Mashle (Mashle: Magic and Muscles)

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Japanese: マッシュル-MASHLE-

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 8, 2023 to Jul 1, 2023

Premiered: Spring 2023

Broadcast: Saturdays at 00:00 (JST)

Producers: Aniplex, Asatsu DK, Shueisha, INSPION Edge

Licensors: Aniplex of America

Studios: A-1 Pictures

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Themes: Gag Humor, Parody, School

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.62¹ (scored by 290,718 users)

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Ranked: #1444²

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Popularity: #411

Members: 538,562

Favorites: 3,620

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In this magical world, one is easily identified as having magical abilities by a distinctive mark on their face. Those unable to practice magic are swiftly exterminated to maintain the magical integrity of society. However, deep within a forest lies an anomaly in Mash Burnedead, who can be found pumping iron with one arm and lifting a cream puff with the other. This aloof boy with superhuman strength—but no magical abilities—leads a quiet life with his father, far removed from society.

Mash's peace is soon disturbed when the authorities discover his lack of magical powers. They issue him an ultimatum: compete to become a "Divine Visionary," which would force everyone to accept him, or be persecuted forever. To protect his family, he enrolls in the prestigious Easton Magic Academy, which only the most elite and gifted students are allowed to attend. Now, Mash must overcome his shortcomings as a magicless being and surpass the other students—relying solely on his muscles.

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Mashle was released on Blu-ray and DVD in four volumes from July 26, 2023, to October 25, 2023.

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"Knock Out" by Taiiku Okazaki

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"シュークリーム・ファンク" by Philosophy no Dance

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Apr 21, 2024

upsetkelen

Recommended

Add an ounce of Harry Potter, a teaspoon of Black Clover, 1/2 cup of Welcome to Demon School, Iruma Kun's, another 1/2 of Beelzebub, and a tablespoon of OPM. Mashle has a very interesting storyline in my opinion. There is an actual goal for the MC to acquire, and it is quite simple: To give his foster father a peaceful life... in a world spinning with magic... while having no magic... sounds REALLY interesting, because it is actually good.

You do not usually get a stoic MC who couldn't get any more denser than a neutron star (ok), he's that type of guy who'd type "LMFAOOO" ...

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Apr 21, 2024

AldenEmroch

Mixed Feelings

I know this anime isn't for everyone, some of the jokes rely on you just turning off your brain or just doing your typical japanese comedy which i know is boring for some people but i really liked it, of course i won't go ahead and say is amazing and the story is unique because is not, it doesn't try to be more than a simple gag that comprises and extends the whole plot of the show
Mash as a character is very funny and his ''power'' is very unique te way he uses it sometimes, animation is just average but it really doesn't need ...

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Feb 15, 2024

DeliaMain

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So... Mashle isn't the worst comedy-focused shonen I've seen. That's the highest praise I can give it honestly. The anime is fine... the humor is OK for the most part (many jokes miss though). It's the same repetitive gag over and over and over though about how ridiculously strong he is and about how he shocks everyone constantly. Which makes the show kinda one-note in my opinion. Nothing is shocking or surprising or keeps me guessing, which is why this show felt kind of dull for me. The qualities that had the potential to save this show for me are the pacing (it's very ... fast paced... thank god for that) and the memeability of the protagonist, Mash. He makes many faces that can be used as reaction images, and that's honestly the main draw for me. Which isn't great for a tv show, which has the goal of entertaining you and making you want to watch more.

Okay, I've been beating around the bush. There's one major glaring issue with this show that I feel is not talked about nearly as much as it should, and that's the absolute flop that is every female character. This author either hates women, or does not know how to write them. There is one female character that is a part of the main group, and her whole purpose of being there is to have a crush on our beloved stale af MC. Yep. She is there to fangirl. That's it. As a female viewer, it's honestly insulting to see. I'm waiting for the day that female characters are written as people and their own unique individuals, that aren't tethered to the MC. Just... why??? It's very infuriating and actually made me want to drop the show (I probably should have, but alas, the sunk time fallacy strikes again).

Another thing that's really unfunny and out of place is one of the side characters having an obsession with his little sister. It's really offputting and just... weird. I know this is a common gag in anime, but when can it end? It's not funny, it's not endearing, and the author basically just wrote this character into a gag that he's going to be repeating over and over indefinitely. I get that humor is subjective and someone may find this funny, but even if this is supposed to be funny, the sheer repetitiveness ruins any potential humor in it.

The OP and ED are good, if you care about that (I do). The VAs are great. But these qualities aren't enough to save the show. This anime is meant to parody the generic-ness of the shonen genre, that's pretty clear by how in-your-face it is. But there's a point where it stops being a parody and actually becomes what it was trying to parody. That's what I think happened here. I watched the first two episodes of season 2 out of curiosity, and it hasn't gotten better. It's majorly disappointing.

TLDR: Go in with low expectations if you want to watch it, but I don't recommend you watch it anyway. There's much better shonen you can watch. This anime treats female characters like props and the jokes flop a majority of the time.

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