The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Reawakened
斉木楠雄のΨ難 Ψ始動編 (Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan: Ψ-shidou-hen)
- Comedy
- Gag Humor
- School
- Super Power
- Episodes
- 6
- Duration
- 22 min per ep
- Aired
- Dec 30, 2019
- Status
- Finished Airing
Synopsis
Kusuo Saiki is a high schooler blessed—or, in his eyes, burdened—with an overwhelming array of psychic powers. Rather than enjoying them, he spends his days trying to keep a low profile and carve out something resembling an ordinary school life, all while constantly dodging the chaos that seems to find him.
Keeping his abilities hidden means Saiki is frequently forced to step in behind the scenes, using his powers to cover his tracks, avert trouble, or clean up messes—sometimes even ones caused by his father’s clumsy workplace blunders. As the complications pile up, Saiki begins to confront the possibility that what he calls a curse might also be a way to quietly support the people around him.
Otaku Consensus
Reawakened lands as a sharp, compact continuation that preserves the franchise’s best asset: hyper-compressed gag timing under Hiroaki Sakurai’s direction, with Egg Firm and J.C.Staff keeping the comedy readable rather than overproduced. Fan and review data point to a strong reception, reflected in its 8.11 MAL score and 81/100 AniList score, with praise centered on wit, pacing, and the cast’s familiar comic rhythms. The recurring reservation is content rather than craft: Common Sense-style guidance flags TV-14 material, vulgarity, perverted jokes, mature themes, and some violence that make it less universally family-friendly than its bright school-comedy surface suggests.
Why You Should Watch
Watch Reawakened if you want high-speed supernatural comedy without tournament arcs, melodramatic power scaling, or long setup. Its best lane is the same absurdist, joke-dense space that makes Gintama’s parody engines and Mob Psycho 100’s psychic premise appealing, but compressed into a six-episode binge built around school chaos, meta bits, and character-type satire. The AniList tag profile tells you exactly what kind of comedy machine it is: Super Power at 96%, Surreal Comedy at 94%, Parody at 80%, and Meta at 65%. It is especially satisfying for viewers who like deadpan reactions, genre-aware punchlines, and archetypes such as gyaru, tsundere, kuudere, and chuunibyou being used as moving targets for jokes. Just expect TV-14 edges, including vulgarity and occasional perverted humor.
Key Characters
- KKusuo Saiki
Fans gravitate to Saiki because his ultra-flat, put-upon attitude turns overwhelming psychic power into a deadpan editing device for jokes rather than a heroic fantasy.
What Makes It Stand Out
- 1
The six-episode format gives Reawakened a different texture from longer school comedies: it plays like a concentrated gag packet, with little room for filler beats between punchlines.
- 2
Egg Firm and J.C.Staff are credited as the studios, and the production keeps the franchise’s comedy-first visual priorities: clear character silhouettes, fast reaction beats, and timing built for verbal and visual punchlines.
- 3
Its AniList tag distribution is unusually revealing for a comedy page: Super Power at 96%, Surreal Comedy at 94%, School at 81%, Parody at 80%, and Meta at 65% mark it as more of a genre-spoof engine than a conventional school sitcom.
- 4
The reception profile is strong for a short revival entry: MAL lists it at 8.11 from 153,622 votes with a #583 rank, while AniList records an 81/100 score and 1,383 favourites.
- 5
Content guidance is part of its identity: outside review data classifies it as TV-14, with mature themes, violence, vulgarity, and a few perverted jokes despite the brisk, colorful comedy presentation.
Fun Facts & Trivia
- Fun fact 1
- The Japanese title, Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan: Ψ-shidou-hen, uses the Greek letter psi twice, continuing the franchise’s title pun around psychic powers.
- Fun fact 2
- Original creator Shuuichi Asou is credited on this entry, while Hiroaki Sakurai serves as director, anchoring Reawakened to the manga source and the anime’s established gag-comedy approach.
- Fun fact 3
- The credited creative team is unusually specific for a short six-episode entry: Masayuki Onji handled character design, Seiko Akashi was art director, Mika Funabashi handled color design, Yoshio Ookouchi directed photography, Motoki Niimi edited, and Jin Aketagawa served as sound director.
- Fun fact 4
- The series is listed as finished airing with a Dec 30, 2019 air date, making it a compact end-of-year release rather than a standard seasonal cour.
- Fun fact 5
- Common Sense-style review coverage notes that there is no nudity per se, but still flags the show for TV-14 material including vulgarity, mature themes, violence, and occasional perverted jokes.
Studios
- Egg Firm
- J.C.Staff
