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In which a teenager got rejected by their crush, thanks them for their honest reply, goes tell their friends that they got rejected, cries openly with friends while they comfort them.  

Everyone needs this. So simple yet so many things get in the way.  Just pure acceptance on every level.

The mangaka said he wanted to write a big story about one small step, and I think a lot of us needed a story like that.

One of my favorite underrated bits is when mob asks the body improvement club for advice on asking a girl out, and they genuinely have no idea

The fact that One made a character like Reigen, someone who should be a despicable con artist with the worst track record possible into my favorite character through sheer compelling writing is definitely a big achievement.

This anime is honestly one of those pieces of media that can alter how you define yourself and want to live your life. Thank you so much for all of the in-depth videos you've done for this series

I think the big thing about Mob crying over Tsubomi is such a testament to his growth because before, he wouldn't have cried. He would have kept it all in and pretended it didn't bother him. But because he finally accepted himself and everything with it, for the first time in a long long time, Mob finally let himself feel with his whole heart, even if it's something as painful as heartbreak.

The character arc that genuinely hit the hardest for me was Serizawa's. Seriously, the phrase "it's never too late to start" is always thrown around, but it hits different seeing it in action. It was actually touching to see him redo his schooling with true enjoyment.

I do really appreciate how much Tsubomi gets characterized in her own arc. They don't retcon anything and show that it actually takes a lot of character to reject someone like Mob. She walks her own path and that gives her a lot more personality than you get out of a lot of women in anime.

Someone once mentioned that Dimple is the first person to bridge the gap to ???% because he's been unfailingly honest, and I love that. Shigeo knows Dimple always says it like it is without hiding anything. While Mob was brainwashed into forgetting Dimple's sacrifice, ???% (Mob's subconscious) would remember. Most importantly, Dimple accepts the worst parts of himself without hesitation, something ???% wants Mob to do; accept every dark and negative emotion he's suppressed. Out of all Mob's friends, Dimple was the only one who ???% trusted completely.

FINALLY some tsubomi appreciation. i saw someone once say that the end of mob psycho makes you like every character more "except tsubomi" and i was like wtf are you even talking about??? she waited through the goddamn apocalypse bearing down on her because she didn't want to break a promise to her friend???

I really love how the relationship between Mob and Tsubomi was left positive but ambiguous. She really was the goat waiting through a natural disaster for our boy (that was also our boy.)
I also appreciate how she appreciates Mob for actually treating HER like a human, calling her ahead of time rather than lining up with the rest of the mooks on a conveyor belt of emotionally exhausting disappointment. All in all, by far my favorite story of all time, truly a masterpiece of our generation and what I consider essential viewing for anyone.

Seeing Mob do a full belly laugh with full happiness and confidence is the most fulfilling thing to see after this whole AMAZING story. This will ALWAYS be my favorite anime of all time.

I could've listened to another hour of this.  this show makes me feel heard more than most

mob psycho literally changed my life  i dont care if its cheesy or childish. im someone who has depression since 4th grade, and mp100 genuinely changed my perspective on life and helped me through some of my recent rock bottom times. although it didnt cure me, it definitely changed me significantly. being able to relate to shigeo so deeply despite not being a 14 year old with supernatural powers but just because he portrayed the way i felt inside so accurately and then being able to see him change and evolve as a person gave me hope and motivation to change myself. i really dont care how silly it seems. it will forever be my favorite show of all time and i will forever cherish it in my heart. it prompted me to change myself, to decide to recover from my multiple mental illnesses, as well as take better care of myself and to open up to the people around me.

It's too bad this didn't include some introspection on Teru and his fantastic final battle with Shigeo.

He basically mirrors Mob's own growth, essentially winning their fight by losing it physically. But prevailing with all his and Mob's ideals protected and confirmed by saving lives and acknowledging the struggles that Mob was facing at the same time.

When Season 2 of Mob Psycho aired, I finally decided to join my high school’s track and field club in sophomore year after backing out as a freshman. Now I’m running in my spare time and have even won some divisions for 5K marathons. I’ve also been improving on my communication skills and am willing to talk to people more, so I see a lot of myself in Mob.
Thanks for this final retrospective, Geoff.

On an unrelated note,

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SUMMER TIME RENDERING VIDEO!! YES!

Mob becoming the vice president of the Body Improvement Club is one of the GOAT moments of anime, and they didn't even draw that much attention to it.

I'm gonna be honest, this show actually DID change my life, I went through some bullying in middle school and lost all my friends, once I reached highschool each day was harder than the next, I struggled to do anything, found little to no enjoyment in life, the summer after I graduated I just happened to come across this show, thought it would just be a quick laugh and that's all, but it was the speech Reigen gave to Mob when they first met...I don't know why...but I cried, it's like someone came over to me and said "you don't have to be special, just be a kind person, ok?" From that day on I became happier, my future became brighter, I finally was able to look toward a future that was no longer out of my reach, it was now in my grasp

Thank you for reading all this, I know it's probably a little weird that an anime made me so emotional

Rarely been so emotive at the end of a show. Shivers just thinking about that journey.