Mashle

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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Burnedead, Mash Main

Kobayashi, Chiaki Japanese

Crown, Lance Main

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Barrett, Dot Main

Eguchi, Takuya Japanese

Irvine, Lemon Main

Ueda, Reina Japanese

Ames, Finn Main

Kawashima, Reiji Japanese

Ames, Rayne Supporting

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Walker, Abel Supporting

Umehara, Yuuichirou Japanese

Razor, Abyss Supporting

Nanami, Hiroki Japanese

Eamus, Rhodes Supporting

Ban, Taito Japanese

Cute, Love Supporting

Koga, Aoi Japanese

Lu, Xiana Producer

Furuhashi, Souta Producer

Nakamura, Shouta Producer

Shimazaki, Takao Producer

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May 16, 2024

dangelman

Recommended

Reminds me a lot of Food Wars in terms of plot and animation, with a mix of the aloof superhuman trope like Helck and One-Punch Man.

Nothing particular to say about characters, world building, or music; they're serviceable (except OP2, that's a banger of a song). Mash is a real meathead with some real meat in his guns.
One thing I dislike is the recap at the start of almost every episode. The recap clip episode was really unnecessary.

That said, so far I've watched the released two seasons; don't expect anything deep or high-stake, but do stick around for some light-hearted fun if you're in mood ... for a shonen parody anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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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 ... to be incredible
Character design is very simple but it works pretty well for you to at least remember one or two of the main cast so that's good enough for me
Overall i give it a 7 bc i enjoyed it a lot but in a general analysis is probably a 5

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Feb 15, 2024

DeliaMain

Not Recommended

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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.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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