Super, Human Heroes (One Punch Man & Mob Psycho 100)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ต.ค. 2018
- How One uses Saitama and Mob's Superhuman strength to highlight their very human weakness.
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Also, I love how One never sexualizes the middle school girls. Like, even Tsubomi is cute to Mob but not physically overdeveloped and we as the audience don't see in her what Mob sees. The kids are treated like kids. Sometimes they are put into dangerous situations, but that is despite the best efforts of responsible adults most of the time. It's really refreshing
yes that is absolutly lovely - you are right
Ifkr.
Kinda tragic we need to praise people for not sexualizing kids
@@djmewtwo6981 The absolute state of the manga/anime industry:
@@guigs4467yup
I have never seen a writer better at balancing humor, action, and pathos as ONE. He is one of the uncommon geniuses of the manga world.
Amos Bellomy the only person I consider better than One is Sorachi, the mangaka of Gintama.
for me, sorachi weakens in the parts of action, but in the rest is hilarious
He truely is ONE of a kind
@Akihira Baka And what a lovely door it is!
@@avengedblackvortex i love how he taught me history too
Reigen is one of my favorite anime characters, mostly because of how much our opinion of him changes over the course of the season despite him not really changing as a person at all during that time. Looking in from the outside, Reigen's seems like a horrible person. A charming facade wrapped around a rotten core of scamming vulnerable people, including our protagonist Mob. And that IS a part of who he is. He never stops being that person (at least in season 1). But as we learn more about his relationship with Mob we realize that despite all the bullshit he still genuinely cares, and even if his lessons partially serve to cover his own ass they're still things Mob needed to hear. He's far from a perfect person, and he's probably not even really a good person, but he IS someone Mob can rely on and learn from.
@gameking845 Yeah, but as Geoff points out, when *that thing* happens in the finale, it's not that Reigen wins because he just overpowers everybody, even though at that moment he easily could and sort of does. He defeats them by breaking their delusions and forcing them to look at themselves from an outside perspective. In effect, doing the one thing that Reigen does best... he out-talks them. Charming bastard indeed.
and then season two dropped.
"He's far from a perfect person, and he's probably not even really a good person, but"
*He is a genuinely good person.*
Actually, even when Reigen is bullshitting people he does actually help them. As long as there's no actual spirit involved and people are just imagining it, well, telling them simple "there is no ghost" won't really convince them, but pretending to exorcise them makes them believe they're fine now.
Basically, Reigen is exploiting placebo effect, making him help people without having any actual way to help with spiritual problems.
Also Reigen is kind of a polar opposite to Mob, which makes them supplement eachother. Mob is a kid who isn't yet sure how life works (at least in first season) with psychic powers that can reduce anyone to ashes, however he can't always calmly control them. Reigen, in contrast, is and adult who can get himself out of almost any situation, despite having no actual powers, he goes through obstacles mostly by charisma and his natural talent for bullshitting people.
Mob protects Reigen from physical harm (examples in many episodes), while Reigen protects Mob from _psychological_ harm (he helps him accept who he is and tries to teach him morale)
Reigen put himself in harms way to protect Mob a few times so I'd say he's definitely a decent person
ONE gets life better than almost any writer nowadays, and he certainly knows his audience better than most manga writers. His writing shows an understanding of real life issues as well as the way to overcome them that transcends the normal tropes in this media.
A good example would be the subversion of the Body Improvement club trope. In most manga/anime, these guys would have been meatheaded lunks, someone to beat up or push around the MC for comedic purposes, and not much else. But in Mob Psycho 100, they most certainly are not. They in fact turn out to be one of the best things that ever happened to Mob. They show genuine concern for him, and even help the class bully who was wrongfully accused rebuild his life. They aren't just lunkheads; they understand that improving your body improves a lot more than that--your energy, confidence, outlook on life, everything improves when you get in shape. But beyond that, they are concerned about being strong in life as well. That scene where the club leader was encouraging the bully to go back to class even after everything that had happened shows a maturity in character design (not just maturity of the character himself) most authors lack.
spamhere1123 Animes best bros
They the real homies
@@oz2037 they be homiesexual
ONE i feel is one of the best manga writers of this generation. I respect him immensely for creating the masterpieces that take main stage in this video. The guy is just brilliant and the animation studios responsible for the animes really manage to highlight it. His writing is just so, so... flexible. I am not joking, the plot in both series can in one moment be heavily action based and adrenaline packed and in the next become a light-hearted comedy that just makes you burst into laughter and tears. Just like that, as if with a snap of a finger.
Heh, you read ahead through Garou and Reigen's career? Those arcs get pretty emotional... and epic.... and hilarious... somehow almost at the same time. Yeah, ONE's toneshift are remarkable. Whereas most series can only do two, action/comedy, comedy/drama, or action/drama. Not all three.
with a snap of a finger, or... you know. saitama's punch
One is phenomenal & I hope he never stops writing & doing his thing because he simply is the best
The last two arcs of Mob Psycho are sad as fuck
One of the reasons he's able to do it is because he doesn't limit himself to many rules. He ends up doing whatever he'll think will end up cool, and the writing is so pure it just comes off so charming. Of course, he's also very talented, but I don't think he realizes how talented he is.
Mosquitoes are the ungodly joint fabrication of every evil deity and malevolent force of creation in the multiverse. While a human-mosquito hybrid certainly comes close to reaching that pinnacle of pure of evil, only the genuine creature, that biological manifestation of all things wrong in life -- this is the one enemy that Saitama cannot defeat.
For me, I think is because the mosquito suck some of saitama's blood and gain some of his atrribute but one of the atrribute wasn't heat resistant so it'll sort of perish through geno's flame
True, he cannot one punch a mosquito, so it is his arch nemesis!
I reckon its just bad hand eye coordination since he fights huge enemies so he usually doesn’t need to be very accurate and so hes just mal practiced.
You clearly haven't been stealth bitten by fleas...I fucking hate them...
Poetry...
Actually Saitama wasn't stuck in a dead end job, he kept getting shot down at every job he interviewed for
Thank you!!! Everyone repeats this as fact and it's driving me crazy! Saitama was interviewing *yet again* and it had gone really badly when he met Crablante. He wasn't a bored salaryman. He was a failed attempt at even becoming a bored salaryman. AND he briefly even questions rescuing the kid because he "wasn't cute". It's only when attacked that the hero instinct kicks in, and give him some credit for natural talent there. Not everyone could have or would have done what he did. And he wins. Even Before Training. So I think that's something to think about. But oh yeah is he depressed and the social interaction is good for him, and inspiring.
I think my favorite element of One Punch Man by far is Saitama's deep respect for the *concept* of heroism, rather than just the *act* of heroism. The scene after he beats the Deep Sea King, and the confrontation with the Tank Top gang after the meteor incident illustrate perfectly how Saitama doesn't beat up bad guys for fun, he's a *hero* for fun.
He recognizes very quickly when his effortlessness in protecting people actively undermines what is arguably the most important aspect of being a hero; inspiring and encouraging others to become better. So he actively martyrs himself, allowing the people to hate him specifically so that the other heroes can look better in the public eye. He doesn't care about being recognized or lauded as a hero, he doesn't care about being known as a hero, he cares about *being* a hero, which in his case specifically means sacrificing his own public image so that those who are able to inspire others through their determination and hard work are able to shine in his place.
It shines a spotlight on how being a hero isn't *just* about winning fights, and Saitama knows that no matter how good he is at killing the bad guys, he can't do it all by himself, just like most things, and Saitama subtly but perfectly illustrates the maturity to step down when he's up against a challenge he's ill-equipped to face, and even goes out of his way to help make it easier on the others by actively painting himself as an asshole.
There's a lot of ways to interpret Saitama's actions in those scenes I mentioned above, and this is probably the most charitable one by far, but I always looked at it as an illustration of Saitama's respect not just for punching bad guys and saving the city, but for truly being a *hero* .
Yes, he's a true hero.... just not the best like Mumen Rider.
Saitama is by far the most disrespectful being to the concept of Hero.
Also, Saitama only beats bad guys. He is otherwise a detached sociopath
@@gotmog22 How is Saitama disrepectful to the concept of hero? And ofcourse as a hero he would beat bad guys who threaten the lives of innocents. Besides he's much better than the other S class heroes who care not for civilians but their reputation like Sweet Mask or Robot knight. Hell, Blizzard had her men try to beat up Saitama for refusing to join her.
My personal interpretation of Saitama is... almost as generous as yours. I personally think he developed (or at least had reinforced) some of the characteristics you describe after meeting Genos and joining the Hero Association.
Not that he wasn't a hero before. We see him saving a couple people from the Vaccine Man before wiping him out, and in his dream battle he declares himself the protector of Earth; being a hero has always been a part of him.
But before joining the Association, as we see in Episode 4, he vents to Genos that he doesn't have nearly the following he thinks he deserves; he thinks fighting those monsters and saving people is enough to count him as a hero, and that should be enough to get him recognition; in fact, he initially signed up for with the Association to get just that.
However, joining them forced him to see his own shortcomings as a hero, namely the lack of a sense of security and inspiration that other heroes (like Mumen Rider and the others involved in the Sea King attack) provide. While he's probably always had his philosophy that a true hero should always step up to face down trouble and help others, it was after his experiences with the meteor and the Sea King that he really learned your points about what it means to be a true hero (Sea King in particular, which really showed him how hard other heroes fight and how much they risk for others, as well as exposure to guys like Mumen Rider and Stinger who give people encouragement and hope in addition to fighting).
One punch man was my second anime, which was almost 2 years ago, I feel nice when I see so many people reflect on it being more than just a gag anime
Honestly I like Mob Psyco 100 more then One Punch Man.
Granted both are amazing.
*Stares*
Same here
than*
Well, ONE himself admitted that he put more effort into Mob Psycho than One Punch Man. So, yeah, Mob is a better written as a result.
@@hiddenthunder1395 I mean maybe I'm wrong here, but when OPM started wasn't it just a gag manga?
I dont mean to armchair psycologist this, but i think you can see some of what makes Mob a great character in One. He's an amazing storyteller and could probably make a hell of a book, but he sees his own lack of skill in art and decided to work on that. If i remember correctly his reason for starting OPM was simply to practice his artistic skills
Artistic skills lol
The practice then shifted to Mob Psycho 100 after OPM's scribbly art became one of its most noticeable features. Compare the later chapters of Mob Psycho 100 with OPM.
most creators imprint part of themselves in the characters they create, intentionally or not. it's not like they can see the world from any perspective but their own, so when they write a character, that character is going to see the world from a similar perspective to the author.
@@Yal_Rathol
That was a great way of surmizing a really deep factor in human life and fiction. I will be remembering that.
ONE is one hell of a story teller. I actually like his art and it inspires me not to be so hard on myself since i'm an illustrator XD
Mob is saitama's kid but decided to work his mind instead of his body.
I can't unthink that
But we see his dad, and he has not only hair, but a growing stubble.
If I had to make a timeline guess, assuming it's the same world at all, I'd say Mob Psycho 100 comes before One Punch Man.
@@psychronia mob is tastumaki's dad
He does 200 crosswords, 200 suduko puzzles, and reads 5 encyclopedias a day until he breaks through the barrier and becomes the most powerful psychic of all time! ONE THOUGHT MAN!!! :p
@@psychronia There's a scene in which you can see Reigen has a picture of Saitama as his wallpaper, so mob psycho must be after one punch man
Finally someone gets gets One Punch Man message. Heard a lot of people saying "that one gag got old so its pointless, wanted someone who he could fight for real", but him finding someone stronger to him would ruin the message of him accomplishing his dream too soon and being devoid of purpose.
Saitama learning that there are other good things we can do in life and filling his void with the company of his new found friends is the point of the whole manga. And i think this flew over so many people heads that one chapter is practically him and a character discussing directly that.
Mob Psycho writing wise is a little better since the author makes the message more obvious and direct.
I've never heared anyone say that about One Punch Man except for 12 year old me.Can you punch them please?It can be a metaphorical punch too
Exactly. That's why Saitama's fullpower will never be revealed.... because it's not about his power. It's about the character development.
People will hopefully realize that when Season 2 comes out... though Saitama won't be the focus of it.
You're right, but still. That is a pretty standard plot in this situation, the one often abandoned by the narrative in order to give people some good good shounen content at that. I'd be happy to watch the bald man get himself some friends, but the author makes us sit through repeated instances of the same gag mixed with some no names beating up people. At a certain point, your patience runs out.
Mob's storytelling feels more distilled, trimmed in comparison, with the remaining elements serving the themes much better.
I actually think the subtlety of the message in OPM makes it better
+seaweed Well, if you were disappointed by Season 1, hopefully you'll give Season 2 a chance. Saitama is basically a side character, only one punches maybe 10% of the villains. The main story is about the other heroes vs lots of other villains.... and especially the protagonist, the underdog villain.
I think its telling, about One Punch Man, that one of my favorite scenes is him eating with mumen rider. Something about that scene is just great.
him meeting the one guy that gives him respect outside of genos.
@@pforgottonsoul Its more than that. Mumen Rider is what Saitama wants. Its like looking at how he was at the hight of his passion, before he became the One Punch Man.
Heh... you'll get another Mumen/Saitama meeting early in Season 2. Though unfortunately Mumen doesn't do much for the rest of the season, but Saitama does have a new bro to hang out with basically most of the season.
Many things about that scene are great.
In the manga he eventually ends up spending a lot of time playing video games and just generally shooting the shit with King... those are my favorite parts.
In my opinion, a common theme between both shows is that it's okay to not be special. I mean, that theme is much more obvious in Mob Psycho 100, especially considering that they literally tell you that message right in the opening song, but it's important to acknowledge the development of that message in each show. Mob has an amazing power and is obviously the strongest psychic in the world (or maybe not I haven't read the manga yet), but rather than gloating about it and doing extraordinary things with it like basically every other esper, he learns from Reigen that it's not something that makes a person special, but rather another characteristic like being strong or smart. In that sense, Reigen is the perfect authoritative figure for Mob, a totally ordinary guy who's just having fun living life and, though he may be lying to people, does still help them out. So, Mob decides to not try to be special and lives life the best he can as he tries to generally improve himself. Meanwhile in One Punch Man, Saitama starts as a regular guy and essentially lives out the dream many people want of rising from nothing to become an amazingly powerful hero, but he shows that maybe that dream isn't as good as people may think it is. He becomes dissatisfied with life and this escapist fantasy. We only see him having fun when he's doing mundane things, like you said when he's eating with Mumen Rider, or when he has the spicy udon eating contest with Genos. Where any other anime or manga seems to sell people an escapist fantasy so they can escape the real world, ONE, on the other hand, basically refutes that and says that the real world isn't that bad. That some of the best things in life are the mundane things. That all you have to do is live life the best you can.
so well said!
Mob also has the issue of resenting his talent though and even himself. He learns to appreciate himself and his talent, also recognising that it is not his sum total.
both’re also about depression, self-alienation, and cultivating a wide group of friends; Mob starts off with Reigen who (mostly) understands him emotionally but needs the body improvement club and psychic friends to understand other aspects of him and who help him with their different abilities.
Saitama meets Genos who’s effectively the ideal hero he’s striving to be but other friends like Silverfang and King have their own skills that give them different and often necessary perspectives- King especially, ‘cuz he’s Saitama’s foil. he’s a normal person with no ability to fight but has somehow been elevated to what Saitama’s position _should_ be on Saitama’s own merit no less. he’s also the only hero with the sense (and ability) to lead Saitama to the monster instead of taking it on himself.
there’s also the recurring theme that special isn’t the same as unique- Mob’s abilities and even power level aren’t unique, he learns from and copies the trademark skills of the people he fights, and said people often even learn from him and become stronger for it. even Reigen learns to see ghosts because of his influence, hinting that he could learn to become psychic if he simply decided to. on the flipside, Saitama could learn technique or psychic powers or to work as a freakin’ team for once in his goddamn life but refuses ‘cuz he’s a doofus.
Can't believe we're getting Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 ad One Punch Man Season 2 in 2019. Hope those two dominate the year and surpass the hype of their Season 1's.
None None OPM season 2 is insane. Couldn't help but read the manga.
@@joelmorningstar3645OPM 3 will probably be the best seen that there will be all the invasion of the heroes in the MA is imaginig it animated is very likely there will be the clash or between saitama and garou or saitama and orochi .... OROCHI !!! how the fuck will animate I hope not with the CGI that in the anime is not at all excellent.
+Joel senju The poster showed Genos in the outfit he fought the centipede with. So that's likely the Season finale. Should easily be the best fight of 2019 (well, maybe Metal Bat and Garou comes close).
+Garou They'll need 24 episodes to cover all that stuff properly. I imagine we'll get that first Orochi fight in Ep. 5. Yes, you heard me, SEASON 3 EPISODE 5.... in 2022 or 2023.
None None I can vouch that MP100’s story just keeps getting stronger after S1 caps off.
So if the quality at least remains the same, it’ll be *legendary*
Mob Psycho 100 is such a precious story!!!!
Myra Scott ikr! So good
It's so wholesome
Ikr
@@pearlyp9898 and awesome
The thing about ONE's way of drawing: I think it's fine. Sure it might be made, as Basement said, with a ''crude brush'', but I personally think it has it's own charm. After all, these days you can't really find any originality in writing and/or in art styles, but ONE has BOTH covered in BOTH manga and anime.
I have a huge respect for One and that's why i can't wait for the upcoming 2nd seasons on 2 of my most favorite animes.
ONE may have horrible detail... but his framing, character designs, and shot composition is actually pretty amazing. Everything is perfect... except for detail. That's why I think his webcomic was so good to read. People can understand exactky what's going on, and are entirely focused on the story, characters, and comedy... not the art.
January 2019 and April 2019.... the second half of 2019 is looking pretty bleak and barren by comparison (unless Vinland Saga manages to be decent).
@@nonenone6704 Vinland Saga is pretty good, I'd recommend watching it when it comes out.
+Moobles It's not the source material I'm worried about... it's the adaption.
None None yeah, I’ve seen a lot of good art that looks awful and fails to convey what is going on because the artist just tried to jam everything they can into each frame, it’s nice to find manga that actually understands the need for blank space
I wouldn't be lying, if I said that Saitama's former goal to get stronger inspired me, as well as Mob's commitment to gaining muscles made me agree to join a fight club. I've been going there regularly for almost four months already and I can see some progress in my stamina and strength. I always try to not let my lazyness overshadow my motivation.
I got into karate and working out for the same reason. That is, an anime inspired me. I do find your specific inspirations interesting though, as Saitama becomes strong and still has all his problems from before (or worse) and Mob is at least a bit misguided in his attempts to improve his life mostly just through working out (though the general intention of self-improvement is a valuable one).
Read the title... Clicked faster than Saitama when he jumped back from the moon to Earth.
HOW ARE YOU EVERY WHERE?!??!!?!!?
that's impossible, unless you did 100 clicks 100 comments 100 likes and 10 sub on youtube everyday in 3 years :D
@@dngo2011 Maybe he killed Justin Y. and absorbed his power, Highlander style.
Scott B He's the original. I think...
@@TheMaitoPulla he is
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*In the absence of adversity, hope is kinda empty and pointless*
WOAH! THIS!
That's the main problem of all those light novel power fantasies or even many modern video games. A victory without a struggle just isn't satisfying.
@@pepi7404 True, showing some real struggle to win and finally being able to pull it off is amazing. On the other hand sometimes the real life gives you enough of that already, I'm pretty sure most people can think of their own examples. And not everyone is willing to put even more effort into games when already putting effort into everything else. Also the feel of raw unstoppable power can work just like a drug would, the brief moment of exhilaration and might that for a short moment fills the empty void, just to leave that hole empty and waiting to filled again.
To be honest, I like to keep a balance of both type of games. If I feel like putting in effort it's time for Kenshi, if I want a power fantasy I also got titles to choose from and when at the end of the day I just want to see a mediocre story I get into way too much I'll play a JRPG on easy.
ONE is my hero and I wish I could just directly hand him my money
You kind of can as long as you don't pirate and buy the manga and home video releases.
@@Tonku12 Easier said than done, but definitely should purchase home video releases
@@Tonku12 though ONE has never done it for money, his origin is a Web comic which is available for free, you'd be more likely to support the studio and murata in that case, ONE gets royalty at least.
i feel the same way. i try to buy every single volume of opm tho
didn't get a notification, found It through the recomended page
Yeah youtube is frustrating today
It was advertised that youtubers that swear (as mb has done) get less money each ad and get recommended less
This was shown at a TH-cam business convention
Same here. I didn't know MB had posted until I scrolled a bit on the TH-cam phone app under the Subscribers tab.
Me too
Was scrolling through recommended when i found it
Lol same. When I see MB in my recommended, I'm aware it's gonna be a good video.
I disagree about one minor gripe. You said Saitama finishing off villains felt unsatisfying, but satisfying is the exact word I've used for that. As the story goes on in the manga, you start to see just how much stronger the majority of monsters and villains are than the good guys. Not to mention that they outnumber them and have no reason to worry about collateral damage or killing innocent people. For a while it seems like Saitama is literally the only one to balance out the power of the two sides, so after watching the Sea King beat the shit out of Mumen Rider and try to melt a little girl with a glob of acid, seeing the one guy who actually stands a chance against him come out and blast his fishy heart out actually feels like fairness and justice are restored. To me.
I mean, I guess. Saitama is needed to beat the monsters, because the other heroes are too weak. But while it's great for everyone else, it sucks for Saitama.
There are strong "heroes" who could beat Sea king. Problem is...they don't give a fuck about human life. They're caught up in their own pursuits. They might as well be villains.
@@joelmorningstar3645 Totally agreed. Then there are "villains" like G---- whose heart just isn't into actual evil. Of the S ranking heroes probably only like two or three of them are actually heroic imo
+Joel Senju Sea King? Sure. Vaccine Man/Beefcake? Eh... most would lose. Boros? Forget about it. But it is true that, even with DSK and other weaker villains, that no other strong heroes were there to stop them, so only Saitama could save the day.
I mean he’s right in saying it’s unsatisfying in how the civilian characters see his lack of effort as meaningless. I mean hell yeah it was satisfying to see the Deep Sea King Finally stopped, we as the audience wanted the day to be saved because he was unstoppable.
However we as the audience also know Saitama can beat everything in the show, so it’s nice to see the struggle and efforts of all the other heroes as they face off and sometimes learn from these close encounters. Few people in the show actually know Saitama exists as a SSS class hero. The same way we appreciate the efforts of Metal Bat vs Garou and centipede. Or Suiryu and others trying their hardest to fight the monsterfied people is as Geoff said, Saitama’s OPness amplifies the lesser things. Then we can see it be washed away with how the public views Saitama just punching things once or everyone thinking Tornado’s efforts stopped The alien invasion
Man, I love to be reminded how absolutely gorgeous Mob Psycho 100 is. Can't wait for the next season!
On a side note, I just realized how extremely stacked the first half of the year is going to be for hype anime. There's Mob Psycho 100, One Punch Man, My Hero Academia, Attack on Titan, Promised Neverland, Kimetsu no Yaiba, etc... And that's not counting all the new original series coming up like Dororo (MAPPA), Carol & Tuesday (Bones), and a new Ikuhara series.
MP100 is lucky to be Winter. Easy wins it's season unless PN puts up a fight. While April 2019 will be a bloodbath between AOT, MHA, and OPM duking it out.... Let's just say I feel bad for MHA and AOT.
@@nonenone6704 That's exciting to hear! I'm very unspoiled on One Punch Man, while I'm reading MHA and was (unfortunately) spoiled a little bit on Attack on Titan. So definitely looking forward to it!
+Katt1721 Have you seen MHA and AOT's later seasons? If so, they you probably already know most of the worldbuilding/characters, so S4 of each only has events you could be spoiled on.
Don’t forget Vinland Saga
Abraham Smith Isn't that later in the year, like Summer/Fall? It won't have to compete for it's season, only the year.
Saitama can't kill a mosquito because it's too small and not a high priority.
If he were to strike the mosquito, then he would have to hit it quickly, which would require a certain amount of force. The amount of force required could end up damaging his apartment complex. It's not worth it to kill the mosquito forcefully, so Saitama is actually trying to hold back his power and catch the mosquito normally. As if he was acting as a normal human, trying to perform a normal human task.
Gag characters are invincible even for Saitama.
yeah but then the time he got hurt by a normal cat
Kat I've thought about this so much, and I think his body's got a threshold for what requires superhuman force. If something isn't a mortal threat--a mosquito, a cat, very hot soup, a light chill in the air, etc.--then he reacts normally to it. If it's something that could actually hurt him, his insane conditioning kicks in instinctually. I *do* think he can get hurt under huge amounts of stress (in the Boros fight when he kicks Saitama to the moon, the electric shocks show what looks like Saitama's hip breaking from the force of the kick), but he heals instantly from it. It seems like his body has a base point of "perfect" that it aggressively clings to, and it uses his power to maintain it. In the side chapters we've seen him get busted up to the point of losing teeth and what rreeeeaally looked like a lethal heart attack, but he doesn't show lingering effects from any of that.
Sorry for the rambling, I've just been insanely into this series for far too long XD
@@willowsnsakura I think Saitama is kind of an unconscious reality bender completely focused on the idea of being "the strongest". He put so much willpower into his training that he essentially managed to shape existence itself to fit his obsession. This means that essentially, Saitama has no fixed power level. In his daily life he is just a well-trained normal person, but when he fights somebody, no matter who it is, reality is altered so that his power level is always "overwhelmingly stronger than you", no matter where you stand on the power scale.
That could make sense @@Archimonde259
Nice video. One is one of the best mangaka for creating a good webcomic to a killer manga and anime. He is who I aspire to be like
He's probably my favourite manga writer
ONE doesn't do the art for the manga. It's the Author of Eyeshield 21.
@@kazeshi3031 Then he is my fav. writer or one of.
@LeCoolFace Yeah, but read what he says. He said a "good webcomic to a killer manga" the only changing is the art, not the story.
@@kazeshi3031 but his manga did turn into a killer manga and anime... What is wrong with his statement?
Mob is a great protagonist, too bad the arc where he really shines isnt adapted yet
maybe for season 2 but i don't have high hopes for that adaptation.
@@pforgottonsoul why not?
@@pforgottonsoul tell us why?
Taha Snusi it's been delayed by quite bit as well been thrown between different animation studios.
+Patrick Watkins Huh? Bones is still doing it, just like they did Season 1. It's OPM that switched studios, from Madhouse to JC Staff. You're mixing them up.
"Maybe theres a super HUMAN, maybe you guys aren't trying hard enough"
"Says the non-super saiyan."
...dammit, time to rewatch DBZA!
Yeeeeees
"Whats so funny?!"
"Your shirt."
"RRRRrrrrrr!"
Is it just me or in some anime, does the art quality get a LOT better than the manga? Take Attack on Titan or One Punch Man for example; the originals were very rough (although they improved over time); either that or the opposite, and I can't think of any anime that have the opposite of that..
Except Berserk, Berserk, Berserk and Junji Ito Collection
Oh yeah, also Berserk
Also Tokyo Ghoul
@@wssaltyr5369 But Tokyo Ghouls story is a mess in the anime so its a worst experience over all.
for OPM case, original web manga was very rough, but what Madhouse (and J.C. Staff) adapted to anime was illustrated by Yusuke Murata (artist of Eyeshield 21) and i can say Yusuke Murata's art is very good if you compare it to anime art.
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wssalty
are you high?
It juts shows that there are great writers that cant draw that well and its ok to do so. Their writing is so unique that we can ignore the art and just involve ourselves in the stories and the rich characters. With the growing fans they get the chance of getting help from a studio and can even improve the experience with good art and music.
HxH 2011 is the best example for me. I hated the art of the manga and old anime, but the soundtrack and animation gave the push to see the story and fall in love with it, but at the end they made the penultimate arc being the best experience i had with anime so far.
So for Mob, the villain is playing Mortal Combat, and Mob is playing Undertale
Mortal *Kombat.
Gotta spell the mispelling korrectly.
Good lord, One is so good.
Massive fanboy of his work, really like how he writes.
@@trogdoar149
Which one?
@@nullpoint3346 Oh man, hey dad.
@@trogdoar149
Was it really that dadly?
One Punch Man is a Seinen disguised as a Shōnen parody.
There are many Seinen disguised or appeals to typically shounen audiences.
@@haruyanto8085 now, mind to give examples? I'm interested to know more
One punch man is all about the fun and Mob psycho 100 is all about the feels.
one really does have some mad story telling talent, you know you are a great writer when you are not only able to make two highly successful web comics, but have both of those web comics evolve into full blown manga which then both get their own anime
honestly, as an artist myself, ive always found ONE's art to be pretty fuckin good. his composition is fantastic, and he's amazing at setting a mood without words. i would genuinely call him a great artist.
not gonna lie, I laughed harder than I should have at the cut to the mosquito girl with "butt, more to the point..."
X2... I was looking for this comment XD
I believe that the mosquito thing is due to wind pressure. Basically, because the misquito is so light, the wind pressure from swinging your hand at it moves it out of the way of your hand. The same thing happens with raindrops.
And obviously, Saitama isn't going to use his full strength against a misquito (at risk of demolishing his apartment) and it can be assumed that some, if not most, of misquito woman's misquitoes are genetically enhanced. Basically, the same science that screws over the rest of us is messing with Saitama.
Nope. Lmao. Do you know how much mosquitoes i have killed in mid air.
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I've killed hundreds of thousands of them and I have noticed what OP is talking about.
Bro, you literally started talking about mob on the 7 minutes mark, now THAT'S HIGH QUALITY VIDEOS.
well in a 14 minute video concerning 2 anime
one takes 7 minutes and the other takes the remaining 7
On ONE's crude brush: yes, I agree the raw "quality" of the drawing is... lacking. But ONE is a great artist beyond that. He has an understanding of composition and layout that is top tier. Once I got past the rough lines, I saw through to just how well he tells a story on paper. If anything, being able to focus on what happens in a panel, rather than how good it looks, he comes out on top.
Dang, Mob Psycho 100 is goshdarn fantastic.
Number ONE.
*[trumpet intensifies]*
One is just genius. Hilarious, original and filled with smart positive messages for reades.
I'll never get tired of people reminding how good are ONE's stories.
Anyone else gets chills from that one clip of mumen rider yelling?
The consistent theme with Arataka Reigen throughout the entire manga run is that he's just an ordinary man who is very relatable. He uses his common sense & his natural charms as his greatest weapons in any situation. Yet he is subject to the same fears and follies of any young adult, i.e, figuring out his purpose in life & maintaining relationships & friendships in adulthood.
What I like about his characterization overall is that he is neither a hero nor a manipulative con man only. He is simply human. He can be silly yet wise, he has trust issues yet he struggles to be a better person to those who depend on him like Mob.
Dude Saitama wasn't depressed because he was stuck in a dead end job but because he was unemployed, something that is frowned upon in the japanese culture.
That's not true. There was a sidestory of Saitama in middle school when he was already lost in life. His distance from the rest of society goes way earlier than job hunting
@@germsspices But he wasn't depressed back then.
@@phanboy8059 Did you read the same omake as I did? That chapter was depressing as hell. "I just don't fit into society...I don't know how to live....I always end up losing...How can I keep going when I'm so weak?" was what he said. He was one step away from becoming prototype Garou.
I think being unemployed or without a profession is frowned upon in any society.
@@pepi7404 Lol no, western society does not display the same outward disdain that Eastern society does that treatment is almost a given, in western society unless you're of wealthy origin most people won't look down on those type of people.
I can't wait for One Punch Man season 2 to give us King's legendary infinite 999 hit combo...
Mob Psycho 100 is my definitely favourite anime, with OPM not far behind, so yeah I was a little giddy when this popped up in my sub feed.
Fcking god, i still remember the cliffhanger of mp100 with reigen at the end of a epiosde. that was horrible (in a good way ofc)
and wow, a suprisingly good video. good job
Thank you for that. This gave me some ideas for helping me deal with my depression.
To all those lovely Anime Only Fans, Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 is going to MURDER US ALL.
And then OPM season 2 will ignite the flame of life within us once again.
It is opposite actually
THAT was an excellent storybuilding/character development analysis. Thanks for that! Really interesting.
I've always thought the mosquito thing in OPM is that when Saitama closes/slaps his hands, the air inside get extremely pressurized (as he moves extremely fast) and it rushes to the lower pressure areas also very fast, so the mosquito, being very light and subjected to the movement of the air (based on pressure) always "escapes" Saitamas slaps (obviously, there's some comedic license there, but that's been my head canon why he can't kill the mosquito).
That part on Mob repressing his emotions really hit way too close to home. Gonna have to watch Mob Psycho 100 again.
Bruh, I dunno about you but where I'm from.. Mosquitoes are quite common, so seeing his struggle against that Mosquito hit way close to home because it's something I've lived through a lot.. That feeling of "I definitely got it thi-... *no kill confirmation*" or "I think I got it anyway, I coulda sworn I felt it get crushed..*sees it flying around somewhere else*" is ultra relatable.
But in terms of his fighting Sonic and easily winning, versus being unable to hit the mosquito, It's probably mostly because mosquitoes are friggin tiny compared to a human..
One is an amazing writer. I'm glad I'm able to experience the world's and characters he's created.
Beautiful analysis and very well said. Can’t wait to watch your other videos!
Your videos have been great lately, Geoff. You've really come a long way from "that Naruto online shill who got successful from lazy SAO videos and OP analysis" to genuinely good youtuber who actually makes interesting and insightful videos. Not that I have any problems with SAO and OP videos, but the difference in quality between those and these video essays is staggering. Keep up the good work.
I agree with this. I don't actively watch Geoff, only videos that particularly interest me, but with what I have seen videos like this where he talks about things he likes, not just part of a series or complaining, are by far the most enjoyable. Things like this, public service anime and his Jojo cheat sheet are some of the best videos of his I have seen.
I have to give props to Madhouse and Bones for adapting these works faithfully yet beautifully from One’s style. If they looked nothing like One’s art, I think a lot of the identity and charm would be lost. However, if the anime looked exactly like the manga, I probably wouldn’t have watched either to be honest. One is a brilliant artist, but he’s not a pretty one, and as superficial as it is to say, I value prettiness. Once again, thank you to Madhouse and Bones for suckering me in to watch two of my most enjoyed anime.
mob joining the self-improvement club was my best moment of the entire series. in fact, the members of the club are quite likeable people which are a subversion of the jock brute you normally see in media
One is one of only a handful of writers who consistently makes me happy cry and Geoff you've accomplished that in this video. ty for giving my tearducts a workout
13:47 Because no matter how much training Saitama does he will never be as strong as a mosquito. FACTS!!
Saitama managed to kill the mosquito, he spit it out.
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Thank you, those words were what I needed to hear for the things that have been gnawing at my head (the constant obsessions, thoughts, escapes, feelings and moods, etc). I knew the general theme of ONE's works but you said it so well I can understand even more what he was trying to convey. Great stuff man, gonna try to get back to what I want to do.
Thank you, this video means a lot to me. I watched this three times already and would probably watch it more in the future.
4:42 CmonBruh
Also funny to point out that both are demonstrations that fighting skill is essentially worthless unless you're attacked. both how useless knowing how to fight is socially (for mob) and how underwhelming real skill looks and feels (for opm) seem to resonate with reality. Even the sort of dunning-kruger self assurance the less powerful, more bombastic fighters in both shows demonstrate feels real, like people acting tough for intimidation or just to feel cool or because they actually believe nobody can touch them. I guess it can apply to other stuff but to me that dynamic reads as very specific to combat between humans. And the mosquito thing feels like a comment about how knowing how to fight very well makes being defeated by everyday problems feel really really stupid.
I enjoyed watching the video and you had some really valid points. Cheers for the on-going entertainment.
I enjoyed your insight to both of theses shows. I’m a big fan of both the series and look forward to the new seasons!
Jesus, I just realised that a video about the character study of Mob and Saitama hasn’t been made yet. At least from what I know about.
Love the persona 5 background music :)
I really adore both these series, and you explained everything I enjoy so much about them really well!
Thank you for the deeper analysis of what makes these shows so well written!!!
I've never thought of Saitama as depressed. He's just bored of fighting weak monsters, like when someone masters a video game and beating computers is no longer fun. He enjoys regular mundane activities like everyone else, we see him happily chilling all the time. He's not lonely either, he's simply asocial, he has been since childhood, not once has loneliness ever even crossed his mind (as far as the reader is concerned). If Saitama does any social interacting it's because he has nothing better to do, he's literally said that. Not because he's sad or lonely, he's looking for things to occupy his time. For the most part he's content with his situation, even before meeting Genos.
@@jarlbalgruuf2415 Boredom is a symptom of depression.
@@Violet-np1zu it can be. More often then not it's unrelated
@@jarlbalgruuf2415 I don't know about "more often than not", but I think the word we're all actually looking for is ennui. That dude is absolutely rife with it.
@@CaylexT literally 100% of people have been bored, but for example less than 7% of adults in the US have been depressed (less than 2% if it's persistent).
Ennui also just means boredom.
One-Punch Man is an anime I plan to watch in the immediate future, so I don't know much more than what you've said about the series in your vids. Still, if I had to analyze your question at the end, I'd say that the sheer difference between a big bad trying to kill him with all he has, who he easily one-shots and a mere insect that isn't harming him and doesn't acknowledge him at all is what makes him unable to kill it. Despite hating it, he has grown used to facing hard opponents so easily, so when facing a nuisance that is so frail and easy to kill, he feels irritated. It doesn't require the strength he has been using up until that point, so it is something foreign to him.
That scene is from early in episode 2. It's a comedic moment of Saitama trying to kill this one mosquito. MB is kind of joking when he challenges us to come up with reasons Saitama can't kill it.
Though you may be on to something... Saitama's power is so immeasurably immense that he's gotten used to using just the amount of effort needed for whatever he's doing (even when facing giant monsters he may not even be using more than 1% of his strength), so the fact that this little mosquito is taking more effort than he expected could be what's bothering him and making him lose focus.
i love the casual use of Persona music in the background of your vids, always makes me happy when i hear some
i honestly love so much how you break down these series. your insight is always interesting
Mob psycho getting a new season 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Yep. Just 2+ months.
One small correction should be that although it may feel unsatisfying to saitama when he defeats his enemy’s it’s entirely satisfying to the audience. Every major villain saitama defeats usually does a lot of damage before then. The sea king is the perfect example I remember reading that arc In the manga feeling really anxious because the sea king seemed damn near unstoppable. But the moment saitama reared his shiny head I literally released sigh of relief. It was like when Superman showed up in the comics you just knew it was gonna work out.
This is a really good piece. Gave me a few things to think about in terms of mental health and life in general.
Keep up the good work, mate.
Another smashing good video ol’ chap. Marvelous!
I don't read too much manga, but my personal list golden writers in Japan I respect enough to the point of being totally biased are ONE, Kohei Horikoshi, Natsume Akatsuki, and Aka Akasaka.
It's not the most thorough list, I'm sure, and I'm discounting the "older generation" like Oda, Miura, or Togashi, but these are the people that can get me to withhold judgement to see where they go even if they do something bad with a story.
read also the old guard like Osamu tezuka and Go nagai his best work ie devilman even if the drawings in those years are not excellent.
And Naoki Urasawa one of the best mangaka ever.
And Tagashi and oda
I know i'm late, but what about Inio Asano
Can’t wait for Garou to win every single Best Character award next year.
Hehehe.... yep. Garou's character development will slaughter all those anime "heroes" people put up on pedestals. The height of dramatic irony.
Yea . lmao
Also mirio togata (MHA) is a very good character is for those who have read virtually his story during and after the saga of Overhaul when, garou and mirio strangely similar in development, at first they do not seem characters who knows what but then ... they become beautiful.
Garou is without a doubt one of my favourite characters... ever. TBH, if the scene with Garou vs the Rank A heroes comes out as well as it did in the manga as the anime it'll dwarf some of the best stuff out in recent memory like Todoroki vs Deku.
@@zeph769 bootleg prince zuko vs green naruto isn't even that good of a fight lol, and don't forget Garou vs metal bat , bang, Genos , TTM and even spring Mustachio and golden balls ... Lots of fights this season.
Also Suiryu vs choze gonna be fantastic if done right too
Always a good day when MB uploads 👌💯
Man, you put into words everything I love about ONE's work way better than I ever could :)
Garou
I just wanna say that while I like one punch man, I think most of the garou fans, don't undertand his point.
Don't get me wrong, I like him too, but I don't see him as unquestionably moral like a lot of his fans seem to think.
He's an asshole who beats up public servants to prove that a bad guy can win. Not a great guy.... but not a real villain either.
But where he is right is on the meta of heroic storytelling: the hero always wins in the end because the author wants to please the fans, not because the hero actually earned his victory.
I'm THE BEST CHARACTER EVER 1!1!1!
Joking aside, I'm not really the most suitable person since I'm a fan of garou, but I really think that he is one of the best characters in the manga, his development in the manga is extraordinary, his mentality is very complex, he wants to be a monster but even when he gets there he is not really a 100% monster, in chapters with the class A heroes he is among the best in OPM, his goal is not bad despite behaving badly because he wants to become someone that can change this hypocritical world is bad, who has read the webcomic knows about the fight between saitama and garou which is simply beautiful because he meets with a hero different from others not only by force but his hero thinking.
Garou
You're right.
I don't dislike him.
I dislike the people that go on about how he's morally better than everyone, when really he's the biggest hypocryte of all.
Don't get me wrong, that's not bad. It's great writing in fact.
EVERY confrontation he's had, he displayed ungodly amounts of hypocrisy.
To the point where every hero he's faced to date, are morally superior to him.
Again, I don't hate him.
I hate the small, but vocal group that treats him like jesus.
He is the highest grade of hypocrite, and when he gets his ass handed to him, by saitama, he and all his misguided worshipers will be told what a little bitch he's been.
Not that I consider you one btw. Like I said the group is small, but vocal
I looove garou, he's my fav
I think what I like best about both Mob Psycho 100 and One Punch Man is their shared message that being the best does not automatically make you happy. Both Mob and Saitama are acknowledged in their respective worlds as "the best like no one ever was," but that fact doesn't make either of them happy. It doesn't allow them to reach their true goals. It's only through working on the things they're NOT the best at that they are able to find what they really want out of life.
As someone who was in the Gifted & Talented program all throughout my school years, that message really resonates with me. If you only ever do things you're already good at, you don't grow as a person. It's only by pushing myself outside my comfort zone and working through the frustration of learning something new that I have found true purpose and fulfillment. Growing and changing are tough to do, but it makes life feel a lot more satisfying and meaningful.
Mob Psycho 100 is such a good manga. It was so fulfilling and satisfying to read and watch Mob grow, while still being hype in similar ways to regular action shows. I can't wait for the rest of it to be animated!
Was that Persona 5 I heard on the background?!
4. It was p4....I think...or was it 5..eh who cares the music is great in all of them!!!
Human big. Mosquito small. You can't punch something if a margin of error of 2mm would be the difference between hitting and not hitting something.
Yeah true
Great video man, keep it up
Mr Basement, I suffer from major depressive, and on bad days I sometimes listen to the bit where you talk about saitama finding meaning in connection. So thank you.
Reigen is too good to be a conman
i want to see some chapters drawn by Hirohiko Araki
I'd pay to see that i mean it's our lord and savior himself, Hirohiko Araki
(also for Stando Powah)
I love how you used the P5 soundtrack "Break it down" for this analysis video XD It just fits so well.
I love that you made a video on ONE's stellar writing! I LOVE YOU!
Saki and Mob would probably get along.
Ikr
OP psychic duo who just want friends and normal life
Which Saki are you referring to?
Wait, I thought you were referring to Saiki Kusuo. My bad
@@hannyfadia2246 which saki are you guys talking about
many shitty writers: OP Hero that just kills everyone except the main villain
Girls are either weak or thots for the hero to save and so they fall in love with eachother
Stupid decisions by the hero
The hero adapts to the world (not always a bad trope tho)
One writing: Hero is nobody but the strongest
Girls are not for the hero to save but they are simply saved becaus ethe hero was there but the hero wants nothing to do with them
no decisions by the hero cause he doesnt care and wants to live a normal life (thats why I think Kira from JoJo was good)
The world adapts to the hero
You make me want to watch both of these all over again!!! :D I just might before the 2 seasons come in 2019--which I am BEYOND HYPED FOR!!!! Also I love what you said at the end about "marrying plots and themes". I gotta do that....
Thank you for a great analysis.