Mob Psycho 100
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“Don’t do it Mob. When things go south, it’s ok to run away!”
Reigen Arataka
THE PLOT
Mob Psycho 100 is the story about a young middle schooler named Shigeo Kageyama. He is nicknamed “Mob” lives in Seasoning City. Ever since he was young, he has had astounding psychic powers that surpassed many. However, this powerful esper power is unable to grant him the one thing that he wishes for the most, to be friends with the girl he likes in his class.
Fun fact, this anime was made by ONE, the creator of One Punch Man. You might be wondering why this anime doesn’t have the same art style as One Punch Man. The reason why it looks different is because it was not redrawn by Yusuke Murata, his drawing were used for the anime.
THE PHILOSOPHY
The philosophy of this show is subjective. My favorite is that is about hard work and realizing one’s place in the world, also known as being out of the state of sublime.
At first, You would think that having surreal Psychic powers would be like royalty. Well, Mob thinks differently. From his Masters (Reigen) words “Psychic powers are nothing special.” What he means by this is that Psychic powers is like being naturally athletic,it rewards you but its not too special.
This makes Mob my favorite character. His humbleness and will to work hard for what he wants is inspiring to me. In the show, he goes against many psychic people who are the opposite of him. They think that their psychic powers make them better than the world when they are wrong. They act immature and childish. But with the wise words from Mob and Reigen they suddenly see how immature they are and make a change to themselves.
Its sad to see people get drawn away from this show just because of its art style…
THE MAIN CHARACTER
Shiego Kageyama, Nicknamed “Mob” is a 14 year old struggling with his social life, social interaction and emotions. In other words, puberty. He works with a con-man named Reigen Arataka, a con man who rather tells clients what they really need. Hes not really a psychic. Togeter they excercize ghosts. But the show does show other interactions as well.
Mob is quite far the most powerful psychic in the show. His powers get stronger as his emotions get out of control. When he reaches 100%, he goes out of control and destroys the many things around him. He doesn’t want to hurt or cause anybody trouble with his emotions so he represses them. Awwww, I feel so bad for him.
Mobs character design is pretty good for looking like a background character!
THE OPINION
MOB IS SO ADORABLE. Other than that, I relate to him a quite lot! Maybe its because we are almost the same age. Mob is probably my favorite anime protagonist of all time!
I give this anime a glass of milk out of ten!
-Maxx
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