Episode 5

"OCHIMUSHA ~Psychic Power and Me~" is the fifth episode of the Mob Psycho 100 anime adaptation.

Synopsis
Mob is challenged to a one-on-one fight with Black Vinegar Middle School's shadow leader, Teruki Hanazawa, otherwise known as Teru. Mob doesn't use his powers but Teru goes all out on him, destroying everything around him. Teru continues to unleash his incredible power when Mob suddenly remembers a tragedy that happened between him and Ritsu...

Summary
Teruki Hanazawa is shocked to see another esper and comments that he has a lot of questions, but first needs to establish hierarchy. He attacks Mob, but his attack has no effect. Mob tries to reach out for a handshake wanting to be friends, but Teruki is on his guard and backs off. Mob tells Dimple that he won't fight as Arataka Reigen had taught him that people shouldn't use their psychic powers on others as they could hurt others, just like you shouldn't point a knife at a person. Teruki keeps his distance and eventually continues to attack Mob, slamming him to the ground. Dimple asks Teruki if he can call this a draw, as Mob has no desire to fight and continuing so he will only get hurt, but Teruki refuses. Having no choice, Dimple uses the remainder of his power and turns into his usual form, but Teruki erases him with ease. Mob recalls the time he spend with Dimple, but decides he is fine with it. As Teruki keeps calling him insignificant and that he won't achieve anything, Mob recalls how Dimple was encouraging him all the time, telling him he could be great and tells Teruki that thinking about it, Dimple was an okay guy and a better person than Teruki.

Teruki decides to fight him using his full power and starts slamming Mob into the ground and the school building. He eventually pushes him to the home economics room, and he takes out some knives. He points them at Mob and shoots them, but Mob deflects them protecting himself. A knife flies back and completely shaves the top of Teruki's head. Teruki gets angry and turns his tie into a sword and starts attacking Mob, who keeps protecting himself. Mob explains that he won't use his powers and he doesn't want to hurt him and that he figured that Teruki is a loser like him. If he doesn't use his powers, he will have nothing and be just like Mob. Teruki gets angry, stating they are different and gets close and starts choking Mob, blaming him that he took his world from him, where he was super popular. Mob still refuses to use his powers and starts lightly punching Teruki, recalling a time he used his powers that hurt his bullies and brother. Mob eventually passes out and Teruki decides to leave, but in that moment, Mob rises up as his emotion had reached ???%. Teruki is happy that he finally decides to fight, but Mob easily breaks Teruki's barrier. He starts laughing that Mob broke his words and used his powers, but then realizes Mob is unconscious. Seeing all the power Mob had, Teruki wonders what he had awakened as the whole school crumbles and rubble starts flying. Teruki starts crying, saying that he is sorry and he won't be using his powers against other people, but all the rubble and Teruki are sent above the clounds, where he realizes he is just an average person.

Mob awakens and realizes he couldn't change as he used his powers against a person. His emotions of sadness reach 100% and he reconstructs the entire school building from the rubble. Tsuyoshi Edano and the other Black Vinegar students awaken and after seeing Teruki, they run in fear, not wanting to lose their hair too. Teruki tries to say they are indeed nothing without powers, but the Body Improvement Club members awaken and check on Mob to see if he is okay, making Teruki realize he completely lost.

Mob spends three hours looking for Dimple, but can't find any trace of him. Going home, Ritsu gives him a towel to dry himself from the rain. Mob explains he doesn't remember it well, but apologizes for the incident in which he hurt Ritsu, but Ritsu tells him the thugs got him and it wasn't Mob. Ritsu then watches TV, seeing footage of the rubble in the sky and recalling him in that incident, Mob lost consciousness and the thing that appeared wasn't his brother.

Notes and Trivia

 * An ochimusha is the ghost of a warrior that fled the battlefield during a conflict.