#and mob very obviously flings the cake in reigens face. like it’s not like that doesn’t happen in the ep I just don’t get why they made it

[moonrpg]

rewatched mop ending it still made me cry 👍 some thoughts in the tags

#honestly now that I’ve read the manga I can decidedly say it’s the least faithful adaptation out of all the arcs which does make me a little #bummed bc it’s one you would think they would try and follow to a T bc of the weight every piece of dialogue carries. cut one thing and the #entire tone can change. I don’t like how they framed shigeo as completely violent and ‘malicious’ up until the very end. in the manga you #know from the start that both mob and shigeo have an incredibly skewed but not malicious viewpoint if that makes sense #like yeah the ritsu thing is an earlier ep but that kinda bugs me too!! it just changes the tone. and I get it it’s an anime you can’t have #like. the like despair that reigens chase had ik the manga it’s gotta be uplifting and shonen o guess lol #one more low thing then I’m done I promise. the ending is super cute and sweet but the cat bit and the angle of the cake almost make it read #like mob doesn’t rlly use his powers anymore? not entirely but it teeters on it whereas in the manga like ritsu gets him down from up high #and mob very obviously flings the cake in reigens face. like it’s not like that doesn’t happen in the ep I just don’t get why they made it #more vague bc like. that would go against the very core of the arc whatever #idk it’s a bunch of little things but they really add up imo. bc like obvs when I first watched the arc without being caught up #in the manga I enjoyed it and I still do love it!! it’s beautifully animated and it still pulls at ur emotions very effectively haha #just interesting if not a bit frustrating to think about the gravity of what was left out/changed just bc of the major focus on emotion #in this arc especially #chitchat #mp100 spoilers

[shadowmountain512]

So I've been reading Mushishi and I noticed one of its major themes so far is that you can't save everyone. I think that theme comes up in mp100 too, in a slightly different form: Suffering is inevitable and the important thing is how you deal with that suffering. Def not one of its major themes, but it's there.

Basically every esper in the show gets screwed over in some way because they're espers. Whether they choose to make their powers a major part of their life like Shinra or they're just tryna vibe like Mob

And I think Mob reconciling with himself in the last couple chapters can be read as like, he's gonna make mistakes, lose control, etc etc, but he's finally learned that there's nothing wrong with that. That's why he laughs at the end when he flings the cake in Reigen's face (I'm pretty it was him anyway... 🤔). Even though he ruined their dessert and made a mess they can still have fun and just clean it up.

Just like how in Mushishi, even if Ginko can't save a patient (for lack of a better word; he's not quite a doctor), there are always plenty of other people out there who he can help.

Conversely, I think Sakurai is a good example of what happens when someone doesn't accept that you can't get rid of all your suffering. His childhood sucked ass and his backstory is definitely understandable/relatable... But he kinda took this control freak-like route to make sure nothing that bad ever happened to him again. And all that effort resulted in him getting schooled by a sweaty con man lmao

It might seem like I'm tryna make mp100 seem bleak or edgy or something, but that's not what I'm going for. I mean, when you think about it, isn't that just how life works? We all break our phones and lose family members and stuff like that. Mp100 (and Mushishi) are just there to remind us that bad stuff is obviously, like, bad, but it's not the end of the world. Which is pretty uplifting imo.

Also read Mushishi I'm only 9 chapters in but I love it very much it's super poetic

#mp100 #meta #ken's shit #when I practiced buddhism this theme came up a lot too #they talked a lot about how to deal with loss and things like that #sad things that everyone has to overcome sooner or later #i should like analyze all of mp100 from a buddhist perspective #that would be cool #mushishi