In the animation, there’s nothing for the audience to see. In fact, she says, there’s one next to her now. In the season’s second episode, a woman comes to Mob, his teacher, and another psychic for help, claiming that she is seeing spirits. Rather than a central drive to achieve greatness or be the best, which so often propels anime characters forward, Mob simply wants to use his powers to help people out in their everyday lives.Įven as the season starts to ramp up the action in episodes two and three - with Mob and Reigen clearing out quite a few spirits for their psychic detective agency’s new clients - the show still takes the time to let Mob’s character shine through.
While the pretenses of the relationship aren’t exactly honest, it turns out fine because Mob is just an overwhelmingly nice person. In fact, in the season 2 premiere, Mob quickly dispatches the episode’s evil spirit in the first few minutes, then spends the rest of the episode trying to navigate a confusing romantic relationship. With a premise so strong and easy to jump in and out of, the show constantly mixes things up and brings entirely different plots into episodes.
Along with his teacher, a well-meaning con man passing himself off as a psychic detective, Mob helps solve psychic mysteries and destroy dangerous spirits. Mob Psycho 100 follows the supernatural adventures of a boy nicknamed Mob who is gifted with incredible telekinetic powers. Now the show is back for its second season, and three episodes in, it hasn’t missed a beat. But the show’s first season turned that formula on its head - not just by being significantly funnier than most shōnen anime, but also by ending with the characters deciding that kindness and empathy were more important traits in a person than strength or special powers. On its face, it seems like a typical action show: a young protagonist who’s phenomenally strong, tasked with saving the day. There aren’t many anime like Mob Psycho 100.
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