The Disastrous Life of Saiki K: Reawakened [SUB] (2019) Review

 The Disastrous Life of Saiki K: Reawakened (2019) 7.5/10

Hey guys. This’ll probably be the last review for Saiki K for a while. I’m hoping Netflix continues with Reawakened because it leaves off on a cliffhanger, but whatever. Saiki K: Reawakened is the continuation series that Netflix picked up. The season dropped on December 30, 2019. This season is only 6 episodes long, with each episode having several shorts just like the previous seasons. Just like before, this season was produced by J.C. Staff and Egg Firm.

I didn’t really know what to expect from such a short season. Maybe a proper ending that forced Saiki to use his powers again, but idk. I’ll admit, I was kinda iffy on dropping this review in the first place because of just how little there is to cover, but here it is. Let’s begin.

So Reawakened starts off like any other episode of the series. It DOES NOT start off right where season 2 ended. The last episode on the other hand does. So for the first 5 episodes, it’s like the series takes place before season 2’s finale and then episode 6 continues off where season 2 ended. In this season, 2 more characters are introduced. First is the new homeroom teacher Takumi Iguchi. This guy is kinda weird. He’s a nice guy and means well, but he always has this pervy look on him that makes people think he’s a perverted peeping tom. His introduction was hilarious and I would like to see more of him in the future. The second character is Hii Suzumiya. Suzumiya is another transfer student, but transferred to Toritsuka’s class. Her whole character is that she has bad luck. Like really bad luck. On her first day, she got hit by a car, blood everywhere. When she got to class, everybody freaked out about her, but she insisted that she’s okay. When she goes to introduce herself, there’s no more chalk, so she writes her name in blood. She’s constantly tripping, falling, getting hit, everything. She’s the sweetest thing ever and all this bad shit is happening to her. Luckily, there’s another student in her class that helps. Enter Hiroshi Satou. Satou is THE most average person in existence. He was introduced back in season 2 and Saiki envies him. Saiki wants to live an average life, but can’t because he has psychic powers. With Satou, everything he does is ordinary. He’s so average that it affects everything around him. When he interacts with Suzumiya, he counteracts her extreme bad luck, making him the perfect solution for her troubles.

In this season we also get more screen time for Kuboyasu and Mikoto, which I was hoping for. Rifuta only makes a small cameo in the final episode, which is great for me. We get to see Kuboyasu’s home life and we get to meet his dad. With Mikoto, we get to see her job and she learns not to be so easygoing with her fortune telling abilities. Honestly just seeing more of these two was a huge plus for me.

The final episode is a mixed bag for me. We get to see how Saiki deals with not having his psychic powers which was interesting and humorous. Somehow though, his powers are returning (hence Reawakened). He’s slowly getting his powers back and seeing him playing it off like a joke/freaking out about it was interesting. At the end, a meteor is about to hit Earth that would destroy Japan. Saiki, now fully embracing his powers, leaves off to stop it. Then the season ends. The series blue balls you AGAIN! Wtf dude! I’m hoping Netflix continues the series because I’m already 3 seasons deep into this show. The season just ends, which is why I was reluctant in doing a review for this, but oh well.

So with the new season also comes new things about the show. Like I said earlier, we got new characters Iguchi and Suzumiya. We also get new voice actors. Unlike season 2 (which wasn’t dubbed), Reawakened got an English dub. Saiki and Nendo were the first people I noticed that sounded different. Saiki is now voiced by Kyle McCarley who voiced 9S from NieR: Automata, which is a perfect casting imo. Nendo is still voiced by David Wald, but Nendo’s voice sounds different though. I’ll be honest, I love Saiki’s new voice. His new voice seems to fit Kusuo much more than Conan’s voice.

Another new thing is that there’s no Opening or Ending songs. I mean there’s a little tune that plays for the opening title card and end credit sequence, but nothing like every other anime, which is a shame seeing as I was praising last season's OPs and EDs.

My only gripe with the season is that it’s way too short. Other than this, the season is fine. Despite how short it is, I think it does well with its time (in terms of pacing and content). I like the new characters, new voices, better animation, and I feel like these episodes are better written as well. At least better than season 1. Anyway, I’ll leave the review like this.

Thanks for reading and I'll see you next time.

This is Zorgak, signing off.