Something something maomao and saiki both have the exact same amount of “proof” of being cannonically aroace and “not caring about any of theyre friends” but theyre fandons have completly different views on it in part because maomao is a woman and womans are at the same time expected to be necessarily interested in romance and also feing desinterest and this was culturally conditioned by romantic series treating of womans “nos”as “Maybe yes”which makes her saying no to jinshi easyer to ignore then saiki saying no to teruhashi when in fact in both of theyre texts have then react to romantic Advances in the exact same way…..”oooohh but maomao never grew to love jinshi for who he is”SOOOO DID SAIKI YOU DUMB FUCK WHAT DO YOU THINK THE MIXER AND OFFU EPISODES ARE FOR????and since were on that topic jinshi and teruhashi are also kinda of the same caracter…like both of them are cannonically the hotest shit around, that while are very proudfull are also genuínly kinda persons who grew to care for theyre tsundere love interest, liking then at first because they didnt give a shit about then but falling in love trully exactly because being with them made them being seen in a way they never did Before…but yet the same caracter that is adored by one fandom is absolutly despised by the other…..i wonder why(nooooo im just kidding i know why…..MISOGINY!!!!!!)something something
I swear to god if i ever see someone who shipps jinmao while acting like saiki is the most trustworthy narrator in the universe(or worse yet….a teruhashi hater)i officially dont respect any fiction take that ever leaves youre mouth…..like sorry to say you are just a hyppocrite!!!!!!!
While I haven’t watched the other series you’re talking about, I absolutely understand your frustration because I feel the same way!!! These are the same people who hate Teruhashi for being “arrogant” and “full of herself,” but love Saiki for those exact same traits? Do you really think Saiki isn’t arrogant? That he doesn’t like showing off? That he isn’t full of himself?
“Yeah, Saiki has a god complex because he’s basically a god with his psychic powers,” but then act like Teruhashi isn’t the same. Are we even watching the same show? She is quite literally God’s favourite child who gets almost anything and everything she wants. All she has to do is make puppy eyes at the God. And the fact that Saiki almost never wins against her makes me wonder who the real God is lmao.
Just admit you can’t stand a woman who knows her worth, because the Teruhashi hate proves it. Saiki and Teruhashi are two sides of the same coin, and that’s a fact whether you like it or not.
Some of y’all actually think Teruhashi would stop liking Saiki the moment he says “offu” (which he’s eventually going to say anyway, he has already said it three times without her knowing lol). But I hate to break it to you, she clearly loves him more than anything and y’all need to stop downplaying her feelings.
Teruhashi went from being in denial to genuinely liking Saiki for who he is, enough to admit her crush to multiple people. Heck, she was even ready to practice confessing to him in front of someone she had just met (Saiki disguised as Kuriko). She made him chocolates on Valentine’s, literally shouted in front of everyone that nothing could ever make her hate him, even changed her style and personality for him. She changed her college preferences just to be at the same college as him (she literally wrote “Saiki’s wife” as her first choice lmao). Most importantly, she let her perfect pretty girl mask slip away just to go thank him. Her excitement and the little jumps at the thought of spending some alone time with him in the last episode of Reawakened should be enough to make people realize that all Teruhashi wants is be around him. The Mixer episode is the biggest proof. To her, Saiki is not just another “offu” from the crowd. She genuinely likes him and wants him to like her back. Even after hearing about the meteor that could annihilate them all, she still didn’t stop thinking about him.
After all this, I could never say that it’s just about getting a reaction out of him.
daily reminder that in s2 e16 makoto and saiki are out shopping for gifts for teruhashi, something saiki "does not want to be doing," and then when makoto doesn't buy the gift he thinks she'll like he sees the price tag on it and decides to buy it for her, and then he literally watches them using clairvoyance to see if she likes it.. and then says "see, i told you she'd like it"
is this not peak tsundere behavior☹ i genuinely can't see him doing this for anyone else in the series, is it just me? and also just this episode and beyond until the end of the show he smiles constantly because of her, like i want to do a smile count for seasons 2 and 3 and compare how many of them are unrelated to kokomi vs related to her-- she's the only person in the series that consistently makes him smile
i really dont think we talk enough about how saiki and teruhashi were a couple in an alternate universe that was only slightly different from the normal one. like i really think we just moved on from that way too fast.
teruhashi's "he'd probably be sitting sullenly in the corner, but i still would have enjoyed having him here" is genuinely one of the most beautiful she's ever been in the series. saiki's response ("you're wrong; i'm smiling slightly right now") pales in comparison to the sheer honesty of her claim - that she knows saiki, and she enjoys his company. it's not "she enjoys his company despite his sullenness" or "he's bitter but she's got shit taste" or anything of that sort.
it is simply, so simply, that she enjoys his company. of course such a sentiment put a slight smile on saiki's otherwise stoic countenance. it approaches 'rolling your eyes (affectionate)' at someone, or something like that. it makes her beautiful to me because she can cherish this kind of trait in another person.
kokomi likes kusuo because he is the only one that doesn’t fawn over her for her beauty alone, is capable of loving her for who she is on the inside, and is one of the healthiest men she knows. to say she likes kuriko just because she’s a girl is, idk, so invalidating. they have no chemistry that way
basically i hate kurikomi don’t ever lump that crackship with saiteru
it still frustrates me whenever i see people saying terusai wouldnt work because teruhashi wants a lot of attention and saiki hates attention... idk what show you guys watched but how did you get the idea that teruhashi wants to live like this the rest of her life 😭 when she consistently shows how much she actually hates it and its very clearly implied that she only keeps doing it because its all she knows, she thinks shes obligated to, and she believes its the only way for her to get validation
We don't talk enough about the fact that Teruhashi was willing to changes her apperance and personality for Saiki
Like we are told that Teruhashi has crafted her "perfect pretty girl" image for 16 years. Carefully maintaining the perfect look and personality to make other's love her. And she just decides to throw it away for a chance that this new her would catch Saiki's attention.
Which of course doesn't work, because Saiki isn't interested in looks. And when she learns this she goes back to her true self.
But this still shows that what Teruhashi wants a this point isn't just to be universally percived as the perfect girl. She wants Saiki to like her back. So much that she's willing to risk loosing the admiration she had worked so hard for.
Of course im not saying changing yourself to get your crush to notice you is a good thing. It's just that a lot of people claim that Teruhashi´s feelings for Saiki aren't genuine, and she just wants to have him in love with her like everyone else. But to me this shows how Teruhashi just wants Saiki to reciprocate the feeling she already has for him. And in the end she understands that being herself is enough and she's hopeful that i'll happen eventually
Honestly speaking, I wasn’t too big on this ship but over the time, it has definitely grown a lot on me and I’d actually like if they took that route. Mainly because Saiki ending up with someone other than Kokomi wouldn’t make sense, after all the progression they went through, ending up with each other is natural. Besides, whatever Kokomi wills eventually happens so if I had to guess I’d go with the prior lol. That aside, imo they fit each other the best.
I haven’t done ship analysis posts before so the sequence is pretty messy but I’ll try to keep it as organised as possible so it’s easier to read. Let’s start anyways :
Starting off with the very thing that places Kokomi at the top of the food-chain : her charms. Due to Saiki’s x-ray vision, that ability is rendered completely useless against him. As a result, Saiki recognises her for her true self and knows her inside out. While he’s aware of her flaws, he also witnesses her growth as a person. She makes true friends and starts to enjoy their company and care about them. For Saiki, she stops dreaming about marrying a rich guy and rejects Saiko.
Kokomi even gives up on playing the perfect pretty girl which she has been doing for years, just for his sake.
Likewise, Saiki’s psychic powers have little to no effect on Kokomi because she’s loved by the God himself and she gets whatever she wants. Regardless of how hard Saiki tries to win against her, he always ends up losing instead, all the while her likability with him increases.
Her efforts in her role, her wits and abilities surprise him enough to make him wonder if she’s actually perfect. He even goes as far as to say that they’re invincible together. Saiki goes from being half-scared of her powers to fully acknowledging and admiring her by the end.
Before Kokomi, Saiki has dealt with people who had crush on him- Imu and Chiyo. He made them give up on him with ease which resulted into him believing that it’s easy to move people’s hearts. Kokomi however, breaks that misconception by moving his own and shows him that she loves him just as he is and that won’t change.
And it’s because he’s aware that her feelings are genuine, unlike the other two, he stops resisting her completely and starts avoiding possible misunderstandings. When Kokomi changes herself to suit his tastes, Saiki doesn’t actively try to make her give up on him instead tries to revert her back to her usual self. He isn’t bothered by her feelings for him anymore, rather prefers her the way she is.
There are only a few times in the show when Saiki gets nervous. Even Nendou and Kusuke who he can’t use his telepathy on, don’t have that effect on him. Yet being alone with Kokomi makes him nervous. Prior to the mixer event, Saiki has been alone with her on more than one occasion. After that day however, Saiki’s perception of Kokomi changes. He’s aware that she truely loves him and won’t give up on him no matter how indifferent he acts towards her. It’s fairly new to him, accepting the fact that someone loves him despite all the odds and she actually manages to make him happy because of it.
Just like how Kokomi gives up on the most important thing for Saiki, being perfect that is, he does the same for her. Saiki hates drawing attention to himself and he puts a lot of efforts in that. However, he gives up on that without a moment’s thought and catches Kokomi in his arms in front of the entire school and takes her to the infirmary. There couldn’t be any better way to draw attention.
My point remains the same even if I don’t include this because Kokomi’s beauty has always been irrelevant in their relationship and this is the first and only time we see Saiki being attracted to someone. Ironically, Saiki reacts to seeing Kokomi just as any other guy would and he’s too transparent about it. Not to Kokomi but to the readers.
From time to time, Kokomi’s likability with Saiki increases to such point where he subconsciously sees her differently than others. I’m sure there are people who would disagree because Saiki makes exceptions for all his friends and Kokomi shouldn’t be different. There are multiple counter to that arguement.
One of the two is when Saiki turns invisible and shares a drink with Kokomi. Honestly, whatever happened in that chapter doesn’t make sense in the least.
Saiki has gone out of his way to get Kokomi’s valentines chocolates. I can say that’s because he loves sweets. He buys her a birthday gift : the cat mug, I can reason that he even got Chiyo a soft toy back when she was dating Takeru to make their relationship last. Several times he has gone out of his way to check up on his friends such as when Aren received a fake love letter or when Kaido and Chiyo had a misunderstanding and stayed with them the entire time to make sure everything was alright.
However, this time the only thing he has to do is avoid her and go home. Kokomi isn’t in any trouble nor does she need his help for anything. So he succeeds the moment he manages to lose her by getting up in the air. All he needs to do his teleport home.
But he doesn’t. We don’t know why.
He just turns invisible which saves him from the men searching for him, again he can teleport home or even walk home. But he just decides to sit there with her and share her drink for some reason and leaves only when she thinks of doing the same. Which is outright ridiculous because he could just leave the moment Kokomi lost him but he does the opposite and does exactly what Kokomi wanted on his own free will except, differently.
Last but not the least, the most significant moment is when Saiki hears Kokomi’s voice in the end. Having read the manga, it’s clear that Kokomi’s part is supposed to stand out from others but the added scene in the anime makes it more obvious.
I think there’s more to this moment than most talk about. Other than the fact that Saiki reacts to Kokomi’s name, what makes him smile is that even when Kokomi knows that her life is in danger, she still thinks about him. He realises that the girl he finds so troublesome truely does love him. And he knows that in the end, what she wants, will happen. Through him this time. Personally I think this scene acts as the trigger to Saiki realising that he needs his powers and he doesn’t actually hate being a psychic.
All in all, Kokomi is the only one who balances out Saiki perfectly and Saiki is the one who made her develop as a person. They’re compatible with each other and even Saiki believes that. Both have lasting impact on each other even without being able to use their respective powers which solidifies the fact that the progression is genuine. Both have polar opposite nature, Kokomi loves receiving attention while Saiki hates that. However when push comes to shove, Kokomi’s willing to sacrifice her perfect pretty girl role while Saiki’s ready to draw attention to himself despite all the efforts they both put into their respective places.
Kokomi influences Saiki’s thought process despite him being able to read her like an open book. She makes him guess his choices and decisions. She brings surprises and challenges in his life. Saiki does the same since he isn’t affected by her charms, he makes her focus on other things beside looks. And he’s literally the only one who recognises her for herself and not her beauty unlike her own brother. I could go on forever about how they complement each other but that’s for another day.
I may not be the biggest SaiTeru shipper out there but I most definitely think Saiki should either remain single or end up with Kokomi. I prefer the later.
In epsode 5 of Saiki k reawakened, there's this one moment where Teruhashi thinks she's making everyone happy by being the perfect pretty girl and Saiki goes, "We appreciate that." 😭
when Saiki creates an alternate universe where he's dating Teruhashi, he reveals his powers to everyone and Teruhashi tells him she's glad he stayed with "them" even though he could read their minds. correct me if i'm wrong but i think i saw the manga version of it somewhere (i haven't read the manga) where she says she's glad he stayed with "her" even though he could read her thoughts. the entire statement was about their relationship in that timeline. idk if it's an error or did i imagine seeing the manga version of it lol
