donderdag 20 juli 2023

(Average+) Mashle: Magic and Muscles

Series in one sentence:
One-Punch Saiki Mob goes to Hogwarts.

Series in more sentences:
Mash is a young man, abandoned since birth for possessing no magic in a world where one's status is determined by it. Out of future precaution, his foster father forces him to physically train himself every day and not venture out into the open where people may discover the truth about him.

But when the police finds his whereabouts, the captain wishes to make a deal; and Mash is tasked to attend magic school, earn high enough grades to earn the title of "Divine Visionary", and hand over all the wealth that comes with it.


The amount of stuff this show takes from the Harry Potter series is distracting at times, and Mash himself is a mix of other well-known overpowered anime characters, but I very much liked him and the general plot.

His friends, not so much. I didn't feel like they added anything and they would come and go at random times. Often, they were flat-out annoying. The episodes that focused on them were a bore.

The series itself started off nicely, but I couldn't really get myself to care as it progressed. I'd watch another season if it includes a whole lot more Mash, he's the only fun thing in this show. I liked his gimmick of how he turned into a psychopathic murderer at seemingly random times. You keep forgetting, since he's so monotone and otherwise harmless, then you fight him, and he talks about burying you alive because you might snitch on him. That is funny.

But, this just doesn't share the humor, excitement, and charming side characters of One-Punch Man, Mob Psycho, The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., or Harry Potter.
It attempts to, it really does.


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