Mob Psycho 100 III モブサイコ100 III

2022 fall | Episodes: 12 | Score: 8.7 (377746)

Updated every Thursdays at 00:00 | Status: Finished Airing

Type: TV

Synopsis

After foiling a world-threatening plot, Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama returns to tackle the more exhausting aspects of his mundane life—starting with filling out his school's nerve-racking career form. Meanwhile, he continues to assist his mentor Arataka Reigen and the office's new recruit, Katsuya Serizawa, in solving paranormal cases of their clients. While continuing his duties, Mob also works on gaining more independence in his esper and human lives, as well as trying to integrate better with the people around him. However, new supernatural and ordinary challenges test Mob’s emotional stability and force him to confront the realities around him. As he strives to continue forward on the path to maturity, Mob must resolve his emotional crises and reassess the naivety he has held on for so long. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Voice Actors

Ootsuka, Akio

Irino, Miyu

Itou, Setsuo

Sakurai, Takahiro

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Reviews

Luminous01
12/08/2024, 08:26 AM
Heres my thoughts on Mob psycho 100. The show is peak comedy, characters, self improvement and fights. Reigen being the best representative of comedy as we all know. Single handedly carried the whole show for an entire season was astonishing in my opinion. About the self-improvement aspect of the show, Mob's self-confidence journey is what we all witnessed throughout this show. It was a wonderful journey. The fights were unique and exciting. Not to mention the art style was one of a kind. This is definitely a good show thats worth watching. Had one of if not the most satisfying endings of all anime.
Minaleinche
10/07/2024, 01:38 PM
I just finished it... 12 episodes and I cried in 5 of them, it was an emotional roller-coaster in all the best way possible. It was a wonderful send-off to the best anime I had the pleasure of seeing. Every open plot point gets resolved at the end and it was masterful. I could not more highly recommend this anime and this finale proves it. In total, there was not a single bad episode in this whole show! Please if you haven't already, watch it or watch it again! There is so much love and care in this and everything is made with a passion that I haven'tseen in the industry before. I wish more people would give this the respect it deserves.
elthreedotcomma
01/20/2024, 10:51 AM
This, if nothing else, is a fitting conclusion. The first two seasons of Mob Psycho 100 told a story of kindness and power. This season seemingly tells the same story. What it focuses on, though, are the ups and downs of the collective human psyche, the strength of belief, the importance of meaningful communication and the truth, and most importantly, self-acceptance. Mob undergoes an internal struggle - he battles with indecisiveness regarding the future, a lack of desire for his power and the fear of rejection. We slowly see his descent into losing to his other half - the half that constantly fights his emotions to gaincontrol over his body, the half that is his "true self". We see how Mob is not truly his own person - he is easily influenced by his surroundings, constantly suppressing his power to be normal, only for it to backfire on him. The season traces how he slowly learns to be his own person; someone in control of his own emotions and livelihood. Dimple's quest for regaining power, and his exploitation of how strongly people believe in the supernatural, both provide an interesting watch. Moreover, his realisation that fighting yields no result portrays exactly what the story meant to. Dimple's arc comes to a more or less satisfying conclusion, with him finally realising that what he truly lacked was friendship, and not power. Reigen's character somehow got even better than before. He is shown to now be a true mentor figure to Mob - he cares about him deeply, and realises that they both got to where they are because he has constantly lied his way through life. Mob and Reigen are codependent; they rely on each other even to exist, and seek each other out to confide their deepest worries in. If rated purely on personal enjoyment, this is a masterpiece. However, it is also important to realise that some parts were more tangential than tangible.
Halcyon13
12/02/2023, 08:34 PM
Season three understandably struggles to match the previous seasons in scale, partly because we're well past the stage of incrementally stronger antagonists, but also due to ONE reorganizing the format of Mob Psycho's climactic payout. Structurally, similar to what we're accustomed to, these final few arcs are self-contained, although, unlike the prior instances of somewhat cohesive dramatic writing, this conclusion is a scattered attempt at characterization, employing certain events that should have taken place somewhere in the middle area of the story or never. The series is harmed by the length of the final season, and a full slice-of-life exercise in emotion pales in comparisonto what the viewer has already experienced, a combination of moderately capable genre elements, regardless of how much action is integrated into major plot points or one's impression of such. It's rather predictable where the narrative is headed early on, as there are very few options outside of a deus ex machina confrontation that shocks Mob's perception of the status quo, an ultimately flat realization under the shadow of a tediously roundabout result. The basis of his reserved personality is his unpredictable psychic powers, but the resolution of his insecurities has been generally available en masse throughout each conflict, to the point where one would expect the finale to offer provocative insight into bending the superpower subgenre. Unfortunately, the implications are the same as any other title in this demographic, perhaps even more narrow and eye-rolling than the thematic substance the series initially had. The style of character writing is more or less the only genuine motif in Mob Psycho, predominant in its closing moments, yet massively divisive in the believability of erratic emotional intelligence over a long stretch that appears fitting, but drags along on a path between friends and foes past and present. It maintains a steady pattern of cause and effect, effective enough if the script is uninterested in original ideas, and that's indeed the case for much of Mob Psycho up to now. Admittedly, it's difficult to entirely discredit ONE's approach to developing a character plagued by low self-esteem, more so in the context of the target audience. There is inevitably sappiness, an oversaturated dependency on friendship, which is completely fine to the extent of retaining attention through entertaining dynamics. This season establishes Reigen as often the sole source of wit, facilitating every functional instance of comic relief, the particular case in point being the hollow boredom most of the dialogue is laced with. Reaction humor has its limits, but even within those restrictions, Reigen sets comic relief in motion. However, the primary unredeemed hitch in the narrative is Mob, or other characters being driven into a power-up corner. It's a byproduct of the story's structure in some capacity, although there are just as many questionable choices, where a certain member of the cast is assigned a strict role through a sudden surge in ability. Most importantly, the presentation of each standardized moral lesson is derived from insignificant conflicts, nostalgic pandering, and regressive development. Studio Bones has had considerably better production values on various projects, albeit season three's visual technicalities are slightly better than the previous seasons by comparison of storyboarding clarity. It's still not quite up to par in numerous cuts, e.g., underwhelming storyboarding, weak transitional editing, and generally shabby execution preventing any refined key animation from exhibiting maximum quality. Nonetheless, there are improvements too, namely, the excessive esper VFX is toned down, and the formerly borderline incomprehensible sequences have stronger continuity. The buzzing rumors around the extent of hand-drawn effort are a definite exaggeration, as there's no substantial difference across the quality of the series as a whole, and while it's obvious that certain episodes have numerous in-betweens for character acting, it's still not always on-model or relevant in context. The animators employed some unconventional animation techniques, such as the ED's paint-on-glass impressionism, fascinating even if the imagery itself is mediocre, and doesn't serve a visual purpose to the actual story. Wakabayashi and Kawai's collaboration on sound is mainly without issue, and there are a few standout tracks that are synced with the more relaxed atmospherics well. Mob Psycho occasionally finds its stride, but an aimless final act is a far too quiet farewell.
Rayan_W
09/22/2023, 03:38 PM
I’ve never watched an anime with a final stretch as satisfying as this. MP100 does the theme of “the power of friendship” like no one else does. The tone is often delightfully quirky, but is also incredibly genuine through the entirety of the series, however heavy or light the subject is. BONES’ animation is capable of both infusing each character with their own unique sense of humanity and creating almost startling displays of power. If you approach this anime with any cynicism or irony it will spit it right back in your face so do yourself a favor while watching and remember that you areloved
Resting_Bonfire
07/17/2023, 12:53 AM
Mob Psycho III I love this anime and would even be able to say that it could be one of my favorites. Mob Psycho combines most of the positive aspects of the series and delivers them to the viewer in a brilliantly humorous way. The charismatic balance between seriousness, comedy, and action hit the mark here. Through an exaggerated presentation and a relatively simple style, this series could be very convincing throughout the first two seasons. I was disappointed to learn that it would end with this season, after all, there aren't many series that can entertain you. However, it becomes problematic with the third season,where the content is relatively lean and just doesn't have the same charisma anymore. I love Mob Psycho, it's a simple yet fascinating and multi-layered series. This season included the final two arcs including a bizarre alien episode. [Story 5] Ekubo was my favorite behind Reigen-sama, he's always been a relatively interesting mascot and played a very balanced role in the story. Likewise, I liked his final arc here, in which his and Mob's perspectives crossed again. Ekubo finally got his character development and his relationship with Mob got all the better. The finale from the first arc was visually beautiful in concept as well. It was one of the best closing scenes imaginable and in a comedy of all things. Unfortunately, that scene was ruined at the end and the entire finale felt forced and rushed. The finale arc of Mob had such great potential and ended up being quite a disappointment. Fortunately, the remaining episodes had been much more solid. [Characters 6] Most of the main characters of Mob Psycho have been varied. Through different character traits and interactions, they have given this anime that certain charm. Of course, for many, Reigen has been the true carrier of this series; after all, most of his scenes have gilded the episodes. Hanazawa's evolution from a narcissistic arrogant kid with a god complex, to probably one of the best friends Mob could ask for. With exemplary taste in clothes. Ritsu's development was the least interesting to me personally, but he too did a decent job of keeping the balance among the characters. Ekubo's character arc was odd, but very refreshing and showed how his feelings towards Mob developed. It was a friendship that felt much more realistic than in most shows. Likewise, the conclusion to his arc was very nicely done. Which was ruined at the end of the season, but Ekubo remains an impressive character to me. And as I said before, Reigen's apology at the end, was probably the moment most people were waiting for. Even if the final arc was mediocre, the basic idea of that scene was really nice. [Music 7 / Animations 8] For the most part, the animation in this season was more variable than in the previous ones. The episodes all had different animation quality, whereas the finale with Dimple and the last 2 episodes showed the highest quality. The rest of the episodes were okay, but far below the mob standard that was known. Musically, the series has still been high quality. The intro and outro are not to my taste, however, the soundtracks were great. [Conclusion 6] Oddly enough, this season contains some of the best and worst moments of the entire series, which is why I can't see it being on par with season 2. I do not know if the manga ended the same way, unfortunately, however, I was not particularly impressed with the ending. The pacing felt pretty bad. Despite all that, it wasn't enough to hold the quality of this series far back. This anime was a very enjoyable experience for me- [Enjoyment 8/10]
SammyBisOli
04/15/2023, 06:28 PM
This season was less busy than the previous one. I believe that the second season was the apex of the anime, but even so, we had significant and important moments. What I like most about this story is the figurative way it represents the problems of our everyday life. The fears about the future, the desire to enjoy time with the ones we love, the courage to face obstacles to reach our goals. We face many challenges, some simple, others monstrous, but in the end, the biggest villain in our lives is ourselves. Our biggest clash is with our feelings. The animation went downhill attimes, but it looks like Japan is facing another wave of covid, it was nothing that serious in relation to my experience. It was really nice to see Shigeo's evolution. Everything he learned along his journey and how he evolved in the end. Seeing him smile so carefree was the cutest thing I've ever seen. It will be an anime that will be missed.
Wuprrr
12/29/2022, 11:09 AM
An amazing conclusion to an amazing anime. Mob Psycho 100 is nothing short of a modern masterpiece, and a huge step in the right direction for the anime industry. The goofiness of Reigen’s salt splash, the inner struggle of Mob’s character growth, the idleness of the Telepathy Club, the burning passion of the Body Improvement Club, Teru’s growth as a person and his transition from villain to hero, I loved every second of Mob Psycho and I’ve barely even begun to scratch the surface of all the little things that make this show so great. For all the supernatural elements it has, Mob Psycho feelslike one of the realest shows I’ve ever watched, and this final season does a great job at conveying a sense of finality while also letting us know that Mob’s story doesn’t end there, that his life is an ongoing cycle of change just like our own. To begin, I’d like to comment on how beautiful the animation of this show is. Ever since I watched the first episode, I’ve fallen in love with the show’s artistic style and sheer creativity in expression. And I’m glad to say that this season does not disappoint! The Divine Tree arc was replete with excellent battle animation and everything felt incredibly smooth and pleasing to the eye. Mob Psycho is not afraid to take artistic liberties to draw out the deepest emotions a character is feeling, and it does so in a way that is so utterly unique that it effectively crafts its own visual identity. Not to mention how perfectly the soundtrack and voice acting complement the entire experience. Watching Mob Psycho is an unforgettable experience, and every episode reels you in with the show’s charm and individuality. I’ve always been very fond of this show’s style of humor too. Even in the most serious of moments, this show always finds a way to make the viewer crack a smile. For example, during one of the most intense fights in the series towards the end of the Divine Tree arc, Mob’s ridiculous-looking monkey shirt is revealed and, to his chagrin, is immediately met with the line “You have such shit taste”. It’s these brief moments of levity amidst climaxes of emotion and plot that really makes this show shine. Of course, Mob Psycho isn’t the only show that attempts to pull off this type of absurd comedy, but it remains among the most capable I’ve ever seen. Now, onto what really made this season just as good as the other two: the plot. This season concluded everything that the show has been building up to in quite a beautiful way. The last episode with the scene of Reigen having a down to earth talk with Mob is something that I feel like I’ll remember for decades to come. It’s moments like these that really proves to me how real this show is. Reigen’s struggles with being a fraud is something that I feel like I can heavily relate to deep down, because all my life I’ve been living under these facades made to please the people around me, to appeal to what everyone wants me to be. This theme was explored with profound depth in season 2, but reaches its climax in season 3 with Reigen’s confrontation with Mob. I also really appreciated watching the Telepathy Club arc. It made me think about the regrets I have of not doing enough in high school, but what it does even more so is inspire me to live out doing the things I truly love so I won’t feel such things in the future. And of course, in Mob Psycho fashion, the arc concludes in perhaps the most absolute wildest way imaginable and was just a pure joy to watch. Finally, the Divine Tree arc’s message about dreams and figuring out what’s really important in life struck me hard and made me reconsider the path that I was taking. Am I truly satisfied with pulling out all stops in order to set up the perfect future where I make the most money I can? Sure, it’ll fulfill my dreams of affluence and grandeur, but it’s not worth it if I lose myself in the process. Mob Psycho 100 is a show that’ll always stick with me. While I’m sad that it has come to an end, I’m more than satisfied with this final season and this series as a whole. For me, everything about Mob Psycho is 10/10.
Sull
12/26/2022, 09:12 PM
The final season of Mob Psycho wraps things up well. The anime is a good adaption. The original was good of course, but obviously it lacks some, uh... finesse, something common to all of ONE's works. The story is the same more or less, being mostly faithful to the source material. The visuals are excellent and the voice acting is as good as it has been in the previous seasons. The only thing that stops this from being a 10/10 is really just a few minor things: There's a bit of a transition.... bump I'll call it for lack of a better word between arcs.Just a minor set up problem, nothing to actually worry about. The other thing is in, I believe it's the second arc of the season. Something about the flow of it just doesn't work for me. Again, nothing terrible but it was a little hump. If you liked the first part of Mob Psycho and were disappointed by the 2nd you'll want to give this one a shot. Story 9/10 Art 9/10 Sound 9/10 Character 10/10 Enjoyment 10/10 Overall 9/10
Yuri_Cobaia
12/23/2022, 03:00 PM
The eargeness to give a conclusion just to finish a narrative and proceed with your next projects, is the only acceptable explanation on why Mob Psycho 3 has so many useless episodes, that don't lead anywhere. Instead of starting the season with a finale arc, that could merge pretty much everything new that they tried to put in a season finale - yokais and aliens from nowhere-, and bringing some nostalgic characters back to put an ending in your story, Mob III makes you sit and watch our duo execute a job for a yokai hunter that just culminate in mob having some ideasto his school project, or have an acid trip while exploring a mountain to fulfill the frustration of a friend. There is no problem to have different experiences in a show, but in this case, they felt more like an extra than actual narrative. Fillers content dressed as "slice of life" moments that don't help or even extend the narrative. Between these useless episodes and the final arc, you have the Divine Tree arc that is a conclusion from the season 2 finale as the highest point of this season, but even this arc suffers afterward from the cliché narrative implemented in the last episode, that takes away the most emotional moment in the entire season. Mob Psycho 3 simple plot has to be grateful that the production gave some huge backup. The music, the battles, the psychedelic effects are all there with less impact than seasons b4, since pretty much, everything is under control even in the moments that don't look like it. The emotional points, are not that deep. The fights are not that impressive, the climatic moment is pretty predictable, and the comedy is the wackest of all seasons by far. Relied on too much "dumb faces", then actual jokes. There is a huge plot trigger that leads to the conclusion, that exposed to me how stupid the author wanted to finish this craft so badly. And there are some clichés that were dropped in this ending like an AI written it having with sources school kids "Once upon a time stories". Mob 1 and 2 were amazing, Mob 3 is a basic one, you probably already know what to expect if you watched previously ones, and are not going to be surprised about how it ends. It's a fair conclusion for a show that deserved way more attention and love of his own author.
MokkoriOtoko
12/21/2022, 01:22 PM
Consuming and discussing Anime is still very much a niche, but borders have become more open than ever before. There was a time, even a few years back, when it would almost certainly lead to being bullied as the weird kid for so much as the mention of the word Anime, and look how far we have come from that. We can not only openly share our love for the medium, but also find many, many, many enthusiastic listeners who are just as in love with the art as we are. So much so, sometimes Anime transcends mainstream to be even more. Could you haveimagined Mugen Train becoming one of the biggest movies of the year, would you have believed if someone said AOT would be inescapable, can you believe CSM is everywhere, no matter how one avoids it, noticing it is inevitable. Watching Anime would still label you as an escapist fool though, and we embrace it, all of it. We are fools, but as Iruma San taught us, fools can also move the heart of others and Anime is that heart which boisterously beats in our bosom. Mob Psycho 100 was always a special kind of Anime, a breed that is very rare. It does everything you can ask from it's kind, and consistently so. One can only be enamored by it. In order to avoid spoilers, discussion on the story is mostly avoided. I will point to the MAL description and your discretion to judge it for yourself whether it is worth your time. Now to the review proper. This is a review for Mob Psycho 100 as a whole, and not only the third season. There'd be little opposition if One were to state at the heart of any good novel, manga, Anime, tv show, movie or stage play is always a good plot. A plot oosing harmony, where the beginning blooms into the middle and the middle flows into an end, like a meandering stream that crawls it's way to satisfaction. A plot is the soul of a story, and certainly Mob has one carved out of gold. Since this is final season, the plot must be judged accordingly from the very beginning. As such it is only fitting we have finally reached 100, counting one emotion and experience at a time. There is hardly anything that has not been said about the plot, as such let's leave it with simply a tip of our hat to the author, the one and only One. Next comes the characters, the breath of the plot. And it wouldn't be presumptuous to say that Mob Psycho 100 has One of the most well rounded cast of characters in all of Anime. All of them are as human as we are, yet they are as legendary as any One can find. When the ordinary becomes extraordinary and vice versa, it is an unmistakable hallmark of an unique entity. And how they bounce and play with eachother makes the story so worthwhile. Again, praise has not been in short supply for this category, critics and audience alike have hailed the characters and it is certainly not without merit. The final season only emphasizes the sentiment a little more if nothing else. Now we move on to the anime of the Anime, or rather the animation. It would hardly be an exaggeration if One were to claim Mob has some of the greatest animation in the history of Anime. Only a handful of Anime can be consistently as breathtaking as Mob is, and the final season only serves to make it even more apparent. While I still believe Season 2 was by far the best in terms of animation, both the other seasons were no slouch either. On a whole, Mob pushed the bar of animation like Demon Slayer, like One Punch Man, Monogatari, Hunter x Hunter, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Gurren Lagann, Evangelion, Akira, Nausica and so many more. Just as Kyoto Animation or Production IG or Madhouse or Ufotable or Shaft, one can only praise Bones for pushing the bar with such a fantastic work like Mob. Let's not forget that mob is almost wholly made by 2d hand-drawn animation, and extremely creative use of 3d CGI. CGI is a word that makes many Anime fans shirk, but if used well it only makes the product better, then again 'used well' is the criteria to judge. Our focus will move on to music now. Mob always had a decent track record, and the final season was exactly on those lines. There is obviously the case of the fantastic opening tracks that truly blew us away with their companion animation, and the subtle case of nuanced endings that drove home the point. Therefore One can only be satisfied with the whole journey, and now that train has finally arrived at the final stop we must praise where praise is due. As for voice acting, Mob is a breath of fresh air for how unique it is. As if the love for the story is pouring in the voices of the actors, the experience always leaves a mellow sweet aftertaste and satisfaction. Even small details are portrayed masterfully through voice, and given a new life in this wonderful adaptation. In all other aspects, whether it is direction, or cinematography, set composition, lighting, art direction, dialogue, visual representation, technical achievements and everything else, Mob is all one can ask from a truly great Anime. Yes, Mob has some minor flaws, but the overwhelming amount of truly amazing things far outweigh them. This review is hardly trying to overlook the flaws, it is merely suggesting that they are few and far between and don't hold back the show for any amount of time. Mob is a masterpiece, a modern classic, and if nothing else, if it is stripped of every other great thing, it still helped a struggling high school boy get through some of his darkest hours. Even when breathing was difficult, both physical and psychological pain was unbearable, there was always a Reigen shining close by, and a mob was beckoning towards a midsummer day full of joy, a Tsubomi watching over with affection, a Ritsu looking after with care, a dimple cheering on to the next day, and so many more. Mob comes with the highest possible recommendation from this complete stranger, as a life altering and a life saving experience. From the bottom of my heart, thank you Mob Psycho 100. I will always remember this, and I hope I am not the only One.
slimysteak
12/21/2022, 11:42 AM
I'm almost speechless. This is one of those times where I genuinely don't know what to say in a review, so this I'm going to keep this pretty short. It thought that season 2 of Mob Psycho 100 was an incredible, borderline masterpiece, and I thought it would be the peak of the show. But it wasn't. Season 3 is somehow even better. Of course the art and action were both exceptional this time around, which was to be expected. What elevated this season above the other 2 previous ones though, was the execution of the themes that were built up throughout those seasons, along with theconclusion of Mob's character arc. There were moments during season 2 in which it seemed like Mob's character had reached its summit, but I was wrong. Everything from the previous 2 seasons was expanded upon drastically. Mob's relationships, his aspirations, and above all, his inner turmoil with himself. The way they handled these with the rest of his character development over these last 12 episodes was nothing short of masterful, and it led up to an absolutely beautiful final episode. So many scenes and so many moments from this season are burned into my head. ONE and Bones have accomplished something incredible here. The pacing of this season was crazy, and the animation was inconsistent at times, but it still ended up being nearly perfect despite that. I will always love Mob Psycho 100, and I'm sad that it's over; but I could not have asked for a better conclusion.
SkayBronson
12/21/2022, 11:00 AM
|CASTELLANO| Me gustaría analizar y escribir como un critico que descubre e ilustra de raíz con lujo de matices una obra, pero no es necesario. Todo Mob Psycho 100 trata de manera hermosa el desarrollo y la madurez, es tierna y suave, pero de buena manera también es directa y catártica. No es solo la amistad, nuestro futuro, el amor, eso que deseamos y que quizás nos de miedo; Es también la perspectiva que tenemos al frente de aquello y por consecuencia nuestras acciones frente a la dualidad de la vida. Es una obra que habla de la aceptación, no te quiere pasar a llevar y se notasu tranquilidad en hablar temas que pueden ser etiquetados como insignificantes, por gente que le vendría bien abrir la mente aprendiendo de esta obra. De eso trata, de que no todo lo que brilla en esta vida es oro, lo cual esta "bien" y "mal" a la vez, es parte de la vida, es normal y a la vez especial debido a que es nuestro, no podemos huir (aun que triste y/o desafortunadamente si podamos acabar con todo, no somos indestructibles...) de ese tesoro con espinas. Tomarlo y enfrentarlo es de los actos mas valientes y admirables, no todos son capaces por diferentes motivos que no son para menos, pero definitivamente hacerlo con nobleza es uno de los tesoros mas gigantes. Sigue siendo una opción transcender como individuo en esta vida, nada dura para siempre y el dolor del arrepentimiento puede atormentar a cualquier hombre, pero si dejamos abrir nuestro corazón en un equilibrio con nosotros, por supuesto que podremos ver el día de mañana con otros ojos, por muy igual que parezca al anterior. Por esto y el claro cariño que se le puso en la dirección del anime en todo sentido, es que recomiendo Mob Psycho 100(%). |INGLES| I would like to analyze and write like a critic who discovers and illustrates a work from the root with great nuances, but it is not necessary. All of Mob Psycho 100 deals beautifully with development and maturity, it's tender and soft, but in a good way it's also direct and cathartic. It's not just friendship, our future, love, what we want and that perhaps scares us; It is also the perspective that we have in front of that and consequently our actions in the face of the duality of life. It's a work that talks about acceptance, she doesn't want to take you and you can see her calmness in talking about topics that can be labeled as insignificant, by people who could benefit from opening their minds by learning from this work. That is what it is about, that not everything that shines in this life is gold, which is "good" and "bad" at the same time, it is part of life, it is normal and at the same time special because it is ours, not we can run away (although sadly and/or unfortunately we can end with everything, we are not indestructible...) from that treasure with thorns. Taking it and facing it is one of the most courageous and admirable acts, not everyone is capable of it for different reasons that are not for less, but definitely doing it with nobility is one of the most gigantic treasures. It is still an option to transcend as an individual in this life, nothing lasts forever and the pain of regret can torment any man, but if we let our hearts open in a balance with us, of course we will be able to see tomorrow with different eyes. , no matter how similar it may seem to the previous one. For this and the clear affection that was put in the direction of the anime in every way, I recommend Mob Psycho 100(%).
Chief_AJ
12/21/2022, 10:15 AM
Mob Psycho 100, one of the more popular animes to come out in recent memory has come back for its final season, and to put it bluntly, it was a fantastic season to close out an equally fantastic series. This season of Mob brought back all the quirky but enjoyable characters that we have met along the way and closed all of their stories, meanwhile being paired with the somewhat wacky but excellent art and animation that this anime has to offer. Art: 10 I remember back in season 1 when I didn’t like the art style… Oh, how my opinion changed. While I still thinkit’s not for everyone, what I can’t mistake is the fact that this season of Mob has had some of the cleanest animations of the entire series. This is also paired with the fact that the music is so so so good. Mob Choir just doesn’t miss; whether it was the opening, the ending, or the music choices during fight scenes, it was just fire. Characters: 9 My opinions on the characters barely changed from season 2. While they are a silly bunch, mob psycho genuinely has some of the best character development in all of anime, and without spoiling, how they closed dimples story was perfect, and I think any long-time fan of the anime will enjoy that arc specifically. The only gripe I have is that I feel like dont have that much information on Tsubomi, but it's all very minor, and the characters in this show are great… Also, Reigen is best boy. Story: 9 We have seen Mob grow so much from season 1, and I think this anime's climax was done really well to show that. This show’s writing is so good, and it really gets the most out of the characters. Season 3’s plot did a really good job of expressing how much Mob has changed through all the events of the anime and I have almost no complaints. The only real problem I have is similar to past seasons. Some of the goofier episodes that don’t really move the plot forward can get a little boring, but I think the cast does a really good job at keeping you entertained through those parts. Overall, I give the final season of Mob Psycho 9 dimples out of 10.
Drokster
12/21/2022, 10:08 AM
What makes a story captivating? For me, the defining factor would be the main character. More often than not, the overall quality of the story is heavily dependent on how well written the protagonist is. As such, a great protagonist is often a good sign for what the show can offer. Of course other aspects of the show could easily make up for a lackluster main character, but a show with a brilliantly written protagonist is one that will stick with me even long after the series ended. Kageyama Shigeo, Mob He’s stronger than anyone, yet he refuses to ‘abuse’ his powers He’s more ‘special’ than anyone, yethe seeks to be normal Mob is easily one of the most interesting characters I’ve ever had the joy of watching grow across any medium. At first glance, Mob appears to be a living walking contradiction. He possesses an unfathomable amount of psychic power, a power so potent he could easily shape the world to his liking both figuratively and literally, and why wouldn’t he? History has proven to us countless of times of how fallible of a being that we are. Power corrupts, and as Dimple put it, ‘it’s only natural to get carried away when you have this much power.’ Yet instead of utilising his powers to the fullest, he chose to impose a self-rule upon himself, to never use his psychic powers against others, and even for his own benefits. It’s absurd, it’s unthinkable. Who wouldn’t want to utilise their power to climb to the top? Yet that is what makes Kageyama Shigeo and Mob Psycho 100 so special. Mob is indeed special. Not in the sense that he is superior to others, but rather he acts differently from conventional means. He is a kind soul grounded heavily in virtues imparted to him by his guardians, and took to heart the danger of his own psychic abilities from his past experiences. He recognises the efforts put in by those all around him, and chose to do everything normally knowing how unfair his powers were to others. Through the main character, Mob Psycho presents a reality that power doesn’t corrupt, it only reveals the individual for who they really are, a sentiment that I wholeheartedly believe. After 3 full seasons, Mob Psycho 100 has proven itself to be a masterclass at character writing and excels at the narratives that it wanted to tackle. There is a distinctive reason for the existence of each character, from serving as an obstacle to being a representative of an ideal. And even after their initial purpose has been served, the characters never stopped undergoing development. As much as Mob benefits from his interactions, the side characters are given equal opportunities to learn and grow from our main character. Life doesn’t simply end for those who made mistakes, the antagonists in Mob Psycho proves that. From Teru growing out of his god complex to the Scars learning to appreciate and accept society, no one person is truly incapable of growth. As Professor X once said, 'Just because someone stumbles and loses their path, doesn't mean they're lost forever. Sometimes, we all need a little help' Besides just amazing characters and narratives, nothing in the show ever felt pointless, even the often criticised pacing of this season. Being renowned for it's fast paced action sequences, the change to a slower pacing could be a tad bit jarring/boring for some. Yet personally, I wouldn't regard the slower pacing as a demerit at all, in fact quite the opposite. The slower slice of life moments of Mob Psycho brings a greater sense of realism to the overall story. Mob is after all, still in middle school, a fact that we tend to forget. Wanting to spend time with his friends and going on adventures with Reigen should be a given, not a luxury he has to fight for. Yet, he is required to constantly put his life on the line. Mob is fighting not because he wants to fight, he’s fighting to protect the everyday lives of everyone around him. It’s through these slower moments that allow us to gain better insights of the characters in Mob Psycho, elevating the stakes ever so slightly across the span of 12 episodes, culminating in a perfect sent off for our characters. With the abundance of slice of life moments in Mob S3, it helped bring greater appreciation to the amazing few fights that we got this season. The fighting sequences were nothing less than spectacles brilliantly animated by studio Bones who is clearly treating Mob like a passion project. Mob Psycho 100 is visually stunning, with some of the best action choreography and dynamic camera angles to match. I can’t emphasise enough how well Studio Bone manages to convey emotions through animation. From the usage of rough outlines to convey anger and desperation to the vibrant colours utilised to indicate warmth and happiness, it’s details like these that solidify the series as one of the greats in visual storytelling. Kenji Kawai’s iconic soundtracks continue to be a staple in the show, often elevating the scene to a level that felt transcendent. With all these factors in play, it is no wonder that Mob is the masterpiece that it is. Mob Psycho isn’t the hidden gem that it once was, but it has developed into something far greater. Having watched Mob grow throughout the 3 seasons, to see him finally accepting himself is the greatest growth I could ever ask for. Is it objectively a masterpiece? No. But, to me it sure is. ‘You’re just fine the way you are’ - Reigen Arataka
Natsuki_SanJuan
12/21/2022, 08:00 AM
“One and only one.” Simple words but a powerful meaning. Between a master and a disciple, not only one of them is capable of growing up. Choosing a person and putting their trust in them can be hard. They both do but there’s no one can break the bond that strengthens them. This! This is how you make an action show with a perfect blending of humor and life! Not just a show having an identity crisis. Yeah, I’m talking about that show of massive disappointment. I remember when I watched the first season months back and I dropped it because it didn’t hook me. The best decisionthat I made is to give it another chance, and I’m very glad I did it. I witnessed a unique and spectacular action anime filled with bright colors and fight choreography. A story filled with humor, friendship, heart, and self-discovery of a middle school child, his massive psychic powers, and how they affect the people around him. Mob Psycho 100 is written by ONE, which is also the author of the famous action-comedy One Punch Man. The only difference between the two is that Mob Psycho is a solid action story while OPM is a gag action. There are differences but it is impossible to compare since they are both masterpieces. But why am I comparing those two? Let’s start the review of the story from beginning to end. Mob Psycho 100 is an antithesis to self-insert fantasies. This isn't about a bland, blank character wreaking havoc when showing off their cool power. This is about a genuine person as protagonist with his own personal philosophy and take on the superpowers. This isn't about the protagonist being admired by regular people because of his great power. This is about the protagonist admiring regular people and looking up to those who managed to improve themselves through their own efforts. What I like about Mob Psycho 100 is the uniqueness of the story. There are thousands of animes where the main character is overpowered and they showcase their power to the viewers. But Mob Psycho is different. The main character who has massive psychic power hates it and only wants to become normal. The main character, which is Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama, relates to the audience who had everything to themselves but wanted normal things. He works with his master in exorcising spirits, and his master had a delusion that he’s a powerful psychic while Mob does all the work. What I like about Reigen and Mob’s tandem is their chemistry. They aren’t perfect human beings. Even Reigen is Mob’s so-called “master”, he also has the capable of growing just like Mob. He isn’t that kind of person who is superior to anyone else. He seems powerless if Mob isn’t around but he is independent and capable of doing the right thing in his power. Even Reigen isn’t perfect, what I love from him is that he advices Mob to become the person he wanted to be. This shows that he believes and putting his faith in Mob’s hands to become the person that he can be. Throughout the series, he meets different psychics and some enemies like Dimple, who allied with him. He meets also his schoolmates and classmates from his club and school, and also his only crush. I like the fact that he doesn’t rely upon his powers to impress someone, or even defeat someone. He has good intentions and he has ways of making something better than using his powers. Mob defeated a group of evil psychics in season 1, while his group defeated its leader. In this final season, he encountered two battles; a battle with his first friend Dimple, and the greatest enemy of all, himself. I really how he matures from the previous two seasons. His character development is superb because he learned how to value himself and become independent. The fight with Dimple is one of the peak moments in this show. Dimple, who’s greedy for power and to become a leader of the whole world, while Mob wants to convince him that having great power or becoming a god wouldn’t get what he wants. He made him realize that there’s something better than power, his true friendship with him. Mob realizes what Dimple meant from the first season, but nothing ever beats the power of friendship with him. Sadly, he did die for the sake of saving him. Dimple is truly the best sidekick in this story. The last one is the dreadful battle between Mob and Shigeo himself. He plans to confess to his crush but he ended up being in an accident, awakening his 100% power and rampaging the whole city. I like what happened in this part because fighting with himself is one of his challenges. It’s unique and refreshing to watch. I was curious about how Shigeo would wield his true power or if he can defeat his power with only the bare hands of a mortal. The final battle is the culmination of all battles that he had since the first season. The pacing, direction, dialogues, and writing are well-crafted. They did the trilogy consistently a perfect job, just like the trilogy of the Fruits Basket series. The animation and art style are so unique. It made me think that this is the reason why the quality of the latest Boku no Hero Academia degraded at some point. The art isn’t the same for most of the animes but it’s a damn great one. The fight choreography is so flawless like in Demon Slayer. You can see the animators’ passion, time, and effort in animating the series. As expected from Bones, this could be one of the landmarks in their history of animation. The sound and music deserve a standing ovation. The openings from the first to the final season are epic. I like when the title of the opening of the final season is “1” rather than 100 because it signifies the complete trilogy of the series. All I can say is EPIC! The animation sequences from the first season up to the final never cease to amaze me. The part at the end when Mob growing up and Reigen standing up gave me chills. It symbolizes how Reigen cares for Mob when he was a child. The Mob growing up symbolizes his growth throughout the series. The OP celebrates Mob Psycho 100’s most epic story that has ever been told. The ED is good but nothing ever beats the epic OPs. Bones have outdone themselves for this season and the whole trilogy. You can see the love and effort in producing this series. I enjoy this story filled with wonderful characters and colorful animation. It’s been a journey and such an amazing adaptation from beginning to end. I honestly don’t think there’s anything they could have done better. Thank you for being part of this wonderful journey. Thank you, ONE. And mostly, thank you, Bones for producing such an epic series. Don’t be sad because it’s over, smile because it happened. Story: 9/10 Animation: 10/10 Characters: 9/10 Sound: 10/10 Entertainment factor: 10/10 Enjoyment: 10/10
Gsarthotegga
12/21/2022, 07:44 AM
There's a balancing act that's always been present in Mob Psycho. When it comes to shounen, If you look at its absurdist takes on the superhero genre, like DBZ, then you get the sense that the main characters could just snuff out the whole world by sneezing. There comes a point where normal people really do seem useless or are at least completely dependent on the heroes for their continued existence. The plot centers around the most powerful characters and no one cares about weaklings, who effectively become non-entities at worst or comic relief at best—it's kind of a hyper-exaggerated variant of great man theoryin history. MP seeks to reconcile these opposites of the ordinary person and the super-powered. Mob and other psychics have powers great enough to destroy cities and to transform the world, but Mob has a tendency to try and forego using his powers altogether, as he seems to view these abilities more so as a hindrance or distraction when it comes to societal integration and self-actualization, and he quickly flips most of his opponents into doing the same thing when they get too big for their britches. The dynamic of psychic versus peasant could even be likened to the gifted and the ordinary. Sure, you might not be as super-duper in whatever way as another person or vice versa, but you can do such and such to improve yourself and better integrate into society or achieve some other goal. While I'm not convinced by Mob's pretense at humbleness in the slightest, it's a necessary addition to the shounen genre, as sometimes these heroes appear to transcend the need for society altogether, due to the outlandish immensity of their accumulated power. Honestly, though, a lot of the themes in Mob are getting stale enough that I'm glad this is the final season. It's always like "believe in yourself" and general self-improvement and school/career-based themes. Which is not wrong or anything, and it's positive, but sometimes I feel like the commentary is so obvious and narrow in focus as to be trite—the themes are often just pep talks from Tony Robbins, told with a wiser-than-thou conviction and dictated by Mob with his messianic-but-actually-totally-ordinary-dude overtones, and it can be downright sickening. I got this vibe throughout the series, starting with S1, and it's very apt that S3 deals so heavily with cults or religion and myth formation—as well as closely related components, such as charisma, popularity, self-perception/control, etc. MP has the repetition of something like Jagaaan when it comes to that series' myopic fixation on adulthood and approaching middle-age. I feel like Mob was written by a high school guidance counselor asking "How can I make these adolescents more smoothly oiled cogs that won't muck-up the efficiency of the system?" as he rubs his hands together and vicariously sees the $ signs he generates for bigger fish. Many of the themes and the way ONE presents them leave me feeling strongly cynical and jaded—or rather I just am, and I'm disgusted by his optimism. It's not that I'm a pessimist, either, it's just that it's very easy to lay the positivity on far too thickly. Is society really just this well-functioning entity we need to tailor ourselves to jump through increasingly tiresome hoops for? What I'm getting at is, MP seems so fixated on the young adult as an economic unit, and has no actual concern or engagement with society for what it is. Obviously, there's worth in self-improvement and societal integration, but when we only fixate on adjusting ourselves to fit into a system, it seems to imply that the system is perfectly functioning, and it's we that need to harmonize ourselves according to the system's tune, when that should often not be the case. I'm not the biggest fan of Eden of the East, but the series noted some problems and looked at society more broadly. Mob fixates only on the self; EotE fixates more on the system but is a little more balanced and mature. The superior work in terms of thematics would hope to weigh both. It's not that art always needs to take a broader look per se, but when a work is so content to navel-gaze for such ungodly lengths of time, one has to make the observation that "You have a really nice tree (I mean, broccoli) there, but there's a whole forest of trees (broccolis) you haven't even considered." I know the comparison I made about the gifted student to a powerful psychic like Mob is not a 1:1 comparison or perfect example (to illustrate, it also comes with certain potential costs, like Mob having the occasional frightening meltdown, though I can see parallels here as well), but it almost feels as if Mob encourages a kind of self-sacrifice and refuses to use his incredible inborn talents—instead behaving as if he is ordinary and hamstringing himself until he's forced to act as a superhero or perform a parlor trick for his friends, and to what end? Does this make him noble? Half the time, the preachy script practically presents him as a messianic figure, or at least oh-so-enlightened, that is, when he doesn't come across as an oblivious dimwit and ONE decides to reinstall Mob's inspirational philosopher firmware update. It's like, good for you: you had some great advantage, and you cast it aside and gave yourself a handicap so you can "live normally" and play Peasant Simulator. How precious and special. Maybe imagine if the gifted just pretended they were all ordinary and suppressed their talents. If anything, Mob seems to promote rigid "in-the-box" conformity that's just disgusting, and from what I've heard and read about the Japanese education system, it appears to me as if MP simply reinforces mediocrity. That leads me to circle back to the high school guidance counselor comparison. Everything circles back to that, eventually. To reinforce this mentality, just look at many of the other characters who were formerly baddies, randomly popping up for the animators to have something to do, and their story can essentially be summed up as: "Turns out, I was born with great psychic ability. I was part of a secret organization of psychics with a plan for world domination or something like that, and I got paid a lot of money to do it. But then a high school kid, who was a more powerful psychic, knocked me around and killed a few—well, maybe a whole lot of—brain cells and showed me the light. Now I realize I'm just average after all, because I'm not super-duper in every single way and some people are better than me at certain things, you know? Time to go work a low-wage peasant job at the convenience store and live on ramen bricks to fuel my few remaining brain cells instead of utilizing my one notable and tremendous talent. Oh, but I'll use my powers again when the plot compels me to do so, so you can see some sick animation!" Sure, you can compare Mob to Superman. Reporter by day and superhero by night. Superman fits into society via his reporter role, and he uses his fantastic powers against criminals and villains who are too formidable for the police, functioning like something of a god watching over the world. Likewise, Mob is just a good boy who wants to live a good life and he does good deeds when he has to; it's really as simple as that, but in some sense MP feels outdated and, on occasion, even more unreal than an old comic book. Superman is an outsider pretending to be something he is not. He is an imposter. Is Mob an imposter? How are we supposed to conceive of these psychic powers in relation to society or humanity? Is this an aberration? An evolutionary path for humans that will become the norm? Should it be cultivated? Should it be suppressed? Should it be stamped out? Society itself doesn't seem to have much of a view on this, despite the pyrotechnics occurring on a regular basis in Mob—and even a giant freaking broccoli sprouting into a religious symbol in the middle of the city! Myths appeared to form around the green giant without the government or anyone investigating or talking about it in any real depth. "Well, it's just a massive broccoli bigger than our buildings. We sort of kind of looked into it over the weekend, but we had a lot of paperwork... It'll be good for tourism and will remind children to eat their vegetables. A win-win deal!" It's a bit surreal... I remember reading a story a few years ago that had a similar viewpoint to Mob's when it came to incredible powers like these and an emphasis on deprioritizing them in terms of their importance, but in that story, the powers were an aberration—furthermore, they had a finite source that would eventually fade away, a useful temporary function, and they were not truly innate, so I believe a thought process akin to Mob's was justified there. But is it justified in Mob's world? I don't see any reason to think it is. This is just the philosophy that was chosen for Mob. He is a mouthpiece for the author, who has a high school guidance counselor mentality and is an avid consumer of shounen (or at least possesses an awareness of shounen tropes) and producer of mildly deconstructionistic shounen. Despite my distaste for MP's presentation of its ideas at many points, I see what ONE was doing. There's a telling piece of dialogue from a psychic character indicating the powers are a nuisance and they'd be better off without them. As I've suggested above, the powers seem very hazy in relation to society, and most people forget about them or don't pay them the inordinate amount of attention they seem to deserve—other than the very concrete example of there being prisons for psychics, it all feels very unreal. If we return to the point about DBZ, even when Goku and Vegeta eat at a diner, start a family, have kids, etc., they're not really part of society in the way we would conceive of such an idea. It's like they're imposters stepping in one day, maybe obliterating society, the world, and, who knows, maybe even the solar system, the next day. Their powers alienate them from being part of society. Likewise, the more the characters in MP are able to control their powers and suppress them and get Mob's positive vibes firmware updates, the more they mature as individuals and the more integrated into society they become. Which is totally not cringe at all. Not too dissimilar from ONE's other series One Punch Man, Mob is absurdly OP in comparison to his antagonists and rivals, and most of his real hurdles are centered upon the self, the villains just being shounen straw men to burn and let rise out of the ashes with a brand spanking new epiphanous firmware update. Thankfully, the tired formula changes with the season finale, and I think ONE took the tedium to heart, because the way he manipulated power in a meaningful manner during the first big battle is actually quite novel for shounen, and he tops it off with a much-needed reversal by casting aside the usual cookie-cutter baddies to look intensely inward toward the end of the season. I think the author, indeed, does a solid job with the writing of his characters quite often, even in spite of the cast being so large that some of them become a little thin or just kind of disappear for long stretches or altogether. However, despite the compliment, the problem is that he's also not very subtle, and sometimes he is so direct that he over-explains and monologues EVERYTHING within a character's mind and seems to spare no details to the audience. It's a whole lot of telling and very little showing in a way that is sometimes painful, especially in a visual medium. The argument between Mob and Dimple being a perfect example of this, with Dimple even calling what Mob said embarrassing or gross, and that's my reaction to quite a few scenes throughout the run of this series. There are a number of internal feelings that need to be expressed in a delicate and mature manner to not sound ridiculous, but sometimes I feel like this show is directed at precocious toddlers rather than teens or young adults. When I think about it, the scene between Mob and Dimple was strong enough on its own, but it's like ONE was afraid the audience wouldn't see the "deep" layers as fully as he would like, and he needed to hand-hold the audience with excruciating levels of detail, so he nearly went the Re:Zero route where they had Subaru whine about needing a mommy to Rem for A WHOLE EPISODE! Never go full Re:Zero! Remember the % meter? That's a manifestation of how much of a feelings dump the author is about to lay on the viewer, so get ready to point and laugh. Most of the Tome arc was strong, until the random fever dream ending that sullied the moment, but not very many other segments stood out that much other than our two main arcs, and the pacing ends up feeling sometimes a little too fast or the story too compressed. The buildup is not always adequate, and the series feels disjointed, as if random arcs that don't belong together were cobbled into one season. At least the first half of S2 was a lot stronger than S3, especially before Mob could lecture generic big mean bad man; and S1 had the freshness factor, as the themes weren't nailed into my head with a hammer just yet. But the main thing about MP has always been its visual prowess compared to other series, while also usually being well-paced and having just good enough characters and writing to accentuate the action. At its best, Mob's fight sequences have a kind of dynamism that few shounen in the past have achieved when it comes to choreographed animation, often featuring a wide-range of perspectives and angles and inventive camera movements in spurts, while also refusing to neglect the character acting in the quieter moments (especially prominent in episode 8) like so many lesser shounen would. Whether one thinks the series is more notable for well-animated fight scenes or writing/characters, the two complement each other very well. The series would certainly not be good if it lacked one or the other—it'd be a mere shallow (and occasional) sakuga fest, like My Hero Academia on the one hand; or high school guidance counselor wish-fulfillment on the other. Just like with other shounen, MP indulges in the same escapist tendencies that are epitomized through psychic powers, but the series is also critiquing the very powers that allow for this kind of fiction—maybe it's even telling you to indulge in less escapism yourself and to eat your food rather than playing with it and turning your broccoli into a religious shrine dedicated to your bad haircut. Oh, and, uh, to be yourself, or something...
Stark700
12/21/2022, 07:32 AM
What it year it has been for the creator of Mob Psycho! ONE (aka Tomohiro) and his popular One Punch Man anime received a third season and managed to also give the Mob Psycho community what they want: another epic season of Mob and his crazy adventures. Let me be just say that whenever his adaptations gets announced or schedule to air, there's a sensational hype whether you're a fan of his work or not. If you're familiar with any of ONE's work, then you may start to realize that his works pushes the boundaries of what creativity can do. Even though some of hisprojects have been at the center of controversy (ex. One Punch Man Season 2), there's no denying that he has made a name of himself. That being said, Mob Psycho's third season announcement and adaptation was just a matter of not 'if but when'. And now, it's the time as we entered the Fall season of 2022. Watching Mob Psycho Season 3 felt like a script that was built on showcasing Mob's adventures. While his life isn't orchestrated by a movie director, it's far from normal with all the anomalies happening around him. The first episodes drop us with how Mob plans his future. Remember, he still a student at school and even with his psychic abilities, Mob can't just cheat in life or his future. However, he still has to deal with all the anomalies and conflicts that blurs between fiction and reality. Watching Mob Psycho Season 3 reminded me just how crazy with the amount of madness a franchise can deliver to an audience. With a new threat of "Psycho Helmet, let me just say that Mob was never prepared to deal with an obstacle of such caliber. The Divine Tree 3-part arc dealing with Mob, Psychic Helmet, and the Divine Tree equates to what I would say is the pennacle of craziness. These episodes threw common sense out the window and pushes Mob to uncoventional tactics overcome his obstacles. Dare I say, Mob is the type of guy that surprises everyone, sometimes even himself. Fans should be delighted to see Mob's character growth as he matures this season. Indeed, this franchise is the definition of craziness even when it doesn't involve full blown action. In one of the later episodes, the Telepathy's Club mission to discover the unknown gave us some mindblowing relevations that anime only viewers may be shocked to see. After all, ONE has been known to catch its audience off guard with his ideas. Nonetheless, this anime does show that you don't need an epic shounen-style like fight to blow the audience away. The short yet memorable episodes dubbed as 'Transmissions' looked like something out of the Twilight Zone. Finally, this season gives us perhaps the ultimate obstacle for Mob. The final antagonist of this season represents what Mob has to deal since the day he was born. It's something that some of us in real life may struggle with and completes a saga of epic proportions. Mob Psycho and its animated franchise has been known to deliver some of the most jawbreaking animation in modern history. Thankfully, they achieve similar success this season that is built on its studio and director's talents. Adapted faithfully from the manga, characters also return with their strong elements of emotional appeal and character expressions. This show is much more about Mob trying to win fights but to overcome and accept who he is as a person. It's a show that pushes the boundaries of a student living in a world where strange occurances happen. I want to thank ONE, the studio, the production staff, and all the people who poured their heart and soul into this franchise. This is an anime that exceeded my expectations and didn't just need an epic fight to win fans over. It's a show that explored the nature of humans and how we adapt with everyday life. With three seasons, the real winners are us, the fans, who watched this aniamted franchise grow from day one.
Mcsuper
12/21/2022, 07:28 AM
“Whatever you want to do doesn’t have to be work. You should just live however you want to.” - Reigen Arataka It’s truly bittersweet seeing Mob Psycho 100 come to an end. The relatable journey of Mob, his master Reigen, his friends, and loved ones has been one for the ages. It has been a wonderful and relatable story of Mob’s growth, learning to know that people care about you not because you have special powers, but because of how you are as a person, and how you treat people. You watch a somewhat introverted boy, Mob, while not being the most interesting person around, thoughwhomever he does meet, he changes them for the better, and that’s quite the beautiful thing. Now, I’m going to be honest. I did find this season a bit inconsistent at times with its arcs, and therefore a bit inferior to Season 2, especially with the action sequences as well. However, the underlying message is still very much there, with Mob’s story of growth. This season also included one of the best episodes of the entire series that gave me quite the emotional ride, so if you haven’t watched this season yet, there is much to look forward to. STORY: The story is pretty simple, just decorated with a lot of flashiness and a unique animation style. I see a lot of people complaining about the slice of life elements about this show, but the main theme of this show is simply illustrating Mob’s journey through middle school, so why would there not be slice of life moments? Without them, it’d just be yet another battle shonen, and while it may look like that sometimes, I don’t believe that’s what the show is going for. That said, some of the sudden shifts in tone can be a bit jarring and inconsistent, and that’s probably my one and only gripe of this show. At its core, this isn’t really a story driven series, but more of a character driven one, so I definitely won’t say that the story is what stands out in this show. All the action sequences, the dramatic moments, the fun tidbits, all of this is just part of Mob’s journey of learning about himself, his powers, and how to become a better person. ART: The unique animation style makes character expressions stand out a lot, and the animation is still very well done, but I would have to say that Season 2’s action sequences stood out a bit more, especially with the Shimazaki fight. The colours though, still very impressive, and there was nothing not to like here. The animation in the OP and ED also were worthy of praise, especially the fluidity of the ED. MUSIC: The music is also fantastic, with the very unique OST. The OP is very well done, and the song “Exist” by Mob Choir was probably one of my favourite ending themes ever. CHARACTERS: The cast of characters in Mob Psycho are all awesome and unique in their own ways. Firstly, Mob. He’s come a long way since Season 1, when he was weak both physically and emotionally. You may have noticed less 100% blasts as the series went along, and that’s because Mob has grown more stable emotionally, and that’s a good sign for his growth. Teenagers are often in a state of turmoil in their minds, and Mob’s no different from your typical teenager, but it’s the supportive people around him that helped him become a better person. However, people aren’t supportive towards him just because, it’s because Mob affected them too, with his wholesome personality, and genuinely makes them change. Just look at Teru’s development throughout the series, and you can see how Mob changed him for the better. The supporting cast are also very standout, and I like each and every character in the series. Reigen seemed to take a bit of a back seat this season, but whenever he was on screen, it was awesome. Since I watched Season 2, Reigen has always been near the top of my favourites list for characters, and for good reason. We know that he’s a bit of a trickster to most people, but to the people he genuinely cares about, he gives excellent advice. The moral ambiguity that we see around Reigen has been a joy to watch throughout this series. Yet another star of the show this season would be Dimple. A specific arc this season really made him a contender for my favourites list, and if you watched this season, you know exactly what I’m referring to. He and Mob may clash sometimes, but in the end, they both care about each other deeply. Everyone else, such as Teru, the Body Improvement Club, and Mob’s other classmates also had their time to shine this season, and every single one of them I grew to like a bit more. ENJOYMENT: Really solid throughout, even with the more slice of life moments. THEMATIC EXECUTION: Whether it’s something sad, something tense, or something wholesome, Mob Psycho never fails to amaze me with its execution. It can make you cry, it can make you sweat, it can make you happy too. The animation just makes every single one of these themes more impactful too. In my opinion, the show is executed to near perfection. OVERALL: Mob’s journey is over, and it’s been such a good one. It was truly a great look into a mind of a teenager, and even if you’re not a teen right now, I hope the show resonated with you to some level. No matter how rough life can get, people will still support you. You don’t need to force yourself to be unique, live the way that you want to, and don’t conform to what others do just to be “accepted” in society. There isn’t just one way to live, there is always room for change and growth, no matter how old you are. Don’t ever stop being a dreamer. Go ahead, keep thinking that aliens are real, because once we lose our uniqueness, it’s equivalent to dying. Thank you, ONE, for writing something so kind.
GG-WP
12/21/2022, 07:26 AM
Character development / progression is the name of the game for this season, most especially to that of Mob. I enjoyed this season more than S2, which was widely regarded as a masterpiece by most. The two main arcs to look for this season are "Divine Tree Arc" and "???% Arc", with the "Epilogue" capping it all off at the end. This season is all about Mob. Mob can be seen finally being himself, as he tries to overcome his fears of his own power and the emotions he has been suppressing for years. He is attempting to be more of himself than the expectations placedon him. And in the end, he is able to freely express himself and is no longer afraid of his own power. We also get to see Mob in a different light, where instead of being the benefactor or giver offering assistance with his psychic power, he is the beneficiary or receiving end, with the casts surrounding Mob doing their best to support Mob. This is evident throughout the season, particularly in his interactions with Ekubo (Dimple), through which Mob finally understood Ekubo and saw him in a whole new light, while also learning more about himself. The plot of this season was the result of previous seasons' buildup, and it ended with a satisfying conclusion. Also, a huge shoutout to Reigen. MY MAN!!! Studio Bones was in charge of the adaptation for all three seasons, and the quality of the art and animation never dipped. The high expectations for Bones' adaptation quality in Mob Psycho 100 III were well deserved and reciprocated. The art style has not changed from previous seasons. In terms of animation, the fight scenes were well-choreographed, and everything was done with finesse. As for sound quality, consistency has also remained throughout the seasons. Needless to say, the OP and ED were bangers, and they were supported by excellent art and animation. Both OD and ED fit the overall vibe of the show. The ED visual also did pretty well in trying to say "Mob is the center of attention for this season". Was there ever any doubt that the VAs would not live up to their expectations? Again, no complaints. I know I definitely come across as someone who only praises the show and makes no criticisms. But honestly, I can't think of any flaws in this season, aside from the filler arc of "Telepathy Mini-Arc", and even then the arc was pretty entertaining, and did add value to the show. People who have been following the Mob Psycho franchise will not be disappointed with this season. The premise, the pacing, the execution were all flawless. Honestly, I'd give the show an 11/10 if I could. 'tis a shame the series has ended.

Mob Psycho 100 III モブサイコ100 III

2022 fall | Episodes: 12 | Score: 8.7 (377746)

Updated every Thursdays at 00:00 | Status: Finished Airing

Type: TV

Synopsis

Voice Actors

Ootsuka, Akio

Irino, Miyu

Itou, Setsuo

Sakurai, Takahiro

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Reviews

Luminous01
12/08/2024, 08:26 AM
Heres my thoughts on Mob psycho 100. The show is peak comedy, characters, self improvement and fights. Reigen being the best representative of comedy as we all know. Single handedly carried the whole show for an entire season was astonishing in my opinion. About the self-improvement aspect of the show, Mob's self-confidence journey is what we all witnessed throughout this show. It was a wonderful journey. The fights were unique and exciting. Not to mention the art style was one of a kind. This is definitely a good show thats worth watching. Had one of if not the most satisfying endings of all anime.
Minaleinche
10/07/2024, 01:38 PM
I just finished it... 12 episodes and I cried in 5 of them, it was an emotional roller-coaster in all the best way possible. It was a wonderful send-off to the best anime I had the pleasure of seeing. Every open plot point gets resolved at the end and it was masterful. I could not more highly recommend this anime and this finale proves it. In total, there was not a single bad episode in this whole show! Please if you haven't already, watch it or watch it again! There is so much love and care in this and everything is made with a passion that I haven'tseen in the industry before. I wish more people would give this the respect it deserves.
elthreedotcomma
01/20/2024, 10:51 AM
This, if nothing else, is a fitting conclusion. The first two seasons of Mob Psycho 100 told a story of kindness and power. This season seemingly tells the same story. What it focuses on, though, are the ups and downs of the collective human psyche, the strength of belief, the importance of meaningful communication and the truth, and most importantly, self-acceptance. Mob undergoes an internal struggle - he battles with indecisiveness regarding the future, a lack of desire for his power and the fear of rejection. We slowly see his descent into losing to his other half - the half that constantly fights his emotions to gaincontrol over his body, the half that is his "true self". We see how Mob is not truly his own person - he is easily influenced by his surroundings, constantly suppressing his power to be normal, only for it to backfire on him. The season traces how he slowly learns to be his own person; someone in control of his own emotions and livelihood. Dimple's quest for regaining power, and his exploitation of how strongly people believe in the supernatural, both provide an interesting watch. Moreover, his realisation that fighting yields no result portrays exactly what the story meant to. Dimple's arc comes to a more or less satisfying conclusion, with him finally realising that what he truly lacked was friendship, and not power. Reigen's character somehow got even better than before. He is shown to now be a true mentor figure to Mob - he cares about him deeply, and realises that they both got to where they are because he has constantly lied his way through life. Mob and Reigen are codependent; they rely on each other even to exist, and seek each other out to confide their deepest worries in. If rated purely on personal enjoyment, this is a masterpiece. However, it is also important to realise that some parts were more tangential than tangible.
Halcyon13
12/02/2023, 08:34 PM
Season three understandably struggles to match the previous seasons in scale, partly because we're well past the stage of incrementally stronger antagonists, but also due to ONE reorganizing the format of Mob Psycho's climactic payout. Structurally, similar to what we're accustomed to, these final few arcs are self-contained, although, unlike the prior instances of somewhat cohesive dramatic writing, this conclusion is a scattered attempt at characterization, employing certain events that should have taken place somewhere in the middle area of the story or never. The series is harmed by the length of the final season, and a full slice-of-life exercise in emotion pales in comparisonto what the viewer has already experienced, a combination of moderately capable genre elements, regardless of how much action is integrated into major plot points or one's impression of such. It's rather predictable where the narrative is headed early on, as there are very few options outside of a deus ex machina confrontation that shocks Mob's perception of the status quo, an ultimately flat realization under the shadow of a tediously roundabout result. The basis of his reserved personality is his unpredictable psychic powers, but the resolution of his insecurities has been generally available en masse throughout each conflict, to the point where one would expect the finale to offer provocative insight into bending the superpower subgenre. Unfortunately, the implications are the same as any other title in this demographic, perhaps even more narrow and eye-rolling than the thematic substance the series initially had. The style of character writing is more or less the only genuine motif in Mob Psycho, predominant in its closing moments, yet massively divisive in the believability of erratic emotional intelligence over a long stretch that appears fitting, but drags along on a path between friends and foes past and present. It maintains a steady pattern of cause and effect, effective enough if the script is uninterested in original ideas, and that's indeed the case for much of Mob Psycho up to now. Admittedly, it's difficult to entirely discredit ONE's approach to developing a character plagued by low self-esteem, more so in the context of the target audience. There is inevitably sappiness, an oversaturated dependency on friendship, which is completely fine to the extent of retaining attention through entertaining dynamics. This season establishes Reigen as often the sole source of wit, facilitating every functional instance of comic relief, the particular case in point being the hollow boredom most of the dialogue is laced with. Reaction humor has its limits, but even within those restrictions, Reigen sets comic relief in motion. However, the primary unredeemed hitch in the narrative is Mob, or other characters being driven into a power-up corner. It's a byproduct of the story's structure in some capacity, although there are just as many questionable choices, where a certain member of the cast is assigned a strict role through a sudden surge in ability. Most importantly, the presentation of each standardized moral lesson is derived from insignificant conflicts, nostalgic pandering, and regressive development. Studio Bones has had considerably better production values on various projects, albeit season three's visual technicalities are slightly better than the previous seasons by comparison of storyboarding clarity. It's still not quite up to par in numerous cuts, e.g., underwhelming storyboarding, weak transitional editing, and generally shabby execution preventing any refined key animation from exhibiting maximum quality. Nonetheless, there are improvements too, namely, the excessive esper VFX is toned down, and the formerly borderline incomprehensible sequences have stronger continuity. The buzzing rumors around the extent of hand-drawn effort are a definite exaggeration, as there's no substantial difference across the quality of the series as a whole, and while it's obvious that certain episodes have numerous in-betweens for character acting, it's still not always on-model or relevant in context. The animators employed some unconventional animation techniques, such as the ED's paint-on-glass impressionism, fascinating even if the imagery itself is mediocre, and doesn't serve a visual purpose to the actual story. Wakabayashi and Kawai's collaboration on sound is mainly without issue, and there are a few standout tracks that are synced with the more relaxed atmospherics well. Mob Psycho occasionally finds its stride, but an aimless final act is a far too quiet farewell.
Rayan_W
09/22/2023, 03:38 PM
I’ve never watched an anime with a final stretch as satisfying as this. MP100 does the theme of “the power of friendship” like no one else does. The tone is often delightfully quirky, but is also incredibly genuine through the entirety of the series, however heavy or light the subject is. BONES’ animation is capable of both infusing each character with their own unique sense of humanity and creating almost startling displays of power. If you approach this anime with any cynicism or irony it will spit it right back in your face so do yourself a favor while watching and remember that you areloved
Resting_Bonfire
07/17/2023, 12:53 AM
Mob Psycho III I love this anime and would even be able to say that it could be one of my favorites. Mob Psycho combines most of the positive aspects of the series and delivers them to the viewer in a brilliantly humorous way. The charismatic balance between seriousness, comedy, and action hit the mark here. Through an exaggerated presentation and a relatively simple style, this series could be very convincing throughout the first two seasons. I was disappointed to learn that it would end with this season, after all, there aren't many series that can entertain you. However, it becomes problematic with the third season,where the content is relatively lean and just doesn't have the same charisma anymore. I love Mob Psycho, it's a simple yet fascinating and multi-layered series. This season included the final two arcs including a bizarre alien episode. [Story 5] Ekubo was my favorite behind Reigen-sama, he's always been a relatively interesting mascot and played a very balanced role in the story. Likewise, I liked his final arc here, in which his and Mob's perspectives crossed again. Ekubo finally got his character development and his relationship with Mob got all the better. The finale from the first arc was visually beautiful in concept as well. It was one of the best closing scenes imaginable and in a comedy of all things. Unfortunately, that scene was ruined at the end and the entire finale felt forced and rushed. The finale arc of Mob had such great potential and ended up being quite a disappointment. Fortunately, the remaining episodes had been much more solid. [Characters 6] Most of the main characters of Mob Psycho have been varied. Through different character traits and interactions, they have given this anime that certain charm. Of course, for many, Reigen has been the true carrier of this series; after all, most of his scenes have gilded the episodes. Hanazawa's evolution from a narcissistic arrogant kid with a god complex, to probably one of the best friends Mob could ask for. With exemplary taste in clothes. Ritsu's development was the least interesting to me personally, but he too did a decent job of keeping the balance among the characters. Ekubo's character arc was odd, but very refreshing and showed how his feelings towards Mob developed. It was a friendship that felt much more realistic than in most shows. Likewise, the conclusion to his arc was very nicely done. Which was ruined at the end of the season, but Ekubo remains an impressive character to me. And as I said before, Reigen's apology at the end, was probably the moment most people were waiting for. Even if the final arc was mediocre, the basic idea of that scene was really nice. [Music 7 / Animations 8] For the most part, the animation in this season was more variable than in the previous ones. The episodes all had different animation quality, whereas the finale with Dimple and the last 2 episodes showed the highest quality. The rest of the episodes were okay, but far below the mob standard that was known. Musically, the series has still been high quality. The intro and outro are not to my taste, however, the soundtracks were great. [Conclusion 6] Oddly enough, this season contains some of the best and worst moments of the entire series, which is why I can't see it being on par with season 2. I do not know if the manga ended the same way, unfortunately, however, I was not particularly impressed with the ending. The pacing felt pretty bad. Despite all that, it wasn't enough to hold the quality of this series far back. This anime was a very enjoyable experience for me- [Enjoyment 8/10]
SammyBisOli
04/15/2023, 06:28 PM
This season was less busy than the previous one. I believe that the second season was the apex of the anime, but even so, we had significant and important moments. What I like most about this story is the figurative way it represents the problems of our everyday life. The fears about the future, the desire to enjoy time with the ones we love, the courage to face obstacles to reach our goals. We face many challenges, some simple, others monstrous, but in the end, the biggest villain in our lives is ourselves. Our biggest clash is with our feelings. The animation went downhill attimes, but it looks like Japan is facing another wave of covid, it was nothing that serious in relation to my experience. It was really nice to see Shigeo's evolution. Everything he learned along his journey and how he evolved in the end. Seeing him smile so carefree was the cutest thing I've ever seen. It will be an anime that will be missed.
Wuprrr
12/29/2022, 11:09 AM
An amazing conclusion to an amazing anime. Mob Psycho 100 is nothing short of a modern masterpiece, and a huge step in the right direction for the anime industry. The goofiness of Reigen’s salt splash, the inner struggle of Mob’s character growth, the idleness of the Telepathy Club, the burning passion of the Body Improvement Club, Teru’s growth as a person and his transition from villain to hero, I loved every second of Mob Psycho and I’ve barely even begun to scratch the surface of all the little things that make this show so great. For all the supernatural elements it has, Mob Psycho feelslike one of the realest shows I’ve ever watched, and this final season does a great job at conveying a sense of finality while also letting us know that Mob’s story doesn’t end there, that his life is an ongoing cycle of change just like our own. To begin, I’d like to comment on how beautiful the animation of this show is. Ever since I watched the first episode, I’ve fallen in love with the show’s artistic style and sheer creativity in expression. And I’m glad to say that this season does not disappoint! The Divine Tree arc was replete with excellent battle animation and everything felt incredibly smooth and pleasing to the eye. Mob Psycho is not afraid to take artistic liberties to draw out the deepest emotions a character is feeling, and it does so in a way that is so utterly unique that it effectively crafts its own visual identity. Not to mention how perfectly the soundtrack and voice acting complement the entire experience. Watching Mob Psycho is an unforgettable experience, and every episode reels you in with the show’s charm and individuality. I’ve always been very fond of this show’s style of humor too. Even in the most serious of moments, this show always finds a way to make the viewer crack a smile. For example, during one of the most intense fights in the series towards the end of the Divine Tree arc, Mob’s ridiculous-looking monkey shirt is revealed and, to his chagrin, is immediately met with the line “You have such shit taste”. It’s these brief moments of levity amidst climaxes of emotion and plot that really makes this show shine. Of course, Mob Psycho isn’t the only show that attempts to pull off this type of absurd comedy, but it remains among the most capable I’ve ever seen. Now, onto what really made this season just as good as the other two: the plot. This season concluded everything that the show has been building up to in quite a beautiful way. The last episode with the scene of Reigen having a down to earth talk with Mob is something that I feel like I’ll remember for decades to come. It’s moments like these that really proves to me how real this show is. Reigen’s struggles with being a fraud is something that I feel like I can heavily relate to deep down, because all my life I’ve been living under these facades made to please the people around me, to appeal to what everyone wants me to be. This theme was explored with profound depth in season 2, but reaches its climax in season 3 with Reigen’s confrontation with Mob. I also really appreciated watching the Telepathy Club arc. It made me think about the regrets I have of not doing enough in high school, but what it does even more so is inspire me to live out doing the things I truly love so I won’t feel such things in the future. And of course, in Mob Psycho fashion, the arc concludes in perhaps the most absolute wildest way imaginable and was just a pure joy to watch. Finally, the Divine Tree arc’s message about dreams and figuring out what’s really important in life struck me hard and made me reconsider the path that I was taking. Am I truly satisfied with pulling out all stops in order to set up the perfect future where I make the most money I can? Sure, it’ll fulfill my dreams of affluence and grandeur, but it’s not worth it if I lose myself in the process. Mob Psycho 100 is a show that’ll always stick with me. While I’m sad that it has come to an end, I’m more than satisfied with this final season and this series as a whole. For me, everything about Mob Psycho is 10/10.
Sull
12/26/2022, 09:12 PM
The final season of Mob Psycho wraps things up well. The anime is a good adaption. The original was good of course, but obviously it lacks some, uh... finesse, something common to all of ONE's works. The story is the same more or less, being mostly faithful to the source material. The visuals are excellent and the voice acting is as good as it has been in the previous seasons. The only thing that stops this from being a 10/10 is really just a few minor things: There's a bit of a transition.... bump I'll call it for lack of a better word between arcs.Just a minor set up problem, nothing to actually worry about. The other thing is in, I believe it's the second arc of the season. Something about the flow of it just doesn't work for me. Again, nothing terrible but it was a little hump. If you liked the first part of Mob Psycho and were disappointed by the 2nd you'll want to give this one a shot. Story 9/10 Art 9/10 Sound 9/10 Character 10/10 Enjoyment 10/10 Overall 9/10
Yuri_Cobaia
12/23/2022, 03:00 PM
The eargeness to give a conclusion just to finish a narrative and proceed with your next projects, is the only acceptable explanation on why Mob Psycho 3 has so many useless episodes, that don't lead anywhere. Instead of starting the season with a finale arc, that could merge pretty much everything new that they tried to put in a season finale - yokais and aliens from nowhere-, and bringing some nostalgic characters back to put an ending in your story, Mob III makes you sit and watch our duo execute a job for a yokai hunter that just culminate in mob having some ideasto his school project, or have an acid trip while exploring a mountain to fulfill the frustration of a friend. There is no problem to have different experiences in a show, but in this case, they felt more like an extra than actual narrative. Fillers content dressed as "slice of life" moments that don't help or even extend the narrative. Between these useless episodes and the final arc, you have the Divine Tree arc that is a conclusion from the season 2 finale as the highest point of this season, but even this arc suffers afterward from the cliché narrative implemented in the last episode, that takes away the most emotional moment in the entire season. Mob Psycho 3 simple plot has to be grateful that the production gave some huge backup. The music, the battles, the psychedelic effects are all there with less impact than seasons b4, since pretty much, everything is under control even in the moments that don't look like it. The emotional points, are not that deep. The fights are not that impressive, the climatic moment is pretty predictable, and the comedy is the wackest of all seasons by far. Relied on too much "dumb faces", then actual jokes. There is a huge plot trigger that leads to the conclusion, that exposed to me how stupid the author wanted to finish this craft so badly. And there are some clichés that were dropped in this ending like an AI written it having with sources school kids "Once upon a time stories". Mob 1 and 2 were amazing, Mob 3 is a basic one, you probably already know what to expect if you watched previously ones, and are not going to be surprised about how it ends. It's a fair conclusion for a show that deserved way more attention and love of his own author.
MokkoriOtoko
12/21/2022, 01:22 PM
Consuming and discussing Anime is still very much a niche, but borders have become more open than ever before. There was a time, even a few years back, when it would almost certainly lead to being bullied as the weird kid for so much as the mention of the word Anime, and look how far we have come from that. We can not only openly share our love for the medium, but also find many, many, many enthusiastic listeners who are just as in love with the art as we are. So much so, sometimes Anime transcends mainstream to be even more. Could you haveimagined Mugen Train becoming one of the biggest movies of the year, would you have believed if someone said AOT would be inescapable, can you believe CSM is everywhere, no matter how one avoids it, noticing it is inevitable. Watching Anime would still label you as an escapist fool though, and we embrace it, all of it. We are fools, but as Iruma San taught us, fools can also move the heart of others and Anime is that heart which boisterously beats in our bosom. Mob Psycho 100 was always a special kind of Anime, a breed that is very rare. It does everything you can ask from it's kind, and consistently so. One can only be enamored by it. In order to avoid spoilers, discussion on the story is mostly avoided. I will point to the MAL description and your discretion to judge it for yourself whether it is worth your time. Now to the review proper. This is a review for Mob Psycho 100 as a whole, and not only the third season. There'd be little opposition if One were to state at the heart of any good novel, manga, Anime, tv show, movie or stage play is always a good plot. A plot oosing harmony, where the beginning blooms into the middle and the middle flows into an end, like a meandering stream that crawls it's way to satisfaction. A plot is the soul of a story, and certainly Mob has one carved out of gold. Since this is final season, the plot must be judged accordingly from the very beginning. As such it is only fitting we have finally reached 100, counting one emotion and experience at a time. There is hardly anything that has not been said about the plot, as such let's leave it with simply a tip of our hat to the author, the one and only One. Next comes the characters, the breath of the plot. And it wouldn't be presumptuous to say that Mob Psycho 100 has One of the most well rounded cast of characters in all of Anime. All of them are as human as we are, yet they are as legendary as any One can find. When the ordinary becomes extraordinary and vice versa, it is an unmistakable hallmark of an unique entity. And how they bounce and play with eachother makes the story so worthwhile. Again, praise has not been in short supply for this category, critics and audience alike have hailed the characters and it is certainly not without merit. The final season only emphasizes the sentiment a little more if nothing else. Now we move on to the anime of the Anime, or rather the animation. It would hardly be an exaggeration if One were to claim Mob has some of the greatest animation in the history of Anime. Only a handful of Anime can be consistently as breathtaking as Mob is, and the final season only serves to make it even more apparent. While I still believe Season 2 was by far the best in terms of animation, both the other seasons were no slouch either. On a whole, Mob pushed the bar of animation like Demon Slayer, like One Punch Man, Monogatari, Hunter x Hunter, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Gurren Lagann, Evangelion, Akira, Nausica and so many more. Just as Kyoto Animation or Production IG or Madhouse or Ufotable or Shaft, one can only praise Bones for pushing the bar with such a fantastic work like Mob. Let's not forget that mob is almost wholly made by 2d hand-drawn animation, and extremely creative use of 3d CGI. CGI is a word that makes many Anime fans shirk, but if used well it only makes the product better, then again 'used well' is the criteria to judge. Our focus will move on to music now. Mob always had a decent track record, and the final season was exactly on those lines. There is obviously the case of the fantastic opening tracks that truly blew us away with their companion animation, and the subtle case of nuanced endings that drove home the point. Therefore One can only be satisfied with the whole journey, and now that train has finally arrived at the final stop we must praise where praise is due. As for voice acting, Mob is a breath of fresh air for how unique it is. As if the love for the story is pouring in the voices of the actors, the experience always leaves a mellow sweet aftertaste and satisfaction. Even small details are portrayed masterfully through voice, and given a new life in this wonderful adaptation. In all other aspects, whether it is direction, or cinematography, set composition, lighting, art direction, dialogue, visual representation, technical achievements and everything else, Mob is all one can ask from a truly great Anime. Yes, Mob has some minor flaws, but the overwhelming amount of truly amazing things far outweigh them. This review is hardly trying to overlook the flaws, it is merely suggesting that they are few and far between and don't hold back the show for any amount of time. Mob is a masterpiece, a modern classic, and if nothing else, if it is stripped of every other great thing, it still helped a struggling high school boy get through some of his darkest hours. Even when breathing was difficult, both physical and psychological pain was unbearable, there was always a Reigen shining close by, and a mob was beckoning towards a midsummer day full of joy, a Tsubomi watching over with affection, a Ritsu looking after with care, a dimple cheering on to the next day, and so many more. Mob comes with the highest possible recommendation from this complete stranger, as a life altering and a life saving experience. From the bottom of my heart, thank you Mob Psycho 100. I will always remember this, and I hope I am not the only One.
slimysteak
12/21/2022, 11:42 AM
I'm almost speechless. This is one of those times where I genuinely don't know what to say in a review, so this I'm going to keep this pretty short. It thought that season 2 of Mob Psycho 100 was an incredible, borderline masterpiece, and I thought it would be the peak of the show. But it wasn't. Season 3 is somehow even better. Of course the art and action were both exceptional this time around, which was to be expected. What elevated this season above the other 2 previous ones though, was the execution of the themes that were built up throughout those seasons, along with theconclusion of Mob's character arc. There were moments during season 2 in which it seemed like Mob's character had reached its summit, but I was wrong. Everything from the previous 2 seasons was expanded upon drastically. Mob's relationships, his aspirations, and above all, his inner turmoil with himself. The way they handled these with the rest of his character development over these last 12 episodes was nothing short of masterful, and it led up to an absolutely beautiful final episode. So many scenes and so many moments from this season are burned into my head. ONE and Bones have accomplished something incredible here. The pacing of this season was crazy, and the animation was inconsistent at times, but it still ended up being nearly perfect despite that. I will always love Mob Psycho 100, and I'm sad that it's over; but I could not have asked for a better conclusion.
SkayBronson
12/21/2022, 11:00 AM
|CASTELLANO| Me gustaría analizar y escribir como un critico que descubre e ilustra de raíz con lujo de matices una obra, pero no es necesario. Todo Mob Psycho 100 trata de manera hermosa el desarrollo y la madurez, es tierna y suave, pero de buena manera también es directa y catártica. No es solo la amistad, nuestro futuro, el amor, eso que deseamos y que quizás nos de miedo; Es también la perspectiva que tenemos al frente de aquello y por consecuencia nuestras acciones frente a la dualidad de la vida. Es una obra que habla de la aceptación, no te quiere pasar a llevar y se notasu tranquilidad en hablar temas que pueden ser etiquetados como insignificantes, por gente que le vendría bien abrir la mente aprendiendo de esta obra. De eso trata, de que no todo lo que brilla en esta vida es oro, lo cual esta "bien" y "mal" a la vez, es parte de la vida, es normal y a la vez especial debido a que es nuestro, no podemos huir (aun que triste y/o desafortunadamente si podamos acabar con todo, no somos indestructibles...) de ese tesoro con espinas. Tomarlo y enfrentarlo es de los actos mas valientes y admirables, no todos son capaces por diferentes motivos que no son para menos, pero definitivamente hacerlo con nobleza es uno de los tesoros mas gigantes. Sigue siendo una opción transcender como individuo en esta vida, nada dura para siempre y el dolor del arrepentimiento puede atormentar a cualquier hombre, pero si dejamos abrir nuestro corazón en un equilibrio con nosotros, por supuesto que podremos ver el día de mañana con otros ojos, por muy igual que parezca al anterior. Por esto y el claro cariño que se le puso en la dirección del anime en todo sentido, es que recomiendo Mob Psycho 100(%). |INGLES| I would like to analyze and write like a critic who discovers and illustrates a work from the root with great nuances, but it is not necessary. All of Mob Psycho 100 deals beautifully with development and maturity, it's tender and soft, but in a good way it's also direct and cathartic. It's not just friendship, our future, love, what we want and that perhaps scares us; It is also the perspective that we have in front of that and consequently our actions in the face of the duality of life. It's a work that talks about acceptance, she doesn't want to take you and you can see her calmness in talking about topics that can be labeled as insignificant, by people who could benefit from opening their minds by learning from this work. That is what it is about, that not everything that shines in this life is gold, which is "good" and "bad" at the same time, it is part of life, it is normal and at the same time special because it is ours, not we can run away (although sadly and/or unfortunately we can end with everything, we are not indestructible...) from that treasure with thorns. Taking it and facing it is one of the most courageous and admirable acts, not everyone is capable of it for different reasons that are not for less, but definitely doing it with nobility is one of the most gigantic treasures. It is still an option to transcend as an individual in this life, nothing lasts forever and the pain of regret can torment any man, but if we let our hearts open in a balance with us, of course we will be able to see tomorrow with different eyes. , no matter how similar it may seem to the previous one. For this and the clear affection that was put in the direction of the anime in every way, I recommend Mob Psycho 100(%).
Chief_AJ
12/21/2022, 10:15 AM
Mob Psycho 100, one of the more popular animes to come out in recent memory has come back for its final season, and to put it bluntly, it was a fantastic season to close out an equally fantastic series. This season of Mob brought back all the quirky but enjoyable characters that we have met along the way and closed all of their stories, meanwhile being paired with the somewhat wacky but excellent art and animation that this anime has to offer. Art: 10 I remember back in season 1 when I didn’t like the art style… Oh, how my opinion changed. While I still thinkit’s not for everyone, what I can’t mistake is the fact that this season of Mob has had some of the cleanest animations of the entire series. This is also paired with the fact that the music is so so so good. Mob Choir just doesn’t miss; whether it was the opening, the ending, or the music choices during fight scenes, it was just fire. Characters: 9 My opinions on the characters barely changed from season 2. While they are a silly bunch, mob psycho genuinely has some of the best character development in all of anime, and without spoiling, how they closed dimples story was perfect, and I think any long-time fan of the anime will enjoy that arc specifically. The only gripe I have is that I feel like dont have that much information on Tsubomi, but it's all very minor, and the characters in this show are great… Also, Reigen is best boy. Story: 9 We have seen Mob grow so much from season 1, and I think this anime's climax was done really well to show that. This show’s writing is so good, and it really gets the most out of the characters. Season 3’s plot did a really good job of expressing how much Mob has changed through all the events of the anime and I have almost no complaints. The only real problem I have is similar to past seasons. Some of the goofier episodes that don’t really move the plot forward can get a little boring, but I think the cast does a really good job at keeping you entertained through those parts. Overall, I give the final season of Mob Psycho 9 dimples out of 10.
Drokster
12/21/2022, 10:08 AM
What makes a story captivating? For me, the defining factor would be the main character. More often than not, the overall quality of the story is heavily dependent on how well written the protagonist is. As such, a great protagonist is often a good sign for what the show can offer. Of course other aspects of the show could easily make up for a lackluster main character, but a show with a brilliantly written protagonist is one that will stick with me even long after the series ended. Kageyama Shigeo, Mob He’s stronger than anyone, yet he refuses to ‘abuse’ his powers He’s more ‘special’ than anyone, yethe seeks to be normal Mob is easily one of the most interesting characters I’ve ever had the joy of watching grow across any medium. At first glance, Mob appears to be a living walking contradiction. He possesses an unfathomable amount of psychic power, a power so potent he could easily shape the world to his liking both figuratively and literally, and why wouldn’t he? History has proven to us countless of times of how fallible of a being that we are. Power corrupts, and as Dimple put it, ‘it’s only natural to get carried away when you have this much power.’ Yet instead of utilising his powers to the fullest, he chose to impose a self-rule upon himself, to never use his psychic powers against others, and even for his own benefits. It’s absurd, it’s unthinkable. Who wouldn’t want to utilise their power to climb to the top? Yet that is what makes Kageyama Shigeo and Mob Psycho 100 so special. Mob is indeed special. Not in the sense that he is superior to others, but rather he acts differently from conventional means. He is a kind soul grounded heavily in virtues imparted to him by his guardians, and took to heart the danger of his own psychic abilities from his past experiences. He recognises the efforts put in by those all around him, and chose to do everything normally knowing how unfair his powers were to others. Through the main character, Mob Psycho presents a reality that power doesn’t corrupt, it only reveals the individual for who they really are, a sentiment that I wholeheartedly believe. After 3 full seasons, Mob Psycho 100 has proven itself to be a masterclass at character writing and excels at the narratives that it wanted to tackle. There is a distinctive reason for the existence of each character, from serving as an obstacle to being a representative of an ideal. And even after their initial purpose has been served, the characters never stopped undergoing development. As much as Mob benefits from his interactions, the side characters are given equal opportunities to learn and grow from our main character. Life doesn’t simply end for those who made mistakes, the antagonists in Mob Psycho proves that. From Teru growing out of his god complex to the Scars learning to appreciate and accept society, no one person is truly incapable of growth. As Professor X once said, 'Just because someone stumbles and loses their path, doesn't mean they're lost forever. Sometimes, we all need a little help' Besides just amazing characters and narratives, nothing in the show ever felt pointless, even the often criticised pacing of this season. Being renowned for it's fast paced action sequences, the change to a slower pacing could be a tad bit jarring/boring for some. Yet personally, I wouldn't regard the slower pacing as a demerit at all, in fact quite the opposite. The slower slice of life moments of Mob Psycho brings a greater sense of realism to the overall story. Mob is after all, still in middle school, a fact that we tend to forget. Wanting to spend time with his friends and going on adventures with Reigen should be a given, not a luxury he has to fight for. Yet, he is required to constantly put his life on the line. Mob is fighting not because he wants to fight, he’s fighting to protect the everyday lives of everyone around him. It’s through these slower moments that allow us to gain better insights of the characters in Mob Psycho, elevating the stakes ever so slightly across the span of 12 episodes, culminating in a perfect sent off for our characters. With the abundance of slice of life moments in Mob S3, it helped bring greater appreciation to the amazing few fights that we got this season. The fighting sequences were nothing less than spectacles brilliantly animated by studio Bones who is clearly treating Mob like a passion project. Mob Psycho 100 is visually stunning, with some of the best action choreography and dynamic camera angles to match. I can’t emphasise enough how well Studio Bone manages to convey emotions through animation. From the usage of rough outlines to convey anger and desperation to the vibrant colours utilised to indicate warmth and happiness, it’s details like these that solidify the series as one of the greats in visual storytelling. Kenji Kawai’s iconic soundtracks continue to be a staple in the show, often elevating the scene to a level that felt transcendent. With all these factors in play, it is no wonder that Mob is the masterpiece that it is. Mob Psycho isn’t the hidden gem that it once was, but it has developed into something far greater. Having watched Mob grow throughout the 3 seasons, to see him finally accepting himself is the greatest growth I could ever ask for. Is it objectively a masterpiece? No. But, to me it sure is. ‘You’re just fine the way you are’ - Reigen Arataka
Natsuki_SanJuan
12/21/2022, 08:00 AM
“One and only one.” Simple words but a powerful meaning. Between a master and a disciple, not only one of them is capable of growing up. Choosing a person and putting their trust in them can be hard. They both do but there’s no one can break the bond that strengthens them. This! This is how you make an action show with a perfect blending of humor and life! Not just a show having an identity crisis. Yeah, I’m talking about that show of massive disappointment. I remember when I watched the first season months back and I dropped it because it didn’t hook me. The best decisionthat I made is to give it another chance, and I’m very glad I did it. I witnessed a unique and spectacular action anime filled with bright colors and fight choreography. A story filled with humor, friendship, heart, and self-discovery of a middle school child, his massive psychic powers, and how they affect the people around him. Mob Psycho 100 is written by ONE, which is also the author of the famous action-comedy One Punch Man. The only difference between the two is that Mob Psycho is a solid action story while OPM is a gag action. There are differences but it is impossible to compare since they are both masterpieces. But why am I comparing those two? Let’s start the review of the story from beginning to end. Mob Psycho 100 is an antithesis to self-insert fantasies. This isn't about a bland, blank character wreaking havoc when showing off their cool power. This is about a genuine person as protagonist with his own personal philosophy and take on the superpowers. This isn't about the protagonist being admired by regular people because of his great power. This is about the protagonist admiring regular people and looking up to those who managed to improve themselves through their own efforts. What I like about Mob Psycho 100 is the uniqueness of the story. There are thousands of animes where the main character is overpowered and they showcase their power to the viewers. But Mob Psycho is different. The main character who has massive psychic power hates it and only wants to become normal. The main character, which is Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama, relates to the audience who had everything to themselves but wanted normal things. He works with his master in exorcising spirits, and his master had a delusion that he’s a powerful psychic while Mob does all the work. What I like about Reigen and Mob’s tandem is their chemistry. They aren’t perfect human beings. Even Reigen is Mob’s so-called “master”, he also has the capable of growing just like Mob. He isn’t that kind of person who is superior to anyone else. He seems powerless if Mob isn’t around but he is independent and capable of doing the right thing in his power. Even Reigen isn’t perfect, what I love from him is that he advices Mob to become the person he wanted to be. This shows that he believes and putting his faith in Mob’s hands to become the person that he can be. Throughout the series, he meets different psychics and some enemies like Dimple, who allied with him. He meets also his schoolmates and classmates from his club and school, and also his only crush. I like the fact that he doesn’t rely upon his powers to impress someone, or even defeat someone. He has good intentions and he has ways of making something better than using his powers. Mob defeated a group of evil psychics in season 1, while his group defeated its leader. In this final season, he encountered two battles; a battle with his first friend Dimple, and the greatest enemy of all, himself. I really how he matures from the previous two seasons. His character development is superb because he learned how to value himself and become independent. The fight with Dimple is one of the peak moments in this show. Dimple, who’s greedy for power and to become a leader of the whole world, while Mob wants to convince him that having great power or becoming a god wouldn’t get what he wants. He made him realize that there’s something better than power, his true friendship with him. Mob realizes what Dimple meant from the first season, but nothing ever beats the power of friendship with him. Sadly, he did die for the sake of saving him. Dimple is truly the best sidekick in this story. The last one is the dreadful battle between Mob and Shigeo himself. He plans to confess to his crush but he ended up being in an accident, awakening his 100% power and rampaging the whole city. I like what happened in this part because fighting with himself is one of his challenges. It’s unique and refreshing to watch. I was curious about how Shigeo would wield his true power or if he can defeat his power with only the bare hands of a mortal. The final battle is the culmination of all battles that he had since the first season. The pacing, direction, dialogues, and writing are well-crafted. They did the trilogy consistently a perfect job, just like the trilogy of the Fruits Basket series. The animation and art style are so unique. It made me think that this is the reason why the quality of the latest Boku no Hero Academia degraded at some point. The art isn’t the same for most of the animes but it’s a damn great one. The fight choreography is so flawless like in Demon Slayer. You can see the animators’ passion, time, and effort in animating the series. As expected from Bones, this could be one of the landmarks in their history of animation. The sound and music deserve a standing ovation. The openings from the first to the final season are epic. I like when the title of the opening of the final season is “1” rather than 100 because it signifies the complete trilogy of the series. All I can say is EPIC! The animation sequences from the first season up to the final never cease to amaze me. The part at the end when Mob growing up and Reigen standing up gave me chills. It symbolizes how Reigen cares for Mob when he was a child. The Mob growing up symbolizes his growth throughout the series. The OP celebrates Mob Psycho 100’s most epic story that has ever been told. The ED is good but nothing ever beats the epic OPs. Bones have outdone themselves for this season and the whole trilogy. You can see the love and effort in producing this series. I enjoy this story filled with wonderful characters and colorful animation. It’s been a journey and such an amazing adaptation from beginning to end. I honestly don’t think there’s anything they could have done better. Thank you for being part of this wonderful journey. Thank you, ONE. And mostly, thank you, Bones for producing such an epic series. Don’t be sad because it’s over, smile because it happened. Story: 9/10 Animation: 10/10 Characters: 9/10 Sound: 10/10 Entertainment factor: 10/10 Enjoyment: 10/10
Gsarthotegga
12/21/2022, 07:44 AM
There's a balancing act that's always been present in Mob Psycho. When it comes to shounen, If you look at its absurdist takes on the superhero genre, like DBZ, then you get the sense that the main characters could just snuff out the whole world by sneezing. There comes a point where normal people really do seem useless or are at least completely dependent on the heroes for their continued existence. The plot centers around the most powerful characters and no one cares about weaklings, who effectively become non-entities at worst or comic relief at best—it's kind of a hyper-exaggerated variant of great man theoryin history. MP seeks to reconcile these opposites of the ordinary person and the super-powered. Mob and other psychics have powers great enough to destroy cities and to transform the world, but Mob has a tendency to try and forego using his powers altogether, as he seems to view these abilities more so as a hindrance or distraction when it comes to societal integration and self-actualization, and he quickly flips most of his opponents into doing the same thing when they get too big for their britches. The dynamic of psychic versus peasant could even be likened to the gifted and the ordinary. Sure, you might not be as super-duper in whatever way as another person or vice versa, but you can do such and such to improve yourself and better integrate into society or achieve some other goal. While I'm not convinced by Mob's pretense at humbleness in the slightest, it's a necessary addition to the shounen genre, as sometimes these heroes appear to transcend the need for society altogether, due to the outlandish immensity of their accumulated power. Honestly, though, a lot of the themes in Mob are getting stale enough that I'm glad this is the final season. It's always like "believe in yourself" and general self-improvement and school/career-based themes. Which is not wrong or anything, and it's positive, but sometimes I feel like the commentary is so obvious and narrow in focus as to be trite—the themes are often just pep talks from Tony Robbins, told with a wiser-than-thou conviction and dictated by Mob with his messianic-but-actually-totally-ordinary-dude overtones, and it can be downright sickening. I got this vibe throughout the series, starting with S1, and it's very apt that S3 deals so heavily with cults or religion and myth formation—as well as closely related components, such as charisma, popularity, self-perception/control, etc. MP has the repetition of something like Jagaaan when it comes to that series' myopic fixation on adulthood and approaching middle-age. I feel like Mob was written by a high school guidance counselor asking "How can I make these adolescents more smoothly oiled cogs that won't muck-up the efficiency of the system?" as he rubs his hands together and vicariously sees the $ signs he generates for bigger fish. Many of the themes and the way ONE presents them leave me feeling strongly cynical and jaded—or rather I just am, and I'm disgusted by his optimism. It's not that I'm a pessimist, either, it's just that it's very easy to lay the positivity on far too thickly. Is society really just this well-functioning entity we need to tailor ourselves to jump through increasingly tiresome hoops for? What I'm getting at is, MP seems so fixated on the young adult as an economic unit, and has no actual concern or engagement with society for what it is. Obviously, there's worth in self-improvement and societal integration, but when we only fixate on adjusting ourselves to fit into a system, it seems to imply that the system is perfectly functioning, and it's we that need to harmonize ourselves according to the system's tune, when that should often not be the case. I'm not the biggest fan of Eden of the East, but the series noted some problems and looked at society more broadly. Mob fixates only on the self; EotE fixates more on the system but is a little more balanced and mature. The superior work in terms of thematics would hope to weigh both. It's not that art always needs to take a broader look per se, but when a work is so content to navel-gaze for such ungodly lengths of time, one has to make the observation that "You have a really nice tree (I mean, broccoli) there, but there's a whole forest of trees (broccolis) you haven't even considered." I know the comparison I made about the gifted student to a powerful psychic like Mob is not a 1:1 comparison or perfect example (to illustrate, it also comes with certain potential costs, like Mob having the occasional frightening meltdown, though I can see parallels here as well), but it almost feels as if Mob encourages a kind of self-sacrifice and refuses to use his incredible inborn talents—instead behaving as if he is ordinary and hamstringing himself until he's forced to act as a superhero or perform a parlor trick for his friends, and to what end? Does this make him noble? Half the time, the preachy script practically presents him as a messianic figure, or at least oh-so-enlightened, that is, when he doesn't come across as an oblivious dimwit and ONE decides to reinstall Mob's inspirational philosopher firmware update. It's like, good for you: you had some great advantage, and you cast it aside and gave yourself a handicap so you can "live normally" and play Peasant Simulator. How precious and special. Maybe imagine if the gifted just pretended they were all ordinary and suppressed their talents. If anything, Mob seems to promote rigid "in-the-box" conformity that's just disgusting, and from what I've heard and read about the Japanese education system, it appears to me as if MP simply reinforces mediocrity. That leads me to circle back to the high school guidance counselor comparison. Everything circles back to that, eventually. To reinforce this mentality, just look at many of the other characters who were formerly baddies, randomly popping up for the animators to have something to do, and their story can essentially be summed up as: "Turns out, I was born with great psychic ability. I was part of a secret organization of psychics with a plan for world domination or something like that, and I got paid a lot of money to do it. But then a high school kid, who was a more powerful psychic, knocked me around and killed a few—well, maybe a whole lot of—brain cells and showed me the light. Now I realize I'm just average after all, because I'm not super-duper in every single way and some people are better than me at certain things, you know? Time to go work a low-wage peasant job at the convenience store and live on ramen bricks to fuel my few remaining brain cells instead of utilizing my one notable and tremendous talent. Oh, but I'll use my powers again when the plot compels me to do so, so you can see some sick animation!" Sure, you can compare Mob to Superman. Reporter by day and superhero by night. Superman fits into society via his reporter role, and he uses his fantastic powers against criminals and villains who are too formidable for the police, functioning like something of a god watching over the world. Likewise, Mob is just a good boy who wants to live a good life and he does good deeds when he has to; it's really as simple as that, but in some sense MP feels outdated and, on occasion, even more unreal than an old comic book. Superman is an outsider pretending to be something he is not. He is an imposter. Is Mob an imposter? How are we supposed to conceive of these psychic powers in relation to society or humanity? Is this an aberration? An evolutionary path for humans that will become the norm? Should it be cultivated? Should it be suppressed? Should it be stamped out? Society itself doesn't seem to have much of a view on this, despite the pyrotechnics occurring on a regular basis in Mob—and even a giant freaking broccoli sprouting into a religious symbol in the middle of the city! Myths appeared to form around the green giant without the government or anyone investigating or talking about it in any real depth. "Well, it's just a massive broccoli bigger than our buildings. We sort of kind of looked into it over the weekend, but we had a lot of paperwork... It'll be good for tourism and will remind children to eat their vegetables. A win-win deal!" It's a bit surreal... I remember reading a story a few years ago that had a similar viewpoint to Mob's when it came to incredible powers like these and an emphasis on deprioritizing them in terms of their importance, but in that story, the powers were an aberration—furthermore, they had a finite source that would eventually fade away, a useful temporary function, and they were not truly innate, so I believe a thought process akin to Mob's was justified there. But is it justified in Mob's world? I don't see any reason to think it is. This is just the philosophy that was chosen for Mob. He is a mouthpiece for the author, who has a high school guidance counselor mentality and is an avid consumer of shounen (or at least possesses an awareness of shounen tropes) and producer of mildly deconstructionistic shounen. Despite my distaste for MP's presentation of its ideas at many points, I see what ONE was doing. There's a telling piece of dialogue from a psychic character indicating the powers are a nuisance and they'd be better off without them. As I've suggested above, the powers seem very hazy in relation to society, and most people forget about them or don't pay them the inordinate amount of attention they seem to deserve—other than the very concrete example of there being prisons for psychics, it all feels very unreal. If we return to the point about DBZ, even when Goku and Vegeta eat at a diner, start a family, have kids, etc., they're not really part of society in the way we would conceive of such an idea. It's like they're imposters stepping in one day, maybe obliterating society, the world, and, who knows, maybe even the solar system, the next day. Their powers alienate them from being part of society. Likewise, the more the characters in MP are able to control their powers and suppress them and get Mob's positive vibes firmware updates, the more they mature as individuals and the more integrated into society they become. Which is totally not cringe at all. Not too dissimilar from ONE's other series One Punch Man, Mob is absurdly OP in comparison to his antagonists and rivals, and most of his real hurdles are centered upon the self, the villains just being shounen straw men to burn and let rise out of the ashes with a brand spanking new epiphanous firmware update. Thankfully, the tired formula changes with the season finale, and I think ONE took the tedium to heart, because the way he manipulated power in a meaningful manner during the first big battle is actually quite novel for shounen, and he tops it off with a much-needed reversal by casting aside the usual cookie-cutter baddies to look intensely inward toward the end of the season. I think the author, indeed, does a solid job with the writing of his characters quite often, even in spite of the cast being so large that some of them become a little thin or just kind of disappear for long stretches or altogether. However, despite the compliment, the problem is that he's also not very subtle, and sometimes he is so direct that he over-explains and monologues EVERYTHING within a character's mind and seems to spare no details to the audience. It's a whole lot of telling and very little showing in a way that is sometimes painful, especially in a visual medium. The argument between Mob and Dimple being a perfect example of this, with Dimple even calling what Mob said embarrassing or gross, and that's my reaction to quite a few scenes throughout the run of this series. There are a number of internal feelings that need to be expressed in a delicate and mature manner to not sound ridiculous, but sometimes I feel like this show is directed at precocious toddlers rather than teens or young adults. When I think about it, the scene between Mob and Dimple was strong enough on its own, but it's like ONE was afraid the audience wouldn't see the "deep" layers as fully as he would like, and he needed to hand-hold the audience with excruciating levels of detail, so he nearly went the Re:Zero route where they had Subaru whine about needing a mommy to Rem for A WHOLE EPISODE! Never go full Re:Zero! Remember the % meter? That's a manifestation of how much of a feelings dump the author is about to lay on the viewer, so get ready to point and laugh. Most of the Tome arc was strong, until the random fever dream ending that sullied the moment, but not very many other segments stood out that much other than our two main arcs, and the pacing ends up feeling sometimes a little too fast or the story too compressed. The buildup is not always adequate, and the series feels disjointed, as if random arcs that don't belong together were cobbled into one season. At least the first half of S2 was a lot stronger than S3, especially before Mob could lecture generic big mean bad man; and S1 had the freshness factor, as the themes weren't nailed into my head with a hammer just yet. But the main thing about MP has always been its visual prowess compared to other series, while also usually being well-paced and having just good enough characters and writing to accentuate the action. At its best, Mob's fight sequences have a kind of dynamism that few shounen in the past have achieved when it comes to choreographed animation, often featuring a wide-range of perspectives and angles and inventive camera movements in spurts, while also refusing to neglect the character acting in the quieter moments (especially prominent in episode 8) like so many lesser shounen would. Whether one thinks the series is more notable for well-animated fight scenes or writing/characters, the two complement each other very well. The series would certainly not be good if it lacked one or the other—it'd be a mere shallow (and occasional) sakuga fest, like My Hero Academia on the one hand; or high school guidance counselor wish-fulfillment on the other. Just like with other shounen, MP indulges in the same escapist tendencies that are epitomized through psychic powers, but the series is also critiquing the very powers that allow for this kind of fiction—maybe it's even telling you to indulge in less escapism yourself and to eat your food rather than playing with it and turning your broccoli into a religious shrine dedicated to your bad haircut. Oh, and, uh, to be yourself, or something...
Stark700
12/21/2022, 07:32 AM
What it year it has been for the creator of Mob Psycho! ONE (aka Tomohiro) and his popular One Punch Man anime received a third season and managed to also give the Mob Psycho community what they want: another epic season of Mob and his crazy adventures. Let me be just say that whenever his adaptations gets announced or schedule to air, there's a sensational hype whether you're a fan of his work or not. If you're familiar with any of ONE's work, then you may start to realize that his works pushes the boundaries of what creativity can do. Even though some of hisprojects have been at the center of controversy (ex. One Punch Man Season 2), there's no denying that he has made a name of himself. That being said, Mob Psycho's third season announcement and adaptation was just a matter of not 'if but when'. And now, it's the time as we entered the Fall season of 2022. Watching Mob Psycho Season 3 felt like a script that was built on showcasing Mob's adventures. While his life isn't orchestrated by a movie director, it's far from normal with all the anomalies happening around him. The first episodes drop us with how Mob plans his future. Remember, he still a student at school and even with his psychic abilities, Mob can't just cheat in life or his future. However, he still has to deal with all the anomalies and conflicts that blurs between fiction and reality. Watching Mob Psycho Season 3 reminded me just how crazy with the amount of madness a franchise can deliver to an audience. With a new threat of "Psycho Helmet, let me just say that Mob was never prepared to deal with an obstacle of such caliber. The Divine Tree 3-part arc dealing with Mob, Psychic Helmet, and the Divine Tree equates to what I would say is the pennacle of craziness. These episodes threw common sense out the window and pushes Mob to uncoventional tactics overcome his obstacles. Dare I say, Mob is the type of guy that surprises everyone, sometimes even himself. Fans should be delighted to see Mob's character growth as he matures this season. Indeed, this franchise is the definition of craziness even when it doesn't involve full blown action. In one of the later episodes, the Telepathy's Club mission to discover the unknown gave us some mindblowing relevations that anime only viewers may be shocked to see. After all, ONE has been known to catch its audience off guard with his ideas. Nonetheless, this anime does show that you don't need an epic shounen-style like fight to blow the audience away. The short yet memorable episodes dubbed as 'Transmissions' looked like something out of the Twilight Zone. Finally, this season gives us perhaps the ultimate obstacle for Mob. The final antagonist of this season represents what Mob has to deal since the day he was born. It's something that some of us in real life may struggle with and completes a saga of epic proportions. Mob Psycho and its animated franchise has been known to deliver some of the most jawbreaking animation in modern history. Thankfully, they achieve similar success this season that is built on its studio and director's talents. Adapted faithfully from the manga, characters also return with their strong elements of emotional appeal and character expressions. This show is much more about Mob trying to win fights but to overcome and accept who he is as a person. It's a show that pushes the boundaries of a student living in a world where strange occurances happen. I want to thank ONE, the studio, the production staff, and all the people who poured their heart and soul into this franchise. This is an anime that exceeded my expectations and didn't just need an epic fight to win fans over. It's a show that explored the nature of humans and how we adapt with everyday life. With three seasons, the real winners are us, the fans, who watched this aniamted franchise grow from day one.
Mcsuper
12/21/2022, 07:28 AM
“Whatever you want to do doesn’t have to be work. You should just live however you want to.” - Reigen Arataka It’s truly bittersweet seeing Mob Psycho 100 come to an end. The relatable journey of Mob, his master Reigen, his friends, and loved ones has been one for the ages. It has been a wonderful and relatable story of Mob’s growth, learning to know that people care about you not because you have special powers, but because of how you are as a person, and how you treat people. You watch a somewhat introverted boy, Mob, while not being the most interesting person around, thoughwhomever he does meet, he changes them for the better, and that’s quite the beautiful thing. Now, I’m going to be honest. I did find this season a bit inconsistent at times with its arcs, and therefore a bit inferior to Season 2, especially with the action sequences as well. However, the underlying message is still very much there, with Mob’s story of growth. This season also included one of the best episodes of the entire series that gave me quite the emotional ride, so if you haven’t watched this season yet, there is much to look forward to. STORY: The story is pretty simple, just decorated with a lot of flashiness and a unique animation style. I see a lot of people complaining about the slice of life elements about this show, but the main theme of this show is simply illustrating Mob’s journey through middle school, so why would there not be slice of life moments? Without them, it’d just be yet another battle shonen, and while it may look like that sometimes, I don’t believe that’s what the show is going for. That said, some of the sudden shifts in tone can be a bit jarring and inconsistent, and that’s probably my one and only gripe of this show. At its core, this isn’t really a story driven series, but more of a character driven one, so I definitely won’t say that the story is what stands out in this show. All the action sequences, the dramatic moments, the fun tidbits, all of this is just part of Mob’s journey of learning about himself, his powers, and how to become a better person. ART: The unique animation style makes character expressions stand out a lot, and the animation is still very well done, but I would have to say that Season 2’s action sequences stood out a bit more, especially with the Shimazaki fight. The colours though, still very impressive, and there was nothing not to like here. The animation in the OP and ED also were worthy of praise, especially the fluidity of the ED. MUSIC: The music is also fantastic, with the very unique OST. The OP is very well done, and the song “Exist” by Mob Choir was probably one of my favourite ending themes ever. CHARACTERS: The cast of characters in Mob Psycho are all awesome and unique in their own ways. Firstly, Mob. He’s come a long way since Season 1, when he was weak both physically and emotionally. You may have noticed less 100% blasts as the series went along, and that’s because Mob has grown more stable emotionally, and that’s a good sign for his growth. Teenagers are often in a state of turmoil in their minds, and Mob’s no different from your typical teenager, but it’s the supportive people around him that helped him become a better person. However, people aren’t supportive towards him just because, it’s because Mob affected them too, with his wholesome personality, and genuinely makes them change. Just look at Teru’s development throughout the series, and you can see how Mob changed him for the better. The supporting cast are also very standout, and I like each and every character in the series. Reigen seemed to take a bit of a back seat this season, but whenever he was on screen, it was awesome. Since I watched Season 2, Reigen has always been near the top of my favourites list for characters, and for good reason. We know that he’s a bit of a trickster to most people, but to the people he genuinely cares about, he gives excellent advice. The moral ambiguity that we see around Reigen has been a joy to watch throughout this series. Yet another star of the show this season would be Dimple. A specific arc this season really made him a contender for my favourites list, and if you watched this season, you know exactly what I’m referring to. He and Mob may clash sometimes, but in the end, they both care about each other deeply. Everyone else, such as Teru, the Body Improvement Club, and Mob’s other classmates also had their time to shine this season, and every single one of them I grew to like a bit more. ENJOYMENT: Really solid throughout, even with the more slice of life moments. THEMATIC EXECUTION: Whether it’s something sad, something tense, or something wholesome, Mob Psycho never fails to amaze me with its execution. It can make you cry, it can make you sweat, it can make you happy too. The animation just makes every single one of these themes more impactful too. In my opinion, the show is executed to near perfection. OVERALL: Mob’s journey is over, and it’s been such a good one. It was truly a great look into a mind of a teenager, and even if you’re not a teen right now, I hope the show resonated with you to some level. No matter how rough life can get, people will still support you. You don’t need to force yourself to be unique, live the way that you want to, and don’t conform to what others do just to be “accepted” in society. There isn’t just one way to live, there is always room for change and growth, no matter how old you are. Don’t ever stop being a dreamer. Go ahead, keep thinking that aliens are real, because once we lose our uniqueness, it’s equivalent to dying. Thank you, ONE, for writing something so kind.
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12/21/2022, 07:26 AM
Character development / progression is the name of the game for this season, most especially to that of Mob. I enjoyed this season more than S2, which was widely regarded as a masterpiece by most. The two main arcs to look for this season are "Divine Tree Arc" and "???% Arc", with the "Epilogue" capping it all off at the end. This season is all about Mob. Mob can be seen finally being himself, as he tries to overcome his fears of his own power and the emotions he has been suppressing for years. He is attempting to be more of himself than the expectations placedon him. And in the end, he is able to freely express himself and is no longer afraid of his own power. We also get to see Mob in a different light, where instead of being the benefactor or giver offering assistance with his psychic power, he is the beneficiary or receiving end, with the casts surrounding Mob doing their best to support Mob. This is evident throughout the season, particularly in his interactions with Ekubo (Dimple), through which Mob finally understood Ekubo and saw him in a whole new light, while also learning more about himself. The plot of this season was the result of previous seasons' buildup, and it ended with a satisfying conclusion. Also, a huge shoutout to Reigen. MY MAN!!! Studio Bones was in charge of the adaptation for all three seasons, and the quality of the art and animation never dipped. The high expectations for Bones' adaptation quality in Mob Psycho 100 III were well deserved and reciprocated. The art style has not changed from previous seasons. In terms of animation, the fight scenes were well-choreographed, and everything was done with finesse. As for sound quality, consistency has also remained throughout the seasons. Needless to say, the OP and ED were bangers, and they were supported by excellent art and animation. Both OD and ED fit the overall vibe of the show. The ED visual also did pretty well in trying to say "Mob is the center of attention for this season". Was there ever any doubt that the VAs would not live up to their expectations? Again, no complaints. I know I definitely come across as someone who only praises the show and makes no criticisms. But honestly, I can't think of any flaws in this season, aside from the filler arc of "Telepathy Mini-Arc", and even then the arc was pretty entertaining, and did add value to the show. People who have been following the Mob Psycho franchise will not be disappointed with this season. The premise, the pacing, the execution were all flawless. Honestly, I'd give the show an 11/10 if I could. 'tis a shame the series has ended.

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