TsuTome

TsuTome is the femslash ship between Tsubomi Takane and Tome Kurata from the Mob Psycho 100 fandom.

Canon
Tsubomi and Tome are both students at Salt Middle School, most likely from different classes-although it’s unknown and unconfirmed if that’s the case. While Tome and Tsubomi have no interactions in the span of the series, Tome is aware of Mob’s crush on Tsubomi, flustering him by referring to her as his girlfriend and saying it’s excellent how they kept in touch even after Tsubomi rejected Mob. They’re also paired together alongside Mezato in official arts and sketches, even hanging out at times. Their actions, although minor, contribute to Mob’s personal growth. With Tome teaching Mob that his psychic powers can be used to have fun, and Tsubomi showing that as far as popularity, powers don’t work that many wonders. They also both contributed to Mob being carried away in season 3 ep 3, with Mob simultaneously conversing with a bunch of girls (Tsubomi, Tome, Mezato, and Emi) without his knowledge until it was pointed out by Emi.

Despite essentially being the school idol, Tsubomi seems to share a characteristic of strangeness alongsides Tome. This is most noticeable through Mob’s perspective of her. She seems very flippant in her interests, going from being impressed by psychic powers-then getting bored of them, then pursuing athletic guys, and then to preferring guys who preserve. She’s also reckless and a bit naive in the face of danger, judging by how she chose to stand and record a very angry Shibata during his rampage and how she stuck around the park waiting for Mob even though there was a Tornado heading her way. In Tome’s case, her own recklessness was shown in the REIGEN manga when she repeatedly confronted spirits and individuals under the impression of Reigen’s lies.

Their friend groups also contrast each other, during the Telepathy-Mini arc, it was shown just how strong the club’s bond was. Following Tome’s meltdown and her declaration of shutting down the club, the boys immediately scramble to seek and beg Mob for help in order to find a telepathist, going as far as arranging a meeting spot in a mountain just to give Tome a shot at fulfilling her dream. The same can’t be said for Tsubomi unfortunately, with her showing very weak trust in her own friends, worrying that they might use embarrassing moments, such as her scene in season 3 ep 3, against her. In a lighthearted sense, both girls seem to associate themselves with odd looking creatures. Tome obviously having her passion for aliens and extraterrestrials, and Tsubomi having multiple merchandise of a certain unusual orange cat.

Fanon
Despite their lack of interactions, TsuTome is the most written femslash ship of the Mob Psycho 100 fandom on Ao3, having 40+ fics written as of now. TsuTome is usually paired as a background ship for other slash ships such as TeruMob and SeriRei, but mostly the former. However, there is a good chunk that centers on TsuTome or balances it out with TeruMob.

TsuTome shippers often pair them together based on their contrasting positions, with Tsubomi being the “School-Idol” and Tome being the leader of the telepathy club, a club in which various students repeatedly referred to as being strange or downright weird. Individuals of the ship find irony in them ending up together, especially since according to Mob, Tsubomi would ideally be attracted to athletic guys, so her ending up with Mob’s slacker friend puts a lot of humor on the dynamic as a whole.

A less explored on dynamic is Tsubomi being envious of Tome’s ability to pursue her passion without fear of being ridiculed by others. Since Tsubomi is the School-Idol, she is very limited as to what she can and can’t be caught doing in fear of being laughed at. This is most present in the instance where Tsubomi sneezed and had snot explode all over her hand, her thought process in that moment mainly revolved around being worried her friends will take a picture of her face covered in snot and show it to the whole school, ruining her status. In contrast to Tome’s carefree, laidback style, Tsubomi constantly has eyes on her watching her every move.

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