There Is A Lot Of Talk (rightfully So) About ???% And How Mob Has Been Invalidating And Repressing Him

favorite visual gags:

something drawn realistically to show an emotion

something drawn poorly to show an emotion

the first of a set of MP100 post cards I’m making! I really like slice of life if that isn’t already obvious….

I’ll be at Anime North this year for the first time and this will be available there!

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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!

Ed is … a misandrist

If ??? are Mob's supressed emotions and desires, when he talks about Reigen those could be his intrusive thoughts? Deep down Mob already knew the deal with Reigen but he denied it/didn't want to think about it. Like he refused to believe that his master could be that type of person after everything he's done for Mob.

Deep down Mob did already know the truth about Reigen, while also knowing he's a 'good person' at heart too. (The Separation Arc showed this.) But ???% takes that to those raw, unfiltered extremes of thinking, like 'that person treats me the most different out of everyone; he only lies and uses me for my powers, he never actually cared for me.' Which is pretty whoa (Mob would rationalize how all of that can't be true), so in a way yes, they are some of his most negative opinions + repressed intrusive thoughts. Especially when Reigen himself does what ???% doesn't expect, by showing how much he truly cares for him as a person and honestly coming clean to him about everything. :')

i’m upset that part of the Shigeo/Mob conversation that was cut in the anime was Shigeo holding Mob’s face almost lovingly, with Mob being the one to eventually push the hands away. i just feel like that would’ve added a shit-ton of subtext to the confession arc that the anime didn’t really provide.

watching the emi episode makes me kick and giggle my feet

Hear me out.

The family talk was revenge.

Al coming back from his travels: Xing was great! I've learned so much about alkahestry, and I think we're really making progress and getting Jerso and Zampano's bodies back! It was really nice to see Mei, and Ling is doing a great job as emperor, and I even got to visit some of Xing's neighbors to the east! I feel like I'm learning more about alchemy and alkahestry every day

Ed coming back from his travels: I Have Been Banned From Five Countries