
I first came across Mob Psycho 100 as a serialized work in Ura Sunday from 2012 to 2017, created by One. It quickly gained a following, but it really exploded in popularity when the anime adaptation came out in 2016. The story centers around Shigeo Kageyama, or ‘Mob,’ a young boy with amazing psychic abilities who has a hard time managing his emotions. He’s spent years keeping his feelings bottled up, and he starts working with Arataka Reigen, a bit of a charlatan who claims to be a spirit medium and wants to help Mob get his powers under control. The animation was handled by Bones, the studio behind really popular shows like Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and My Hero Academia, which definitely showed in the quality. People were calling it one of the best series of the year, and even of the decade, which is high praise!