Wednesday, February 16, 2022

It's post time! For today's blog post, I will be talking about how Kusuo Saiki from The Disastrous Life Of Saiki K. is an overpowered character done right. For those of you who don't know, overpowered characters usually aren't that great. They can solve any problem whenever they want, which means conflicts hold no weight. They make things boring and predictable. However, Saiki is different. He is amazingly overpowered, but this is actually a good thing. It adds to the comedy parts of the series, and it shows how difficult being stupidly overpowered can be in an average world. Him being so strong is actually the problem, which means he has to be careful when he does use his powers. His strength makes his parents hopelessly dependant on him, and it makes it difficult for him to really make friends. Even if he can get out of any situation flawlessly, he has to be really careful about it so nobody discovers his secret. Making his incredible powers the conflict of the series adds to the story, and it makes every use of them a risk. Even if he does depend on his powers, he would rather just be a normal person. This is a really good way to make an overpowered character likeable, especially since the viewer can hear his every thought and understand how he feels about it. But, these are mostly just my thoughts on this topic. Nonetheless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!

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