Episode 24

"The Battle for Social Rehabilitation ~Friendship~" is the 24th episode of the Mob Psycho 100 anime adaptation, and the 12th episode of the second season.

Synopsis
Mob meets Serizawa on his way to the top of the Cultural Tower, who refuses to let him pass. During their fight, Mob send his feelings to Serizawa, showing him that he was in the same situations. Because of that, they become friends. During that time, Sho is beaten up by his father. Then Mob appears, without any intentions to fight. However, Toichiro, after seeing that Shigeo has the same power as him, starts punching Mob. The beating is interrupted by Reigen, who threatens to shoot Toichiro with Sakurai's gun. The shot is not effective, so Reigen tries to talk with the boss, and then suddenly punches him. Unfortunately, Toichiro evades the attack by using ethereal clone, and uses one of his powers to blow Reigen up. Serizawa appears at last moment, saving Reigen. At that moment, Mob hits 100% (Rage), and decides to actually fight with Toichiro, who tries to kill Reigen, Serizawa and Sho. All of them fall out from on top of the Seasoning Cultural Tower, but they are saved by Minegishi. Then Toichiro starts to shoot against Mob's friends. Shigeo starts to fight with the boss and isolate himself and his opponent using Telekinesis, by lifting up the entire top of the tower.

Plot
Meanwhile, Sho effortlessly takes down Hatori and finally confronts his father, Toichiro Suzuki. The fight does not go as Sho had planned when he finds out how his father's power works and Sho is soundly defeated. Before defeating Sho, Toichiro reveals that when he was young, Toichiro's immense ESP powers made him superior to everyone else. Toichiro explains his plans to take over the world, and reveals his ability to store and transfer psychic energy between beings, and demonstrates by taking back the energy he gave to the now-defeated Claw soldiers strewn about the area. Mob frees the prime minister and meets with Serizawa, the last and most powerful of the Ultimate 5. It turns out Serizawa was a social shut-in because of his power incontinence, but Toichiro Suzuki offered him a job and a way to control his power. Serizawa firmly believes in his boss' ideology, but Mob convinces him through his own emotions that Mob is just like him, and Mob can be his friend. Mob eventually confronts Toichiro and sees the kind of person he is, beginning the battle between the boss of Claw and the powerful middle schooler. Mob, despite his best efforts, is unable to convince Toichiro, who is completely power obsessed and delusional. Before Toichiro can kill Mob, Reigen arrives and tries to punch Toichiro, but Toichiro dodges and prepares to blow up Reigen, who is barely saved by Serizawa. Mob reaches 100% emotional state, and during the chaos Reigen, Serizawa and Sho land on the ground with Ritsu and rest of Claw. Toichiro berates Mob as a weakling, but Mob states that now that his friends and allies are away, Mob can finally go all out in his rage.

Anime and Manga Differences

 * In the anime, Serizawa in his flashback is seeing playing videogames, while in the manga he was just sitting in the corner.
 * Toichiro talking with Serizawa's mother in the flashback is omitted.
 * When Mob first appears before Toichiro, Sho mistakes him for Ritsu in the manga.
 * In the manga when Toichiro sees that Mob has the same power as his, he makes him unconscious with his first attack. Then, when he tries to kill him, Dimple possesses Mob's body and punches Toichiro in the face. After a fast beating, Dimple is pushed out from Mob's body, and then saved by Mob, who regained his consciousness again.
 * In the manga, Toichiro strikes Serizawa's umbrella three times. First with a normal attack, then with 3% output, and then with 4% output. Only the last attack destroys the umbrella. In the anime, Toichiro destroys the umbrella with his first attack.
 * The scene where Toichiro uses Serizawa as a "spare battery" and steals his energy is omitted.
 * Due to cutting out the Antenna Team from the anime, they don't fall from Cultural Tower with Reigen, Sho and Serizawa, like they did in the manga.
 * Dimple comparing Mob's fight with Toichiro to his first encounter with Mob is omitted.

Notes and Trivia

 * Toshiki Minegishi and Katsuya Serizawa are added to the ending graphics.