Reigen is a swindler, a scam artist, sometimes a buffoon – but he’s also incredibly ballsy, quite noble in his way and absolutely the guiding light in Mob’s life. The paradoxical side of these two central characters is at the heart of Mob Psycho 100 to be sure. Among them, I would judge, was the eye-opening experience Mob-kun has of manipulating living things – in this case vines, but who’s the say once the principle has been applied, it has to stop there? Exorcising a spirit haunting an amateur farmer’s field is no real challenge for Mob, but it’s a good re-acquaintance with he and Reigen – and a reminder of just how overpowered Mob is. This time around it’s only half the episode, though, and there are elements of some importance lurking here. So it was here – but in ways I would say were somewhat surprising.Īs he did with the series premiere (where he intentionally adapted two chapters which come much later in the manga), Tachikawa starts us off with a somewhat gag-driven Mob-Reigen sequence. Tachikawa-sensei understands and respects the importance of intra-episodic pacing – each ep is a self-contained narrative journey, a steady build, and the B-part is always always the half that floors you.
It was well worth the wait, of course – the best premiere so far even with as great as Dororo was, and I’ll be shocked if it’s not the best of the season in the end.
I actually found myself putting off this premiere for most of the day (a day off for me) just because I knew I’d only have the experience of savoring my anticipation for this series once. We’ll be seeing ONE’s manga through some of its strongest material too – and by all accounts, it’s brilliant. All of the key personnel are back in place – most crucially genius director Tachikawa Yuzuru – but with the addition of renowned animator and Tachikawa collaborator Kameda Yoshimichi as chief animation director (the first time he’s accepted that role for any series). The first series would almost surely have been my #1 show if it had aired in 2018 (that it was #4 in 2016 is just a testament to how good that year was), and there’s every reason to expect this one will be better. I’ll be honest – I probably should be worried, because my expectations are freakishly high. I was never worried for a second (and for me, that’s pretty goddam rare). There’s just too much quality in every facet of the jewel for that not to be the case – source, studio, director, staff, cast. But somehow with Mob Psycho 100 II my expectations lapped that concern and left it in the dust, because I had absolute confidence – no matter what my expectations were, this premiere was going to be great.
And that disappointment is a very hollow feeling when it comes. There is a phenomenon that happens, where your expectations for a premiere are so high that you worry (sometimes with cause) that it can’t possibly live up to them.
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