Saiki Kusuke MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Saiki Kusuke? Saiki Kusuke is an ENTJ personality type in MBTI, 3w4 - sp/sx - 385 in Enneagram, SCOEI in Big 5, LIE in Socionics.
(1/4) This is genuinely the most upsetting mistype on this entire app to me. Kusuke is not a 3, he is not a 4, and most importantly he is not sx-blind, so-dominant or so-second! I literally have no idea how anyone would misinterpret this particular part of his character having watched the show or read the manga. It's right in your face multiple times. Kusuke states throughout the franchise that humanity and social relations are of no matter to him. Direct quotes: "Who cares about humanity or stuff like that?"; "I have no interest in the world or humanity at all. I'd sooner put two rhinoceros beetles against each other." Really, how does anyone look at one of the most misanthropic characters ever portrayed in animanga and type them as so-dominant? The blind spot of instinctual variants is entirely about which aspect of one's life they consider the least crucial. Sx-blinds are not going to care about intimate relationships and intense experiences (which Kusuke does, it's clear the thing that brings him the most joy are his passionate competitions with Kusuo), sp-blinds are not going to care about their physical wellbeing and material safety (which Kusuke also clearly does, owning a huge palace full of hoarded items and actively applying his skills to push his mind's limits, and I'll get back to this later), and so-blinds are not going to care about the world or fitting into society or its norms—Kusuke has no regard for status and almost always says directly what's on his mind without considering others' feelings or whether it's polite to do so (immediately commenting on his parents making another sibling when he "catches" them being lovey-dovey; giving Teruhashi an entire monologue about how worthless she is compared to his cherished Kusuo minutes after meeting her, then reasoning it with "Everyone looks like monkeys to me, so I'm not phased by beauty" and continuing to condescendingly point out her acting ability while not catching onto the social cue that everyone around him was on Teruhashi's side). Each instinctual variant blind spot is made up of three ignored areas, one (or two, but at most usually one) of which may be developed by the specific person as a result of emotional maturity. For social instinct they are Connection (being unable to truly meaningfully bond with anyone but being unbothered by it), Mindreading (being ignorant of social cues and standards), and Harmony (being unconcerned with how they are seen in society or how they fit in it). The first and last are clearly well-representative of Kusuke's character, but Mindreading in particular seems to be rather developed, judging by his ability to put on a convincing mask of a good person in front of his parents and any uninvolved people he interacts with. I assume this exact aspect is likely why so many people for some reason manage to see him as so-dominant or second, but it nevertheless remains a trait of so-blindness. Social dominants put great value in maintaining their relationships, and developing a respectable image of themselves in society, or using their understanding of it to destroy it from the inside if unhealthy. Kusuke does neither, he's been shown countless times to treat humanity as a useless hassle. The time machine episode proves that he has no interest in destroying it even outwardly ("I would never incite a war!")—society is quite literally the least important thing that exists to him. Now to reinforce why I believe he is strongly sp/sx in specific. Kusuke's most obvious desire is to be exceptionally capable and unbeatable, and to reinforce this idea, he goes to Cambridge, pursues heaps of knowledge and acquires a PhD extremely early, then invents many unfathomable to an average mind devices. This might make him look like a so5. But he is not focused on being a totem of knowledge for others, nor does he show any regard for being important in society or search for any ultimate meaning like so5s tend to. His primary goal is already settled on being better than one single person—his brother. This, in turn, makes him sound like a sx-dominant, and quite a few other things do as well, but first of all I will explain why sp works better for him. The obvious reason is that no sx enneatype fits his character or ENTJ, but I'm currently talking about specifically instinctual variants, so one extremely important thing that was stated about him in the official manga is that his average sleep duration is 17 minutes. While this is obviously a fictional exaggeration, it is also a clear pointer to the fact he cannot be sp-second. The feat of being able to control or ignore one's own body to this degree is something that can only be achieved by someone who is either most or least focused on it. The difference is that a sp-blind would stubbornly dismiss their body's need for rest, while a sp-dominant would intentionally train it to push past its limits, and Kusuke has never once come off as someone who is in disconnect with his body.
Biography
Some brother that's jealous of Saiki Kusuo living his best life.
