Alone this is simply a nod to the 2018 OVA The Miraculous Unknown Psychic released in 2018 where Reigen narrates a recap of season 1, exaggerating his own importance throughout the season while making claims that he has psychic powers of his own (which he does not, he’s a fraud).
However, ever since the official X account for the anime started a count up to 100 on May 12, fans have been buzzing about the possibility of Reigen: The Man With Max 131 Spiritual Power, Reigen’s single volume spinoff series released in 2018, to get an OVA adaptation.
Along with the key visual reveal, it was also announced that there would be a live event held on July 12, the actual anniversary date for the series, at Fukagawa Mirai Hall in Saitama Prefecture. The reunion event features two performances with the original lead voice cast, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. Notably, tickets are lottery-based, and no cameras are allowed. One can’t help but wonder if the event might double as the stage for something bigger.
But the count up doesn’t appear to be building toward the event date. Especially after a user on X did the math and found that the count up would end on August 10, which is Reigen’s in-universe birthday.
This isn’t the first time the account has pulled this move, either. In 2021, a similar count up to 100 ended with a teaser trailer for season 3 which is why many fans aren’t writing this off as a coincidence.
Similarly suspicious, Reigen’s English dub voice actor, Chris Niosi, posted a video on his TikTok account reminding fans of the spinoff series in April. Niosi even teasingly mentioned that the series being short enough to be one volume makes it a “perfect length to adapt into an OVA or a movie perhaps if there were to ever be an animated version.”
For now, this is all speculation. Whether the count up leads to a Reigen OVA announcement or something else entirely, all fans can do is wait and watch the numbers tick up, one number at a time.
