Warning: contains HUGE SPOILERS for the Manga finale of Mashle: Magic and Muscles

Summary

• Mash proved muscles are the ultimate form of magic, achieving Divine Visionary status without using magic.
• Mashle: Magic and Muscles tackles themes of discrimination and the importance of striving for dreams, with its bluntness making it stand out from other manga.
• Mash's muscles and willpower challenged societal norms, changing the world of magic s in the epic finale.

The one overriding goal of Mash, Lance, Dot, and the other magic school students in Mashle: Magic and Muscles has always been to achieve Divine Visionary status. Due to his inability to use magic, Mash was supposedly always at an unresolvable disadvantage, but the finale of the manga proves what the ultimate form of magic actually is.

In Hajime Komota's Mashle: Magic and Muscles, the majority of the population can use magic, and the better one is at magic, the more successful they will be. Conversely, at the lower end of the social spectrum are non-magic s and people who have no talent.

Mash Burnedead was born without the ability to use magic, which wouldn't have been a problem until he was spotted by the police in the city. The only way for Mash to keep living his peaceful life with his adoptive father was to become a Divine Visionary and change the rules of the world.

Mash's Finale Proves What The Protagonist's True Magic Is

Divine Visionaries are normally magic s of exceptional ability and are tasked with protecting the country from both internal and external threats. In Mash's pursuit of that goal through the power of ridiculously superhuman strength, Mash became involved with the plot of the terrorist Innocent Zero to use Mash's body to achieve ultimate power and rule the world. Chapter #161 of Mashle, the penultimate in the series, shows the conclusion of Mash's epic battle against Innocent Zero, with the ultimate triumph of muscles over magic. For saving the world, Mash was also awarded his ultimate prize and goal.

Becoming a Divine Visionary is no easy task, and the fact that Mash accomplished it without using magic is a testament not just to his ridiculous strength, which allowed him to even move an entire continent, but also to his willpower. While Mashle is ultimately a comedy series that essentially parodies Harry Potter by applying the aesthetics of One-Punch Man, Mashle: Magic and Muscles also has a powerful, underlying message about discrimination and the importance of striving for one's dreams, no matter how unrealistic they may seem.

How Mashle's Themes Make it One of Modern Shonen's Best Series

Mashle: Magic and Muscles' themes aren't very complex, but it still stands out compared to other Weekly Shōnen Jump manga. The series is far more blunt about its themes of inequality than other manga, but at the same time, the bluntness with which Mashle: Magic and Muscles conveys its themes of friendship and having value makes it easy for those themes to be conveyed to the audience, even more so than other manga like it. There's always a genuine sincerity to Mashle: Magic and Muscles' writing, and that's helped make it one of the best shōnen manga of modern day.

Mash's Muscles And Willpower Changed The Laws Of The World

During the story, Mash was constantly overlooked and even mocked by powerful magic s who got used to their status in the world, only to be proven wrong. Mash achieving the status of Divine Visionary is more than the accomplishment of the boy's dream of a peaceful life; it's a message for the entire world. Mash proved to be the one who best embodies noblesse oblige, despite having no ability to use magic, and in the process he changed the world of Mashle: Magic and Muscles, bringing the story to its perfect conclusion.

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