Chapter 149

'''Rematch! Rifuta VS Teruhashi''' is the 149th chapter of The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan) manga series released on the 1st of June 2015.

Characters

 * Saiki Kusuo
 * Rifuta Imu
 * Teruhashi Kokomi
 * Yumehara Chiyo (mentioned)

Abilities Used

 * Telepathy

Short Summary
Imu wants to beat Kokomi, once and for all. She finds her chance by trying to ask out someone who has yet to submit to Kokomi, Kusuo.

Long Summary
A guy asks Imu if she is dating anyone. He has her in a kabedon and tells her that ever since he saw her, he has thought of her being cute. Imu thinks about the guy, Kuramochi, a third year that seems like a playboy but is one of the most popular guys in the school. She guesses she has nothing better to do and might accept dating him. Right when Kuramochi asks Imu to date him, Kokomi walks by and he stares at her instead. Imu is infuriated, rejects him on the spot and leaves him. Imu is especially angry that he stared at Kokomi and eyes her talking to others through a window. Kokomi always meddles and Imu still believes she is the cutest, not her. She swears she will get Kokomi one day. She then notices Kokomi getting especially happy when a guy comes towards her. Imu questions it.

In Year 1, Class 5 Imu receives documents of the boy that was with Kokomi earlier. She finds out it is Kusuo and knows he happens to be in the same class as Kokomi. She thanks her fan club for getting the information and they tell her they gladly do what she wants. She reads the documents and finds he is far too normal and has average looks. She starts to believe she saw it wrong and tosses the information to the top of her desk. She thinks it makes no sense and there is no way for Kokomi to love him as he is.

Imu then hears people scream that Kokomi is walking through the first year hallway. Many go out and find out that she is fact walking in their hallway and many gawk at her. Imu sighs, irritated, and asks her fan club to close the windows. She then finds the shirts they were wearing are torned and they have now joined the Teruhashi Fan Club instead. She gets more angry and thinks about how the school does not shut up about Kokomi. It turns out Kokomi was looking for Imu and went to ask her if she could talk to her. Imu is surprised that Kokomi came all the way for her and asks her what it is she wants to talk about. Imu then remembers Kokomi is her enemy and rephrases her question in more equal level matter. Kokomi questions it.

Kokomi came to talk to Imu about the school’s tidiness committee and how her class has not submitted a candidate yet. She wanted to ask her if she could look and find anyone in her class that would want to participate. Imu tells her she can and thinks on why she asked her. Kokomi thanks her. Imu thinks Kokomi could have easily brought in more people if she personally had asked, instead of her.

Kokomi then asks Imu how school is and if she has made friends yet. Imu tells her she has but thinks on how she could have a boyfriend if it were not for her. Kokomi is glad to hear it. Imu is getting slightly angry but tells her that she wants to date someone and she has someone she is interested in. Kokomi, having influence from Chiyo, ethusatically asks her who it is. Imu looks away from Kokomi and tells her it is a second year, his name is Kusuo Saiki and if she knows who it is. Imu thinks this so-called confession is pointless but peaks towards Kokomi’s direction. She sees Kokomi outwardly express her surprise and despair at this reveal. Imu can not believe she was actually correct on her initial assessment. She then asks Kokomi if there is anything wrong. Kokomi quickly picks herself up, tells her nothing is wrong and questions her if she indeed said Kusuo. Kokomi then turns around, apologizes to her and says it was unexpected. Imu menacingly smiles, now knowing her chance on how to beat her.

Kokomi questions Imu on why she is interested in Kusuo and nervously tells her that he looks too plain and there are other guys. Imu tells her there is no reason, she just loves him. She, however, thinks about how the only reason this came to be is due to Kokomi liking him. Imu then says that she probably does know him and asks her to introduce herself to him. Kokomi panics and tells her that she does not know him well, he hardly talks, is gloomy, not quite smart and smells horrible like crushed ginkgo leaves. Imu is not the least persuaded off by her and thinks she got ridiculous on the final comment. Kokomi urges her to choose someone else but Imu is none the wiser. Imu then leans towards Kokomi. She exclaims that since Kokomi had those awful comments about him, then she does not have to worry about her being her rival with love. With the so-called “found confidence,” she tells her that she will confess to Kusuo and walks away. Kokomi yells at Imu to stop and tell her about a 3rd year, Kuramoto. Imu says that it already did not work due to her. Imu then smiles wider, she will take Kokomi down by nabbing Kusuo from her. She then evilly laughs and wonders what Kokomi’s reaction would be once she takes Kusuo.

Kusuo, who is nearby, is also smiling. He reveals that this was all plotted by him. He knew Imu was staring at both Kokomi and himself out the window and did this on purpose. He explains if things were to plan out as it is, Imu will approach him and he will play along. He believes Kokomi is only interested in him due to him not giving into her, so when she sees him with Imu she will just lose interest in him. Then once she is gone. Imu will lose interest in him since she never cared about him and only wanted to win against Kokomi. In the end he will finally be alone and thus the plan will be perfect. What makes it better, the two are not the type to gossip so rumors will not happen and he will be free from them.

Imu finds Kusuo, calls him and tells him that she wants to talk. He is slightly surprised she arrived quickly but all is going according to his plan. Imu is surprised at looking at him, she had hoped that he would look better in person, but he looks so plain like in the photo, and questions what Kokomi sees in him. Kusuo comments that it is quite a problem with Kokomi. Imu then remembers that Kusuo is the same guy that Kokomi has not been able to conquer and does not let her guard down on him. She asks Kusuo if he has a girlfriend, he shakes his head quickly. Imu is surprised by his fast response and questions if he is not picky or desperate.

Imu thought it would take longer and decides to ask him what she thinks of her. Kusuo gives her a thumbs up and she is glad he gave her a like. She starts to think out loud and asks him if he thinks she is better than Kokomi. With a close-up of his hand, his thumb drifts slightly down, in possible thought, and it makes her upset. He then gives her a thumbs up again and it makes her very happy. She is glad that she finally beat Kokomi and cries. She remembers all the times people have told her about Kokomi being more beautiful and how she kept losing against her, yet Kusuo ended up choosing her. She looks at him again, him staring at his thumb, and is in shock. Blushing, she wonders if he looked this amazing before but then reminds herself it is due to her happiness of him picking her. She then starts to nervously ask him if he wants to go out with her but runs away in panic. She screams at him that she changed her mind and to forgive her. She got too embarrassed and was not able to ask him out properly. Kusuo, seeing her run away, is confused and wonders what just occurred.