Terumob

"The girls look at you because you are really handsome, Kageyama-kun!"

- Teruki to Mob during the Divine Tree arc.

Terumob is the slash ship between Teruki Hanazawa and Shigeo Kageyama from the Mob Psycho 100 fandom.

Canon
Before meeting Mob, Teru didn't know any other espers, so he greatly overestimated his own importance and power. This is likely due to Claw only sending artificial espers to try and "recruit" him. He was very popular and often strategically used telekinesis to benefit himself. For example, he threw nothing but strikes the first time he went bowling. He considered himself the main protagonist of the world.

Since his defeat, Teru comes to realize that the world does not revolve around him, but he is still confident in his strong and diverse psychic powers. He seems to adhere to Mob's policy of not using psychic power against people unless absolutely necessary. He is motivated to stop others from succumbing to pride like he once did, but he is still concerned about his outward appearance and still seeks perfection in all his endeavors. He has been known to hold people upside-down and dunk them in a bucket of water until they tell him what he wants to hear. While he is noted to be a good leader, he is shown to has trouble remaining humble, and often still has a confident tone in his voice which still lingers even after his defeat by Mob's hands.

After all, Teruki became a good friend of Mob, and helped him in all he could.

In the second OVA, Mob, along with Ritsu, Reigen, Dimple, and Serizawa meet Teruki at the station where they'd take some vacation time at Ibogami Hot Springs. As the boys and Serizawa watched a TV commercial about a drink consisting of a boy glancing at another girl while the former was noticeably flushed, Teru questions if Mob has a crush on anyone in his class or club, Mob flushes as he babbled unsuccessfully getting an answer out of his mouth. Teruki laughs softly as he reassures him that there was no need to be embarrassed.

During the world domination arc, It is revealed that Teru is very fond of Mob and constantly praises him whenever Mob is the subject of the conversation. Teru was mostly worried about Mob throughout this arc. Teru was losing against a member of the main 5 and before the enemy could get the final blow onto him Mob and Reigen came recuse him and Teru was happy that Mob finally woke up from his long sleep. Also when Mob was fighting against Toichiro in the final fight Teru was one of the first people that showed up in his memories of the people he loves and cares about alongside Reigen, Ritsu and Dimple.

After final fight was over Mob said that it was hard for him to stay awake, so Teru used his powers to carry him home and allow him to sleep.

In the Divine Tree arc, Teruki coincidentally meets Shigeo while the latter was thinking of someone to help him get clothes for his meeting with Tome and Mezato. Hanazawa offers Mob help to buy him clothes, unaware of Teruki's unique fashion sense, Mob hapilly agrees to go with him as he needed some help because he wasn't good at it. While walking to their destination, they both notice something strange happening in their surroundings; many people (mainly girls) looking at both boys, presumably at Mob. Shigeo excitedly comments how a lot of girls were looking in his direction lately, however he thought it was only his imagination. Teru comforts him and explains that it wasn't his imaginations, and that the reason for that was because he was really cool ("handsome" in the manga) to the point that he made others look in his direction. Mob was allegedly surprised and couldn't believe what he said, but Teruki turned the topic down to buy clothes. In the end, in order not to go over Mob's budget of 5,000 yen that Reigen had given him, they ended up buying a yellow shirt with monkey prints around it. The next day, Ritsu was eerily surprised by his clothes, mainly Shigeo's shirt, as the latter tells him that Hanazawa had helped him pick out clothes. Ritsu understands, however he was disturbed by the clothings choice. As Mob waited for Tome, the people passing near him gave Shigeo mocking him with looks, and that's when he doubts if the shirt was really cool.

Later that day, Teruki was almost brainwashed after consuming chocolates with the Divine Tree's powder on it, and decides to chase Psycho Helmet. After arriving inside the tree, he sees Psycho Helmet's figure, briefly mistaking him for Mob, as their appearance was similar. During their fight, Teruki notices that Dimple as behind everything. He was confident on defeating Dimple again and telling Kageyama later about his success, but the fight was later cut out with the last image being Psycho Helmet grinning as Teruki approached him about to hit him with his power.

Upon arriving at the Divine Tree, Mob is greeted by Psycho Helmet, who attempts to persuade him to join the cult, since the entire city except him was part of it. Kageyama comes across Hanazawa, and looks in horror as Teruki was unconscious while surrounded by the roots of the divine tree. Psycho Helmet assures him that he wasn't dead, and so the fight began between him and Mob upon doing his appearance to Shigeo, whom was already at his limit seeing his friend also under Psycho Helmet's hands. He also knew about Psycho Helmet's real identity; Dimple, who was behind everything. With his psychic power, Mob pulls Teruki out of the roots and carefully puts him on the ground. However, Teruki wakes up soon after but under the control of Dimple, who had also brainwashed him. Brainwashed, Teruki tries to convince Shigeo to join the cult and not destroy it, because if he did, their relationship would end. Dimple also reveals that Teruki wasn't forced to say all of that. Failing at his attempt, Teruki and Shigeo fought, with a clear disadvantage on Mob's part, since the tree absorbed his psychic power, leaving him almost without strength, in addition to not wanting to hurt Teruki while trying to wake him from the control imposed by Dimple. Falling under the divine tree's roots, Mob, before unleashing more power, gets Teruki out of the tree after shooting his power directly at him. This causes Teruki to be shocked as he smiles before flying through the air, the brainwashing notably gone, and saying that he knew that Mob was really amazing as he laughed and fell from the sky. It's implied that, due to his strong admiration to Mob, it broke out his brainwashing.

After getting Dimple to appear in his true form, Mob is suddenly attacked with great power by Dimple, with the latter realizing that he had released too much power and worrying about Mob as he asked if he was alright. He then notices Shigeo now wearing, instead of his uniform, a particular shirt, and, horrified, points how the [monkey] shirt was lame (the one bought by Teruki for Shigeo). This makes Mob remain dumbfounded as he reaches his emotions' limit of 100%.

Next part is seen in Mob's perspective during the purchase of the shirt with Teruki, as the latter flatters him. However, his opinion is not shared by Ritsu and Reigen, who are noticeably disturbed by the garment in question on later scenes. Shigeo also thanks Dimple for being honest to him and decides not to use his powers against Dimple in the Divine Tree and to trust him instead. The emotion displayed at 100% was Trust.

Fanon
Terumob is most written ship for both Mob and Teruki on AO3 as well as the second most written ship in the fandom, with 840+ works created in romantic, and 283+ as gen. It's a fan-preferred couple in the fandom, leaving aside Mob's ships like EmiMob, TomeMob, MezaMob, or even ReiMob. Since both are the same age, people are fine shipping them romantically, although there are others who consider both being still minors to be in a relationship yet, setting them as only friends/gen pairing.

During the 2nd season adaptation, fans were a bit disappointed that Teru hadn't called Mob "handsome" like in the manga. However were also okay as the term "カッコイ" used by Teruki in the manga/anime translated into english also meant cool, attractive, and good-looking, which it didn't really change anything. They were excited that Bones did not eliminate the scenes of both spending time together buying clothes, mainly the (in)famous monkey shirt. There is even merchandise of the shirt available and also an official art by ONE of Mob's classmates and friends along with Ritsu wearing it. The comparison between both scenes doesn't differ too much, remaining the faithful adaptation of the manga to the anime.

Another reason the ship is popular, it's due the second OVA, where Teruki asked Mob if there was anything he liked in his club, without specifying which as Mob was in two clubs, but it's heavily implied he asked him about in the Body Improvement Club, which consists of all boys, and Teru had met them before (see: Teruki vs Mob, episode 6 - season 1). It could indirectly mean that Teruki was asking Mob if he liked boys. This made the fandom explode and began making memes of Teruki's implied crush on Mob in canon, mainly the "do you like boys" one. With his claim, it made people headcanon Teruki as bisexual, since he also flirts with the girls and openly with Mob too.

A common headcanon for the ship is that Teruki's admiration for Mob it's actually a crush, but he's oblivious (not-so most times) to the matter, and so the latter is. However, Hanazawa tends to drop hints of his feelings which are often overlooked by Mob, or rather he interprets them as friendly interaction. Shigeo's crush on Tsubomi isn't disregarded by Hanazawa either, who tends to get jealous but also supportive, although kind-of upset since he wouldn't be able to consider Mob more than just a friend, as he already likes someone else. In other cases Mob does notice his feelings, but it's rather confused because he, as mentioned, considers Hanazawa as a friend but comes to realize he might be feeling something different than what he thinks towards Teruki.

Reigen, Dimple, Mezato, and Mob's friends are also supportive of the relationship, except Ritsu, who still is wary of Teruki considering that he and his brother had a particularly different meeting than expected (canon compliant), or he just dislikes him as he doesn't seem to be a good match for the oh-so loved brother of his, but also respects his choices. He would still root for their future, especially Mob's, in which Ritsu won't be able to protect him anymore, and leave him in Teruki's care. Surprisingly, Shigeo's supposed love interest, Tsubomi, is also encouraging, and is openly teasy towards Mob's relationship with Teruki. Emi too, and although she isn't present in nearly few of TeruMob's fan fictions, she is okay and happy with their bond.

The ship does not go beyond the romantic, since they are minors respectively, so their most common interactions in fan arts are from simple touches (holding hands by far the most popular action) and cuddles to kisses. Teruki is usually flirtatious with Mob, but there are other cases where Shigeo unconsciously returns the flirt which is unexpected for Hanazawa, causing him to end up embarrassed not knowing what really happened. There is also the situations in which Teruki asks Mob if he liked guys as mentioned above, because in canon he indirectly does so (implied), looking for a chance with him.

The change of Teruki after his defeat was very radical, and it felt sweeter. Fans of Terumob say that it was all about getting to know Mob and his way of being so nice and humble. Teruki's change also improved his relationship with Mob amazingly even if they had to fight, literally, for that development, and the fact that Mob gradually accepted it, although a little confused at first. Fans of the pairing usually ship it alongside with Serirei and Shouritsu. In rare cases, TsuTome (Tsubomi x Tome) is also shipped along with Terumob and the other ships mentioned.

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FAN FICTION
 * Hanazawa Teruki/Shigeo Kageyama tag on AO3
 * Hanazawa Teruki & Shigeo Kageyama tag on AO3
 * Shigeo/Teruki tag on FanFiction.net

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Trivia

 * They are often paired together in official art.
 * Teruki and Shigeo are from different middle schools. Teruki is from "Black Vinegar Middle School" and Mob is from "Salt Middle School".
 * Teruki is the opposite of Shigeo; Hanazawa is popular with girls and handsome, meanwhile Mob can't understand girls and he feels like he's invisible to them.
 * In the season 2 outro, there is a clip of Mob and Teru walking home from school together and talking happily.
 * Itou Setsuo, Mob's Japanese voice actor, always states that his favorite character from the series is Teru when asked during interviews.