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[Finale] Mashle chapter 162 / series discussion
That's all folks!
Today marks the release of the final chapter of Mashle: Magic and Muscles by Hajime Komoto. After three years, 162 chapters, and an official anime release, it's finally time to say farewell to our muscular, magicless, creampuff loving bowl cut.
Many of us have grown used to weekly updates on the world that seems like a farcical mix of One Punch Man / Harry Potter and will definitely feel its absence on Sundays.
I wanted to create this thread due to the popularity of the series (more than 5 million units in circulation!) and to spark more manga discussion in the community overall. This is the largest series to end in a long while, so it deserves a bit of a sendoff.
Topics/discussion points (feel free to address all or none):
- What did you think of the final chapter/arc?
- How do you feel about the series as a whole now that it has ended?
- Was Mashle successful in its storytelling goals?
- What are the strongest/weakest parts of the story and work as a whole in your opinion?
I loved it in the start of the series, for me, it had that captivating mix of having the average shonen plot without being overbearing at the same time, the parts mirrowing the Harry Potter franchise weren't a turn-off at all, and the author made it work pretty well with it's artstyle on the magic effects, on the other hand, I don't know if it's only just my perspective in particular, but I'm thinking the story took a bad turn around the final training arc, it lacked more comical relief for what we were accustomed to, and various characters were abandoned if for not the last part of the battle, I mean, yeah, my boy Mash carries the team, that much is clear, plus chapters are not exactly long, but still, I would preferred it if they didn't do the only real female character in the series a delusional reck till the end. I wasn't hoping for a top level work, just some consistency i guess. A good experience at the beginning, with all the battles and power-ups included, just to lose most of it's essence at the end. Maybe the author was having troubles with the publication?