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ONE-sensei is a bit of a troll, not gonna lie.
but... i actually like this ending, at least for comedy's sake. the stark juxtaposition of
'boy gets hit by a truck and his unexamined jungian shadow self flattens a city before he finally makes peace with it'
with
'and everything was just fine six months later'
is funnier than spelling out exactly how we get from point A to point B, because we KNOW — as the audience — that it wasn't 'just fine'. after everything we saw, how could it be?
subverted expectations underpin a lot of comedy, even dark comedy, especially absurdist comedy. MP100 is practically built on both. this story wrings a lot of humor out of sad, if not tragic, situations: witness shigeo's 'who told you you could pass out?!' after his home has been reduced to kindling. or ritsu's admission that he only recently stopped crying himself to sleep at night over his inability to bend spoons like his big brother. while he's letting shigeo know just how much he supposedly hates him in that alley.
not expanding upon the real-life consequences of said city-flattening is funny precisely because dropping 'i wrecked my hometown after nearly dying in a car accident on the way to ask out my crush when i was a teenager' in a conversation and just... leaving it there? would be fucking horrifying in real life. here, in the elastic magical-realist context of MP100, it's more darkly absurd than anything else...
more to your point, OP: in this particular series, ONE-sensei tells so much of this story by implication. the answers to some of your questions are in the text, only... alluded to.
this might get long. bear with me:
the fact that joseph from the government exists? and that he's an esper working in secret? implies that the knowledge of destructive espers might need to be concealed from the public at large, perhaps to prevent wide-scale panic or ostracism of espers themselves. i doubt the government was forthright with its citizens about the confession arc disaster or the actual cause, for the same reasons.
that suzuki's broadcast-hijacking world domination announcement is met with public disdain and ridicule, especially over social media? outside of our cast, no one actually takes his threat seriously until it happens. reigen's trash-talking claw's seventh division down to earth also shows how little respect espers who don't make themselves useful to society actually get here. he is, after all, just another member of the public.
that reigen agrees to take on haruaki amakusa as a client after the world domination arc in part because he's worried about losing business? people have begun to move away from seasoning city in the aftermath; whatever the threat amakusa's hyakki present, neutralizing them as soon as possible is best for reigen's continued financial health. i can see even more residents deciding they've had enough and leaving after shigeo's last brush with death. would you stay?
how many people know shigeo is connected to reigen, apart from the people they both know? out of his own inflated and fragile ego, reigen presents himself as a sole proprietor on his website; it doesn't seem his business or its reputation would be directly affected at all.
and the injuries caused? possible deaths? we get a taste: early on in chapter 100, several people are trapped and unable to move in a 地盤沈下 (jibánchinka, literally: 'land subsidence', which can apply to a sinkhole, a landslide...) shigeo has left in his wake. we only find out because a cop is being briefed on this and its cause while trying to detain the suspect for questioning.
but like all other bodily harm caused in this story, we aren't treated to the fallout. did the elderly ishiguro survive shou plowing him into the earth? did miyagawa die after teruki flipped his barrier onto him and broiled him in his own flames? did those high school bully boys live after shigeo cracked their heads open on the pavement like eggs? like, these are good questions. (i'm inclined to believe that all these people died, but many would call me harsh for saying that about an otherwise kind story. we never see them again, either way.)
shigeo actually has a healing factor of sorts; his jungian shadow self keeps plucking him from death's arms. we have no way of knowing if this is true for anyone else, because that isn't the story ONE wanted to tell. if nothing else, the mangaka's lack of desire to engage with this question of lethal consequences is at least consistent across MP100.
any questions that aren't answered either directly or that can't be answered by easy extrapolation can foster continued engagement with the material.
for example: we don't know what shigeo's parents think about much of anything in this story, besides how little they expect from him and how ritsu sets a standard they feel shigeo should live up to. this boy goes through hell multiple times and is never shown to confide in either of his parents about it, instead suffering in silence for some time until he finds someone he feels safe enough to talk to. all this gives me the distinct impression that shigeo just isn't that close to his mother or his father. i can understand why. it's actually kind of sad, even as readers' frustrated expectations of real-life parental involvement with — and confusion over — his and his brother's shenanigans also generate some dark humor.
this also establishes a precedent: since we never check in with them, by the time the confession arc rolls around, their opinion hardly matters. (but i'm sure someone has written a fic fleshing that out! i'm somewhat curious myself.)
#mob psycho#mob psycho 100#mp100#mp100 meta#shigeo kageyama#mp100 manga spoilers#confession arc#dramedy#magical realism#image description in alt#jungian shadow: the anime#ONE is a bit of a troll LOL#i like this ending though#you can fill in the blanks yourself#i feel like the absurdity of the entire situation is more apparent on the page#shigeo is an unreliable narrator#admittedly humor is subjective#one person's 'reducing the aftermath of a psychic catastrophe to a Noodle Incident is funny'#is another person's 'this is just lazy writing'#kageyama shigeo#分析
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Helloooo Mobreimob community how y'all doin'? :3
Rating: Mature
Relationships: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo/Reigen Arataka
Tags: Alternate Universe - Age Changes, Age Swap, Slice of Life, Unreliable Narrator, Mild Smut, 2814, Reader Beware You're In For A Mental Crisis, Angst, Fluff But Like...Sinister Music Is Constantly Playing In The Background, Untagged
Summary:
A slice of life between Master and Disciple.
#mobrei#grim scribbles#age swap au#kageyama shigeo#reigen arataka#mob#mob psycho 100#i know reigen abuse week was a while ago but i wanted pain :)
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A Murder of Crows and a Kaleidoscope of Butterflies
a murder of crows and a kaleidoscope of butterflies
by redberrysoda
A king steps down from the throne to become a prince's consort.
Words: 4540, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: モブサイコ100 | Mob Psycho 100
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Suzuki Shou, Dimple, Hanazawa Teruki
Relationships: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo/Suzuki Shou, Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo & Suzuki Shou
Additional Tags: basically mp100 ensemble cast, Alternate Universe - Royalty, Alternate Universe - Arranged Marriage, excessive use of italics and em dashes, alternating pov, unreliable narrator..... kind of, there's art here too!! by me!!
Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43077870
#AO3 Feed#FanFiction#AO3 Shoumob#♥#Shoumob#Dimple#💜#❤️#R:T#A:Redberrysoda#Royalty AU#Marriage AU#November 2022
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Genesis of Feith
genesis of feith
by dicc
He was nearly blinded by the whorls of vibrant cyan that were bleeding from Mob's frame. Small palms framed by brisk slants of mauve, and fingers rung with luminous divine light. His crow-feather hued hair rose through the still air, the strands cutting against the curve of his cheek.
"A little godling," Arataka breathed.
It is 1871. The dawning of the Meiji Era, when politics and arcanity were shifting all at once, as skies were darkened by burnt altar-shrines, and greed flowed like western gold into the hands of the state.
This is when Reigen Arataka is forced out of his work as a (discretively fake) shaman by the sudden appearance of Tsume, a divine organization run by the infamous Suzuki clan. As he prepares to depart and begin a new life, he is suddenly saddled with Mob, an odd child who holds spiritual abilities he had never thought were possible, and whose soul is entangled with a god's.
Well, Arataka may not know how to raise a child— but he does know how to worship his gods.
Words: 10669, Chapters: 1/6, Language: English
Fandoms: モブサイコ100 | Mob Psycho 100
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: Gen
Characters: Reigen Arataka, Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Hanazawa Teruki, Serizawa Katsuya, Kageyama Ritsu, Suzuki Shou, Suzuki Touichirou, Claw Members, Mogami Keiji, Kageyama Siblings' Parents
Relationships: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo & Reigen Arataka, Hanazawa Teruki & Reigen Arataka, Reigen Arataka & Serizawa Katsuya, Hanazawa Teruki & Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Kageyama Ritsu & Suzuki Shou, Reigen Arataka/Serizawa Katsuya, Hanazawa Teruki/Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Kageyama Ritsu/Suzuki Shou
Additional Tags: this fic doesnt really focus on romance, so those ships could be read as platonic, Ancient History, Alternate Universe - Historical, Alternate Universe - No Powers, (erm sort of), Hurt/Comfort, Heavy Angst, Protective Reigen Arataka, Dark Reigen Arataka, yup you've heard it here first, Morally Ambiguous Character, Platonic Relationships, Unreliable Narrator, Dysfunctional Relationships, Codependency, Morally Grey Reigen, He gets better dont worry, Politics, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Shamanism, POV Multiple, Time Skips, reigen is a fake ex-shaman and mob is a "god", also featuring: enemies-to-friends (and potential lovers) serizawa/reigen, teru having his life changed by mob (who woulda thunk), and ritsu and shou bein scheming little dudes
Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44090973
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that scene in season 1 where teruki hanazawa exorcises ekubo mid-sentence... and shigeo's eyes widen in shock?
i really want to talk about it, specifically the explosion meter accompanying it.
normally, when the teenager's emotions aren't obvious to the audience, that meter relays to us a sense of what he is actually feeling. but we cannot trust the meter here. we see it jump up a few points at teru's 'psycho wave' sending the sleazy ghost to the shadow realms, and remain steady at 50% upon shigeo's recollections of the spirit's unsavory nature. the boy outright tells teru that he isn't bothered. and it's funny!
but shigeo isn't being honest with himself here either.
his face briefly gives his feelings away before resettling into its normal flat affect. (to be fair, what he's really feeling isn't teru's business. this kid is trying to provoke a fight out of him, after all.) after he's basically tortured into exploding, shigeo spends three hours in the pouring rain, searching everywhere for ekubo.
three. hours.
these are not the actions of someone who isn't bothered. letting himself get drenched to the point of sickness,
even though he literally holds the power to shield himself from it,
reads to me like unconscious self-punishment for allowing all this to happen.
after a large chunk of his short life spent denying and fearing them for good reason, shigeo's first impulse is often not to use his psychic powers -- even after his integration at the story's end. i wish this was discussed more, because many watchers cannot fathom why this boy with world-breaking psychic abilities would ever refuse to use them.
also: the explosion meter lying to us / representing shigeo's detachment from his own emotions alexithymia may occur elsewhere in the series as well, especially when he's not close to an explosion; i'm reminded of the tiny dent ritsu's provocation of him makes in it a few episodes later.
#mob psycho 100#mp100#mp100 meta#alexithymia#unreliable narrator#self blame#self flagellation#mp100 s1 rewatch#trauma#tw death mention#this boy often does not think to use the power he has#it's something i wish was talked about more#there are good reasons why#he won't use his powers to solve his problems#even when they actually can and he probably should#because they're capable of doing and have done real fucking damage#life on hard mode on purpose?#i think he'd be even less comfortable using them after outwardly fighting with himself#at least for some time afterwards#this should be another post#700#kageyama shigeo#分析
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Genesis of Feith
genesis of feith
by dicc
He was very well blinded by the whorls of vibrant cyan that were bleeding from Mob's frame. Small palms framed by brisk slants of mauve, and fingers rung with luminous, blinding divine light. His crow-feather hued hair raising through the still air, the strands cutting against the curve of his cheek.
"A little godling," Arataka breathed.
It is 1871, the dawning of the Meiji Era— and Reigen Arataka is forced out of his work as a (discretively fake) shaman by the sudden appearance of Tsume, a divine organization run by the infamous Suzuki clan. As he prepares to depart and begin a new life, he is suddenly saddled with Mob, an odd child who holds spiritual abilities he had never thought were possible, and whose soul is entangled with a god's.
Well, Arataka may not know how to raise a child, but he does know how to worship his gods.
Words: 10669, Chapters: 1/6, Language: English
Fandoms: モブサイコ100 | Mob Psycho 100
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: Gen
Characters: Reigen Arataka, Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Hanazawa Teruki, Serizawa Katsuya, Kageyama Ritsu, Suzuki Shou, Suzuki Touichirou, Claw Members, Mogami Keiji, Kageyama Siblings' Parents
Relationships: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo & Reigen Arataka, Hanazawa Teruki & Reigen Arataka, Reigen Arataka & Serizawa Katsuya, Hanazawa Teruki & Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Kageyama Ritsu & Suzuki Shou, Reigen Arataka/Serizawa Katsuya, Hanazawa Teruki/Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Kageyama Ritsu/Suzuki Shou
Additional Tags: this fic doesnt really focus on romance, so those ships could be read as platonic, Ancient History, Alternate Universe - Historical, Alternate Universe - No Powers, (erm sort of), Hurt/Comfort, Heavy Angst, Protective Reigen Arataka, Dark Reigen Arataka, yup you've heard it here first, Morally Ambiguous Character, Platonic Relationships, Unreliable Narrator, Dysfunctional Relationships, Codependency, Morally Grey Reigen, He gets better dont worry, Politics, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Shamanism, POV Multiple, Time Skips, reigen is a fake ex-shaman and mob is a "god", also featuring: enemies-to-friends (and potential lovers) serizawa/reigen, teru having his life changed by mob (who woulda thunk), and ritsu and shou bein scheming little dudes
Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44090973
#AO3 Feed#FanFiction#AO3 Terumob#♥#Terumob#Ritshou#Reigen Arataka#Katsuya Serizawa#💜#💛#R:T#A:Dicc#No Powers AU#Hurt Comfort#Angst#January 2023
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From Here on Out I'll be Considering My Feelings More
from here on out I’ll be considering my feelings more
by suzukiblu
“Oh,” Mob says in absolute horror.
Hanazawa-kun is a girl.
Words: 10156, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: モブサイコ100 | Mob Psycho 100
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: F/M, Gen, M/M
Characters: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Hanazawa Teruki, Kageyama Ritsu, Kageyama Siblings' Father, Kageyama Siblings' Mother
Relationships: Hanazawa Teruki/Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, one-sided Kageyama "Mob" Shiego/Takane Tsubomi
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, unintentional misgendering, Bisexual Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Trans Hanazawa Teruki, Internalized Transphobia, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, awkward teenage hormones, Awkward Teenage Groping, Awkward Flirting, First Kiss, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Consent Issues, Discussion of Underage Sex, Off-Screen Statutory Rape, No Sex, Unreliable Narrator, Accidental Outing, Making Friends, Pre-Relationship, Oblivious Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Protective Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Hanazawa Teruki Has Issues, Hanazawa Teruki Needs a Hug
Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43086423
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From Here on Out I'll be Considering My Feelings More
from here on out I’ll be considering my feelings more
by suzukiblu
“Oh,” Mob says in absolute horror.
Hanazawa-kun is a girl.
Words: 10156, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: モブサイコ100 | Mob Psycho 100
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: F/M, Gen, M/M
Characters: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Hanazawa Teruki, Kageyama Ritsu, Kageyama Siblings' Father, Kageyama Siblings' Mother
Relationships: Hanazawa Teruki/Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, one-sided Kageyama "Mob" Shiego/Takane Tsubomi
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, unintentional misgendering, Bisexual Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Trans Hanazawa Teruki, Internalized Transphobia, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, awkward teenage hormones, Awkward Teenage Groping, Awkward Flirting, First Kiss, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Consent Issues, Discussion of Underage Sex, Off-Screen Statutory Rape, No Sex, Unreliable Narrator, Accidental Outing, Making Friends, Pre, Oblivious Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Protective Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Hanazawa Teruki Has Issues, Hanazawa Teruki Needs a Hug
Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43086423
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Destruction Yearns for a Kinder Time
Destruction Yearns for a Kinder Time
by charybdiaa
Shigeo Kageyama, in the depths of destruction, can only yearn for a kinder time he cannot remember. In a world of swirling grays and blues, he can only pursue spots of brightness and saturation in an attempt to find something real. However, everyone has a limit. Strong souls must break eventually.
(Multichapter study on the Mogami arc, because I have many illnesses. Illustrated.)
Words: 4974, Chapters: 1/3, Language: English
Fandoms: モブサイコ100 | Mob Psycho 100
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Categories: Gen
Characters: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Mogami Keiji, Reigen Arataka, Kageyama Ritsu, Kageyama Siblings' Mother
Relationships: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo & Reigen Arataka
Additional Tags: Mogami Arc, Derealization, Manipulative Language, Out of Character, Unreliable Narrator, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst, Embedded Images
Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/39904620
#AO3 Feed#FanFiction#AO3 Mob#♠#Shigeo Kageyama#Keiji Mogami#Reigen Arataka#💜#R:M#A:Charybdiaa#Angst#June 2022
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#AO3 Link#FanFiction#AO3 Mob#♠#Shigeo Kageyama#Reigen Arataka#Dimple#💜#R:T#A:CowardlyBean#January 2024
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Room of Hyacinth (2023)
Room of Hyacinth (2023)
by thebirdofthechapel
Seven years ago, Kageyama Shigeo was once a normal psychic until people's thoughts came flooding into his mind. Then came more powers like teleportation, pyrokinesis, clairvoyance, and telekinesis that can get rid of storms. These extraordinary abilities robbed him of something important, but they were no match to the damage done by his black hair turning pink.
At the same time, a certain boy once had all these extraordinary abilities Shigeo received and was left with only telekinesis and the cursed gift of the third eye…
A country of many gods, curses, evil spirits, beasts and shamans and spiritualists. Someday, they'll either destroy or save it but today, they're middle school students occupied with navigating their youth and respective special circumstances.
Words: 5633, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Series: Part 2 of The Older Brother of the Psychic's Little Brother
Fandoms: モブサイコ100 | Mob Psycho 100, 斉木楠雄のΨ難 | Saiki Kusuo no Sai-nan | The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Categories: Gen, Multi
Characters: Saiki Kusuo, Kageyama Ritsu, Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Saiki Kusuke, Akechi Touma, Nendou Riki, Takane Tsubomi, Reigen Arataka, Takenaka Momozou
Relationships: Saiki Kusuke & Saiki Kusuo, Kageyama Ritsu & Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Kageyama Ritsu & Saiki Kusuo, Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo & Saiki Kusuo, Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo & Saiki Kusuke, Saiki Kusuke & Kageyama Ritsu
Additional Tags: Brotherly Love, Coming of Age, POV Multiple, Unreliable Narrator, Slice of Life, Supernatural Elements, Bullying, Mental Health Issues, Family Drama, Ensemble Cast, Other crossover characters instead of OC's, Mixed with Jujutsu Kaisen lore, longfic, All Saiki and MP100 supporting characters will appear, I won't tag them all but I may add more according to story progression, Technically a continuation/sequel, but is also a stand-alone for anyone who didn't read the first part
Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47017357
#AO3 Feed#FanFiction#AO3 Ritsu#♦#Ritsu Kageyama#Kusuo Saiki#Saiki Kusuke#Shigeo Kageyama#💙#R:T#W:D#W:V#A:Thebirdof#Crossover#Fantasy AU#Mental Illness#May 2023
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Out of Sight
Out of sight
by Vrow
Dimple glances backwards and scoffs at how Reigen glances at the cellphone on the desk. “Eh. No need. This one should be a piece of--”
There's a displacement of air and it's like half of Dimple has simply ceased to exist, and what remains of him is faded at the edges, a shape that cannot hold its form. Then his sight blurs, and he barely feels its claws as it throws him outside.
Words: 1946, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: モブサイコ100 | Mob Psycho 100
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: Gen
Characters: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Dimple, Reigen Arataka
Additional Tags: Case Fic, Unreliable Narrator Elements, Ghosts
Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/32958607
#AO3 Feed#FanFiction#AO3 Mob#♠#Shigeo Kageyama#Dimple#Reigen Arataka#💜#R:T#A:Vrow#Ghost AU#August 2021
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Pull Up the Weeds to Grow Back Stronger
Pull Up The Weeds to Grow Back Stronger
by SpiritusRex
Asagiri Minori chooses a terrible time to try and begin her redemption arc.
Words: 6003, Chapters: 1/2, Language: English
Fandoms: モブサイコ100 | Mob Psycho 100
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: Gen
Characters: Asagiri Minori, Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Mogami Keiji
Relationships: Asagiri Minori & Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo
Additional Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Bullying, Repeated Mention of Animal Death, Slight horror, Implied Violence, Mogami Arc, Mogami Arc but it takes a twist for the better eventually, if you read and think tags need to be added let the author know, Unreliable Narrator
Read Here: http://archiveofourown.org/works/19759393
#AO3 Feed#FanFiction#AO3 Mob#♠#Shigeo Kageyama#Minori Asagiri#Keiji Mogami#💜#R:T#A:Spiritus#Hurt Comfort#Angst
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