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    Existentialism and the beauty of sublime in manga and anime Mob Psycho 100
    (Larbi Ben M’hidi University-Oum El Bouaghi, 2021) Khelaifia, Khawla; Aissani, Boutheina; Stiti, Rinad
    Manga and anime are quite underrated ,and not given enough attention in literary studies due to many factors; such as medium or the false belief that manga and anime are too plain to be taken seriously such as another form of literary works. However, the manga and its anime adaptation are worth studying because it contains all the fine artistic elements as in any other literary work of quality. Furthermore, manga and anime is a great field for philosophical theories which had always been related to literature. Both mangas or their anime adaptations can raise philosophical questions, and controversial issues that can be related to complex issues in which many masterpieces work of literature had tackled as main themes such as Existentialism and the beauty of the sublime. Generally, the existential theory in literature is highlighted and marked by many themes. Furthermore, it presents the characters in another scope that makes it easy to analyze the crisis they are going through. In addition to the existential theory, the theory of the sublime makes the protagonist wonder about the outcomes of his action or does his journey have a purpose or not? Therefore, this research aim is to manifold existentialism and the beauty of the sublime in the famous manga Mob Psycho 100 and its anime adaptation. This will show how both manga and anime matured as an important literary genre through the years and were able to shed the light on deep philosophical ideas and analyzing ONE& Yusuke Murata's Mob Psycho 100 to illustrate both existentialism and the sublime through breaking down the plot and characters.