Obsessed with
Possessed by and obsessed with are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Possessed by" instead an adjective phrase "Obsessed with".
Possessed by
Obsessed with and possessed by are semantically related. You can use "Obsessed with" instead an adjective phrase "Possessed by".
Both terms in one sentence
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When Ushio meets the creator of the Beast Spear while possessed by it, he is so obsessed with tracking down Hakumen no Mono that he doesn't pay attention anything else.
Source: Manga / Ushio and Tora -
Mabel has a moment of this in her entry for "Bipper" where she felt like a jerk for not only taking the Journal without asking Dipper and being so obsessed with her play for her crush of the week she had no idea Dipper was possessed by Bill the entire time.
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The slasher of the story, Grinface, was a normal boy who was either possessed by the game after his death, or was so obsessed with it he simply decided to adopt the identity of the Villain Protagonist.
Source: The Most Dangerous Video Game
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