Just be careful. In the end, the series doesn't care about Saiki's emotions, and when he's unhappy in chapter 108 the author doesn't actually pay attention when Saiki has a panic attack and makes it all a joke. The author uses the tsundere trope to ridiculise and denigrate Saiki's negative emotions instead of giving them consequences.

In the end, whatever value Saiki K has gets cancelled out by bad relationship advice. The manga seems to be promoting that if someone looks unhappy and acts unhappy then you can see it as anything other than them being unhappy. This is a dangerous idea.

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It's a comedy it's not meant to be taken seriously

@Slinkie44 This seems to be a common misconception about Saiki K. The first half definitely isn't meant to be seriously. However the second part including the akechi definitely is very serious and is made to tell a serious story. And the tsundere trope is definitely supposed to be treated seriously, which is why I don't like it in this case.

I've heard this stance about Saiki K a thousand times, and it never works, because it doesn't hold up. Would you accept a comedy if it's sexist? no. Would you accept a comedy if it promotes ignorance about other countries and cultures? no.

So, would you promote a comedy that is clearly based on a fetish and promotes bad relationship ideas? You don't have to agree with the exact reasoning that I provided, but at the same time, comedies should be held accountable for the ignorance that they promote.

Don't trust comedies.

So, would you promote a comedy that is clearly based on a fetish and promotes bad relationship ideas?

Wait, what fetish?

Also can you elaborate with what you said in your first reply, about chapter 108?

I agree with what you're saying about seeing someone anything but unhappy when that's how they look, but that's a common romance/general anime trope. Even if Saiki K isn't a romance, you can still treat it as a common trope and therefore ignore it - I think that's what the author intended

@AelinAndRowanForever!!!

I agree with what you're saying about seeing someone anything but unhappy when that's how they look, but that's a common romance/general anime trope.

And that's fine. My point is that Saiki K uses the tsundere trope as a serious trope to ridiculise Saiki's emotions and make you ignore them. In chapter 108, this event is ignored and framed as a joke. No further mentions of it, and no consequences.

Even if Saiki K isn't a romance, you can still treat it as a common trope and therefore ignore it - I think that's what the author intended

You can actually kind of ignore it if it's not serious enough to break the relationship. Relationships can still function with these contradictions. But what you still have to keep in mind is that they are unhappy, and that this does influence how these people see each other.

However, this fandom is stupid, and tries to argue that Saiki wasn't actually unhappy, even though he shows an unhappy face in chapter 280, 214, and far back as 108.