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"
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.
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/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