Review | Psychic Kusuo film review: a disastrous adaptation of manga The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

1/5 stars

Adapted from the popular manga The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., Psychic Kusuo shows that not all comics could – or should – be made into live action films. Director Yuichi Fukuda’s last attempt, Gintama , was a box office hit despite its exhausting nature. But this one fails so horrendously that it’s hard to say which one is more disastrous: Saiki’s life or the film.

Pink-haired high school student Kusuo Saiki (Kento Yamazaki) is born with such strong superpowers that he needs to wear a headset – shaped like two lollipops sticking out of his head – to limit them. Otherwise, when he trips, he may trigger an earthquake that would destroy a city.

As the cultural festival at school nears, Saiki, desperately wanting to be left alone, tries to solve crises – mostly caused by his eccentric classmates – and evade the pursuit of his not-so-secret admirer, Kokomi Teruhashi (Kanna Hashimoto).

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The manga and its anime version, now in its second season, are both hilarious because of the weird characters and Saiki’s contemptuous inner monologue. But the film disappoints with its poor pacing, and the cast’s overacting is just painful to watch.