Mob Psycho subverts the shonen genre by making the focus of mob not on his power, but on himself, which is something i really love about the show. The growth in skills he experiences has nothing to do with psychic abilities, but instead, with something else entirely.
Mob starts out as an awkward, uncharismatic kid. He isnāt able to read the room. He doesnāt know how to get his point across. He isnāt able to articulate his thoughts and feelings.
Reigen being mobās mentor, but not being a psychic, seems to go against everything you would expect from an Anime mentor figure. I mean, how is he supposed to help mob as a mentor if he canāt train him to better use his powers? But the truth is, Reigen is the perfect mentor for Mob. Unlike in other shows where purpose of the Mentor is to teach the main character to improve their powers, Reigen exists to help Mob grow in other ways. Mob is a character that needs to improve his ability to connect with other people. This is something that reigen is able to teach him. Reigen is charismatic, diplomatic, and good at reading people. In this sense, he is the person best fit toĀ ātrainā Mob. Heās the perfect mentor figure for what Mob needs.Ā
I also loved that the climax of the first season did not end, as many anime seasons do, with Mob fighting and beating the villians to a pulp. Instead, Mob transfers his powers to Reigen, so Reigen can stand in his place and succeed where he could not: in persuading the villians to change their ways. Mob isnāt a character that tries to win fights by sheer force of power. Instead, he usually tries to convince the opposing person to see the error in their philosophy, and to change themselves. In the beginning of the first season, heās not really good at it. Heās not able to convince Teru to stop attacking him, heās not able to stop the psycho cult. He ends up having to resort to using his psychic powers, despite the fact he would much rather not. As the show progresses, Itās not Mobās powers that grow, but his ability to change peopleās perspectives.
This scene right here. This is where I really realized just how much Mob had grown. Heās so- so eloquent.Ā Heās able to argue and defend his point of view. Its more than just a simple,Ā āYou shouldnāt rely on your psychic powers.ā He is able to articulate and explain to the grunts exactly why it is that they, even as espers, still need to rely on others. Something about this speech had such a Reigen feel to it. It reminded me so much of the speech Reigen makes to the Scars at the end of Season 1.Ā
I feel that throughout this season Mob is growing, but not in power. Heās growing in confidence, learning to better articulate his thoughts, learning how to better connect with people. THATāS the real power heās learning to hone.
And for that growth I feel so proud of him.
Mob as a character has grown so much since the first season. And honestly? I just canāt wait to see how he grows throughout the rest of the show.Ā
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