SaiTeru: birds of a feather
Since I canāt seem to shut up about SaiTeru, another thing I ended up loving about them is how similar they are, despite how different they act.
I mean, sure, Saiki hates drawing attention to himself while Teruhashi revels in it. And while Teruhashi sees her gifts as a present, Saiki spends the majority of the series seeing them as a curse.
But thatās what makes it hilarious that, when you get past that, you realize they have more in common than Teruhashi could ever guess and are much more similar than Saiki would care to admit.
Here are some of my favorite similarities!
1. Theyāre both pretty conceited, but itās 100% justified
Saiki considers himself a whole different species above normal humans, states that his own knowledge is enough to get full points on any exam, etc. And the thing isā¦ heās absolutely right. Similarly, Teruhashi is certain sheās the most beautiful girl and loved by God, states over and over that her mere presence is capable of brightening up peopleās days. And sheāsā¦ absolutely right.
2. Theyāre both pretty competitive, though theyād rather not show it
Theyāre both used to be at the top of their respective food-chains, and it shows. Teruhashi doesnāt hesitate to (subtly) reaffirm her superiority whenever challengers arise. And Saiki? He may try to act like heās above that now, but his first words showed that being competitive is in his very nature: āIā¦ Iām second placeā¦?ā
And the hilarious thing is that, when he was little, Saiki didĀ like drawing attention to himself and showing-off! Itās thanks to his motherās warnings that he embraces the fact that drawing attention to his powers isnāt a good idea, and he ends up developing the opposite fixation: to be perfectly average.
More similarities below the cut!
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