TV-Series
Description
Eiichi Kite, known as Kiteretsu, is a highly intelligent and inventive fourth-grade student living in Tokyo. He descends from the renowned Edo-period inventor Kiteretsu Saisama, often called the Japanese Da Vinci for creating advanced bamboo machines like flying devices. This ancestry deeply inspires his own work.
He possesses exceptional mechanical and scientific genius, though he shows only average performance in school and notable weakness in sports. His inventions stem primarily from the Kiteretsu Encyclopedia, an ancient manuscript by his ancestor containing various gadget designs. Using this book, he built his companion robot Korosuke, who assists him despite frequently causing complications.
These inventions, often crafted from pre-industrial materials and bamboo technology, prove innovative yet impractical and prone to malfunctions. These failures regularly lead to chaotic situations and property damage. Nevertheless, he persists in his creative efforts, driven by a desire to explore new ideas and solve problems through logical and analytical thinking.
His relationships play a key role in his life. He has a close group of friends including Miyoko Nonohana, a neighborhood girl who is his love interest and future wife. The group also consists of Kumada Kaoru, a local bully often called Buta Gorira, and Kōji Tongari, a wealthy and easily frightened boy. A university student named Benzō Karino acts as their friend and mentor.
His family includes parents Eitarō and Michiko Kite. Concerned about his academic focus, his mother once disposed of the encyclopedias in the manga's conclusion, leading him to initially abandon inventing. The anime offered an alternate finale where the encyclopedias were stolen and lost. This event triggered a time travel journey to meet his ancestor, where he learned Korosuke was a robotic recreation of the ancestor's deceased son. In an act of maturity, he agreed to leave Korosuke in the past to care for his ailing creator.
His development across all media shows growth from a gadget-obsessed boy into a more responsible inventor. His core traits—curiosity, perseverance, and a methodical approach to challenges—remain constant, anchored by a strong value for knowledge and self-sufficiency.
He approaches problems analytically and logically, sometimes appearing detached, though he cares deeply for friends and family. His intuitive nature helps him spot patterns and connections others miss, and his perceiving trait makes him adaptable and open to experimenting with new approaches.
His robot companion Korosuke is naive and often unintentionally disruptive, providing a contrast to his own genius. Korosuke ends sentences with the verbal tic "nari" and shares a strong emotional bond with him, ultimately revealed as a key part of his family's history.
He possesses exceptional mechanical and scientific genius, though he shows only average performance in school and notable weakness in sports. His inventions stem primarily from the Kiteretsu Encyclopedia, an ancient manuscript by his ancestor containing various gadget designs. Using this book, he built his companion robot Korosuke, who assists him despite frequently causing complications.
These inventions, often crafted from pre-industrial materials and bamboo technology, prove innovative yet impractical and prone to malfunctions. These failures regularly lead to chaotic situations and property damage. Nevertheless, he persists in his creative efforts, driven by a desire to explore new ideas and solve problems through logical and analytical thinking.
His relationships play a key role in his life. He has a close group of friends including Miyoko Nonohana, a neighborhood girl who is his love interest and future wife. The group also consists of Kumada Kaoru, a local bully often called Buta Gorira, and Kōji Tongari, a wealthy and easily frightened boy. A university student named Benzō Karino acts as their friend and mentor.
His family includes parents Eitarō and Michiko Kite. Concerned about his academic focus, his mother once disposed of the encyclopedias in the manga's conclusion, leading him to initially abandon inventing. The anime offered an alternate finale where the encyclopedias were stolen and lost. This event triggered a time travel journey to meet his ancestor, where he learned Korosuke was a robotic recreation of the ancestor's deceased son. In an act of maturity, he agreed to leave Korosuke in the past to care for his ailing creator.
His development across all media shows growth from a gadget-obsessed boy into a more responsible inventor. His core traits—curiosity, perseverance, and a methodical approach to challenges—remain constant, anchored by a strong value for knowledge and self-sufficiency.
He approaches problems analytically and logically, sometimes appearing detached, though he cares deeply for friends and family. His intuitive nature helps him spot patterns and connections others miss, and his perceiving trait makes him adaptable and open to experimenting with new approaches.
His robot companion Korosuke is naive and often unintentionally disruptive, providing a contrast to his own genius. Korosuke ends sentences with the verbal tic "nari" and shares a strong emotional bond with him, ultimately revealed as a key part of his family's history.