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I FINISHED MY MOB PSYCHO ANIMATION!!!!
About Him(pt. 1)
Continuation to Recruitment
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cw: suicide mention/vague imagery of suicide
FLASH WARNING ⚠️
"all our food KEEPS BLOWING UP"
MP100 S2E01 under a writer's perspective
The Emi Fukami episode in Mob Psycho 100 was a beautiful display of Mob's character development in relation to his individuality and a earnest vision of emotional vulnerability, but I want to call attention to a single detail: Emi being a writer.
Out of all the secret truths that the cast masks during the narrative, Emi's must be one of the most mundane. She is writing a book. She doesn't want people to know about it, much less read it, as Emi was led to believe this hobby of hers was embarassing.
I find it very interesting that Emi, character whose focus episode revolves around vulnerability, has writing has her main passion. In a way, writing is one of the most revealing art forms that there is. Literary choices are a reflection of the author's context, beliefs, likes and dislikes, fears and dreams, even though many of these choices cannot be perceived in a sensible level. Even if I suddenly decided to write a tale about a random theme - you say, a blue-footed booby who becomes an architect while wearing ballet shoes - it would say something about me. It could be a preferred text type, my sense of humor or even my idea of what is "random". Word choices, rhythm, figures of speech, themes, narrative structures, spins on a literary genre's expectations - all of these and more consist of conscious or unconscious decisions made by the writer. Writing as an art form serves as a mirror to the artist's very mind.
As a result, a piece of text can be a very delicate thing. Many people would only reveal their works to a exemplarily trusted someone, or to no one at all. That's the origin and end of uncountable masterpieces. It is also associated to passion. Few are the writers who characterize themselves as such and don't feel a duty to write. Yes, duty. Not all pieces are a labor of love, but it's almost universal that they're one of resolve, as little as it might be. One can unlock a fundamental will to write something in spite of it being weary work. At this point, for many writers, it's not a simple hobby. It's a need. It's a compulsory manner of expression hardwired onto our brains; thus, it's an inseparable part of who we are.
So what does any of this have to do with Emi's arc?
S2E01 is all about being vulnerable. Even though Emi had only asked out Mob because of a bet and hanged out with him for a week, she felt safe enough to show him her book. Her own friend group didn't have an idea that she was working on one, and once they discovered this, they ridiculed Emi's effort and teared it to shreds. Emi tried to alleviate this rejection by affirming she didn't care for her work, while everything shown previously on the episode proved this was wrong. In turn, Mob uses his psychic powers to put back her text together - his first public demonstration of them since he was a child. Mob was honest about himself by revealing he was an esper. Emi was honest by wanting his opinion on her book.
Emi is a fourteen year old girl going through a confusing and ever changing phase of her life. After doubting on Mob's emotions, she tells him that she too doesn't know well who she is, and her actions around her friends prove how she was prone to peer pressure. Her mind and identity were on an uncertain state, and this would also reflect on her writing. Emi uses complicated words, perhaps to make her writing sound more serious. Based on a translation of her work "Adventure", she uses more of a stream of consciousness prose and ambiguous descriptions. She immediately decides to write something different after her experiences with Mob. Emi has a personal style! She has techniques and topics she enjoys and active choices about how she will employ them! Emi has a bit of her on her story and this was why she hid it so much: a mockery of it would be synonym of a mockery of herself.
This is what makes the plotline with her book so important to express the episode's themes. Emi felt insecure to reveal such an integral part of herself to the world until someone came and not only took it seriously, but appreciated it enough to make an effort to understand it better. It tells a lot how Mob's demonstration of caring made her leave the people who destroyed her work.
As a writer, this detail gave a whole another layer of significance for the episode. I've felt Emi's struggle in a very intense level on the past. Storytelling is something so dear to me I can't see myself without the adjective of "writer", but the acknowledgement of my work would be the same as exposing myself to the world. It can be scary at times, to divulge something so sincere to others. However, such is the writer's role: divulging. For reasons long unknown a magical excess of words was born to me, and this coincidence can't be supressed and abandoned on the dark. There is something I can offer copiously hand in hand and its words. Words. Words. Words... And the reflection of me resonates on others.
Sketching main esper boys
Some close up under the cut
Do I know who I pretend to be?
Alright so, time to be self-indulgent :>
Lil (actually, it's pretty long) introduction of her below the cut! :3
At first I created Rinoka as self insert and to be shipped with Reigen, AND THEN in an alt universe, an age-swap AU I made, she was to be Mob's master in the place of Reigen(no shipping here; and Reigen became Mob's disciple years later).
In the later she was a psychic, with the ability to read people's mind -- their memories, to be specific((I have some ideas with Takenaka too, like she became somewhat a mentor to him as people with similar struggle but unlike Mob he didn't work for her)). She can 'borrow' other's psychic ability to some degree, the better her understanding(by reading their memories) of said ability, the better her copy was. Oh yeah, she founded her version of Spirits and Such Agency, that she inherited to Mob after her death.
She's similar to Reigen in term of fighting loneliness while being somewhat stubborn and self-reliant. However, the difference between her and Reigen was that she's blunt, and even when she often keep things to herself, she'd rather tell the truth instead of lying.
Rinoka also has a different ideology. She's -- well, maybe less compassionate. She disliked running away and would rather faced everything head-on. In my AU version of Season 2 Episode 15 where Mob was asked to exorcised that one family of spirits(yeah Rinoka would ask Mob to follow her exorcising stuff to train him), she ended up actually exorcised the spirits instead of Mob, shaken him.
All in all, while she might not be best person to Mob's life, they brought the best on each other. Mob taught her compassion and kindness, on the other hand Rinoka made him understood about himself through her brutal honesty.
NOW as I was figuring out the principal behind her ability, I came across a realization that her ability... Feels like a cross-over between Shimazaki and Takenaka. Maybe more closer to Shimazaki's prediction ability.
Shimazaki can 'read' other people's(or objects) movements to the degree he can analyzes/predicts what would be their next actions.
Rinoka can 'read' other people's(and through certain objects) memories to the degree she can analyzes how their abilities work and copy them.
So I was like. Hey, what if... they're... related...?
ANd her we are. New fanfic. New AU. This AU is based on canon almost completely -- it's simply figuring out of what's happening in the background, where the show didn't show us. Like, aren't you curious of what's Shimazaki been doing after the World-Domination Arc? Why would Minegishi joined Claw so young(hey! my previous comic :>)? What have been happening at Claw, how did they do their experiments? The Government is aware of espers and psychics -- like in the manga one of the Prime Minister bodyguard was an esper. So is the Government aware of Mob(and the other esper kids) and is watching them??
Yyeah so MP100 has been on my mind, being my hyperfixation... I'm rotating them like a rotisserie chicken.
Hope ya'll will enjoy my future shenanigans :)
Some MP100 doodles again + OC because why not
Realization that Shou really does look like his father
Would you like to search for extraterrestrial beings with me?
Soo... I did make them into charms... :3
I'm planning to sell them at Comifuro 19, along with some Dungeon Meshi merch. Been cooking stuff in the background! Also been super extra busy with committee job at college...
I used to post orikero(original keronian OC) stuff on tumblr, tho I lost the access to the account and is too lazy to retrieve it.. Well, I just got into MP100 this year and Reigen being no.2 Tumblr Sexyman gotten me here again ww
Tumblr people really do have their ways for the tags and it's super fun reading them, I truly enjoy and appreciate these tags :>
Bonus:
My Dungeon Meshi charms!
Recruitment
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Read next: About Him(pt. 1)
Bonus Dokibird since I was watching her clips
Doin' stuff with my lil guy
Some perspective+pose practice
some part of a WIP... lil sillies
S-serirei...?
I cleaned some of my sketches
Doodlin' the men
