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This belief that Mob starts out at a base power level and increases his strength over time via emotions and release is not really the full truth. As explained very early in the series, the entire power known as a 100% explosion is Mob's emotions overpowering his unconscious restraint. As a child, Mob had an experience in which he went berserk due to a traumatic circumstance. This terrified him of his own powers to such an absurd degree that he placed subconscious restrictions on himself so that he wouldn't cause that again. His 100% and ???% states aren't a power-up, they're just Mob using his real powers to varying degrees. 100% is more like Mob when he's emotional, ???% is Mob when he's not holding back, but by the end of the series, Mob should be at his peak even in "base" form. Hell, in Season 3, while Mob is going on his rampage, Toichiro outright mentions that Mob has completely given up on holding back, and that it isn't necessarily a "bad thing", but remarks that, even so, it doesn't even seem like it's Mob anymore at all, not the Mob he knew at least. ???% isn't a transformation or power-up, it's just Mob's max power.
We get a pretty in-depth but clear explanation of what ???% is. It's just Mob, or to be specific, "Shigeo Kageyama". It is him, but unreleased, unbound, and unafraid to use all of his power at full capacity. Mob has developed such a severe complex that he opted to effectively manifesting an alter ego by accident because he neglected his power for so extremely long due to a subconcious, instinctive fear of hurting people with it. But at the end of the series, Mob comes to terms with himself and acknowledges that there is nothing to be afraid of and nothing to hide, effectively solving his complex, and allowing Mob to become whole again. This would mean by default that Mob is no longer restraining himself, but no longer releasing his power freely like he does in ???%. Mob's final key should be End of Series, and the actual scaling of the key could be debated, but it shouldn't be treated like Mob just has a base state that remains consistent and only becomes stronger through his explosions and ???% states. Mob by the end of the series is unrestrained, but also not just releasing his power wildly.
Reason this is in Q&A is because idk if this has been addressed before or if I'm misunderstanding something, and making a CRT about it seems a bit pre-mature.
We get a pretty in-depth but clear explanation of what ???% is. It's just Mob, or to be specific, "Shigeo Kageyama". It is him, but unreleased, unbound, and unafraid to use all of his power at full capacity. Mob has developed such a severe complex that he opted to effectively manifesting an alter ego by accident because he neglected his power for so extremely long due to a subconcious, instinctive fear of hurting people with it. But at the end of the series, Mob comes to terms with himself and acknowledges that there is nothing to be afraid of and nothing to hide, effectively solving his complex, and allowing Mob to become whole again. This would mean by default that Mob is no longer restraining himself, but no longer releasing his power freely like he does in ???%. Mob's final key should be End of Series, and the actual scaling of the key could be debated, but it shouldn't be treated like Mob just has a base state that remains consistent and only becomes stronger through his explosions and ???% states. Mob by the end of the series is unrestrained, but also not just releasing his power wildly.
Reason this is in Q&A is because idk if this has been addressed before or if I'm misunderstanding something, and making a CRT about it seems a bit pre-mature.
