soo-won is going to head toward him but - wow bubbles? bubbles are happening and unfortunate he didn't notice one, so even as he tries to dodge it, his dumb flowy robes manages to pop one and—
a memory plays. well, shigeo said that he wanted to be more reliable - why not learn from someone who apparently had his shit extremely together since he was 9 years old?]
[This was a pretty gay memory. But also, cute. Mob's eyes get wide, too - Soo-won is definitely amazing, even as a kid. His words can inspire everyone. That kind of trait is amazing.]
[it is obviously yona! and soo-won looks a little surprised at that before smiling]
Mm! We did. We set up the blockade and I believe Hak went ahead to go and find possible suspects - then he was able to apprehend them before they could get any further! So we recovered Yona and returned her to her family.
We got in a bit of trouble but... the worst case scenario was avoided.
[and he'll describe it like it's any other tuesday]
Context for this is that Mob, his brother Ritsu, a blonde kid named Hanazawa, and Reigen are in some kind of evil villain headquarters (Claw) being attacked by adults in supervillain costumes attacking children with hyper-powered shonen bullshit - gravity manipulation, swords, creating body duplicates, summoning evil spirits.
The teens are all ESPers and are fighting back. Don’t worry about why Hanazawa’s hair is like that. Mob most successful, able to dodge most of their attacks, but he isn’t participating in the fighting, just jumping in to help defend where he can. The other two kids are fighting, but Ritsu is getting beat up pretty bad and Hanazawa is struggling to hold his own, and gets his tall hair cut into a better hairstyle by an anime sword.
Reigen does not really seem to be doing anything, except insisting that they’re getting out of here, and constantly needing to be saved from peril by the kids. He claims that he’d be able to help if they were facing evil spirits, not seeming to realize there are evil spirits there, right in front of them, which Mob instantly exorcises.
Things start to get out of control, and the kids are losing the fight. Mob’s friends and Reigen are yelling two conflicting instructions.
Reigen: We’re getting out of here! Don’t bother with them, Mob!
Hanezawa: Kageyama-kun! Use all of your powers! Just blow these guys away!
Mob seems frozen by indecision. It’s fairly obvious why. Hanazawa is fighting as hard as he can, with all of his strength, and still getting beaten. But Mob knows his own powers are stronger than Hanazawa’s. He could help his friend. On the other hand, Reigen is telling him not to, and Reigen is his master, and he truly doesn’t want to have to fight anyone. But. . . there seems to be good reason to doubt that Reigen can really help like he claims.
Reigen: Stop! Don’t fight back! I’m an adult, so I’ll deal with them! Mob, there’s no need for you to stoop to their level!
Ritsu: Nii-san’s the only one who stands a chance anymore!
The gravity powered enemy has started attacking Ritsu, who is struggling not to be sucked into a black hole. This seems to make up Mob’s mind for him. He turns towards the person attacking Ritsu, beginning to glow with power as he watches Ritsu struggle and be hurt. There’s no one but him who can help Ritsu. There’s no one else.
Shigeo: Ritsu. . . you’re right, I have to defeat them.
Reigen: No! Stop! Don’t fight back, Mob!
Shigeo: (ignoring this now, just focused on the fight) Ritsu’s hurt. . .
Hanazawa: (still fighting back) We have to fight power with power! At this rate, we’re all going to die!
Reigen: We just need to run away!
Hanazawa: There’s no way for us to run while we’re dealing with their attacks! Use the powers you used back then!
Mob’s stress levels are ticking upwards at this point. He knows if he fights, if he really uses his powers that way, he’ll probably seriously hurt someone, if not kill them. But he also knows Hanazawa and Ritsu might be right. Despite what Reigen is saying, running away doesn’t seem possible right now. And if they don’t win this fight, they really might be killed. Hanazawa has seen his full powers, what they can do. If Hanazawa thinks that’s needed, then. . .
Reigen: Calm down! Don’t go head to head against someone with murderous intent, Mob!
But the gravity user, their leader, the strongest one has come back, and is threatening them again. So he can’t hold back, can he? If he holds back, if he doesn’t use all of his power now. . . Mob looks like he’s despairing over this decision, but it also looks as though he’s come to one.
Shigeo: Ritsu. . . Hanazawa-kun. . . Master Reigen. . . I can’t let them all die. . . I have no choice. . . but to fight with all I’ve got!
As his stress and anger grows, the softness in Mob begins to disappear, replaced with something colder and angrier, as he prepares to release all of his negative feelings against these terrible people who have hurt his brother and his friends.
Shigeo: If I can protect them. . . I don’t care what happens to my opponents.
Just as he’s about to hit full power and release those feelings, Reigen is suddenly there. He slaps his hands across his cheeks, holding his face so he can stare him down directly. This seems to break the spell that came over him and the stress, and gets him to listen.
Reigen: Don’t do it, Mob. You’re the one who’s going to suffer in the end. When things go south, it’s okay to run away!
Mob seems to calm down after hearing this. He feels strongly in this moment that whatever else, he can trust Reigen. And somewhere in his mind he makes a connection between the two conflicting ideas he’s been absorbing.
(Part #2 0:22 - 3:14 But obviously you can skip the intro)
At that moment, the sword guy appears behind them, powerful cursed sword in hand, and slices Reigen directly across the back. He falls to the ground. He’s dead! Oh no! Mob is just. . . looking at this sword man.
Shigeo: Honestly, I don’t want to hurt anyone. But if I don’t, we’re going to get killed. That’s the feeling I got. I realized that I have to do it in order to protect everyone. That’s the kind of situation we’re in right now.
And yet. . . Master told me that it was okay to run away. So. . .
Reigen stands up! Oh, he’s not dead. He’s fine. He’s actually completely unharmed. Because in that moment where Reigen told him it was okay to run away, Mob made a connection. On the one hand, Hanazawa and Ritsu have been telling him that the person with the most power also has the responsibility to fight, so it felt like because he had those powers, he didn't have any choice at all. But Reigen has been telling him to run away, and leave these problems to him, the adult.
So isn’t it okay if, just for now, he runs away by giving Reigen his powers?
Reigen clearly doesn’t seem to realize at first what’s happening, and just assumes that all of these adult ESPers have just been using tricks and illusions the whole time. He snaps the sword in half, calling it a toy, and destroys an evil spirit thinking it’s a guy in a suit, effortlessly brushes away all their attacks, and calls them frauds. It’s funny but it’s long and I’m not going to describe it all.
Basically, the adult ESPers are all emotionally devastated by not only being beaten by Reigen but also made fun of this badly, and he’s utterly dismissive of all of them and their attitudes that their power or their sad backstory justifies their acting like supervillains and beating up middle school children.
(Part #3 same video at 9:18 - 11:06)
Reigen (being attacked yet again): . . . Are you still doing that crap? You use the psychic powers you’ve been blessed with for the stupidest things.
Duplication Power Guy: Wha. . . ?
Reigen: You’re like a little kid with a knife. I can’t bear to watch. And what’s that thing on your forehead, and these things that look like shoulder pads? (Pointing to this guy’s dorky costume)
Duplication Guy: That. . . that’s nothing to do with you. Those are to guard my shoulders. . .
Reigen: Which means they’re just accessories and have no purpose, right? Don’t get the wrong idea! No matter what kind of special powers a person may be blessed with, they’re still just human beings. Nothing more and nothing less. You guys haven’t realized that. You’re so addicted to your special powers you’ve developed tunnel vision. You’re plotting world domination when you haven’t even seen the world? Don’t make me laugh! No one’s gonna follow you! First, get rid of those childish shoulder pads and grow up!
Reigen: (to sword guy) You too! You want to escape from society, right? But to make it big, you have to live in reality! That’s where you start.
Duplication Guy: You’re telling us to return to being commoners?
Reigen: (yelling at him) What? No way! You still don’t get it, do you? Who do you think you are? You are a commoner! You’re just a part of the masses!
Duplication Guy: B. . . but Claw is a noble. . .
Reigen: I’m a commoner. I’m much more powerful than you and I’m still a commoner! So what does that make you?
He points to them and then gestures to his ear like he's waiting for the answer. Both of them sink to their knees, finally giving up. Ritsu and Hanazawa watch Reigen just yell these two into submission, stunned.
soo-won goes through the memory and - honestly? by the end of it? it's hard to fight off a smile and so... he doesn't bother anymore. he smiles, because - ]
... your master truly is a very impressive person.
I like that.
"To make it big, you have to live in reality." Mm, I think that's true too.
If you're learning from a person like that, then I feel like I can rest easy.
[ignoring
everything that happened in the beginning of the memory i guess]
I think you make a very good decision too, Shigeo.
It was a moment where we discussed it before... when your options were between letting people important to you possibly die, or using your power to harm others.
He gave an excellent lecture against the people that you were fighting against! That they were commoners too, and should not chase after grandiose ideas of world domination if they had not yet seen the world.
[Somehow, everything Soo-won says sounds garbled. But he's at least understanding a little. In that scary memory, where he was considering killing someone, Reigen. . . did something?]
When we talked about that, did I remember what he did? [I'll save you looking it up, he said he was able to get help from his master.]
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soo-won is going to head toward him but - wow bubbles? bubbles are happening and unfortunate he didn't notice one, so even as he tries to dodge it, his dumb flowy robes manages to pop one and—
a memory plays. well, shigeo said that he wanted to be more reliable - why not learn from someone who apparently had his shit extremely together since he was 9 years old?]
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. . . Did you find her?
[It's obviously Yona!]
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Mm! We did. We set up the blockade and I believe Hak went ahead to go and find possible suspects - then he was able to apprehend them before they could get any further! So we recovered Yona and returned her to her family.
We got in a bit of trouble but... the worst case scenario was avoided.
[and he'll describe it like it's any other tuesday]
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[It's just like he said! Soo-won can downplay that all he wants, but being able to get people to listen to you. . .
Anyway, have another bubble pop.
(Part #1 at 17:33 to 20:20
Context for this is that Mob, his brother Ritsu, a blonde kid named Hanazawa, and Reigen are in some kind of evil villain headquarters (Claw) being attacked by adults in supervillain costumes attacking children with hyper-powered shonen bullshit - gravity manipulation, swords, creating body duplicates, summoning evil spirits.
The teens are all ESPers and are fighting back. Don’t worry about why Hanazawa’s hair is like that. Mob most successful, able to dodge most of their attacks, but he isn’t participating in the fighting, just jumping in to help defend where he can. The other two kids are fighting, but Ritsu is getting beat up pretty bad and Hanazawa is struggling to hold his own, and gets his tall hair cut into a better hairstyle by an anime sword.
Reigen does not really seem to be doing anything, except insisting that they’re getting out of here, and constantly needing to be saved from peril by the kids. He claims that he’d be able to help if they were facing evil spirits, not seeming to realize there are evil spirits there, right in front of them, which Mob instantly exorcises.
Things start to get out of control, and the kids are losing the fight. Mob’s friends and Reigen are yelling two conflicting instructions.
Mob seems frozen by indecision. It’s fairly obvious why. Hanazawa is fighting as hard as he can, with all of his strength, and still getting beaten. But Mob knows his own powers are stronger than Hanazawa’s. He could help his friend. On the other hand, Reigen is telling him not to, and Reigen is his master, and he truly doesn’t want to have to fight anyone. But. . . there seems to be good reason to doubt that Reigen can really help like he claims.
The gravity powered enemy has started attacking Ritsu, who is struggling not to be sucked into a black hole. This seems to make up Mob’s mind for him. He turns towards the person attacking Ritsu, beginning to glow with power as he watches Ritsu struggle and be hurt. There’s no one but him who can help Ritsu. There’s no one else.
Mob’s stress levels are ticking upwards at this point. He knows if he fights, if he really uses his powers that way, he’ll probably seriously hurt someone, if not kill them. But he also knows Hanazawa and Ritsu might be right. Despite what Reigen is saying, running away doesn’t seem possible right now. And if they don’t win this fight, they really might be killed. Hanazawa has seen his full powers, what they can do. If Hanazawa thinks that’s needed, then. . .
But the gravity user, their leader, the strongest one has come back, and is threatening them again. So he can’t hold back, can he? If he holds back, if he doesn’t use all of his power now. . . Mob looks like he’s despairing over this decision, but it also looks as though he’s come to one.
As his stress and anger grows, the softness in Mob begins to disappear, replaced with something colder and angrier, as he prepares to release all of his negative feelings against these terrible people who have hurt his brother and his friends.
Just as he’s about to hit full power and release those feelings, Reigen is suddenly there. He slaps his hands across his cheeks, holding his face so he can stare him down directly. This seems to break the spell that came over him and the stress, and gets him to listen.
Mob seems to calm down after hearing this. He feels strongly in this moment that whatever else, he can trust Reigen. And somewhere in his mind he makes a connection between the two conflicting ideas he’s been absorbing.
(Part #2 0:22 - 3:14 But obviously you can skip the intro)
At that moment, the sword guy appears behind them, powerful cursed sword in hand, and slices Reigen directly across the back. He falls to the ground. He’s dead! Oh no! Mob is just. . . looking at this sword man.
Reigen stands up! Oh, he’s not dead. He’s fine. He’s actually completely unharmed. Because in that moment where Reigen told him it was okay to run away, Mob made a connection. On the one hand, Hanazawa and Ritsu have been telling him that the person with the most power also has the responsibility to fight, so it felt like because he had those powers, he didn't have any choice at all. But Reigen has been telling him to run away, and leave these problems to him, the adult.
So isn’t it okay if, just for now, he runs away by giving Reigen his powers?
Reigen clearly doesn’t seem to realize at first what’s happening, and just assumes that all of these adult ESPers have just been using tricks and illusions the whole time. He snaps the sword in half, calling it a toy, and destroys an evil spirit thinking it’s a guy in a suit, effortlessly brushes away all their attacks, and calls them frauds. It’s funny but it’s long and I’m not going to describe it all.
Basically, the adult ESPers are all emotionally devastated by not only being beaten by Reigen but also made fun of this badly, and he’s utterly dismissive of all of them and their attitudes that their power or their sad backstory justifies their acting like supervillains and beating up middle school children.
(Part #3 same video at 9:18 - 11:06)
He points to them and then gestures to his ear like he's waiting for the answer. Both of them sink to their knees, finally giving up. Ritsu and Hanazawa watch Reigen just yell these two into submission, stunned.
The memory ends.]
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soo-won goes through the memory and - honestly? by the end of it? it's hard to fight off a smile and so... he doesn't bother anymore. he smiles, because - ]
... your master truly is a very impressive person.
I like that.
"To make it big, you have to live in reality." Mm, I think that's true too.
If you're learning from a person like that, then I feel like I can rest easy.
[ignoring
everything that happened in the beginning of the memory i guess]
I think you make a very good decision too, Shigeo.
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Master. . . ? He did something?
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[he tilts his head]
It was a moment where we discussed it before... when your options were between letting people important to you possibly die, or using your power to harm others.
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I remember that, but I don't - I can't remember what happened after. Reigen-san did something?
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[and he looks so amused]
He gave an excellent lecture against the people that you were fighting against! That they were commoners too, and should not chase after grandiose ideas of world domination if they had not yet seen the world.
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[Somehow, everything Soo-won says sounds garbled. But he's at least understanding a little. In that scary memory, where he was considering killing someone, Reigen. . . did something?]
When we talked about that, did I remember what he did? [I'll save you looking it up, he said he was able to get help from his master.]
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Hmm.... You said that you were able to get help from your master?
So perhaps you did, even if it might not be clear to you any longer?
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. . . I forgot that he did something. [Hmm.] Won. . . did you really think he seems like a good person?
I'm. . . angry at him.