MOB PSYCHO 100 resonates with the everyday students struggles of growing up

by ARIEL MOORE [lead writer]

Mob Psycho 100 is a supernatural, slice of life, comedy, coming of age and action anime all at once. Not a single time throughout the season did it feel like the storytelling was lackluster and the main character, Shigeo Kageyama, also known as Mob grows throughout the story developing both his esper abilities and his social abilities.

At the start of the story Mob is friendless, emotionless and working at an exorcising business. Eventually, he joined a weight lifting club, made friends and learned to express his emotions all while facing off against a malicious esper agency aiming to take over the world. Despite this, he was able to overcome both physical and mental blockades in order to better himself and shape himself into the person he wants to become.

The animation is absolutely gorgeous, especially in fight scenes.

The way the scenes flow in the background and the characters move in such an intense yet beautiful way to depict their fights is indescribably amazing and unmatched. Even in emotional scenes, the way the faces look is so human and adds to the sadness and helps to provoke an emotional reaction from viewers. The art style is simplistic yet remarkable and due to it setting a certain standard of weirdness and oddity the animators are able to go all out and create subtly disturbing images in certain scenes to give a sense of horror during the most intense moments.

Throughout the final season I found myself on the verge of tears seeing all my favorite characters live out their final stories. It brought so much sadness to my heart, yet a sense of finality. Every journey must come to an end, and this ending was satisfying. Especially in the final season each word was powerfully spoken. So much anguish was put into each phrase and I was deeply affected by the unmatched voice acting. Everything in this anime is so well done and each and every moment was enjoyable in a multitude of ways. 10/10