7.6/10236 votes#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 Teruhashi
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/11/2016
Kusuo Saiki thought he could have an easy life despite his psychic abilities, but his sophomore year of high school quickly proves him wrong.
Director: Makoto Sokuza
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.7/10205 votes#2 - Hot-Blooded! Dodgeball! + Reach Him! Sign of Love + Saiki Family Home Renovation?! Drastic Makeover!! + Deceive! Mind Control
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/18/2016
Kusuo inadvertently makes a brilliant dodgeball play in gym class, putting him on a collision course with his athletic classmates Kineshi and Riki.
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7.6/10182 votes#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 Nendou
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/25/2016
Kusuo's extrasensory perception makes him unable to enjoy famous illusionist Uryoku Chono's show. Annoyed, Chono dares him to display his own magic.
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7.5/10173 votes#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 Relationship
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/1/2016
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.
Director: N/A
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7.9/10172 votes#5 - Escape Using an Invincible Suit of Camouflage! + Get Fired Up! PK Academy Sports Day + Don’t Catch Fire! Safety Drill!
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/8/2016
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.
Director: Rinuro Suzuki
Writer: Hiroko Kanasugi
7.5/10156 votes#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!
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/15/2016
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!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10165 votes#7 - Reign of the Small King + Frolic! Silent Night + Noisy New Year's
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/22/2016
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10148 votes#8 - The Scariest! Mr. Matsuzaki + Chocolate Festival + Absolutely the Worst! Nendou’s Father + Totally Trusting! Kurumi Saiki + Telepathy Silencer
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/29/2016
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.
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7.2/10145 votes#9 - The Superstar Returns! + Cast the Die! An Upset in the Finals + Second Encounter (for Real This Time)! Uryoku Chouno + Mera’s Money Situation
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/5/2016
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.
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7.4/10137 votes#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 Technique
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/12/2016
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10135 votes#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 Troubles
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/19/2016
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10130 votes#12 - Okinawa School Trip (Part 1)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/26/2016
As a teleporter, Kusuo doesn't share his classmates' excitement about their class trip. He gets caught up in schemes about trip groups regardless.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10128 votes#13 - Okinawa School Trip (Part 2)
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/3/2016
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10125 votes#14 - ’Sup Homies!! Outsider + A Transfer Student: The First Encounters + Mr. and Mrs. Nendou Together! + Reviving Café Mami! + Guilty or Not Guilty?! A Theft Case
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/10/2016
Bespectacled transfer student Aren Kuboyasu decides to use his new surroundings as an opportunity to distance himself from his delinquent past.
Director: N/A
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7.4/10125 votes#15 - Which Idea Will Be Picked?! School Festival Planning + Sing! Reita’s Recital! + PK Academy School Festival
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/17/2016
The school festival draws near, and Kusuo's classmate Kineshi has a terrible idea: folding 50,000 paper cranes. Everyone else is opposed.
Director: N/A
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7.4/10120 votes#16 - The Perfect Pretty Girl vs. the Super Stubborn Guy + Psychic Santa Claus + Let’s Go Buy the Latest Electronics! + New Year’s Cycle
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/24/2016
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.
Director: N/A
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7.5/10122 votes#17 - Kaidou's Suspicion + No Intervention Needed?! Nendou vs. Kaidou + The Worst Part-Timer + Fierce Run! Runners Psi!
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/31/2016
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10121 votes#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 Party
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/14/2016
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10121 votes#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 Stories
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/21/2016
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.
Director: N/A
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7.7/10121 votes#20 - Toritsuka's Plan to Get Popular + The PK Occult Club + The Worst Cooks + Kokomins Trial + The Disastrous ___th Episode of the Anime
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/28/2016
Kusuo overhears girls gossiping about their crushes on Reita, whose band made a big splash at the school festival, possibly for a sinister reason.
Director: N/A
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7.6/10118 votes#21 - Here Comes the Mad Scientist + Run for It! A Battle of Wits + Please at Least Be Quiet in the Art Museum
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 12/5/2016
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.
Director: N/A
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7.7/10120 votes#22 - Summer Break! The Occult Club Training Camp + The Tennis Club Training Camp + Clinical Testing Job + License Training Camp + A Date with Teruhashi
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 12/12/2016
Summer vacation approaches. Kusuo can hardly wait for some peace and quiet! However, his calendar quickly fills up with one annoyance after another.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10120 votes#23 - The Heir to a Conglomerate Makes His Appearance + Tsundere Grandpa Returns! + Holding a Halloween Party + The Saiko Family's Unbeatable Financial Power
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/19/2016
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.
Director: Shinpei Nagai
Writer: N/A
7.7/10113 votes#24 - Talent Blossoms?! Melancholy of a Popular Magician + An Exercise in Runaway Delusion + Break-time Disaster + Crushed! Surprise Party
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 12/26/2016
Kusuo receives an invitation to a magic show featuring Chono and Michael, whose powers have apparently grown prodigiously.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Season 1
Every episode of The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Season 1!
Gifted with a wide assortment of supernatural abilities ranging from telepathy to x-ray vision, Kusuo Saiki finds this so-called blessing to be nothing but a...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"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" is the best rated episode of "The Disastrous Life of Saiki K." season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 236 votes. Directed by Makoto Sokuza and written by Michiko Yokote, it aired on 7/11/2016. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Hot-Blooded! Dodgeball! + Reach Him! Sign of Love + Saiki Family Home Renovation?! Drastic Makeover!! + Deceive! Mind Control".