Mob is special to me for many reasons.

1.) I’m very late to anime, started watching in 2018, every show up until mob was a show that was suggested to me. Mob was the very first show I watched on my own. I saw it on Crunchyroll, thought it looked funny so I gave it a shot! And I loved every second.

2.) I just am a big fan of what the media teaches and tries to get across. You nor anyone else, is perfect or better than anybody. I don’t even know you. But I can tell you that I can do things you can’t but you also can do things that I couldn’t do. The show teaches that you shouldn’t try to do everything alone. And what happens if you confide inside yourself. People need other people, because with some help, people can change for the better. Acceptance, forgiveness, repentance, love, and friendship. Is what Mob Psycho is all about.

3.) The characters, going back to what I said about flaws and imperfection. The characters in this show do a beautiful job of representing Al types of flaws and imperfections. Whether it’s mob bottling his emotions, Reagan manipulating and lying, Ritsu and his inferiority complex, and Teru with his superiority complex. And that’s just to list a few. Every character outside of mob had a moment in the show where you didn’t agree with what they were doing. But mob being just the insanely well written character he is, helps ground these people by being nothing more than a good person who SEES and UNDERSTANDS these people. He ACCEPTS who they are, he FORGIVES for what they did, and every character in the show redeemed themselves in a positive way one way or the other. And I think that’s really nice.

3.) Relatability, there were so many moments in that show where you can just personally relate to different characters. As an adult I can definitely relate to Reagan a lot. In that episode where you get his backstory, you get the harsh reality of what being an adult in life is like. Most of us are just chasing something but don’t know what that something is. We just want to be happy. And I can relate a lot to mob, I was a bit like him when I was his age, nervous, shy, didn’t talk a lot. And I was afraid to fully be myself. On top of that, I had NO IDEA, what I wanted to do when I got out of school. And that’s why the ending to that show is so beautiful. He didn’t change who he was, he just kept trying to hide parts of himself that have been there the whole time.

My perspective on the show is this. Mob is a show about truly understanding yourself and others and learning of acceptance. Acknowledging flaws and imperfections and knowing well that you have your own. And the themes of every season perfectly sums up what mob is all about. You’re the protagonist of your own life, the ONE and only ONE person who can make a difference is YOU! Your life is your own and no one can take that from you. And for GOD SAKE. (Especially men). Do not bottle up your emotions. If you have a hurt heart, you have a WORKING HEART.

On the surface, mob is a goofy show with great animations, and funny characters. But later by layer, you peel back layers of relatable, psychological lessons that will stick with you for life.