Anime 36616 Mob Psycho 100 Reigen - Shirarezaru Kiseki No Reinouryokusha Reviews Filter Check 2

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Ok let's start with two things: this is my first ever review and Mob Psycho 100 Reigen is just a 1 hour long recap of the anime (season 1). Basically if you like re watching anime this is your cup of tea. On the other hand if you're like me you won't enjoy this that much. The anime was great but this just feels like a lazy way to announce season 2. They used the same animation and music for almost the whole special so there isn't much to say. The parts that are original to this special are of good quality though and ... the twist at the end is pretty funny in my opinion. One thing is sure, I would fully recommend this special as a recap for anyone who hasn't seen the anime. It's complete and misses some details but the overall plot and important details are there making it a very good recap. That is all. :)

Let me be frank, this is essentially a recap episode (and we all know now well those go down in the anime community!), a 60min recap episode at that.

The gimmick here is that it is a retelling of the events of the 1 season from the perspective of Reigen, embellished for the purpose of making some profit. I call it a gimmick because it doesn't take very long for it to wear on the nerves. Reigen's manipulation of Mob is an essential aspect of the story...but an entire episode of it is far more than I can take.

Regarding all other aspects, apart from few additional ... scenes to move the recap along, it is a highlights reel of all the best fights from season 1, nothing more.

I'm a big fan of Mob Pyscho 100 but a would strongly recommend seeing the highlighted scenes from this recap in context, they certainly suffer from being "retooled" in this episode.

Easter Egg...apparently Reigen has a Saitama screen saver on his mobile phone.

[Slight Spoilers for MP100 S1]
As far as promotional recaps go, this is one of the best ones I've seen, with the fun goofy premise of Reigen writing a book and some new bits of animation sprinkled in.

The sound is reused and they certainly cut a lot of corners, but you can see there was a lot of love put in to it by the amazing cast..you can see the Seiyuus are excited about reprising their roles (the Blu-ray MP100 Minis serve as an even better example of this)

The highlights are definitely the Claw Arc with Reigen's face badly photoshopped onto some scenes and the ending ... segment- That announces the new Season (YEAH BABY) and gives a slight hint on one of the upcoming Arcs: The Separatiion Arc.

So get on the hype train and brace yourselves for the extremely well-animated depression that the next season will bring!

If you've seen Season 1, you don't need to watch this.

It's just a 60-minute recap of the previous 12 episodes, using clips from those episodes.
The premise is that Reigen, aka Mob's con artist/sensei, wants Mob to write a book about their adventures. So Reigen narrates over clips from the previous 12 episodes as Mob is supposedly writing all this down, for the book. In the end, Reigen doesn't like what Mob wrote, because "it's all about Mob and it just makes Reigen look like a con artist". So they give up on the book, the end. Nothing of consequence happens. Skip this.

Myanimelist says I ... have to write a longer review in order for me to submit? So... blah blah blah...

I give it a middling score because it's executed very well, but I don't think it's worth watching. Maybe peeping if you're curious. It's just a recap of Season 1, but it's framed as Reigen using it as a plot to write his book. This results in him narrating the story and inserting himself in scenes or even over characters (say, if they're doing cool fighting stuff) to make it about him. It's definitely a funny twist for a recap (especially when it's just Reigen's giant head superimposed over other characters') and it's entirely befitting of Reigen.

However, it's not ENTIRELY Reigen-ified. There's much more ... time where the anime is the exact same (even down to characters' thoughts being heard), so I was skipping ahead a lot until there was a Reigen or two, then went back to skipping. Eventually I stopped because the juice wasn't worth the squeeze.

I guess you can watch it just to see what Reigen does to the recap yourself, but don't expect to strap in for the whole thing unless you want to rewatch Season 1 in an hour.