I don’t know if that’s because I love the characters as much as I do, or because of some subconscious attachment, I don’t know! But its easily the thing I look forward to most each week now, even beyond His and Her Circumstances or Golden Kamuy. But Mob Psycho is one where I just… I feel happy watching it. Of course I’ve enjoyed other stuff I’ve watched, and some of them have touched me deeply, like Welcome to the NHK. It feels like forever since I’ve had this kind of fun with anime. So yeah, in case it wasn’t obvious, I really enjoyed this Mob Psycho episode. Personally though? I’m really looking forward to finding out. The question of course becomes: Why? What is this tree doing? How is it doing it? What does it mean? Are things like the Yokai King just precursors to some kind of larger unintentional summoning? Or is it just amassing psychic energy become it transforms itself, like an egg? Only time will tell. And we are starting to see its effects on the town as its roots spread through out and spirits begin to reappear in places Mob and Reigen previously exorcised. It’s the pretty obvious elephant in the room at this point, as it looms over the city in almost every external wide shot. What will he do when Mob graduates, or if Serizawa moves on? How does he market it as they slowly deal with all the ghosts and spirits in the area? Again, I’m looking forward to seeing what Mob Psycho does with this setup.įinally we need to talk about the larger story for the season, and the hints Mob Psycho is leaving us. Meanwhile on Reigen’s side, he’s trying to figure out what’s next for his business.
Hopefully we get to see the fruits of that labor throughout this season, though I figure we will since it’s being introduced this early. He wants to start going back to school, to pick up his life where he left off before he became a shut-in. For the former, it’s pretty straight forward. I’ve already commented on Mob, but we also see it in Serizawa and Reigen. What was nice though was that throughout this adventure, we’ve begun to see everyone start to move forward a bit. Hopefully it stays just a gimmick however, as I’m looking forward to this seasons antagonists. After 2 seasons of Mob Psycho and 2 seasons of One Punch Man, you start to expect this gimmick. The “4 Demon Generals and the Yokai King” shtick was expected and really only served to look good. It’s not just physical slapstick comedy but vocal and visual as well. And the jokes were pretty fun! Reigen conning himself out of money while explaining money isn’t everything, the Yokai Hunter’s voice cracking as he tries to keep it deep and imposing, how he broke character halfway through his scroll story, etc. A client comes in, they have some kind of shtick (In this case Yokai) and then Reigen and co solve the problem with some jokes distributed throughout. Emotionally.Īs for the actual adventure, this was a pretty standard exorcism. And in the end? He, and his classmates, are rewarded for it. We see him not only push back against the majority, the lazy sheet ghost costumes, but come back, speak up and implement his own idea. I mean the kind of problem Mob has always struggled with: A personal one. This episode however we see him solve a problem all on his own! And not some big psychic monster problem only he can solve, we’ve done those before, they are easy. He’s been trying his best to grow, but it’s been a slow process. Reigen, Ritsu, Dimple, the Body Improvement Club.
What do I mean? Well for 2 seasons now Mob has largely depended on others. The only thing of real narrative importance was Mob slowly becoming more independent. Getting into the actual episode, this was primarily just good fun with some setup for what is to come. You could argue about Do It Yourself‘s expressive and polished visuals, or for Time Machine Blue‘s timeless minimalism. Combine that with the extensive use of eyecatches and this is some of the most visually engaging stuff I’ve watched this season. To paraphrase kVin, who often expresses the same feelings I have but with better words, it’s appealing in a way few things are and really fits what Mob Pyscho is going for. But there’s a distinctly human element to it that I love. There’s no CG backdrops or janky crowds, just hand drawn goodness. The colors are bright and saturated, characters expressive, the movement dynamic.
Right off the bat, Mob Psycho continues to be one of the best looking shows of the season. Enough with the rivalry though, lets dive into the episode proper! Hello everyone, and welcome to the premier show of the season, Mob Psycho 100 III! Some people might take issue with that considering some of the other big hitters airing, but this is my post not theirs so they can suck it.
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