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  • Acting for Two: Daisuke Ono voices for three characters, Riki Nendou and his parents Riki Takeuchi and Midori Nendou.
  • All-Star Cast: Everyone in the cast (whether major or supporting) have some sort of fame as voice actors.
  • Bonus Material: At the end of each chapter in the compiled volumes, there's a panel that works as an epilogue and humorous off-panel thoughts (from the characters or the author himself) about its events.
  • Casting Gag: Episode 5 of Season 2 focuses on a character voiced by Natsuki Hanae dealing with a dead girl who's also a musician. Bonus point for having said instrument a piano. Sounds familiar?
  • Crossdressing Voices: Daisuke Ono (Riki Nendou) also voices Nendou's mother, Midori, but he doesn't even bother with putting on a remotely feminine voice for the role, probably to drive home the joke that Nendou and his mother look practically the same.
  • Directed by Cast Member:
    • In the English dub of Reawakened, Christopher Bevins is Takumi Iguchi's voice actor, as well as the ADR director.
    • In the Latin American Spanish dub of Reawakened, Georgina Sánchez is the ADR Director and the voice of Kokomi Teruhashi.
  • First Appearance: Some characters and Saiki's (basic) psychic powers were introduced in the seven original one-shots of the series. These one-shots were later compiled in Chounouryokusha Saiki Kusuo no PSI Nan, also referred as "Volume Zero".
    • In chapter 14, Saiki briefly mentions that he is an acquaintance of the illusionist Uryoku Chouno and Michael (his assistant), since they first appeared in one of the original one-shot chapters. This got corrected in the TV anime adaptation's chronology, when it adapted their first interaction.
  • Marth Debuted in "Smash Bros.": Although the manga has yet to receive a localization outside of Japan, Saiki himself appeared in a few other pieces of media before the 2016 anime was licensed in the U.S.
    • Saiki's first official Western debut was in a crossover chapter that was localized and included within the second volume of Assassination Classroom, where it was given a first possible English title: "The Mishaps of Kusuo Saiki".
    • Saiki also appeared as a playable character in J-Stars Victory VS, a Massive Multiplayer Crossover game that was released outside of Japan in 2015.
  • No Dub for You: A very infuriating example in Netflix: The TV series lacks a dub in every language except English and Cantonese, and not to mention it was broadcasted without previous warning or promotion. Surprisingly enough, later the Netflix-exclusive special got dubs in many languages (but got a completely different cast in English). However, the original series still lacks other dubs after the release of the special, and the second season wasn't dubbed in any language yet.
  • No Export for You: While currently averted with the TV anime note , the manga (and the light novels) remain only available in Japan.
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  • Playing Against Type: Nendou is a big one for Daisuke Ono. He's mostly known for voicing charming pretty boys and more recently in his career, stoic, deep voiced badasses. Nendou, however, isn't neither the former or the later, being instead a Kindhearted Simpleton delinquent with a rough voice who shows his lack of intelligence and common sense and not precisely a looker. This also applies to his roles as Nendou's parents, as he's the very image of his father and his mother is practically a female version of him.
  • Real-Life Relative: The Japanese voice actors for Saiki's married relatives are real-life married couples.
  • Romance on the Set: Not between any of the voice actors. However in 2019 it was announced that Shuichi Aso, the author of the manga, had gotten married to Mirin Furukawa, a member of the idol group Dempagumi.inc who have performed many songs for the anime.
  • You Sound Familiar: In the English dub, Christopher Bevins voiced Kazuya Ikemi in the first season and Takumi Iguchi in Reawakened.


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