#i found the reigen spinoff

[m00ngbin]

CHAPTER 17!!!!! HAPPY TFS TUESDAY!!!!!!!!

[pencilhattopy]

tHE GIRLS and a dIMPLE FROM REIGEN SPIN OFF MANGA!!!! also uhm. do not look at read mor

[nitw]

i read the reigen manga

[jumpscaregoose]

I found the reigen spinoff at toys r us

[the-nysh]

well the persons closest human connection ( when they dont have that much) would be a good way to manipulate someone

And see, by using this tactic, opm's 'god' actually bypasses consent. Cause normally when people become monsters, they willingly abandon their humanity (requiring some mental line they choose to cross), but this? It's like he's found the perfect loophole to exploit through the backdoor. 'God' traps and ensnares unwilling victims by virtue of their very humanity! (where perhaps your only lingering strength - the natural anchor to your sanity, as human, becomes your very doom) Which is something a predator or parasite would do to ensure its own survival, not some all-powerful 'divine' being who'd have no need for such underhanded, cruel tricks.

Now, if 'god' was direct and upfront about what he was actually offering, like how he first made contact with Homeless Emperor without needing to exploit or fabricate any connection, then ok that'd be one thing (as a 1:1 acceptance and transference of power; all risks, rules and terms apply.) But now, since 'god's apparently changed tactics (why? was his previous method not stable, successful, or sustainable enough? or perhaps it lead to too much information leakage to fully reveal himself) it means there's no true 'transaction' or 'deal' involved if the target was never a willing participant to that offer in the first place. Now, by manipulating a false, forced contact, 'god' simply mindrapes you into becoming his next agent through the visage of the closest person you love/trust most. And what's more, to still treat that 'exchange' as the pretext for sealing some binding contract, where your 'life becomes forfeit' if you fail to adhere to his rules or meet 'god's standards anyway....nuhuh (you can't bind victims to a fate they never willingly agreed or consented to) that's absolutely foul play. >:[ Man, I can't tell you how satisfying it will feel when that thing finally gets destroyed. Kill it with fire.

Ahem. But did you know ONE played with this precise type of cosmic horror in the REIGEN spinoff manga? Where Reigen instantly knew he was fucked (facing down death itself) when the Evil Spirit trapped him in the form of Mob coming to his aid? Unfortunately, most opm characters aren't privy to that kind of knowledge (or even 'god's existence) to know when their most trusted person is actually a trap. Beyond having the 6th sense that something is uncannily off...hopefully before it's too late. So it's just as Tome states, there's probably nothing more sinister [evil] than being betrayed by the person you [trust most]. And now ONE's basically ran with this idea of evil personified in the character of 'god'(no ID) who preys on chosen, even outright heroic, humans this way.

[shigayokagayama]

i meant to publish this yesterday but i didnt finish it until like 10 pm 😭

anyway god this series is so special to me. ive spent the last two days just trying to process it actually being over. it’s so weird, i got into it at complete random in february of this year. my at-the-time girlfriend told me she wanted to watch a tv show with me that neither of us had seen and i spontaneously remembered people talking about how good mob psycho was so i suggested it. i went in completely blind, i knew nothing at all except that mob and reigen existed and mob had psychic powers. over the course of two seasons i literally felt my brain chemistry get rewired and pretty much as soon as we finished i found the manga online and binged the whole thing in 3 days and ive been completely obsessed since. i started this blog because i knew otherwise my entire main would turn into a mob psycho fanblog and i wanted a place to archive as much fan content as i possibly could. i have no words to explain how much all this means to me. ill probably still be active for a while, my hyperfixations usually tend to last a while after whatever source material there is ends and the possibility of the reigen spinoff getting animated/some other ova is still out there.

[screamting]

So yesterday I had to get my phone screen replaced and so hid in a booksamillion for 40 mins to survive my brain. Found the Reigen spinoff of mp100 and a couple things are very important

Mostly that Reigen shows up to a psychic meeting uninvited because one new guy was like "you must be a fraud bc I don't know who you are" and all the psychics in charge of the event immediately go "fuck!!! It's reigen"

Secondly, the book is actually mostly about tomie, and i was like "why didn't they name the book mp100: tomie" and then i looked up one shelf and

Mmmm yeah that makes sense.

[handsmotif]

actually i just found a good deal on volumes 1-10 of the english manga + the reigen spinoff on ebay. that is fine by me

[lukewarmkraftsingle]

hello, tumblr user adekuscrub.  i am the anon who sent you the ask about reigen's divorce.

i would firstly like to apologize for the demeanor of my previous ask: from what xkit tells me, it was 27 minutes after the ball dropped for new years and i was facing my most cathartic experience yet.  following a dream where i was in love with reigen (note: i am aroace), i fell madly obsessed with mp100 and was desperately searching the tags, posting like a kpop girl and her bias. in that sudden delirium (where i was also screaming silently in a discord voice call), i had stumbled upon a fateful video.

if it was any other night, im certain i would give a good chuckle, queue, and move on. but it was not that night. i was absolutely taken. even now, as i think of what to say next, i am replaying the video in another tab because it tickles me so. im going to leave it on loop now. anyways, as you might have guessed: your video had sent me into a frenzied state of dire need.

surprisingly, i didnt have any of the questions you delved into. i believe the mere idea of reigen, a 29-year-old man, being wrecked by divorce and now raising a 14-year-old teenager, was enough to launch my brain into the stratosphere. as i recall, the feeling was akin to being High As Hell and discovering birds can fit in your mouth. (small birds, anyway. im not sure someone can fit an eagle). all i needed was context, information, anything that could add into the brand new fantasy my mind had begun to leech on.

and, as i had asked, you delivered. i greatly enjoyed the screenshots, by the way. and the cat ears gamer headset reigen rendition. i have saved that image to my photos folder for my private enjoyment. i am grateful for the response, as it has brought me several fits of giggles and satisfaction to my mp100-riddled mind. and now, after three unnecessary asks (my apologies. i know its a lot), i will go into my own commentary on the mp100 divorced au.

Of course hes gay. Why wouldn’t he be? as a serirei fan myself, i imagine the ultimate continuation of reigen’s disastrous love life would be finding comfort in his anxiety-riddled employee/business partner (i feel like they addressed his title in the reigen spinoff, but i cannot remember at the moment).  in this same line, yes, it would be difficult imagining reigen married to a woman.  but, as you have already addressed, this is an alternative universe of our own making.  more so, this is a story of discovering oneself through messy trial and error. course, i dont think hes actually been through several divorces, as “trial and error” implies. just the one.

as for with whom: i didnt know what a ‘lavender wedding’ was either, but found it entertaining all the same. i imagine they would have met at reigen’s old job, maybe bonding over similar feelings of loneliness. and maybe the divorce is what lead reigen to quitting said job. something like a not-so-midlife midlife crisis. but, as i mentioned, i enjoy the theme of self discovery. this reasoning is also why i cannot bring myself to entertain the ‘ex-husband from reigen spinoff’ pipeline, because it would the same thing.  sorry, gays.

unfortunately, this has brought me into a rut, because i cannot for the life of me think of an identity for our mysterious ex wife.  i suppose the ex-coworker idea would work. if it means going into my tastes, her lesbianism would get retconned.  though now that i think about it, who said she had to be a lesbian during their marriage? maybe she went into self-discovery, too.  yes, i think i like this idea more.  it would bring up the possibility of an epilogue, a rehashing of old dirt and patching up sore feelings.  maybe a friendship shaped from divorce.  i dont know.

to end this dialogue (as i am suddenly aware that the google doc is nearing 800 words), however or whoever reigen settled this divorce with is up to viewers discretion, of course.  i find more enjoyment in the emotions reigen would experience post-divorce.  how would it feel, knowing your confidant wouldnt, couldnt, accept such an integral piece of you?  how would that loneliness sink into you, as you struggle to find another partner who stand to be near you, much less deal with your lies and fakeouts?  you want to be someone, but nobody wants you to be that person, their person.  its sweetly disgusting how these thoughts swirl in my head.  i guess i just like to push this guy’s buttons.

my apologies. i meant to end it there, but i went on another tangent instead. either way, i hope my thoughts brings you something to consider.  you probably werent expecting a letter.  and im sure some of these thoughts were a bit irrelevant… nonetheless! i open my sincere feelings to you, spurred by passion, delirium, and some sort of disease in my little head. thank you so much for reading, if you ever got to this point.  feel free to respond at your leisure.

p.s. you might be wondering why im speaking like this. you see, your reply was a surprise to me: it held the cadence of some sort of indie author receiving their first fan letter, passionate and inquisitive. have you ever watched a film or video with an accent or way or speaking, and, whether by accident or on purpose, you adopt said accent? you could say this was what happened. because no i dont normally write like this. Also i love that ACNL track; it brings fond memories.

[the previous ask. for posterity. what can i say. i like to be thorough]

thanks for the follow-up! the situation unfolds. this was received in a similar manner to the previous one, first thing in the morning, but much earlier, i must admit. as the invigoration of the holidays fades from view, unfortunately, i am being reminded that i have items that i am responsible for, and life is slowly fitting itself back into the typical slog. lovely way to begin such a day, however! that little blue dot on my inbox was as a freshly received, carefully sealed letter which i could not wait to simply tear into. an excellent letter indeed, the sort that i want to read many times over and fully soak in. unfortunately, i am quite bad with envelopes. i can never get a clean peel, or tear across the top, without the entire thing going into little pieces. it's a bit of a weak point for me, but i am too stubborn to use a letter opener. i suppose it doesn't matter. the envelope is not as important as the contents, and you have certainly given me some contents. truly, the envelope icon is a lovely skeuomorph.

enough of that, though. i am absolutely floored. this is all i ever could have hoped for in response. i will attempt to address things in an orderly fashion.

i understand your frenzied circumstances, certainly. it reminds me somewhat of how i felt after i watched mob psycho. well. it reminds me a bit too much of how i watched mob psycho.

this needs to be approached as i approached it. i am not an anime watcher. certainly not. i have dabbled previously, but not with any depth. it's not an uncommon thing on the internet, especially when you have friends who are into anime. the most i had seen was some of my hero academia, some of ouran high school, and the game theory ddlc videos, which may or may not count as anime. i am not a man of anime experience. however, i am a man of mishandling television.

please ignore the current state of my profile. a recent development. it doesn't matter. my profile picture was certainly not reigen at the time.

this is a message sent moments before disaster. and the verdict?

all within 6 days. it's not a terribly long show. could have been worse, yes?

but oh. i have now remembered. i have repeatedly neglected to clear my browser history. for months. many other things stuck in a similar purgatory. it's fine. it provides me with information such as this:

(not to worry. all watched for free, so subbed at the time, with the most powerful ad-blocker known to man, mind you. this is a screenshot of firefox history, okay, and those blocker things run like crazy. my ad-blocker does not mess around.)

started september twenty-third at 9:11 pm, ended on september twenty-fourth at 4:19 pm. all within less than twenty-four hours. i feels as though we are taking part in some sort of mental illness competition. no one is winning. and i say this with affection.

i shortly after dragged gf into this, and we both watched to the end of season 3, through, ah, let's say, alternate means. lovely. and mob psycho is now my go-to thing that i absolutely will not shut up about. my divorce musings should be sufficient proof.

i can't say that it was driven by any sorts of uh. dreams. as yours was that night. but my god. what a way to kick off the new year for you. that is just. i don't even know what to do with that information. i simply need to take it in, over and over. what a couple of paragraphs. what a description. i love it.

i am glad that the cat ear headphones reigen has been well-appreciated. i suppose i only have one other tidbit to add about that image: they are based on a pair i had myself when i was younger. a dearly beloved pair of headphones. i have since misplaced them. they are not fully lost, simply lying in wait, in the depths of some sort of storage area type of situation. the sort of thing you find when you decide to re-organize your room one day.

well. i could elaborate a bit more. there are, in fact, more mspaint drawings.

here is one based on the artful combination of my old discord status and picture, and

here is one that gf used as a profile picture! matching profile pictures! adorable. hers changed shortly after mine did. we were both holding out to see who would change first. an unspoken war. i lost to that one piece of art for the show, made for the urban legends episode, i believe. the one that is in the screenshots from the last post. but how could i not? it is such a beautiful image. to me. i love it dearly. as to avoid repeating myself, i have left some Normal tags on a post containing it, if you are inclined to dig a bit for them.

i am glad that you have garnered such enjoyment from my video, though. personally, when i make something like that, i'll open up my videos folder occasionally and watch it a few times over. that happened more with the video i made for the last response, though. i quite like the feel of that one. i just end up being entirely too pleased with my own silly videos.

a handful of my postings betray a similar appreciation for gay business men. this is the clear follow-up to divorce in my mind. and as i recall from the reigen manga, there was an addressing of Serizawa's title: i believe that it is officially "my man," of course, the highest honor an employee can be given. incredible.

(i know what you are actually referring to, but i do not have the actual part on hand, terribly sorry.)

i do appreciate your placement of self-discovery and trial and error as a vital point for all of this, and as it has brought me to further thoughts. i would like to elaborate on that a bit more in tandem with societal expectations, all while getting vaguely personal, as that is the only way i can think clearly to properly get my ideas across.

like most, i would venture to say, i have lived a very large portion of my life in an environment where heterosexuality was very much the standard situation. a place where any sorts of marriages followed by gayness-induced divorces or lavender weddings would be born. my younger years were filled with a specific idea of what an "attractive person" should be, how "crushes" should happen in pre-teen through teenage years, and other items along those lines. i figure these typical standards are familiar. for myself, they birthed a sort of good ol' 'merican suburbia-induced conundrum. out of an unshakable and then unidentifiable confusion from these standards, i shut myself out of entertaining any sort of thoughts of relationships outside of platonic ones, and, to a degree, i found comfort in aroace labels as i learned those terms, simply because i did not experience attraction in the ways that people around me were peddling. for myself, my distaste for such things was not born of a very healthy place. being the young and generally introverted person i was, i found it much easier to shut out anything romantic, rather than partaking in any sort of aggressive generic heterosexuality, as a certain divorced au man may have. that man interacts with complete strangers so much. it scares my poor, fragile, introverted heart.

do not be mistaken. i deeply respect the Aroace Grind, dearest anonymous tumblr person, my belovèd. i impart my blessings unto you. may your lack of such attractions be born of the beauty of self-acceptance. i wish you the best in whatever Degree of Not Being Romantically Attracted to Reigen Arataka you partake in outside of the world of dreams. keep it real. etcetera.

anyway. i do not remember if there was ever one deciding moment, but i gradually started to realize through some amount of reflection and experience that i did have desires for romance and other sorts of things that follow, but not on the "typical" terms. and it was certainly a long process of self-discovery for me. in fact, it was only a couple of months ago that i thought slightly more than what would be normal about a side character in a television show who did not match the typical image of Hyper Attractive Male Actor, thought about it a bit harder, then realized that i, traditionally not a man, have successfully been duped by male beauty standards for my entire life. this is my official announcement. i do not care for famous men alarmingly toned 6 foot tall jawline whatever. memories of my mother and old school acquaintances talking about actors following that description being attractive rush to my mind. unfortunate circumstances. but i am allowed a bit of heterosexuality. as a treat.

i do not know if you have had similar experiences in coming to understand yourself, dearest anonymous person, but that is the story i have generated to understand myself. i am quite a fan of narratives that allow me to compartmentalize my own mental processes. and thus, it is how i have come to think about divorced au. reigen, raised around similar expectations, figured that as an adult man, he should be in a typical heterosexual marriage. i think this fits in with what little knowledge we have of his family, mostly from the recent fanbook. they all seem to want him to have a "normal" life, and maybe they quit talking altogether after the divorce. although there is some hope, as he does want to rekindle that relationship. the true reasons for the marriage and depth of awareness of other sorts of attractions are up for interpretation, as i am not offering anything terribly concrete, but my thinking about divorced au comes from my own experiences of suppression, trial, and frequent error.

is it okay if i come up for air for a moment? a brief moment of self-awareness? because this was born of a complete one-off stupid video i made in maybe an hour max from idea to completion. and i'm now projecting my own problems and insecurities onto it. what the hell. actually what the hell. what am i even doing man. i have other ideas about mob psycho characters, hell, i have an au idea that i have been obsessing over born of personal experiences first (i might be tempted to go into that at some point too who knows), but the divorced au is the one that gets thousands of words???? the divorced au????? the one that's only out there because i made funy mob drawing???????????? anon person i am grabbing you by the shoulders and shaking you back and forth like some kinda cartoon character

anyway. enough of that. enough of the hater part of my brain. i'm having too much fun with this.

bringing up the fanbook has brought another thought to mind: one of the major parts that was hyped up for it was information about reigen's past love life, which, in beautiful reigen fashion, was a showstopping display of dodging the question entirely. if the man is divorced au, it could be a touchy subject, or a situation too complicated to explain. it gives off that very generic perception of heterosexual romance.

i appreciate that you've also fit in some of the themes straight from the show shockingly well. that really stands out in the part where you're talking about how reigen would take it. his struggles with loneliness, with his family's expectations, his other side especially, taking into account his conversation with mob in the finale. feeling unwanted. he may already be a bit more than 16% divorced in vibes. i don't even have anything to add to that, i love how you put it.

straying completely and entirely from the mob psycho discussion, your noting of my tone completely and fully warms my heart, truly. i think it's strange that we tend to do that, pick up on how other people speak. personally, my vocabulary has certainly been completely wrecked by reading a large amount of books when i was younger and a vast quantity of stupid posts on the internet. always glad to be writing things for fun, though. i see it as a sort of puzzle. i enjoy finding the exact words i want to use and meshing them together to flow from one sentence to the next, ensuring that i don't repeat too many as to maintain healthy variety, and frequently re-reading parts to convey my ideas as clearly as i can, even if they still end up mildly incoherent and silly - such a roadblock is inevitable in considering divorced au. i get myself into a certain mood when i want to explain something, and it is electrifying, especially when i do it out loud. i am usually an incredibly timid speaker, reserving myself to only a handful of words at a time and letting other people lead in conversation, but once i feel comfortable and reach a place where i have knowledge and ideas to provide, the cadence of my speaking quickens, i give more thought to the arrangements of my words, my voice reaches the height of its volume and full timbre, and i feel as though i could just talk for hours. it is definitely one of my favorite feelings. i still keep my usual stutterings, but rather than dwelling on them, i find myself gliding over them as i do in performing music; a finger slips, but i continue to the next phrase all the same.

that type of speaking does not translate over exactly to my typing, but when i begin typing anything with great length, i fall into a similar style. for myself, this sort of tone is typically reserved for writing in more professional or academic settings, but occasionally, i offer myself the opportunity to splurge on a silly idea or a niche passion, and it restores my soul, in a way. it places me in that mood where i could go on for hours. of course, if i am writing something in a different setting, it does contain capitalization, but outside of that, i'm really not a capitals kinda guy. i am a huge advocate of attempting to type as speech, generally, especially while texting, and my voice simply isn't that poignant, i suppose. the google dictionary claims that my usage of "poignant" is both archaic and metaphorical, but i do not particularly care.

i meant to add the profile picture, but i didn't want to cut into the pace of my writing. here it is. in all its mspaint glory. whatever sort of conversation led up to it was absolutely, definitely, mind-numbingly stupid. it's fine.

and to wrap it up, once again, i feel the need to reiterate, this is the most incredible response i could ever receive from my ramblings. the most incredible.

oh. let me go ahead and stick the second ask into here too, for the sake of brevity:

much appreciated! god has given me very limited knowledge of html, and i will use it to create a barely functioning hodgepodge of a blog. i hope they're okay with that. gf doesn't like it. i think she just fears my power. my favorite detail is resizing the window. almost everything is decently configured for that.

i hope this addresses your concerns, and maybe adds on some new ones, too!

[equalseleventhirds]

head in my hands i discovered that the site i used to read the reigen spinoff manga actually listed chapter 4.2 as chapter 5 and i missed the whole serizawa and tome interaction chapter

found 5 just now tho gotta go fast (to read it)

[mobsplainer]

sorry this took so long 😭😭 i’ve been pondering this for like three days. had to consult the council (my irls). spoilers for gravity falls and minor mob psycho spoilers.

here’s what i have so far:

MABEL: everyone leaves the hang out w like 3 sweaters

• Mabel and Teru would be besties. they would trade fashion tips. mabel would admire how teru wants to be a better person, and she would encourage him to do his best! (side note: would mabel like the monkey clothing brand? i don’t think so).

•Mabel and Tome would be weird girl besties. When they first meet, Tome would be wary of Mabel bc she wouldn’t want to be judged but once she realizes Mabel is also a weird girl they’d have a fun time :)

• Mob with either: 1) love mabel bc she reminds him of tome. he would probably admire how she is so confidently herself or 2) get easily overwhelmed by her. I think option 1 is better. mob needs someone who is so confident in themselves and who they are. Idk i want them to be friends

• Dimple would be Annoying by her at first (loud, bright), but they’d vibe eventually. It’s be like Dimple and Tome from the reigen spinoff

• Mabel would LOVE shou’s hamster, and shou would love waddles. they’d bond.

• ritsu would probs keep his distance from her. idk i think ritsu is a bit of a loner besides w shou, but he’d be fine hanging out w mabel in a group 

•mabel in general might try to matchmake IF somehow she found out. 

DIPPER

• Tome and Dipper would be friends. They’d for sure compare notes on their respective encounters with aliens. they’re both conspiracy brained

• Mob + Dipper would vibe. Dipper is similar to Ritsu so mob would probably admire Dipper’s intelligence. idk i want them to be friends so bad

• I cannot decide abt Dipper and Ritsu.

• Dipper would try to study Dimple/ask him too many Questions. Dimple would make fun of him

• Dipper is reigen-neutral. Reminds him of a nicer Stan. He’d join in on the hating though

• Dipper would think Shou is super cool. would probably want to impress him

• I don’t think Dipper and Teru would get along.

• dipper and serizawa would vibe.

STAN:

•he and reigen start off as rivals who passive aggressively comment on how fake the other is. eventually something happens and the kids are in danger so they both lock in and realize the good qualities in the other. they’re friends by the end of the story. they’d have the same banter that reigen and dimple do (thinly veiled insults). thank you to everyone who commented on my earlier post :)

•if grunkle stan could see dimple, then they would be best friends for sure. the scams they would pull would be legendary.  i think if stan was hating on reigen, dimple would reveal himself and join in. 

•ritsu would HATE stan. at least at the beginning. 

•not sure abt the rest of the kids, tome for sure would see stan as a worse reigen. would roast stan

•stan would remind serizawa of reigen somewhat. 

•mob wouldn’t hate stan but he could NOT be around him for that long bc stan is more gruff than charismatic (whereas reigen is more charismatic than gruff)

FORD:

•ford would try to study dimple and quickly get on his bad side. if he got possessed by dimple that would end sooo badly. 

•ford would treat reigen like he does stan at the beginning of the second half of s2, like “here’s another conman who exploits the ppl around him and hasn’t done a good thing in his life.” eventually he’ll come to the same realization as stan but i don’t think they would be friends. begrudging acquaintances/allies maybe. unless ford notes how good reigen is with the kids, then they’d probably be neutral abt each other. 

•the kids (esp tome) would probably badger him abt his time in the portal. 

•ford and serizawa would probably vibe (both ostracized in youth, both trusted the wrong ppl).

•ford and ritsu would vibe. nerds.

BILL:

•i think it would be SO FUNNY if dimple ate bill. like how in seventh division when dimple eats all of the spirits in the jar. problem solved! (if not, it’d also be funny if they were ex’s. here’s how bill/dimple can still win). 

•if prev didn’t happen, everyone would despise bill. 

•most likely to get possessed by Bill: ritsu (s1), tome (bill would probably manipulate her w like giving her secrets of the universe or some shit), mob (pre-s3, it’d be to help him control his powers or something), serizawa (pre-s3), shou (post-s3. the guilt he has abt his father ((s2)) and the fact he doesn’t use his powers as much after canon). it’d be funny if he possessed reigen tho. imagine the chaos

•mob might try to help him but realize it’s a lost cause I.E. the big fight w toichiro

•most likely to get possessed by Dimple: Stan (they’d join forces to save the kids), Mabel (for goofs). Dipper is less likely only bc I don’t think Dipper (and Ford) would be very happy about being possessed (again).

i don’t have much for wendy and soos but I do want to add them. eventually.

im open to collabing so pls give me feedback in a nice way :)

who wants to hear how i think characters in mob psycho and gravity falls would interact

[incomingalbatross]

Mob Psycho ideas I think about writing and then don't:

The Reigen spinoff from Mob's POV. Imagine walking out of cram school only to discover your master is off sacrificing his life in a creepy forest somewhere. HONESTLY.

A post-Mogami fic where Mob is pretty okay, actually, and he processed the whole thing and it didn't really leave him with any prominent scars. Not that I don't love the catharsis of your usual post-Mogami fic, but I'd like to explore how he could be okay after that.

Haven't found the hook to express this in a way that's true to the characters, but a post-canon story where Reigen is trying to gradually let go of Mob and Mob gets low-key insecure and upset because what if Reigen doesn't need him anymore, what if he doesn't have a place in his life anymore?? I love Reigen angst but let's flip this on its head and give Mob separation angst.

Teru gets adopted by Mitsuura. My reasoning: A) he's a good guy who's up for taking care of kids, B) Teru's already spending time with him because of the Awakening Lab gang, C) this dude has so much money he could give Teru a room without even thinking about it, and D) they share a fashion sense.

[grandmasterreigen]

so I made a discord server for those of us who love mp100 found families and dad!reigen stuff!! if anyone’s interested in joining, here’s a link. 

Edit: I should have done this from the start, but I’m adding the server rules below under a read-more for anyone who wants to see them before joining to decide if the server is a good fit for them!

The full set of rules as of 8/7/2019:

1. Do not intentionally attack, bully, undermine or harass others. This includes but isn’t limited to discrimination of any kind, the use of slurs (queer doesn't count), and passive aggressive comments. Be kind to each other!

2. Please do not post NSFW content on the server. NSFW content within fics you share is fine in moderation (as long as it follows the other rules), but on the server itself please avoid mentions of sex and keep your thirst SFW. Graphic descriptions of violence, blood or other triggering material (including what's in #blacklist) should be spoiler-tagged with a content warning (and kept to a minimum). Over-the-top darkness and excessively angsty AUs/ideas should generally be kept to a minimum. Cursing is fine, just be reasonable.

3. Sharing content of or promoting any adult/minor or incestuous content is strictly prohibited. This includes aged-up adult/minor content. Breaking this rule will get you banned without warning. Discussing these ships is also not permitted. Do not share NSFW content of minors even if they are aged-up.

4. Try to keep topics within the appropriate channels. I’m not super strict on this, I know conversations tend to wander and that's fine, but if I or a mod ask you to move to another channel, please do so.

5. Make sure you spoiler-tag spoilers! This also goes for other media people don’t want spoiled (ex: BNHA or Avengers Endgame). Talking about manga spoilers or the Reigen spinoff should be kept within the #manga-spoilers channel. Feel free to ask if you're not sure how to do this.

6. Political discussions don’t belong on the server. Politics are a touchy subject for a lot of people and aren’t much fun to talk about in the first place, so take it to DMs or just refrain altogether.

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[takenakamutual]

ok so the entirety of mob psycho 100 takes place over a period of about a year between 2012 and 2013. it starts in september, the alien arc is on new years, and it ends with a time skip to reigen’s birthday which is in october since hes a libra. shou was 12 at the time of the seventh division arc and turned 13 that december, making him slightly younger than ritsu who was 13 at the time and turned 14 that july. ritsu is a first year, mob/teru/takenaka/mezato are second years, and tome is a third year making her about 15 (16 at the time of the reigen spinoff). serizawa is 30 years old to reigen’s 29 and joined claw 3 years before the start of the story. shimazaki and minegishi were already part of claw at this time. neither of them have canon ages but we know (through his use of honorifics) that shimazaki is older than minegishi—i would put minegishi in the “25 to 30” age range and shimazaki in the “28 to 33” range. touichirou is 48 years old, which would have made him 35 when shou was born, and was accumulating power for 20 years (starting at the age of 28). hatori and shibata have no canon ages either, but hatori seems to be slightly younger than the rest of the super five—maybe around 21? if claw was founded when shou was about 6 or 7 years old (as is how old he appears to be in the manga flashbacks), that would make touichirou about 40, serizawa 24 or so, minegishi and shimazaki between 19 and 22, and hatori a hilarious 15 at the time of claw’s founding in 2006

[natsthinkitythinkthinkthonk]

Top Five Sakurai Takahiro Roles

Since it is indeed his birthday, I thought I would do a top five roles. Keep in mind, I will only include roles of anime I’ve seen, and this is based on personal opinion so I might be a little bias. Technically this isn’t an “anime role”, but I just wanted to add Cloud from the Final Fantasy series because I feel like with today being literally a celebration of Smash Bros (DUDE I’M SO HYPED), I gotta give him a shout-out for that too.

I actually had to take out a lot of roles because he has had so many good supporting roles. I almost felt like having honourable mentions for the honourable mentions. If you don’t see one of your favourite roles on this list, it might be because I had to narrow it down. One character I had to make the difficult decision of removing was Francis Scott Fitzgerald from Bungou Stray Dogs which is one of my favourite anime/manga to date. I only excluded it because I felt like even if the role was iconic, I wouldn’t have cared as much as the other entries if they had replaced him with someone else. This is the same with Net-Juu no Susume’s Sakurai (they have the same name with different kanji).

Rumours say he’s married too, but we can’t say for sure since he seemed to just make a “slip-up” during a radio show or something like that. I have a hard time recognizing some of his roles. He’s really cool and almost made my top ten (if only it wasn’t for all the other great actors, he probably would’ve made it past honourable mentions).

And I might start adding a gif of the actual seiyuu for all my new favourite top fives as well as edit the other ones too (it won’t affect reblogs).

Honourable Roles (That I Haven’t Seen Yet):

Claude Faustus (Black Butler)

I’ve been told multiple times that the anime is bad and to read the manga. People usually watch the dub for this too. Claude still looks classy though and has a good voice to match.

Yamato Kurosawa (Sukitte ii na yo)

I watched one episode of this anime, so technically I have seen it a little, but it just didn’t stick with me because I found the anime quite dull. I really shouldn’t make that judgement from just the first episode and the name. That name is cheesy. Say “I Love You” is the English name. I’ll give it a try again someday. He seems like the type to play a good charismatic love interest. The girl is another story.

Shogo Makishima (Psycho-Pass)

Yeah, I already know this guy is a crazy nut. Psycho-Pass is a series I really want to watch but somehow never end up watching? It’s weird. I look forward to seeing what this role has to offer.

Miyuki Kazuya (Diamond no Ace)

Ah right. That baseball anime that I haven’t watched but plan on doing by the end of my lifetime. Too bad I avoid sports anime (don’t ask me why. I just do.)

Kishibi Rohan (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Okay, I know that Hiroshi Kamiya played him in the video games and all that, but we’re talking about anime here. Sakurai played him in the anime series. Do I have a preference? No. I’ve watched/played neither. Jojo seems like fun though.

TOP FIVE ROLES

5. Ja’far (Magi Series)

This was *this* close to not being included on the list, but it ultimately changed my mind when I remembered the Sinbad series spinoff along with the fact that I would really hate anyone else having this role even if it’s such a minor character in the main series. Now, with that in mind. Ja’far is literally the brains behind Sinbad and is his trusted advisor even if we see him trying to kill him in the Sinbad spinoff because he was originally an assassin blah blah blah... He’s Sinbad’s boyfriend best friend (who coincidentally pretty much never has any interest in women and follows Sinbad as his advisor), and I have a lot of favourite scenes with him in it I’ll put a couple of links just because I feel like I’ve met so few people who have seen both anime. Magi is a series full of really strong people (both women and men) and tons of laughs. That moment and a couple of others can be found here and here. 

4. Suzaku (Code Geass) 

Here’s a more controversial role because a lot of people hate him. I didn’t find him that bad. His heart is in the right place, and with Lelouch being a douche a lot of the time, it’s kind of funny how both are. I didn’t like Code Geass that much because it’s a mecha anime which is why I placed it a little low on the list (I did warn that I was biased).

3. Osomatsu (Osomatsu-san)

(he’s the one in the red hoodie. It’s hard to find gifs with only one of them. Don’t ask me why their nipples are bandaged. You really don’t want to know.)

All the voice actors in this anime are pretty much stacked in terms of the six brothers plus buckteeth (Iyami). I just find it funny how they’re all perceived as good-looking in real life and have all these good-looking characters then go onto this. Anyway, this character is none other than the oldest brother of the sextuplets (gotta feel for their parents). The anime itself wasn’t as funny as I had hoped, but the casting made everything all better. Having a cast like that makes it so much funnier. It’s really hard to explain. You ought to watch the whole anime if you want to know why this is on the list. It’s random crap, but it’s sometimes the funniest random crap. Just their outbursts alone were enough for praise. If it weren’t for the fandom (OH GOODNESS YOU DON’T KNOW WANT TO KNOW WHAT’S THERE. WHERE’S THE BRAIN BLEACH?) maybe I’d be a little faster to watch the second season.

BONUS:

(I have never seen so much pain in one screenshot)

2. Atsumu “Yukiatsu” Matsuyuki (Anohana)

And this kids is the type of person you should stay away from. In all seriousness, this character was one of the plot twists I didn’t see coming. I won’t get into detail, but I wouldn’t call him crazy in the same context as maybe someone like Izaya or that kind of more “charismatic” crazy. He’s the type whose craziness stems from loss and pain, and to be honest, you really start to feel it by the end. Sure, he’s a douche for a good part of the series, but a lot of the characters are for good reason. I found one moment with his character actually kind of heartwrenching. Just let the guy live in peace. And let me have my feels in peace too, okay? I actually found Anohana sad (I’m quite the wimp). 

1. Arataka Reigen (Mob Psycho 100)

I feel like I almost don’t need an explanation for this one. If you haven’t watched Mob Psycho yet, go do that. It’s a really good show. I love it so much. Arataka is one of my favourite characters. He’s the lead in that amazing ED (that art style and animation are amazing). I usually don’t like these kinds of characters. Arataka is different because it progresses throughout the story that he’s more than what he seems on the surface. He actually cares about Mob. his reactions, actions, and scenes are one of the biggest highlights for me. It’s no wonder that I love this anime so much. With Setsuo Itou’s debut as Mob and Sakurai's great performance in this role, I can’t really express enough how much you might enjoy the anime. You really should go watch this anime. Want some scenes? Here (featuring Hosoya) and here, but for full effect, go watch the show. It’s worth it.