Mob Psycho is great. I just had a convo with someone else about it, so I'll just copy & paste it here lol.
It's great. I love how it criticizes characters (and people) that think they're special due to a specific trait. Perhaps a good example would be an overpowered shounen character, since underneath those powers, they really are socially-awkward and immature. Like, the main villain is literally a man-child lol. Mob is also like that, but he instead chooses to improve himself, shown through joining that fitness club, which was very endearing to watch. And holy shit, Reigen is the man. I loved the part where he absorbed Mob's powers, taking away the unnecessary stress he has since it the job "of an adult" to take care of that. Best mentor ever
I was honestly considering to give this a 9, but at times (very rarely though), the humor got in the way of some scenes where I didn't want it to. And the narrator at times was pretty annoying, especially when he explained shit that I didn't need to be stated if you used your eyes lol. But regardless, it's solid, and definitely a massive improvement on OPM.
I don't really pat much attention to milestones like that, unless if I were to reach 1,000. But instead of celebrating, I would be super concerned.
You gotta love how oblivious people are to the problem. I give them the answer and their decision is to exacerbate it even further by leaving a million "watch this" or "have you heard" comments... yada yada yada, just end my life.
Hey man, it's been awhile. Glad to see you're still alive :D
Haha, a little bit of both actually. It's mainly because I decided not to rate the several Pokémon specials and movies that I have no memory of, and since that's like 40-50 titles, my mean score shot up lol.
Thanks man! Though I'm not sure if that's a thing I should be proud of xD You'll get 100 completed man, don't worry. Do you get holiday's off where you live?
Hmm. If you want to get into the more unorthodox, but still incredibly fun, try out Kuuchuu Buranko(13 eps), FLCL(6 eps), or Tatami Galaxy(11 eps). For some more serious anime, try out Haibane Renmei(13 eps) or Millennium Actress( A 130 minute long film). You should also finish up Shouwa sometime since it gets really really damn great as it goes on.
And nice post about MP1000. I'm actually going to check that out soon, so thanks for that!
We all know that this show was going to be compared to One Punch Man before it even came out. And I mean why wouldnt it. It is made by same creator as OPM,similar premise,it has great animation and Main character kinda looks like and is somewhat as powerful as Saitama... And that is basically it.Those are major similarities.
I know that we humans like to compare things,especially if they look,taste or feel the same.Or in this case are made by same author that goes by the pen name of ONE.
But when ever I hear people comparing these two shows,my train of though is same as that of the guy behind the phrase "It is like comparing apple and oranges".While it is true that they are both fruits that grows on trees and are both round they have a lot of differences that make them unique.And while those trees are both planed by ONE, you should not expect same taste and quality.
And this reviewers right here will try to change your view of this show from " Wow, this show is ______ then OPM" to "Wow,This is a ____ show". And for those who did not watch Mob Psycho 100. Welcome. I hope that I will encourage you to check out this fun little show.
Now, let's make like kindergarteners and lets start counting to 100.
MP100 follow Shigeo Kageyama, a 14 year old boy that goes by the nick name Mob. He is one of few gifted individuals with psychic powers,also known as espers, that allow of him to manipulate objects around him with his mind. Espers are only people capeble of destroying ghosts that haunt their world. This caught the attention of the most "powerful" and "talented" esper Arataka Reigen,an esper for hire if you will. Not wanting to get his hands dirty with small jobs, Reign hired Mob and together they solve cases involving paranormal activities half of the time.Other half Reign gives his clients pleasure.
As you can see from my description, the show follows a really simple monster of the week formula. Episodes are usually made of bunch events that usually follow our two main leads in there day to day lives.They can range from jobs given to them by their clients to following Mob as he deals with prepubescent life. They can range from light hearted comedy filled adventures to adrenaline rushing in the spam of just one episode. Even when show goes into more streamlined ,less segmented arcs, it still keeps the feel of the previous episodes.
Now while this format of story telling may be simplistic, it does let us get feel for the characters and their personalities. Because even tho the events following our cast may be mundane, the cast following those events certainly is not.
Our main protagonist, Mob, at first glance looks and acts like Saitama with the wig. He is so powerful that no ghost or esper can harm him. He has relaxed ,dumb looking expressions on his egg shaped face. He has monotone voice that makes him sound like he we fall dead in any second.
But this is only if we start judging him by first episode.
In reality ,he is a shy, average student with low self esteem. He considers him dangerous to people around him. Because when he lets his emotion overtake him,he starts loosing control over his powers. Because of that he tries to keep his emotion all boiling inside him which gives him that look on his face. He thinks that without his psychic powers, he has less worth then his average joe. So he tries to build himself as a characters. He wants him being an esper be one of his characteristic, not his main one.
But for that he needs help.He needs some kinda of help, some responsible adult to show him a way.He needs a master. He needs,like all people at some point in their lives, some Reign.
Reign is best con artist,best mentor,best comedian and a best boy of this show. Reign is type of character that you just have to see to appreciate. At first he kinda seems like a big wang, using Mob for his own gains. But we soon see that he cares about Mob, and that he is not such a big of a con artist. He is the guy that stoles every scene he is in, and the biggest source of comedy.
Because it's the only thing I can truly judge well, and have things to say about other people seem to not mention
Though, I'm still in the process of learning. I had never really had what I felt were truly my own opinions on anything before I found ThatAnimeSnob. I used to just not know what to think aside from liking it or not. He caused me to think more critically about things. Not to mention, I haven't seen many movies or tv shows at all. I mostly play games and listen to music, though I suck the most at giving opinions on music.
Playing a game to look at it critically is very different from when I just play a game. The process of thoroughly analyzing and coming up with conclusions can be exhausting, but it's very rewarding and interesting. When just playing, only things that break the experience or what emotions it gives me stick out. When analyzing, while losing the experience the game gives, I can really start to see why I find something to work and why it doesn't, what the game has to offer, what the appeal is beyond the surface, how it's mechanics interact, how consistent it is, how it compares to a certain game, what the core gameplay is like, etc.
I don't see a lot of people besides ones like Matthewmatosis look at games like this. They seem to forget about the core game design and level design, and rarely answer why something works or doesn't. Even stuff that should seem like important facts to me are often overlooked, such as the less obvious differences between Pokemon Red and Fire Red.
I've always commented a lot, but with this new acc I try to not make too many pointless comments. Heh, so the comment section does seem to help huh?
I never had an older sonic series tho, I like, had avgn style vids on some bad pacman clone series called pac guy. Sonic was my first StaySkeptic vid :3.
I went from hearing no one talk about it to all of a sudden seeing it in people's favs, so my interest is piqued, if only to see where this show that was out of my radar up to this point, made other people's favs. It looks like a honest enough kids show so should be fun.
I loved almost everything about it, the plot, characters, themes...etc. But the suspense was just superb, I never thought that a manga can be so goddamn addicting until I've read GTO earlier this year. 20th CB was even better though, I finished reading the whole 249 chapters in six days time. That's pretty amazing for someone that isn't a big fan of reading mangos, especially for a slow reader like me xD. Friend is probably the best AND most tragic character that Urasawa has written, I found him to be relatable AF. (Okay maybe not the killing/bombing part, but still...his childhood past hits me like a bitch ;_;) Not to mention his awesome masks! (Ninja Hattori's mask was insta win) And he looks like Slenderman to boot :D What's not to love ? Kenji and Otcho are also my babies, both of them are so freaking badass! Special mentions to Kyouko for providing the best comedy moments lolz. (Loved her facial expressions when she got chased by one of Friend's followers, that part was epic win) With me being a huge fan of both Monster and Urasawa, it wasn't a big surprise to see me ended up loving the shit out of this manga :)
Monster is another story of its own as well, both have suspense that WILL slowly kills you as you progresses. Both has an amazing antagonist/protagonist to boot. Johan tho, he is slightly less creepier than Friend. (But he is still an extremely terrifying character, mind you) Both are made by Urasawa, so you can expect the same realistic characters design in 20th CB for Monster.
Yeah, Madhouse needs to adapt this. Seriously, just do it Madhouse.
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I don't really pat much attention to milestones like that, unless if I were to reach 1,000. But instead of celebrating, I would be super concerned.
Haha, a little bit of both actually. It's mainly because I decided not to rate the several Pokémon specials and movies that I have no memory of, and since that's like 40-50 titles, my mean score shot up lol.
Thanks man! Though I'm not sure if that's a thing I should be proud of xD You'll get 100 completed man, don't worry. Do you get holiday's off where you live?
Hmm. If you want to get into the more unorthodox, but still incredibly fun, try out Kuuchuu Buranko(13 eps), FLCL(6 eps), or Tatami Galaxy(11 eps). For some more serious anime, try out Haibane Renmei(13 eps) or Millennium Actress( A 130 minute long film). You should also finish up Shouwa sometime since it gets really really damn great as it goes on.
And nice post about MP1000. I'm actually going to check that out soon, so thanks for that!
I know that we humans like to compare things,especially if they look,taste or feel the same.Or in this case are made by same author that goes by the pen name of ONE.
But when ever I hear people comparing these two shows,my train of though is same as that of the guy behind the phrase "It is like comparing apple and oranges".While it is true that they are both fruits that grows on trees and are both round they have a lot of differences that make them unique.And while those trees are both planed by ONE, you should not expect same taste and quality.
And this reviewers right here will try to change your view of this show from " Wow, this show is ______ then OPM" to "Wow,This is a ____ show". And for those who did not watch Mob Psycho 100. Welcome. I hope that I will encourage you to check out this fun little show.
Now, let's make like kindergarteners and lets start counting to 100.
MP100 follow Shigeo Kageyama, a 14 year old boy that goes by the nick name Mob. He is one of few gifted individuals with psychic powers,also known as espers, that allow of him to manipulate objects around him with his mind. Espers are only people capeble of destroying ghosts that haunt their world. This caught the attention of the most "powerful" and "talented" esper Arataka Reigen,an esper for hire if you will. Not wanting to get his hands dirty with small jobs, Reign hired Mob and together they solve cases involving paranormal activities half of the time.Other half Reign gives his clients pleasure.
As you can see from my description, the show follows a really simple monster of the week formula. Episodes are usually made of bunch events that usually follow our two main leads in there day to day lives.They can range from jobs given to them by their clients to following Mob as he deals with prepubescent life. They can range from light hearted comedy filled adventures to adrenaline rushing in the spam of just one episode. Even when show goes into more streamlined ,less segmented arcs, it still keeps the feel of the previous episodes.
Now while this format of story telling may be simplistic, it does let us get feel for the characters and their personalities. Because even tho the events following our cast may be mundane, the cast following those events certainly is not.
Our main protagonist, Mob, at first glance looks and acts like Saitama with the wig. He is so powerful that no ghost or esper can harm him. He has relaxed ,dumb looking expressions on his egg shaped face. He has monotone voice that makes him sound like he we fall dead in any second.
But this is only if we start judging him by first episode.
In reality ,he is a shy, average student with low self esteem. He considers him dangerous to people around him. Because when he lets his emotion overtake him,he starts loosing control over his powers. Because of that he tries to keep his emotion all boiling inside him which gives him that look on his face. He thinks that without his psychic powers, he has less worth then his average joe. So he tries to build himself as a characters. He wants him being an esper be one of his characteristic, not his main one.
But for that he needs help.He needs some kinda of help, some responsible adult to show him a way.He needs a master. He needs,like all people at some point in their lives, some Reign.
Reign is best con artist,best mentor,best comedian and a best boy of this show. Reign is type of character that you just have to see to appreciate. At first he kinda seems like a big wang, using Mob for his own gains. But we soon see that he cares about Mob, and that he is not such a big of a con artist. He is the guy that stoles every scene he is in, and the biggest source of comedy.
Though, I'm still in the process of learning. I had never really had what I felt were truly my own opinions on anything before I found ThatAnimeSnob. I used to just not know what to think aside from liking it or not. He caused me to think more critically about things. Not to mention, I haven't seen many movies or tv shows at all. I mostly play games and listen to music, though I suck the most at giving opinions on music.
Playing a game to look at it critically is very different from when I just play a game. The process of thoroughly analyzing and coming up with conclusions can be exhausting, but it's very rewarding and interesting. When just playing, only things that break the experience or what emotions it gives me stick out. When analyzing, while losing the experience the game gives, I can really start to see why I find something to work and why it doesn't, what the game has to offer, what the appeal is beyond the surface, how it's mechanics interact, how consistent it is, how it compares to a certain game, what the core gameplay is like, etc.
I don't see a lot of people besides ones like Matthewmatosis look at games like this. They seem to forget about the core game design and level design, and rarely answer why something works or doesn't. Even stuff that should seem like important facts to me are often overlooked, such as the less obvious differences between Pokemon Red and Fire Red.
yo check this out
I never had an older sonic series tho, I like, had avgn style vids on some bad pacman clone series called pac guy. Sonic was my first StaySkeptic vid :3.
Thanks for clicking on me :D.
Don't worry, it won't happen again!
I was just updating my mang0 list, so I had already read those a long time ago xD
KLK was great fam :D
Over the top, tons of fun, and a nice theme about individualism.
Monster is another story of its own as well, both have suspense that WILL slowly kills you as you progresses. Both has an amazing antagonist/protagonist to boot. Johan tho, he is slightly less creepier than Friend. (But he is still an extremely terrifying character, mind you) Both are made by Urasawa, so you can expect the same realistic characters design in 20th CB for Monster.
Yeah, Madhouse needs to adapt this. Seriously, just do it Madhouse.