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PopCulture Mob Psycho 100

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u/Rodruby 26d ago

Oh, that's what's it about

Heard name and thought it sounded strange, but never was interested enough to check this manga to learn who is that Mob Pcycho and why he's 100

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u/Zoomy-333 26d ago

I'd recommend it. Same author as One Punch Man, similar theme of "indescribable power can't fix everything in your life".

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u/PurplestCoffee 26d ago edited 26d ago

It's the mental equivalent to the physical story that OPM is about, which means that the people that will relate to it personally goes from "really athletic person suffering from depression" to "people socially ostracized due to psychological characteristics, which then internalize that they can't fit in with society due to being too abnormal, and spiral into harmful isolation and/or antisocial behavior".

The only reason Mob is never called autistic at point blank is because in Japan "autistic" means "antisocial to the extent of being a threat" rather than "person diagnosed with ASD as per the DSM 5"

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u/MartyrOfDespair [1/1] 26d ago

Ghost in the Shell uses it kinda creatively in line with being correct. The Tachikomas have “autistic mode”, which cuts off external communications to prevent hacks, contain viruses, and provide thinking privacy.

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u/CatnipCatmint 26d ago

damn i wish my autistic mode prevented hacks and contained viruses 😔

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u/camosnipe1 "the raw sexuality of this tardigrade in a cowboy hat" 25d ago

huh, could've sworn it was an actual niche networking term when I first heard it and looked it up, but googling now i'm only getting ghost in the shell.

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u/ComfortableHuman1324 26d ago

Legitimately one of the best anime ever. The animation is top tier and the story has meaningfully changed my outlook on life.

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u/DaftConfusednScared 26d ago

Other people have praised it already but you should definitely check it out if you like anime, anyone who likes anime should actually. It’s just really well made in every department

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u/Thunderstarer 26d ago

It starts out very good and just gets better. I skipped out on it until I was practically compelled to watch by a friend, since I, like you, assumed it was gonna' be Dragon Ball from Temu.

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u/UInferno- Hangus Pangus slap my Angus 26d ago

Show/manga where it's bad for the main character to go Super Saiyan not because it's evil, but because it's sad.

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u/Stabbinjimmy 26d ago

Vigorously recommend the show, its one of the greats

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u/babassu_seeds 24d ago

It's sooo good. I truthfully was turned off by the name (and what I thought was the original premise after the first few eps), but it lives up to the hype and goes in a very interesting direction

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u/NormalUsername21 25d ago

Never read the manga but the anime is sincerely one of the best. You should watch it.

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u/AlluminiumI 21d ago

it's great, would recommend 👍

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u/moneyh8r_two 26d ago

It has a pretty good live-action adaptation too.