not bad not bad, must say i enjoyed this more then i thought.
Mob psycho 100 is hard to really put into words (i mean try explaining to someone what the opening theme is like) there's action, comedy, cliffhangers, thriller moments and bad ass moments all with a message more or less attached to them.
Story wise, it felt really straight forward in my opinion. We get introduced to mob, why/how he's so strong then characters like Reigen and slowly ease in later characters that will have a massive impact on the story like Teruki and Ritsu. This anime has a good amount of action in it, so so i would really say that tbh this anime is only action. Not saying its bad, it does the action scenes well, its just we are always hinted at mob longing to really see what his purpose in life is, to have a more normal life without the crutch of his psychic abilities, yet end of the day we see him have to resort to using his abilities, maybe because the situation calls for it, but we never see him be able to escape the reality that he will forever have these powers.
Characters were funny and great to see. Loved Teruki, probably a personal favourite from the soul fact that after we first saw him as the arrogant "protagonist" of his own world that would wonder around looking for a fight, get royally fucked by mob and taught a valuable lesson about how arrogance and self indolgense only leads to ones downfall, really takes it into account and turns into a really reliable character. We see him try to talk it out with Ritsu first when Ritsu himself was drunk with power and explain why thinking your the strongest star isn't always a good mindset. As well as helping mob later rescue Ritsu later and then supposedly starting a group of young espers to defend their city from Claw at the end of this episode. Teruki, hands down had the best character development in this anime.
Other characters like Ritsu himself, first i hated cus i thought his "jealous brother who becomes drunk with power" was really cliche but eased out a little after his contribution in the claw arc. Mob himself, had character development, except it felt so extraordinarily tiny. I really wanted this anime to focus on Mob finding were he wants to be in life and create his own goals, not relying on his abilties, but i guess if that happaned the action would be toned down a lot.
Now Reigen is a interesting one. Its such a love hate relationship if i'm honest. I dislike the guy cus he's a con-artist and i hate how well he does it. But i love the guy cus taking out the con-artist part, he gives the best advice out there, and who needs the best life advice he can get?Mob. Reigen's true intentions with mob, isn't just to exploit him to perform exorcists on spirits, but is to help him grow up to become a good person, someone who can openly express themselves and learn to not relay on their abilities all their life. This is really shown in episode 11 when he tells mob it's "ok to run away" and to NOT go all out. He really cares for mob and wants him to have a good upbringing so he can understand the amount of responsibility that weighs on his shoulders with how powerful his abilities are.
Art, is a wacky/10 from me. Made by the same people that made one punch, you could tell they slightly spiced the animation down to help add the the crazy and just random approach they wanted. The art more or less also swings both ways, it can be fucking 5 year old sketch book when it wants to be, then good quality visual/effects when mob is about to wipe the floor with someone. The art is balanced. As all things should be.
Side points, opening theme track? Fucking loved it, as well as the ending theme track + animation.
All in all 7/10 for me, really enjoyed it. Onto season 2! |