Admittedly, I paused watching this series twice after watching the first two episodes, but after giving it a chance, I absolutely loved this anime. Mob Psycho 100 delivered many things that I didn’t expect from a show of this nature. It explored deep feelings and emotions and delivered these themes to a high degree. Now without further adieu, let's get into the plot. (Obvious spoiler warning)

Plot:
This show focuses on the MC Shigeo Kaguyama, known as Mob, and he has psychic power that allows him to do all sorts of things. The only problem is that whenever his emotions reach 100%, he becomes extremely powerful and unpredictable .

His boss/master Reigen (my favorite character), is a manipulative con artist who uses Mob to pursue his own dreams. Yeah, hes incredibly selfish for that, BUT the way he is written doesn’t make the viewer necessarily dislike him. It’s because of his positive influence on Mob that allows Mob to live a sort of puedo-normal lifestyle. And what I mean by that is because Mob is such a powerful being but also a middle school student who thinks and acts like your typical middle school student, he definitely isn’t on the path to live a normal lifestyle, but Reigen is the force that grounds him down back to reality.

Now onto my favorite part of the season, the 7th Division. Now the 7th Division is a division under the organization known as Claw. Claw, an organization composed of many espers, plans to overthrow the government. In this season, the 7th Division kidnaps Mob’s brother Ritsu Kaguyama.

Now to go back just a little bit, Mob’s little brother Ritsu has recently gained psychic powers like his brother, but unlike Mob, these powers made him incredibly power hungry. This got him involved in this thing called the Awakening Lab which basically brought together esper kids in order to research their powers and recreate them. The important thing here is that the Awakening Lab wanted to recruit Mob, but got him mixed up with Ritsu. This made everyone, including Claw, believe Ritsu was actually Mob.

Now back to the 7th Division. Mob infiltrates the place where his brother was being held and he absolutely stomps on everyone who comes his way. Until one of the 7th Division members makes him replay painful memories which causes him to pass out.

Fast forward just a little bit to the final battle where Mob is torn between going to 100% in order to protect everyone around him, or listening to Reigen’s words about not harming others. As Mob is about to reach 100%, Reigen comes in clutch and stops Mob from going 100% but then Reigen supposedly gets slashed in the back by the 7th Division. A couple moments later, Reigen laughs off his injury and begins to utterly overpower the entire 7th Division. This is because Reigen somehow temporarily borrowed Mob’s powers.

After defeating the 7th Division physically, he then begins to attack them mentally by letting them know how they are just ordinary people that happen to have special powers.

Thoughts:
I truly enjoyed this show start to finish. I am not a huge fan of episodic animes but this anime delivered on everything that an anime should. Although it had a really slow start, in hindsight, this was necessary in order to develop the characters. I truly enjoyed each and every character that this show introduced and there isn’t a single character that I dislike. I love how Mob, an incredibly overpowered being in his verse, is just a normal kid with normal kid problems. His brother Ritsu is another normal kid who develops immensely throughout the show. Reigen, aka the goat, seems like an incredibly selfish and manipulative individual, but the writing of the show causes the viewers to portray him in a positive light.

At first, I was definitely turned off by the art style of Mob, but wow. The animation can go CRAZY sometimes. Whenever the artstyle goes very crude and One Punch Man webtoon ish, it fits the scene and mood perfectly. Now, I have come to love the unique artstyle that Mob Psycho brings to the table.

Conclusion:
In conclusion, I enjoyed this watch. The show is incredibly relatable in my opinion and I love the themes this show brings to the table. Some of these being “Being ‘normal’ is perfectly okay,” “controlling our emotions and stress are incredibly important,” and “it’s okay to run away from certain situations.”

I am so excited to start season 2 (excited is an understatement). I can’t wait to explore the Claw organization more and learn more about the Mob Psycho universe. I also can’t wait to see other espers’ powers and the different abilities each has. What I’m most excited for though is to see if we figure out the origins of Mob’s powers.
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