Mashle

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Kōmoto. It has been serialized in Shueisha's "Weekly Shōnen Jump" magazine since January 2020, with its chapters collected in fifteen "tankōbon" volumes as of February 2023. An anime television series adaptation by A-1 Pictures is set to premiere in April 2023.
Plot.
Set in a magical world in which an individual's position within society are defined by the power and skill with magic, Mash Burnedead is a young man without so much as an ounce of magic in his blood. In order to live a peaceful life with his adoptive father, Regro, Mash will need to become a , a title which is only given to exceptional students from the Easton Magic Academy. Despite having no magic whatsoever, Mash goes to the magic school, determined to survive and show the world that muscles can beat magic.
Characters.
Walkis Magic Academy.
A top-three Magic School that believes that power is everything. It is assumed that the school is funded by Innocent Zero or a factor close to.
Media.
Manga.
"Mashle: Magic and Muscles", written and illustrated by , started in Shueisha's "Weekly Shōnen Jump" on January 27, 2020. Shueisha has collected is chapters into individual "tankōbon" volumes. The first volume was released on June 4, 2020. As of February 3, 2023, fifteen volumes have been released.
The manga is digitally serialized by Viz Media and "Manga Plus" in English. In October 2020, Viz Media announced the print and digital publication of the manga and the first volume was published on July 6, 2021.
Chapters not yet in "tankōbon" format.
These chapters have yet to be published in a "tankōbon" volume. They were originally serialized in "Weekly Shōnen Jump" and its English digital version published by Viz Media and in "Manga Plus" by Shueisha.
Anime.
An anime television series adaptation was announced in July 2022. The series is produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Tomoya Tanaka, with scripts written by Yōsuke Kuroda, character designs by Hisashi Toshima, and music composed by Masaru Yokoyama. It is set to premiere on April 8, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Knock Out" by Taiiku Okazaki, while the ending theme song is by Philosophy no Dance. According to the official website of the series, it will be a "complete" anime adaptation.
Aniplex of America revealed an English version of the announcement video at their Anime Expo panel on July 3, 2022. In February 2023, Crunchyroll announced that they will stream the series.
Reception.
In June 2020, it was reported that the first volume of the series performed well enough to be sold out. By April 2021, the manga had over 1.4 million copies in circulation. By August 2021, the manga had over 2.1 million copies in circulation. By March 2022, the manga had over 3 million copies in circulation.
In 2020, the manga was nominated for the 6th Next Manga Awards and placed 11th out of the 50 nominees with 12,894 votes. The series ranked 3rd on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2021" by the Honya Club website. "Mashle" was nominated for the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award in the "shōnen" category in 2021.
The Nippon Foundation included the manga on their list of "5 Recommended Manga Available in English" and wrote: "[c]omic scenes of characters tormenting each other are fun to read, with no sense of distaste. In an amusing way, the story shows how cultivating special skills can overcome adversity." Writing for "Le Figaro", Clémence Ballandras made a positive review about the series and wrote that it "combines the very specific universe of manga, with that of "Harry Potter", while infusing a good dose of humor." Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network gave the first volume a B+. Silverman praised the series for its humor, calling it a ""Harry Potter" parody with overtones of "One-Punch Man"." Silverman, however, wrote that apart from Mash, the rest of characters are "forgettable" and said that the art is "fairly unattractive", comparing it to "Mob Psycho 100". Nevertheless, she concluded: "[it]t doesn't look pretty, but it also doesn't need to, making this a good addition to the library of humor manga." 
Sheena McNeil of Sequential Tart gave the first volume a 7 out of 10. McNeil also noted the similarities with "One-Punch Man" and "Harry Potter", praising as well its story and art, concluding: "I enjoyed this read a fair amount. It's low key hilarious. It has flaws, but it also has potential, and I look forward to where it goes from here." In a review of the second volume, McNeil gave it a 8, and wrote: "[i]f you want action, humor, and magic, this story hits you over the head with all three."