Mob Psycho 100 Ep 1: Psychological Reaction (Patreon)

Hello Patreon family! I hope you enjoy my detailed psychological analysis of episode 1 of Mob Psycho 100! I came into the show with no expectations and completely blind, as always, and, boy oh boy, I was pleasantly surprised by the over-the-top animation and comedic gold throughout, without overshadowing the important psychological undertone.

My main takeaways from the episode

1) There are people in our lives, similar to Reigen, who represent ambiguous attachment, and they may not fill the role or the void of our primary caregivers or meaningful relationships, but they play a role nonetheless

2) Reigen is a half-fraud-half-mentor for Mob, and I am curious to see the ongoing developmental impact and outcome of their interesting dynamic

3) Mob's emotional flatness does not mean the absence of his emotions, but rather his active emotional suppression because of his fear that his psychic power may lose control; at the same time, what we do not express gets depressed over time, and we must learn to verbalize and externalize our internal pressure and emotions

As always, I made the first episode free for everyone to celebrate a new, wonderful series. Happy weekend, and new series, everyone~

PS., to all Yappers and Seekers, your 1-week early access to episode 2 will be available soon