- “Even though previous examinations determined that I was a boy... they noticed I didn't have one of 'those'. For an hour they were in a panic, but then I returned to a boy. In the end, they settled things by saying, 'It must've been too small that we hadn't seen it'. In any case, during the moment I was born, I was a girl.”
- — Saiki explains to the reader about his gender.
Kusuo Saiki is an transgender aroace character from The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
Biography
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Saiki was born to rather normal parents, although they gave birth to and raised to abnormal children. Ever since he was a baby, and even while he was in the womb, he had psychic powers, which he used since day one. However, his parents told him to not show anyone that he was a psychic, for unknown reasons. It is unclear whether or not he follows these instructions for his own personal reasons or not.
Appearance
Saiki is a boy of average height, and pink hair. On both sides of his head, he wears two control devices which are used to control his psychic abilities, and green glasses. He usually has a blank expression on his face. Generally, he's seen wearing his school uniform normally, and his casual sense is style is, in comparison to other friends such as Kaido, rather basic.
Personality
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Saiki is introduced as a closed-in person, disliking attention. Over the course of the series, he has shown to be more selfless, and was willing to give up a number of things so that his friends could get what they wanted.
Sexuality
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Reaction
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Gender
In the manga, Saiki talks about how he was born female, but used his powers to transform into a male, however, it was never said in the anime. He also says that he doesn't know what his biological sex is because he already switched his gender in the womb of his mother.
Reaction
Due to the fact that a large number of Saiki K fans are anime-only, a few may not know about him being trans. It is also heavily believed that he is aroace, as there have been no signs that he's been attracted to anyone. However there is some debate to this as in reawakened (while his powers are inactive) he comments on Teruhashi's attractiveness, not to mention he has a family history of tsundere-ism.
Some fans also think that he might be Non-Binary or Genderfluid due to Saiki's shapeshifting inside his mother's womb.
Relationships
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Tropes
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