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Ayesha Liveblogs Mashle S2

We have finally arrived at the intro song which was my entire reason for starting this show LOL. It is catchy

"Victorious in the battle against the Magia Lupus, all of Lang's coins went to Adler." After all of those fights there was a coin exchange? Cause it seems like Lang just left LOL

"We just shouted him into submission." That's SUCH a funny way to deal with a crisis

"What's the point protecting that magicless blight-blood, Finn?" Not the new slur LOL

LMAO @ Finn mustering up his courage to tell this guy off only for Lance to gravity crush and spit on him. Lance said: Using your words is not enough

"It seems Dot's injuries were more severe than we thought." Is it going to be a running gag that Dot just doesn't get his face animated routinely?

PLEASE why are they having the world's most haunting victory party with the people who lost the fight:

I do enjoy the return of Lance's apron. It's my favourite outfit

"I'll take a hint as I should also celebrate Abyss getting better. That's what betters do." Abel said: I'm still a little evil, don't worry

"I got caught up with some guys claiming to be death row inmates." Lance had a busy evening while off-screen

I also love the return of the owls. The best part of this show

"Lord Abel gained his third line by artificial means thanks to Innocent Zero's power. Genuine triple-liners are even more fearsome." Ohhhhh so THAT'S the lore of Abel's three lines, I was wondering why they hadn't said anything about it

I am shocked we've escalated all the way to the Bureau of Magic calling Mash in so quickly. Where is this going?

"It is a miracle God bestowed upon humans alone." 1) Again, it is striking how religious this society is and 2) Why are anime towns/countries/villages always depicted as a circle?

"You are basically a bug. Bugs should be dealt with quickly." "Okay, but what if things didn't have to be perfect all the time?" Crazy way to respond to an argument for eugen!cs

"Magic is everything in this world. So you need to show us a miracle stronger than magic." Well, at least the Divine Visionary is hearing Mash out?

"That boy belongs to us. Hands off." "Why is Innocent Zero...?" "It seems that boy has unusual origins after all." I do have to wonder why Mash is the only nonmagical person who could do a strongman circus act since birth

"Such flawless actions. You're a treasure." Ryoh's dialogue is so silly

"What are you, a child?" Yeah, actually he is! That's a 15-year-old you're trying to murder, Orter Madl (related to Wirth, I guess?)

I guess Wahlberg thought it was prudent to get ahead of the whole Mash thing by him calling for the inquiry instead of the Bureau

"He's a living legend, the only one to go toe-to-toe against Innocent Zero in his youth." Like Dumbledore, did Headmaster Wahlberg also have a situationship with its leader?

"However, he has an unsual gift to sway people's hearts." Wahlberg said: Maybe Mash's most magical power is friendship

"Our values change alongside history. However, redefining our values takes courage, as we must admit our injustices thus far." This is the most real dialogue thus far. Laws don't define justice. People make laws!! And therefore, people are responsible for the impact of those laws, and for changing them. In this essay, I will—

"You may punish me as you see fit. But I will not change my verdict [to defer Mash's sentencing]." Rayne and Wahlberg and Bliss bowing their heads in supplication on Mash's behalf. Ahhhh

"And he must prove he's strong enough to fight Innocent Zero. That proof is to become this year's Divine Visionary candidate." Well, I guess that's the plot of the season

Also this structure of 'help us to delay your own execution' is very Jujutsu Kaisen. This show just feels like a lot of other media slapped together. Mostly [Redacted] Potter and Naruto

"So you can't use magic?" HAHAHA I'd wondered if Lance knew. The answer is no!

Every time I want to enjoy Lance they need to remind me he's a freak. Anime, I am knocking at your door with a baseball bat

The aesthetic is giving 'you never see four best friends who look like they are going to the same place.' Lance and Finn look like they're going on a date with each other, Mash looks like he's going to school, and I don't know know where Dot's going

"Even though you can't use magic... For my sister's sake, I'm not going to go easy on you." Again, I would love this storyline if you weren't so weird about it!!

LOL why did no one else get a wand? They were too distracted by Mash's megaweight wand?

Tom and Lemon also look like they're going on a date LOL, it's like they designed everyone's day out aesthetic in pairs:

"I've never gone out with friends before." This is actually quite an emotional statement when you think about Regro keeping Mash at home to keep him safe

"See that he cannot participate in the Divine Visionary Candidate Exam. Orca dorm prefect, Margarette Macaron." For someone so stuck on the rules, Orter seems to be ignoring the ones he himself set out

Also why does lipstick seem to be a sign of nefarious intentions in this show. Nice people can't want nice lips?

"You hanging in there?" Brad Coleman, Magic Cop, has truly institutionalized himself as Mash's Weird Uncle

I do love that everyone comes on Mash's home visit

"I'm so touched. To think Mash has made friends." Both sweet and a lil insulting, Regro, hahahah

"They're quite unique, all of them." "Yes, they are." "You must have a hard time." "Yes." Poor Finn LOL

Did Rayne follow Margarette waiting for them to mention Mash or did he just have excellent comedic timing?

"The three prefects boasts some of the greatest talent in Easton." If Abel and Margarette are the other two prefects, I can understand why everyone appreciates Rayne so much LOL

"A few years ago, a tournament was held for 13-16 year olds in the middle school division. One magic user singlehandedly overpowered all the other competitors. They had only been nine at the time." We've found our Zabuza parallel I guess. They split Zabuza in half between Margarette and Abel

Also they? They/them mage, perchance??

LOL does Margarette's magic rely on playing the piano? Seems inconvenient

[Finn watching all of his friends yell at a board game] "I have to keep it going." You've got an uphill battle, baby

"I can't imagine someone with values like you could ever fulfill me." Why does this fight trash talk seem like a breakup?

"Rayne may act aloof, but he always takes care of others." I feel like whoever wrote this show is an older sibling

"And the youngest ever to acquire three lines is... the one named Rayne Ames." What does this mean!!! Are people born with three lines also, or do they only acquire it? Is Rayne's considered natural, as opposed to the earlier artificial? Tell me more!

"In this world, lack of magic is basically having no human rights." That's honestly a charitable way of putting it, Rayne

"An ordinary human would feel despair, no doubt. Jealous of those who can use magic, regretting ever being born, hating society... All of those would be reasonable actions. Mash Burnedead is different. He fights against his own destiny. Not that an underhanded rat like you would ever understand." This speech is actually making me like Rayne more

"I'm terrible at encouraging people. But I'll say one thing. You're embarking on a challenge the likes of which this world has never seen. Nothing good will ever come from your failure. So win. And give your challenge meaning." In the course of this one episode I'm growing to love Rayne

Mash letting his dad know he's happy, so everything til now has been worth it 🥺❤️

Mash making sure his friends have enough coins to qualify for the exam. He's a team player

Why is Orter the way he is. Did a nonmagical person dump him

"I should mention the Deadervants are completely immune to magic. So watch out." Well, I'd say that puts Mash at an advantage, but if you're clever you can use magic on the environment and not the creature. Put the Mashle Minotaur into a hole in the ground, or drop a tree branch on its head

"This exam questions how well you do in a situation where you're forced to flee." That seems like a reasonable test actually

If this adorable cutaway was meant to make me like Max, it worked!:

"It's obvious we'll do better if we work together. So it's only natural. In other words, we have formed an alliance." I've only had Max for 7 minutes, but if anything happens to him, I'll [redact] everyone in this anime and then myself

The tiptoeing, please. I love this alliance, they're so silly

Of all the ways they could've solved the challenge of bursting the balloon to get the key, breakdancing to generate wind power was not on my list

LOL @ Lance completing this task with ease. He really is one of the more qualified candidates

"Actually, I heard all about you from Rayne." Oh??? Are Rayne and Max best friends, cause that'd be SO cute. Doom and bloom 🥀🌹

"It's my ego saying that I want to do something for people like you. So don't worry. It's an important job for a junior to keep a senior's honour." MAX!!!!!!!

MAX SENT MASH AWAY TO KEEP HIM FROM GETTING ATTACKED BY CARPACCIO 😭😭😭

I KNEW they were gonna hurt Max, he was too sweet too soon!!

"Weaklings should keep quiet." Carpaccio brings absolutely rancid vibes to the function

"Also, you keep calling people 'weaklings.' But I have yet to meet anyone stronger than me." Get him, Mash!!

Lol @ Dot flipping the bird at the mirror camera because Mash can't follow the announcer's instructions

"Lance is in a different team. What should we do?" Oh, Finn. I'm sure he'll give as good as he gets

Lmao @ Mash and Dot breaking their crystals immediately

Love how they all naturally agree that Finn is unable to protect himself LOL

"I'm sure they're in bad shape now." I mean, u right Lance

Carpaccio's magic power is 'I'm rubber, you're glue'???? How very Hidan of him

UR SHITTING ME IS FINN'S POWER JUST CAMOUFLAGING HIMSELF LIKE A LIZARD?:

"I'll even lick between your toes." There was no need for that, Finn

"You're Finn Ames. The continuing student who barely made the cutoff." Cs get degrees, Carpaccio!!

Why does Carpaccio have to say everything in such a hateful tone. Calm down, High School Hidan

"The reason Finn didn't use his magic until now was to catch me off guard?" Ohhhh, it's a switching places kind of magic!! That makes sense why he uses it so rarely. Mash and Finn are a scrawnier and more incompetent Yuji and Todo

Finn refusing to give up the crystal at the cost of his own life bc he knows he holds Mash's fate in his hands. He is the BEST friend

"Thus, from the moment I was born, I've never felt any pain." Is that why you're such a dick, Carpaccio? Also what do you mean, were you a newborn and they put a wand in your cradle?

"The most ancient of wands, of which there are only 13." That seems like a lot actually

"But desperately standing against something you fear... My friend is standing against someone overwhelmingly stronger than himself. And to thoughtlessly laugh and look down on him... I won't allow that." Mash said: My friend is weak AND brave, bitch

I'll give Mashle this, they do love to commit to a bit. How will we solve this Self-Inflicted Torture Battle? High-Speed Racquetball

"So pain is something... this horrifying, huh? He withstood this much pain for someone else?" Yeah he did!!! Go Finn!

Also Carpaccio is giving that one Family Guy audio: 'Ow, that hurts! My God, is that what I've been doing to people?'

"The likes of you will never show me the coming of spring." What a poetic burn from Margarette

I assumed they'd pass, but I'm glad they didn't have to fight Lance

"You really do take his side quite a bit. I have no idea what makes him so alluring." Alluring is a CRAZY word to choose to describe why Mash is Wahlberg's fave student LOL

"Why do I train so hard? It all began when Pops told me to. At first, it felt heavy and was so tiring, I really hated it." It makes me feel for Mash that he's strong not out of want, but out of need

"Do you know why humans have arms? It's so they can lift dumbbells." Deranged take. Tell me more

"Want to play a little game?" I don't like the vibes in the room rn

"What's the reason he needs to be a Divine Visionary that badly? Everything is for naught if you die." 1) You all are the ones who put the condition of becoming this to stay his execution, what are you saying? 2) WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE TRIED TO STOP THE ETERNAL FIRE SWORD WITH HIS HEAD

Why does Finn think Regro is Mash's grandpa? It's his dad LOL

"Based on my completely biased reasoning, the crazier someone is, the more powerful they are." You know, I think Mashle is the Glee of anime. I will not elaborate

"This is the power said to be equal to Divine Visionaries." Is the implication of Finn getting ill that hanging out with his brother also makes him sick? I understand why they don't interact much

"My spells are not something you can punch to topple." That's a good change of pace. However, Rayne did defeat you with a bunch of magical swords

So caught up was I in Margarette looking more femme and having hair that I completely forgot Innocent Zero was rushing the school to attack Mash

"It's Innocent Zero himself." Last season, I thought they determined it was the organization name! This is the problem when most people's names are just randomly generated words

"This is my form when I unleash my innate magical power." Margarette said: My kekkei genkai is being nonbinary

"By touching the wall, Mushroom Head felt the sound slightly faster than the attack landing." Every two minutes someone has to narrate these fight mechanics LOL

"No, but Macaron has their secondth. It's only appropriate to see them at a disadvantage." I think this is Lance's way of saying, 'Go Mash!'

Kind of Margarette to explain how to defeat them

"I'm smitten. I accept defeat." That's kinda cute, Margarette has a crush now LOL

Call me crazy but I think Margarette and Mash could make it work. Margarette also prioritized supporting their companions over winning (the twins they were hanging with), AND distributed the gold coins amongst their house. Plus Mash and Margarette are both very fast and competent at hand-to-hand combat. There's some common ground there!

Abyss and Abel look so happy for Mash. He really did turn their mentality around:

Orter must be PISSED he's been unable to orchestrate Mash's failure

I suppose we were due for a Life-Altering Exam Interruption™

Am I crazy or did Innocent Zero's magical effect also look like Lance's gravity magic?

"Oh, how beautiful. I didn't think I'd find you alive. I felt despair thinking I would never obtain you. My dear, sweet son." YOUR DEAR SWEET WHAT?

I probably should've considered this possibility but I didn't. My flabbers are ghasted. My bams are boozled. I did not give a shit who Mash's bio parents were til now

Omg they changed the intro!! Mash dances with his friends and the Divine Visionaries now. Also every time I type that I first mistype it as Divisionaries, which is telling, perhaps

You know, I've gotten to the point where instead of being upset at hateful character designs in anime, I just start shouting, I KNEW IT, YOU SON OF A BITCH. The Sphinx was the writing on the wall:

"Back off, you insignificant speck." Wow, Grandpa Wahlberg got some hate in him HA

"I only wish to become a perfect human. Undying, beautiful and powerful." So you need to absorb a teenage bodybuilder? Okay Off-Brand Orochimaru

"My family exists for my sake. Even Mash Burnedead over here. He exists for my sake. He is mine. He is my son." Mash already has a dad ✋ His name is Regro ✋ We are not accepting new hires

"It's been decades since we crossed wands." I still haven't ruled out a situationship here

"Those who can move, deal with the demons." I love that Margarette, Mash, Lance and Dot are the first to jump into action

"Is it all right to leave it in the hands of a few students?" To be fair Orter and Kaldo are adults and they're also there

Also it is interesting that Wahlberg and Innocent Zero both show you can acquire two lines

"This is a trap. I expect they possess a surefire way to get sweet little Mash." "Seriously, how'd you figure that?" "Just a woman's hunch." "So they have a woman's heart. I was wondering about that the whole time." LOL what does that even mean, Dot???

LMAO @ Mash just completely forgetting Cell War as a person

You know, I do think Mash and Cell have the same colour eyes. Maybe they're related too

"My magic turns the target into infants." Not the babyfication

Sitter Baby said: Yeah, I'll kill a baby, what's it to you?

"What a shameless look on his face. It makes me so irritated." What is your beef with babies, Lance?

"I have to protect Dot in baby form while I deal with these guys." This is an insane way to have a fight:

You know, I take it back, THIS is an insane way to have a fight:

PLEASE NOT LANCE BEING CAPABLE OF KNOCKING OUT A GROWN MAN WITH HIS MAGIC AS AN INFANT. He must've been a tough child to raise

"This is the top of our class, the genius, Lance Crown," said Dot, while Lance trash-talked through the magical pacifier in his baby mouth

I'm glad they turned back quick, I would not have been able to take this fight seriously if they were babies the whole time

"What kind of relationship do Mr. Wahlberg and Innocent Zero have?" Putting my money down on evil and gay

Wow, Faceless Zero with his Magic Coffin is REALLY serving Orochimaru. What do you want to bet he resurrects their teacher LOL:

"He's running on top of my magic." Sure, why not?

"So the same thing twice? Please." Fighting teenagers is brutal

"Adam Jobs. The legendary magic user blessed with overwhelming magical ability who reigned at the top of the Magic Realm for several centuries." Why does Wahlberg get a name and everyone else gets a noun? All this makes me think of is Apple LOL

Also we are confirming that wizards do live hundreds of years

"However, most of his effort in his later years went into social assistance to those who were unable to use magic." What the hell happened to your society since then?

Who is Adam's third student? Mash's bio mother?

Innocent Zero did in fact resurrect their teacher. This show can only have an original thought when it's being silly

Necross Mance's design has no reason to be like that. Except for, you know 😨🤬🤡

"I recall Master was so very fond of you." Innocent Zero said: Teachers are not allowed to have favourites unless they're me

"What's important is not the past, but the present. If you descend the present into chaos, then I won't show mercy, even against my master." That's a healthy perspective, Wahlberg

"The body part you lost just went to a slightly distant spot. It won't kill you." Wahlberg said: He's Necross-Section Mance now

Did Wahlberg just ctrl + alt + delete two whole people LOL

[Orter, tersely] "Quit your whining." [Kaldo, irritably] "It's a calm analysis of the situation." [Kaldo, internally] "I'd like to assist Mushroom Head, but if we leave here, danger befalls the students." Kaldo is growing on me I think

"Forbidden Magic of Body Construction. Dark magic used to create an immortal heart from the hearts of six blood relatives. That is why Father prepared six children as vessels to nurture the heart." I was correct, they are related!

Also I fear it's giving horcruxes. We return to [redacted] Potter

"Basically, it's like how you need protein to create better muscles? So that's the kind of existence I am." Existential Crisis Mode: Protein Shake Baby

"It's quite heavy. My life, that is. For now, I'll take a nap." God, same

"By the way, are you one of my brothers?" "I am not. I am merely a clone created by giving Father's blood to a corpse." Of course, the obvious alternative to brothers

Also, why's Cell War blond then? Bottle bleached clone?

PLEASE Mash just good ole fashioned choking his opponent out. We love a classic

"I care a lot about this school. If you're claiming to destroy it, I'll choke you out as many times as I need to with my muscles." Now that's school spirit

[Narrator] "In the skies near Easton, Ryoh and Nerey Shawn took two whole episodes to finally arrive at Easton Magic Academy." The fourth wall breaks do make me laugh

Rest in pieces, Wahlberg's left arm. I think the rest of him is not far behind

"Did you know that cabybaras run at 50 km per hour? Come to school." I love what a silly teacher they've made Adam out to be. Also it doesn't translate in subtitles, but all of Adam's animal trivia facts are also rhyming couplets:

"It's fine to live for your own sake as you do. But I have lived to this day, saved by all of the goodwill around me." Oh Wahlberg. I'm so sorry you're about to mega-die!

'Hey, Wahlberg, what's your magic's final form?' 'Optimus Prime'

"Thirds spells unleash the power of the gods residing in the wands." Apparently Greek gods specifically, since Rayne's was Ares and Wahlberg's is Uranus

Wahlberg's ultimate control of space is very Gojo's infinity

"With this, I will sever the affinity I have had with you for such a long time, Innocent Zero!" Taking this as confirmation of the situationship. Wahlberg said: We're breaking up

"My Thirds will tear you apart... in exchange for my own life." Wahlberg said: More specifically, I'm breaking YOU up

"This world could be so much better. It could be a world filled with kindness, where we respect each other and accept our weaknesses. That is why I must save them." Wahlberg is such a good teacher 😭

Shout-out to Mash for saving Wahlberg, I can't wait to hear what the hell he's doing to be airborne

He was doing his leg kick. Return of the Weird Bird Boy

"I was raised to be kind to the elderly." Yeah you were, Mash ❤️

There is something cathartic about Mash kicking his icky bio dad in the face

"Your only purpose in life is to elevate me into a higher state of being." Gross reason to have kids, Zero

I guess the theory is a body as tough as Mash's could hold a ton of magic, so Innocent Zero won't experience magical pixelation anymore? Guess Innocent Zero hasn't considered the possibility of absorbing Mash and losing magic completely

"We'll finish this another time." [Hashirama voice] I'll deal with you later

"What was that cut scene just now?" While I hate whenever they make reference to Lance being a Weird Brother, I am a little obsessed with the implication that Dot can read Lance's mind

"But this is simply way too ridiculous, Mash," said Finn, about Mash playing tug-of-war with a giant demon, as if Mash had not played racquetball with a God in front of him earlier that day

"There's no room for someone who can't use magic in this world," said the Student Extras, as if Mash were not the ONLY thing keeping them from being crushed by a Giant Demon Monster

"Whether or not you can use magic... Right now, he's fighting for us and the school. He's giving everything he's got for to fight for us!" THANK YOU, Student Extra #5

Awwww, Mash heard Finn and it gave him the strength to win!! Friendship really IS the most powerful magic of all

"Kaldo, I hear you have sided with Mash Burnedead." You are such a piece of work, Orter

"Mash, the centre of this incident, and the only one who knew the truth, was burdened by this grave knowledge... and went to the beach." So fair, Mash deserves a beach episode

"Considering Mash's circumstances, they're going to make him take the fall somehow." Harsh but realistic prediction, Lance

[Finn, concerned] "Headmaster! What are you doing here?" [Wahlberg, chilling in a swimsuit, covered in bandages and missing an arm] "It's summertime." I accept this reasoning

"The five brothers who flank him are all top-tier magic users in this world." Innocent Zero's brothers? I guess that's where Mash's other five Horcrux Family Members are

"Either I'll win, or I'll lose. That's one in two. A 50% chance. And muscles never lose. So the chances of winning are 100%." Mash said: We didn't cover math in homeschooling

PLEASE LANCE'S REALITY CHECK ABOUT EXAMS LOL

"So I study a little bit every day, thinking it's practice for putting in effort. And you lose nothing from having an academic background." Wow, I didn't think Dot had it in him

"I'm somehow hurt by this." Mash said: I thought we were stupid together, Dot

I do love that they're all taking turns tutoring. Teamwork!

Please, as soon as I said that, they cut to this threatening imagery of the tutoring:

"I'm not bored enough to teach someone who isn't willing to learn." Again, harsh but fair, Lance

"I want to graduate together with you." Awww, Finn

They really knock it out of the park with every animal design. In love with how they've drawn the moles:

"And thus, Mash confronted studying, which he was not so good at." Same, bestie

"Your marks are not what I'd call praisworthy, however." "You scraped by." "Just barely." Again, relatable to me during high school chemistry

LOL @ Lance and Dot taking turns kicking Mash for calling it easy

"It's in the newspaper that the prestigious Easton Academy has a Lackmagic as Divine Visionary candidate." Oh boy

KGJHKGJHGKJG Lemon and Dot just growling at the crowd which is targeting Mash. Good friends indeed!

"If Mash is going to be judged for such a ridiculous reason, I will take the punishment with him!" LEMON 😭😭😭

"But I will become the best in this Magic Realm and prove it to you... that it's okay even if you can't use magic." YEAH MASH

"In one's life, you may never come across even one person who will speak up on your behalf. You have excellent friends." Yeah he does!

You know, this show grows on me more over time. It's a little confused, but it's got the spirit! You can tell exactly which media fixations (HP, Naruto, JJK) have influenced the author, and while there are clear low points (its capacity to address a prejudicial social dilemma, depiction of Necross, generally the lack of women, that character motives and dialogue seem like an afterthought to the plot points/fights to name a few), I would say that I like it more than I don't (great friendships, treating parody as an art form, positive nonbinary rep, a well-structured tournament arc, Mash's closeness with Regro, the loving way that it was ultimately written). It is clumsy but enjoyable. I maintain it is the Glee of anime. It's not necessarily a show I'd widely recommend, but it is a show that appeals to me as a viewer

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