In a city where martial arts is paramount and the strong prey on the weak, this ability allows him to live like a transparent person - his classmates are thinking "what is the answer" during the exam, the teacher is thinking "what to eat tonight" on the podium, and his opponent is thinking "hit him in the left side with the next move" in the ring.
He thought he was just an ordinary sophomore in high school. His only trouble was that his grades were mediocre, he had no martial arts talent, and his crush on his senior sister never looked at him.