Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama

Kageyama Shigeo

### Autistic Traits

• Speaks monotonously; • Does not get social clues; • Has difficulty understanding sarcasm; • Has difficulty leading a conversation; • Has difficulty showing emotions; • Has meltdowns; • Speaks directly;

## Character info

### Relatives

Mr. Kageyama (father)Mrs. Kageyama (mother)

Kageyama Ritsu (brother)

### Species

Human

Kageyama Shigeo (影山 茂夫) is the main character in a popular series called Mob Psycho 100. He is a 3rd year student at Salt Middle School, vice-president of Body Improvement Club and a former student of Reigen Arataka.

See also: Kageyama Shigeo on Mob Psycho 100 wiki

## Autistic behavior

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The essence of the main character of Mob Psycho 100 as a whole is to be an ordinary unremarkable person with the exception of one detail - psychic abilities. In the course of the anime series, there are moments where Mob admires other people for their intelligence, physical abilities, which he lacks, and vice versa: other people admire Mob because of his unusual power. Even his nickname refers to his unremarkability.

### Speaks monotonously

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The original voice of Shigeo Kageyama is quite calm and soothing, There are almost no emotions in it.

### Does not get social clues

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The plot of the series is based on the fact that Mob cannot "get a clue".

### Has difficulty leading a conversation

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Throughout the whole series Mob is being shown as a socially awkward person, which is the reason for the small number of friends (which he acquired during the course of the series).

Has a fear of performing on stage. [ don't remember the episode number]

### Has difficulty showing emotions

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There is a whole episode dedicated to the Mob's inability to laugh. In Episode 3, he was taken to the cult called "LOL", which specializes in making people laugh. Once he came there, the leader started to put on a mask on other "not happy" people, after which they started to burst out laughing. Except for Mob. He, however, remained with his poker face. When the leader asked why didn't Shigeo laugh, he answered with "I can't".

### Has meltdowns

One of the main features of Mob's abilities is Shigeo's Progress Towards Explosion. Due to a childhood incident involving his psychic powers, Shigeo has subconsciously sealed away his emotions to control his psychic abilities better. However, there is a limit to how much emotions he can keep bottled up. Once he reaches his limit, all the power he kept suppressed will explode, giving him a significant boost in his psychic abilities, which he sometimes has a hard time controlling. The progression toward Shigeo's explosion is visually depicted with a percentage labeled "Shigeo's Progress Towards Explosion" that eventually reaches 100%. The more emotional stimuli Shigeo experiences, the faster his limit will reach. After Shigeo's psychic explosion has been completed, the counter of his emotional limit will reset back to 0%. When Shigeo explodes, how he uses his enhanced power depends on the emotion he feels when he reaches his limit.

### Speaks directly

There were several situations in where Mob was shown to be speaking too honestly and therefore seemed rude. For instance, after Tome's long monologue about her burning passion of finding aliens, she asked Mob if he wants to help her. Shigeo honestly answered that he has some lifting to do. Tome replied with "Why are you so cold towards my passion?".

Another example was shown in the same episode, where a woman in the mask tried to recruit Mob for the LOL cult and asked him several questions, such as: "Are you worried about your studies?" and "Surely, you must have family issues, no?", to which Mob simply replied with "No". However, once woman mention getting popular, Shigeo agreed without the slightest hesitation.

When Teru asked if he was sad because his "little pet" (Dimple) was erased, Mob replied with: "No, not really".

## Autism allegory in Mob Psycho 100

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Mob Psycho 100 is filled with a potential autism allegory.

## Fans' relation

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Many autistic people relate to Mob in one or another way.

## The Autism Battle 2023

Mob became the winner of the Autism Battle 2023.

## References

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The main article about the character -> Kageyama Shigeo on Mob Psycho 100 wiki.