I… I Don’t Know

It’s heartbreaking but Mob was not at all happy to see Reigen arrive with the gun.

He knew there was nothing Reigen could do. They were apart and he couldn’t transfer his powers to him. More importantly, he couldn’t protect him.

And Reigen knew his presence wasn’t soothing Mob.

Asking him obvious questions, putting the whole blame for the situation on himself and taking it from Mob (it’s not that Mob told everyone he’d do it alone, it’s that Reigen let him go), and then even suggesting things will be fine… Reigen said all of that in a very calm and collected voice, despite the look on his face. He was doing it for Mob’s benefit. 

And since Mob was so fucked up, hearing it worked a bit, and it calmed him enough for I’m to finally faint from all the pain. His head knew Reigen wasn’t going to win, but his heart still believed him. 

Just one of countless pictures the Mustangs received over the years ;3

recurring elements of ONE’s art style, from what i have gathered

most characters have unique eyes/eyebrows/eyelashes (even if they also have other distinguishing features)

small mouth (even when it’s open) (with exceptions)

ONE’s patented technique: the perfectly executed Tiny-Ass Grin. it’s impossible not to grin back.

black hair is usually solid black, no texture

lots of solid-fill black inking in general

chiaroscuro for dramatic effect, varying in degree from minor to intense (usually blocky, but sometimes shaded, and rarely both) 

higher tension = higher level of detail/shading (and the body improvement club is at max tension 90% of the time)

ONE’s art often emphasizes the dichotomy between simple and complex and uses it to reflect the complexity of a situation

thick, blunt lines are the default; as tension builds, the lines get scratchier. (very blunt or very scratchy lines may also be used for jokes)

strong sense of movement, via lots of motion lines, smoke/dust/wind, and impact splashes

big, J-shaped sweat drips (seriously these things are omnipresent)

that one texture he just loooves to draw

in the foreground, hands that were clearly drawn from a reference 

visually complex panorama of an action scene

most common: a panorama of broken rubble and fractures. all of the rubble is shaded.

make the panel’s background black and/or make all the black parts of a character white, for dramatic effect

The Dot

varied and dynamic gestures, poses, and body language

you can tell that ONE is always challenging himself to draw faces, poses, and perspectives just as he envisions them, as needed to tell the story. keep on giving it your all, ONE-sensei!

hey, i think i just Got it. 

Reigen not really understanding what Mob is going thru (him not being a psychic) is the perfect parent/teen child analogy. Like, he kinda pretends to get it, but he doesn’t really know – until the end. and he says, “I didn’t know! Is that what you’ve been going through? something this big?” That line just cuts me to my core and it’s because… isn’t that what we all wanted to hear from our parents when we were 14 and at the mercy of our uncontrollable emotions? to be seen, to be validated in that way? wow

the clickbait title: Amazing! This manga has the power to heal your childhood trauma!

Motherly Love.

and without the silly quote, because I can't decide which one I like best:

I’ve been screaming about this for a whole hour he really was just going to beat the fuck out of roy for no reason

Things I love about this exchange:

1. It’s really funny.

2. Reigen refers to being the bodyguard and right hand man of a megalomaniacal esper terrorist as “Serizawa’s last job” which is a perfect example of his attitude towards everything. “Yes I know you kidnapped the prime minister but have you, personally, got any customer service experience?”

3. It’s clear from this scene that Serizawa’s job interview was saving Reigen from a giant ball of psychic power and at no point did either of them discuss what he’d be doing there.

4. “Smack them with my umbrella.” Obviously this is a translated work and I don’t know if this nuance was in the original line at all, but I love the phrasing here. I don’t believe for a second Toichiro told him to “smack” people with his umbrella so much as "eliminate them without hesitation or mercy" and the fact that Serizawa would frame it in such an innocuous way speaks to the level of denial he was in.

5. Reigen, who recently had to knock out a client that pulled a knife on him: Yeah, things aren’t that different here.

what if the muscle bros only look and sound like grown men because that's how shigeo sees them? as so much more mature -- more of a MAN -- than he is?

Thinking about how the kids use their powers. these are the vibes i get from them

it’s a little too late where I am to gather all my thoughts on this tonight, but Reigen is such a tragic character. I’m talking Shakespearean, “road to hell paved in good intentions” type of tragic. fatal flaw and all.

he’s so earnest and he has such a beautiful heart, but the tragedy is that it is often not enough. if you’ve read the manga you probably have a better idea of what i mean.