「　 モブサイコ100 II 　//　 Mob Psycho 100 II 　」 Episode 1

Worm on a string...

I’m… terrible

ok now that theyve been definitively cut can i just say im really mad that we lost this conversation bc i feel like it was really, really important to understanding the shigeo/mob dichotomy

shigeo, the whole person, is convinced that if he is his “true self”, people will not want to be around him. “mob” exists as the mask he wears around people, the “fake” him, the image he puts on to make other people happy.

“shigeo” exists as true thoughts and feelings and fears and wants he has suppressed for so long to put up this performance to other people. mob wants to go on keeping his “true” self suffocated, because he’s afraid of losing people. shigeo wants to be himself, even if that means pushing people away. but they’re both wrong. people don’t like him because he’s agreeable and opinion-less and doesn’t push back or cause trouble. people like him for him. he’s saying no one will ever come near him again while all his friends and loved ones run to the epicenter of a fucking hurricane to help calm him down.

that’s why reigen’s confession is what finally gets through to him. if reigen, this person he looks up to more than anyone, someone he cares for deeply, can be masking in the same way he is, and if that doesn’t change the fact that he respects and cares for him, then cant people accept shigeo kageyama just as much as they care for mob?

Casual reminder that:

-Mob knows exactly what porn is and has moments of incredible sarcasm (usually to Dimple)

-Ritsu is innocent and naive enough to believe that Teru’s wig was actually a MASSIVE BRAIN, and WILL run screaming to his big brother over cockroaches

-Teru post-turnaround still struggles with staying humble and still exerts his power over people he doesn’t like

-Shou likes wrestling, but his favorite hobby is drawing

sorry

Mob Psycho 100 (モブサイコ１００)

Full-color animation character designers of Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama and Arataka Reigen, featured in Spoon.2Di Vol. 21 (Amazon US | eBay), illustrated by character designer Yoshimichi Kameda (亀田祥倫).

heres all the character profile omakes for easy access

“I wanted it to be something that feels kind. When I came up with the concept, I was thinking something along the lines of ‘kindness’ or ‘the connections between people’. It ended up being an action manga, but my original idea was a slice-of-life that happened to include superpowers.” 

-ONE, creator of Mob Psycho 100

hey remember that time ritsu fucking killed ONE