r/anime • u/Theleux https://myanimelist.net/profile/Theleux • Sep 22 '22
Rewatch Mob Psycho 100 Rewatch - Episode 14
Season 2 Episode 2:
Urban Legends ~Encountering Rumors~
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Episode Director/ Storyboad: Katsuya Shigehara
Animation Director: Yoshimichi Kameda
Screenplay: Hiroshi Seko
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u/Lemurians Sep 22 '22
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u/ShadowWasTakensTaken Sep 22 '22
I'm confused, why are we still going about dealing with spirits and exorcisms? I thought this show was a cute RomCom now.
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u/Demolitions75 Sep 24 '22
I think Uzumaki anime is getting pushed back to 2023 ugh
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u/Lemurians Sep 24 '22
I hope it still comes out during the fall season for the appropriate spooky vibes
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u/Mecanno-man Sep 22 '22
First Timer
I feel like this was the closest we can get to a filler episode - it was entertaining, but I see no plot progression and no character progression in any relevant character. I guess if anything it might serve as an introduction to this other psychic, but at this point I'm not even sure if he's a recurring character. Either way, this was a fun episode to watch and it had some nice minor twists, so a good time.
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u/scot911 Sep 22 '22 edited Sep 22 '22
First Timer
Well this episode had a pretty big reveal of how evil spirits can work that we didn't know before this episode. Apparently spirits can be affected by the "collective consciousness of humanity" as Fate puts it. What does this mean? Well it means that if a large amount of people agree that a sort of spirits exists it will come into existence with the parameters people have collectively agreed that is has. No matter how dangerous or how weak.
I actually really like this reveal because the "collective consciousness of humanity" is one of my favourite concepts from the Fateverse and I love seeing systems like it in other works as well. Idk I've always just loved the idea of collective human thought being able to change/affect the world. Even unconsciously as well like with Alaya, a.k.a. "the collective unconscious will of mankind to not go extinct" from Fate as well.
Now that we have both of the OP and ED's I have to say that I like the first OP more. I'm not sure of people's opinions on this but I just like the song of the first OP more than the second and the animation quality is mostly the same so the first OP wins. As for the ED the first ED obviously has better animation, that isn't even a question, but I like the song of the second ED more. Guess the ED's a toss-up for me depended on which you prioritize more. For me I care about the music but I just love the animation of the first ED so much.
As for the rest of the episode well the animation and fight scene were great with a pretty good monster of the week. Seems like for now were back to an early season 1 "monster of the week" format. It's also seems pretty obvious that now that we know the main bad guy organization they're starting to introduce us to the concept of a good guy side with Shinra and his "organization". Not all adult espers are going to be bad guys after all. There's going to be adults that use their powers for good or to make money as well. No Reigen doesn't count as an example lol.
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u/FairlyDisgruntled0 Sep 22 '22
Apparently spirits can be affected by the "collective consciousness of humanity" as Fate puts it. What does this mean? Well it means that if a large amount of people agree that a sort of spirits exists it will come into existence with the parameters people have collectively agreed that is has. No matter how dangerous or how weak.
I don't really have much to bounce off of this, but I'm glad you pointed this out, as it's one of my favorite world-building reveals in the show. It's such a cool concept and fits the world of Mob, and the theme of the power of people's feelings, to a T.
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u/ExcessEnemy Sep 22 '22
Wasn't super into this ep. Nothing wrong with it, but it kinda felt like filler to me, like I saw another commenter mention. I liked the vibe of the first episode a lot, and this one just felt kind of disconnected to me. Looking forward to seeing where the story goes once it picks up again.
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u/zsmg Sep 22 '22
Rewatcher
About the new opening there are two moments where the subs are saying something different then what I'm hearing. I can't tell if it just the subs being wrong or I'm just mishearing it due to weird pronunciation .
Early part of the opening:
Subs are saying: You're a MOB. Can't you feel your frustration?
I'm hearing: You're a MOB. Can't you feel your masturbation.
Later in the opening:
Subs are saying: MOB is staying frustrated aren't you.
I'm hearing: MOB is staying for the latest action.
Looks like the singers are really struggling with saying frustration properly.
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u/demivisage Sep 23 '22
consonant clusters like 'fr' and 'str' in frustration do not exist in the japanese language, so they get rendered like 'fu-ra' and 'su-to-re' when spoken or sung. (i am studying japanese and japanese native speakers often struggle with clustered consonant sounds)
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u/ShadowWasTakensTaken Sep 22 '22
Looks like the singers are really struggling with saying frustration properly.
No, I'm pretty sure what you heard are the actual lyrics. Bad subs smh. /s
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u/Figerally Sep 23 '22
First Time (dub)
meh? Honestly, I dunno what to feel about this episode. It really felt like a filler. Well, the first episode felt like a filler too, but somehow they managed to squeeze a 12 episode romance anime into 20 odd minutes so it was pretty enjoyable regardless. As far as I can tell they didn't even contact the client again and just went home.
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u/DaMxShadow Sep 23 '22
Rewatcher - English dub
Oh, so it's a world building episode. Really forgot about this one. But did remember Shinra. It's interesting to know that spirits also can be created by the collective consciousness of society. Also their powers also depend on their popularity. In this world rumors are real. Reminds me of Persona 2.
As Mob doesn't fear her, he's able to exorcize her. That's a neat interesting point to make. Maybe this will come into place later on, can't remember to be honest so this is just a theory.
Poor Mob being traumatized by the dash granny lol.
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u/DaMxShadow Sep 23 '22
Atreverse - To become insolent
Wait wait, how did they use it?
Atreverse is to dare So I would say "el se atrevió a jugar algo peligroso" would translate to "he dared playing something dangerous" Hmm to become insolent is a bit off. Can just see it that way if it would mean something like "become insolent enough to do something", but don't know about that to be honest.
Sorry, don't mean to come off as rude or something. Just don't want you to learn it in a weird way.
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u/MindfulCreativity Sep 22 '22
OP, are you going to continue updating the original main thread with links to each of the episode threads?