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Dumb but Strong Gets Boring, or Enough with the Cream Puff Gags, or Why Harry Potter and Black Clover Don’t Mix

Mashle: Magic and Muscles, vols. 4-5 by Hajime Komoto

March 14, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Sometimes my curiosity gets the better of me and I pick up subsequent manga volumes from the library just to see if things get any better or interesting; sometimes this works out and sometimes not. With Mashle: Magic and Muscles, the first few volumes were essentially trope overload with a touch of the goof-ball. Volumes 4-5 don’t really get much better. Tropes include the clueless but good-hearted hero who has nothing but physical prowess to get by in a magic world, the girl he saves […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Hajime Komoto, magic school, manga, Mashle Magic and Muscles

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Hajime Komoto, magic school, manga, Mashle Magic and Muscles ·
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The Magicless Hero who Muscles His Way Through, and we’ve seen it all before

Mashle: Magic and Muscles, vols. 1-2 by Hajime Komoto

January 1, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I think I saw an excerpt of Mashle: Magic and Muscles somewhere and decided it looked dumb. Then I decided to give it another chance when I was shelf-surfing in the library which turned out to have volumes 1-2. The premise of this manga series and most of the key characters so far are pretty recognizable. The hero Mash is a magicless idiot with only ridiculous strength to get by in a world where magic defines your status and prospects. To get his dad out […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: #fantasy, graphic novels, Hajime Komoto, magic, magic school, manga, Mashle Magic and Muscles

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: #fantasy, graphic novels, Hajime Komoto, magic, magic school, manga, Mashle Magic and Muscles ·
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