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is mob psycho 100 a battle shonen?
May 16, 2:52 AM
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i say yes since it has a lot of battles anyway how about you? do you think battle shonen has some specific patterns or tropes and not simply about the amount of action?
May 16, 3:51 AM
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One of the best to do it too
May 16, 5:11 AM
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I feel like the reason why Mob psycho is so good in the first place is because of the characters and the story.

But the adaptation got the great fortune of getting a amazing adaptation. Probably the best i’ve ever seen. There’s just so much expression of artistic choice and the animation itself is one of the best you can go around to see.
May 16, 5:27 AM
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Absolutely shonen, so Mob will never lose. Even if he lose, he will training or gain the "scripted" battle and win in the end.๐Ÿ˜— That's the winning formula for the shonen genre.๐Ÿ˜—
May 16, 6:04 AM
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I voted no, but just because it's not quite a battle manga, more a slice of life
May 16, 6:14 AM
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Seems to have many similarities, so I say yes.
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May 16, 8:16 AM
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I would say yes and one of the best at that.
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May 16, 8:22 AM
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It’s a shonen will battles like FMA, so yes.
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May 16, 8:27 AM
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Irshiki said:
I voted no, but just because it's not quite a battle manga, more a slice of life

Close to my reasoning for voting no as well. Mob is aimed at a shonen demographic, no doubt, but I think the term "battle" shounen would be more easily applicable to OPM despite it being targeted towards the seinen demographic.

Why? Because it shares more elements akin to typical battle shounen such as a tournament arc, heroes with differing special abilities (unlike in mob where its mostly relegated to just espers, aliens, and the occasional yokai/spirit), and power scaling (though it's more of a commentary on the absurd nature of it at times). Though I wouldn't call Mob a SOL either necessarily, rather a coming of age story.
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May 16, 8:40 AM
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Voted "no". It's framed like one and has a lot of superpowered spectacle, but it doesn't fully commit to it. The "fights" aren't an end to themselves - they're mostly a joke and would make for a very unfulfilling battle shonen.
May 16, 8:51 AM
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bboy_OatsnRice said:
Irshiki said:
I voted no, but just because it's not quite a battle manga, more a slice of life

Close to my reasoning for voting no as well. Mob is aimed at a shonen demographic, no doubt, but I think the term "battle" shounen would be more easily applicable to OPM despite it being targeted towards the seinen demographic.

Why? Because it shares more elements akin to typical battle shounen such as a tournament arc, heroes with differing special abilities (unlike in mob where its mostly relegated to just espers, aliens, and the occasional yokai/spirit), and power scaling (though it's more of a commentary on the absurd nature of it at times). Though I wouldn't call Mob a SOL either necessarily, rather a coming of age story.

You're right with some things, but we should remember that battle shonen is not a genre. Battle is the genre and shonen is the target, as well as seinen. So we could actually say that MOB Psycho 100 could fit the battle genre and could fit the shonen target, but have nothing to do with what people think when they talk of battle and adventure series, Dragon Ball or One Piece for example
May 16, 8:52 AM

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It's not your typical battle shounen. You don't think of Mob Psycho 100 immediately when someone says battle shounen.
May 16, 9:02 AM

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Fail_Man_X said:
Voted "no". It's framed like one and has a lot of superpowered spectacle, but it doesn't fully commit to it. The "fights" aren't an end to themselves - they're mostly a joke and would make for a very unfulfilling battle shonen.

Very well put, basically like OPM if it only focused on Caped Baldy and had no cosmic garou, or even god for that matter. Off topic but I would like to see Saitama duke it out with Blast in the future at somepoint, even though Blast is a bro.
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May 16, 9:11 AM
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Nah, not really a battle shลnen.
May 16, 9:26 AM

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I wouldn't say that, but it has a lot of elements of a typical battle shounen


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May 16, 9:54 AM

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Got battle shounen elements, sure.
May 16, 11:18 AM

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pls stop making these type of shit post.
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May 16, 11:19 AM
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yep it is, and it's peak
May 16, 12:36 PM
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Asahinchi said:
Absolutely shonen, so Mob will never lose. Even if he lose, he will training or gain the "scripted" battle and win in the end.๐Ÿ˜— That's the winning formula for the shonen genre.๐Ÿ˜—

It doesn’t feel that way in Mob Psycho 100.
May 16, 12:48 PM
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yes, but it's not a power fantasy
May 17, 1:59 PM
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The battles aren’t the point of the series… the battles are really awesome, yes, but that’s not the focal point of the anime’s message
May 17, 5:54 PM
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in a way, yes! but also no!
it does in fact have a lot of battles, but the manga itself is more slice of life! MP100 is an amazing series
May 17, 6:37 PM

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yes, the best battle shonen ever made
May 17, 10:20 PM
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I'd say no not really, it has way more slice of life and comedy than battles, sure its got action but not that often to be called that imo tbh
May 18, 12:53 AM
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No, the focus in mob is more on the comedy, there are also fights but that's somehow not enough for me to call it a battle shonen.
May 18, 10:22 AM
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The 'battle' shonen doesn't exist, this term was just invented by the fandom. The "shonen" category is referred to manga for teenagers
ps: I love Mob Psycho 100
May 20, 7:11 AM
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Asahinchi said:
Absolutely shonen, so Mob will never lose. Even if he lose, he will training or gain the "scripted" battle and win in the end.๐Ÿ˜— That's the winning formula for the shonen genre.๐Ÿ˜—

Does that mean Devilman isn't a Shonen? The MC is killed by the Villian after all. I could even maybe include Demon Slayer in there and Death Note to lesser degrees.
May 20, 7:19 AM
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RickyHunt said:
Asahinchi said:
Absolutely shonen, so Mob will never lose. Even if he lose, he will training or gain the "scripted" battle and win in the end.๐Ÿ˜— That's the winning formula for the shonen genre.๐Ÿ˜—

Does that mean Devilman isn't a Shonen? The MC is killed by the Villian after all. I could even maybe include Demon Slayer in there and Death Note to lesser degrees.

Do you still believe that this app is 100% correct in determining the genre?

For example, If you looking some anime genre in this app, let's say, comedy anime like nichijou or danshi koukousei no nichijou, and the result will say you will find pages 1 - 3 which will not match your search like this one.

Yes, I know that OPM has comedy, but 70% of the scenes are action. Same as Mob or Kuro sensei, they are 70% Action, not 70% Comedy. lol But look how Mal rated this.
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Asahinchi said:
Absolutely shonen, so Mob will never lose. Even if he lose, he will training or gain the "scripted" battle and win in the end.๐Ÿ˜— That's the winning formula for the shonen genre.๐Ÿ˜—

Does that mean Devilman isn't a Shonen? The MC is killed by the Villian after all. I could even maybe include Demon Slayer in there and Death Note to lesser degrees.

Do you still believe that this app is 100% correct in determining the genre?

For example, If you looking some anime genre in this app, let's say, comedy anime like nichijou or danshi koukousei no nichijou, and the result will say you will find pages 1 - 3 which will not match your search like this one.

Yes, I know that OPM has comedy, but 70% of the scenes are action. Same as Mob or Kuro sensei, they are 70% Action, not 70% Comedy. lol But look how Mal rated this.
@Asahinchi I wasn't referring to the App at all actually just your comment about what the Shonen formula was.
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RickyHunt said:
@Asahinchi I wasn't referring to the App at all actually just your comment about what the Shonen formula was.

Dont get wrong, i mean that too, because most people will immediately believe in this app rather than the story in the anime itself.
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@Asahinchi I wasn't referring to the App at all actually just your comment about what the Shonen formula was.
@RickyHunt As for OPM I agree it is more Comedy than action because it is designed that way it is a parody after all. Just because it has a lot of action doesn't take away from that. Mob is kinda hard to classify imo as it has elements of Comedy, Action, Slice Of Life, etc. It seems to defy classifications and while not a parody officially could also be seen as one. The bottom line is Genre or Demo really doesn't matter and people are wasting their time and energy endlessly debating it. The Demo is set up just for marketing purposes in Japan and Something can be multiple genres. This is all pointless there are several things worth discussing in Anime/Manga Genre and/or Demo isn't one of them.
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RickyHunt said:
@Asahinchi I wasn't referring to the App at all actually just your comment about what the Shonen formula was.

Dont get wrong, i mean that too, because most people will immediately believe in this app rather than the story in the anime itself.
@Asahinchi Well I can't speak to that as I only really use this app for keeping track of Shows and Manga. I generally don't use it for anything else and not sure if I even like it here given the constant Hostility and useless arguments. People really seem to think their opinions are Objective facts and can't deal with someone thinking differently not really worth the headaches.
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RickyHunt said:
@Asahinchi Well I can't speak to that as I only really use this app for keeping track of Shows and Manga. I generally don't use it for anything else and not sure if I even like it here given the constant Hostility and useless arguments. People really seem to think their opinions are Objective facts and can't deal with someone thinking differently not really worth the headaches.

Yeah ๐Ÿ‘ Maybe i should join the Mal staff, so i can re-evaluated the genre in this app.๐Ÿ˜…
May 20, 12:57 PM
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Its a deconstruction of the supernatural battle shonen, it takes tropes from series like yu yu hakusho or bleach and plays them out in unique ways. That doesnt make it a different genre, its still battle shonen. One Punch Man is the same deal, just deconstructing the action genre.

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