BEF are people who have been left alone or abandoned.
* His name is from the words Being Haunted (取り憑かれた, Tori Tsukareta). The phonetic syllable *rei* in his first name can also stand for 霊 (rei), which means spirit or ghost.
* He holds remorse for Birthday Mabel.
* The ghost of Kusuo Saiki is tied to him, and follows him where he goes. They hate each other (lolz !!).