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This scene is so important to the Mogami arc, it ties the whole thing together, and I'm so sad the anime cut it out. In the anime, it felt lackluster, and though I'm not 100% satisfied with the way the manga handled it either, it's better than Anime Mob's speech of "Okay your life sucks but mine's chill so...Lol. #MogamiMoreLikeMogged"

Mogami cannot accept change. Despite his pretense of wanting to change the world, all he seeks is revenge. Change isn't enough for Mogami, and it'll never be enough unless he manages to chase his own self-hatred. Here we have Minori, terrified of Mob and ready to back down- but that's not enough. He wants her lynched. So much so that he'll possess her to make her worse than she already is, in an attempt to prove his point. That resentment and punishment is the only way.

But all this creates is a world of endless retribution. There is no forgiveness or redemption to be found in Mogami's world, and so all he's really doing is lashing out. It doesn't teach the abusers anything, and it doesn't give the victims anything either, beyond a very, very shallow satisfaction- proven by the fact Mogami cannot move on, no matter how many people he hurts. Mob understands this when he snaps out of it, and that's all it takes to save himself and Minori from this cycle.

Instead of punishing her, he reaches out with compassion. Minori may or may not deserve it, but that's not what matters. What matters is that Mob doesn't lower himself down to that level, doesn't let himself be blinded by the same hate that blinded Mogami, Minori, and any other abuser into lashing out at the world. He sees the world for what it is, he can see beyond his environment now...and it's a really powerful message, I think.

Mogami Week 2026 Day 1. Deception

Well, now I have 👀

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