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モブサイコ100
109
16
Finished
Apr 18, 2012 to Dec 22, 2017
8.8/10
Average Review Score
89%
Recommend It
9
Reviews Worldwide
Mob Psycho 100 is one of the most unique shonen manga I have read. With an easy to understand premise of "boy with psychic powers wants to impress girl he likes by joining the bodybuilding club", it's so much more than that. However, the real goal of the series is not that. It's something mentioned very early on by Mob's mentor, Reigen, which is just "Be the best person you can be". Mob Psycho 100 is not about this awkward kid dealing with espers and ghosts and all things supernatural, while trying to live his school life. It's about that awkward kid growing up as a person through allthe different people he meets, and at multiple times it's referenced how Mob is just a "blank slate" and he needs to "be somebody". It's here where you see the biggest difference between Mob and anyone else with psychic powers in the show who constantly think they're better than everyone else, while Mob is trying to BE like everyone else. It's the one story-based manga I can say has the perfect ending. Not because everything went his way, but because everything that happened is consistent with the message of the show. Definitely check this out if you want a heartfelt manga, and if you don't like the art at first, give it some time and it'll definitely grow on you.
Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama is an eighth-grade student blessed with extraordinary psychic powers. However, Mob decides to suppress his abilities in public due to its destructive and conspicuous nature. To keep his psychic powers honed, he works under Arataka Reigen—a self-proclaimed esper looking to make use of Mob's skills. Alongside Reigen, Mob spends his days exorcising evil spirits at Reigen's behest. With the simple wish to impress his childhood friend Tsubomi Takane, Mob works toward making himself more desirable. But troubles keep on bombarding his daily life, slowly breaking his shackled feelings. With his repressed emotions welling up, there's no telling what will happen once he reaches his limit. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Mob Psycho 100 is an antithesis to self-insert fantasies. This isn't about a bland, blank character wreaking havoc when showing off their cool power. This is about a genuine person as protagonist with his own personal philosophy and take on the superpowers. This isn't about the protagonist being admired by regular people because of his great power. This is about the protagonist admiring regular people and looking up to those who managed to improve themselves through their own efforts. These days, "reverting expectations" has almost became synonymous with "we did it worse than the audience expected, praise us". Thankfully, Mob Psycho reverts the readers' expectations ina well-crafted and enjoyable way, taking a jab at those "silly" superpower action fights and dragging them back into the reality by force with a take that I haven't really seen anywhere else. Make no mistake though, as Mob Psycho has its portion of exciting battles too. Yep, it managed to have its cake and eat it too, by not taking itself too seriously while also seriously exploring its themes. In its core, Mob Psycho 100 is a coming of age story carrying meaningful message of being honest to yourself and not losing the grip on reality wrapping itself in a pleasant mix of comedy, action and slice of life. What I especially like is how it stays away from the usual overused situations of "teen with powers" genre, such as "omg I have to hide my superpowers, nobody can find out or I'll be hunted down" and the absolute shocked overreactions of everyone when the powers end up being revealed for a cheap dramatical turn. No, here we have a protagonist who doesn't mind casually revealing his powers, he just prefers not to use them and values the "regular" way of doing things more, with the cast coming to accept the existence of those powers with similar causality, a reaction that just feels way more natural for modern humans. The weakest part of this manga is without a doubt the art. It fluctuates between being bad, okay and "artistic decision of artstyle" with occasional really good shot thrown in. Thankfully it works in the framework of this work and doesn't deduct from the reading experience at all, which is the most important part. It shines from time to time, but it could certainly use some improvement. Finally, is this worth reading if you've already seen the anime? Not really, no. The anime adaptation is great and better with every aspect (and mainly improving the visuals), so you're perfectly fine with reading just the last three and a half volumes that haven't been adapted into anime yet. Which I would really recommend doing if you enjoyed the anime.
Normally I write really lengthy reviews but I’m just gonna keep it plain and simple here. This manga is good. This manga is really damn good. Is the art the greatest? Not at all. Do you care after reading it? Not at all. I read a lot of manga and I don’t give 10s lightly whatsoever but the author ONE just loves to take them from me. I think compared to ONE’s other masterpiece manga, One Punch Man, Mob Psycho is the tiniest bit better. But that’s just a personal preference, all I can say is just read it and decide for yourself. You willnot come out of this feeling disappointed even if it’s not your favorite. Not one boring character, not one boring arc, not one boring story. Not one dull moment. Read it read it read it read it.
I'm surprised that there weren't many reviews of the manga considering there are over 100 chapters of ~40 pages apiece or so. It's taken about 2-3 weeks of reading 4-5 hours a day and 4-5 days a week. My reader was missing a huge chunk of the chp. 90 boss fight. Again it is a good manga but not what i would call groundbreaking or engrossing. I read OPM first (Manga, Anime, Webcomic) then MP100 (Manga, Anime), and i prefer OPM by leaps and bounds i prefer beat em-ups to this psychic thing. The anime's first "arc" follows the manga's first arc word for word justlike OPM, which i prefer for manga to anime adaptations, as that is what made the series good. There are 2 more arcs before we reach where the manga's at the Boss of Claw Fight, the Broccoli Tree Arc and now the Love Arc. There's a lot, but as it is right now I may not continue the series till it finishes, as it's not really holding my interest. Worth multiple{2 IMO} reads as you may pick up on things that you didn't see the first time around.
One has written a truly brilliant work which touches the audience emotion .This manga made me laugh, sad ,wild everything I prefer this over One punch Man. Art:The field where it lacks 6.5/10 but surprisingly i cannot imagine any other artsyle suiting this story as this one. Enjoyment :9/10 Characters:Mob is pretty likeable and so are other cast ,villians etc. Reigen sama:This character is the GOAT.100/10 the humour relatability and developement is great ,one of my favourite characters out there. Apart from art work the other problem I have was some arcs were boring like space one but apart from that very nice. Will definitely reccomend everyone togo through this.
