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Mashle (Anime) add (All reviews)
Jun 9, 2024
Mixed Feelings
Overall a really mid series. Pretty much every single character is one dimensional and it gets pretty old when most of the significant characters are the same stoic type. This series feels like a magic/fantasy version of Saiki K but Saiki K does it's characters and humor better. It also feels like this series can't decide if it wants to commit to being a gag anime or being serious so I was left not knowing how to approach it.

The female characters are a joke, I don't even know why they're present in the series. Each character has their own "personal magic" and the only female character we have on the mc side is so insignificant we never even know what her personal magic is. Even the mc's roommate/friend who is just one step above insignificance to the female character gets his personal magic revealed later in the series. The female antagonists? Also just as embarrassing. We don't get many female antags but the ones that we do get have their abilities or personalities rotate solely around male characters. It's really bad.

You get backstories to certain characters but it feels shoehorned in and half the time I felt like I really didn't care about this character enough to care about their backstory.

Oh, and we get another character with a thing for his little sister. Disgusting. You could've had a completely normal character with a normal love for his little sister without making it weird, but instead for some reason the author decided "you know what would be funny? A siscon gag!" It's not funny, it's never going to be funny, incest is not funny.

That being said the series was alright. Far from anything that will change your brain chemistry but it's something that will pass the time. Also I quite liked Mash, even if he's just another Saiki- I mean Saitama- I mean Mob. Yeah his character has been done before (and better) but I still liked him regardless and he had some entertaining moments. I'm also a sucker for the extremely strong mc trope, but I understand it's not everyone's cup of tea. Truthfully if you don't like that trope I would avoid the series cause it doesn't have much else going for it in my opinion. Lastly Mash is 100% autistic.

Autism rules!!
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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