The third season of Mob Psycho 100, which was made into an anime in 2016 and had its second season broadcast in 2019, will begin airing in October 2022. Created by ONE of One Punch Man, it is a masterpiece with surreal gags and the hot developments of a shounen manga, and the third season will likely bring the original story to its conclusion! The protagonist of this popular work, Mob, also known as Kageyama Shigeo, is the strongest psychic, but also has an overwhelming presence as a mob character. In this article, we will take a closer look at Mob!
Is Mob, also known as Kageyama Shigeo, the strongest psychic?!
The protagonist of Mob Psycho 100, Shigeo Kageyama (commonly known as Mob), is the strongest psychic in the work, with extremely powerful psychic powers. However, he is a boring-looking mob character who rarely shows his emotions, is extremely bad at sports, and is not good at studying. Although his identity is nothing other than his psychic powers, he has a gentle personality and does not wield his psychic powers carelessly.
A junior high school student who works part-time at a spiritual counseling center
Mob is a junior high school student, but he works part-time at a spiritual counseling center run by his master, Reigen Arataka. The spiritual counseling center is literally a counseling center for spiritual matters, but Reigen Arataka has no supernatural or psychic powers, but is a man who is unnecessarily good at talking and is almost a fake psychic who uses the so-called spiritual sales method. The consultations that come to him are basically unrelated to spirits, and he deceives them by giving them a friendly consultation or relaxing them with a massage, but occasionally when a real consultation comes, he calls Mob to solve it.
Meeting my master, Reigen Arataka!!
Reigen Arataka is a self-proclaimed psychic con man, who summons real psychics and uses them for his own convenience, but as an adult, Reigen is a very reliable adult for Mob and can be said to be a senior in life. When Mob was in elementary school, he visited Reigen's office to consult about his psychic powers. Reigen thought it was just something a child would say, so he said something that sounded like it, but those words were the ones that stuck with Mob the most. Since then, Mob has called Reigen his master, and regardless of his psychic powers, he respects him as a very reliable adult.
Mob's psychic powers are anything? He's a pro at both psychic and spiritual powers
Mob's psychic powers are basically an application of telekinesis, but he seems to be able to do pretty much anything, and he can move things and even fix broken things. He can even control plants. He can also create a strong barrier against attacks, and by applying it, he can fly and control plants. His psychic powers are also strong against spiritual beings, and he can exorcise low-level evil spirits in an instant,
When Mob reaches 100, something incredible happens...! ?
Mob doesn't show much emotion and is not noticeable in class. The reason is to suppress his own overly powerful psychic powers. Mob usually suppresses stress in this way, and when this exceeds his limit, he goes into a state of rampage. When he goes into a state of rampage, he loses his ego and unconsciously does all he can to cause destruction. Even if his psychic powers go out of control at 100%, he can still maintain his ego, which can still be controlled, but when Mob loses his ego and goes berserk, no one can stop him.
Supernatural powers should not be used on people
Even though he has very strong supernatural powers, he does not use them carelessly because of a past incident in which his supernatural powers went out of control. If his powers go out of control, he will become something other than Mob and will continue to cause destruction until he regains consciousness. While many characters become arrogant because of their supernatural powers, Mob does not become like that because of the catastrophes he caused in the past, and because he received very reasonable advice from Reigen Arataka. Reigen teaches that supernatural powers should not be used on people, that supernatural powers are an individual characteristic, and that there is no difference in the superiority or inferiority of being good at sports or studying.
Are Mob's supernatural powers also a complex?
Mob has super-strong psychic powers, but he has a complex about not having any other special skills. Mob avoids interacting with people and cannot exercise at all without his psychic powers, so he has a complex that "without his psychic powers, there is nothing left." Still, he wants to accomplish something (and wants to be popular enough to confess to his childhood friend, Takamine Tsubomi!), and decides to join the "Body Modification Club" to change himself. Mob grows little by little through the activities of the Body Modification Club and through incidents that are beyond his control.
Mob gets involved in various incidents!
Mob is forced to fight monsters from urban legends through a request from Reigen's Consultation Office, fights the strongest evil spirit and is shown his trauma, fights psychics from other schools, and fights a group of psychics plotting to conquer the world. However, in this work, yesterday's enemies often become today's friends, so he experiences meeting various people, from former enemies to others, and grows as a person.
Is Mob the symbol of a new religion?!
After a certain incident, Mob becomes the symbol of the emerging religion Psycho Helmet. Since there is no interest in him at all, the Psycho Helmet religion grows without a leader, but this suspicious religious group will later have a major impact on the entire town. His classmate Mezato is trying to make Mob the leader because he thinks it would be interesting.
Mob wants to confess his feelings to his childhood friend Takamine Tsubomi!
Mob has been in love with his childhood friend, Takamine Tsubomi, for a long time, and wants to confess his feelings to her someday. Tsubomi herself is a beautiful girl with a slightly quirky personality, but he has the goal of confessing his feelings to her someday. Although there was a story about this in the early stages, it was forgotten after the battle with psychics became the main focus. However, it is actually an important setting that leads to the final chapter.
【Mob Psycho 100 III】Summary about Shigeo Kageyama (Mob)
I've put together a summary of Mob, the main character of Mob Psycho 100! Mob Psycho 100 is a work that, while it takes many detours, is consistent in that it is a story that depicts the mental growth of the protagonist. The third season will be the climax of Mob's growth story! It's a little different from the climax of gag manga or battle manga, so be sure to check it out by watching the third season!
