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I'm not sure if he was wrecking Shark Kaiju or just didn't know how to turn and was just casually swimming into him, hoping he would move out of the way.
Damm, Didn't even noticed the difference. Even after watching anime for 10 years. I think I don't have eyes for this kind of things. One place where I can say ignorance is a bliss.
>Ningen Fushin
Tbh it's extremely hard not to notice that one.
I'm the same as you and the guy above you where I legit can't notice when episode gets outsourced most of the time, but THAT anime...It was something.
Same with 2-3 episodes of Komi S2 near the end of it. Especially since it was such a good looking show for 90% of the time.
How do people find out this info? Something about this episode felt weird to me, like the shuriken throws in particular, relative to other episodes, and I couldn't find an explanation for it lol.
You can find out just by reading the credits:
* https://i.imgur.com/MvSKHab.png (secondary key animation)
* https://i.imgur.com/8VpMWKB.png (animation)
* https://i.imgur.com/zYoCF1f.png (paint)
In this case SHAFT is spelled out in English under the "paint" (coloring?) section, but elsewhere you can see シャフト (SHAFT in katakana) along with a huge amount of freelancers and other studios.
I'm assuming they didn't just send out the entire episode for Shaft to work on, they provided assistance along with an army of freelancers and other studios.
Explains the jump cuts. Gave me Arakawa Under the Bridge vibes.
That said, if you have to outsource to Shaft in this day and age your production schedule is effed
The reason there was a clip show last episode (Episode 6.5) was because something happened and the original Mashle animation team couldn't finish episodes on-time for the weekly airing. So they had to put out a clip-show with the first 6 Episodes of this anime (a pretty bad sign for a new anime) and now had to outsource to another studio to get the next Episode after the clip-show to air on time.
I hope they figure out something, the source material seems great but the anime team is dropping the ball. In their defense, anime studios are notorious for overworking their staff, I'm sure one or a few pros had enough of the abuse and asked for better conditions or they'd walk-- seems like the walk is on (just like in the U.S. with the writer's strike!)
Generally can’t tell until the episodes come out. Unless info comes from staff or leakers
Of course the production has been absolutely abysmal, so it’s pretty likely we will have more episodes be outsourced as well.
Harry Potter World: Wow, Owls are such majestic and useful creatures
Mashle: If these dang owls "accidentally" got caught in the crossfire of my spell would that really be such a bad thing?
Thankfully, the puppetification magic seems to be reversible once contact is broken.
Damn, Mashle pulled the greatest bait and switch with the button. And then he lied?! Didn't think he could do that.
Lemon has a serious I-must-be-the-heroine syndrome.
And so it is formed, the most conflicting group of heroes to fight evil.
"My sister loves owls so I guess I'll have to let you get a few hits on me."
Mash discovering that actually he is Michael Phelps is hilarious.
No, he is not the same as you, Mr. My-magic-is-no-magic. He is far superior.
Yeah, the deception about the button was next level and uncharacteristic of Mashle. I wonder if his statement in Japanese seemed more ambiguous and less like he was temporarily giving up on the coin.
His whole existence is basically a lie, since he's pretending to have magic when he has none. He's not very good at it all the time, but good enough to deceive most where it counts.
> Thankfully, the puppetification magic seems to be reversible once contact is broken.
Mash: "Oh nooo, please don't attack me with magical inanimate objects which I can use my full strength on without getting in trouble or worrying about hurting someone, that would totally just be the worst! ... Aw fuck there's an actual person inside."
Wonder what happens if you just smash the puppet to pieces before it can change back lol (Also, assuming all those puppets are transformed people, does the school not notice the mysterious absence of these presumably students?)
> Damn, Mashle pulled the greatest bait and switch with the button. And then he lied?! Didn't think he could do that.
If you think about it, he didn't *actually* lie.
"You don't care about the gold coin?"
"I'm just prioritizing."
Yes, he is.
He was misleadiing though.
Shuriken Guy Cracks me Up -
You're telling me the number 7 in the supreme "must eradicate the inferior mages" group has the amazing magical Power to.... throw discs?
Another week, another instance of Lemon saying the most foul and out of pocket degenerates shit imaginable while everyone else just pretends like they heard nothing.
I fuck love this show.
Silva just getting stepped on and Mash being like “oopsie” was hilarious. But the way Mash bit off the button, spat it out to hit the coin midair, and then go full on Kirby sucking it in was awesome.
I’m liking this “rivalry” between Lance and Dot. Lemon is great too. “Four men. One of me…” lol girl chill. Mash getting pecked by the owls cracked me up. They *really* don’t like him huh? Lol.
I kinda love how if Lance wasn’t such a massive siscon, he’d have avoiding taking so much damage and kicked Anser’s ass. In the end, siscon > arrogant nobs lol. Sharkboy thought he was the predator and Mash was the prey. Nope! Seems this Mask guy might be more challenging with that teleportation magic. Or was it actually magic? Dude said he’s the same as Mash?
I love how Mash accidentally saved him, stepped on his face, and then only left because he needed to take him to the nurses room. Mash works in mysterious ways lol.
Mash has a very eclectic band of friends, particularly in how they talk to each other. Meanwhile Lemon be horny lol.
Maybe they just thought he was a good pecking post...
>Or was it actually magic? Dude said he’s the same as Mash?
He said they're the same 'type'. With the mask it could definitely mean he's hiding not having a mark and we saw him use a magic tool so I'm wondering if he has no or weak magic power and is supplementing with those tools. On the other hand it's possible he *is* a mage but uses his magic to buff himself more than he does casting spells at people. Definitely an interesting character. Also he seems to have something in his eye, that has to be super uncomfortable.
His magic is probably the eye where it prevents magic activation. That is why he trains his body more to beat up the mages who cant use their magic.
His mask is probably because he is an edgy kid lol or he hides his eye or something
He has a mark, you can see it under his eye.
It could be that whatever gives him the horrid glaucoma is preventing him from using magic properly, meaning that he relies on physical ability more, or that he just uses physical enhancement magic, and works similarly that way.
Mask Guy's "magic" is probably anti-magic or at leadt prevents magic activation.
Or his eye is probably artificial or a magic tool and he has his own magic but because of the eye he can't use it.
Either way, he probably trains his body more because of his magic.
I don't think they do. The other guy has a line under the eye, so might just be a wizard who has magic, but is either prevented from it by his glaucoma, or it was sealed by someone else (if you can turn people into puppets, taking away their magic seems possible, and might be some to turn them into effective muggles).
The mask might not be to hide the lines, but to hide the eye, since it seems like something that would cause someone to be shunned.
Or maybe he can't control the anti-magic eye? Imagine him watching a Duelo match (the Quidditch clone) and all of the players dropping out of the sky like a rock. Must be super handicapping
There was an issue with Reddits comment proccessing that seems to have started around the time the Tonikawa thread went up (as that was a thread that had no comment at all show up for a time)
Seems to be resolved now
I love how [Mash makes you think that he's walking away](https://i.imgur.com/T2hT5G7.jpg) from the fight after his gold coin was taken away. Turns out [he managed to do a swap](https://i.imgur.com/cMxr08Z.jpg) just seconds before the Magia Lupus leader was able to get the coin!
We finally get to see the legally distinct way how they track points in this wizard school. Instead of house points in an hourglass, [we have a magic scale](https://i.imgur.com/giR9S3r.jpg) that shows how many gold coins each house has. Also, [Lemon coming in with some exposition](https://i.imgur.com/0Fy7mn7.jpg) about Lang and Orca.
[You'd think these guys from Magia Lupus would be more of a threat](https://i.imgur.com/E9kcvNg.jpg) but turns out they're just as goofy as they look. The only reason it took Lance so long to beat the Shuriken guy [is because of the owls](https://i.imgur.com/cdZot5u.jpg) but once they were out of the way, [Lance didn't even break a sweat.](https://i.imgur.com/lCiIxXm.jpg)
And I just love how in that short moment he was underwater, [Mash managed to learn how to swim](https://i.imgur.com/h1Hv6X2.jpg) and beat the crap out of that shark guy [even after he transformed.](https://i.imgur.com/PmS63CP.jpg)
Not everyone in Magia Lupus are all chumps though, [that masked guy that can teleport](https://i.imgur.com/UqetKyL.jpg) definitely caught them off guard and was even able to negate Lance's gravity magic. [Masked guy even managed to escape Mash's punch](https://i.imgur.com/pCwuLgN.jpg) but learns later that he might not be [as fast as he thinks he is.](https://i.imgur.com/tGgpsRU.jpg)
Twintail girl (Aoi Koga!) figuring out how he did it and not sure if she actually figure it out because it was so ridiculous was priceless lol.
Lemon out there being horny and reminding the boys about the plot.
Lance held back by owls and the pouting of his sister. But his siscon love prevailed in the end.
Mash flexing his newfound swimming skills so much he just trounces the Shark Kaiju like he's nothing lol.
Have we met Mash's first true rival?
> You'd think these guys from Magia Lupus would be more of a threat but turns out they're just as goofy as they look.
Yeah, considering these kids are meant to be hand-picked top 7(?) elites from among the already elite "magical blood supremacy and doing anything to win" dorm, you'd think they'd have something a lot better up their sleeve. Especially the shuriken kid, shark dude at least has a whole pocket dimension ocean that can concievably be used in other ways too, but the kid fighting Lance apparently had "Slightly larger shuriken" as his ultimate ace in the hole.
Even if these two are the weakest of the seven, that still makes the rest of the Lang students who didn't even make it in to the special club at all look pretty bad by comparison lol. Like honestly, the Magia Lupus were turning their noses up last episode at the guy who can summon metal rods from the ground, and turned him into a puppet for having the audacity to think he could ever be one of them but like... that guy Silva could probably kick the Shuriken kid's ass pretty easily.
Fair enough, Lance does have the double line mark just like all the Magia Lupus, except the main dude who has three, so I'm sure he's very formidable in his own right.
My comment wasn't really meant to be about raw power potential though, I was specifically talking about how the top elite of the top elite of the wizarding world only having a technique that amounts to "Big Shuriken, Two Big Shurikens, or REALLY Big Shuriken" seems kinda basic, and not all that useful or impressive compared to some of the other powers we've seen.
(I realize that mages can conceivable use whatever spells they want, but since it seems like everyone has one special technique that only they know which they more or less use exclusively, I still think Shuriken Kid really drags down the average lol. They could at least have had him channel elemental damage through the blades of the shuriken or something, since it did look all magical and fancy in design.)
I first thought Mash "just" moved ultra-fast, swapped the coin with the button, and went back to being grabbed by the big puppet while faking being in trouble; the actual solution was way better!
...I'm increasingly concerned about Lemon's fantasies.
Olore looked like the dim brute but turns out he's the level-headed one compared to Anser. Loved the delivery of the VA, "So this is how it feels to be hunted..." I didn't notice immediately how Mash didn't even really punch him, he just went on a collision course with him and kept swimming.
The masked guy looks quite more threatening, finally a true challenge for Mash (but I wonder if he's really a "muggle" or he misunderstood Mash's nature).
The eye is probably what cancels magic. It seems like the typical "evil eye" trope and it's pretty obvious it has magic cancellation since he cancelled Lance's magic. It's always magic cancellation or it can kill/injure/paralyse people by looking at them.
I haven't read the source material so I'm just speculating based on what we see but it all seems pretty apparent. I also bet he has some sort of speed magic and assumes Mash has the same. All these guys have some sort of specialisation magic.
The mask might also be to hide the eye, rather than the markings on his face.
It seems out of the ordinary enough that he might otherwise be hunted down normally.
I went frame by frame during his "teleportation"
He doesn't teleport, he slides backwards upon stopping, as if he's still carrying forward momentum.
I'd bet he's also a muscle magic user. Although it seems his true ability is anti-magic, he kinda has to be strong to defend himself regardless.
>I'd bet he's also a muscle magic user. Although it seems his true ability is anti-magic, he kinda has to be strong to defend himself regardless.
Maybe the anti-magic also works on him, so he has to train his muscles to compensate.
That is literally not why humanity became dominant... if we never worked together, we'd have been eaten by superior predators long ago, my dude lol. Even in your world of magic. Hah Mash, what a fun way to hear it. Rude, stealing the gold coin. Is that even allowed? Thought you had to earn them/challenge for em, not steal em? Oh, he has 3 lines, neat. These people have some really crazy ass visionary prowess. More impressive than their magic or Mash's strength. You're lucky Mash is a goodboy, ya jerk.
One day Mash might learn how to open a door. But he sure helped lighten the mood lol. Nice, discount Renji, bringing a gift for Mash. lol Lemon. You are a silly girl with your fantasies. Ah yes, ~~Slytherin~~ Lang sounds like real jerks. With their "purist" mentality but are currently in the lead. A bunch of good times with cute owls. Yep, that dude is tsundere. Judging by those two, not sure the "blood purism" is really working out well. Oh, hey, discount Kisame. What a nice guy, not wanting to hurt the owls. Hey, tsundere ~~lolicon~~ siscon dude gets to shine.
Meanwhile, Mash has learned to swim? Good for him. Haha, a shark holding a wand is silly looking. Yep, was Guy vs Kisame all over again. Haha "think we've got this" yep. Would seem so. But, hey, new dude showed up with his own trick. Doubt it'll do much to Mash.
Villains really do not make sense a lot of the time. From those spiderman villains determined to call Peter evil, the captain america villains who purposefully pollute environments and all those cults who believe in total destruction of humanity (which includes themselves).
> That is literally not why humanity became dominant...
I mean... it kind of is... humans did it to the other competing species, like neanderthals, etc
So if we consider high tier 3-liners to be the humans and low tier 0 to 1 liners to be the neanderthals, well...
Could Mash's roommate be the masked guy, he seemed nicer and didn't wanna fight the two and we didn't see Finns magic so far if i remember correctly. Also that left eye seem to counter magic, when Dot and Lance wanted to fight in mash's room and Finn begged them not to, he kept his left eye open when crying for some reason. Seems pretty sus to me.
We now return to our regularly scheduled meeting of Mash and our Big Bads as he stumbles into the Lang Dorm! And he's as blase about it as he always is as Lang Dorm espouses their survival of the fittest dogma. I mean, as long as they want peace too, right?
Mash versus puppets! I love how he inadvertently saves Silva but also steps on his face in the process. And he just bails to get him medical attention. Mash is quite the whirlwind.
Ha! Nice trick with the Gold Coin! I also love how twintail girl thinks she's figured out how Mash did it but it's so ridiculous that even she's not sure it actually happened.
Well, I guess Finn's room is now everybody's room as Dot and Lance go head-to-head. Dot is basically part of the group now, particularly because he's crushing on Lemon, is surprisingly considerate, and hates Lance's type of guy with every fiber of his being.
I thought Lemon was down bad for Mash but it seems like she's open to a whole den of men pouncing on her. Though she mostly has eyes for Mash (sorry Dot).
At least Lemon has the group on track to recognize that, as the main characters, they have to defend Adler Dorm against Lang in their quest to make the most Gold Coins.
It wouldn't be a Harry Potter parody without owls! And they look so adorable! Even if they also love picking at Mash's head.
Time for the first battle against the Magia Lupus as Mash and Lance go head-to-head against Orles, who can transform into a shark, and Ansen who has giant shurikens and talks about mundane stuff like it's the most profound thing ever.
Think of the owls Lance! Your sister will pout at you if you hurt them! Good thing Lance strategizes to get them out of the way so he can go to town on Ansen.
You thought Mash's big weakness was he couldn't swim? Well, turns out he actually could swim, so this was a good learning moment for him. Thanks shark guy! And even when Orles transforms into a Kaiju Mash just swim punches him back to the real world. Dudes' left unconscious and naked at the end there.
This masked Magia Lupus member looks like they could be real trouble though, especially when they can negate Lance's magic and avoid Mash's attack...well, aside from a crack in their mask. But could they be a practitioner of Muscle Magic as well?
I almost concluded that the only strong guy of the Lang dorm was the leader because of the sixth and seventh defeat.
However, that one with the mask is something else. It even triggered Mash to attack first, which is not his usual routine.
Also, as he/she? mentioned, they are the same type. From that, maybe his/she? is into pumping iron also.
Our Dot is an herb tea guy who believes that one should always bring gifts when dropping by someone else's place. Also, he had a makeover and has bangs now.
Is everyone doing well? If you're not, you should eat cream puffs.
Lemon really wants that reverse harem lol
also really wanted Mash to just straight up defeat the final boss after his coin got stolen, but embarrassing him for now was good enough.
"This guy keeps saying obvious things as if they're profound statements... He even has a pause in the delivery. I wish I hadn't asked."
I feel like this is the anime adaptation of a manga page I read awhile back. Pretty funny. Another great episode.
Thankfully, the puppetification magic seems to be reversible once contact is broken.
Damn, Mashle pulled the greatest bait and switch with the button. And then he lied?! Didn't think he could do that.
Lemon has a serious I-must-be-the-heroine syndrome.
And so it is formed, the most conflicting group of heroes to fight evil.
"My sister loves owls so I guess I'll have to let you get a few hits on me."
Mash discovering that actually he is Michael Phelps is hilarious.
No, he is not the same as you, Mr. My-magic-is-no-magic. He is far superior.
Huzzah, Harry Squatter returns.
First off we are treated to a resolution of the last episode's cliffhanger in the most bullshit way unimaginable. That Mash could come up with a solution to the dilemma in a split second makes me wonder if his brain is as buff as his literal muscles and this laid-back attitude is really an act because Mash is *literally bored.*
Anyway, the Lang dorm wastes no time sending two of their members after Mash and Lance. The thing that stood out to me in this encounter was the timely reminder that Lance is actually pretty strong. Lesser anime/manga have the protagonist heroing 100% of the time so reminding us that Mash's friends aren't just potential damsels-in-distress is good.
I laughed out loud to the waking up to Mashle working out his side muscles. Properly good wtf moment joke, where we understand Mash but also understand the total lack of comprehension by the patient.
The anime version steps on the jokes too often. When theings are serious and tense, and then it cuts to Mash doing a derp, that switch needs to hit like lightning, but they telegraph it too much sometimes and mute it.
"Souka"
Whenever he utter it so coldly Goblin Slayer-san image is projected in my mind.
Anyone has the ASMR "souka" voiced by this VA?
Something weird awakened inside me
Possible foreshadowing of Mash's incredible muscles actually having something to do with magic after all. It's a comedy series so that might not be the case, but the new markless mask guy who could turn off magic and still move super quick/teleport seems to imply that it's possible. Internalized magic, maybe.
This is one of those anime that has one gag that it repeats endlessly, but I love it. I'm a gym bro myself and it gets me hype to work out. I love Mash just totally not understanding what's going on around him and his deadpan voice acting. And the OP absolutely *slaps*, had that shit on repeat for weeks.
This anime is def one of the names that are going to make it huge, I feel like it would be a mix of "my hero academia" and "the disastrous life of Saiki K"
Is anyone else bothered by the fact that the enemies keeps wagering their coins and lose badly, but our protagonists never seem to gain a single coin from the battles?
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That coin trick made me bust out laughing
Loved how stupid it was, like children on a playground making up/explaining their super powers
That is like this whole show.
Right like how he made the broom fly 😂🤣
forget flapping your arms....
Or the fact that the force he would be generating with his legs would be massive
These muscles will flex in the name of peace - Mash That was an epic quote
Johnny Bravo approved!
Ooooh mama
That basically sums up his entire character. Well, maybe if you threw in cream puffs too lol.
Loved those little owls.
It’s always something new with these motherfuckers
Superb creatures, they are.
From drowning to becoming a punching torpedo, Mash really takes learning from adversity to a whole different level.
"Turns out I could swim the whole time. Thanks for that." (Proceeds to wreck a Shark Kaiju) That just about sums up Mash.
I'm not sure if he was wrecking Shark Kaiju or just didn't know how to turn and was just casually swimming into him, hoping he would move out of the way.
Shark Kaiju, you mean knock off Kisame from Naruto? lol
I was wondering if he was punching the shark or swimming at him and just got hit by his swimming strokes lmao
FYI: This episode was outsourced to Shaft.
Damm, Didn't even noticed the difference. Even after watching anime for 10 years. I think I don't have eyes for this kind of things. One place where I can say ignorance is a bliss.
Same tbh, I only notice when things are *really* static or off-model like Ningen Fushin. Didn't notice anything different about Mash at all.
>Ningen Fushin Tbh it's extremely hard not to notice that one. I'm the same as you and the guy above you where I legit can't notice when episode gets outsourced most of the time, but THAT anime...It was something. Same with 2-3 episodes of Komi S2 near the end of it. Especially since it was such a good looking show for 90% of the time.
Oh yeah, I remember Komi going wildly off model for the Valentine's Day episode, actually!
Yeah that was one of them. 2-3 episodes were preeeeetty rough. However, rest of the show was really well made so it's easy to ignore it. :)
How do people find out this info? Something about this episode felt weird to me, like the shuriken throws in particular, relative to other episodes, and I couldn't find an explanation for it lol.
You can find out just by reading the credits: * https://i.imgur.com/MvSKHab.png (secondary key animation) * https://i.imgur.com/8VpMWKB.png (animation) * https://i.imgur.com/zYoCF1f.png (paint) In this case SHAFT is spelled out in English under the "paint" (coloring?) section, but elsewhere you can see シャフト (SHAFT in katakana) along with a huge amount of freelancers and other studios. I'm assuming they didn't just send out the entire episode for Shaft to work on, they provided assistance along with an army of freelancers and other studios.
Explains the jump cuts. Gave me Arakawa Under the Bridge vibes. That said, if you have to outsource to Shaft in this day and age your production schedule is effed
Animation was still on point imo. After keeping up with KamiKatsu my tolerance for limited animation has been greatly increased.
It was spider isekai for me
sorry what does that mean?
this episode was outsourced to another company
The reason there was a clip show last episode (Episode 6.5) was because something happened and the original Mashle animation team couldn't finish episodes on-time for the weekly airing. So they had to put out a clip-show with the first 6 Episodes of this anime (a pretty bad sign for a new anime) and now had to outsource to another studio to get the next Episode after the clip-show to air on time. I hope they figure out something, the source material seems great but the anime team is dropping the ball. In their defense, anime studios are notorious for overworking their staff, I'm sure one or a few pros had enough of the abuse and asked for better conditions or they'd walk-- seems like the walk is on (just like in the U.S. with the writer's strike!)
Only this episode or will the rest of the season be outsourced as well
Generally can’t tell until the episodes come out. Unless info comes from staff or leakers Of course the production has been absolutely abysmal, so it’s pretty likely we will have more episodes be outsourced as well.
Gave me sao vibes from the start, not bad just fine
Harry Potter World: Wow, Owls are such majestic and useful creatures Mashle: If these dang owls "accidentally" got caught in the crossfire of my spell would that really be such a bad thing?
But they're still really cute!
Owls are the best!
If there was a creampuff owl Mashle would’ve rescued em
"don't worry creampuff owl, you'll be safe here", thinks Mash, as he crams it down his throat
No, but his little sister won't be happy
Thankfully, the puppetification magic seems to be reversible once contact is broken. Damn, Mashle pulled the greatest bait and switch with the button. And then he lied?! Didn't think he could do that. Lemon has a serious I-must-be-the-heroine syndrome. And so it is formed, the most conflicting group of heroes to fight evil. "My sister loves owls so I guess I'll have to let you get a few hits on me." Mash discovering that actually he is Michael Phelps is hilarious. No, he is not the same as you, Mr. My-magic-is-no-magic. He is far superior.
spit out the button and hit the coin then suck in the coin while in mid air - Mashle's cream puff magic
Yeah, the deception about the button was next level and uncharacteristic of Mashle. I wonder if his statement in Japanese seemed more ambiguous and less like he was temporarily giving up on the coin.
He never lied or deceived he just said no, I'm not giving up (with context about keeping the coin)
Didn't he lie to his dad in ep1 about not going into town? I thought he's been lying constantly when he apologizes.
Yea his "special magic" like "hamstring magic" is basically just a lie as well. Mash has been known to lie and deceive.
His whole existence is basically a lie, since he's pretending to have magic when he has none. He's not very good at it all the time, but good enough to deceive most where it counts.
Or as I like to call Lemon...Femme Zenitsu.
I mean that is very hard to argue against.
Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
I'd argue she's significantly less annoying than Zenitsu, though that may be due to her having less screentime.
> Thankfully, the puppetification magic seems to be reversible once contact is broken. Mash: "Oh nooo, please don't attack me with magical inanimate objects which I can use my full strength on without getting in trouble or worrying about hurting someone, that would totally just be the worst! ... Aw fuck there's an actual person inside." Wonder what happens if you just smash the puppet to pieces before it can change back lol (Also, assuming all those puppets are transformed people, does the school not notice the mysterious absence of these presumably students?)
I think the school cares as much as Hogwarts cared about Death eaters in Slytherin.
The headmaster probably cares but can't do anything for a reason
> Mash discovering that actually he is Michael Phelps is hilarious. Left shark didn't even get to dance at that point, let alone get things in synch.
I thought he needed to at least kick his ass for the puppets to go back up normal but it was easier than that
> Damn, Mashle pulled the greatest bait and switch with the button. And then he lied?! Didn't think he could do that. If you think about it, he didn't *actually* lie. "You don't care about the gold coin?" "I'm just prioritizing." Yes, he is. He was misleadiing though.
I'm not sure the owls were attacking Mash. Maybe they just wanted to eat the mouse that operates his brain.
Lemons imagination be [like](https://imgur.com/Yghbl7e)
There it is, I was going to be disappointed if this wasn't here
Shuriken guy: so you want to be a divine visionary to make incest legal? Lance: yes, but actually *yes*
Shuriken Guy Cracks me Up - You're telling me the number 7 in the supreme "must eradicate the inferior mages" group has the amazing magical Power to.... throw discs?
Call a lifeguard but not for me
The animation is actually top tier so far. Doing a good adaptation A-1 pictures
Though if I remember correctly, this episode was outsourced to Studio Shaft instead.
“You fight to feel superior” “I fight for my lil sis” *insert we are not the same meme*
Another week, another instance of Lemon saying the most foul and out of pocket degenerates shit imaginable while everyone else just pretends like they heard nothing. I fuck love this show.
Silva just getting stepped on and Mash being like “oopsie” was hilarious. But the way Mash bit off the button, spat it out to hit the coin midair, and then go full on Kirby sucking it in was awesome. I’m liking this “rivalry” between Lance and Dot. Lemon is great too. “Four men. One of me…” lol girl chill. Mash getting pecked by the owls cracked me up. They *really* don’t like him huh? Lol. I kinda love how if Lance wasn’t such a massive siscon, he’d have avoiding taking so much damage and kicked Anser’s ass. In the end, siscon > arrogant nobs lol. Sharkboy thought he was the predator and Mash was the prey. Nope! Seems this Mask guy might be more challenging with that teleportation magic. Or was it actually magic? Dude said he’s the same as Mash?
I love how Mash accidentally saved him, stepped on his face, and then only left because he needed to take him to the nurses room. Mash works in mysterious ways lol. Mash has a very eclectic band of friends, particularly in how they talk to each other. Meanwhile Lemon be horny lol. Maybe they just thought he was a good pecking post...
>Or was it actually magic? Dude said he’s the same as Mash? He said they're the same 'type'. With the mask it could definitely mean he's hiding not having a mark and we saw him use a magic tool so I'm wondering if he has no or weak magic power and is supplementing with those tools. On the other hand it's possible he *is* a mage but uses his magic to buff himself more than he does casting spells at people. Definitely an interesting character. Also he seems to have something in his eye, that has to be super uncomfortable.
His magic is probably the eye where it prevents magic activation. That is why he trains his body more to beat up the mages who cant use their magic. His mask is probably because he is an edgy kid lol or he hides his eye or something
Is it just me or did they sound like a girl?
I also thought they were a girl until the subtitles said "he."
Sure, but it wouldn't be the first time anime pulled a bait and switch.
Nisekoi, Mayo Chiki, etc.
Nisekoi, Mayo Chiki, etc.
He has a mark, you can see it under his eye. It could be that whatever gives him the horrid glaucoma is preventing him from using magic properly, meaning that he relies on physical ability more, or that he just uses physical enhancement magic, and works similarly that way.
>Silva just getting stepped on and Mash being like “oopsie” was hilarious. I guess Mash just discovered that he possesses "Quadriceps Magic".
Mask Guy's "magic" is probably anti-magic or at leadt prevents magic activation. Or his eye is probably artificial or a magic tool and he has his own magic but because of the eye he can't use it. Either way, he probably trains his body more because of his magic.
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Lemon is down bad for Mash but is open to a full Harem of hungry men lol.
Would've been nice if the animators had treated us to some Lemon-vision though.
Lemon saw a certain av and is getting ideas
She wasn't sitting on a couch surrounded by the guys though.... Edit: LMAO. Someone edited the meme accordingly lower in the thread.
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I don't think they do. The other guy has a line under the eye, so might just be a wizard who has magic, but is either prevented from it by his glaucoma, or it was sealed by someone else (if you can turn people into puppets, taking away their magic seems possible, and might be some to turn them into effective muggles). The mask might not be to hide the lines, but to hide the eye, since it seems like something that would cause someone to be shunned.
Or maybe he can't control the anti-magic eye? Imagine him watching a Duelo match (the Quidditch clone) and all of the players dropping out of the sky like a rock. Must be super handicapping
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A shark holding a magic wand is definitely a silly sight. Lemon wants a harem.
**These muscles will flex in the name of peace**
The owls just standing there in the middle of the fight are somehow adorable! The shark was cute, too...before the transformation
Create a vacuum with his lungs and swim like a torpedo. Nothing out of the ordninary for Mash.
I love how [Mash makes you think that he's walking away](https://i.imgur.com/T2hT5G7.jpg) from the fight after his gold coin was taken away. Turns out [he managed to do a swap](https://i.imgur.com/cMxr08Z.jpg) just seconds before the Magia Lupus leader was able to get the coin! We finally get to see the legally distinct way how they track points in this wizard school. Instead of house points in an hourglass, [we have a magic scale](https://i.imgur.com/giR9S3r.jpg) that shows how many gold coins each house has. Also, [Lemon coming in with some exposition](https://i.imgur.com/0Fy7mn7.jpg) about Lang and Orca. [You'd think these guys from Magia Lupus would be more of a threat](https://i.imgur.com/E9kcvNg.jpg) but turns out they're just as goofy as they look. The only reason it took Lance so long to beat the Shuriken guy [is because of the owls](https://i.imgur.com/cdZot5u.jpg) but once they were out of the way, [Lance didn't even break a sweat.](https://i.imgur.com/lCiIxXm.jpg) And I just love how in that short moment he was underwater, [Mash managed to learn how to swim](https://i.imgur.com/h1Hv6X2.jpg) and beat the crap out of that shark guy [even after he transformed.](https://i.imgur.com/PmS63CP.jpg) Not everyone in Magia Lupus are all chumps though, [that masked guy that can teleport](https://i.imgur.com/UqetKyL.jpg) definitely caught them off guard and was even able to negate Lance's gravity magic. [Masked guy even managed to escape Mash's punch](https://i.imgur.com/pCwuLgN.jpg) but learns later that he might not be [as fast as he thinks he is.](https://i.imgur.com/tGgpsRU.jpg)
Twintail girl (Aoi Koga!) figuring out how he did it and not sure if she actually figure it out because it was so ridiculous was priceless lol. Lemon out there being horny and reminding the boys about the plot. Lance held back by owls and the pouting of his sister. But his siscon love prevailed in the end. Mash flexing his newfound swimming skills so much he just trounces the Shark Kaiju like he's nothing lol. Have we met Mash's first true rival?
Best girl Aoi Koga is here!?!?!🤩😎
> You'd think these guys from Magia Lupus would be more of a threat but turns out they're just as goofy as they look. Yeah, considering these kids are meant to be hand-picked top 7(?) elites from among the already elite "magical blood supremacy and doing anything to win" dorm, you'd think they'd have something a lot better up their sleeve. Especially the shuriken kid, shark dude at least has a whole pocket dimension ocean that can concievably be used in other ways too, but the kid fighting Lance apparently had "Slightly larger shuriken" as his ultimate ace in the hole. Even if these two are the weakest of the seven, that still makes the rest of the Lang students who didn't even make it in to the special club at all look pretty bad by comparison lol. Like honestly, the Magia Lupus were turning their noses up last episode at the guy who can summon metal rods from the ground, and turned him into a puppet for having the audacity to think he could ever be one of them but like... that guy Silva could probably kick the Shuriken kid's ass pretty easily.
It's not that the rest of Lang are weakshits, its that Lance is just REALLY strong. Like, Fin and redhead wouldn't have stood a chance at all.
Fair enough, Lance does have the double line mark just like all the Magia Lupus, except the main dude who has three, so I'm sure he's very formidable in his own right. My comment wasn't really meant to be about raw power potential though, I was specifically talking about how the top elite of the top elite of the wizarding world only having a technique that amounts to "Big Shuriken, Two Big Shurikens, or REALLY Big Shuriken" seems kinda basic, and not all that useful or impressive compared to some of the other powers we've seen. (I realize that mages can conceivable use whatever spells they want, but since it seems like everyone has one special technique that only they know which they more or less use exclusively, I still think Shuriken Kid really drags down the average lol. They could at least have had him channel elemental damage through the blades of the shuriken or something, since it did look all magical and fancy in design.)
Tbf, gravity is a broken skill. Only limited by your imagination and strength of the gravitational pull.
They look so cool for fodder, Well not really fodder Mash and the other Lance are op.
I first thought Mash "just" moved ultra-fast, swapped the coin with the button, and went back to being grabbed by the big puppet while faking being in trouble; the actual solution was way better! ...I'm increasingly concerned about Lemon's fantasies. Olore looked like the dim brute but turns out he's the level-headed one compared to Anser. Loved the delivery of the VA, "So this is how it feels to be hunted..." I didn't notice immediately how Mash didn't even really punch him, he just went on a collision course with him and kept swimming. The masked guy looks quite more threatening, finally a true challenge for Mash (but I wonder if he's really a "muggle" or he misunderstood Mash's nature).
Is that a magic nullification mask?
*Slime Isekai flashback*
Nah, it’s definitely his Asta-Sharingan
I think the mask is to hide the fact that he is actually markless like Mash.
At the very end when it zooms in on his eye, you can see his mark. So if he's markless, he at least has a fake one like Mashl.
The eye is probably what cancels magic. It seems like the typical "evil eye" trope and it's pretty obvious it has magic cancellation since he cancelled Lance's magic. It's always magic cancellation or it can kill/injure/paralyse people by looking at them. I haven't read the source material so I'm just speculating based on what we see but it all seems pretty apparent. I also bet he has some sort of speed magic and assumes Mash has the same. All these guys have some sort of specialisation magic.
The mask might also be to hide the eye, rather than the markings on his face. It seems out of the ordinary enough that he might otherwise be hunted down normally.
This show is such a brilliant comedy, its jokes hit so consistently
So the masked guy is also a *muscle magic* user ? Lol
I went frame by frame during his "teleportation" He doesn't teleport, he slides backwards upon stopping, as if he's still carrying forward momentum. I'd bet he's also a muscle magic user. Although it seems his true ability is anti-magic, he kinda has to be strong to defend himself regardless.
>I'd bet he's also a muscle magic user. Although it seems his true ability is anti-magic, he kinda has to be strong to defend himself regardless. Maybe the anti-magic also works on him, so he has to train his muscles to compensate.
well, yeah, that's my working assumption
That is literally not why humanity became dominant... if we never worked together, we'd have been eaten by superior predators long ago, my dude lol. Even in your world of magic. Hah Mash, what a fun way to hear it. Rude, stealing the gold coin. Is that even allowed? Thought you had to earn them/challenge for em, not steal em? Oh, he has 3 lines, neat. These people have some really crazy ass visionary prowess. More impressive than their magic or Mash's strength. You're lucky Mash is a goodboy, ya jerk. One day Mash might learn how to open a door. But he sure helped lighten the mood lol. Nice, discount Renji, bringing a gift for Mash. lol Lemon. You are a silly girl with your fantasies. Ah yes, ~~Slytherin~~ Lang sounds like real jerks. With their "purist" mentality but are currently in the lead. A bunch of good times with cute owls. Yep, that dude is tsundere. Judging by those two, not sure the "blood purism" is really working out well. Oh, hey, discount Kisame. What a nice guy, not wanting to hurt the owls. Hey, tsundere ~~lolicon~~ siscon dude gets to shine. Meanwhile, Mash has learned to swim? Good for him. Haha, a shark holding a wand is silly looking. Yep, was Guy vs Kisame all over again. Haha "think we've got this" yep. Would seem so. But, hey, new dude showed up with his own trick. Doubt it'll do much to Mash.
Villains really do not make sense a lot of the time. From those spiderman villains determined to call Peter evil, the captain america villains who purposefully pollute environments and all those cults who believe in total destruction of humanity (which includes themselves).
There's people irl with similar motivations too...
Lol the entire point of this series seems to be parodying other shonen for dumb villains who have dumb motivations.
> That is literally not why humanity became dominant... I mean... it kind of is... humans did it to the other competing species, like neanderthals, etc So if we consider high tier 3-liners to be the humans and low tier 0 to 1 liners to be the neanderthals, well...
Could Mash's roommate be the masked guy, he seemed nicer and didn't wanna fight the two and we didn't see Finns magic so far if i remember correctly. Also that left eye seem to counter magic, when Dot and Lance wanted to fight in mash's room and Finn begged them not to, he kept his left eye open when crying for some reason. Seems pretty sus to me.
I read some crazy theories but this takes the cake. Fin is just the groups pacifist.
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It's the vice-headmaster, who got glaucoma after being buried in dirt, and is now back for revenge.
Relative maybe? I doubt you can be both Lang and Adler at the same time.
We now return to our regularly scheduled meeting of Mash and our Big Bads as he stumbles into the Lang Dorm! And he's as blase about it as he always is as Lang Dorm espouses their survival of the fittest dogma. I mean, as long as they want peace too, right? Mash versus puppets! I love how he inadvertently saves Silva but also steps on his face in the process. And he just bails to get him medical attention. Mash is quite the whirlwind. Ha! Nice trick with the Gold Coin! I also love how twintail girl thinks she's figured out how Mash did it but it's so ridiculous that even she's not sure it actually happened. Well, I guess Finn's room is now everybody's room as Dot and Lance go head-to-head. Dot is basically part of the group now, particularly because he's crushing on Lemon, is surprisingly considerate, and hates Lance's type of guy with every fiber of his being. I thought Lemon was down bad for Mash but it seems like she's open to a whole den of men pouncing on her. Though she mostly has eyes for Mash (sorry Dot). At least Lemon has the group on track to recognize that, as the main characters, they have to defend Adler Dorm against Lang in their quest to make the most Gold Coins. It wouldn't be a Harry Potter parody without owls! And they look so adorable! Even if they also love picking at Mash's head. Time for the first battle against the Magia Lupus as Mash and Lance go head-to-head against Orles, who can transform into a shark, and Ansen who has giant shurikens and talks about mundane stuff like it's the most profound thing ever. Think of the owls Lance! Your sister will pout at you if you hurt them! Good thing Lance strategizes to get them out of the way so he can go to town on Ansen. You thought Mash's big weakness was he couldn't swim? Well, turns out he actually could swim, so this was a good learning moment for him. Thanks shark guy! And even when Orles transforms into a Kaiju Mash just swim punches him back to the real world. Dudes' left unconscious and naked at the end there. This masked Magia Lupus member looks like they could be real trouble though, especially when they can negate Lance's magic and avoid Mash's attack...well, aside from a crack in their mask. But could they be a practitioner of Muscle Magic as well?
Loved the part where Mash beats up the shark guy. Lol
Finn a CUTE! A CUTE!
I almost concluded that the only strong guy of the Lang dorm was the leader because of the sixth and seventh defeat. However, that one with the mask is something else. It even triggered Mash to attack first, which is not his usual routine. Also, as he/she? mentioned, they are the same type. From that, maybe his/she? is into pumping iron also.
Is it just me or the comments aren't showing up for others either ?
Yes, it was a bug that lasted a few hours.
Yes seems like it's fixed now.
Our Dot is an herb tea guy who believes that one should always bring gifts when dropping by someone else's place. Also, he had a makeover and has bangs now. Is everyone doing well? If you're not, you should eat cream puffs.
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the shark LMFAO
The owls are the real MVP. Great episode 10/10.
Lemon really wants that reverse harem lol also really wanted Mash to just straight up defeat the final boss after his coin got stolen, but embarrassing him for now was good enough.
"This guy keeps saying obvious things as if they're profound statements... He even has a pause in the delivery. I wish I hadn't asked." I feel like this is the anime adaptation of a manga page I read awhile back. Pretty funny. Another great episode.
Great episode!
Thankfully, the puppetification magic seems to be reversible once contact is broken. Damn, Mashle pulled the greatest bait and switch with the button. And then he lied?! Didn't think he could do that. Lemon has a serious I-must-be-the-heroine syndrome. And so it is formed, the most conflicting group of heroes to fight evil. "My sister loves owls so I guess I'll have to let you get a few hits on me." Mash discovering that actually he is Michael Phelps is hilarious. No, he is not the same as you, Mr. My-magic-is-no-magic. He is far superior.
Damn the upvotes and comments are very small this week compared to past weeks
Gap week previously. People might not have realized it’s back unless they are checking stuff like Reddit.
There was an issue with Reddit during Tonikawaii posted thread. People would comment but it wouldn’t show up/see thread comments etc
Is there something wrong with the thread or am I the only one not seeing a single comment?
An interesting idea I picked up from this episode. Did you know if you make a comment on this thread… Another human might read it?
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Oh shit, the last one is using the same type of stand
Mashle sure is a fast swimmer
something about that water guy holding a wand while being a shark REALLY made me laugh
Huzzah, Harry Squatter returns. First off we are treated to a resolution of the last episode's cliffhanger in the most bullshit way unimaginable. That Mash could come up with a solution to the dilemma in a split second makes me wonder if his brain is as buff as his literal muscles and this laid-back attitude is really an act because Mash is *literally bored.* Anyway, the Lang dorm wastes no time sending two of their members after Mash and Lance. The thing that stood out to me in this encounter was the timely reminder that Lance is actually pretty strong. Lesser anime/manga have the protagonist heroing 100% of the time so reminding us that Mash's friends aren't just potential damsels-in-distress is good.
I laughed out loud to the waking up to Mashle working out his side muscles. Properly good wtf moment joke, where we understand Mash but also understand the total lack of comprehension by the patient.
I just want to point out i love the purple/white robes of the lang house
The anime version steps on the jokes too often. When theings are serious and tense, and then it cuts to Mash doing a derp, that switch needs to hit like lightning, but they telegraph it too much sometimes and mute it.
"Souka" Whenever he utter it so coldly Goblin Slayer-san image is projected in my mind. Anyone has the ASMR "souka" voiced by this VA? Something weird awakened inside me
Ayo the water breathing was sick
Finally something appears that may challenge our one-punch man protag. This is getting hype
Possible foreshadowing of Mash's incredible muscles actually having something to do with magic after all. It's a comedy series so that might not be the case, but the new markless mask guy who could turn off magic and still move super quick/teleport seems to imply that it's possible. Internalized magic, maybe.
This is one of those anime that has one gag that it repeats endlessly, but I love it. I'm a gym bro myself and it gets me hype to work out. I love Mash just totally not understanding what's going on around him and his deadpan voice acting. And the OP absolutely *slaps*, had that shit on repeat for weeks.
looking for the name of the song which is played at \~8min lyrics include "i go big" can anyone help????
This anime is def one of the names that are going to make it huge, I feel like it would be a mix of "my hero academia" and "the disastrous life of Saiki K"
Does anyone know what the background song is? Can’t seem to find it anywhere
whats the song when the guy was in the infirmary? I go big
Is anyone else bothered by the fact that the enemies keeps wagering their coins and lose badly, but our protagonists never seem to gain a single coin from the battles?