Sequels often tend to not capture the same spirit their original work had (e.g. FLCL Progressive, Psycho-Pass 2), but when they do (e.g. Clannad: After Story, Code Geass R2), they create something so special and so magnificent that it's something short of genius. Mob Season 2 manages to take every detail that made Mob Season 1 good and cranks it up to 11 while still adding a bit of ???% of love.
Seasons 2 presents a Mob that's changing and learning how to control his emotions bit by bit as we revisit the same part-time job and new foes, only that they are not simple tools set in our hero's journey, but actual people that for the most part made the wrong decisions (deciding between the right and the wrong path is a reoccurring theme even at the end). We also get to see the most pleasant humanizing of our favorite con-artist, the great "pshycic user" Master Reigen which formerly had been used more as a comic relief, now gets fully fleshed out, and it's outstanding. Also, the members of the Body Improvement Club get their moment to shine in quite the fashion
While many battle shonens' fights are decided by whoever has the stronger ability used as a trump card, Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 instead of using its trademark ???% overdrive of Mob, it borrows a leaf out of Naruto's book using its notorious talk-no-jutsu technique in order to connect to the people he's fighting, because Mob sees himself in his enemies and how close he was to becoming an villain had he walked down the wrong path. That's what people sometimes need, a person with whom to connect to and have a heart-to-heart conversation (both the case of Serizawa and our final villain.) Words are the most powerful weapon after all.
I want to give credit to Studio Bones for upping their game with the "orgasmic" levels of Sakuga-animation that they put into making this adaptation (e.g episodes 1, 5, 10, 13 being the stand outs)
In the end, Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 managed to outshine everything its prequel managed to excel in and delivers an exhilarating outburst of greatness. It probably isn't a masterpiece, only time will tell, however it is a clear contender for anime of this decade.
