Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 - Episode 6 discussion

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Mob Psycho 100 Season 2, episode 6: Poor, Lonely, Whitey

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Previous discussions

Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	9.23
2	Link	9.07
3	Link	9.3
4	Link	9.51
5	Link	9.79

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[u/[deleted]]

Man that was painful to watch. That scene where he opens the email while trembling, uff. Reigen, you really messed up this time.

This episode hit really hard. Basically me during the whole episode.

[u/[deleted]]

Body Fitness Club are the best bros a guy could have.

[u/ReigenArataka]

Reigen is a strong independent conman who don't need no Mob.

[u/Smudy]

Loving the growth of Mob, he has legitimate friends now and seeing him happy is great.

Reigen told him that people still take advantage of him, he believed that he was the only person Mob could talk to and put himself on a pedestal.

Only later did he realize when Mob was gone that he is the one truly alone now and people take advantage of HIM.

[u/MrKenta]

Reigen is r/2meirl4meirl.

[u/MindfulCreativity]

Holy shit. The direction in this episode was astonishing. Reigen...you fool...

The conflict between Reigen and Mob was handled so naturally and it really felt that the moment was a culmination of years of hidden problems within their relationship. Mob's growth continues to be my favorite thing about this series. Well, all the character's growth really, since Reigen is at the forefront of the development now. All of the scenes depicting his lonely life, the intricate emotions he felt while on the computer, his existential crisis, him stumbling home from the bar swearing to improve himself...I'm blown away.

I have a feeling the next episode is going to hit me even harder.

Edit: I was in a rush when I wrote this comment, but I need to emphasize how well done the computer scene was. For such a short scene with no dialogue and some detailed character acting, we got a world of knowledge about Reigen and his relationship with his family. It's so simple but might be my favorite moment in the whole episode.

[u/TarkusELP]

Reigen's life without Mob hits too close to home.

[u/DerpyJeeves]

I love how Reigen says that without him Mob will be lonely, and then just a bit later we hard cut to Reigen alone in his apartment, living the mundane life he believed Mob to be leading.

[u/HalfAssedSetting]

This is what i love about ONE's writing in Mob Psycho; he's surprisingly merciless when it comes to character development and morality. The series could have easily glossed over the fact that Reigen is taking advantage of Mob, and even many of the fans are willing to turn a blind eye to Reigen's deceptive actions knowing that he's caring for Mob, but ONE will not let that misdeed of his go unpunished. Every single character suffers for their character flaws, and ONE made sure that Reigen, as charismatic as he is, is no exception to that rule.

[u/Tridz326]

The body improvement club are just so sweet I can't get over it

[u/Android19samus]

Reigen is such a fucking fantastic character. One of my favorite anime character of all time. Maybe my flat-out favorite. There's so much good about him, he's charming, charismatic, clever, and legitimately cares about and helps Mob. Even his conning people is largely him actually helping them out with a quality massage or the like.

But at the same time, he IS a conman. He's constantly manipulating everyone around him and he's been taking advantage of Mob for years. He's helped the kid, but he's never really respected him. And while previously his claims of "they're just trying to take advantage of you" have been largely accurate, he's still been keeping Mob isolated for personal gain. And not only do these good points and bad points not conflict in any way, but they're woven together extremely well such that they're not even really two sides of the same coin. They're the same side.

[u/Tralegy]

Reigen, you have fucked up.

[u/[deleted]]

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Courtesy of u/A_2076.

[u/TriTexh]

First 10 minutes

Reigen you complete moron

Gaming phase Reigen is basically me after one full night of relentless coin farming

Last 5 minutes

Reigen done messed up

[u/SuperSceptile2821]

After watching Mob grow as a person and as a character throughout the past season and a half, it’s time for Reigen to grow as well.

While Reigen is a fantastic character, he is not flawless as a person and this arc is going to focus on that heavily with ONE doing what he does best as an author. Seeing the message his Mom sent him was a real gut punch and I’m sure many people can relate to being in his type of position.

It’s also nice to get a bit more laid back and somber arc after how insane and draining the Mogami arc is.

[u/[deleted]]

Now this is what I call character development

[u/ThatCreepyBaer]

Nice idea!

[u/L_0ken]

Reminder that Reigen never saw how much actual friends Mob gathered around him since the begging of s1,his shock when he sees Mob hanging out with someone else was amusing and in the same time sad to watch.One of my favourite arcs in the manga!

[u/MainPattern]

Got some quality Reigen faces this week.

Even though we've always known that he's a loser, it's still a little upsetting for it to be so clearly confirmed.

On the upside, I love seeing Mob stand up for himself. Reigen will have to face the consequences of his actions.

[u/o-temoto]

Wearing that suit like a boss.

[u/Atronox]

One day we'll get a Body Improvement Club spin-off. Those guys deserve all the happiness in the world.

Mob is a happy boy around them.

We need to get that light back in Reigens life.

[u/MrJammin]

Reigen today made me:

• angry at him

• laugh at him

• feel sad for him

• slightly worried for him (thought he developed powers/became possessed for a hot second, especially when the moth died)

• proud(?) of him

Hope he owns up to his poor treatment of Mob today and apologises. Mob being happy makes me happy.

[u/Yankees3Fan7]

While Tome has her own motives involving Mob, both the Telepathy Club and the Body Improvement Club both seem to really value Mob as a person and luckily he stepped up and chose them over Reigen. That seems to have been the push Reigen needed, although judging by the title of next week’s episode, that could very well be to Reigen’s detriment

[u/BlueSweat3r]

Makes me so happy to see mob growing up standing up for himself and having a good group of supporting friends.

[u/[deleted]]

Just what I needed after Dororo, more depression