Mob Psycho 100 III

After foiling a world-threatening plot, Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama returns to tackle the more exhausting aspects of his mundane life—starting with filling out his school's nerve-racking career form. Meanwhile, he continues to assist his mentor Arataka Reigen and the office's new recruit, Katsuya Serizawa, in solving paranormal cases of their clients. While continuing his duties, Mob also works on gaining more independence in his esper and human lives, as well as trying to integrate better with the people around him.

However, new supernatural and ordinary challenges test Mob’s emotional stability and force him to confront the realities around him. As he strives to continue forward on the path to maturity, Mob must resolve his emotional crises and reassess the naivety he has held on for so long.

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Reigen, Arataka Main

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Kageyama, Shigeo Main

Itou, Setsuo Japanese

Ekubo Main

Ootsuka, Akio Japanese

Kageyama, Ritsu Main

Irino, Miyu Japanese

Hanazawa, Teruki Supporting

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Gouda, Musashi Supporting

Seki, Toshihiko Japanese

Kurata, Tome Supporting

Tanezaki, Atsumi Japanese

Serizawa, Katsuya Supporting

Hoshino, Takanori Japanese

Suzuki, Shou Supporting

Kokuryu, Sachi Japanese

Onigawara, Tenga Supporting

Hosoya, Yoshimasa Japanese

Minami, Masahiko Producer, Planning

Matsuda, Akio Producer

Oomori, Shinji Producer

Kondou, Shuuhou Producer

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Jun 3, 2024

Latooq

Recommended

Season 1 of Mob Psycho was far from perfect, but there were bits that were really good and the story had a lot of potential ( just like XBox has potential to win this console generation ). And having finished the last two seasons I can confidently say that the writing got noticeably better. If the first season is dough, now it's more like a slightly burned apple pie. Yes, you can still enjoy it but you need to be picky about the pieces you choose.

The character writing is the best part about this show. And compare to the first season, where all the characters ... got equal amount of screen time, which means every of them had next to none of it, the focus has been changed from introducing as many characters as possible to developing already established ones. Kageyama, Reigen, and even Dimple have unique personalities and their dynamic is what makes the story unique. Those moments where the characters interact with each other, dealing with their problems, and just living their lives are what the first season was missing. Unfortunately, this the only improvement the sequels managed to pull off.

The supernatural stuff keeps pushing my suspension of disbelieve to its limit. There are other minor issues the show has, but they don't worth attention compare to this one. The anime constantly changes its tone from lighthearted slice of life moments to death battles, after which every character acts like it never happened, they just continue to do their chores totally clueless that some of them were on the verge of death a couple of days ago. In addition, it's so safe that I had to look up on the internet the rating. And apparently PG13 means for kids below 13 in Japan, because everyone is safe. Side characters? Nope, all of them are alive. Regular citizens, whose houses were completely destroyed? They just evacuated beforehand, so their lives ain't in danger as well. The evil organization from the first and second seasons, whose goal is "[to] destroy everything that people built and hold dear"? They're just peacefully waiting in a tower and let the vice president free after they abducted him for no reason. Claw is a total failure because of its unoriginality and the way it's executed but this deserves its own analysis.

Mob Psycho is one of those anime, where I'm not sure if I like it. The character writing is not the best to ignore all the flaws. As well as the bad parts aren't that bad to make me completely forget all the fun I've had with this show. As I said you need to be picky about the parts you bite. And I also said that the writing had significantly improved, so if you overall enjoyed the first season you can go for it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Dec 2, 2023

Halcyon13

Mixed Feelings

Season three understandably struggles to match the previous seasons in scale, partly because we're well past the stage of incrementally stronger antagonists, but also due to ONE reorganizing the format of Mob Psycho's climactic payout. Structurally, similar to what we're accustomed to, these final few arcs are self-contained, although, unlike the prior instances of somewhat cohesive dramatic writing, this conclusion is a scattered attempt at characterization, employing certain events that should have taken place somewhere in the middle area of the story or never. The series is harmed by the length of the final season, and a full slice-of-life exercise in emotion pales in comparison ... to what the viewer has already experienced, a combination of moderately capable genre elements, regardless of how much action is integrated into major plot points or one's impression of such. It's rather predictable where the narrative is headed early on, as there are very few options outside of a deus ex machina confrontation that shocks Mob's perception of the status quo, an ultimately flat realization under the shadow of a tediously roundabout result. The basis of his reserved personality is his unpredictable psychic powers, but the resolution of his insecurities has been generally available en masse throughout each conflict, to the point where one would expect the finale to offer provocative insight into bending the superpower subgenre. Unfortunately, the implications are the same as any other title in this demographic, perhaps even more narrow and eye-rolling than the thematic substance the series initially had.

The style of character writing is more or less the only genuine motif in Mob Psycho, predominant in its closing moments, yet massively divisive in the believability of erratic emotional intelligence over a long stretch that appears fitting, but drags along on a path between friends and foes past and present. It maintains a steady pattern of cause and effect, effective enough if the script is uninterested in original ideas, and that's indeed the case for much of Mob Psycho up to now. Admittedly, it's difficult to entirely discredit ONE's approach to developing a character plagued by low self-esteem, more so in the context of the target audience. There is inevitably sappiness, an oversaturated dependency on friendship, which is completely fine to the extent of retaining attention through entertaining dynamics. This season establishes Reigen as often the sole source of wit, facilitating every functional instance of comic relief, the particular case in point being the hollow boredom most of the dialogue is laced with. Reaction humor has its limits, but even within those restrictions, Reigen sets comic relief in motion. However, the primary unredeemed hitch in the narrative is Mob, or other characters being driven into a power-up corner. It's a byproduct of the story's structure in some capacity, although there are just as many questionable choices, where a certain member of the cast is assigned a strict role through a sudden surge in ability. Most importantly, the presentation of each standardized moral lesson is derived from insignificant conflicts, nostalgic pandering, and regressive development.

Studio Bones has had considerably better production values on various projects, albeit season three's visual technicalities are slightly better than the previous seasons by comparison of storyboarding clarity. It's still not quite up to par in numerous cuts, e.g., underwhelming storyboarding, weak transitional editing, and generally shabby execution preventing any refined key animation from exhibiting maximum quality. Nonetheless, there are improvements too, namely, the excessive esper VFX is toned down, and the formerly borderline incomprehensible sequences have stronger continuity. The buzzing rumors around the extent of hand-drawn effort are a definite exaggeration, as there's no substantial difference across the quality of the series as a whole, and while it's obvious that certain episodes have numerous in-betweens for character acting, it's still not always on-model or relevant in context. The animators employed some unconventional animation techniques, such as the ED's paint-on-glass impressionism, fascinating even if the imagery itself is mediocre, and doesn't serve a visual purpose to the actual story. Wakabayashi and Kawai's collaboration on sound is mainly without issue, and there are a few standout tracks that are synced with the more relaxed atmospherics well. Mob Psycho occasionally finds its stride, but an aimless final act is a far too quiet farewell.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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Jan 24, 2023

Dislexic_Potato

Not Recommended

A disappointing conclusion to a great anime.

After watching the excellent Season 2 late last year, I was really looking forward to Mob Psycho 3 but decided to hold off on it due to the change in voice actors which I found quite jarring. Now that I've finally gotten around to watching it I'm honestly pretty disappointed. This season for me was a mess, with terrible pacing, episodes that feel completely out of place, storylines that don't really go anywhere or relate to an overarching plot. It just feels very messy to me.

I started to get hooked towards the middle of the season as Mob finds ... himself in a difficult situation but then it just quickly boils over and the show just goes back to being a happy slice of life anime which I found bizarre. Episode 8 in particular made me question why I was even watching the show, its so out of place. Tonally the show is all over the place and doesn't even seem to know itself what story it is trying to tell. Just random episodes that feel disconnected except for a couple of episodes in the first half relating to Dimple which felt like they were building towards something greater only to fizzle out.

This season also has by far the weakest fight scenes of any season with a serious lack of action that made the show quite boring at times, aside from one episode with Dimple which I found to be excellent. The voice acting is decent but I do think the replacements for some of the actors are a downgrade and I think its a joke the way in which Crunchyroll handled the dub situation. Also the ending to me was very unsatisfying and quite random.

Despite my issues with this season, there is still great animation, likeable characters, funny moments and some level of entertainment here. I was just very underwhelmed mainly due to the lack of action and lack of a real plot and especially after how great season 2 was. The fact that this season is rated so highly on MyAnimeList is crazy to me.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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