| Saiko Father | |
|---|---|
| Character Name | |
| Full Name | Saiko's Father |
| Kanji | 才虎の父 |
| Personal Info | |
| Birthday | March 21 |
| Sign | ♈ (Aries) |
| Blood type | O |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation | Saiko Corporation |
| Family | Saiko Metori (Son) |
| Occupation | Head of Saiko Corporation |
| Media | |
| Manga Debut | Chapter 119 |
| Anime Debut | Season 1 Episode 23 |
| Japanese Voice | Tōru Ōkawa |
Saiko's Father is the head of the Saiko Corporation and father of Saiko Metori. He wears so many reflective metal accessories that it is impossible to see his face—It almost looks like he has a glowing halo surrounding him. His own son might not know what he looks like, because according to his thoughts in Chapter 119[1], the only reason he could tell it was his father is because he could just barely see the siamese cast on his lap.
Metori's father shares an extreme financial greed, which he passed onto his son by telling him "There is nothing in this world that you can't buy with money." Kusuo criticises this method of parenting when Metori had a flashback about it[2]. Saiko's Father ordered his son to return to PK Academy, where he intended to pay back those he wronged over the Kokominzu storming his house in a previous chapter. However, not two pages after he had the aforementioned flashback, Nendō, whom he had just tried to bribe into becoming his lackey with a suitcase containing 150 million yen, emptied that suitcase, dumping all its money to throw the case to a drowning child to use as a floatation device[3].
Metori's father reappears in Chapter 193. After learning that his son has been spending his money frivolously on things like elephants[4] (available on Amazon apparently), and seeing his staff playing dominoes with stacks of yen which he immediately knocked over so they couldn't get the 1 million they were each promised, Metori's father gave him the 'ultimate trial of the Saiko clan.' The trial involves living for a whole day on his own, without the help of his entourage of staff, limited to 'only' 10,000 yen. This revealed that Metori didn't even know where his house was. However, this turned out to be a pivotal change in Metori's character development, well, what little we see of it.
This is all we see of Saiko's father in the series.
Appearance[]
Nobody knows what this man looks like, due to the clothes he wears (possibly at all times) reflecting so much light that it's implied even his own son has never seen his face through said light[1].
Personality[]
All we know of him is that he is obscenely rich, and he taught his son Metori that money can buy everything. He embodies the stereotypical "rich man" personality. This is, however, contradicted way later by the 'ultimate trial of the Saiko clan,' that of course being the challenge of living a day with a "limited budget" of 10,000 yen.
Trivia[]
- He owns a siamese cat.