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“Unmotivated middle-schooler Saike gains immense psychic powers after rescuing childhood friend Mikan from danger.”
Psyche Matashitemo
サイケまたしても
7.43
3,917 rank · 8,985 readers · 60 favorites
Shounen
Super Power
Action
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Synopsis
Unmotivated middle-schooler Saike gains immense psychic powers after rescuing childhood friend Mikan from danger.
The manga revolves around Saike, a male middle school student without dreams or motivation. Within his normal everyday life, the only one who dotes on him is his female childhood friend, Mikan. However, one day, after seeing Mikan in extreme danger, he gains psychic powers that surpass human knowledge. (Source: ANN) Included one-shot: Volume 3: Negatibrain
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Derived from 8 sampled reviews
8.6
/10
What 8 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 1.58
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.58 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.38
Running avg · Oct 2015 → Oct 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Saike Matashitemo is Tsubasa Fukuchi's masterpiece. From the side characters with small parts all the way to the main characters everyone have interesting development and amazing interactions, it's...”
- 10 “EDIT: As of March 1st 2022, I've finished the series, and upped my overall rating from a 9 to a 10. The series isn't without its flaws, but it has so much passion and depth to it that I can't help...”
- 9 “This is one of the best manga i've seen in a while, it truly is "special". This is my second review, pardon me if i suck. (no spoilers)...”
Verbosity
Short · 38%
Medium · 38%
Long · 25%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 142 × 15 ch × vol
- Total read 18h 56m approx
- Published Jul 2014 – Dec 2018
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M29835 catalog