From the creator of One Punch Man and Studio Bones, Mob Psycho 100 tells the tale of a middle schooler nicknamed “Mob” who possesses incredible psychic power… and his fraudster teacher, professional (and fake) psychic Reigen Arataka.

One Punch Man was fall anime 2015’s breakout hit, a breath of truly original hilarity based on a webcomic by the enigmatic ONE. Studio Madhouse’s fluid animation made the series a visual pleasure, while ONE’s irreverent, deadpan sense of humor suffused every One Punch Man episode and OVA.

Mob Psycho 100 is done by a different studio, but it’s just as funny and the animation is just as great as One Punch Man. While One Punch Man was equal parts a love letter to and a parody of the shonen genre, Mob Psycho 100 reminds me more of an indie anime like Ping Pong. It takes One Punch Man’s comedic animation shifts to a whole new level, with wildly exaggerated movement lines and highly expressive faces and gestures.

The art style for Reigen Arataka, the fake psychic master, and his “student” Mob is very reminiscent of Saitama’s blank stare. Mob especially might as well be a half-sized Saitama with a bowl cut. But the entire style of animation is different. Studio Bones utilizes a jerky, highly cartoonish style for Mob Psycho 100 that helps to differentiate it from its famous older sibling.

The premise of Mob Psycho 100 is ripe for episodic comedy. Arataka completely relies on Mob to do all the exorcisms he advertises himself as being able to do, and the middle schooler is too young and naive to see Arataka for the grifter he is. Arataka lives in fear of his student realizing his scam, sweating bullets anytime someone questions his own psychic capabilities. Arataka can’t even banish a low-level spirit – he brings the wrong type of salt to an exorcism.

By contrast, Mob is as ignorant of his own strength as he is powerful. He obediently trucks along behind Arataka and placidly accepts his excuses for doing nothing in every exorcism he drags Mob to (that is to say, every single one Arataka gets). To prop up Arataka’s front of mastery for Mob, he grandly declares that he’s saving the small fry for his student.

The first episode sees Mob vanquishing over a dozen ghosts as Arataka sweats, trips and fumbles his way through keeping the secret of his powerlessness. One exorcism commission comes from a grotesquely-rendered couple, and the other comes in a tunnel where an entire biker gang has met their demise, not through the malevolence of the ancient spirit within, but through a single misplaced banana peel. There’s also an intriguing countdown to Mob’s “explosion,” which ends episode 1 at 27%.

I don’t know where Mob Psycho 100 is headed, which is probably the most delightful part of the show. Anime can be so full of commercially viable tropes that it ends up being B-grade, B for bland, limply appealing but forgettable. Mob Psycho 100 subverts that with its exaggerated art style, its promising premise and a series of funny gags that leave me hopeful for the rest of season 1.

Should you watch Mob Psycho 100?

Based off of episode 1, Mob Psycho 100 definitely has my interest. Is Reigen Arataka really a 100% powerless fake psychic? What will Mob do when he realizes Arataka is a fraud? How long can Arataka keep his scam going? What kinds of demons will Mob face? Will he face a Saitama-style struggle where he can easily best any demon that comes his way, but can’t accomplish things in his everyday middle school life? Knowing ONE, this will be a wacky ride for sure. I’d recommend adding it to your queue.

Mob Psycho 100 is simulcast every Monday at 12:30 PM EST on Crunchyroll, here .