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Saiai is the het ship between Saiki Kusuo and Aiura Mikoto from the The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. fandom.
Canon[]
Mikoto uses her fortune telling to find her "soulmate", "Mr. Right", or "fated partner" and believes that her soulmate is a student at PK Academy: a boy of average height and weight with the initials S.K. and has kind-of-pink hair and an amazing talent. Knowing this, she transfers to her supposed "soulmate's" school. Kusuo claims he's uninterested in Mikoto's powers as fortune-telling is unscientific and unreal to him. He hopes she won't bother him and intends to stay away from her to avoid her discovering his secret.[1]
Kusuo considers her bad news and wants to attend school without encountering her, but struggles, and eventually skips school to avoid her.[2] He worries about his aura being seen and tries to brainstorm ways to counter her powers. When Chiyo helps Mikoto find her soulmate, Kusuo ensures he's not on her list of possible soulmates. Chiyo's life is then put at risk, and Mikoto fails to save her. However, Kusuo saves Chiyo from falling to her death.[3] Because of this, he has no choice but to reveal his powers to Mikoto. He then threatens her not to tell anyone and wishes he had tricked her instead, even if it wasn't a believable excuse. To save Chiyo from dying, he works with Mikoto.[4] The two work together very well despite Kusuo's hesitancy and initial discomfort, and he eventually comes to admire her. He often compliments her powers and even says he is a bit envious of them.
Kusuo often trusts Mikoto, usually alongside Reita Toritsuka, to help with tasks. Kusuo asks Mikoto to pretend to be his girlfriend to help him get rid of Imu's interest in him and to make her no longer have a reason to date him. The plan works, but Kokomi appears, and Imu hides them from her. They exit when Imu and Kokomi leave but are left confused.[5] Kusuo later asks for help from Reita and Mikoto to help stop the eruption of Mount Over. While Reita pretends to be Kusuo, Mikoto pinpoints the location of the second eruption before it happens. After successfully stopping the eruption, Kusuo collapses from exhaustion. He smiles, knowing that he has saved Japan and time is moving forward again. Mikoto rushes to his side and asks him if she can kiss him, but he blatantly refuses once again. She accepts and decides to hug him instead. He allows her to do so and even smiles.[6]
Despite telling her to stay away from him, Mikoto does the opposite, much to Kusuo's annoyance. She uses her powers to find his location. When she arrives, he insists that she sit opposite him instead of beside him and doesn't feed her despite her wishes, but he doesn't seem to make any real effort to leave. She fills her thoughts with her love for him, knowing he can read minds. He becomes so annoyed with her that he considers leaving.[7]
Mikoto often goes too far with her attempts at flirting, to the point that she actually attempts to sexually assault Kusuo at some point. She hid behind a corner planning to bump into him, touch his crotch, and pretend it was an accident. She is a very sexual person and misunderstands Kusuo to be the same, often making him uncomfortable.
Kusuo calls the girls, such as Teruhashi, with "-san," an honorific used with someone one respects. However, he calls Mikoto just "Aiura," or sometimes, "Ms. Abnormal."[8]
Fanon[]
Due to Mikoto's bold and shameless personality, she doesn't hesitate to push Kusuo's boundaries and spend time with him despite his efforts not to, allowing fans to interpret their friendship as romantic. Although he tends to avoid her and tell her to leave him alone, he also admires her, trusts her for help, and doesn't make very much effort to avoid her despite his inner discrepancies. Saiki is also a self-admitted tsundere, allowing fans to interpret some of his discrepancies as fake. The ship's simplicity, canon status as soulmates, and Mikoto's likability with fans make Saiai a popular ship in the Fandom. It currently has 40+ works on Pixiv.
Fandom[]
FAN FICTION
- Aiura/Kusuo tag on AO3
FAN ART
TUMBLR
Variations[]
- PK Psychic Trio refers to the ship between the two and Toritsuka Reita
- PK Psychic Kids refers to the ship between the two, Akechi Touma and Toritsuka Reita
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- ↑ Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan: Chapter 162
- ↑ Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan: Chapter 163
- ↑ Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan: Chapter 167
- ↑ Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan: Chapter 168
- ↑ Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan: Chapter 181
- ↑ Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan: Chapter 278
- ↑ Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan: Chapter 173
- ↑ Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan: Chapter 267
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| SHIPS | het | SaiTeru • Saiai • YumeKai |
| slash | KuboKai • KaiSai • Saikechi | |
| femslash | ChiyoMiko • ImuTeru • TeruAi | |
| poly | PK Psychic Trio | |
| cargo | SaiCoffeeJelly | |
| CHARACTERS | m / f | Aiura Mikoto • Saiki Kusuo • Teruhashi Kokomi |