History Recap / MobPsycho100OVAReigen

** And spectacularly averted: ''All'' of Reigen's inserts are purged from the story, and judging from Ritsu's involvement, replaced with quite a bit of the man's exploitation of Mob... relegating the phony psychic to a bonus chapter wryly entitled 'The Courage to Throw Salt'.

** Justified, as Reigen [[IJustWantToBeSpecial wants to be special]] so badly that [[{{Jerkass}} he mostly erases his disciple's involvement from the story and minimizes everyone else's efforts]] to make himself look good and drum up some business. The saddest thing about this is that his intended readers would likely find the truth more compelling: a tale of [[BadassNormal an ordinary man with an unusual skillset]] who actually manages to be an effective mentor for a teenaged [[PhysicalGod physical god]] with no self-confidence.

Over lunch, Reigen watches as the lisping palm reader Sophia Kirari claims divine inspiration for the idea to write a book on TV. At her mention that her business is booked solid for the next year as a result, he inhales what remains of his cheeseburger and calls Mob to meet him after school.

Reigen's well-aimed special salt attacks, imbued with his abundantly nonexistent psychic power, crushed the Ceiling Crasher and the Honeido Tunnel gang boss. For some time now, he has been protecting Seasoning City behind the scenes, providing services large and small for clients in addition to exorcisms. Mob gently calls him out on the veracity of his claims over ramen, but in vain. Where does the teenager fit in all this? Not to worry, he has plans for Mob too. The phony psychic continues, taking credit even for Mob's successes in which he only offered advice after the fact...

Mob awakens with a groggy start to Ritsu's hand on his back, gently shaking him awake. Apparently he hasn't left his room at all of late; his little brother is worried about him. Mob explains that he's been hard at work on a manuscript for his ''shishou'', and resumes work on the second chapter, which Reigen gave him permission to write as he pleased. He uses the space to tell the story of his relationship with his brother and how his psychic powers affected them both, in his own words, right up to Ritsu's kidnapping by Claw.

Reigen takes over after this, inserting himself in the story to describe his detailed plot to save Mob's little brother and the Awakening Lab kids. As he tells it, he singlehandedly took down each 7th Division Claw enforcer originally sent after Teru, Mob and Dimple: he crushed Terada between a pair of tree trunks, brought down Matsuo the spirit Pokemon tamer, threw his own barrier onto the pyrokinetic Miyagawa and roasted him in his own flames, and more. Mob--rather deferentially--objects ''again'', but Reigen cuts him off and bids him continue.

Once Reigen makes his way to where Mob, Teru and Ritsu are being held, his retelling of things is somewhat more accurate, though he still takes pains to de-emphasize Mob's actual participation in fighting wherever possible. Mob's transferring his psychic energy to Reigen to allow him to fight in his stead was not Reigen's plan all along, but you wouldn't know from the man's telling of events.

Mob, exhausted, finally completes the manuscript from Reigen's dictation as his friends congratulate him. Ichi Mezato offers to put him in touch with a print shop. Just as they rush to make Reigen's dream real, Teruki Hanazawa arrives with Ritsu and suggests they look this over beforehand, as this is supposed to be nonfiction. Mezato agrees--editors and proofreaders usually comb through a book's prose before printing. Tome Kurata offers to pitch in and bullies the rest of the Telepathy Club into helping out; Ritsu and Dimple lend a hand as well. As the Body Improvement Club cheer on the process, they all take a good look at what's ''actually in'' the book...

Ah, well. Looks like ramen is in order. He pays Mob with a couple slabs of chashu pork from his bowl. After his young ''deshi'' goes home for the day, he hits up his favorite watering hole and orders a lemon sour, extra sour. The kind bartender serves him, and he laments his fate as the bar TV overhead displays some good news...

** Mob's friends rip Reigen's manuscript to shreds in a fact-checking extravaganza that largely takes place offscreen. We do see the effects of their changes on the narrative (complete with a 'Fabrication Level' counter that drops to 0%) and public perception of Reigen's book, however.

* LyingCreator: Reigen's 'memoir', as dictated to Mob, contains some fact and [[{{Understatement}} a bit of embellishment]] to spice up the story for readers. He maintains that this is necessary to boost sales, silencing Mob's quiet objections.
* MeanBoss: Reigen calling Mob a moron for objecting to his [[BlatantLies lies]], being somewhat harsh with him, and offering him only his hourly pay plus 0.2% of sales. Dimple comments that his take would be less than ''sales tax.''

* SelfInsertFic: Reigen attempts to [[{{Retcon}} retcon]] the first season by liberally inserting himself in the story--like a bored, human-sized fly on the wall--even where he wasn't part of the action. The animators have a field day with this, repeatedly pasting his oversized head and/or body over Teru's or Dimple's (often leaving the original person's appendages visible) or awkwardly animating his limbs to perform actions originally done by Mob. Some of the changes are ''subtle''.
** And spectacularly averted: ''All'' of Reigen's inserts are purged from the story, and judging from Ritsu's involvement, quite a bit of the man's exploitation of Mob added in... relegating him to a bonus chapter wryly entitled 'The Courage to Throw Salt'.

* UnreliableNarrator: Oh gods yes.
** Justified, as Reigen [[IJustWantToBeSpecial wants to be special]] so badly that [[{{Jerkass}} he mostly erases his disciple from the story and minimizes everyone else's efforts]] to make himself look good and drum up some business. The saddest thing about this is that telling the truth might better serve his intended purpose: a tale of an ordinary man who actually manages to be an effective mentor for a teenaged [[PhysicalGod physical god]] with no self-confidence.