#Mob psycho 100 spoilers

[vivalich]

[russenoire]

on first watch as an anime-only, i remember feeling like ritsu kageyama's descent into evil in episode seven needed a little more air, more space to breathe. i... no longer do. if that slide down the slippery slope feels a bit sudden, there is a reason; and if you know what to look for, it's not actually all that sudden. bear with me here.

from the first episode, the anime sets ritsu up as shigeo's kind, solicitous younger brother. we don't see much of him for the first three episodes, but when we do, he's making bids for shigeo’s attention: helpfully straightening his spoon when it bends and deposits a bite of his dinner on the dining table; noting that he seems out of it and offering himself up as a confidant at least twice; checking in on him in the morning so they can both leave on time. (i actually love the anime for doing this. ritsu doesn't even show up as a character until maybe the middle of the manga's second volume?) except for the spoon, shigeo gently turns him down every time.

and yet. the interview ichi mezato snags with ritsu in episode four confirms a distance between the kageyama boys. you are not seeing things here. he initially refuses her desire for detailed information about shigeo’s powers, only indulging her to find out what shigeo’s been up to. ritsu holds those powers in such awe that he uses a rather hyperbolic phrase to describe shigeo for her: '世界の基本', or sekai no kihon, literally the standard for [his] world.

after he coldly walks out on her, she reviews what little she’s gleaned from their chilly meeting: he's hawt, at the top of his class, athletic, very popular... all things his older brother decidedly is not. the story establishes a duality here between ritsu’s image—indirectly revealed through mezato’s notes—and the reality of ritsu, sat hunched across from her, sullen, barely tolerating her until she coughed up the information she promised him. later on that evening, we see just how deep ritsu's awe goes... or rather, how snared up it is in resentment and envy as he attempts in vain to bend a spoon, just like shigeo did when they were younger. all the trophies of others’ esteem already gathering dust on his shelves don’t mean shit if he can’t have this.

ritsu intercepts shigeo as he leaves for class the next morning: no student council meeting, so an opportunity to actually talk to him. this is rare, his brother notes. and of course dimple is haunting shigeo. when the specter comments on their apparent closeness, the boy side-eyes him hard. this can easily be read two ways: ‘why the hell are you talking to me when no one else can see you?’ and ‘man, fuck you for sticking the knife in deeper.’ ritsu doesn’t ask about the cult meeting here or ever in the entire series. was he really all that interested in mezato’s news? no, he only wants to know why his brother doesn’t use his powers anymore. and this is the first time they’ve talked about this.

it’s such a neat little mystery, these breadcrumbs the story leaves for us until ritsu’s formal introduction in episode six. even though they share the same home and appear to be on friendly terms, the kageyama brothers may as well live on opposite sides of the planet. we don’t even get a sense of why this state of affairs exists until episode five, where teru chokes the breath out of shigeo and his pissed-off soul levels teru’s school before catapulting him into the stratosphere to reflect on his sins: several years prior, shigeo nearly killed ritsu (and possibly ended three much older boys) in an accident neither boy understands; fragments of memory flash before his eyes as his consciousness shorts out.

‘brother, you’re home late, sopping wet. here’s a towel. are you hungry? you seem down; is everything OK? if you need to talk, i’m here for you.’

instead of turning down this bid for connection like all the rest and turning inward again, shigeo actually opens up. he apologizes for the accident—for the first time—then asks for some clarity, since his memories of it are broken. and ritsu clenches the knob to his brother’s bedroom door tighter. he lies to his face, tells him to ‘get over it already.’ this after asking shigeo to confide in him again, no less: too terrified to be honest with him, too used to being shot down. this boy is soaking in fear he has no context for, and he heads downstairs to soak in it alone. shigeo at least has reigen to process his own fears with, though he never trusts the man enough to take full advantage.

ritsu has no one.

he’s already keeping up appearances at home and has been for years; over the course of the spring cleaning big cleanup arc, we learn the extent to which he’s been doing so at school.

(all those expectations of him weighing him down for so long… he can’t hold out forever.)

student council vice president tokugawa calls him out on trying to melt into the scenery like his brother; his considerable gifts make that impossible. said gifts, however, are so ego-dystonic for him that they’re yet another part of Ritsu Kageyama’s Big Lie. the academically-gifted, popular sprinter so many of his fellow students swoon over isn’t real: why does everyone praise him for things anyone could do? he doesn’t actually have friends, just associates. who cares about charisma? why does everyone think he’s perfect when the only thing he truly wants will never be his? and why does his locker leak chocolate every valentine’s day?

gentle reader. are you still wondering why he snaps when he finally gets his wish? and why it looks the way it does?

[mintbreeze]

1 second before disaster. version after “disaster” under cut

[captainstrawberrywings]

Here another Graffart collab with Mob psycho 100 this one is Tuxedo Themed

[mysticalallblue]

i hate how the mogami arc never left a clear impression on mob, like it or not, that was traumaizing. it was clever in the way it pushed every single one of mobs buttons. the mogami world was a world divised to send mob to the breaking point, to show him a world where everything is out to get him. mob lived in that world for SIX MONTHS. it was genuinely torture. mob was tortured and i hate how the fandom and the media itself forgets that.

theres no way mob could forget the mogami realm, no way all that trauma disappeared simply because mob realized “it wasnt real” it was real. the torture was real, the world wasnt.

you cant just. stop being traumatized. mob had to have dealt with trauma responses. no way he went home and was okay with just, living with ritsu again. no way he didnt go to school and be afraid to see the bullies or minori. no way he could look at a cat or a crow without triggering a flight or fight response. again mob lived in this world for SIX MONTHS. thats enough time to completely break someone, ot at least create some habits.

[theatricsunflower]

Man, I love that show with that one 14 year old boy, who has special powers that include but are not limited to astral projection and going into other people’s heads, and creating shields. He changes the minds of multiple of his villains, and they get redeemed. He grows from being considered unreliable to being depended on. Eventually, because of the trauma he has experienced in his life, and suppressing the sides of himself he thinks others won’t like, he has a massive mental breakdown, going on a rampage with is powers, and has to be calmed down by his loved ones, who accept him for who he is, flaws and all. Which one am I talking about:

[maxdoesthings]

And now for something completely different

(Manga layout, please read the panels from right to left!)

It was such a pleasure to draw my brother's name in our Secret Santa this year! I've been wanting to draw him something meaningful with Serizawa for forever, seeing as Wawa's one of his favorite characters. Watching the entirety of Mob together with our friends is something I will forever look back on fondly. Merry Christmas, @chroama-the-brute :>

Serizawa has such a touching journey as a character and I thought it would be fun to challenge myself to show that, as well as the impact the people in his life has on him, without any dialogue.

The narration for this comic is inspired by a portion of The End Poem by Julian Gough.

[kiwivskiwi]

I Am Not A Robot - Mob Psycho 100 AMV

Tumblr won't let me upload the video raw on here so here's a youtube link rip

[uselesstaroth]

Thinking about Mob Psycho 100 and the "Reigen is the boss of Claw" fake out

Despite how ridiculous it is, it would've been absolutely hysterical if he really was Claw's boss,every scene is nearly identical, even the one where he gets found out.

And like, the 7th Division has gone rogue, or even worse, someone else has Pulled A Reigen™ and convinced everyone that they are the boss of Claw

"YOU are the boss of these child kidnappers?!"

"Well, they're not supposed to do that..."

Climatic showdown of the city-wide battle of espers and the Claw Saga? Reigen vs Anti-Reigen, in a completely normal fistfight.

The sheer idea that the leader of an ultra powerful organization of espers is a conman as a side gig is so ridiculous I almost wish it was actually the plot

Still no psychic powers, obviously.

[avianhasnodignity]

I LOVE EPISODE 11 THEY'RE GIVING CHILCHUCK THE REIGEN-DURING-THE-FINALE TREATMENT I LOVE WHEN FICTIONAL MEN GET HIT ON THE HEAD WITH ROCKS

[mostly-magical-polls]

Characters Who Became God Tournament - Round 1

[samuelandthesun]

You know how one of the main themes in Mob Psycho 100 is about how everyone is the main character of their own life? And how Reigen feels like a secondary character of his and so he pretends to have powers and is extremely eccentric so that he can be in others lives, since he feels like he cannot live on his own? And how that makes him being dishonest with others so that they don’t abandon him? And how the series ends with him letting go of Mob but proving him that even though he is not a main character in Mob’s life anymore, he can still have his own experiences? And that is why the spin-off Mob Psycho 100 Reigen: the Man with Level 131 Max Spirit Power Exists? To tell you that you are not just a stepping stone in others’ stories, but a person of your own worthy of love and respect and a community that accepts you the way you are?

Well today Our Flag Means Death decided to kill Izzy Hands for Ed’s development. So there’s that.

[chroama-the-brute]

I just finished watching Mob Psycho with my friends! I drew in Mspaint every time we watched (can you tell when I connected my drawing tablet lmao) @askerror87 @mug-o-matcha @skyla822

[captainstrawberrywings]

Here another Graffart collab with Mob psycho 100 this one is Train Conductor Themed

[abhorrenttester]

Re-watching MP100, and the whole thing of Reigen convincing all of Claw's lackeys is just him getting, like, 3 nat-20s in a row, and I love it.

[bulbaderp]

rewatching mp100 for the soul