Saikechi

AkeSai is the slash ship between Akechi Touma and Saiki Kusuo from the The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. fandom.

Canon
The relationship Saiki and Akechi is quite unique compared to the other relationships in the show. They have been somewhat close since they were children. It all started when Akechi introduced to himself when they were in primary school. Soon after meeting, Saiki catches Akechi being beat up by bullies. After the bullies are done beating up Akechi, Saiki heals his wounds. Because of this, Akechi suspects Saiki has some sort of magical abilities. Later in the series, Akechi does indeed find out about Saiki's physic powers. Despite Akechi's constant thoughts annoying Saiki, he considers him a close friend nonetheless.

An important part in the Akechi introduction, is the "accident" Saiki had caused because of Akechi being bullied. In episode 18 (Netflix version), when Akechi is introduced, Saiki is aware of the fact Akechi is very suspicious of Saiki's powers. Saiki ends up turning Akechi into stone, to figure out a way to erase all prior memories of powers. Specifically, the memory where he ends up destroying a whole school classroom due to seeing Akechi being harassed. However, he ends up giving on getting rid of these memories after multiple failed attempts. Since Saiki failed to get rid of these memories, Akechi finds out that Saiki is a physic powers.

Another important thing to mention, is not only did Akechi found out about his powers by stalking him, but Akechi is the only the character to have made Saiki lose to a bet. This bet was based on which horse would win in a horse race. Akechi guessed correctly, and won the bet, winning the cake that was being bet on. Despite winning this cake, Akechi shares the cake Saiki.

Fanon
Fans started shipping the AkeSai ship because of their childhood friend dynamic. However, the AkeSai ship is considered a rare pair in the fanbase compared to other ships such as SaiTeru. Despite the lack of content, there still is a cult following for this pair. The ship only has around 60+ fanfictions on AO3. AkeSai has considerably more fanart and less fanfictions.

Fandom
Fanfiction

AkeSai Tag on A03