Anime – Mob Psycho 100 II

Anime Nov 22, 2019

Overview:

First few episodes are single ep days in the life of Mob and Reigen followed by a small arc about a man who has a problem with his daughter where Mob is forced to face himself and in turn grows, id say, a large amount mentally. Reigen gets his own arc where he is needing to face his loneliness and self-preservation of not wanting to move forward or grow due to fearing what’s to come not wanting anything to change. Reigens arc wraps up very nicely and like Mobs last arc, he has become more self-aware you could say.

Now onto the main arc of the season with plant man and ghost rider knock off that we sadly don’t see enough of. At the end of episode 8 is when it gets down to business. The tone for this season shifts even more than the other arcs too far. Debatably this is the best character arc for Mob as the daughter one set his personality up to the point of where he is ready to face the challenge that awaits him. Saying he went berserk would be an understatement. At the end of the arc Mob starts to learn that it is true, he can’t watch over and make sure all the people he believes he changed due. His actions are finally realized to have a bigger impact than he initially thought and due to that he changes his perspective a bit on how he will face the challenge before him all while preserving his core.

Visuals/Music:

Looking at any aspect of the visuals and it is hard to find something that would be considered bad, maybe the odd animation mishap? That is pushing it quite a bit to even consider that a bad thing as animation errors are in every anime and form of media, even in the BD releases. Its fluidity from the fights to basic movements of walking around are smooth and refined. With the darkened and more bolded blob style animation for the characters it allows for some very interesting animation movements that both look satisfying and pleasing to the eyes. It is not your traditional style of animation and some may not like that but in recent years more anime has adopted trying to pull off different styles to add variety instead of the cut and dry traditional methods and there are no complaints.

The music/ost gets you in the right mindset that is trying to be portrayed when it comes to mystery, suspense and action. It compliments the scenes and is not out of place. On top of that the ending and opening are good. The ending being a bit better imo since it better captures the feelings of mob as his personality opens more as the series progresses.

Final Thoughts:

To me Mob I can recognize how good the story so far has been in both character development and execution of the story. However, one thing that really turns me off from it is the side characters while they are done good, they lack the ability to be completely relevant in the next arc in terms of power. Once they have had their arc, for the most part they don’t seem to grow stronger much or when it comes to fighting another villain they fall short. Nearly all major fights end in the same predictable way of Mob going berserk mode and raping them mentally and physically :mrclean: . While it is fun to watch Mob troll, the other characters should be given more respect in terms of fighting prowess as the ones shown in fights most of the time have been shown to be able to hold their own. Similar to the first season they hype up moments but then have it end with a fizzle instead of a bang. There is a reason the writing is like this and that’s because it is to represent Mob’s personality but to me I find it annoying. Must respect the amount of thought that has gone into crafting it in this way along with a lot of deeper meanings one can pull from the show if they so choose. There are great action scenes that don’t need to be looked at any other way if one so chooses but also can be, it’s a nice touch. Unlike a lot of shows where yes you can draw a deeper meaning out of, a lot of the time its not the intention of the creator, whereas here that is the feeling given off and shown from the way the characters have grown so far, namely Mob and Reigen.

Due to the way the story has been crafted, I can almost guarantee that any type of fan a person is they will find enjoyment from either surface level or looking on a deeper level. I do not highly recommend it to people though as I don’t like the fizzle endings where the buildup to the end just goes to meh. I can understand why others would highly recommend and wouldn’t argue as its perfectly understandable.

Characters (main) – 5/5
Characters (sub) – 3.5/5
Enjoyment – 3.5/5
Visuals – 5/5
Music – 4/5
Story – 3.5/5