Overview
Mashle: Magic and Muscles is an action comedy written and drawn by Hajime Komoto. It began serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump in January 2020. Shueisha published the first volume in Japan on June 4, 2020. The completed series runs for 18 volumes.
OtaHub's take
Mash Burnedead lives with his father in the forest and spends his time training. In a society that ranks people by their magical abilities, he keeps one thing secret: he cannot cast a spell. Once that secret comes out, Mash enters magic school and must compete for the title of Divine Visionary. When he faces students who can use magic, he makes do with his strength and his bare hands.
VIZ Media publishes the English edition under its Shonen Jump imprint. Its eighteenth volume came out on December 3, 2024. A preview of the first volume is available on the VIZ website.
Verdict
Mashle gets its best jokes from watching one student muscle through problems everyone at his school expects to solve with magic. The first volume gives you a good idea of whether that joke works for you.
