Mob Psycho 100

>the tale of the best and purest boy in the history of the Earth
It sure was.

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Yeah, way better than OPM

Never watched any

I guess that means they're shitty

I mean, even Dororo got remastered and it's from 1967

it was great

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yes

July 7th

it was shit

it's easily top 10 ever made

Purity pandering for self help "part yourself on the back" incels

While I really liked the first season and the first half of the second season, it feels like the second half of season 2 made it all fall apart a little. I was confused because the writing quality was suddenly much lower. I thought this might be some anime thing but apparently it was like that in the original webcomic too.
Also I want a season 3 as much as the next guy but overall while good, it's pretty overrated. I question those who call it a "masterpiece".

>July 7th
thanks

Easily one of the best shows of the past decade.
The animation is full of life with no corners cut to allow a wealth of experimentation and things the medium hasn't even really seen before, pair this with a godly production schedule and no CGI for anything other than effects which look beautiful and I'd argue it's one of the best shows out there in terms of animation currently.
But not only that, the story is genuinely kind and tells a great message that can be applied to anyone. ONE is a surprisingly good writer and his success story is inspirational in my eyes. If I had to describe MP100, I'd call it soulful, everything about the show just screams of passion for the medium.

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>I question those who call it a "masterpiece".
Because the final arc of the manga is better than full metal alchemist which is a complete shonen manga

Why was the writing quality lower in your eyes? I thought the writing quality shot up immensely in the second season, and the thing that surprised me the most was just how much better the rest of the manga was. Genuinely one of the most heartwarming manga I've read, it feels like a stand-out among shounens for just how personal it feels. I like how human most of the characters are, stuff like getting to see the villains return for their own arc of rehabilitation and seeing all the characters grow and change so much from start to finish is a really nice thing that we don't really get to see done well from other shounens since they tend to be lengthy as all hell.

better than wan panch

Stop making these threads, have your opinion faggot.

this, why are people so insistent on shitposting with this series? It doesn't deserve it

Including Escaflowne kind of threw me off.

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I'm on the same page. In the 2nd half of S2, the story seemed to lack the emotional impact that previous arcs managed to deliver, ending it a bit on an underwhelming note. The comedy and nonchalant characters make it seem like a parody at times, but it plays its tropes pretty straight, akin to OPM. It kind of made me expect something cleverer than we got. The series is really elevated by the lush production values and good comedic delivery (the S1 OAV is hilarious), making it a recommended watch for me. If the writing of the remaining web comic manages to find back to its earlier quality, I'd love to see another season, to end the overall story on a more satisfying note.

Yes

Why is every Mob Psycho 100 thread the same two types of shit? You made this exact post a few weeks ago and there's the other guy who makes the "Mob Psycho 100/10 Better than FMA" threads. Can we get a good Mob thread for once? I'll even take the fujos over this.

yeah it was pretty good

The new OVA will get a screening on July 7th according to the original announcement, but it won't release on home video until September 25th.

this thread again

See, I thought the same way like you did until the second half. The whole Claw stuff. Here you have this crazed villain that wants to dominate the world because of his gifts, but the way it was executed felt so lacking to me. I don't know how to explain it, but I didn't sense so much "danger" in his plan, the villain himself wasn't even much of a character and he should've been fleshed out a whole more. Mob should've spend more time with the guy so that the pay-off feels more impactful.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that the whole Claw stuff and the villain should've been more fleshed out and a lot longer, like a whole season for it or something.

boards.fireden.net/a/search/filename/100 pissed off Mob /

What are you even trying to accomplish? You try to lure shitposting and contrarian hate towards it?

I can understand feeling like the fight with the Claw Boss was underwhelming as a season finale, but the Claw Boss's character arc actually isn't over yet. He'll show up again in the final arc.

Why are people ITT acting like the anime is finished? Will there be no S3?

I can sorta get that complaint, at least, I had similar sorts of thoughts at the time. But personally I thought it was quite an enjoyable arc, not just because the anime gave it some of the best animation I've seen in years but I liked the character development we got for numerous characters in the show all in one arc. Suzuki and Serizawa being a sort of mirroring of Mob/Reigen under different circumstances made them a lot more effective too imo. But what's important to get is that the manga doesn't end after this arc, this arc is just a part of a whole and the villains in this arc also get quite relevant appearances later on too. It's what led to my overall enjoyment of the series to increase the way it did, the way it treats character stories as not being "over" just because they've lost a fight. Serizawa and Shou's dad do get a lot of that, even some members of the Ultimate 5 show up later on too for some nice roles.

Really? No wonder then. Here's hoping season 3 comes soon. Don't get me wrong, I feel the same way about other characters, it's Claw or rather Toichiro and I guess the fact that the anime had to end there. The Mogami arc and especially Mob's and Reigen's relationship and how Reigen bounced back thanks to Mob were my highlights.

>but I didn't sense so much "danger"
That’s the fucking point you brainlet. That he’s a delusional empty man with no real plan and only his power on his mind. It’s literally spelled out to you when they show the regular citizens didn’t care much like the telepathy club.

Not that user, but the S2 arc about beating claw and the dad seemed like a regular boss gauntlet that so many other series did. I got the impression that it didn't really focus on Mob's development as previous arcs did. At this point he was ok with himself, after the burned house stuff was put to rest. It kinda lacked that aspect of self discovery and betterment for Mob that previous arcs had and was just about Mob and friends beating various mid bosses and then the end boss. It was still entertaining, thanks to the animation and amusing comedy bits, but it was a step down from the impact the previous arc about the possessed girl had, as far as the emotional core was concerned. Best way I can put it into words at this hour.

Yeah this is what I meant, summed it up much better than I could.

wasn't one of the points of the S2 claw arc about mob learning to be assertive and that it's OK to use his powers to punish wrongdoers

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Mob’s character development had a shitton of focus. It shows all of Mob’s growth. That he is ready to do what’s needed and face the boss alone which is a reflection from season 1’s final there Reigan did it while he’s also able to convay his feelings to the boss which is arguably been Mob’s greatest hurdle. It shows a shit tone of the resultat of his development. I don’t understand why retades like you parrot some shit you read on reddit while totalt ignoring this.

Redemption is a really big thing in the series and so is the capability to grow, it's what makes the characters so likeable and memorable in my eyes even when they don't have that much screentime. I'd advise you read the manga but Bones have done such a bang-up job with the series that I think it's justifiable to wait for a season 3, especially since season 3's material shines through so damn hard even if the art isn't that great.
I can sort of get why you'd see it that way too, but I personally thought it had some pretty good characterization for Mob and especially as a reflection of his impact on other people in the series. Getting to see the Fitness Bros coming to his aid and protecting him the same way he's protected them felt like a great and natural development for an already pretty memorable group of bros. There's also other stuff like Ritsu coming out more from his brother's shadow while still respecting his growth, Teru being shaped as a better rival through him improving much more as a person after his encounters with Mob, and even characters like Shou getting development and fleshing out was a nice touch.
I think the best development came with Serizawa and Shou's dad though, since both reflected paths Mob could've very easily gone down it made his conflicts with them and how different they were really interesting.
Honestly I think if the season was longer people wouldn't have had these sorts of complaints with the arc because it does take more root as an arc that sows in seeds for later, we get to see several characters from it return and develop just like previous characters from season 1 and imo it gives them a fulfilling arc whereas season 2 mostly laid out the pieces for their arcs in the future.
also this, I thought that was handled quite well since it also helped further sow the seeds for Mob to learn to be more empathetic to people.

calm down friend, I can see where they're coming but the adaptation isn't complete yet so I'm sure people's opinions on the arc will warm up more when they see just how much of an impact it has on the story
to add, I still found it surprising just how much of an impact Mogami had on Mob, I thought he would be a one-and-done type villain the first time I watched the show but to see him change from his encounter with Mob in a way and for Mob to appreciate his advice enough to see him as an important person in his life was quite nice

>calm down friend, I can see where they're coming but the adaptation isn't complete yet so I'm sure people's opinions on the arc will warm up more when they see just how much of an impact it has on the story
I really couldn’t care less about people that parrot other people’s opinions while not thinking for themselves even a little. Giving out vague and shallow opinions that can be used for any show is just pointless. Writing long post using typical buzzwords but is completely absent of any actual insights and opinions is disgusting.

So it's really the last 3 episodes you have a problem with and not the season itself.

I agree that the writing suffers a bit in the claw arc but the purpose of that arc for the anime wasn't to showcase writing, it was to showcase animation which was top notch.

The last arc of the anime didn't need to be about Mobs growth because we had already seen him grow for the majority of the season. I can sort of understand that it comes out of left field for people when suddenly in the last episode Mob talks about his growth and philosophy when the previous 3 episodes didn't focus on that.

Don't get all agressive and defensive. I'm not taking away your sweets, I'm just posting in response to that other post about how I felt after I watched the series to have a little discussion and rest assured, I can do so without the need to look up others' analysis beforehand. I realize well enough that the arc shows the result of his journey so far, but I felt that it didn't move me in the way that previous arcs did, when Mob was still on his journey. That doesn't mean that I think you're wrong if you have felt differently about it.

In addition to what others have said, the anime also cut some stuff from the manga that developed Toichiro's personality a bit more. As a result, his anime portrayal made him appear more generic than he was in the manga in my opinion. Which sucks because he was actually my favorite villain.

But the arc did nothing but showcase Mob's growth. Compared to his actions in the season 1 finale when he couldn't even fight the Scars and had to leave it all to Reigen, he handled the situation against Claw himself and utilized all the lessons he learned (being stern, being the protagonist of his own life, etc)

this, the arc isn't really final-arc material, and it shouldn't be seen as such because there's still 2 major arcs and 1 minor arc of the anime after this. Both major arcs are very character-driven and the story imo is at its best because it involves minimal fights and it's mostly carried by the character's issues and developments., especially the final arc, which is really different compared to most final arcs I've seen in shounen in a really nice way that feels unique to MP100

> I can do so without the need to look up others' analysis beforehand
Obviously not if you miss even the most blantant of exposures.

What did the manga cut out that was important? I didn't really feel much of his characterization was removed in the anime since his overall beginning of redemption was handled really well and that's what made me start to like him when I was reading the series.

>Honestly, was it even good?
Season 1 was alright, a bit dirctionless.
Season 2 started amazing and then fell on its face in part of second season.

I mean did they just like destroy a city? Did millions die? Now they go free since they are sorry?
Once again One proves that he has no clue about tonal consistency or even keeping the stakes reasonable, but as way too many mangakas falls the victim of ever escalating stakes where the story starts to make 0 sense and it turns into power levels shit.

I dont know 7/10 as a whole? Not bad, but the lack of a proper buildup and then resolution to the second season makes it a "maybe" when it comes to recommendation material.

Well, personally I don't mind the final arc of the season being about showcasing the talent of the animators and fight choreography at all instead of being a smaller intimate story like the previous arcs of the seasons.

As you say, in the manga there are still more arcs to come so the final arc of season 2 being a big animation orgasm fest is only a problem if 2 seasons is all we are ever going to get. If it had been the conclusion to the story that's a problem, but it isn't the conclusion to the story.

>So it's really the last 3 episodes you have a problem with and not the season itself.

Yeah, and even those episodes were fun and entertaining. I'm nitpicking for the most part and wanted to convey why I felt that the last arc in S2 wasn't grabbing me like previous ones in a few general words and I even expressed in that I'd be happy for more, as the current state doesn't quite feel satisfying to me. Didn't expect that one user to chimp out as if I triggered some post traumatic stress disorder and I sure as hell won't write up an essay over this. Thanks to the anons who stayed civil.

Exactly, that's why I thought season 2 was pretty perfect honestly. It had the right amount of flash and orgasmic animation mixed with fantastic character building. Episode 5 and 7 are honestly some of the most stand-out episodes of anime I've seen, especially 5, I can't remember the last time I'd seen an episode as good as that.
don't take the ones that bite to heart, this series gets an awful lot of shitposting "criticism" for some reason so I can understand why there's some vitriol, but most people who like the series aren't like that.

It’s the other way around retard. It’s a flop but a cult classic.

If the posts that I think are yours are in fact yours, then you did come off as being a bit condescending which can rub people the wrong way.

I'm going to risk coming off the same way here but tone is so very hard to convey over just text.

Better than most shows of this decade and ep5 of season 2 was pure Kino
The villain was so good honestly
Overall for me mob psycho 100 is a 8.5/10 show
My 10/10 anime is psycho pass

good post

An OVA, I believe. Not enough material for a season.

Having an actual productive discussion about the series is the best way to make the shitposter seethe.

>My 10/10 anime is psycho pass
I cant even tell anymore if you retards are shit posting or actually making a full circle into pretending so hard you eat your own bullshit that psycho pass is good.

I think sometimes people who regard themselves as intelligent (or at least want others to view them as intelligent) undervalue the importance of spectacle. They say that 40minutes of pure action at the end of an action movie is just over indulgence or gratuitous but I so very rarely see them say the same thing about art films where the characters do nothing but talk in over complicated metaphors or every frame is pure symbolism.

I don't know if anyone here has seen the show Hannibal, I really love it but goddamn does it triple or even quadruple down dialogue and symbolic visuals.

It flopped in sales too.

what makes psycho pass bad? can you atleast give some reason to your hate?

My preceding posts were the following:
Among those, I'd consider only really confrontational, in response to the charming reply I got beforehand. But yeah, the tone of written words is not always conveyed or read as intended, so lets leave it at that.

This is your brain on Sakugablog

Okay, you weren't the poster I thought you were, my bad.

I sort of agree with you but for different reasons, since a lot of the complaints I've seen for ep 5 of MP's second season is the lack of dialogue/build-up before the midway point where all the action starts. I think what the anime did superbly with the Mogami arc is the "show don't tell" rule, where all the tone and feel of the arc came mostly from the visuals, but I think that's exactly what makes the pure spectacle of the fight in the 2nd half so damn good. Spectacle is fantastic, especially if it's a suitable payoff, and seeing Mob's extensive character growth in the arc was more than to make the fight itself and the sheer scale of it feel intertwined with the payoff. I think I rewatched the ep about 10 times now and I still feel so impressed by just how well it was done.
Nice argument, my friend.

what's wrong with appreciating sakuga? anime is a visual medium, and the workings behind the visuals is really interesting to read about

I completely agree with you.

AOTY

this, for me at least. I can think of like 2 other shows that've aired/are airing that come close but MP100's second season was a phenomenal ride.

The fights with the teleporter guy were pure unfiltered kino

>Portraying a teleport ability via having the backgrounds change
That was such a cool way of showing it, the scene with Teru having his head slammed in a wall, then a car then suspended in the air was a top-tier sequence

So did the first season, this one actually made a good amount thanks to merchandising and thanks to getting people to see the series as it aired via cinema showings which were always fully booked out.
We're getting a complete adaptation, feels fucking good

>decides he has to kill bossu's son because he's going to outsmart him
>spends 5 minutes fucking around instead of finishing him off
>jobs
a great character ruined by ONE's shit writing

I never said it wasn't - that has nothing to do with the mental faculties of Sakugablog's contributors and readers.

What do you mean? I don't read sakugablog, I only ever check the booru after I've seen a series/episode that I thought had particularly good animation and wanted to check it out again

When did he say anything about killing the bosses son? Hell, when did he talk about killing anyone at all?

But you know what he actually said? That the only person really serious about the world domination thing was the boss and that all he ever cared about was having fun.

I don't know, maybe it's just me, but I wish the anime didn't cut the talk between Mob and Toichiro. It might seem like a small thing but their debate is what initially hooked me to his character. Firstly, it was cool that they were having a battle of ideologies at the same time they were having a physical battle. Toichiro also made some reasonable points. He even called out Mob's hypocrisy when Mob used his powers against him. In the end Mob couldn't really prove him wrong the same way he proved Teru wrong in season 1.
I also wish they didn't cut the "I only kept the super 5 around as spare batteries" thing, which showcased even more how batshit he was.
The anime also cut out some internal thoughts Toichiro had during the final battle with Mob that I felt helped his character progression. All in all I feel like the anime made it more about power levels and bonds rather than the message about the dangers of over-ambition and individualism vs collectivism I interpreted from the manga.
Also I wish they didn't cut the part where Toichiro tries to commit suicide when he realizes he was wrong in his mindset.

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Okay so

Mob Season 2?

or

OPM Season 2?

The production is wonderful, but I can't care less about 99% of the characters. I think they are boring, including the protagonist. So when people say "MP 100 is the best shonen ever made" and that "it has a great character development" I feel somewhat dumb for not agreeing.

I didn't watch OPM S2, but OPM S1 was more fun than MP S1 for sure.

Is that even a question? Have you seen the difference in quality between those two? They're like polar opposites on the spectrum of good anime and shit anime, MP100 S2 is one of the most soulful sequels produced in the medium while OPM S2 is the most soulless piece of shit imaginable for how much it butchers the source material

Sure someone else has basically already said this, but the humanity in ONE's character-driven storytelling is what makes him stand out. There's a reason a shitty webcomic artist got both of his series animated by first-class studios as passion projects.

Read this excerpt from their Liz and the Blue Bird impressions:
>That conflict is compelling in its own right, but the team behind this movie wanted to take it further. To incorporate the dilemma into the production of the film, giving it audiovisual form somehow. The core staff came up with two keywords to build upon: disjoint and coprime numbers. The former is self-explanatory, while the latter is director Naoko Yamada‘s attempt to apply mathematical concepts to filmmaking; the lack of a common divisor beyond 1 is meant to represent the inability between the two main characters to connect beyond the basic fact that they love each other. This of course brings to mind her usage of mathematical limits in A Silent Voice to represent the dynamic between Shouya and Shouko – two people who will never be equal but are similar as they approach infinity. She came up with that idea while visiting the Critical Resemblance House and that had such an impact on her that she made it appear during the movie, but as seen in her new work, borrowing concepts from entirely different disciplines to portray human relationships has become a common strategy of hers.
Their pretensions would be laughable to anyone with a background in any sort of media analysis. They live and die on their industry insider knowledge, very little of which is even that interesting outside of disastrous production rundowns.

this. His stories and their focus more on the characters rather than superficial things like the idea of being strong is what makes his work so appealing. You don't have to be powerful to be able to relate with Mob, and it's what makes his and the other character's journies so fun to read and so touching at their core because of how universally-applicable the story's message is.

I see I'm not losing out on anything by having not read their blog entries then. I love the medium and love singing praises about it and shows that I enjoy, so i don't mean to come across as pretentious, but I can see what you mean with that example.

That seems like a report on something that actually happened rather than reading too much into random wankery.

Doesn't look that different from most media analysis written for websites or papers. You think the average media critic/analyst isn't pretentious?

Nah, OPM just got an animation thanks to the version made by Murata. And thanks to the success of that adaptation, Mob got an anime, and thanks to Bones Sakuga Power, the anime has become so critically acclaimed. ONE's charcter-driven storytelling my ass.

And what do you think drew Murata to contact ONE and start a collaboration with him in the first place?

Based retard, OPM exploded in popularity solely thanks to ONE's webcomic. It was his writing and the charm of it that got him to be popular enough to have Murata contact him to work on adapting the series into a manga. MP100 was also ONE's first direct attempt at making a manga and it was so popular it warranted an adaptation by Bones of all studios.

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why are mobfags so elitists? they can't talk about their favorite show without offending other works.

i especially hate the argument that mob is great because, unlike other shonen, the mc doesn't want to be the best, because wanting to be the best is a silly and kiddy desire.

Do you see a single person in this thread doing that?

The concept and the comedy around it.
Nope, the webcomic was a niche hit. Look at its shitty sales. Murata's version was a 500k seller.
>MP100 was also ONE's first direct attempt at making a manga and it was so popular it warranted an adaptation by Bones of all studios.
It wasn't that popular. Again, shitty sales. OPM was the reason it got an anime.

>they can't talk about their favorite show without offending other works.
Have you ever talked about any shonen in Yea Forums? Be grateful it isn't HxH.

no

The first fucking reply.

>muh sales
>using the fucking webcomic's sales as a figure to gauge popularity
Unbased retard
>One shitposter is representative of all people who like a series
Read the thread you moron

So you took one comment out of 99 that everyone ignored and used that as an example of mobfags? Hell, I wouldn't even describe him as being a mobfag either as he was disparaging Mob Psycho too.

How exactly is that him hyping "his favorite show" when he talks them both down?

>webcomic
>sales
is this the first time in your life you've heard of a "webcomic", user?

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>Mob Psycho 100/10 Better than FMA

Because it is fag.

Mob ??? Arc > Ed punching father

i can't really see how both are comparable since they're vastly different stories to begin with. Both are top-tier though

Mob psycho visual direction and animation is top notch. Generic ass story, and ONE's morals and ethics in Mob Psycho is whack.

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Oh boy, this reminds me of the whole "Superman isnt relatable." Shit that gets passed around. Mob Pyscho fanboys love to think ONE is a genius for making an OP character relatable

Mob > you > shit > your brain

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Both are complete shounen manga that didn’t run for too long.

But mob is better

I liked it.

I miss him

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Fucking great actually.

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POST THE FIGHT-ON OR GET OUT

It was hot shit so no it wasn’t.

Outlaw Star is the thinking man's Cowboy Bebop.

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Cowboy Bebop is so much better its retarded

pretty good honestly

Lewd him!

Damn you got that right on the first try.

Sorry that's illegal lewdanon

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So there was never a good Mob thread then.

Lewd my son