Synopsis

As probably the most powerful psychic on the planet, Mob Kageyama really just wants to talk to a girl he likes without freezing up. That tension between world-ending power and painfully ordinary adolescence is what made the first season work, and this second season takes it somewhere genuinely special. This 13-episode TV series picks up with Mob still working for Reigen, his mentor who's basically a con man with a heart of gold. They exorcise spirits, deal with haunted locations, the usual. But the dynamic is shifting: Mob's starting to think for himself, questioning whether Reigen actually has his best interests at heart, and figuring out what kind of person he wants to be independent of his powers. The emotional payoff in this season hits harder than most anime manage across their entire run. Studio Bones went absurdly hard on the animation here. Every major fight feels like a different artist got to go completely feral with their style, blending fluid sakuga with painted, almost impressionistic sequences. The soundtrack underneath all of it ties the chaos together in a way that somehow makes you feel things during what is technically a scene about a middle schooler throwing psychic energy at a ghost. If you liked One-Punch Man's take on overpowered protagonists but wished it had more emotional depth, or if The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. made you want a psychic comedy that gets genuinely serious, this is where you land. It's funny, it's gorgeous, and the character writing earns every dramatic beat.

Episode Guide

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Characters

Arataka Reigen

A con artist, Reigen is Mob's mentor, and self-proclaimed psychic, leading a spirit council.

Niosi Chris

Shigeo Kageyama

A socially awkward but compassionate psychic, Mob, strives for normalcy while controlling his overwhelming powers.

McCarley Kyle

Ekubo

Ekubo: a foul-smelling, disgusting evil spirit aiming for godhood, and Shigeo's self-proclaimed advisor.

Sorich Michael

MANGA BRIDGE

This season covers Chapters 51-91 of the manga. Continue reading from Chapter 92.

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In my preliminary review, I had said that this season of Mob Psycho, while overrated, was still good. After finishing the 4 episodes that I had left to watch, I no longer feel this way. MP100II took everything that made the first season great and replaced it with shounen tropes and fight scenes. In this review, I will talk about the plot of each arc and explain why every arc besides the Reigen arc is not good. This review will not touch on characters, art, or sound, as those are just as good if not better than season one's. Episode 1: Great stuff. This episode felt more like an OVA of the first season than the beginning of a second season. It had the same light-hearted mood and comedy as the first season. 9/10. Filler episodes before Mogami Arc: Pointless. The only purpose these episodes served was to set up the dark atmosphere of the second season. Light-heartedness and comedy are gone, and in their place, we get boring fight scenes against random antagonists that serve no purpose in the plot. These are truly Naruto Shippuden-level filler episodes. 4/10. Mogami Arc: The second-worst arc in Mob Psycho, and a prime example of my problem with this season. Instead of a unique Slice of Life, we get the single most generic shounen trope possible: "MC beats antagonist with friendship". This whole arc can be summarized extremely easily: edgy nihilist antagonist tells Mob that he has no friends. Mob is sad and nearly loses. Mob wins because he remembers he has friends. Did they mix up the MP100II script with the Boku no Hero Academia Season 8 script? This arc is nothing if not cliched. 3/10. Reigen Arc: This is how a serious arc in Mob Psycho should be handled. Reigen completely changes as a character after it; character relationships are deeply explored. I nearly even cried at the end of the arc. Oh, did I mention, there aren't any 10-minute long battle scenes thrown in. That might have something to do with how good this arc is. I'd probably have given this season a 4/10 were this arc not a 10/10. Boku no Hero Academia Arc: Vile blasphemy against the franchise. What am I even supposed to say here? I'm pretty sure that about 80% of this arc was battle scenes. The main antagonist is motivated by nothing but "me super strong me evil >:(". Instead of being, you know, an actual arc, this is just a collection of fight scenes against undeveloped antagonists who have no motivations whatsoever. Oh yeah, did I mention that the antagonists from season 1 are now supporting characters, and one of the antagonists from this arc becomes a supporting character by the end of the arc. That's really cool. I thought I was watching MP100, but apparently, I'm watching Crunchyroll's Movie of the Year 2018, Boku no Hero Academia the Movie: Futari no Hero. This arc is a solid 1/10. It's honestly quite amazing to me how one season can be so polarizing. How can the best arc in the franchise be sandwiched in between the two worst arcs? In conclusion, MP100II is an empty shell of its predecessor. Rather than being unique, funny, and engaging, it opts to be a generic, trope-filled collection of fight scenes with undeveloped antagonists.