History Recap / MobPsycho100S3E12Confession

** Tsubomi tells Mob that she doesn't yet see him in a romantic light. They remain friends and call each other on occasion.
** ???%'s particular treatment of Reigen in this episode--cracking his head open and bashing him against the winds of his rage--makes his feelings about the man painfully clear.

* CooldownHug: In the form of Reigen grasping ???%'s wrists and a [[WhamLine simple statement]]: 'I don't have any spiritual or psychic powers. I never did!' It restores Mob to full consciousness and instantly halts the tornado swirling round them.%%** As Reigen continues to apologize for abusing the boy's trust, [[ExpressiveHair Mob's hair]] calms down too.

** Dimple. Shigeo was perhaps the spirit's first real friend; he was definitely Shigeo's closest confidant. Dimple willed himself back to existence just because he'd missed the boy so; it didn't hurt that he was also drawn in by the vast streams of psychic energy spewing forth from ???%'s tornado.

* EasilyForgiven: Subverted. As shown in [[Recap/MobPsycho100S3E10Mob2 episode 10 of this season]], ???% had not forgiven Teru for nearly ending Mob's life just a few months ago; he proves here not to have forgiven Reigen either for years of betrayal.%%** And played straight: ???% forgives--or at least begins the process of doing so--when Reigen finally admits the harm he's done.

* {{Revenge}}: ???% finally gets to exact some payback here against Reigen for everything he'd put the boy through.

* StunnedSilence: Shigeo gives Reigen a wordless, incredulous KubrickStare throughout the entirety of the phony psychic's apology to him.

* CarryingACake: When a teary-eyed Reigen trips while carrying his birthday cake and loses his grip on it at episode's end, it mysteriously halts in midair as he lands face-first into it. As Reigen is surrounded by telekinetic psychics with ample cause to play such a prank, judging whom is at fault is left up to the audience. [[AdaptationDeviation The manga makes it clear, however, that Shigeo was entirely responsible for Reigen's cake facial]].

* SplitPersonalityMerge: At the end of the episode, after Reigen gives his final piece of advice -- that everyone has two sides and that acceptance of one's dark side is necessary -- Mob and ???% finally reconcile their differences and explode one last time: Shigeo Kageyama, 100%.

* EasilyForgiven: Subverted. As shown in episode 10 of this season, ???% had not forgiven Teru for nearly ending Mob's life just a few months ago; he proves here not to have forgiven Reigen either for years of betrayal.%%** And played straight: ???% forgives--or at least begins the process of doing so--when Reigen finally admits the harm he's done.

* CarryingACake: When an overcome Reigen trips while carrying his birthday cake and loses his grip on it at episode's end, it mysteriously halts in midair as he lands face-first into it. As Reigen is surrounded by telekinetic psychics with ample cause to play such a prank, judging whom is at fault is left up to the audience. [[AdaptationDeviation The manga makes it clear, however, that Shigeo was entirely responsible for Reigen's cake facial]].

* InternalReveal: Reigen finally admits to Mob that he is a [[PhonyPsychic phony psychic]] and that he never had any idea about spiritual matters.

* SplitPersonalityMerge: At the end of the episode, after Reigen gives his final piece of advice, that everyone has two sides and that acceptance of one's dark side is necessary, Mob and ???% finally reconcile their differences and perform their final explosion: Shigeo Kageyama 100%.

* BarefootSuicide: Implied. Reigen knows he may die in the attempt to reach his young disciple; he prepares himself by removing his shoes before pursuing him.

** After Reigen is nearly brained by a chunk of asphalt larger than his own head, he somehow manages to pick up a second wind and clears the distance between himself and ???% while ''barefoot''. He is so determined to get through to Mob that not even a painful faceplant stops him from grabbing ???%'s ankles.

** After Reigen is honest with him, [[SplitPersonalityMerge '???%' and 'Mob' call an armistice, agree to accept each other, and merge into one]]--''Shigeo''. Tellingly, it is 'Mob'--the boy's conscious self--who initiates the integration.

* CooldownHug:
** In the form of Reigen grasping ???%'s wrists and a [[WhamLine simple statement]]: 'I don't have any spiritual or psychic powers. I never did!' It restores Mob to full consciousness and instantly halts the tornado swirling round them.%%** As Reigen continues to apologize for abusing the boy's trust, [[ExpressiveHair Mob's hair]] calms down too.

** Reigen finally tells Mob the truth about who he is and how he had used him. ???% knew of Reigen's true nature all along, but needed to hear him admit it in order to forgive him.

** In the form of Reigen's hands grasping ???%'s wrists and a [[WhamLine simple statement]]: 'I don't have any spiritual or psychic powers. I never did!' It restores Mob to full consciousness and instantly halts the tornado swirling round them.%%** As Reigen continues to apologize for abusing the boy's trust, [[ExpressiveHair Mob's hair]] calms down too.

** ???%, whose advance on the park where Tsubomi waits is only halted by Reigen's honesty.

* DiscretionShot: The camera cuts away to the twilight sky as Reigen blows his nose during his apology, [[StepfordSmiler blaming allergies for his tears]].

* StunnedSilence: Shigeo while Reigen admits to him that he is, indeed, a phony psychic and had no business advising him without knowing anything about his issues.

* SecretlySelfish: Mob's seemingly limitless capacity for forgiveness only exists because he'd never allowed himself to truly feel his resentment towards those who'd hurt him. For years, ???% absorbed ''all of it'', along with every other emotion Mob stuffed down and swallowed. When finally liberated, ???% takes the opportunity to act on his own whims and ''wreck a city''--all in the service of Mob's desire to confess to Tsubomi--over the course of two and a half episodes.

* SecretlySelfish: Mob's seemingly limitless capacity for forgiveness only exists because he'd never allowed himself to truly feel his resentment towards those who'd hurt him. For years, ???% absorbed ''all of it'', along with every other emotion Mob stuffed down and swallowed. When finally liberated, ???% takes the opportunity to act on his own whims--in the service of Mob's desire to confess to Tsubomi--over the course of two and a half episodes.

** After Reigen is honest with him, [[SplitPersonalityMerge '???%' and 'Mob' call an armistice, agree to accept each other, and merge into one being]]--''Shigeo''. Tellingly, it is 'Mob'--the boy's conscious self--who initiates the integration.

** In the form of Reigen's hands grasping ???%'s wrists and a [[WhamLine simple statement]]: 'I don't have any spiritual or psychic powers. I never did!' It restores Mob to full consciousness and instantly halts the tornado swirling round them.
** As Reigen continues to apologize for abusing the boy's trust, [[ExpressiveHair Mob's hair]] calms down too.

* BaitAndSwitch: During the time skip, Shigeo reaches out his hand towards a pole as if to activate his ESP... before touching it to climb up.

???% marches on, not quite the calm at the eye of this storm he would seem. As retribution for Mob's self-denial, he disintegrates 'Mob' entirely on the inside, absorbing the shreds into himself. His takeover of this body now complete, ???% then proceeds to draw blood as payback against Reigen for years of special treatment; he beats and bruises the man but cannot break him. Throwing his shoes--and perhaps his sanity as well--to the winds, Reigen pelts after the teenager anyway. If these be his last words, he will speak them to Mob directly or die trying.

Almost there... he closes the distance between himself and ???%... but not quite. With the last of his energy, he grabs the boy by the ankle and begs him to listen to what he has to say just before his consciousness departs him.

???%, unmoved by all this and now right outside Mob's arranged meeting place with Tsubomi, walks on... straight into Dimple? In Reigen's body? The weakened Dimple urges ???% to hear Reigen out. As he finally admits to the boy that he's a fraud, the tornado swirling round them both... evaporates. ???% and Mob agree to accept each other and heal the split between them, just in time for him--with all that remains of his bouquet--to tell Tsubomi how he feels. Shigeo returns with a broken heart, still holding his last flower. The three make their way home while Reigen comforts him and discusses what needs done to restore all the damage.

Fast forward to the following October: a new school year. Jun Sagawa now presides over the Body Improvement Club, with Shigeo as his second-in-command. The boy's perseverance despite his initial poor athletic condition seems to have inspired even more members to join this time round. After classes, Shigeo and his friends discuss plans for another New Year's Eve encounter of the third kind before joining Teru and more friends for Reigen's surprise birthday party.

* BackForTheFinale: Dimple, who has been presumed dead since the end of the Psycho Helmet arc, returns to aid Reigen in calming down Mob.

** Continued from the previous episode. ???% continues to rip the conscious Mob to pieces, literally and figuratively, for ignoring his needs and entertaining Reigen's bullshit for so long. When he wins out, his internal monologue entirely replaces the dialogue between him and Mob.

* BeYourself: Rather fittingly for a series about self-improvement this is the final lesson Mob needs to learn before he can be whole. Reigen, in his final piece of advice as Mob's mentor, tells him that everyone has two sides to themselves, and that he should accept it even if it's a side he doesn't like. Mob and ???% finally reconcile their differences and accept each other, allowing them to become Shigeo Kageyama once more. After the time skip Shigeo is shown being able to emote much easier now that he's no longer suppressing his own emptions.

* CallBack: Being a season and series finale, this particular episode is leaking with scenes and little nods from previous major story arcs. Examples include:
** Inukawa's eyes when another member of the Telepathy Club wonders whether their alien friends will return.
** Ritsu's flashback to his first meeting with Teru... and the first appearance of his disastrous 'haystack' wig.

* CooldownHug: In the form of a simple phrase and Reigen's hands grasping ???%'s wrists: 'I don't have any spiritual or psychic powers. I never did!' It restores Mob to full consciousness and instantly halts the tornado swirling round them.

** After Reigen is nearly brained by a chunk of asphalt the size of his own head, he somehow manages to pick up a second wind and clears the distance between himself and ???% while ''barefoot''. He is so determined to get through to Mob that not even a painful faceplant stops him from grabbing ???%'s ankles.

* InternalReveal: Reigen finally admits to Mob that he is a phony psychic and that he never had any idea about spiritual matters.

* SplitPersonalityMerge: At the end of the episode, after Reigen gives his final piece of advice, that everyone has two sides to them and that its okay to accept them, Mob and ???% finally reconcile their differences and preform their final explosion; Shigeo Kageyama 100%.
* StunnedSilence: Mob while Reigen admits to him that he is, indeed, a phony psychic and had no business advising him without knowing anything about his issues.
* TenderTears: After Shigeo reveals that Tsubomi rejected him he begins crying big wet tears unpromoted. It shows that Shigeo has finally allowed himself to be open with his emotions again and he can move forward in his life.

* EnergyAbsorption:
** ???%'s tornado drains Serizawa's considerable energy stores to the point that he is unable to bring Reigen any closer without putting them both in danger.
* SmashToBlack:
** Happens as ???% smacks Reigen in the head with a gigantic chunk of asphalt.
* StunnedSilence:
** Mob while Reigen admits to him that he is, indeed, a phony psychic and had no business advising him without knowing anything about his issues.

!Confessions\\